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Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:17 am These dramas all take a bit of artistic license, but Vigil was off the charts for me.

Remarkably silly. Especially the last episode.

I skimmed the last episode. It got a bit silly, and would say it’s not worth the hassle.

Ymx wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:54 am

Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:17 am These dramas all take a bit of artistic license, but Vigil was off the charts for me.

Remarkably silly. Especially the last episode.

I skimmed the last episode. It got a bit silly, and would say it’s not worth the hassle.

It's not good when you start wanting the baddies to win...

assfly wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:56 am Just begun watching Startup. So far so good; Martin Freeman is such a good actor and his character is thoroughly disturbing.

I really enjoyed the first season of that. The second was decent, but I can't remember finishing the third or much about it at all.

Finally got around to Ozark and working through season 1. Enjoyable enough but there's not a lot of sympathetic characters in the roster.

Witcher renewed for season 3

Babylon 5 being remade, bad news it's CW channel.
TVLine has learned that the reboot Straczynski is developing for The CW follows John Sheridan, an Earthforce officer with a mysterious background, who is assigned to Babylon 5, a five-mile-long space station in neutral space. Babylon 5 serves as a port of call for travelers, smugglers, corporate explorers and alien diplomats at a time of uneasy peace and the constant threat of war. Sheridan arrival triggers “a destiny beyond anything he could have imagined,” when an exploratory Earth company accidentally triggers a conflict with a civilization a million years ahead of us, putting him and the rest of the B5 crew in the line of fire as the last, best hope for the survival of the human race.

BnM wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 7:05 pmBabylon 5 being remade.

No. Just no.

Just watched the first two episodes of Midnight Mass on Netflix. Not sure I want to watch the rest on my own in the house.

BnM wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 7:05 pm Witcher renewed for season 3

Babylon 5 being remade, bad news it's CW channel.
TVLine has learned that the reboot Straczynski is developing for The CW follows John Sheridan, an Earthforce officer with a mysterious background, who is assigned to Babylon 5, a five-mile-long space station in neutral space. Babylon 5 serves as a port of call for travelers, smugglers, corporate explorers and alien diplomats at a time of uneasy peace and the constant threat of war. Sheridan arrival triggers “a destiny beyond anything he could have imagined,” when an exploratory Earth company accidentally triggers a conflict with a civilization a million years ahead of us, putting him and the rest of the B5 crew in the line of fire as the last, best hope for the survival of the human race.

Oh dear, if anyone's capable of making something so bad it tarnishes the legacy of the original it's the CW.

Halfway through Midnight Mass on Netflix. Freaking me out a bit. Not sure I want to watch the rest of this on my own in the flat….

We started to watch The Chestnut Man last night - another Nordic Noir series (Netflix). It looks to be as good as the other shows in the genre so far, but it's not cheery stuff.

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 8:46 pm We started to watch The Chestnut Man last night - another Nordic Noir series (Netflix). It looks to be as good as the other shows in the genre so far, but it's not cheery stuff.

I like the look of that but subtitles after a 12 hour shift is not going to happen tonight

Anyone watched squid game?

Started it. Voiceovers are terrible. Plot looks weak as shit. But it has good ratings??!!

Ymx wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:36 pm Anyone watched squid game?

Started it. Voiceovers are terrible. Plot looks weak as shit. But it has good ratings??!!

So good it even has its own thread.

http://notplanetrugby.com/viewtopic.php ... 77bfcee7f5

I finished it last night, and really enjoyed it. Subtitled. Couldn't watch a dubbed version.

Gumboot wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:48 pm

Ymx wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:36 pm Anyone watched squid game?

Started it. Voiceovers are terrible. Plot looks weak as shit. But it has good ratings??!!

So good it even has its own thread.

http://notplanetrugby.com/viewtopic.php ... 77bfcee7f5

I finished it last night, and really enjoyed it. Subtitled. Couldn't watch a dubbed version.

Ok, thanks will persevere a bit longer.

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 8:46 pm We started to watch The Chestnut Man last night - another Nordic Noir series (Netflix). It looks to be as good as the other shows in the genre so far, but it's not cheery stuff.

