What TV series are you watching at moment?

I'm into the last of us, much better than any of the other attempts at serialised zombie drama I've seen. Heavy on the drama, but it's well written and acted, and mostly interesting, unlike the walking dead, which just dragged whenever zombies weren't around. 

If you just want to see some zombie shooting and running in a tighter format Black Summer on netflix is pretty underrated.

Done Banshee Season 2. As expected a definite improvement in budget and production and the cheap rough edges smoothed out. 8/10.

Watched a couple episodes of Barry. It’s funny indeed but not really my kind of thing. Like Parks & Recreation, that’s funny but not something I’m really interested in for the long haul. I’ll watch another episode to satisfy my curiosity. But likely to forget about it.

Gangs Of London. Absolute horseshit! 
 

Still watching The Last Of Us. It’s fine.

  On 2/16/2023 at 1:45 PM, scumtron said:

Copenhagen Cowboy by NW Refn (Drive, Bronson). A bit disappointed. Too slow and stale. I like the neon-aestethics, but the visuals ends up as almost parodic. Some funny and absurd moments, but all in all, it's to much focus on style and to little on content.

Yeah, I was kind of expecting that after Too old to die young. This was a bit easier to get through than that though. I kind of liked CC, but I guess his style works better in a condensed 2 hour sitting than 8+ hours of neon soaked violent dudes staring off into the distance.

On the other hand I fucking love Cunk on Earth, love it. 

  On 2/22/2023 at 3:03 PM, beerwolf said:

Done Banshee Season 2. As expected a definite improvement in budget and production and the cheap rough edges smoothed out. 8/10.

loved this show, though last couple of seasons (sort of) fizzled out in terms of quality

how is this not compulsory viewing? a manor full of milfs. 

Pretty cool so far, good FX budget. It's that 1950s Walt Disney view of the future, but with problems.

Watched 'the consultant'. Mystery box bullshit held together by Christoph waltz's quirkiness but he can only carry the show for so much. Would not watch a second season that they clearly wanted to set up.

Heyo I'm very drunk and the with cer blood origins or whatever it's called is destilled piss. I feel very bad for everyone starring in it, they deserve much better.

Feels sn lodoks like they threw this shit toughethrt in a weekend 

Suck my dick netflix!

dickflix... I want the same that this guy's having ^^^ the original also sucked dunno why you're surprised...

I started watching Station 11 yesterday and I loved the 1st episode but damn the start of the 2nd one?

I'm actually sad and not dissing cause I loved the dynamics between the little girl and the main character that apparently is not the main character...

  On 2/18/2023 at 8:38 PM, GORDO said:

Apparently season 3 of Picard is not shite so watching that now 

episode 1 was alright, not watched ep2 yet tho. 10 times better than anything in the 1st 2 seasons, but that ain't hard.

  On 2/26/2023 at 2:24 AM, cruising for burgers said:

dickflix... I want the same that this guy's having ^^^ the original also sucked dunno why you're surprised...

 

I started watching Station 11 yesterday and I loved the 1st episode but damn the start of the 2nd one?

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a bunch of hippies playing Shakespeare? It was cringe af...

I'm actually sad and not dissing cause I loved the dynamics between the little girl and the main character that apparently is not the main character...

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Keep at it, it all melds together 

  On 2/26/2023 at 9:26 PM, GORDO said:

Keep at it, it all melds together 

yeah after watching it I think I can live with it...

It's pretty good, but a bit too full of itself. Sorry about that drunk nonsense back there, only found out I posted it just now 

don't apologize keep them comin' bruv

i'm quite hooked on the last of us ngl and it's only two eps left, but i guess it's for the best because things like that tend to lose the momentum

didn't play the games or read the book (is there a book?), and didn't consume much of this genre in general so everything is kind of fresh to me which is great!

  On 2/27/2023 at 10:07 PM, cichlisuite said:

i'm quite hooked on the last of us ngl and it's only two eps left, but i guess it's for the best because things like that tend to lose the momentum

didn't play the games or read the book (is there a book?), and didn't consume much of this genre in general so everything is kind of fresh to me which is great!

started playing the game since watching this show. haven’t played a zombie style shooter since doom/quake days in high school. is rather intense 

One of my favorite games tbqh. Haven’t played TLOU2 yet but my wife did.

I’m enjoying the show a lot; good mix of porting scenes directly over and changing characters etc when it fits the medium better (e.g, Bill).

Kind of funny how the show excises hours and hours (and hours) of fairly unforgiving combat— just like doesn’t even attempt to go there at all — and still feels pretty much intact. 

shudder's idea of "original content" is having a bunch of people read wikipedia facts about horror films to the camera and editing it down to 30 min segments.

apple+ continues trying to make an original show and yet again, this one sucks. incredible production design that should've been a slam dunk yet somehow, everyone forgot that the script is paramount

  On 2/26/2023 at 11:10 PM, Silent Member said:

It's pretty good, but a bit too full of itself. Sorry about that drunk nonsense back there, only found out I posted it just now 

Posting when drunk is fantastic fun. Unfortunately it doesn’t feel like that the following day. I never really suffer from anxiety but drunk posting really can give me the heebie jeebies. It’s best avoided for you ask me. We should have a drunk thread in general banter so a safe space to just post intoxicated ranting and rambling.

