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Gentle and Giant ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 24 2019 Location: Blackpool Status: Offline Points: 4765 |
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We finished se03 of White Lotus last night. An unpopular opinion maybe but this was my favourite of the 3 seasons so far.
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Sons of Anarchy
This was a good show. A bit of a classic Western in a modern vehicle. I learned a bit about biker culture, something I knew nothing about. The performances by Katey Sagal and Jimmy Smits in particular were just masterful. That said, I have my criticism of it. Too much violence, some poor writing and plot choices. The biggest fail here is the dropped ball of not doing a concurrent backstory with the "First Nine" bikers who founded the motorcycle club a generation earlier. They are mentioned so often and in brief images that the producers cue our interest big time, and then they just let it die on the vine. Animal Kingdom did it so well with Ellen Barkin's backstory, and Sons of Anarchy could have included that backstory by using some of the time given to senseless shootouts and drug deals for the umpteenth time. Still, it was a ton of fun to watch. |
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 30150 |
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^ cool. I need to watch that.
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The Penguin
Picking up a week after the events in 2022's The Batman, this HBO series puts us in the festering gutters of Gotham with an unrecognizable Colin Farrell in the lead trying to fight his way back up the crime syndicate food chain with some help from a young street kid (the excellent Rhenzy Feliz) and the daughter of a mob family recently released from Arkham Asylum. More a mafia crime story than a supervillain action-drama, The Penguin works and delivers the cold hard goods. |
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 30150 |
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Reacher Season 3
Lee Childs character is so well realised it's hard to think of any actor other than Alan Ritchson who would have been better in it ( ''The Rock'' maybe??!). This keeps up the standard of the earlier seasons and other than great fight scenes (and extreme brutial violience) does also have a heart. One of its very best points is that it allows the supporting cast to shine and gives them layered roles. In this season Reacher is well matched by a zealous FBI agent (played brilliantly by British actress Sonya Cassidy) who is operating 'off the book' trying to bring a gun runner to justice with an undercover sting operation. Reacher also wants his head on a stick for past 'indiscretions' Great TV. |
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Gentle and Giant ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 24 2019 Location: Blackpool Status: Offline Points: 4765 |
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Started the latest season of The White Lotus last night. I'm liking this one much more than the second series.
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Daredevil: Born Again
A lot of hype accompanying this reboot of a fans favourite. Disney decided to bring it back after the previous series aired some 10 years ago when Netflix lost the rights to do any Marvel based stuff. The original series is considered to be one of the best comic book adaptions for its great characters and multi layered story lines. For me it's the villian that makes this interesting and again we have 'Kingpin' Wilson Fisk (played by the always brilliant Vincent D'Onofrio) going up against Charlie Cox's tortured vigilante Daredevil. It was always going to be tricky rebooting this after a long gap but I believe they have done a fine job with the afore mentioned layered story lines but still featuring those signature multi martial arts fight scenes as well as some extreme;y nasty gory stuff (but we love this don't we?). It's also great to have a villian who is capable of snapping a mans neck with his bare hands. Fisk is an imposing figure but so well realised you almost sympathise with him at times. Top notch and for me the only Marvel show that is any good. Edited by richardh - May 01 2025 at 22:19 |
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Gentle and Giant ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 24 2019 Location: Blackpool Status: Offline Points: 4765 |
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Finished se03 of The Wheel of Time - the ending was great and obviously more to come (there are 15 books in the series - though as I've not read any of them, I've no idea where the TV show is compared to the books). One has to admire the effort in bringing the show to the screen. All the towns/villages/costumes/props are top notch.
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I've been watching The Interceptors, starring James Steed, Roger St. Hammond & Jason Clarkson. [:)}
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
Mesmerizing second half of the adaptation of Hilary Mantel's novel, sensitively rendered by Mark Rylance's Cromwell as he serves Damian Lewis's King Henry and an unsteady court at the brink of war and at odds with Rome. Masterfully portraying the darkness and illness and machinations of 16th Century England and Henry VIII's capricious whims, this series, as well as the first, are among the finest things British television has achieved. |
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 30150 |
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ditto
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Gentle and Giant ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 24 2019 Location: Blackpool Status: Offline Points: 4765 |
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The Wheel of Time - Season 3. It's alright this show but there are so many names/place names to remember it does get a bit confusing for an old fart like me.
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Adolescence.
Amazing in so many ways. Edited by Moonshake - April 27 2025 at 10:43 |
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I,Jack Wright Season 1
I thought this would be a limited series but apparently there could be more to come. Written by Chris Lang (Unforgotten) this is a dark drama/comedy set around the well trodden subject of a will reading after the patriarch of a succesful family company dies in mysterious circumstances. Some of it is quite tragically funny especially John Simm's 'man child' character but also some nice turns from well known British actors such as Trevor Eve and Zoe Tapper. If you want something to binge in a day then this is ideal at 6 episodes. Edited by richardh - April 26 2025 at 23:11 |
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Gangs Of London Season 3
Seems to have got even better as each season goes by. It seems every episode in in 'real time' and full of interesting set piece fight scenes. Some of it stretches credibility to the limits (ie a women strangling a bloke with the unbillical chord after giving birth) but it's never anything other than pure entertainment. |
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 30150 |
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Surface Season 2
I finished this about a week ago but struggle to think of anything meaningful to say about it. Great idea to move the filming to the UK and it has everything you want from a slick 'high society' thriller starring familiar actors playing horrible self entitled people with way too much money trying to hide terrible secrets. Yes it is that cliched. Switch off brain escapist nonsense but I quite liked it. |
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Gentle and Giant ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 24 2019 Location: Blackpool Status: Offline Points: 4765 |
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Finished Black Mirror. I really loved this whole season, everything was top drawer for me. My scores fwiw:
S7.E1 ∙ Common People 9/10 S7.E2 ∙ Bête Noire 8/10 S7.E3 ∙ Hotel Reverie 7/10 S7.E4 ∙ Plaything 8/10 S7.E5 ∙ Eulogy 10/10 S7.E6 ∙ USS Callister: Into Infinity 9/10 |
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Gentle and Giant ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 24 2019 Location: Blackpool Status: Offline Points: 4765 |
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Season 3 of Yellowjackets - Though I can't remember much of the previous 2 seasons.
Edited by Gentle and Giant - April 12 2025 at 07:56 |
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 30150 |
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^ Not currently available outside of the US unless you bother with a VPN. Here is the IMDB link for information.
Just watched the first 2 episodes that dropped yesterday of Your Friends and Neighbours starring Jon Hamm. This is going to be fun! Edited by richardh - April 12 2025 at 00:09 |
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