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Atavachron 
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 Posted: August 18 2022 at 16:25 |
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^ When I rewatched GoT the first time (I've gone on to watch the whole series another eight times or so) I was amazed both at how much I'd forgotten and how much more storyline I grasped. I find it endlessly watchable and endlessly complex in its depth. Oh-- and the final season is much better than people thought, I don't understand the issue with it. I think it was one of the best seasons of the series. Edited by Atavachron - August 18 2022 at 16:30 |
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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richardh
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Posted: August 18 2022 at 10:32 |
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Currently re-watching the last 3 seasons of Game Of Thrones before House of the Dragon premieres on Sunday/Monday (depending on where you are in the world) . After that its Lord Of The Ring prequel and See to look forward to. Great times for TV!
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richardh
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Posted: August 18 2022 at 10:29 |
Yep have to agree. I thought the ending was as beautifully underplayed as always. Kim Wexler and Saul Goodman sharing a cig, not saying much and then its done apart from a final scene which might be a bit of a spolier if I describe it!.
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: August 18 2022 at 06:58 |
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Finished The Sandman the other night. Really good and it kept my interest throughout. It sort of had 2 separate stories though and the the first 6 episodes (story 1) were much better than the last 4 (story 2). Anyway there must be loads to come with the available source material from Neil Gaiman. 9.5/10 for the first 6 eps, 8/10 for the rest. P.S. Top marks for anyone spotting Lenny Henry in this.
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Grumpyprogfan
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Posted: August 18 2022 at 04:28 |
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Better Call Saul, final season. Exceptional writing and acting. One of the finest shows on TV.
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BaldJean
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Posted: August 16 2022 at 03:08 |
German TV did a version of this series too. here a trailer with English subtitles: |
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Atavachron
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Posted: August 15 2022 at 21:33 |
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Professor T. Sort of like an English Monk but better and about an obsessive/compulsive criminology teacher rather than a troubled germophobic detective. Not bad. From the Belgian series. |
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mathman0806
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Posted: August 15 2022 at 20:39 |
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I watched the season finale of Westworld a day late and it does seem to set up well for a final season. And I have enjoyed the series overall, and found the fourth season to be an improvement over the previous two.
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Logan
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Posted: August 15 2022 at 10:24 |
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Last night was the finale of Westworld season 4, which I liked very much (the series in general). I finished the latest season of Dark the other day. I also finished the latest season of Stranger Things recently. Regarding The Sandman, I am a Gaiman fan. I have not read the comics (almost bought the great, big graphic novels set a couple of years ago at a great price, wish I had), and I adored the Audible audio drama of The Sandman (especially the episode The Collectors). Probably because I loved the Audible version so much, I have had a lot of difficulty getting into The Netflix version which is significantly different. I loved the characters in the audio series. I guess in audio you have to exaggerate certain qualities to make up for the lack of visuals, and I find the line deliveries so flat in comparison, and not as darkly comedic, in the TV series. I read a review criticising the Audible that it was too faithful to the source material instead of updating and adapting it to fit our times. Worked for me anyway.
I had also loved the audio (BBC radio) version of Good Omens. In that case I did enjoy the book, the radio series, and the amazon series. Edited by Logan - August 15 2022 at 10:38 |
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Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me.
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: August 15 2022 at 08:22 |
I enjoyed The Tourist too, and you're right Danielle Macdonald played the Constable brilliantly. She really raised the show. Currently we are 6 episodes in of The Sandman. I love these sort of shows and Neil Gaiman has written some great books (sadly American Gods went to pot after the first series). In this The Dream King is captured accidentally and in doing so loses all his 'tools'. A great cast, the story follows the King trying to recover his items. David Thewlis is phenomenal (as in Fargo too) and Gwendiline Christie is perfect for her role as well. 9.5/10 so far
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mathman0806
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Posted: August 15 2022 at 05:39 |
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Paper Girls (Season 1) on Amazon. Baed on comic series from 2015 to 2019. The story starts on Nov. 1, 1988 and the four lead characters are 12-year old newspaper delivery girls. They find themselves time-traveling to 2019 as they are caught up in the middle of a time war. They meet and learn about their future selves. There are comparisons to Stranger Things for its 80s nostalgia and its young cast. It maintains focus on the 4 leading characters. The soundtrack is good covering the years as they also travel to 1999. It's a coming of age story that feels a bit like Stand By Me. The characters aren't friends at the beginning but you can see that development over the episodes. The first season ends with the story unfinished and needing a Season 2. (8/10)
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BaldJean
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Posted: August 15 2022 at 04:41 |
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we watched all 6 episodes of "The Tourist" yesterday, an Australian TV-series that was filmed in 2021 and first aired in 2022 about a man who loses his memory after a car accident and gets into all kinds of trouble. each episode was just beneath the one hour mark, and since there were no summaries of the previous episodes at the beginning of episodes 2-6 it was like watching a 350 minutes movie. highly entertaining with lots of totally unexpected twists and turns, with the occasional really funny moment that had us both laugh out loud thrown in for good measure. the beginning was a little homage to the first Spielberg movie "Duel": a truck chasing a limousine. we especially loved the character of Probationary Constable Helen Chambers, brilliantly portrayed by Danielle Macdonald; she stole every scene she was in. whoever says fat women can't be sexy? I give this series 10 out of 10
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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JD
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Posted: August 14 2022 at 19:39 |
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Ted Lasso (Season 1) Comedy/Sports 7.3/10 A sort of British take on 1989's Major League with Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger. A decent 30 min comedy show to watch while having dinner. |
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dr wu23
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Posted: August 14 2022 at 15:21 |
I also watched it and was disappointed...there will be a season 2 btw. I much preferred 'Debris 'which sadly was not renewed... Haven't watched 'Stranger Things' finale yet but sounds like I 'll be disappointed. Looking forward to the ne w season of Umbrella Academy. Just started it but I highly recommend 'The Sandman' on Netflix.
