TV Serieseseses

Kruse

The Resort
Okay, yeah - kinda enjoyed this.
Just the right mix of whimsy and cynicism.
Some mystery, I guess? But not really. Storyline wasn't really the highlight, it mostly came down to the characters.
Maybe the first half of the series - storyline was a factor? But 2nd half... pure character-driven. And yeah - just a nicely balanced cocktail of angst, whimsy, dementia, heartbreak, youthful hope, blah, blah, fucking blah.

Tit-watch: zero.
Twist-watch: average.

4 wacky-latino-characters out of 5 semi-wacky-gringo-characters.

Bones

@Kruse yeah I shouldn't have liked it, but I did - just kept me coming back. Looking forward to next season...

taniwharugby

@Bones a 2nd season? While I largely enjoyed it (ending was weak) not sure I'll be in for a 2nd season.

Bones

@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:

@Bones a 2nd season? While I largely enjoyed it (ending was weak) not sure I'll be in for a 2nd season.

I'll cancel our date night then.

Kruse

@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:

@Bones a 2nd season? While I largely enjoyed it (ending was weak) not sure I'll be in for a 2nd season.

Yeah - thinking about it this morning.... the ending was "weak" - but I also kinda respected that.
With "time travel" being involved... there's always the temptation/expectation for some kind of "twist".
Which - they didn't do. (Or... did they?)

##spoiler
The kid exhibiting the same symptoms of "memory-leak"... does that just mean that it is a common side-effect of Pasaje? OR... is he a child version of the crazy-santa guy... who "later" actually travels back in time? Would be one explanation for the 'prescient scene' in the mural.
##endspoiler

I will be back for S2. I can see it going quite well, or quite wrong. If they try TOO much to be TOO clever, they might fuck it up. But... I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now, give it a go, and see what they do with it.

voodoo

I never for a second thought they'd do S2 of The Resort!

Bovidae

HBO has canceled “Westworld” after four seasons, the network announced Friday. The news comes just under three months after the series aired its Season 4 finale Aug. 14.

Variety is told a multitude of factors went into the decision to end the sci-drama, including the production’s hefty price tag, combined with dwindling viewership and an ongoing evaluation of programming across the board at HBO’s new parent, Warner Bros. Discovery.

taniwharugby

The Ipcress File

The remake, not original.

Joe Cole & Lucy Boynton

A bit of a slow burner, 6 eps only. Enjoyable, but not gripping and just lacked something.

scribe

SAS Rogue Heroes. BBC 6 episodes. The story of how David Stirling formed the SAS during the Nth Africa Campaign in WW2.

Made by the guys who did Peaky Blinders.

Very entertaining. Good soundtrack. Well cast. 4.5 tonnes of sand in my orifice out of 5 don’t fuck with me’s

Catogrande

@taniwharugby

I felt the Ipcress File got the 60s London vibe down pretty well. Joe Cole was good and Lucy Boynton was smoking.

taniwharugby

@Catogrande yeah I thought Cole was very good, as I said, I enjoyed it, but was def not fast paced.

Kiwiwomble

any watched "Walker"? the texas ranger remake?

##spoiler
will finish the 3rd season....but im not sure i like any of the characters....and "walker" seems to exclusively work on cases to do with his family...throw them all in jail and crime in austin is cut in half
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Nepia

@scribe said in TV Serieseseses:

SAS Rogue Heroes. BBC 6 episodes. The story of how David Stirling formed the SAS during the Nth Africa Campaign in WW2.

Made by the guys who did Peaky Blinders.

Very entertaining. Good soundtrack. Well cast. 4.5 tonnes of sand in my orifice out of 5 don’t fuck with me’s

This will be interesting depending on whether it's based on Stirling's writings or on some of the other scholarship about the founding of the SAS.

Just looked and it's not streaming in Oz currently. Poos.

scribe

@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:

@scribe said in TV Serieseseses:

SAS Rogue Heroes. BBC 6 episodes. The story of how David Stirling formed the SAS during the Nth Africa Campaign in WW2.

Made by the guys who did Peaky Blinders.

Very entertaining. Good soundtrack. Well cast. 4.5 tonnes of sand in my orifice out of 5 don’t fuck with me’s

This will be interesting depending on whether it's based on Stirling's writings or on some of the other scholarship about the founding of the SAS.

Just looked and it's not streaming in Oz currently. Poos.

It’s supposedly based on the Ben McIntyre book.