Bob The Badger Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 8 hours ago, Comrade 86 said: Just finished season 1 which was decent enough, so will give this series a look too. On 10/10/2024 at 18:44, Anag Ram said: Enjoying Showtrial on BBC1. Lots of to-ing and fro-ing as we wonder whether a cocky policeman really was responsible for the death of a climate activist. Sweet, I just came here to see if you lot had mentioned this. We have caught up once more on The Penguin (brilliant and thoroughly deserves its 8.8 on IMDb), so we are looking for something. And seeing as we both love a good to-ing and fro-ing, that augers well. We just watched A Confession with Martin Freeman, one we missed when in the US. A very solid 7.5/10. Freeman never ventures too far from Freeman, but I like the quirky rascal, so I don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 On 19/09/2024 at 10:24, Animal is a Ram said: Kaos - Netflix An intriguing attempt to bring ancient Greek mythology to the present-ish day. Only one episode watched so far, but Jeff Goldblum plays this version of Zeus to a T. You don't have to know the myths to any detail, but it does provide some easter eggs if you're a bit of a nerd about it, like what I am. 7/10 so far. Finished this last week. Going to up it to a 8/10 Netflix has already binned it, a mere 6 weeks after it's release, which is a great shame. I'm holding on to a delusion that they're doing so to try and get enough clamour for season 2. The aforementioned Zeus' descent into paranoia, madness is done with a dark sense of humour, and the modern twists on some of the myths are brilliant. Like I said, you don't need to know the myths to 'get' the show, but it does add another layer to it even if you only know a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 got around to watching S2 of Blue Lights, as S1 is one of the few programmes that my GF and I both enjoyed. Saw a few critical posts a few weeks back, cannot remember from who, and I can see a few of the plotlines were a bit lame, but overall is was watchable and I am looking forward to S3 and S4 therealhantsram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 On 27/09/2024 at 10:16, NottsRam said: Black Widow, another excellent Sky Documentaries true crime story. You think you've seen/heard it all, This is one that sits at the top of the tree, A pathological liar and a 1st husband that believes what he's told. Excellent watch👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Badger Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 2 hours ago, Mostyn6 said: got around to watching S2 of Blue Lights, as S1 is one of the few programmes that my GF and I both enjoyed. Saw a few critical posts a few weeks back, cannot remember from who, and I can see a few of the plotlines were a bit lame, but overall is was watchable and I am looking forward to S3 and S4 I think it was just me who hated it. I thought Season One was pretty good, but Season Two just felt like a soap opera and lost all its grittiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Badger Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 I Sat down to watch Showtrail Season One and realised we'd already watched it; we'd just forgotten the name. Will start Season Two when my sister is down this weekend, as she has not seen it. Instead, we started Ludwig. What a yawn. And the humour was so lame. It felt like it was airlifted from the 1970s. I wish the writer had given the script to David Mitchell because Unruly is one of the funniest books I've read in the last decade. We are only one and a half episodes in. Does it get substantially better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 47 minutes ago, Bob The Badger said: I Sat down to watch Showtrail Season One and realised we'd already watched it; we'd just forgotten the name. Will start Season Two when my sister is down this weekend, as she has not seen it. Instead, we started Ludwig. What a yawn. And the humour was so lame. It felt like it was airlifted from the 1970s. I wish the writer had given the script to David Mitchell because Unruly is one of the funniest books I've read in the last decade. We are only one and a half episodes in. Does it get substantially better? I’m glad it’s not just me that thinks Ludwig is pretty average. Critics seem to think it’s hilarious. I have barely smiled. It’s harmless in the same vein as Father Brown or Lost in Paradise but it is rather tame. Hope you enjoy Showtime 😊 Chester40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NottsRam Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 7 minutes ago, Anag Ram said: I’m glad it’s not just me that thinks Ludwig is pretty average. Critics seem to think it’s hilarious. I have barely smiled. It’s harmless in the same vein as Father Brown or Lost in Paradise but it is rather tame. Hope you enjoy Showtime 😊 Lost in Paradise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 1 hour ago, Bob The Badger said: I think it was just me who hated it. I thought Season One was pretty good, but Season Two just felt like a soap opera and lost all its grittiness. I can see where it's gone a bit fluffy and how they rushed the solutions/evidence at the end. To be all smiles at the end, in such a bleak situation, left me a bit dissatisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 54 minutes ago, NottsRam said: Lost in Paradise? Oops, Death in Paradise! Lost in Paradise might be great 😊 NottsRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 About to finish Obi-Wan Kenobi starring Ewan McGregor. A good addition to the Star Wars universe. on Disney+ 6 episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NottsRam Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 19 hours ago, Anag Ram said: Oops, Death in Paradise! Lost in Paradise might be great 😊 Thought i was missing out on one there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester40 Posted Saturday at 05:20 Share Posted Saturday at 05:20 On 16/10/2024 at 13:56, Anag Ram said: I’m glad it’s not just me that thinks Ludwig is pretty average. Critics seem to think it’s hilarious. I have barely smiled. It’s harmless in the same vein as Father Brown or Lost in Paradise but it is rather tame. Hope you enjoy Showtime 😊 I thought Ludwig's first episode had a interesting and decent premise plus David Mitchell is very watchable...but yep, its becoming increasingly slapstick and non-challenging. Its become a My Family/Death in Paradise cosy drama with light humour. I preferred Home with him and Robert Webb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester40 Posted Saturday at 05:28 Share Posted Saturday at 05:28 Teacup Four episodes in. Feels like a real mishmash of other series that I can't quite put my finger on. Isolated community, weird stuff happening in the woods, possessed children, lines that literally can't be crossed, fraught relationships. Maybe 'Under The Dome' for starters. Feels a bit of a mess so far. Not gripping and none of the characters are engaging in anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted Saturday at 06:29 Share Posted Saturday at 06:29 1 hour ago, Chester40 said: Teacup Four episodes in. Feels like a real mishmash of other series that I can't quite put my finger on. Isolated community, weird stuff happening in the woods, possessed children, lines that literally can't be crossed, fraught relationships. Maybe 'Under The Dome' for starters. Feels a bit of a mess so far. Not gripping and none of the characters are engaging in anyway. Is it set in Nottingham? Hans Datdo-Dishes, DarkFruitsRam7 and Chester40 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted Saturday at 07:11 Share Posted Saturday at 07:11 Rivals (Disney) Adapted from the Jilly Cooper book Great fun. Love the 80s setting & David Tennant is having the time of his life in his TV company boss role. 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserBillsBatman Posted Saturday at 08:44 Share Posted Saturday at 08:44 3 hours ago, Chester40 said: I thought Ludwig's first episode had a interesting and decent premise plus David Mitchell is very watchable...but yep, its becoming increasingly slapstick and non-challenging. Its become a My Family/Death in Paradise cosy drama with light humour. I preferred Home with him and Robert Webb. Exactly as I saw it. Progressively less engaging and more ‘death in paradise’ as each episode unfolded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester40 Posted Saturday at 09:11 Share Posted Saturday at 09:11 I've mentioned this a couple of times....but I really need to get this off my chest. I know it may be a rough take for some... but here goes. Game of Thrones. Loved it. Watched it through several times. Was nervous about House of the Dragon but willing to give it a go. Series 1 was average at best for me and Mrs Chester. Few good scenes but just didn't grab us. Hoped Series 2 would allow us to build on it, put GoT totally out of mind. To our disappointment it felt worse. Slow, confusing, not engaging. We stumbled episode by episode slowly to where we just didn't enjoy it at all. We tried again with maybe episode 5. And.... the scales have totally fallen from my eyes. It was bloody awful. Unwatchable it was annoying us so much. Just similar looking people talking in hushed tones about some other person I didn't know who or care about. Move to another similar looking castle, rinse and repeat. It's not fit to empty the chamber pot of GoT. It's absolutely terrible!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealhantsram Posted Saturday at 21:27 Share Posted Saturday at 21:27 Seen people raving about this today, dropping it here as a reminder to myself to watch it. And because it's in Derby some of you may actually have been there? Spot you and your mates in the crowd? Looking forward to checking out a 19 year old Johnny Marr's style. Stive Pesley and Carl Sagan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Badger Posted Sunday at 14:26 Share Posted Sunday at 14:26 I begrudgingly decided to start watching Brassic because it kept popping up on Sky with a new season having just dropped. Yet another one we missed, living on the wrong side of the pond when it launched. Well, we are only two episodes in, but I'd give it a 9/10 as of now. Very funny and great acting. I'm wondering if it can keep this kind of pace up. I'm sure it must have been mentioned here because it seems to fit into the wheelhouse of a few regulars, but a quick search brought back nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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