Seen a lot of bad reviews of Squid Game 2, but i thought it was really good. Massive fan of Battle Royale, and it's the closest thing I've seen to that film.
Also, the casting is absolutely top tier. They've got it spot on both seasons.
Just finished season 2 and thought it was good. Don't understand the criticism really. Yes, some of the dialogue is a bit repeated and drawn out and the games aren't as gory/good as season 1, but the characters are much better. Interested to see where they go with it in season 3.
Yeah I'm a bit miffed by it as well.
I thought it had some interesting new characters, the two new games we saw were interesting.
I think there's a lot of potential for season3 story wise.
Think the attention era just gets the best of people, I've seen some people moaning already about Stranger Things and it isn't even out yet. People saying it's taken too long etc. Like there isn't hundreds of other series to watch in the mean time 😂
Finished 2nd series of The Diplomat. Enjoyed it, felt it was stronger than the 1st series and building nicely. Only disappointment was only 6 episodes.
The real star of it though is Rory Kinnear as Prime Minister, plays it brilliantly.
Binged Rogue Heroes over the weekend....absolutely superb show...and extremely humbling when you stop and think what these young men went through...
Love Landman too...every time BBT's phone rings and it's his wife....just brilliant...and again, a real eye opener to what life is like/what goes on 'out there'...
Currently binging Bad Sisters on Apple...not as engaged but my wife likes it, so I'll persevere...
Also a shout out for Silo...am not usually into sci-fi, but this has got me and am really enjoying it...and they're keeping it weekly, which is both great and annoying..
Finished Yellowstone last night. Was decent but Beth is one of the most ridiculous characters in any TV show. Couldn't stand her
It became more and more ludicrous as the seasons went on. I actually think the final season was dreadful as a whole, but the final episode was alright.
A couple of examples on TV at the moment of what should be complex and thought provoking issues or characters being reduced to "he's a psycho and errr that's it" levels.
ITV's Playing Nice could have been a really interesting and sensitive tale of two couples having to face up to discovering that their children were swopped in the hospital in the days after delivery. But nah, lets make it Scots nutter playing his psycho games and sod the child protection teams and social services procedures involvement that would be all over this issue in real life.
Then we come to the Northern Irish nutter featured in the enjoyable SAS - Rogue Heroes. As part of a trio who created the SAS in series one, Paddy Mayne's excesses were balanced by the eccentricities of his commander David Sterling and the tough professionalism of his fellow officer Jock Lewes. Now in the second series he is given free rein to rampage around Sicily and Italy sprouting poetry (boorish) and profanity, and ranting about his inner rage. The actor forever appears to be bellowing loudly in his grating accent about how hard he is, probably to make up for the fact that all his men are taller and wider than he is. Needless the say that the real man was a far more complex and intimidating physical specimen - over six foot tall and wide shouldered, and a British Lion and Irish rugby international before the war. Outstandingly brave yet considerate and cultured. Go read his story and perhaps give your support to the current campaign for Col Mayne to receive a posthumous VC.
Finished watching Lockerbie... Really good series, not as good as Chernobyl
Was al-Megrahi involved in Lockerbie himself... the series kind of leaves it open for the viewer to decide on their own opinions - Understandable that the families turned a bit on Swire (if that was true during the 20th Anniversary) for supporting, but if al-Megrahi was innocent, I'd love for it to be known before Swire dies, so that he can thumb his nose towards those who regarded him as a bit of a traitor.
Sickening really... There are things that are known through classified documents, which various UK Governments refuse to release over the years, and could shine a bit of light on what happened - Not to mention that there were a number of investigation inquiries around other events at the time of Lockerbie, but nothing for the one which had the highest casualty rate.
Mixture of possibilities where Oil Contracts came first, maybe it an attempt to destabilise the Middle East from the US / UK, or was it just payback from the ME
As it is those who died, just seem to have been pawns of a greater "game"
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I thought it had some interesting new characters, the two new games we saw were interesting.
I think there's a lot of potential for season3 story wise.
Think the attention era just gets the best of people, I've seen some people moaning already about Stranger Things and it isn't even out yet. People saying it's taken too long etc. Like there isn't hundreds of other series to watch in the mean time 😂
ITV's Playing Nice could have been a really interesting and sensitive tale of two couples having to face up to discovering that their children were swopped in the hospital in the days after delivery. But nah, lets make it Scots nutter playing his psycho games and sod the child protection teams and social services procedures involvement that would be all over this issue in real life.
Then we come to the Northern Irish nutter featured in the enjoyable SAS - Rogue Heroes. As part of a trio who created the SAS in series one, Paddy Mayne's excesses were balanced by the eccentricities of his commander David Sterling and the tough professionalism of his fellow officer Jock Lewes. Now in the second series he is given free rein to rampage around Sicily and Italy sprouting poetry (boorish) and profanity, and ranting about his inner rage. The actor forever appears to be bellowing loudly in his grating accent about how hard he is, probably to make up for the fact that all his men are taller and wider than he is. Needless the say that the real man was a far more complex and intimidating physical specimen - over six foot tall and wide shouldered, and a British Lion and Irish rugby international before the war. Outstandingly brave yet considerate and cultured. Go read his story and perhaps give your support to the current campaign for Col Mayne to receive a posthumous VC.
Mightily impressed by Special Agent Kayla Craig's nipples.
Was al-Megrahi involved in Lockerbie himself... the series kind of leaves it open for the viewer to decide on their own opinions - Understandable that the families turned a bit on Swire (if that was true during the 20th Anniversary) for supporting, but if al-Megrahi was innocent, I'd love for it to be known before Swire dies, so that he can thumb his nose towards those who regarded him as a bit of a traitor.
Sickening really... There are things that are known through classified documents, which various UK Governments refuse to release over the years, and could shine a bit of light on what happened - Not to mention that there were a number of investigation inquiries around other events at the time of Lockerbie, but nothing for the one which had the highest casualty rate.
Mixture of possibilities where Oil Contracts came first, maybe it an attempt to destabilise the Middle East from the US / UK, or was it just payback from the ME
As it is those who died, just seem to have been pawns of a greater "game"