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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@bones said in TV Serieseseses:
Anyone caught Kingdom?
Really fucken good, has that SOA / Animal Kingdom / Ballers / Friday Night Lights vibe. Only 3 seasons, I'm most of the way through S2 so don't know why it wasn't continued as I could keep watching and watching.
Melons aplenty too.
Edit: for those in the UK it's available on STV.
Anyone in NZ know what platform has this? I've often looked at it and wanted to watch but cant see it on Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Neon, or any of the raging rivers
Not showing on any platform in NZ according to JustWatch.
You may need a vpnEdit: Peacock TV in the US via vpn might be your best bet. Has all three seasons.
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The Mist
Re-telling of the Stephen King novella. Thought the first 6-7 episodes were great, but thought it faded badly after that
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@bones managed to locate all 3 seasons, after an initial mishap with the Korean series of the same name.
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Okay - so Yellowstone.... I didn't get the hate for it originally.
Having watched Season 1 only - I was thinking "it's trash.. B-grade Sutter, but not really worth all the effort of the vitriol here"... what's the deal?
Halfway through Season 2 - I started to get it. It just got sooo much worse.
By the end of S2... I think I'd describe it as...- somebody read the recipe book for a Kurt Sutter series, but then just totally fucked up the quantities and cook-times.
Sure - okay, two guys who were bitter enemies before, now join up as allies against a new enemy. But... not fucking immediately.
Two other once-allies-now-enemies join back up together, for some reason. But that reason has to be a bit more important than... "Yeah, sorry, just... changed my mind."
And yeah - a "clever sarcastic bitch character" is only amusing as long as they're.... clever.I now get the utter disdain for it. But I'll watch S3 one of these days anyway, in the hope they get the knack of measuring ingredients and cooking times just a little better.
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@nepia said in TV Serieseseses:
@kruse I think the hate was just me. I can be loud when I want to be.
Yeah - I seemed to recall it might have been just one person coming off like a cowboy had kicked their dog. But too lazy to go back and check whether it was a widespread view, or just a vocal minority.
I also wondered if maybe my viewing of S2 had been skewed by having read that withering appraisal beforehand... but I don't think so.
It was just pretty shit. Possibly not helped by "binging", so that the flip-flop decisions around loyalty/etc come straight after one another. -
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@taniwharugby choice! Enjoy. Hah sorry I should have said about that one.
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@voodoo said in TV Serieseseses:
Just spotted this premieres tonight apparently:
Disclaimer: I read all the books as a younger man, from the early, exciting discovery of a new series by Jordan, to the doldrums where his books started to get tedious, to the good finishing work from Sanderson (who is a consultant on the show).
I'm always a bit wary of turning massive books (14 sizeable novels) into a TV series. An exercise in deciding what the keep, alter, and ignore. LOTR and The Hobbit did it extremely well. Others, not so much...
With that out of the way... Have watched the 3 eps available.
Was not impressed with the direction or pacing of it initially. Some of the acting is a bit woody, but then I remember the main protagonists are meant to be 20yo and therefore they are idiots
What it captures well from the books is just dropping you in the middle of the scenario and making you work out who is who in the zoo. Take that as you want
It doesn't follow the books too closely in terms of events, but does cover the characters as well as you can in one-hour stints. As they're starting to flesh things out a bit, I'm willing to give it more time and see where it goes. But it is a bit jumpy in terms of location and introduction TBH and again - you can't get the scale of what was in the text in a TV show.
And I can watch Rosumand Pike all fucking day...
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@nta ok....i need a new book, i enjoy a fantasy novel....worth starting wheel of time? 14 books seems daunting but i do like sanderson and have another of his waiting to be read
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@kiwiwomble said in TV Serieseseses:
@nta ok....i need a new book, i enjoy a fantasy novel....worth starting wheel of time? 14 books seems daunting but i do like sanderson and have another of his waiting to be read
It is a good read for 20yo me but I can't judge what current me would think.
I think it is worth a read. The first 6 books were awesome TBH.
What I know is it starts with the map. I love a fantasy novel that starts with a map. If there is no map, I'm not keen.
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@nta said in TV Serieseseses:
@kiwiwomble said in TV Serieseseses:
@nta ok....i need a new book, i enjoy a fantasy novel....worth starting wheel of time? 14 books seems daunting but i do like sanderson and have another of his waiting to be read
It is a good read for 20yo me but I can't judge what current me would think.
I think it is worth a read. The first 6 books were awesome TBH.
What I know is it starts with the map. I love a fantasy novel that starts with a map. If there is no map, I'm not keen.
I'd agree with all of that, the drift and the map.
I recall loving the first bunch of books, then getting tired of the same same ness of a few. I never actually went back and finished them so haven't tried the Sanderson ones.
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@voodoo the fucking tugging of braids and references to "wool-headed men" & general reiterated bullshit that added nothing was an issue for me in books 8-11.
And look, it's a fucking epic so as it expands it requires more setup to help it unfold.
Once you get through those books, it's clean air with Sanderson.
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@nta said in TV Serieseseses:
@voodoo the fucking tugging of braids and references to "wool-headed men" & general reiterated bullshit that added nothing was an issue for me in books 8-11.
And look, it's a fucking epic so as it expands it requires more setup to help it unfold.
Once you get through those books, it's clean air with Sanderson.
Could I skip them and pick it up again at 12?
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Cowboy Bebop - if it continues on like the opening ep it is great. Love the mixture of genres, the 'Mod Squad' style titles, the sets, the spacecraft are awesome.
Will definitely give it a watch.Just realised that some of this was filmed in NZ. Shootout scene in a “spaceport “ is at Ardmore as Harvard 78 and the NZ Beaver are parked up in the background.
Kingdom (TV Series 2014–2017) ⭐ 8.5 | Drama, Sport
Watch The Wheel of Time - Season 1 | Prime Video
