TV Serieseseses

Nepia

@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:

For All Mankind
This is one show where I keep wanting to watch it, but when it gets to the time of day when I am ready to watch TV... I'm wanting to watch dumb shit. I'm, like, you know, just... like, you know? wanting the easy shit to watch.

This is basically me for every single show that requires some level of concentration these days. It's sad, but I too end up choosing the simple stuff

I have two tiers, I have one show I watch while I eat my dinner and straight after, that's my requires level of concentration show, then I'll watch a switch of the brain show later at night to wind down.

For All Mankind is a great show.

Nepia

Say Nothing:

A show on Disney (FX) about the Troubles in Ireland. Based on a book, a lot of disputed history but even so it's compelling viewing. Centres around the disappearance of a single Mum, two sisters in the IRA, and Gerry Adams.

One of the better dramas I've watched recently.

Kruse

Lioness - S02
I'm about to watch final episode - so review is based on what's happened to date

One or more ferners assured another ferner that "Season 2 is better than Season 1"
- That is incorrect
- Season 2 is more FUN than Season 1
- Season 1 was more suspenseful, brooding, "what's going to happen?"
- Season 2 is more... gunfights in every single episode
- - And more "america rah rah rah - fuck we're awesome"
- - Season 2 is pretty much "Tom Clancy's Jane Ryan"
- - verging on "Strike Back - with more estrogen, yet less tit"
I hadn't realised this was a Taylor Sheridan thing. But once I saw his name... the clumsiness of some of the political shit became clear
I assume Sheridan doesn't direct every episode - but maybe provides "stylistic guidance"
- One thought I had early on was "Whoever's doing this - at least they don't do the Zack Snyder lens-flare thing constantly - but by fuck do they love the close up of a heroic pose with blurry background"
- Then... they started doing lens-flare as well
- Fucking hacks
Tit-watch - infuriating
- Early on - some shots suggesting there are some rather promising materiale
- Later-on - maybe we could present this materiale to you in a sapphic context
- Some rather fucking school-boy-ish imagination of how sapphic goes, but....
- ... then nothing.

TL;DR - Lioness S02 - not better than S01, but more 'fun'.

MiketheSnow

@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:

Lioness - S02
I'm about to watch final episode - so review is based on what's happened to date

One or more ferners assured another ferner that "Season 2 is better than Season 1"

That is incorrect

Season 2 is more FUN than Season 1

Season 1 was more suspenseful, brooding, "what's going to happen?"

Season 2 is more... gunfights in every single episode

And more "america rah rah rah - fuck we're awesome"

Season 2 is pretty much "Tom Clancy's Jane Ryan"

verging on "Strike Back - with more estrogen, yet less tit"

I hadn't realised this was a Taylor Sheridan thing. But once I saw his name... the clumsiness of some of the political shit became clear

I assume Sheridan doesn't direct every episode - but maybe provides "stylistic guidance"

One thought I had early on was "Whoever's doing this - at least they don't do the Zack Snyder lens-flare thing constantly - but by fuck do they love the close up of a heroic pose with blurry background"

Then... they started doing lens-flare as well

Fucking hacks

Tit-watch - infuriating

Early on - some shots suggesting there are some rather promising materiale

Later-on - maybe we could present this materiale to you in a sapphic context

Some rather fucking school-boy-ish imagination of how sapphic goes, but....

... then nothing.

TL;DR - Lioness S02 - not better than S01, but more silly 'fun'.

In your opinion

Victor Meldrew

Bergerac. Re-boot of the classic 80's series set in Jersey.

A list of stock characters and stereotypes wrapped around shit unoriginal plots. You know the format - the obligatory BAME female Chief Constable, the maverick female reporter from out of town, the alcoholic main character, the lead detective on the case with the hidden personal agenda, the unlikeable rich bloke.......

An utter pile of dross.

Kruse

@MiketheSnow Yes - sorry - maybe I should have stated - "In my opinion".
I'd assumed that we had all come to a tacit agreement that in a thread about TV serieseses - pretty much everything in it was assumed to be subjective, except the two objective topics: whether a series exists, and titwatch.
Until today - that seems to have worked - including any posts stating "Season 2 is better".

antipodean

Binged Zero Day on Netflix over the last few days.

Series best summed up as path to hell is paved with good intentions. Good writing, acting and tight production quality. Worth a watch IMO.

MN5

@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:

Binged Zero Day on Netflix over the last few days.

Series best summed up as path to hell is paved with good intentions. Good writing, acting and tight production quality. Worth a watch IMO.

Yeah decent so far.

De Niro in fine form and the wish version of Matt Damon is less chubby and irritating than usual.

Not sure what the issue with him is, I’m sure I’ll find out.

Bones

The latest season of Lincoln Lawyer is easily the best.

Yaya DaCosta is the sole reason, by fuck she cuts a ridiculously fine figure.

MN5

@Bones said in TV Serieseseses:

The latest season of Lincoln Lawyer is easily the best.

Yaya DaCosta is the sole reason, by fuck she cuts a ridiculously fine figure.

I like the blond and Neve Campbell as well, always nice to see how 90s babes look nowadays…..

But the show went from ok entertainment to pretty shite in my opinion.

That Aussie guy with the beard trying to be American is one of TVs stupidest characters ever

Bones

@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:

@Bones said in TV Serieseseses:

The latest season of Lincoln Lawyer is easily the best.

Yaya DaCosta is the sole reason, by fuck she cuts a ridiculously fine figure.

I like the blond and Neve Campbell as well, always nice to see how 90s babes look nowadays…..

But the show went from ok entertainment to pretty shite in my opinion.

That Aussie guy with the beard trying to be American is one of TVs stupidest characters ever

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Kiwiwomble

felt like watching a doco yesterday and came across this

Watch It's in the Game: Madden NFL Season 1 – Prime Video

It’s one of the biggest video games of all time, a groundbreaking brand that became a worldwide phenomenon, spanning generations—but it almost never happened… Now, 36 years after the first game's release, EA SPORTS gives viewers unprecedented access to the makers of game that changed the game, and...

was quite good id you've ever played the game