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Anyone watch the first episode of BBC Planet Earth II?!

Aye, everything other than the snake gauntlet I'd seen before, good old archive.

[WaspInWales]

Fucking hell...

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Anyone else just see the ghost of Yul Brynner in episode 6???

I thought it was the weakest episode at first, but there's plenty to more to think about.

[bruce]

Anyone watch the first episode of BBC Planet Earth II?!

Aye, everything other than the snake gauntlet I'd seen before, good old archive.

The snake gauntlet was good though, the feckers were coming out from everywhere. It was like Snakes on a Plane, but without the Plane!

[Numbers]

Anyone watch the first episode of BBC Planet Earth II?!

Aye, everything other than the snake gauntlet I'd seen before, good old archive.

The snake gauntlet was good though, the feckers were coming out from everywhere. It was like Snakes on a Plane, but without the Plane!

To be fair that was good.

[OptimisticJock]

A heads up about what show you're spoilering wouldn't go amiss.

[bruce]

Aye, everything other than the snake gauntlet I'd seen before, good old archive.

The snake gauntlet was good though, the feckers were coming out from everywhere. It was like Snakes on a Plane, but without the Plane!

To be fair that was good.

I don't think I've ever before in my life cheered on a juvenile marine Iguana!

[Numbers]

The snake gauntlet was good though, the feckers were coming out from everywhere. It was like Snakes on a Plane, but without the Plane!

To be fair that was good.

I don't think I've ever before in my life cheered on a juvenile marine Iguana!

That wasn't the same iguana for the full sequence but it was cleverly edited.

[fivepointer]

Planet Earth was very good. And yes the iguana/racer snake sequence was simply terrific.

Enjoying The Missing very much. Red herrings galore but its got me engrossed. Really good performances from the cast, none better than Keeley Hawes who is quite outstanding.

[Mikey Brown]

Any of you still Westworlding?

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Episodes 3-5 seemed pretty gash to me. It really started to lose any interest. I really have no stake in pure robot/fantasy drama (and all that nonsense with the TNT???) but the stuff bridging the two worlds is fantastic. Seemed to really pick up again episodes 6 and 7.

[WaspInWales]

Any of you still Westworlding?

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Episodes 3-5 seemed pretty gash to me. It really started to lose any interest. I really have no stake in pure robot/fantasy drama (and all that nonsense with the TNT???) but the stuff bridging the two worlds is fantastic. Seemed to really pick up again episodes 6 and 7.

Stick with it.

Have you seen episode 8 yet?

[Mikey Brown]

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Yeah. Watched it last night. Appears to have returned to being an utter rambling mess. It's as if they're too set on having this sprawling array of storylines and keep cutting each one short just as it starts to develop.

I still don't understand what our motivations to give a shit about anybody but Ed Harris (because he may expose something that takes away the safety net) or the creators are?

Am I meant to feel something about Dolores? Or be scared of this Wyatt guy who has simply been invented out of thin air? Why didn't they just turn Thandie Newton's intelligence right down instead of right up? Why did anybody think that British guy is a remotely passable actor?

I really want to like this but it seems to be taking on too much, that or they're completely making it up as they go.

[joshfishkins]

Stranger Things is good fun. A real 80s throwback and a rare show where the kids acting is actually good.

The Missing is fantastic, but oh so fecking miserable.

[jared_7]

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Yeah. Watched it last night. Appears to have returned to being an utter rambling mess. It's as if they're too set on having this sprawling array of storylines and keep cutting each one short just as it starts to develop.

I still don't understand what our motivations to give a shit about anybody but Ed Harris (because he may expose something that takes away the safety net) or the creators are?

Am I meant to feel something about Dolores? Or be scared of this Wyatt guy who has simply been invented out of thin air? Why didn't they just turn Thandie Newton's intelligence right down instead of right up? Why did anybody think that British guy is a remotely passable actor?

I really want to like this but it seems to be taking on too much, that or they're completely making it up as they go.

Completely agree, I think they are suffering from trying to fool the viewer rather than building empathy and relatable characters. Maeve's storyline is probably the best as it seems linear and straightforward; she has suffered, we almost feel for her, and she wants revenge/escape.

The problem in the internet age with deliberately held back mysteries is that the level of online scrutiny means half the audience knows the twist before you get around to showing it.

The overarching storylines are enough to keep me interested for now, but I'm not sure how long into season 2 I'll make it if they just keep on deliberately making up new mysteries to pad it out.

