The Peripheral - On Prime
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Soldato
Seen both episodes and I’m really enjoying it.
Didnt realise it was based on a William Gibson book. Have a copy of Neuromancer but could never get into it ( sorry thats probably sacrilege ! ).
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Man of Honour
Enjoyed it, has that mystery vibe to it and uses seeing a future London was cool too. This is my kind of scifi.
Soldato
Solid couple of opening episodes. An intriguing mix of near-future tech and time travel and seems to have high production value. Few shows this year have had me looking forward to the next episode 
Solid first couple of episodes though the supposedly highly experienced soldiers just standing around in the open post the firefight was a bit poor.
Nice to watch something for once which wasn't ruined by trying to shoehorn in social justice, etc. flag waving every 2 minutes.
Nice to watch something for once which wasn't ruined by trying to shoehorn in social justice, etc. flag waving every 2 minutes.
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Soldato
I read the book ages ago and was worried that it would get the Altered Carbon treatment (**** the story 7 ways to breakfast), but so far, it’s very well done and very true to the story as I remember it.
Yeah, like other books of this nature I had sort of thought it would be "impossible to film" but they're doing a good job.
Only negative for me so far is Charlotte Riley's accent
Caporegime
Hmm i better watch this thanks for the heads up.
Permabanned
Chloe Moretz? Yeah she is American but she's putting on a southern USA accent. She has been in quite a few films. As for the show.. I can't seem to get into it.
Soldato
Really enjoying it, high production levels.
I've not read the books but I'm unsure on the time-travel aspect; could the entire 2030 sequence be a simulation and they're uploading aspects of this simulation into avatars? I'm not after an answer just speculating.
Havne't read the source material, but watched both episodes already. I only 50% understand whats going on so far
A bit of Time Travel, a Bit Matrix. No idea how the glowing things in their skin somehow make them COD god Level killers. Or better still, why they have such advanced guns whilst living rurally and playing VR games in a trailer. Why has London got huge statues all over it in the future? Hopefully it will start to make sense soon, but for now the visuals and the sheer wackiness of it all is enough to keep me watching!
p.s. The bitrate/resolution/HDR seems really good compared to other recent Prime releases.
rp2000
A bit of Time Travel, a Bit Matrix. No idea how the glowing things in their skin somehow make them COD god Level killers. Or better still, why they have such advanced guns whilst living rurally and playing VR games in a trailer. Why has London got huge statues all over it in the future? Hopefully it will start to make sense soon, but for now the visuals and the sheer wackiness of it all is enough to keep me watching!
p.s. The bitrate/resolution/HDR seems really good compared to other recent Prime releases.
rp2000
Soldato
liked the first 2 eps, fingers crossed for the rest
Soldato
Havne't read the source material, but watched both episodes already. I only 50% understand whats going on so far
A bit of Time Travel, a Bit Matrix. No idea how the glowing things in their skin somehow make them COD god Level killers. Or better still, why they have such advanced guns whilst living rurally and playing VR games in a trailer. Why has London got huge statues all over it in the future? Hopefully it will start to make sense soon, but for now the visuals and the sheer wackiness of it all is enough to keep me watching!
p.s. The bitrate/resolution/HDR seems really good compared to other recent Prime releases.
rp2000
Her brother and his mates and ex-marine force recon
Soldato
Watched the pilot last night then bought the book (99p) to read after I've watched the rest