Catch 22 - TV Show

No1newts · 1 Jun 2019 at 14:54

Saw an advert for this in the adverts before Godzilla, looks awesome, I adored the book and apparently getting rave advanced reviews.

At the moment for UK it's confirmed for channel 4 but no air date yet. Anyone else looking forward to this?

https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/53428/catch-22-TV-series-news

wolfie138 · 1 Jun 2019 at 15:17

no. i saw the trailer and it looked cac.

No1newts · 1 Jun 2019 at 18:44

Depends on your tastes, a book about the absurdity of war, armies and people in general? Right up my street!

wolfie138 · 2 Jun 2019 at 08:57

the book is stormingly good, the film was too. the trailer i saw was....not.

divebod · 4 Jun 2019 at 12:28

Caught a glimpse of the trailer on C4 - no note of when, only 'Coming Soon'. looks interesting

Malevolence · 5 Jun 2019 at 04:52

Going by that trailer, it looks absolute turd.

Glanza · 5 Jun 2019 at 13:23

Did anyone else when they saw the trailer get that 'I've seen this before vibe' I can only think it's due to how George Clooney shoots his films.

Reality|Bites · 6 Jun 2019 at 18:29

men with goats or something like that?

wolfie138 · 7 Jun 2019 at 07:56

men who stare at goats - godawful film. trailer looked good, but it wasn't.

on the other hand, The Monuments Men is a gem.

wolfie138 · 21 Jun 2019 at 17:24

stumbled across it on Sky last night and gave it a try due to nowt else being on. was actually MUCH better than the trailer implied, gonna stick w/ it for a few episodes.

McManicMan · 22 Jun 2019 at 13:42

watched this series a few weeks back, enjoyed it.

No1newts · 23 Jun 2019 at 18:16

Watched it and loved it, captured the essence of the book without going too far down the rabbit hole in bits which would not have translated all that well.

Apparently first episode is the weakest as well which bodes good things.

Dougsnake · 28 Jun 2019 at 22:19

Seems ok but its no band of brothers is it , the bomber parts are very well done though

wolfie138 · 29 Jun 2019 at 07:49

lol, did you seriously think it's a BoB equivalent just because they're both set in a war?

another cracking episode, the dialogue is just hilarious.

Dougsnake · 29 Jun 2019 at 12:20

wolfie138 said:
lol, did you seriously think it's a BoB equivalent just because they're both set in a war?

another cracking episode, the dialogue is just hilarious.

Nah.... but was kind of secretly hoping

PlacidCasual · 29 Jul 2019 at 10:27

I've been watching this over the last week or so and up to episode 5, wow this has been brilliant. Beautifully made and acted. The guy playing Yossarian has been brilliant really conveying the characters emotion well. Loved every episode so far.

gettothechopper · 29 Jul 2019 at 11:51

yep enjoyed this - very nicely made series

wolfie138 · 29 Jul 2019 at 12:33

from a pretty crappy-looking trailer, this turned out to be one of the most entertaining and amusing things I've seen in a long time. would kinda like a season 2 but it would be totally off source material so there's no telling what the quality would be like.

Glanza · 1 Aug 2019 at 14:04

Finished it last night and really liked it, the soundtrack was giving me an itch to dig Fallout 3 out to playthrough again.

No1newts · 4 Aug 2019 at 12:26

wolfie138 said:
from a pretty crappy-looking trailer, this turned out to be one of the most entertaining and amusing things I've seen in a long time. would kinda like a season 2 but it would be totally off source material so there's no telling what the quality would be like.

I would rather they didn't as I cannot imagine they can capture the same tone without the author's unique input.