Having re-watched some old favourites during lockdown (Mad Men, The Wire), I'm forcing myself to start watching something new this week on Amazon Prime...
Torn between Black Sails and Mr Robot. Heard good things about both but wondered if anyone had seen them and would recommend (or not)?
First series of Mr Robot is excellent, Second season was good, then kind of lost its way for me.
The Boys is good on Prime too, 2 seasons now. Kind of a dark comedy twist on the Superhero genre
This any good? Enjoyed The Haunting of Hill House, but the trailer for this one didn't grab me
I started it and it’s not bad but hardly original. Old Manor House, American au pair, 2 weird kids etc. Feel like all these horror things are the same.
I said as much on the Netflix thread. I'm on episode 5 and there's not one fright for me yet. And, as I also said, the little girl does the voice of Peppa Pig, so every time she's on screen, I just hear Peppa Pig, which doesn't really make for a creepy atmosphere.
This any good? Enjoyed The Haunting of Hill House, but the trailer for this one didn't grab me
I started it and it’s not bad but hardly original. Old Manor House, American au pair, 2 weird kids etc. Feel like all these horror things are the same.
Have you seen the film The Lodge? It's the only recent horror I've seen that tries to do something different, but still keep it within the realms of plausibility.
Finished Cobra Kai, really recommend it mainly for people who enjoyed the orginal Karate kids, i enjoyed it alot was a bit gutting when the 2nd series ended. Quite an easy watch too only took a couple weeks to finish.
Thanks for all the Cobra Kai recommendations - smashed both series in a couple of weeks.
Really enjoyed it and will go back and re-watch the original film at some point, don’t think I’ve seen any of the sequels, are they worth it?
Finished Cobra Kai, really recommend it mainly for people who enjoyed the orginal Karate kids, i enjoyed it alot was a bit gutting when the 2nd series ended. Quite an easy watch too only took a couple weeks to finish.
Thanks for all the Cobra Kai recommendations - smashed both series in a couple of weeks.
Really enjoyed it and will go back and re-watch the original film at some point, don’t think I’ve seen any of the sequels, are they worth it?
I watched Karate Kid 2 donkeys years ago, wasn't terrible from what I remember. Can't even recall what the 3rd was about although I'm fairly sure I watched it
Edit: Just looked on Rotten Tomatoes and its not rated highly
This any good? Enjoyed The Haunting of Hill House, but the trailer for this one didn't grab me
I started it and it’s not bad but hardly original. Old Manor House, American au pair, 2 weird kids etc. Feel like all these horror things are the same.
Have you seen the film The Lodge? It's the only recent horror I've seen that tries to do something different, but still keep it within the realms of plausibility.
I haven’t but will check it out. I’m not a huge horror fan but could be swayed with a bit of originality.
This any good? Enjoyed The Haunting of Hill House, but the trailer for this one didn't grab me
I started it and it’s not bad but hardly original. Old Manor House, American au pair, 2 weird kids etc. Feel like all these horror things are the same.
Have you seen the film The Lodge? It's the only recent horror I've seen that tries to do something different, but still keep it within the realms of plausibility.
I haven’t but will check it out. I’m not a huge horror fan but could be swayed with a bit of originality.
Being subjected to watch the Graham Norton Show and I have no idea who Sarah Pascoe is but I’d rather go through tortureal castration than ever watch her on tv again. Fuck me, just wow.
you'll be pleased to hear .. she has her own series starting soon on BBC ((:>) Il put you down as a NOOOOOOOO
just finished the haunting of Bly Manor. Really enjoyed it, certainly not an out and out horror but thought it was well done
The girl's only been doing Peppa Pig since January so I've not seen any of her episodes
Finished it last night too, thought it was decent although not particularly scary. Probably could have been a tad shorter, and I think it would have benefited from a slightly different structure. Seen it getting a fair bit of stick online which I thought was unfair.
