War of the Worlds in the right locations? Horsell Common?
Yes, rather than 20th century New Jersey or California like previous screen adaptations. While the BBC version got the location right, they got just about everything else wrong because the writer thought he knew better than HG Wells. The arrogance of these idiots is beyond me.
The new Watchmen show had me worried but I gave it a go and it's really very good. Pretty dense and you really need at least a working knowledge of the comic book (NOT the film) to get the most out of it but I'm really enjoying it so far.
Andrew Neil's "come and get me" message to Johnson (at the end of the Farage interview) was best thing on TV in ages! If anyone has a link please post ....
Does anyone else watch This is Us? I'm convinced my wife puts it on each week to punish me.
Is season 3 on UK TV yet ?
quite like it myself.
EXCLUSIVE: This Is Us has lost its first run UK broadcaster. Channel 4 has opted not to renew their licensing agreement for NBC’s hit series with international distributor Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution after airing the show’s first two seasons.
A representative of Channel 4 told TVWise: “We are so pleased and very proud to have brought the first two seasons of the critically-acclaimed series This is Us to a UK audience, but there are currently no plans to air further series”. Amazon Prime Video UK holds SVOD rights to the show, but it is not immediately clear if or when they will stream seasons three and four.
The writing had been on the wall for the show. While initially trumpeted as a key acquisition for the main channel in 2016, it was eventually shunted to More4 for its second season. The decision comes mere months after NBC renewed the series through to season six.
seen Giri/Haji. really good series though the ending was not quite up to it. had some plot holes not filled.
The watchmen - interesting. each episode seems to throw up another aspect to the world that you have to try and get your head around. a great soundtrack throughout.
8 Days - just started this German series. i would find old ceefax subtitles more useful than what they have come up with. least i could see the words. not sure i can stick with it.
It’s not new but we’ve just caught up with National Treasure - the series with Robbie Coltrane as opposed to the movie with Nicholas Cage. Very powerful. Jimmy Saville type stuff. Difficult subject but very well acted by a stellar cast.
I watched the first fifteen minutes of the I-Land. I'm stunned. I truly didn't think it was possible to make television that bad. I mean - apart from being horrifically acted, even more horrifically written and having what looks like the most clichéd plot line ever written it's just... Well... 'bad'.
Seriously - words alone can't do it justice. It's shit. Utter utter shit. Like someone baked a turd into a TV show.
Give it a watch - and tell me its not the single worst thing you've ever seen passing as 'drama' on televsion
New series of The Expanse just released. Best thing on TV (if science fiction is your thing). Thankfully saved by Amazon after Sci-Fi channel cancelled it. That's my Xmas TV viewing taken care of anyway.
New series of The Expanse just released. Best thing on TV (if science fiction is your thing). Thankfully saved by Amazon after Sci-Fi channel cancelled it. That's my Xmas TV viewing taken care of anyway.
My daughter tells me it the best thing on TV, will have to start to watch it at sometime.
I wasn't too sure about the first season (funny belter accents and some cheap 90's sci fi sets/casting) but it did grow on me. Thanks for the heads up.
Anyone else been watching His Dark Materials on BBC? Really enjoyed it at the start but its got increasingly hammy and contrite I thought. Still enjoyable but not quite as fun as I hoped. Maybe the fact that the books are some of my favourites from my childhood is making me overly critical
Anyone else been watching His Dark Materials on BBC? Really enjoyed it at the start but its got increasingly hammy and contrite I thought. Still enjoyable but not quite as fun as I hoped. Maybe the fact that the books are some of my favourites from my childhood is making me overly critical
I tried it, as normally this sort of thing would be just my cup of tea. I hadn't read the books (which may not have helped) but I found every character in it totally annoying and couldn't understand why they were doing what they were doing, both because it appeared stupid and I really had no clue what the set up of the world was. Maybe it's my fault, but I didn't get it and wasn't impressed enough by the first few episodes to make the effort.
I watched the first fifteen minutes of the I-Land. I'm stunned. I truly didn't think it was possible to make television that bad. I mean - apart from being horrifically acted, even more horrifically written and having what looks like the most clichéd plot line ever written it's just... Well... 'bad'.
Seriously - words alone can't do it justice. It's shit. Utter utter shit. Like someone baked a turd into a TV show.
Give it a watch - and tell me its not the single worst thing you've ever seen passing as 'drama' on televsion
I did say not long ago, I watched it. I liked it, wasn't overly invested or looking into plot twists or anything but found it watchable. Not the worst idea, I didn't mind it.
Rick and Morty, series 4 has been exceptionally good, and I'm also trying out Watchmen, haven't had interest in any of the DC/Marvel stuff previously, so trying to get a better understanding of the world around it
Rick and Morty, series 4 has been exceptionally good, and I'm also trying out Watchmen, haven't had interest in any of the DC/Marvel stuff previously, so trying to get a better understanding of the world around it
Rick and Morty, series 4 has been exceptionally good, and I'm also trying out Watchmen, haven't had interest in any of the DC/Marvel stuff previously, so trying to get a better understanding of the world around it
It might be worth a quick read of the Wiki page on the original Watchmen. It's not essential (my wife had no knowledge of it at all and still really enjoyed the series) but makes it a bit easier to understand. The series takes place in 2019, the comic ends in the mid 1980s.
Watchmen is in my top 3 for 2019 alongside Succession and Chernobyl.
I stuck with Watchmen but it really didnt make a lot of sense. Don't know if it was writers trying to be clever and out manoeuvre fans of the comics or what but I won't be counting down the days until the next series
Rick and Morty gets better and better, guaranteed laughs every episode
Comments
Yes, rather than 20th century New Jersey or California like previous screen adaptations. While the BBC version got the location right, they got just about everything else wrong because the writer thought he knew better than HG Wells. The arrogance of these idiots is beyond me.
If anyone has a link please post ....
quite like it myself.
EXCLUSIVE: This Is Us has lost its first run UK broadcaster. Channel 4 has opted not to renew their licensing agreement for NBC’s hit series with international distributor Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution after airing the show’s first two seasons.
A representative of Channel 4 told TVWise: “We are so pleased and very proud to have brought the first two seasons of the critically-acclaimed series This is Us to a UK audience, but there are currently no plans to air further series”. Amazon Prime Video UK holds SVOD rights to the show, but it is not immediately clear if or when they will stream seasons three and four.
The writing had been on the wall for the show. While initially trumpeted as a key acquisition for the main channel in 2016, it was eventually shunted to More4 for its second season. The decision comes mere months after NBC renewed the series through to season six.
The watchmen - interesting. each episode seems to throw up another aspect to the world that you have to try and get your head around. a great soundtrack throughout.
8 Days - just started this German series. i would find old ceefax subtitles more useful than what they have come up with. least i could see the words. not sure i can stick with it.
Seriously - words alone can't do it justice. It's shit. Utter utter shit. Like someone baked a turd into a TV show.
Give it a watch - and tell me its not the single worst thing you've ever seen passing as 'drama' on televsion
Programme not bad though...
My daughter tells me it the best thing on TV, will have to start to watch it at sometime.
I did say not long ago, I watched it. I liked it, wasn't overly invested or looking into plot twists or anything but found it watchable. Not the worst idea, I didn't mind it.
Watchmen is in my top 3 for 2019 alongside Succession and Chernobyl.
Rick and Morty gets better and better, guaranteed laughs every episode