(See you Saturday night   )

congrats to the dame that tried to blindside brandon by conspiring with the two people that refused to vote

also, this woman is clearly insane.

  On 2/28/2023 at 7:19 PM, Nebraska said:

Apple+ continues trying to make an original show and yet again, this one sucks. incredible production design that should've been a slam dunk yet somehow, everyone forgot that the script is paramount

Really? It’s next on our list. Just finished our first Apple show, Severance, which, while not a “slam dunk”, certainly didn’t “suck”. Aside from an ill-advised excursion to a punk rock concert most of the script kept us pleasantly on our toes. Enough weird, also, to keep it interesting and while the brother in law was both cringe and unbelievably badly written, I felt he ended up working well enough (a suspension of critical faculties, if you will, which is much harder to pull off than mere suspension of disbelief).

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  On 2/18/2023 at 8:38 PM, GORDO said:

Apparently season 3 of Picard is not shite so watching that now 

episode 1 was alright, not watched ep2 yet tho. 10 times better than anything in the 1st 2 seasons, but that ain't hard.

episode 2 was decent, the Worf scene was pretty nice for what it was. seemed to sort of narrow the scope of the season to just 'oh, so this is what the whole thing is going to be about, i guess?' which is fine, i'll take anything even slightly better than the first 2 horrid seasons...but i'm concerned that it's going to plod along the whole time. 

episode 3 was starting to feel like a drag. could've easily been trimmed in half...the de-aged Picard and Riker were weird, but it wasn't a long scene, at least. made it clear just how terribly old Stewart sounds. i'm wondering if they're playing up that 'old man' stereotype with some of his script/acting in these scenes....but his scene with McFadden was really good on both their parts. letting the actors act out human dramas is woefully forgotten about with much/all of the new Star Trek (broken record).

anyway, they've layed more than enough bricks and mortar at this point. i imagine there's going to be another twist or two (LeVar Burton is in the season interview hype machine but hasn't shown up on the screen yet).

also, the super dark all the time thing is so goddamned cringey. like, literally, the scenes are almost always just barely lit enough to see anything. TOS/TNG/DS9/Voyager/etc. had their cinematic moments/episodes and it's great these new ones are leaning into that side of stuff, but turn on the fucking lights on the fucking bridge for fuck's sake. 

  On 2/28/2023 at 10:39 PM, beerwolf said:

We should have a drunk thread in general banter so a safe space to just post intoxicated ranting and rambling.

Still watching Poker Face. Great show. Good fun. The best thing about it is that it doesn’t take itself too seriously and it’s not afraid to be silly/zany/goofy. The episode in the nursing home was hilarious. It’s also refreshing to see a show that completely loses the series arc and is still highly entertaining. Every episode is like a cheeky little Murder She Wrote or Columbo episode. I wasn’t a big fan of Natasha Leone before this show but the character she created is really awesome. If you’re looking for a light-hearted dark comedy, this scratches the itch. 
 

I’m also still watching Last Of Us. Not the best show ever but far from the worst. I look forward to every new episode so I guess it’s working out pretty well. 

Binged "the leftovers". nothing particularly irritated me which is a compliment for a "mystery-box-ambiguous-meaning-for-everything" show from lindelof. It's ok with good moments.

Kinda falls apart in the last season but at least they gave it an ending.

  On 3/5/2023 at 5:10 PM, auxien said:

episode 2 was decent, the Worf scene was pretty nice for what it was. seemed to sort of narrow the scope of the season to just 'oh, so this is what the whole thing is going to be about, i guess?' which is fine, i'll take anything even slightly better than the first 2 horrid seasons...but i'm concerned that it's going to plod along the whole time. 

episode 3 was starting to feel like a drag. could've easily been trimmed in half...the de-aged Picard and Riker were weird, but it wasn't a long scene, at least. made it clear just how terribly old Stewart sounds. i'm wondering if they're playing up that 'old man' stereotype with some of his script/acting in these scenes....but his scene with McFadden was really good on both their parts. letting the actors act out human dramas is woefully forgotten about with much/all of the new Star Trek (broken record).

anyway, they've layed more than enough bricks and mortar at this point. i imagine there's going to be another twist or two (LeVar Burton is in the season interview hype machine but hasn't shown up on the screen yet).

also, the super dark all the time thing is so goddamned cringey. like, literally, the scenes are almost always just barely lit enough to see anything. TOS/TNG/DS9/Voyager/etc. had their cinematic moments/episodes and it's great these new ones are leaning into that side of stuff, but turn on the fucking lights on the fucking bridge for fuck's sake. 

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Fell asleep watching episode 3. I don't think I'll be returning to it.

Quite enjoyed the last episode of The Last Of Us with the old arcade games and carousel in the abandoned shopping centre. I found it really creepy and was on edge the whole time, huge tension. And when they were in the photo booth. That whole episode I was expecting something to happen any second. Loved the dancing in the creepy masks (more tension) I shall say no more! Was really good.

Also watching Costal Defenders on BBC 2 which is a programme on sea divers who perform underwater work around the south UK coast. It’s really interesting.

Banshee season 3 very good and almost finished. The elements of Deliverance and First Blood done very well.