What TV shows are you currently watching

SixTwoSix said:
Finished off the first season of Foundation, frustratingly slow at points but not to it's detriment, it held my attention all the way through and i'm keen to start the next series.
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I love foundation. I read some of the books.

I think it's really brave for them to do this series and well put together. I love all scenes with the emperor
 
Jumped into watching Manifest and 9 episodes into S1...I gave up watching Lost many moons ago! Hopefully this keeps me interested to complete S1 as S2 & S3 are not on Netflix.
 
Onto Veep season 2. I don't think there's a single character I don't like, and the bluntness of it all is just so absurd and hilarious at the same time.
 
TheVoice said:
Just finished Jury Duty, absolutely loved it. So very funny, so many ways it could have gone wrong or felt like a cruel trick but they absolutely nailed it.
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Reminds me of a show I watches yeeeeears ago called the Joe Schmo show or something.

Imagine a reality show where they're all actors apart from one normal guy
 
Having heard various good things around Happy Valley over the years but avoiding it to not really liking Sarah Lancashire I finally watched the first episode yesterday.

It does a great job of quickly establishing characters and stakes and i'm drawn in eager to watch more - however my one problem is i'm sure there is a League of Gentleman actor and I can't unsee the nose. :D
 
Started watching The Last Kingdom just over a week ago and have absolutely loved it. What's worse is that I avoided watching the show earlier because I thought it looked like a cheap Vikings rip off. It's good to be wrong at times. ;)
 
DisrupTor75 said:
Started watching The Last Kingdom just over a week ago and have absolutely loved it. What's worse is that I avoided watching the show earlier because I thought it looked like a cheap Vikings rip off. It's good to be wrong at times. ;)
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same here after watching Vikings , friend recommended The Last Kingdom after watching 2 episodes felt like wasnt getting into it but gave it a chance and loved it

currently started watching Vikings valhalla so far really enjoying it,

also made me read up that period in history find it very interesting
 
DisrupTor75 said:
Started watching The Last Kingdom just over a week ago and have absolutely loved it. What's worse is that I avoided watching the show earlier because I thought it looked like a cheap Vikings rip off. It's good to be wrong at times. ;)
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I'll quote what I said in TLK thread, I just couldn't get on with it and have totally shelved it now - it's nowhere close to Vikings for me.

SixTwoSix said:
I've powered through to almost the end of S2 (albeit across 18 months) due to constant bombardment from folk about how good it is but that first episode is a bit rough and understand why you bailed. It's average at best across seasons 1 and 2 with a handful of 'good' episodes. It's become something I drop back to as a time passer when nothing else appeals.

It doesn't help that i'm always comparing it to the first few seasons of Vikings (ignoring latter seasons), which are like an oscar production (fleshed out characters, intricate plotlines, immersive scenery and sets) compared to what i've seen in the first 2 seasons of TLK (paper thin villains, disaster of the week story, sets that look like a country park LARP) - had I been watching without that judgement, i'd likely enjoy it considerably more.
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On season 2 of Succession. My god am struggling with all the insane, caricatured ****head characters and their ever changing stances on everything. The other half likes it and Shiv's not too shabby is about all the positives I can add at this point.
 
DisrupTor75 said:
Started watching The Last Kingdom just over a week ago and have absolutely loved it. What's worse is that I avoided watching the show earlier because I thought it looked like a cheap Vikings rip off. It's good to be wrong at times. ;)
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I did the same. Used to watch vikings on the history/discovery? channel from the jump. Last kingdom felt very BBC for the first few episodes so I dipped quite early on it but circled back after vikings wrapped. It really grew into itself imo almost reverse of Vikings which lost the magic of the early seasons but remained good because you had buy in with the characters.

After 2 seasons I find myself talking in the shower using the same cadence as utred son of utred did :). There's a stand alone movie on netflix after you finish the series.
 
I finished Cable Girls (Las Chicas Del Cables) yesterday. Definitely understanding more and more of what they say and recognising when the subtitles don't match what they've actually said. All in all, I couldn't go higher than saying it was 'okay'.

Started the first ep of Good Omens S2 and quite enjoyed it.
 
BBC4 is repeating The Ascent of Man documentaries. Now, ignoring the fact it would be The Ascent of People now, it's still a great and captivating (to me any way!) encyclopaedic study of how we made it to the dizzying heights of arguing about a what a woman is and whether it's fascistic to make people work in the office one day a week.

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The Ascent of Man - 1. Lower than the Angels

Jacob Bronowski opens the first programme at man's birthplace, the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, and traces the evolution of man's unique gifts - foresight and imagination.
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9/10 would watch again... and am doing. I just don't remember caring much when I was 10 and saw bits of it for the first time. Education, as they say, wasted on the young! :)
 
SixTwoSix said:
Having heard various good things around Happy Valley over the years but avoiding it to not really liking Sarah Lancashire I finally watched the first episode yesterday.

It does a great job of quickly establishing characters and stakes and i'm drawn in eager to watch more - however my one problem is i'm sure there is a League of Gentleman actor and I can't unsee the nose. :D
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2 more episodes last night, christ did episode 3 take a dark turn! It's really well made, bit annoyed with myself I dismissed it for so long.
 
Just finished season 2 of The Bear. Got better as it went on. Some well known faces pop up later in the series. If you enjoyed the first then you'll enjoy the 2nd but in a different way.

A Spy amongst Friends - excellent spy story based on mostly real life events.

Your Honor - Series 2 - Drama with Bryan Cranston. Moving the story along nicely as Michael gets involved more closely with the dodgy Baxter family.
 
Andrew_McP said:
BBC4 is repeating The Ascent of Man documentaries. Now, ignoring the fact it would be The Ascent of People now, it's still a great and captivating (to me any way!) encyclopaedic study of how we made it to the dizzying heights of arguing about a what a woman is and whether it's fascistic to make people work in the office one day a week.

www.bbc.co.uk

The Ascent of Man - 1. Lower than the Angels

Jacob Bronowski opens the first programme at man's birthplace, the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, and traces the evolution of man's unique gifts - foresight and imagination.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

9/10 would watch again... and am doing. I just don't remember caring much when I was 10 and saw bits of it for the first time. Education, as they say, wasted on the young! :)
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Ascent Of Man is probably my favourite TV science show ever.
 
It's fascinating, well structured and Bronowski exudes authority as a presenter. I have read that he did most of it unscripted, which is just bonkers. He is clear and everything hangs together as a single story.

It was filmed in 1971-3(?), and it is incredible to see how much the places he visited, and the indigenous people shown, have changed since then. The scenes showing the migration of the Bakhtiari of Iran to their summer pastures are a glimpse into a lost world, and that is just episode one.

The scene of him standing knee deep in one of the ponds at Auschwitz is very affecting:
"I owe it as a scientist to my friend Leo Szilard, I owe it as a human being to the many members of my family who died here, to stand here as a survivor and a witness."
 
Rings of power 7/10.

I exclusively watch fictional tv and especially fantasy. So anything like this is going to draw me in. I watched it all in a row. Ie didn't watch any other tv between ep1 and 8.

Better than witcher worse than GoT.
Would watch S2

Was expecting worse from comments.

A few points:
-Favourite character stuff: Durin and elrond throughout.
-Visually stunning,loved the world.
-liked the pace
-Main acting could have been better
-I'm not influenced by the woke stuff. I just don't get why it's a problem.
-don't know source material. So deviation from that is no bother
 
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