TV 2020

[Playford7]

Watching ‘drag me to hell’ the weather is rainy and pissing down here... I’ve also got the lights off...
I’m not at all hiding behind Sox when the Jump scares happen!

 

[mina1929]

Watching ‘drag me to hell’ the weather is rainy and pissing down here... I’ve also got the lights off...
I’m not at all hiding behind Sox when the Jump scares happen!

I love a good scary movie. I just watched the preview its a 2009 movie which I will download now

 

[Playford7]

I love a good scary movie. I just watched the preview its a 2009 movie which I will download now

It’s really well made. It’s Sam raimi. He made the evil dead movies and one of the spider men films.
It’s different and well done tbh, one of the better newer horror movies.

 

[goatwack]

I won't say what happens to her at the end

 

[mina1929]

I won't say what happens to her at the end

Good man

 

[mina1929]

I will have three days off and its going to rain all week so I need to have some good shows, movies to watch

 

[Playford7]

I won't say what happens to her at the end

Wow...

 

[goatwack]

Wow...

That's what I said

 

[Playford7]

That's what I said

Train wreck of a comment

 

[goatwack]

Train wreck of a comment

Choo choo!

 

[Playford7]

Choo choo!

Like ghost. ‘Get off my train’

 

[goatwack]

Like ghost. ‘Get off my train’

Time to bring this thread back on track, to coin a phrase, "Before it gets dragged down"

 

[goatwack]

 

[goatwack]

Thought I'd take a dive into Prime's array of A* content, to my surprise I found 'The Boys', pardon my ignorance if it's been brought up before, but hey ho

Anyhow, it's superb - sharp, dark, well-acted and much more besides. Essentially a great take on a world where a select few superheroes (Popclaw, The Deep lol) are shown to be saviours and revered but essentially morally-devoid assholes, and marketable commodities used by mega-corps. Not even anti-heroes......just assholes

And a few 'wronged' individuals (including Karl Urban) attempting to expose their lies etc and take them down by whatever means

It really is stellar stuff, who knew. And it even has Antony Starr in it, he of Banshee fame, for good measure.

Top banana

 

[Concerned Whistleblower]

I'm trying to learn Spanish I've no idea why so I've started a series called vis a vis or locked up its started well

 

[pinnit2014]

My olly gripe is with the Australian actor in it; the flitting between his Aussie and, what I think, is English accents, is a tad annoying. Or, maybe it’s posh Australian? But yeah it’s a great antidote to the blandness of Marvel.

Worth the entrance fee just for Stargirl alone

 

[goatwack]

My olly gripe is with the Australian actor in it; the flitting between his Aussie and, what I think, is English accents, is a tad annoying. Or, maybe it’s posh Australian? But yeah it’s a great antidote to the blandness of Marvel.

Worth the entrance fee just for Stargirl alone

Really didn't mind Urban's accent, I'd read the horror-stories but I think they were just overblown.

Simon Pegg's 'American' accent however....

 

[pinnit2014]

Really didn't mind Urban's accent, I'd read the horror-stories but I think they were just overblown.

Simon Pegg's 'American' accent however....

To be fair it’s the only thing I respect about Connery; his outright refusal to be arsed to pretend he’s from the country his character is meant to be from.

Think I watched the Tick and the Boys side by side at the time. Was a bit, is this meant to be funny, re the Tick. Have to watch the second season but the first was a chore

 

[Jono777]

Just finished season 1 of ITV's "Liar" - not fantastic but a good watch and started S2.

Now need (from tonight) something new, Had Netflix's Lock & Key recommended but sadly cannot get NF on TV in bedroom. Before anyone suggests stopping up, NO WAY! lol

Anything Line of Duty, Luther, TWD, Dexter, Breaking Bad, The Capture style which anyone recommends please?

 

[goatwack]

Just finished season 1 of ITV's "Liar" - not fantastic but a good watch and started S2.

Now need (from tonight) something new, Had Netflix's Lock & Key recommended but sadly cannot get NF on TV in bedroom. Before anyone suggests stopping up, NO WAY! lol

Anything Line of Duty, Luther, TWD, Dexter, Breaking Bad, The Capture style which anyone recommends please?