Read that book, maybe too recently to fully enjoy the show as it loses a bit when you know what's going to happen

Right. I just figured out I can switch Netflix to play original language and English subtitles.

I don’t have to listen to the terrible acted and dubbed US accent on the main character anymore!!

Phew!!!

Ymx wrote: ↑Sat Oct 02, 2021 6:37 am Right. I just figured out I can switch Netflix to play original language and English subtitles.

I don’t have to listen to the terrible acted and dubbed US accent on the main character anymore!!

Phew!!!

Hope you enjoy it.

Now I’m trying to think of the other foreign language series I ditched because of the voice overs.

Based on a book I think, (possibly French) black main character. Action/drama. Single word title which might have been the characters surname.

Lupin. That was it.

Going to give Jaguar a go although it looks a bit too action-packed in the trailers for my taste but maybe that’s trailers for you.

Oxbow wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:23 pm

BnM wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 7:05 pmBabylon 5 being remade.

No. Just no.

apart from Michael O'Hare, the casting was so good in the original - can't imagine new casting couldn't help but be unfavourable.

As Kosh would say: A stroke of the brush does not guarantee art from the bristles.

Ymx wrote: ↑Sat Oct 02, 2021 7:07 amLupin. That was it.

First part was better. Still worth a watch though.

Grandpa wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:57 am

Ymx wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:54 am

Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:17 am These dramas all take a bit of artistic license, but Vigil was off the charts for me.

Remarkably silly. Especially the last episode.

I skimmed the last episode. It got a bit silly, and would say it’s not worth the hassle.

It's not good when you start wanting the baddies to win...

Watched 2 episodes, and the best way I can look at it is as a "Ripping Yarn" and not worry about plausibility, realism etc. Main thing that I can't stop thinking is "there's Morse / Ygritte / Stannis / Podric"
I suspect that for me living in a submarine would be a very special and unique hell so seeing it vicariously is enlightening

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 2:22 pm

Grandpa wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:57 am

Ymx wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:54 am

I skimmed the last episode. It got a bit silly, and would say it’s not worth the hassle.

It's not good when you start wanting the baddies to win...

Watched 2 episodes, and the best way I can look at it is as a "Ripping Yarn" and not worry about plausibility, realism etc. Main thing that I can't stop thinking is "there's Morse / Ygritte / Stannis / Podric"
I suspect that for me living in a submarine would be a very special and unique hell so seeing it vicariously is enlightening

Yes.. Game of Thrones featured heavily... I was hoping Jon Snow would appear to finish them all off...

Watching some drama based on real life events I find more engaging... eg Stephen, based on the Stephen Lawrence murder and Manhunt based on a couple of serial killers/rapists in London... much more interesting...

Grandpa wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:07 pm

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 2:22 pm

Grandpa wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:57 am

It's not good when you start wanting the baddies to win...

Watched 2 episodes, and the best way I can look at it is as a "Ripping Yarn" and not worry about plausibility, realism etc. Main thing that I can't stop thinking is "there's Morse / Ygritte / Stannis / Podric"
I suspect that for me living in a submarine would be a very special and unique hell so seeing it vicariously is enlightening

Yes.. Game of Thrones featured heavily... I was hoping Jon Snow would appear to finish them all off...

Watching some drama based on real life events I find more engaging... eg Stephen, based on the Stephen Lawrence murder and Manhunt based on a couple of serial killers/rapists in London... much more interesting...

Definitely. I’m done with twists and turns and final episodes when I realise that I’ve completely lost whatever idea I had of the plot. The real life ones that you’ve mentioned are far better. IMO anyway.

GogLais wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:53 pm

Grandpa wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:07 pm

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 2:22 pm
Watched 2 episodes, and the best way I can look at it is as a "Ripping Yarn" and not worry about plausibility, realism etc. Main thing that I can't stop thinking is "there's Morse / Ygritte / Stannis / Podric"
I suspect that for me living in a submarine would be a very special and unique hell so seeing it vicariously is enlightening

Yes.. Game of Thrones featured heavily... I was hoping Jon Snow would appear to finish them all off...

