Watched season 2 of The End of The Fucking World this week. I didnt really see the point of it. The new character Bonnie was very good and its very dark and scenic but just felt it should of been left as one season.
Disagree, I initially couldn't work out how they could do a second series, but thought it was done really well. Liked the way they used flashbacks and the way Bonnie was brought into the equation.
It was done well. The scenery, writing and music great as was the 1st season. But i dont see how they moved the main 2 characters on much. I just didnt see the point why not leave it how it was?
Just finished the new Top Boy series. Thoroughly enjoyed every episode. Great actors both new and old and I loved that so many locations were familiar.
Next on my list. Its been so long tho that i watched the 1st one can i just crack on or is there a need to rewatch the 1st again? Without giving too much away if you can thanks.
Just finished the new Top Boy series. Thoroughly enjoyed every episode. Great actors both new and old and I loved that so many locations were familiar.
Next on my list. Its been so long tho that i watched the 1st one can i just crack on or is there a need to rewatch the 1st again? Without giving too much away if you can thanks.
I didn't rewatch the original 2 seasons but I probably should have. There were several secondary character story arcs that I'd completely forgotten about.
Just finished the new Top Boy series. Thoroughly enjoyed every episode. Great actors both new and old and I loved that so many locations were familiar.
Next on my list. Its been so long tho that i watched the 1st one can i just crack on or is there a need to rewatch the 1st again? Without giving too much away if you can thanks.
I didn't rewatch the original 2 seasons but I probably should have. There were several secondary character story arcs that I'd completely forgotten about.
Watched season 2 of The End of The Fucking World this week. I didnt really see the point of it. The new character Bonnie was very good and its very dark and scenic but just felt it should of been left as one season.
With you on this @orpingtonRED. Thoroughly enjoyed season 1 but couldn’t engage with the first episode of season 2 at all and gave up before the end.
Watched season 2 of The End of The Fucking World this week. I didnt really see the point of it. The new character Bonnie was very good and its very dark and scenic but just felt it should of been left as one season.
I've just watched Series 1 which I thought was great, intrigued by Series 2 now, one for the train this week.
Started to watch Treadstone last week, a series based on the Jason Bourne film franchise. I'm a big fan of the Bourne films. This TV series looked promising and I really enjoyed the first three episodes but felt it started to go a bit downhill since episode 4. I'll continue watching it but it has signs of turning into an average or even poor series....
I know that it has been mentioned above but I do need to give a huge recommendation for the Netflix show Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories. It's a heart warming series which reminds me slightly of Cheers. A vibrant, fascinating and ever changing (apart from the few regulars) set of Japanese night owls gather in the the tiny restaurant each night while the owner (The Master) cooks them food & listens to their problems.
Series 2 has recently started on Netflix, but do start with Series 1 if interested in watching. It's actually much better to savour each episode one by one rather than to try & binge watch.
I'm sticking with watchmen but I havent got a fucken clue what is going on and I didn't get the film either but it looked pretty cool
I don't understand why rorshack has spawned a load of nasty bastards in masks but like I said, I didn't really understand the film beyond the shagging scenes, I think I knew what was happening there
I know that it has been mentioned above but I do need to give a huge recommendation for the Netflix show Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories. It's a heart warming series which reminds me slightly of Cheers. A vibrant, fascinating and ever changing (apart from the few regulars) set of Japanese night owls gather in the the tiny restaurant each night while the owner (The Master) cooks them food & listens to their problems.
Series 2 has recently started on Netflix, but do start with Series 1 if interested in watching. It's actually much better to savour each episode one by one rather than to try & binge watch.
That was me who mentioned the series above. I've read quite a bit of the manga it's based on, and while some of the stories are the same, The Master is not nearly as sympathetic as he is in the two series on Netflix. I track down some of the older series on-line last year, which have a slightly different rhythm, but the same food-themed stories revolving around the Midnight Diner.
Watching the fact-based drama Monzon on Netflix, about the great Argentinian boxer and his wife's suspicious death. Flashes backward and forward to his boxing career and the resultant womanising, to the story's present where he's in jail and the police are investigating his wife's death, plus the back and forth of the opposing lawyers.
No spoilers please by boxing fans who already know how it turned out for him.
Watching the fact-based drama Monzon on Netflix, about the great Argentinian boxer and his wife's suspicious death. Flashes backward and forward to his boxing career and the resultant womanising, to the story's present where he's in jail and the police are investigating his wife's death, plus the back and forth of the opposing lawyers.
No spoilers please by boxing fans who already know how it turned out for him.
Yeah, it didn't turn out very well for Monzon, after all.
Any Phillip Pullman fans watching the 'His Dark Materials' adaptation on BBC/HBO? What are your thoughts?
I really love the books so I was nervous they might make a dogs dinner of the source material like the dire film did. They're messing around with the timelines a little bit, but I think they seem to be capturing the essence of each character much better. It's been a bit slow starting, as these epic HBO series often are, but I felt it kicked into gear last night with the arrivals of Iorek Byrnison and Lee Scorsby.