Chernobyl

 

[pinnit2014]

Just finished season 1 of ITV's "Liar" - not fantastic but a good watch and started S2.

Now need (from tonight) something new, Had Netflix's Lock & Key recommended but sadly cannot get NF on TV in bedroom. Before anyone suggests stopping up, NO WAY! lol

Anything Line of Duty, Luther, TWD, Dexter, Breaking Bad, The Capture style which anyone recommends please?

locke and keys not bad actually. A bit of Narnia, a bit of Nickelodeon but gathers a bit of pace near the end at the right time. Oddly enjoyable.

 

[Jono777]

Chernobyl

lmfao! not!

 

[dionysus]

well, good time to catch up all the old shows; seems like everything has haltted production because of corona, every time a tv/movie snippet pops up, so gonna be ages for new seasons

 

[ladyhawke]

My olly gripe is with the Australian actor in it; the flitting between his Aussie and, what I think, is English accents, is a tad annoying. Or, maybe it’s posh Australian? But yeah it’s a great antidote to the blandness of Marvel.

Worth the entrance fee just for Stargirl alone

Err....what Australian actor? Unless New Zealand has decided to re-locate itself across the Tasman, I don't believe there are any Aussies in The Boys.

 

[goatwack]

Karl Urban is Kiwi, for all our readers out there

 

[dionysus]

Karl Urban is Kiwi, for all our readers out there

Antony Starr as well

 

[goatwack]

Antony Starr was well

He looked in fine shape, yes

 

[dionysus]

He looked in fine shape, yes

lol, meant 'as' well
loved Banshee, shame was cancelled
but stoked for Season 2 of The Boys

 

[goatwack]

lol, meant 'as' well
loved Banshee, shame was cancelled
but stoked for Season 2 of The Boys

I know you Silly Sally

Banshee finished organically, everything was tied up, albeit perhaps rushed

 

[ternur]

Anyone know if Lucifer is still in the works? I liked that show.

 

[goatwack]

Of all the shows out there, Ternur picks the one about himself

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[pinnit2014]

Err....what Australian actor? Unless New Zealand has decided to re-locate itself across the Tasman, I don't believe there are any Aussies in The Boys.

Are they not the same?

I failed my Geography GCSE to be fair

 

[pinnit2014]

Anyone know if Lucifer is still in the works? I liked that show.

You tell us, it’s your autobiography?

The answer is yes, via Netflix

 

[ternur]

You tell us, it’s your autobiography?

The answer is yes, via Netflix

Great, thank you.

Yes, I think that show is underrated. It's fun. I'm all about anything fun.

 

[pinnit2014]

Great, thank you.

Yes, I think that show is underrated. It's fun. I'm all about anything fun.

Iv migrated away from most serious shows in recent years. Hence my new found love of films like Clueless and Legally Blonde. In fact, I’d go as far to say LB makes it in my top 10.

If you look at Netflix etc and all the ‘because you watched x you’ll like y’, you’d get the impression it was Mrs P. Nope. They’re all mine. Apart from Sandler; up until the virus he was the biggest affliction release onto humanity.

 

[ternur]

Iv migrated away from most serious shows in recent years. Hence my new found love of films like Clueless and Legally Blonde. In fact, I’d go as far to say LB makes it in my top 10.

If you look at Netflix etc and all the ‘because you watched x you’ll like y’, you’d get the impression it was Mrs P. Nope. They’re all mine. Apart from Sandler; up until the virus he was the biggest affliction release onto humanity.

Wholeheartedly agree. One thing worse than a Sandler movie, is a movie with Sandler AND Barrymore.

 

[goatwack]

Kept seeing the Sci-Fi thread bumped, thought I'd impart my observations of 'Picard', as I finally mustered up the courage to watch it. It was either there or here - here won!

I'd heard nothing but negativity around the show, and even grabbed the popcorn as I chortled to some of the user reviews on Amazon

But of course they turned out to be humorously-exaggerated bluster, the show is in no way as 'leftist', 'feminist', or whatever else 'ist' people have been drumming up in their ire.

It's just good ol'-fashioned Sci-Fi fan-service, of course it's never going to be a continuation of TNG or follow any of Gene Rodenberry's 'vision'. It's set further on, gone is the soft-focus and whimsical fairytales and in its stead we have something you'd expect the future to have turned out.

