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  • Red_in_SE8
    Red_in_SE8 Posts: 5,961
    Has anyone seen 'This is us' on Amazon Prime? Only started watching it about 4 days ago and have just finished episode 15. It is seriously good if you like swooping inter-generational family dramas. Superd writing, acting and the way the story is told with time-line shifts and flashbacks from the 40s to the present day is very effective.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    Yeah have seen the first series. Is season 2 on there?
    My mum suggested it last year after she saw the first episode and the shock at the ending and we were hooked.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Gave up on McMafia this week, bored to the core with it.
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    Red_in_SE8 said:

    Has anyone seen 'This is us' on Amazon Prime? Only started watching it about 4 days ago and have just finished episode 15. It is seriously good if you like swooping inter-generational family dramas. Superd writing, acting and the way the story is told with time-line shifts and flashbacks from the 40s to the present day is very effective.

    one of my favourite shows, really good characters and only 1 slightly weak episode in the 2 seasons
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,737
    rina said:

    Red_in_SE8 said:

    Has anyone seen 'This is us' on Amazon Prime? Only started watching it about 4 days ago and have just finished episode 15. It is seriously good if you like swooping inter-generational family dramas. Superd writing, acting and the way the story is told with time-line shifts and flashbacks from the 40s to the present day is very effective.

    one of my favourite shows, really good characters and only 1 slightly weak episode in the 2 seasons
    We loved this series too.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    rina said:

    Red_in_SE8 said:

    Has anyone seen 'This is us' on Amazon Prime? Only started watching it about 4 days ago and have just finished episode 15. It is seriously good if you like swooping inter-generational family dramas. Superd writing, acting and the way the story is told with time-line shifts and flashbacks from the 40s to the present day is very effective.

    one of my favourite shows, really good characters and only 1 slightly weak episode in the 2 seasons
    rina said:

    Red_in_SE8 said:

    Has anyone seen 'This is us' on Amazon Prime? Only started watching it about 4 days ago and have just finished episode 15. It is seriously good if you like swooping inter-generational family dramas. Superd writing, acting and the way the story is told with time-line shifts and flashbacks from the 40s to the present day is very effective.

    one of my favourite shows, really good characters and only 1 slightly weak episode in the 2 seasons
    Where did you watch season 2?
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    edited January 2018
    MrOneLung said:

    rina said:

    Red_in_SE8 said:

    Has anyone seen 'This is us' on Amazon Prime? Only started watching it about 4 days ago and have just finished episode 15. It is seriously good if you like swooping inter-generational family dramas. Superd writing, acting and the way the story is told with time-line shifts and flashbacks from the 40s to the present day is very effective.

    one of my favourite shows, really good characters and only 1 slightly weak episode in the 2 seasons
    rina said:

    Red_in_SE8 said:

    Has anyone seen 'This is us' on Amazon Prime? Only started watching it about 4 days ago and have just finished episode 15. It is seriously good if you like swooping inter-generational family dramas. Superd writing, acting and the way the story is told with time-line shifts and flashbacks from the 40s to the present day is very effective.

    one of my favourite shows, really good characters and only 1 slightly weak episode in the 2 seasons
    Where did you watch season 2?
    just asked the wife this and it turns out I haven't. think I just assumed it was 2 seasons as there were so many episodes

    going to have to find where to watch it now
  • kings hill addick
    kings hill addick Posts: 5,781
    rina said:

    MrOneLung said:

    rina said:

    Red_in_SE8 said:

    Has anyone seen 'This is us' on Amazon Prime? Only started watching it about 4 days ago and have just finished episode 15. It is seriously good if you like swooping inter-generational family dramas. Superd writing, acting and the way the story is told with time-line shifts and flashbacks from the 40s to the present day is very effective.

    one of my favourite shows, really good characters and only 1 slightly weak episode in the 2 seasons
    rina said:

    Red_in_SE8 said:

    Has anyone seen 'This is us' on Amazon Prime? Only started watching it about 4 days ago and have just finished episode 15. It is seriously good if you like swooping inter-generational family dramas. Superd writing, acting and the way the story is told with time-line shifts and flashbacks from the 40s to the present day is very effective.

    one of my favourite shows, really good characters and only 1 slightly weak episode in the 2 seasons
    Where did you watch season 2?
    just asked the wife this and it turns out I haven't. think I just assumed it was 2 seasons as there were so many episodes

    going to have to find where to watch it now
    Rumour has it that it can be found with one of those Kodi boxes.
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,234
    edited January 2018
    Watched s tthe first two episodes of Hard Sun. Ten minutes Into episode 3 I just decided it was crap and switched off.

    Now watching Manhunt Unabomber. Much better.
  • bbob
    bbob Posts: 550
    eaststandmike said:

    Gave up on McMafia this week, bored to the core with it.

