Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

[Sly Boots]

Yeah, I've put Alice in Borderland on my list, so hopefully get around to watching that at some point. There's also a new South Korean one on Netflix whose name escapes me now, that sounds quite good, something to do with people turning into monsters...

What We Do is brilliant, watch the film if you haven't already.

[Sly Boots]

Also, started watching Harmonquest, which is Dan Harmon (Community etc) playing D&D with his mates in front of an audience, and their sessions are part-animated. It's pretty funny, if you can find it anywhere (I'm watching it on a site called WCOforever).

[Alan]

The Stand ep1
Wow what a mess! They do completely pointless non-linear edits and some of the acting and dialogue is just bad. In particular the guy on the radio sounds like he must be the directors friend or something. It’s not all bad, I liked the subtle Flagg stuff so it could get better but I’m not going to hold my breath.


His Dark Materials
I feel about it the same way I do about the book. It’s fine, it’s not bad it’s not great it’s just fine. It’s well made but there’s just something I can’t put my finger on that it’s missing. Ioreks big fight was a bit of a damp fart too, the movie version was great!

[Animalmother]

Alice in Borderland
Starts off pretty good, gets better and then around episode 5 started to lose interest if I'm honest. Worth a look though but be prepared for some Japanese whining and pointless exposition, it is based on a Manga after all.

[Rusty]

Ted Lasso
I think i said it before, but if you haven't already, watch this show. Wholesome awesomeness.

Agreed. I think I mentioned it before too. My favourite thing for quite a while. Just funny and nice.

Deadbeat
I'm also late to this one, I think it's on 4 seasons now, but I laughed quite a lot through this one. The second season is starting to get a bit more annoying as they've painted the main protagonist as a real idiot rather than just someone who only thinks of himself and gets most phrases wrong.

[Sly Boots]

Sweet Home

I don't really know how to describe this one. It's a show from South Korea, where shortly after a teenager moves into a tenement block the world turns to shit and people start turning into monsters.

I've watched two episodes, and while I like it and will watch more, it's very gory and quite fucked up. I described it to someone else as David Cronenburg does Rec. You can probably add a dash of Metro, Train to Busan and even Tremors for good measure.

Worth a watch. The characters are varied and interesting, the monsters pretty unique and as well as (admittedly slightly dodgy) CGI they mix in some decent practical effects.

[Animalmother]

Sweet Home

I don't really know how to describe this one. It's a show from South Korea, where shortly after a teenager moves into a tenement block the world turns to shit and people start turning into monsters.

I've watched two episodes, and while I like it and will watch more, it's very gory and quite fucked up. I described it to someone else as David Cronenburg does Rec. You can probably add a dash of Metro, Train to Busan and even Tremors for good measure.

Worth a watch. The characters are varied and interesting, the monsters pretty unique and as well as (admittedly slightly dodgy) CGI they mix in some decent practical effects.

Yip this is super weird but enjoyed the first episode. The gore is very like early Peter Jackson or Sam Raimi films, ludicrous amounts of blood and jittery movement

[Snowy]

Hmmm well this is something I didn't expect. Having shivered some timbers to get Letterkenny S9, my wife and I sat down and watched a couple of episodes last night that left me a bit cold.

Everything that you want is still there, but they seem to have made all the scenes about 2 minutes too long, so the jokes and the wordplay really outstay their welcome. The second episode was better, but having Coach tell repeated stories about times he fucked Barb was basically the same joke 4 or 5 times, each taking several minutes to tell and ending the same way.

Fingers crossed the rest of the season is better!

[Animalmother]

That is the one thing that does annoy me about Letterkenny, the puns, wordplay or whatever you call it goes on way too long sometimes. Glad I'm not the only one.

Finished Sweet Home and its great from start to finish. Korean tv shows and films of late have been pretty great.

[Sly Boots]

Finished Sweet Home and its great from start to finish. Korean tv shows and films of late have been pretty great.

Yeah, just watched ep.7 and it's getting better the more I watch, good show.

[elgaucho]

Dark
I've only just managed to find the time to watch season 2 in this last week.

I still don't really have more than a vague idea of wtf is going on throughout, and who is related to who, and how many time paradoxes i'm keeping track of...

So yeah, no clue, but I know without a doubt that this show is excellent, and that the performances by the cast are outstanding.

Here's hoping Season 3 actually gives me a cheat chart and an ending that lives up to... well... everything!

[Achtung Englander]

The Mandalorian season 1

This went beyond my expectation and restored some of my faith back into the Star Wars cannon. In fact I would happy convince myself this is the natural sequel to The Return of the Jedi and ignore episode 7 - 9.

Some of the scenes are really superb such as the AT-ST and seeing some of the droids from episodes 1- 3 as well as returning creatures from episodes 4 - 6 with the CGI wholly toned down.

And anything with Werner Herzog must be good

9/10

[Animalmother]

Humans
Robots are used to do all the domestic stuff people don't want to anymore and are better at it. They're also all very fit looking which can cause issues Only watched a few episodes and it seems good so far. Jen from the IT Crowd is in it so keep expecting Moss and Roy to stroll in at any moment Similarish to I Robot as in some of them have been illegally given emotions and self awareness.
Music is also very inspired by Deus Ex I think.

[Hatredsheart]

Humans
Robots are used to do all the domestic stuff people don't want to anymore and are better at it. They're also all very fit looking which can cause issues Only watched a few episodes and it seems good so far. Jen from the IT Crowd is in it so keep expecting Moss and Roy to stroll in at any moment Similarish to I Robot as in some of them have been illegally given emotions and self awareness.
Music is also very inspired by Deus Ex I think.

Watched this when it was first broadcast and loved it. Raised interesting questions as to whether owning a near-human intelligence is dangerously close to slavery, and didn't go into the salacious side of robots as sex partners as much as it could have been tempted to.
I think it was based on a series originally from one of the Scandanavian countries.

[Animalmother]

History of Swear Words
Nicolas Cage discussing the origin and use of several swear words on Netflix. It's different anyway and Cage is very funny, the man is totally aware of his legend Kind of got a bit bored midway through the 3rd episode and haven't gone back to it yet but it's pretty short and could be watched in one sitting.



Ehhh, a funny time killer if nothing else