Any Phillip Pullman fans watching the 'His Dark Materials' adaptation on BBC/HBO? What are your thoughts?
I really love the books so I was nervous they might make a dogs dinner of the source material like the dire film did. They're messing around with the timelines a little bit, but I think they seem to be capturing the essence of each character much better. It's been a bit slow starting, as these epic HBO series often are, but I felt it kicked into gear last night with the arrivals of Iorek Byrnison and Lee Scorsby.
enjoying it, it's well cast and well made. a million times better than the last adaptation
Any Phillip Pullman fans watching the 'His Dark Materials' adaptation on BBC/HBO? What are your thoughts?
I really love the books so I was nervous they might make a dogs dinner of the source material like the dire film did. They're messing around with the timelines a little bit, but I think they seem to be capturing the essence of each character much better. It's been a bit slow starting, as these epic HBO series often are, but I felt it kicked into gear last night with the arrivals of Iorek Byrnison and Lee Scorsby.
Really enjoying it so far - making me want to re-read the books. The film was an unmitigated disaster so it is nice to see them having another go and succeeding. I wonder if they will do the book of dust series if this one proves to be a success (I presume so).
Any Phillip Pullman fans watching the 'His Dark Materials' adaptation on BBC/HBO? What are your thoughts?
I really love the books so I was nervous they might make a dogs dinner of the source material like the dire film did. They're messing around with the timelines a little bit, but I think they seem to be capturing the essence of each character much better. It's been a bit slow starting, as these epic HBO series often are, but I felt it kicked into gear last night with the arrivals of Iorek Byrnison and Lee Scorsby.
I've only read the books once and that was a long time ago. I can't remember it all in detail, just the main points. Enjoying this series. It's well cast and think the pacing is just about right.
Any Phillip Pullman fans watching the 'His Dark Materials' adaptation on BBC/HBO? What are your thoughts?
I really love the books so I was nervous they might make a dogs dinner of the source material like the dire film did. They're messing around with the timelines a little bit, but I think they seem to be capturing the essence of each character much better. It's been a bit slow starting, as these epic HBO series often are, but I felt it kicked into gear last night with the arrivals of Iorek Byrnison and Lee Scorsby.
Any Phillip Pullman fans watching the 'His Dark Materials' adaptation on BBC/HBO? What are your thoughts?
I really love the books so I was nervous they might make a dogs dinner of the source material like the dire film did. They're messing around with the timelines a little bit, but I think they seem to be capturing the essence of each character much better. It's been a bit slow starting, as these epic HBO series often are, but I felt it kicked into gear last night with the arrivals of Iorek Byrnison and Lee Scorsby.
Haven't caught up on last nights but the first 3 were very good.
The Sinner .. BBC4 Saturdays .. second round of the psychological detective series .. always interesting
Bill Pulman's looking old (then again I suppose we all are) and he doesn't quite look all there. Has he had an illness or something...?
I’ve wondered that for a while. He’s been in a few things over the last few years and looks old beyond his years. Big bushy beard doesn’t help (can’t remember what series it was I saw recently when he had one).
The Sinner .. BBC4 Saturdays .. second round of the psychological detective series .. always interesting
Bill Pulman's looking old (then again I suppose we all are) and he doesn't quite look all there. Has he had an illness or something...?
I’ve wondered that for a while. He’s been in a few things over the last few years and looks old beyond his years. Big bushy beard doesn’t help (can’t remember what series it was I saw recently when he had one).
In case there is still any regular on here who has been even more tardy than me in getting round to Chernobyl, I can only say that all the praise you have read on here and elsewhere is richly deserved. I finished it in five nights which i don't normally do, and despite approaching each episode with a feeling of dread because the first episode in particular is a harrowing watch. It would be brilliant if it was just drama but the edge comes from it being a true story, much of which has been withheld from the world, for reasons the series also explains. On every dimension, the casting, the meticulous re-creation of Soviet era, the decision not to mess with phoney foreign accents, the vast re-creation of that dreadful scene, the inspired choice of an Icelandic composer for the music, it is film-making of the very highest quality, and you wonder whether nowadays the BBC could take on such a topic and do it justice.
There are of course controversies about its historic veracity, but then of course Cressida Dick thinks "Bodyguard" was all bullshit too.
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I didn't rewatch the original 2 seasons but I probably should have. There were several secondary character story arcs that I'd completely forgotten about.
Cheers. I will rewatch I think
Series 2 has recently started on Netflix, but do start with Series 1 if interested in watching. It's actually much better to savour each episode one by one rather than to try & binge watch.
I don't understand why rorshack has spawned a load of nasty bastards in masks but like I said, I didn't really understand the film beyond the shagging scenes, I think I knew what was happening there
No spoilers please by boxing fans who already know how it turned out for him.
I wasn't happy Vera came back but what a latest episode! Such a smart, original and well shot show.
Also smashed through Chernobyl last week.Really good.
There are of course controversies about its historic veracity, but then of course Cressida Dick thinks "Bodyguard" was all bullshit too.