Do we live in a golden age of television?

[Giggles]

I finished going through Next Gen again about a week ago and if there's no racing anywhere then I may just grab the first series and join you.

I actually went back and watched a few of the big main episodes of TNG recently myself, after a full re-watch of Voyager. Going back in my mind though DS9 was definitely the strongest for me as a series, I wonder how it’s all held up.

[Disco]

For me TNG is good right off the bat and has better individual episodes, the end is also not guff and Patrick Stewart is the best. But I'm not sure it can better the 2-3 series run of consistently good stuff that DS9 does.

[mo]

I didn’t realise how far behind I was on Inside No. 9, so watched the first episode of series 3 last night. Probably should have seen the end coming in hindsight but it got me.

[Giggles]

Sisko is such a fucking legend

[Baz]

The Stand is being remade.

https://www.cinemablend.com/televisi...onavirus-scare

Questionable timing...

[Ian]

It was announced about three years ago, wasn't it?

[Giggles]

Can you get away with random episodes of Drive to Survive?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Pretty much, although there are loose 'storylines' that run through the series, but each episode has its own sort of focus.

[Kikó]

I liked the latest Picard but I'm not keen on the pacing at all. The best thing about the older series was you could have a well explained stand alone episode which never felt rushed. Here we dip into set pieces then out rapidly before it's really explored.

[Giggles]

Definitely all over the shop.

And as soon as those holograms appear they have to be muted, and

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Rios coincidentally being involved in the main story line all along

was absolutely ridiculous.

[Kikó]

Yeah agree. It's such an outlandish coincidence that it's hard to get past it. Still, at least we got to see Riker.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Watched most of This Country last night and I loved it.

[Giggles]

Yeah agree. It's such an outlandish coincidence that it's hard to get past it. Still, at least we got to see Riker.

Should have just done the whole series at Rikers gaff, had Worf drop in and forgot about the robots.

[The Merse]

Watched most of This Country last night and I loved it.

Latest episode is probably the best yet. Superb stuff.Having spent a year living and working in Gloucestershire, I support this version of the Cotswalds wholeheartedly.

[The Merse]

I liked the latest Picard but I'm not keen on the pacing at all. The best thing about the older series was you could have a well explained stand alone episode which never felt rushed. Here we dip into set pieces then out rapidly before it's really explored.

Yeh it's picked up in quality but it's all over the shop in terms of pacing. I need to re-watch the last one actually as I was distracted as fuck at the time.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Latest episode is probably the best yet. Superb stuff.Having spent a year living and working in Gloucestershire, I support this version of the Cotswalds wholeheartedly.

Just finished watching it and I'd agree.

[Baz]

I need to get back in This Country. The last episode I watched

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she waS going to jail because of her dad

where am I upto?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was the last episode of season 2.

You've got a special and then season 3 (which is 4 episodes deep right now) to watch.

[Baz]

Thanks.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Decided to start on The IT Crowd and whilst the first season was pretty good, the opener to the second season is brilliant.

[Browning]

The whole of it is fantastic, but yea, it definitely picks up after season 1.

[Ian]

Just try to avoid Linehan's real life thoughts on..... well, anything really.

[Shindig]

Aye, he's a bit of a twitter twat.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just try to avoid Linehan's real life thoughts on..... well, anything really.

I have seen. He's a massive twat.

[Ian]

The further I get into Watchmen (two episodes to go) the more I fear that it might be a load of old shit.

I suppose it has two episodes to tie everything together but I'm not really feeling the main story arcs as it's currently panning out or the thing as much of a sequel in general. The Veidt stuff is particularly ludicrous.

[Ian]

The further I get into Watchmen (two episodes to go) the more I fear that it might be a load of old shit.

I suppose it has two episodes to tie everything together but I'm not really feeling the main story arcs as it's currently panning out or the thing as much of a sequel in general. The Veidt stuff is particularly ludicrous.

It definitely pulls everything together toward the end and those last few episodes are really good but I did sort of wonder what the point of making it was beyond somebody really wanting to do a Watchmen sequel.

And I think it makes the ending of the original less interesting.

[phonics]

I was the opposite. Quite enjoying it but felt it went to complete shit in the finale.

[Ian]

Interesting. How so? Because it got increasingly action-y or just that you weren't happy with how they actually tied it together?

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So I guess my main issues were:

- Angela's was the only story I really cared about and I felt they were really dragging out how she was tying into the bigger picture. They probably had to save the Doc Manhattan reveal for when they did but I think some of the other stuff could have been paced a bit different.

