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[Numbers]

I'm quite enjoying the final seriess of Ozark, not sure when they release the second part, hopefully not to far down the line.

[Son of Mathonwy]

I'm quite enjoying the final seriess of Ozark, not sure when they release the second part, hopefully not to far down the line.

I just watched episode one. I thought it was pretty good, will watch more, but am wondering how the operation can possibly work when the Feds have already been alerted to the fact that our 'hero' is involved in something which requires huge amounts of cash....

[Donny osmond]

I'm quite enjoying the final seriess of Ozark, not sure when they release the second part, hopefully not to far down the line.

I just watched episode one. I thought it was pretty good, will watch more, but am wondering how the operation can possibly work when the Feds have already been alerted to the fact that our 'hero' is involved in something which requires huge amounts of cash....

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[paddy no 11]

Yellow jackets, worth it for Cristina ricci alone so far, could be good or could fade out quickly currently on episode 4

[Son of Mathonwy]

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

Just got round to watching this (NB this is the Sci Fi, Ridley Scott Raised by Wolves). Absolutely loved the first few episodes, but it did drift off into mysticism and melodrama, before the cliffhanger ending introduced elements which were more wtf than wow. I'll will continue to watch if it continues even though (perhaps not surprisingly) it lost its way after a brilliant opening.

[Mikey Brown]

Yellow jackets, worth it for Cristina ricci alone so far, could be good or could fade out quickly currently on episode 4

This is mad. Like objectively pretty terrible but somehow very enjoyable.

[paddy no 11]

Yup, I thought they put in a load of filler episodes and it faded badly, wouldn't bother with season 2.

I'm being told to watch euphoria next

[paddy no 11]

I watched gravediggers also which was very good, thewlis is a great actor

[paddy no 11]

I watched landscapers also which was very good, thewlis is a great actor

[Son of Mathonwy]

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

Just got round to watching this (NB this is the Sci Fi, Ridley Scott Raised by Wolves). Absolutely loved the first few episodes, but it did drift off into mysticism and melodrama, before the cliffhanger ending introduced elements which were more wtf than wow. I'll will continue to watch if it continues even though (perhaps not surprisingly) it lost its way after a brilliant opening.

3 episodes into series 2 and it's pretty good. The series has settled down to the point that most of the characters are basically indestructible (meaning that the script will find some way for them to survive no matter what), which is disappointing but not exactly unusual. Characters' motivations aren't always at plausible, but overall the show is different enough to be well worth watching.

[kk67]

I've been watching Mongrels again. I worry it's a bit racist.

[Puja]

I've been watching Mongrels again. I worry it's a bit racist.

I mean, the name's not particularly encouraging in that context. What's it about?

Puja

[kk67]

I've been watching Mongrels again. I worry it's a bit racist.

I mean, the name's not particularly encouraging in that context. What's it about?

Puja

It's marrionation. Animal puppets living around an East End pub. It's very good.
It's Basil Brush for adults.

[morepork]

Peacemaker is worth watching. I just binged through the entire season.

The big wrestler has surprising comedic chops.

[paddy no 11]

Yellowjackets went to shoiight

On euphoria now and not sure it's up to much either

[Mikey Brown]

Yellowjackets went to shoiight

On euphoria now and not sure it's up to much either

Went to? I mean it was pure garbage from the start, but there was something oddly watchable about it. I guess it’s easy to be mysterious when your show is comprised mostly of plot holes and inexplicable dialogue.

I’ve heard Euphoria is good but imagine it’s like art-house skins, which sounds utterly awful.

[paddy no 11]

I mean the pace of it slowed down a lot which made it harder to get over the ridiculous side of it

Wouldn't describe euphoria as arthouse

Will report at end of season 1

[Mikey Brown]

White Lotus is fantastic.

[Son of Mathonwy]

Peacemaker is worth watching. I just binged through the entire season.

The big wrestler has surprising comedic chops.

He does have previous acting credits, and he’s playing someone he’s portrayed once already, but yeah, it helps the wrestleboy is genuinely hilarious in it.

Yep, Peacemaker is very silly indeed and well worth watching. I'd prefer it if it didn't get take itself (slightly) seriously at the end ... but Hollywood can rarely resist that in the final act.

[Which Tyler]

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[/teenagegirl]
Same studio as His Dark Materials as well - so I think it's fair to get hopes up

[paddy no 11]

David Simon latest effort out April 25th

[kk67]

Terrible loser for Upstart Crow. Just a fantastic ensemble cast.
Could it be any better ?

[Son of Mathonwy]

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[/teenagegirl]
Same studio as His Dark Materials as well - so I think it's fair to get hopes up

Is this fantasy or realistic-ish dark ages action?

[Which Tyler]

Is this fantasy or realistic-ish dark ages action?

For the TV - no-one knows yet.

For the novels - it's Bernard Cornwell at his very best - which is a real stamp of quality. It's as true to life as you can really get for mythical figures i an era essentially without an historical record.
Much less sensationalist than his Sharpe books (think Sean Bean), and much more condensed than the Last Kingdom (recently finished on TV), without the character churn, as it can take place over a couple of decades, rather than a century. Similar set-up to TLK in that our narrator is a step down from the names you'd know, in this case, could easily be a lesser knight of the round table.
Expect a lot of religious cynicism, and hostility between pagan and christian, magic to have more down-to-earth explanations and the occasional dabble of luck and credulous observers etc. As ever, expect TV to screw up shield walls, armour and battlefield tactics etc.

The books are at the top of most lists of historical fiction.

[Puja]

I've just finished watching Heartstopper on Netflix and it was seriously the loveliest piece of television I have ever had the pleasure to watch.

It's a teen romance story featuring the most adorable LGBTQ babbies, with the main couple being gay nerd Charlie and what he thinks is his hopeless crush on cool, popular, rugby-playing Nick. While Nick's just really excited about his new close male friend who he really likes in a very platonic friendship definitely not romantic way cause he's liked girls before and that means he's "straight".

I kept being really nervous watching it, expecting the other shoe to drop and something horrible happen to the characters - I was waiting for a parent be really homophobic, or the trans girl going to her new school to get horribly misgendered and bullied, or the "straight" guy to say something horribly bigoted by mistake, and none of it ever happened. I mean there was drama and obstacles and some villainy (because we need a story), but none of the usual tropes of "bad things must happen to the gays" came out. It was just nice. Nice people got good things and the adorable baby gays mostly got together and it was all utterly lovely. It took me a long time to trust that it wasn't going to have horrible things, cause I'm so used to torturing the queers being a trope.

I really, really needed a bit of fiction where nice people got nice things and everyone lived in a better world than the shitheap that we currently have. Go watch it if you too need cheering up.

Puja