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After Life
Didn't really get this series to be honest. There is some laughs in it, but not a hell of a lot. It's pretty damn depressing on the whole & there isn't a huge evolution of characters. Some of the characters are pretty out there and worth a bit of a giggle. But it just sort of feels like you are watching a few months in somebody's life where they were seriously miserable.
Probably fits a few bullshit stereotypes about UK life for the Yank audience. Although the quantity of swearing, especially the C word, is to behold. One of the genuine big laughs is when Diane Morgan drops it for the first time.
All in all, probably one for hardcore Gervais fans, but not so much others.
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Reacher
Think they got the character quite in synch with the one from the books. Atrocious French accent on his mother though, they should be ashamed about that one.
Am I the only one that thought he was a bit of a doppelgänger for our own Riche McCaw?
One thing I thought they may have stuck too close to the books is the pace. The books are seriously slow. As was this.
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@majorrage said in TV Serieseseses:
After Life
Didn't really get this series to be honest. There is some laughs in it, but not a hell of a lot. It's pretty damn depressing on the whole & there isn't a huge evolution of characters. Some of the characters are pretty out there and worth a bit of a giggle. But it just sort of feels like you are watching a few months in somebody's life where they were seriously miserable.
Probably fits a few bullshit stereotypes about UK life for the Yank audience. Although the quantity of swearing, especially the C word, is to behold. One of the genuine big laughs is when Diane Morgan drops it for the first time.
All in all, probably one for hardcore Gervais fans, but not so much others.
Agree, bit of a wasted series for me. Got sick of his depression (time to move on mate), laughs just not consistent.
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I quite liked Seasons 1 & 2 of Afterlife but agree that it was not always laugh out loud. What I did like was that it addressed grief but also entertained. However, 2 seasons covered all that and 3 was really just taking the funny elements of the side characters and running with it. Did not really add to the story.
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@nta said in TV Serieseseses:
1883
Amazing writing and execution. This is streets ahead of Yellowstone which was great overall, but a bit cardboard- cutout at points.
It's visceral, and unapologetic with it. The casting is superb and can't wait for the next installment, 1932.
100%
And a fantastic conclusion
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@mikethesnow ha I thought the finale was a bit off, but enjoyed it otherwise.
Only found half way through the series that James and Margaret are husband and wife in real life too (Tim Mcgraw and Faith Hill)
I've only see S1 of Yellowstone and not sure I'm gonna get around to the rest.
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@catogrande said in TV Serieseseses:
I quite liked Seasons 1 & 2 of Afterlife but agree that it was not always laugh out loud. What I did like was that it addressed grief but also entertained. However, 2 seasons covered all that and 3 was really just taking the funny elements of the side characters and running with it. Did not really add to the story.
agreed, we watched season 1 and 2, was clear about telling this story of someone really struggling with grief...watched like 2 episodes of season 3, theyre trying to spin all these other characters off into their own stories...completely lost its way
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@mikethesnow ha I thought the finale was a bit off, but enjoyed it otherwise.
I thought it hit the mark, and beautifully. The whole series captured the struggle and hardship of what settlers had to face, and that winning = surviving.
I've only see S1 of Yellowstone and not sure I'm gonna get around to the rest.
I'd say S2 is better overall, with S3 good but S4 starting to get a little samey.
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@nta was more I think that aspect dragged for was it 3 eps.
I just felt Yellowstone was too much like SOA.
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@taniwharugby Have not seen SOA but get the same vibe - except it's cowboy gangsters.
The trap Yellowstone fell into a little was searching for newer and bigger villians, and more elaborate ways to justify killing them with zero consequence.
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Pieces of Her on Netflix
Very enjoyable 5 episodes in
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Vikings Valhalla. First off, not much tit in this though a couple of soft sex scenes that are not sexy. Set 100 years after Ragnar with some historical characters. Much butchery but more suggested than actual. All the things that in the end made Vikings tiresome are here from the beginning. I persevered but kind of wished I hadn’t. Not a complete waste of time but a little unsatisfactory.
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@kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Didn't Gary Oldman do Smiley recently too? Typecasting himself a bit in his later years.
Yeah, he was really good in a cast which was equally impressive - Cumberbatch, Colin Firth etc Not a patch on Alec Guinness's Smiley though - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is arguably the best TV series I've ever seen.
Oldman is a genius - looking forward to Slow Horses
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Watching The Gilded Age - by Julian Fellowes. Bit like Downton Abbey but in mid-late 19c New York.
Perfect fluffy viewing with the missus, but not a must-watch.
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Traces
Halfway through season 2 and it's better than the first season.
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@victor-meldrew said in TV Serieseseses:
@kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Didn't Gary Oldman do Smiley recently too? Typecasting himself a bit in his later years.
Yeah, he was really good in a cast which was equally impressive - Cumberbatch, Colin Firth etc Not a patch on Alec Guinness's Smiley though - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is arguably the best TV series I've ever seen.
Oldman is a genius - looking forward to Slow Horses
Have you seen the trailer? Looks pretty faithful to the book. Oldman most probably excellent but his Lamb is not the Lamb I had in my head (voice mainly).
I'm sure I will adjust and it will become the other way around.
Traces (TV Series 2019–2022) ⭐ 7.0 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