- Even given his massive ego I didn't buy the "Ozymandias becomes a sadistic cunt because he's not been given credit for saving the world" bit of his character. I know it's meant to be as time's gone on, etc. but while he's a bit smug in the original and delighted to have done it he's still clearly not going "lol saved the world innit" and is feeling it a bit. The whole point is that nobody could know what he'd done. That's what made the ending so brilliant and what happened with Rorschach's journal as a potential bombshell to spoil it all interesting.

- I'm not sure how I feel about Doc Manhattan potentially making another one of himself, if we're to assume that's what he's done. I'm not sure how I feel about a lot of the specifics of his story actually.

[Lewis]

The (disgracefully under-followed) 'No Context Sopranos' Twitter account has been in some right form recently. You forget how lol it is.

[phonics]

Interesting. How so? Because it got increasingly action-y or just that you weren't happy with how they actually tied it together?

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So I guess my main issues were:

- Angela's was the only story I really cared about and I felt they were really dragging out how she was tying into the bigger picture. They probably had to save the Doc Manhattan reveal for when they did but I think some of the other stuff could have been paced a bit different.

- Even given his massive ego I didn't buy the "Ozymandias becomes a sadistic cunt because he's not been given credit for saving the world" bit of his character. I know it's meant to be as time's gone on, etc. but while he's a bit smug in the original and delighted to have done it he's still clearly not going "lol saved the world innit" and is feeling it a bit. The whole point is that nobody could know what he'd done. That's what made the ending so brilliant and what happened with Rorschach's journal as a potential bombshell to spoil it all interesting.

- I'm not sure how I feel about Doc Manhattan potentially making another one of himself, if we're to assume that's what he's done. I'm not sure how I feel about a lot of the specifics of his story actually.

See I have no context, I’ve never seen the film or the comics. Who was ozymandias?

[Ian]

See I have no context, I’ve never seen the film or the comics. Who was ozymandias?

Jeremy Irons.

[phonics]

lol I thought that was Dr. Manhattan in a costume. I may have misunderstood the entire show.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

[Ian]

lol I thought that was Dr. Manhattan in a costume. I may have misunderstood the entire show.

Jesus, no wonder you thought the finale was dogshit.

[Ian]

That's given me a proper good lol, Phonics. Needed that.

[Bernanke]

That takes some effort.

[Bob Sacamano]

Dream Team series 3 onwards on Youtube

Half tempted to throw in some Malcolm In The Middle, Simpsons and Rescue Me for ultimate Sky One nostalgia.

[Browning]

Fucking hell, how have I not found that before.

Just lock us down now.

[Giggles]

Malcolm in the Middle was never anything more than horrendous.

[Kikó]

Watch White House Farm - it's great.

[Bob Sacamano]

Fucking hell, how have I not found that before.

Just lock us down now.

Pretty dreadful quality but well worth it, sky really need to get their shit together and get it on sky go.

Apparently the Gomorra prequel is floating around though the subs aren't the best, I still don't want Ciro to be gone

[Giggles]

Robots can teach themselves to mind meld. Okay.

[Baz]

Malcolm in the Middle was never anything more than horrendous.

Terrible opinion.

[Giggles]

Terrible opinion.

It’s a bad kids show.

[SvN]

Malcolm in the Middle is one of the best shows of the 00s.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I wasn't a fan.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just finished Altered Carbon season 2.

I enjoyed it but I much preferred the first season. Kinnaman was a better lead and I liked the style of the first season a lot more, it felt more unique and engaging to me.

The season finale was very good though.

[igor_balis]

My main issue with malcolm in the middle is that I find lois a mostly irredeemable character. I know shes written to be a strict, authoritarian but ultimately loving parent but I always thought she was a cunt. Especially when compared to uncle phil and aunt viv in the fresh prince, for example.

[Baz]

Harsh, considering I think she’s written brilliantly and often based on my own mum.

[Alex]

I've started watching the original Star Trek. It's definitely got a certain charm to it still. Got to love Shatner chewing the scenery all over the shop. He also seems to unnecessarily have his shirt off quite a lot, and is always giving the eye to the female members of the crew, whether the story seems to call for it or not. I bet he went through half the cast.

I've noticed that the severity of Spock's eyebrows (and sometimes even his skin tone) seem to differ greatly from episode to episode. Also, I'm only about ten episodes in and there have already been two, separate instances of an evil, duplicate version of Kirk running around the Enterprise wreaking havoc.