What TV shows are you currently watching

[rp2000]

The Wire definitely takes more than one episode to get into. I remember struggling to understand them at the beginning but once you get into it, it's brilliant. It's definitely a slow burn series though. I was surprised how much I rated it, never thought I'd get so invested in essentially a cops and criminals story. It's got some of the best anti-heroes ever committed to TV.

Love that show. I'm not far from Brentford so I've been around a lot of the places where they filmed it. I've got a pic in front of the towers Oh and I almost forgot;

Have you tried the Thick of It? That's unparalleled comedy writing as far as I'm concerned.

Impressive souvenir!

Never watched the thick of it. The few YouTube clips I've seen are quite funny. I should give it a try, although my perception was that it was best watched at the time as it's political satire. Will I miss some of the sarcasm/satire if I don't recall the political machinations of the day?


rp2000

 

[Scam]

Impressive souvenir!

Never watched the thick of it. The few YouTube clips I've seen are quite funny. I should give it a try, although my perception was that it was best watched at the time as it's political satire. Will I miss some of the sarcasm/satire if I don't recall the political machinations of the day?

It's rare I get cast and crew swag, because I'm not technically crew although I do work on them. Shame it doesn't actually fit me, so I can't "represent" *holds fingers up in a K-sign* around my 'hood

Definitely watch the Thick of It. The plots are not really based on real life events, just the usual cluster**** of an inept government and even more inept opposition. Worryingly, it's more likely to have inadvertently predicted real life events if anything!

 

[413x]

Avatar: the last airbender

Really good so far. Watched "legend of korra" first (whoops).

Only on season 1 so far

 

[413x]

Has anyone been watching One Piece? I know it's based on an Anime, but I know nothing about it. Three episodes in and it's kind of delightfully weird and fun. Definitely a nice palette cleanser after gritter faire.



I much enjoyed City Primeval. I'm kind of disappointed in the direction they have flagged for the next season. I felt it benefited from being a distinctly different show from the first, and that the first had wrapped up in a good place and didn't need revisiting.

Loved one piece. Nearly stopped watching on E1. I think "wtf is this" was my reaction. Especially the weird cinematography.

But every episode was better than the one before.

Really enjoyed it. And became attached to the characters over time.

 

[Frankiemac]

I've been watching A Touch of Frost on Britbox.... not seem them since originally on TV. Got to say I think they are great and have aged well apart from lack of mobile phones !

 

[Frankiemac]

I'm currently on The Punisher S1. The wife and I have been doing a release order run through of the Netflix Marvel Series. They've all been really really good. Punishes ep1 was dark though.

I loved it.. Shame Disney got hold of the franchise and killed it.

 

[Hades]

I've started working my way through a couple of older series.

Father Ted - So funny

X Files - Surprisingly good all these years later but slower paced than modern series

 

[IvanDobskey]

Tried watching fall of the house of usher. What is wrong with TV shows these days? Absolutely nothing pulling me in at all. We gave up halfway through the first episode. This is supposedly highly rated, but it's full of unbelievable and unlikable characters with weird cinematography. It's a hard pass from me.

 

[SixTwoSix]

Father Ted - So funny

I was lucky enough to go to a live filming when in college, they're all natural comedians and the parts when they were just telling jokes to the audience between takes was great.

 

[SixTwoSix]

Tried watching fall of the house of usher. What is wrong with TV shows these days? Absolutely nothing pulling me in at all. We gave up halfway through the first episode. This is supposedly highly rated, but it's full of unbelievable and unlikable characters with weird cinematography. It's a hard pass from me.

I can't speak for House of Usher but Flanagans other movies and series have all been top tier - hopefully this isn't the start of his decline.

 

[IvanDobskey]

I can't speak for House of Usher but Flanagans other movies and series have all been top tier - hopefully this isn't the start of his decline.

I find him hit and miss to be honest. I thought hill house and midnight mass were excellent. But bly manor and now this pretty awful.

 

[SixTwoSix]

I find him hit and miss to be honest. I thought hill house and midnight mass were excellent. But bly manor and now this pretty awful.

Funnily enough, Bly manor and this are the only two things he's done I haven't watched, Doctor Sleep was also excellent and tbf, his lesser known movies have been solid.

 

[IvanDobskey]

Funnily enough, Bly manor and this are the only two things he's done I haven't watched, Doctor Sleep was also excellent and tbf, his lesser known movies have been solid.

Doctor sleep was pretty decent I thought. Better than I expected for sure. Of course not a patch on the shining, but how could it be.

Don't bother with bly manor. I had such high hopes for it after hill house, but it's a massive let down. Poor characters and poor story telling.

 

[SixTwoSix]

Doctor sleep was pretty decent I thought. Better than I expected for sure. Of course not a patch on the shining, but how could it be.

I've got some controversial thoughts on The Shining i've previously shared in the movies thread but won't sidetrack here

 

[VonScar]

The Burning Girls on Prime.

Acting A plus, story a C minus.

Just finished The Killing Kind, that was better. Also on Prime.

Acting A, story a B.

 

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Loved one piece. Nearly stopped watching on E1. I think "wtf is this" was my reaction. Especially the weird cinematography.

But every episode was better than the one before.

Really enjoyed it. And became attached to the characters over time.

I thought one piece was so kids show but put it on from hype and didnt stop watching

 

[kona786]

I'm currently on The Punisher S1. The wife and I have been doing a release order run through of the Netflix Marvel Series. They've all been really really good. Punishes ep1 was dark though.

Excellent series. I must revisit this.

 

[Converge]

Doctor sleep was pretty decent I thought. Better than I expected for sure. Of course not a patch on the shining, but how could it be.

Don't bother with bly manor. I had such high hopes for it after hill house, but it's a massive let down. Poor characters and poor story telling.

Midnight Mass is my favourite of his. Though I’m too much of a wuss to watch The Haunting… series, ‘jump scares irritate me’ is the official line!

 

[AndyCr15]

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What film did you watch last night?

Scary Movie 2 Never saw this back in the day. There’s a childishness to the humour that’s quite appealing, and the actress who plays Cindy is genuinely funny, but it’s relentlessly ableist which has aged very badly. It’s sort of amazing that this was ever thought of as being socially acceptable...

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You see @SixTwoSix ! I knew it! Chaos! We allowed a TV show in the movies thread, now here come movies in the TV thread! Time is running out on society...

Just finished S3 of Shetland. Really very good TV. Well written, great stories and well acted.

 

[SixTwoSix]

Midnight Mass is my favourite of his. Though I’m too much of a wuss to watch The Haunting… series, ‘jump scares irritate me’ is the official line!

You should give Haunting of Hill House a go, there are no cheap horror tricks or jumps apart from a singular jump scare that is so well orchestrated, it's allowable - it's also fantastically written/acted and has some amazing cinematography. (one episode has a 17 minute 'uncut' sequence that's quite impressive and very difficult to see the cuts)