Good TV Shows

[paddy no 11]

Did watchmen series get reviewed on here - thought it was awful still with one episode to go that i cannot face

[Son of Mathonwy]

Did watchmen series get reviewed on here - thought it was awful still with one episode to go that i cannot face

I said something about it (a bit more positive) back in January.

[Eugene Wrayburn]

I loved Watchmen. And Lovecraft country if it hasn't already been mentioned. So unusual to see big budget black centred drama, let alone fantasy/scifi.

[paddy no 11]

Thought it was tedious in the extreme

[Son of Mathonwy]

Just finished the first season of The Terror. Really good, great cast, setting, grim and ominous tone throughout. It wound up being a little less of a supernatural horror than I first expected, but a great watch. It's an adaptation of a Dan Simmons novel (which I haven't read).

[Mikey Brown]

Watched Raised by Wolves. Started off pretty entertaining, despite being total nonsense, but found it faded continually as the season went on. I think the opening titles kept me coming back, and there were loads of cool ideas scattered around in there, but there's some really atrocious child actors in it and I just didn't end up invested in anybody.

[Which Tyler]

Watched Raised by Wolves. Started off pretty entertaining, despite being total nonsense, but found it faded continually as the season went on. I think the opening titles kept me coming back, and there were loads of cool ideas scattered around in there, but there's some really atrocious child actors in it and I just didn't end up invested in anybody.

I don't think I managed to finish it - I really should have loved it, but I just didn't care

[fivepointer]

Enjoying the final series of Spiral.

[Mikey Brown]

Treme is really, really great. I didn't think they'd be able to follow up The Wire with something of the same quality but it is pretty incredible. The fallout from Katrina, the music and culture of new Orleans, the corruption and bureaucracy behind all of it. It's just fantastic. Though if funk/soul/blues/jazz grates on you at all just don't bother.

[OnlyMonikerRemaining]

Not read this thread for a while so sorry if repeating. A friend recommended This is Us to me and I am loving it so far. Difficult to describe without giving it all away but it is both funny and sad, great acting and characters. I’m still on series 1 of 5. Amazon Prime. The first episode takes about 20 mins to get going but I was hooked after that so keep at it.

[paddy no 11]

Is that lad a bof or what?

[WaspInWales]

Season 3 of American Gods is well under way.

I caught the first episode the other day and not much made sense...then I remembered that I still hadn't seen season 2!

Then decided to watch season 1 again and it was amazing how much I had forgotten.

Up to date now and I think it's still holding its own. Rich in imagery and symbolism. Some great characters (props to Mad Sweeney), although seeing Shadow Moon's perplexed face so often is wearing a bit thin. Considering what the character has gone through and seen, why the fack does he keep getting so surprised?!

Also pretty impressed with Wanda Vision. Let me point out that I'm not a Marvel fan although have watched a few of the films with my lad who is very keen on the whole MCU (did I do that right...always confuse it with the MCC and it's just not cricket is it?)

Anyway, thought what I have seen so far has been very good.

[paddy no 11]

Season 3 of American Gods is well under way.

I caught the first episode the other day and not much made sense...then I remembered that I still hadn't seen season 2!

Then decided to watch season 1 again and it was amazing how much I had forgotten.

Up to date now and I think it's still holding its own. Rich in imagery and symbolism. Some great characters (props to Mad Sweeney), although seeing Shadow Moon's perplexed face so often is wearing a bit thin. Considering what the character has gone through and seen, why the fack does he keep getting so surprised?!

Also pretty impressed with Wanda Vision. Let me point out that I'm not a Marvel fan although have watched a few of the films with my lad who is very keen on the whole MCU (did I do that right...always confuse it with the MCC and it's just not cricket is it?)

Anyway, thought what I have seen so far has been very good.

Loved season 1 hadn't realised 2 is available will try jump back in

[paddy no 11]

Zero zero zero

Very good effort from the same people who done gomorrah

There's a few flaws like gomorrah and over extends itself but still a solid 8/10

[paddy no 11]

Anyone watching the terror?

[Mikey Brown]

Zero zero zero

Very good effort from the same people who done gomorrah

There's a few flaws like gomorrah and over extends itself but still a solid 8/10

How far in before you came to that opinion?

I watched the first episode and it was very slickly produced but felt incredibly self indulgent. I like the 3 advertised leads but did find the characters in the other sections (I'm sure they come together soon enough) much more interesting based on this episode. The overbearing, emotional piano music (which they used about 15 times in the one episode) when old man Gabriel Byrne (whom we know little of except he's a bit of a tosser) falls on the floor at the end, I just didn't get at all.

[paddy no 11]

The end of it, I liked it but it's far from perfect, some of the stuff in north Africa was extending themselves too far

The female lead is a great actress

[Son of Mathonwy]

Anyone watching the terror?

Yes (well I've watched it all). Really enjoyed it. The story didn't go as I'd expected towards the end but it's a classy piece of television.

[Son of Mathonwy]

Anyone watching Resident Alien on Sky One? It's a fairly lightweight but surprisingly enjoyable black comedy about a marooned alien forced to impersonate a human while he attempts to complete his mission.

[Banquo]

Anyone watching Resident Alien on Sky One? It's a fairly lightweight but surprisingly enjoyable black comedy about a marooned alien forced to impersonate a human while he attempts to complete his mission.

Got it all recorded sounds like a good watch. Anything with Steve the Pirate in has to be worth it

[paddy no 11]

Anyone watching the terror?

Yes (well I've watched it all). Really enjoyed it. The story didn't go as I'd expected towards the end but it's a classy piece of television.

Well made but the Inuit storyline was terrible think it was a lost opportunity really

[paddy no 11]

Mare of eastown is brutal 2/10

[Son of Mathonwy]

Mare of eastown is brutal 2/10

Wasn't planning to watch it but how is it so bad?

[Numbers]

Mare of eastown is brutal 2/10

Wasn't planning to watch it but how is it so bad?

I thought it was very good, give it a go.

[Mikey Brown]

Mare of eastown is brutal 2/10

It does feel totally pointless trying to create new small-town, murder dramas at this point. This one feels particularly unimaginative. Like it’s been created with a paint-by-numbers prestige TV kit. With whole themes, characters, settings etc. just pasted from Sharp Objects, True detective 3, Broadchurch etc. And even those were borrowing heavily from everything before. Saying that, it could be based on a book written 50 years ago for all I know.

I get why Kate Winslet wants to do something different as an actor, but it’s incredibly distracting trying to believe her as this character.

Despite all that I kept watching past the first 2 and it did seem to get a bit better.