It's like when people expect bands to sound the same for 30 years, it's stupid. That was then, this is now.

That's to no way state Picard is better in any way to TNG, of course it isn't. He looks like a turtle and with Fat Data in tow it can be quite a shock at first, though one soon acclimatizes (unlike The Irishman, for example).

Also worth pointing out that Star Trek has always broken new barriers with 'leftist/ progressive' ideals, the show has been doing it since its inception, such as featuring the first interracial kiss (Nichelle Nichols) etc.

So yes, the naysayers should really button it. This ain't no 'Discovery' and is far from awful, really. Even if watched following on from The Expanse, and that says a lot

 

[dionysus]

Kept seeing the Sci-Fi thread bumped, thought I'd impart my observations of 'Picard', as I finally mustered up the courage to watch it. It was either there or here - here won!

I'd heard nothing but negativity around the show, and even grabbed the popcorn as I chortled to some of the user reviews on Amazon

But of course they turned out to be humorously-exaggerated bluster, the show is in no way as 'leftist', 'feminist', or whatever else 'ist' people have been drumming up in their ire.

It's just good ol'-fashioned Sci-Fi fan-service, of course it's never going to be a continuation of TNG or follow any of Gene Rodenberry's 'vision'. It's set further on, gone is the soft-focus and whimsical fairytales and in its stead we have something you'd expect the future to have turned out.

It's like when people expect bands to sound the same for 30 years, it's stupid. That was then, this is now.

That's to no way state Picard is better in any way to TNG, of course it isn't. He looks like a turtle and with Fat Data in tow it can be quite a shock at first, though one soon acclimatizes (unlike The Irishman, for example).

Also worth pointing out that Star Trek has always broken new barriers with 'leftist/ progressive' ideals, the show has been doing it since its inception, such as featuring the first interracial kiss (Nichelle Nichols) etc.

So yes, the naysayers should really button it. This ain't no 'Discovery' and is far from awful, really. Even if watched following on from The Expanse, and that says a lot

there's to be a glut soon; Discovery season 3 (yay, new direction), Lower Decks (cartoon), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (super stoked) and Section 31, and of course, Picard Season 2

 

[ternur]

there's to be a glut soon; Discovery season 3 (yay, new direction), Lower Decks (cartoon), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (super stoked) and Section 31, and of course, Picard Season 2

Oh yes. Same here.

 

[colinsunderland]

there's to be a glut soon; Discovery season 3 (yay, new direction), Lower Decks (cartoon), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (super stoked) and Section 31, and of course, Picard Season 2

and best of them all, the orville

I liked Picard, but didn't like what happened to him at the end, won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it, but was a very lazy way to get out of what happened.

 

[dionysus]

ya, the Orville is good fun.
And yeah, an arfed up ending (Picard)

 

[goatwack]

and best of them all, the orville

I liked Picard, but didn't like what happened to him at the end, won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it, but was a very lazy way to get out of what happened.

He was having a shower, and it was all a dream?

 

[dionysus]

He was having a shower, and it was all a dream?

jinkies, if ya aint half showing yer age there

 

[Kroffe]

jinkies, if ya aint half showing yer age there

Big words coming from the man who said "Jinkies"

 

[dionysus]

Big words coming from the man who said "Jinkies"

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lol, I'm old..I caught the Dallas reference, remember

 

[Kroffe]

lol, I'm old..I caught the Dallas reference, remember

I dont know what Dallas is, ill ask my grandpa about it.

 

[ternur]

lol, I'm old..I caught the Dallas reference, remember

But rather than being old, doesn't that just expose a questionable taste in tv series?

 

[dionysus]

But rather than being old, doesn't that just expose a questionable taste in tv series?

lol, i grew up with 2 television stations; ya watched what was on
or rather, what your parents watched what was on

 

[ternur]

I dont know what Dallas is, ill ask my grandpa about it.

Come on Kuma-san. We all know the 70's was the correct decade to born.

 

[Kroffe]

Come on Kuma-san. We all know the 70's was the correct decade to born.

I dont know what the "70's" is.
Ill see if i can find some fossil records about it.