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Just watched the first 4 available episodes of Countdown the new Amazon prime series that is getting very mixed reviews. It's full on escapist action stuff with clearly drawn bad guys (Belarusian gangsters trying to sneak radio active material into LA) and the FBI task force of maverick agents assembled to stop them. It's pretty dumb but knows what it is and doesn't try to pull the wool over your eyes. Very watchable.
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Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2
Just why Amazon choose to make a second season of this after the underwelming first season is anyones guess. What's worse is that it does almost exactly what the first season did but just in a different location. Also I don't think I can watch anything more with Nicole Kidman in. Her over reliance on cosmetic surgery has rendered it almost impossible for her to express any real emotion on screen. And on top of this she has to adopt a dodgy German accent. Hopelessly bad. My advice is avoid.

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Murderbot
This surprised me in a good way. I normally hate sci-fi being parcelled up in 20-25 minute episodes akin to a sitcom but this is really good. The idea is a service robot hacks its programming ('governor module') and although there is no real basis in reality for this to happen we wouldn't have a whole slew of sci-fi such as Blade Runner and the like otherwise. This takes a lighter touch than most sci-fi though and doesn't dump on humanity as BR did (although I like that film). Thoughtful, interesting and extremely bingeable. BTW it has been renewed by Apple for a second season.
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^ Apparently it has a 'show-inside-a-show' The Rise & Fall of Sanctuary Moon ?
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^^ Just finished Murderbot too and loved it. We watched over 2 nights as each episode is short. There are a few books in the series so hopefully more to come.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

^ Apparently it has a 'show-inside-a-show' The Rise & Fall of Sanctuary Moon ?


yes it has but don't want to issue any spoliers, suffice to say it's important to the main plot
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The Bondsman - Daft horror series with Kevin Bacon. Vibes of Ash vs The Evil Dead and Tucker and Dale vs Evil but with less comedy. A bondsman is brought back to life by the devil to hunt down escaped demons. It's not bad but some of the script is a bit too cheesy and the whole thing seems a bit roughly made, but I've seen a lot worse than this. Short episodes again, which is getting more common with US shows and only 8 of them. A watchable 7/10
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