Mikey Brown wrote:Yup. I’d actually commented to people and they told me it was still worth finishing the second series. Watched it last night it somehow got even fucking worse. What the fuck was the point of that blonde, rocker guy? He was possibly the shittiest character I’ve ever seen in anything. Everybody became fully 2 dimensional but this guy really stood out as barely having 1 dimension. I’m angry because my dad is a twat. Brilliant. Who fucking cares?
I absolutely agree they ran out of ideas after the first season.
It felt like they were making it up episode by episode. Each character was given one mood/expression to maintain throughout the series and that was it.
Truly, truly awful.
Sorry. I know people love it. But after all the hype that was a massive letdown. The music was pretty great throughout, but not nearly enough to save it.
I'm struggling to see the massive differences between the first two seasons other than they had a far bigger budget for effects this season.
If you are looking for character depth that is not what 80s nostalgia is about, see the Goonies and look for the depth of character ditto all the other 80s films.
If you want character acting see Rectify.
I suspect the next series will see the rocker bloke as some sort of antihero but I doubt you'll be watching that judging by your comments.
I don’t want to keep banging on about it. I just can’t see how it was anything other than bad. Expecting a script to somewhat resembles how actual people speak and interact isn’t going overboard. Every scene felt like a terrible trailer. Drama unfolds, musics builds, cut away to something else, repeat.
I appreciate that banging on about it was exactly what I did there.
Rectify is fucking fantastic though. So there’s something.
I haven't watched either series of Stranger Things, but on the strength of the evidence presented here I can categorically state that Farrell is the best player in the Northern Hemisphere (We're talking about Chris, right?)
Employable Me. Ooft, got abit dusty in my living room while that was on.
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It was so much easier to blame Them. It was bleakly depressing to think They were Us. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
Black Mirror coming out between Christmas and New Year - should make for a cheerful break from our current reality - which is probably why he isn't doing a 2017-wipe (it was depressing enough last year before the full horror of reality had hit)
Which Tyler wrote:Black Mirror coming out between Christmas and New Year - should make for a cheerful break from our current reality - which is probably why he isn't doing a 2017-wipe (it was depressing enough last year before the full horror of reality had hit)
I'm looking forward to that, there's also a new series of Sneaky Pete on Amazon shortly which should be good.
Which Tyler wrote:Black Mirror coming out between Christmas and New Year - should make for a cheerful break from our current reality - which is probably why he isn't doing a 2017-wipe (it was depressing enough last year before the full horror of reality had hit)
That’s a shame. Or are we just that far beyond satire at this point?
Watched the first episode of Black Mirror series 4 last night. It was pretty good too. It had the familiar cynical feel for modern technology, but with a nice homage to Star Trek.
It's great, undemanding viewing, with each episode being a brisk 30 minutes or so each. It's a pulp series that oesn't have any pretensions about what it is, and chooses instead to revel in it, while demonstrating an astonishing command of its own characters (you'd expect that considering that the Raimi brothers are involved)
I'm a god
How can you kill a god?
Shame on you, sweet Nerevar
cashead wrote:Anyone watching Ash vs the Evil Dead?
It's great, undemanding viewing, with each episode being a brisk 30 minutes or so each. It's a pulp series that oesn't have any pretensions about what it is, and chooses instead to revel in it, while demonstrating an astonishing command of its own characters (you'd expect that considering that the Raimi brothers are involved)
I’ve been told it’s like the good bit s of walking dead without all the preachy, emotional bollocks. Fair?