    And where are the jocks?
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  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,144
    I am not giving up on McMafia, but certainly last week's episode left me feeling that it isn't living up to expectations. Seems to me that the main reason is that expectations are based around the quality of The Night Manager. It's got most of the same ingredients; high production values, authentic location, investment in casting, topical and thought-provoking theme. People are focusing on the casting as not delivering but more significiant is that the storyline framework for The Night Manager is provided by a master: Le Carre. McMafia is inspired by a book which is not a novel. It has had to create its own storyline from scratch. The Night Manager cast were able to sit down and read their richly described characters. The much criticised James Norton does not have that advantage, his character is a product only of the TV scriptwriters.

    I read somewhere that the BBC considered a sequel to The Night Manager - which would have been a throughly bad idea. I suspect McMafia was their alternative. Perhaps they should just go back to other Le Carre novels which have not yet been turned into films. Their version of "Tinker Tailor" in the 80s remains one of their finest ever dramas.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,736
    I’m not giving up on McFafia either but boy is the leading actor dull as ditchwater.
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,737
    Bedsaddick said:

    I’m not giving up on McFafia either but boy is the leading actor dull as ditchwater.

    And tipped for the next James Bond role !
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,034
    dogpat65 said:

    guinnessaddick said:

    guinnessaddick said:

    https://youtu.be/UFmFuXH0IRY

    Looking forward to this.

    The first two episodes have been very funny and would recommend it.
    Have to say, I laughed my bolocks off. Particularly the one with Ian Paisley on TV in ep. 2
    First couple of episodes have been funny, think it might get a bit samey after a while though.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Kiri is decent
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,740
    se9addick said:

    dogpat65 said:

    guinnessaddick said:

    guinnessaddick said:

    https://youtu.be/UFmFuXH0IRY

    Looking forward to this.

    The first two episodes have been very funny and would recommend it.
    Have to say, I laughed my bolocks off. Particularly the one with Ian Paisley on TV in ep. 2
    First couple of episodes have been funny, think it might get a bit samey after a while though.
    Agreed. I properly laughed out loud when the girl compared the starving African kid to Bobby Sands.
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Britannia. Thoughts?
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,736
    suzisausage said:

    Britannia. Thoughts?

    Not seen it but the trailers don’t do it any favours .
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,737
    suzisausage said:

    Britannia. Thoughts?

    Mr F said he'll give it another go next week (the series !) but it's not my cup of tea.
  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,491
    suzisausage said:

    Britannia. Thoughts?

    Not sure. Enjoyed bits of it but felt a bit like it was commissioned specifically to pick up GofT fans. Good enough for me to watch another episode.

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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,978
    suzisausage said:

    Britannia. Thoughts?

    Will give episode 2 a go but felt British history is interesting enough to do without all the spiritual magic crap that took up most of episode 1
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,652
    Brittania felt like it was trying too hard to be the next must see box set show. My gut says that it'll be another Sky Original dud (whoever commissions their stuff must have something on the Murdoch's) but I'll give it another episode.
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    edited January 2018
    I thought it must have cost a fortune with the cast, and looked good, but wtf'd my way through most of it. the script seemed a bit baffling and i spent most of it on wiki/imdb looking up who people were as i recognised them but couldn't place them. I couldn't wait till it finished to look them up as i didn't know what was happening and wasn't that hooked. will watch ep 2 and see if it holds my attention, but i'm not sure about it.
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    Not much of a fan of police procedural but been binge watching Bosch up to the middle of season 3 which has got better with each series. Some funny moments in it too. Sounds like the books might be worth a read too.
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    Britannia didn't look to great from the promos and general feedback hasn't been kind so think I'll swerve it.

    Not new but just started watching Vikings on Prime. 2 seasons in and really enjoying it
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    watched the 1st 2 episodes of next of kin last night, 2nd one dragged a bit
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,144
    Britannia isn't my cup of tea but much of it was shot in the Czech Republic, dontcha' know. I know that canyon with the green lake at the bottom of it. They closed it to the public a while back, way too hairy a climb down and back. Not sure the Czech locations really evoke a bygone British age, although the price of beer does just that :-)
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,034
    edited January 2018
    Brittania has all the attributes to succeed, big budget, decent actors and an exciting context for the story line - but the story telling itself is a massive let down.

    Episode one should have been scene setting, getting you used to that period in British history, how the people lived and meeting the characters - that way you'd give a shit when the invasion starts. Also, all the Romans having English accents is confusing.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Watched episode one of Brittania and was hugely disappointed. Will give episode two a shot but I can’t see me getting hooked.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,736
    edited January 2018
    se9addick said:

    Brittania has all the attributes to succeed, big budget, decent actors and an exciting context for the story line - but the story telling itself is a massive let down.

    That seems to be the premise of most Sky exclusive TV series , drama or comedy.

    Nearly everything they do seems to be style over substance.

    Netflix manage to get it right for a good percentage of the time , i'm not sure why SKY can't manage it.

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