The storyline was rushed, I dont care enough yet about any of the characters except the little pocket droid. I'll end up triggering people but the casting is pure diversity casting and I find it a bit insulting, mainly to the minorities involved, its impossible not to notice. The main protagonists have two mothers because, of course they do. So that's another box ticked but what distracted me most of all was a fire happily licking away. In space. Not an explosion that swiftly went in on itself, a crackling fire! I can accept Jedi wookies and green painted people, laser swords and an invisible energy source called the force, talking droids and even jar jar binks but fire in space. Nah
I'm probably doing a bad job of explaining it, you can have an amazing, interesting story with a diverse cast but when the story is limp and the main thing I'm taking is, wow, they have really made an effort to cast this in way a diversity lead would approve, its a miss.
Ahsoka is an example of that, so is house of the dragon, game of thrones, better call Saul all driven along by incredible, string female leads and people who happen to be a darker skin pigmentation. My mate who is mega invested in all things star wars was ranting on about another angle I hadn't noticed and probably won't understand without reading comics or listening to hours of audio audiobooks or YouTube vvideos to do with bastardising the force but I sidnt understand that. Just sent back a thumbs up emoji
Started Obituary on Netflix. Black comedy set in Ireland.
Reporter at a local paper who writes Obituaries is forced to go free lance and get paid by the article, so she starts killing people to create her own content.
First couple were pretty good.
One reviewer labelled it Dexter meets Bad Sisters!
Really enjoyed it, also know the areas of Ballyshannon & Bundoran, where it was filmed, which is also weird watching.
Shed & Buried: Classic Cars total disappointment I've got a lot of time for most of Henry Cole's TV and his presenting, all pretty fluffy and inconsequential but plenty of credible entertainment Fuzz Townsend is actually a bus mechanic with a car restoration business and a dozen years or more on the telly doing just that His role in S&B:CC is baffling, he's not one of Henry's tribe of resto mates, he never gets his hands dirty just drives the van sometimes None of the 'restored' cars ever actually got sold on, some 'classic car dealer' gives a broad valuation and lo' & behold HC has 'made a tidy sum'. Guff, avoid.
The storyline was rushed, I dont care enough yet about any of the characters except the little pocket droid. I'll end up triggering people but the casting is pure diversity casting and I find it a bit insulting, mainly to the minorities involved, its impossible not to notice. The main protagonists have two mothers because, of course they do. So that's another box ticked but what distracted me most of all was a fire happily licking away. In space. Not an explosion that swiftly went in on itself, a crackling fire! I can accept Jedi wookies and green painted people, laser swords and an invisible energy source called the force, talking droids and even jar jar binks but fire in space. Nah
I'm probably doing a bad job of explaining it, you can have an amazing, interesting story with a diverse cast but when the story is limp and the main thing I'm taking is, wow, they have really made an effort to cast this in way a diversity lead would approve, its a miss.
Ahsoka is an example of that, so is house of the dragon, game of thrones, better call Saul all driven along by incredible, string female leads and people who happen to be a darker skin pigmentation. My mate who is mega invested in all things star wars was ranting on about another angle I hadn't noticed and probably won't understand without reading comics or listening to hours of audio audiobooks or YouTube vvideos to do with bastardising the force but I sidnt understand that. Just sent back a thumbs up emoji
I watched the first two episodes and it’s 100% box ticking.
The storyline was rushed, I dont care enough yet about any of the characters except the little pocket droid. I'll end up triggering people but the casting is pure diversity casting and I find it a bit insulting, mainly to the minorities involved, its impossible not to notice. The main protagonists have two mothers because, of course they do. So that's another box ticked but what distracted me most of all was a fire happily licking away. In space. Not an explosion that swiftly went in on itself, a crackling fire! I can accept Jedi wookies and green painted people, laser swords and an invisible energy source called the force, talking droids and even jar jar binks but fire in space. Nah
I'm probably doing a bad job of explaining it, you can have an amazing, interesting story with a diverse cast but when the story is limp and the main thing I'm taking is, wow, they have really made an effort to cast this in way a diversity lead would approve, its a miss.
Ahsoka is an example of that, so is house of the dragon, game of thrones, better call Saul all driven along by incredible, string female leads and people who happen to be a darker skin pigmentation. My mate who is mega invested in all things star wars was ranting on about another angle I hadn't noticed and probably won't understand without reading comics or listening to hours of audio audiobooks or YouTube vvideos to do with bastardising the force but I sidnt understand that. Just sent back a thumbs up emoji
I’ve actually quite enjoyed the first two episodes but you’re right, the box ticking is cringeworthy.
I've just started the second series of this as well. Along with Dark I seem to be gravitating towards time travelling/alternative reality stuff at the moment.
I've just started the second series of this as well. Along with Dark I seem to be gravitating towards time travelling/alternative reality stuff at the moment.
Just finished first series.
Wish it wasn’t so damn dark - can barely see what is happening half the time
I've just started the second series of this as well. Along with Dark I seem to be gravitating towards time travelling/alternative reality stuff at the moment.
Just finished first series.
Wish it wasn’t so damn dark - can barely see what is happening half the time
Half of it does seem to happen in the night. I wished I'd rewatched the last episode of S.1 before diving into S.2 tbh. It took me 3/4 of the first episode to start remembering who was who and what had happened.
I have, I quite enjoyed it, although it can be a bit slow in places. I just hope they’ve got an ending in mind - lots of unfinished business at the end of Season 2, and I hate it when the keep pushing on with endless plot twists until they run out of ratings, and it just disappears in a puff of smoke.
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I'm probably doing a bad job of explaining it, you can have an amazing, interesting story with a diverse cast but when the story is limp and the main thing I'm taking is, wow, they have really made an effort to cast this in way a diversity lead would approve, its a miss.
Ahsoka is an example of that, so is house of the dragon, game of thrones, better call Saul all driven along by incredible, string female leads and people who happen to be a darker skin pigmentation.
My mate who is mega invested in all things star wars was ranting on about another angle I hadn't noticed and probably won't understand without reading comics or listening to hours of audio audiobooks or YouTube vvideos to do with bastardising the force but I sidnt understand that. Just sent back a thumbs up emoji
total disappointment
I've got a lot of time for most of Henry Cole's TV and his presenting, all pretty fluffy and inconsequential but plenty of credible entertainment
Fuzz Townsend is actually a bus mechanic with a car restoration business and a dozen years or more on the telly doing just that
His role in S&B:CC is baffling, he's not one of Henry's tribe of resto mates, he never gets his hands dirty just drives the van sometimes
None of the 'restored' cars ever actually got sold on, some 'classic car dealer' gives a broad valuation and lo' & behold HC has 'made a tidy sum'.
Guff, avoid.
Even if you're not into cycling I'd recommend.
Yes, hats off to Shearsmith and Pemberton for keeping up the creativity throughout all series.