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richardh
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Posted: August 14 2022 at 15:02 |
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The Lazarus Project 2022 8 episodes
This Sky Original show always looked a bit of a 'filler' thing to go in the schedules. The basic plot is that a secret government agency has the ability to reset time and take it back to July 1st (but no earlier) . This is to avoid 'mass extinction events' (ie Nuclear war mainly). So 30 June becomes a checkpoint date. It's an interesting idea that gives rise to all sorts of possibilities that are well explored. Not that many well known actors, I recognised Caroline Quenton from Men Behaving Badly and Tom Burke from The Musketeers but don't let that put you off. 7.5/10
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: August 07 2022 at 08:52 |
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6 episodes through a series that's being shown on Channel 5 in the UK called La Brea. Basically a massive sink hole opens up in the middle of LA. All those that fall in end up going back in time to LA 10000 BC. It's a good idea, but most of the money must have been spent on the pilot as after that it becomes a cliched, formulaic drag (akin to the tripe shows that were Terra Nova and Revolution). I'll see it through though - the masochist that I am. 4/10
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JD
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Posted: August 07 2022 at 06:09 |
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Pushing Daisies (2007-2009) Comedy/Fantasy Lee Pace, Anna Firel 7.5/10 A
pastry chef with the power to bring dead people back to life solves
murder mysteries with his resurrected childhood sweetheart, a cynical
private investigator, and a lovesick waitress. Season two was a little better than season one. The narration got a bit tedious but there were some cute moments. An easy watch while we were eating dinner.
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richardh
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Posted: August 07 2022 at 01:20 |
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Terminal List 2022 8 episodes
Chris Pratt stars in this adaption of a book. Its a conspiracy thriller story about the US government using experimental drugs on Navy Seals without their consent. Most end up with brain tumours so the govt tries to cover its tracks by having them all killed on a mission by giving intel to the enemy. However Chris Pratt's character survives so he goes on a mission to track the perpetrators down. It's commendably kept as down to earth as possible with nothing too ridiculous or far fetched thrown into the mix. I liked it but never felt that emotionally involved. Pratt is very good but its just lacked something at the end of the day. 6.5/10
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richardh
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Posted: August 07 2022 at 01:13 |
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^ I asked my Nephews about Halo as I've only seen the first episode (which I liked) but they are very down on it. I enjoyed Resident Evil a lot though and as you say it's been panned by a lot of people who are into the game. I mentioned Lance Reddick in my post above (he voices Farzar) and he is also in Resident Evil. I think that' also a reason I enjoyed it. He's a superb actor imo.
Can't say I enjoyed Umbrella Academy first season that much. It just dragged for me and the characters were plain dull. I gave up after episode 2 of the second season. Doom Patrol is much more my thing mainly because the characters are more interesting. Admittedly the plots make little sense but I've never been that bothered about plots as long as I'm entertained.
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: August 04 2022 at 05:53 |
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Series 3 of The Umbrella Academy. It remains a well made, solid show and is still as good as previous seasons. The first episode was a blast, though I expect it was made at the end of season 2 as everyone looked different from the second episode of this series. This show is so much better than Doom Patrol, which is just too weird. I enjoyed this series more than 1 or 2 too. Not sure why, but it felt a bit different and a great ending too. 9/10 this season.
Halo. I've played the game briefly with my son a few years back, but know little of any story arc. Maybe gamers will dislike it, but coming from my point of view, it's quite good. It's a bit cheesy and a little cliched but the scope and scale are impressive. The opening battle is very well done indeed. You know sometimes, I get side-tracked and only give limited attention to a show, but for some reason Halo really kept my attention throughout. There were a couple of duller episodes, but overall (9 eps) the pace kept me gripped and I found it really enjoyable. Some of the battle scenes were excellently done, especially the first person perspective moments (like a fps game). The CGI was well done too and the alien planets look spectacular in 4K HDR10. My rating to 9/10 More zombies with Resident Evil - the TV show. I've watched all the movies from this franchise and they've all been pretty crap to be frank. Anyway I went in to this quite cold and knew nothing about it at all. But my wife and I enjoyed the first 4 episodes quite a lot and it's well done overall. Again though they've used black actors for what were originally white characters, but that seems normal these days. Anyway I checked out the show on iMDB - 3.8 lol. It really isn't that bad, but the aforementioned fact that the characters have been changed and possibly the reviewers are Resident Evil game fanboys leads partly to such a low score I think. Me, I'll give it 6.5/10. |
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