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It wasn't funny, lack of jokes, the writing is getting even lazier , it seems to want to pick up issue but is unable to carry it through, and doesn't seem to know if it is a sitcom or a drama as it isn't hitting either. Probably because the characters are paper thin for that sort of thing, which is fine in a comedy, but they don't seem to want to be that anymore.

I'm not expecting Brechtian levels of revolutionary theatre, just a few laughs.

I'm with Malia about Ted Lasso. There are some lovely bits, but it feels more and more like they're struggling to string them together. And it suffers from the same pacing issues as Star Wars; so many pauses, moments held a beat too long, like they don't trust the audience or the actors or someone enough to just get on with it. Hey, if it's great, we'll pause it and rewatch it, there's no need to haaaaaang on the moment. And a lot of the dialogue just doesn't pop the way they clearly want it to, though it's frustratingly close.

I thought it was heading this way with season 2 so I’ll probably skip anymore of Ted Lasso. Season 1 was still great though.

We watched E3 and E4 last night, the Zlatan character does seem a bit lazily done. The show does seem a bit flat and a little bit like a pale-ish imitation of the previous series (which I thought were kinda lovely).



Frustratingly close is a good way of describing it, in many regards.

Watch "Jury Duty" on Amazon prime. It's a laugh out loud funny documentary about a jury in a civil case in the US. Everyone in it is an actor apart from one juror.

Really enjoying Poker Face, basically a love letter to Columbo starring Natasha Lyonne as the crumpled investigator. Lovely stuff.

Talking of Peter Falk, I put a new photo in the album of Peter Falk photos I have on my phone.

How lovely is that?

Citadel looked good in the trailers but it's a little bit boring. The main guy is a little unconvincing as a badass and the pretty lady is a very flat, and I think bad, actress. Also, each episode seems to start with an annoying upside down camera that gradually rotates back to upright as it zooms in. The rotate-y cam also happens during some other scenes in the episodes. Once off might have been OK, but repeating it again is stupid, it's a stupid trick and it looks stupid and I hate it.




While I agree with some of the 'stubby plot points' mentioned earlier, and mostly stand by the previous viewpoint, I've still found I'm still really enjoying Ted Lasso and will feel a bit sad when it ends. The Roy Kent character is still amazing, I find myself wanting more screentime for him and Jamie Tartt. Could they be strong enough characters for a spin off? maybe, maybe not, but it'd be fun.

The creators have said that Ted Lasso was written with a three season arc all planned out, so as it stands S3 will be the last.
I don’t think they were expecting it to be quite such a hit though, so it’s possible we’ll get more in due course, and it does have a great set of characters to work with.

Yeah Citadel is really, really bad. They seem to have gone all in on it being some sort of amazing flagship show as well.

I gave up half way through the first episode of citadel. It was boring.

I think the stupid stupid rotatey cam is supposed to be a selling point, as somehow Amazon decided it's good to do one of those STUPID 'coming up in the next episode of shitadel...' things and there was a tag line of 'turning their world upside down'. What a stupid idea.

I also realised I have a major but trivial problem, something so simple but once I noticed it it I was unable to see past it - when the main guy (unconvincing badass) talks, his top teeth are not visible, only his bottom teeth. I don't know if it's the shape of his mouth or the camera angle, or both, but I find this so incredibly off-putting

A nicely contained arc does sound good, I'd prefer that to it outstaying its welcome and dragging along (like, say, Supernatural). At the same time I'd be a bit sad it finished.

Only 12 years too late, we've started watching Game Of Thrones, and have just finished the first season.

I was very pleased that one of the characters said "If you play the game of thrones..." at some point during the first few episodes. Always a sign of a quality show, is that.

You says the name, you wins the prize