[Donny osmond]

I'm still enjoying westworld, just seen episode 8 (I think). Not a clue whats going on, but I'm quite enjoying that tbh, it means I have no expectations, and thus no disappointments.

[WaspInWales]

I'm enjoying Westworld but yes, it's a little messy in its delivery at times and some of the characters don't do the show much justice, but there's more than enough to keep me interested.

Just started watching People of Earth which seems promising from halfway through the pilot episode and the awesome H. Jon Benjamin is in it, so it's bound to be awesome.

[Mikey Brown]

West world

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Really has descended in to utter cack. I think it started in the 3rd episode to be honest but it seemed like they had a grand plan. I fully don't give a shit about a single person in it anymore, what is the point? I suppose I'll watch the finale because I've invested so much time in it, but my god did they completely blow a great idea.

[WaspInWales]

West world

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Really has descended in to utter cack. I think it started in the 3rd episode to be honest but it seemed like they had a grand plan. I fully don't give a shit about a single person in it anymore, what is the point? I suppose I'll watch the finale because I've invested so much time in it, but my god did they completely blow a great idea.

Part way through episode 10 and I'm thinking it's getting a little ridiculous now.

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I'm amazed Westworld don't CRB check their employees!

I had such great expectations for the show after the first episode and had an overall enjoyment of it just a couple of weeks back. I'm hoping the finale goes on to something great considering the second series has been commissioned.

[WaspInWales]

Well...

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although you could see where it was going in the build up to the finale, it wasn't something that I considered happening in the previous episodes...well not at the seemingly corporate level that it happened. A lot of the subplots seemed a little daft, quite frankly pointless too but it'll be interesting to see what happens in series 2 with the entire park being held hostage.....

Unless there's a further twist or two!

[Which Tyler]

Part way through episode 10 and I'm thinking it's getting a little ridiculous now.


I had such great expectations for the show after the first episode and had an overall enjoyment of it just a couple of weeks back. I'm hoping the finale goes on to something great considering the second series has been commissioned.

Would you still recommend it to someone who has it sitting on their DVR? sounds like you've fallen out of love as the season has gone on.

[WaspInWales]

Part way through episode 10 and I'm thinking it's getting a little ridiculous now.


I had such great expectations for the show after the first episode and had an overall enjoyment of it just a couple of weeks back. I'm hoping the finale goes on to something great considering the second series has been commissioned.

Would you still recommend it to someone who has it sitting on their DVR? sounds like you've fallen out of love as the season has gone on.

Yes, although if you have read the spoilers here and other places online, it may ruin things a bit. It's still decent enough and starts off great with some good performances.

[jared_7]

Part way through episode 10 and I'm thinking it's getting a little ridiculous now.


I had such great expectations for the show after the first episode and had an overall enjoyment of it just a couple of weeks back. I'm hoping the finale goes on to something great considering the second series has been commissioned.

Would you still recommend it to someone who has it sitting on their DVR? sounds like you've fallen out of love as the season has gone on.

I fell out of love with it, but the finale actually saved it for me, and now I'm quite excited for season 2

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So we are basically up to the main point of original movie. This entire season was a sort of foundation/prequel to the robot uprising. I think it dragged, and they spent far too long on loops and reveals about things that were obvious to everyone (i.e.; the reveal of William being the MiB, who didn't know?).

However, 2 things saved it for me, firstly that we weren't really watching Delores in two time periods, it was actually her subconscious or whatever you want to call it f*cking with her head, and that it was actually her trying to find the centre of the maze. Secondly, I thought Ford's turnaround was actually pretty good and well concealed - I knew that he was planning a lot of this, without a doubt, but that his goal was for them to achieve what we previously thought was Arnold's dream was pretty good.

[OptimisticJock]

I'm still enjoying westworld, just seen episode 8 (I think). Not a clue whats going on, but I'm quite enjoying that tbh, it means I have no expectations, and thus no disappointments.

I fucking loved it. Have to wait until 2018 for the new series though.

[Mikey Brown]

Thought it was a massive, steaming pile of shit.

So, so disappointed. Take out the first 2 episodes and the whole thing was a waste of time and a waste of some good ideas.

Even the clever parts were undone by the shit parts. Logan seemed to be the only person talking any fucking sense.

[Mikey Brown]

...nobody else thought that?

[WaspInWales]

Massive, steaming pile of shit is a bit too extreme.

It was mostly good imo, but some of the characters were just ridiculous as were some of the filler plot lines.