Really liked Roadkill on BBC1 last night. Political thriller directed by Michael Keillor of "Line of Duty". Excellent cast headed up by Hugh Laurie as the slippery politico and Helen McCrory as the PM - really enjoyed her portrayal. The casting that intrigued me was of his mistress, it's Sidse Babett Knudsen, the Danish actor who played the Danish PM in Borgen). Her English is flawless, so far she is not portraying herself as foreign. But that's a geeky thing. Very much looking forward to more, only 4 episodes unfortunately.
Don't watch a huge amount of series on TV, more just flick through rubbish and repeats (when I'm not watching Sport)
however, we've just started watching 'This Is Us' on Amazon (I didn't even know we had it)....brilliant drama/comedy if anyone is looking for something to watch
Saw Roadkill...top notch cast and clever make up on HL giving him the rather slept in pallor of a certain politician who had his own talk show. He is very watchable. However, rather redundant plot given the goings on of some of our current crop of leaders and lazy writing around how a newspaper works and lawyers actually function. Hope there are some bigger skeletons in the Minister's cupboard in future episodes.
Don't watch a huge amount of series on TV, more just flick through rubbish and repeats (when I'm not watching Sport)
however, we've just started watching 'This Is Us' on Amazon (I didn't even know we had it)....brilliant drama/comedy if anyone is looking for something to watch
I really like this too. The only flaw is the incidental music which feels very manipulative and old fashioned. But great writing/plotting and very solid acting.
Is anyone watching Spitting Image? Not even mentioned, unless I missed it, presumably because it's on the ridiculous Britbox. I see the occasional clip they put up on Twitter. The Jurgen Klopp one was quite good.
Is anyone watching Spitting Image? Not even mentioned, unless I missed it, presumably because it's on the ridiculous Britbox. I see the occasional clip they put up on Twitter. The Jurgen Klopp one was quite good.
I'd love to tune in, think its the kinda show the worlds been crying out for for years. But on Britbox I doubt anyone will bother sadly
I agree it was watchable but too many inside plots. Would both his driver AND his aide be plotting against him. Bit tooooo far fetched imo.
Seeing as Peter Laurence is such a loathsome article it's quite likely he'd have numerous people out to get him, those closest to him the most probable. Is it just me or is Peter Laurence a taller fitter embodiment of the politician Nigel FourthReich dreams of being?
Is anyone watching Spitting Image? Not even mentioned, unless I missed it, presumably because it's on the ridiculous Britbox. I see the occasional clip they put up on Twitter. The Jurgen Klopp one was quite good.
would love to watch it, cannot understand why it's not on ITV after the news, they've literally never had so much material to work with.....not paying £5.99 a month to watch it though!.
Is anyone watching Spitting Image? Not even mentioned, unless I missed it, presumably because it's on the ridiculous Britbox. I see the occasional clip they put up on Twitter. The Jurgen Klopp one was quite good.
would love to watch it, cannot understand why it's not on ITV after the news, they've literally never had so much material to work with.....not paying £5.99 a month to watch it though!.
Thats what I can't understand. It was heavily advertised a month or so ago & I had been expecting to see it on Sunday nights as per the 80's & 90's. Gobsmacked when I found it was on Britbox only.
Terrestrial tv is dying out. You only have to read on here the amount of shows people are watching on Netflix. Probably 90% of shows discussed on here are via that medium. I am one if the dying breed that never watches Netflix.
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The Boys is good on Prime too, 2 seasons now. Kind of a dark comedy twist on the Superhero genre
Edit: Just looked on Rotten Tomatoes and its not rated highly
The girl's only been doing Peppa Pig since January so I've not seen any of her episodes
however, we've just started watching 'This Is Us' on Amazon (I didn't even know we had it)....brilliant drama/comedy if anyone is looking for something to watch
Had a touch of the House of cards about it.
Roadkill off to a good start.
Never read the books but watched the film which was dreadful but you could see what they were trying
I'm not that confident.
Is it just me or is Peter Laurence a taller fitter embodiment of the politician Nigel FourthReich dreams of being?
Terrestrial tv is dying out. You only have to read on here the amount of shows people are watching on Netflix. Probably 90% of shows discussed on here are via that medium. I am one if the dying breed that never watches Netflix.