Watching some drama based on real life events I find more engaging... eg Stephen, based on the Stephen Lawrence murder and Manhunt based on a couple of serial killers/rapists in London... much more interesting...

Definitely. I’m done with twists and turns and final episodes when I realise that I’ve completely lost whatever idea I had of the plot. The real life ones that you’ve mentioned are far better. IMO anyway.

Have you watched Don't Fcuk with Cats on Netflix? Also based on a real life killer... another creepy murderer...

GogLais wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:53 pm
Definitely. I’m done with twists and turns and final episodes when I realise that the writers completely lost whatever idea they had of the plot....

Fixed

So Billions season finale
How does it feel?

Marylandolorian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:00 pm

Its going to be interesting how that goes. The Targaryens are some Aryan Nazi looking mofos though.

This looks interesting. Anybody read the books in German or translation?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/ ... in-english

Cartman wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:54 pm So Billions season finale
How does it feel?

Ymx wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:26 pm

Cartman wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:54 pm So Billions season finale
How does it feel?

Spoiler

Show

That was the shittest of shit endings.

What worse is they are going to try to have another season most likely with Axelrod.

Think you meant "without"

I'd like to have seen something similar to what happened in Homeland...

Ymx wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:59 pm

Gumboot wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:48 pm

Ymx wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:36 pm Anyone watched squid game?

Started it. Voiceovers are terrible. Plot looks weak as shit. But it has good ratings??!!

So good it even has its own thread.

http://notplanetrugby.com/viewtopic.php ... 77bfcee7f5

I finished it last night, and really enjoyed it. Subtitled. Couldn't watch a dubbed version.

Ok, thanks will persevere a bit longer.

Because of Gumboot I watched it... it's highly addictive...

Grandpa wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:33 pm

Ymx wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:26 pm

Cartman wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:54 pm So Billions season finale
How does it feel?

Spoiler

Show

That was the shittest of shit endings.

What worse is they are going to try to have another season most likely with Axelrod.

Think you meant "without"

I'd like to have seen something similar to what happened in Homeland...

I did indeed.

Season 4 of The Sinner with Bill Pullman out. I've enjoyed the first 3 seasons. Especially the first season with Jessica Biel who I admire enormously as an err ... actress. Or female actor I think they're now called.

Grandpa wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:07 pm

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 2:22 pm

Grandpa wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:57 am

It's not good when you start wanting the baddies to win...

Watched 2 episodes, and the best way I can look at it is as a "Ripping Yarn" and not worry about plausibility, realism etc. Main thing that I can't stop thinking is "there's Morse / Ygritte / Stannis / Podric"
I suspect that for me living in a submarine would be a very special and unique hell so seeing it vicariously is enlightening

Yes.. Game of Thrones featured heavily... I was hoping Jon Snow would appear to finish them all off...

Watching some drama based on real life events I find more engaging... eg Stephen, based on the Stephen Lawrence murder and Manhunt based on a couple of serial killers/rapists in London... much more interesting...

Yeah it was good did you watch Manhunt with Martin Clunes? It was excellent.

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 5:11 pm Season 4 of The Sinner with Bill Pullman out. I've enjoyed the first 3 seasons. Especially the first season with Jessica Biel who I admire enormously as an err ... actress. Or female actor I think they're now called.

Thanks will look out for that as enjoyed them all.

Currently just done series 3 of Sex Education and have started series 3 of Brassic which in bonkers

Midnight Mass, like Flanagan's other shows, spends waaaaaay too long on the drama and nowhere near enough on horror for me. Could've clipped a couple of episodes off this no problem.

As it is the pacing feels really off, it's really slow for most of the running and then BAM the last episode and a half are full on horror territory with very little to show how we got there. Plenty of potential to have seeded previous episodes with creepy moments or even extended the season and have the insidious corruption of the town take place at a leisurely pace, giving more opportunity to show fear and paranoia building in the community.

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 5:11 pm Season 4 of The Sinner with Bill Pullman out. I've enjoyed the first 3 seasons. Especially the first season with Jessica Biel who I admire enormously as an err ... actress. Or female actor I think they're now called.

The funny thing is how much more I enjoy her acting; when she has her back to the camera.

It's just shows how talented she is !