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I'm guessing by that post that Amazon are releasing one a week rather than all in one go?

I really liked American Gods. It was well done, Lovejoy was ace, and the other casting were very good.

What's it about? It looks good from the images and tiny clips I've seen.

TheVision wrote:

What's it about? It looks good from the images and tiny clips I've seen.

Less you know, the better.

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

TheVision wrote:

What's it about? It looks good from the images and tiny clips I've seen.

Less you know, the better.

That's all I need! I'll add it to the queue.

It reminds me of the first time I played a Zelda game. I knew nothing about it going in and was blown away.

I have finally caught up with Gotham Season 3. Will there be another, or has it tied up all the lose ends?

Well we know it crashes into Batman, just wondering if they can squeeze another season out of it first.

We saw young Bruce Wayne becoming proto-Batman.

I thought this before but I'm now convinced. It should have ended after Gus died. Season 5 just seems tacked on and like they're trying too hard to 'start again' but with a bigger, more ominous bad guys.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still enjoying it but it's very far fetched and because I know what's going to happen, I'm allowing myself to look at it differently.

It's why he had to drop Deal or No Deal.

I do, but he never kept in touch when he moved to LA.

No. You MUST watch the Oirish season without a break!

So we kick off Season 3 with Jax and the 'club' having managed, between them, to have ACTUALLY HAD HIS BABY STOLEN. Literally fucking stolen. This is from an MC (lingo!) that's armed to the fucking teeth and apparently really bad ass.

They left the baby with 'Half Sack' (an MC 'Prospect' so not yet a full member), and a nice nurse called Tara. They did not prove to be a match for a psychopathic IRA murderer/bomber/gun runner, who had just had his own son killed. (Albeit not by the MC.)

The rest of the club were busy chasing MAIN BADDY Zobelle who had pretty much run rings round them for the entire season. However they finally had him cornered in an ice cream shop and were just waiting for the schoolchildren to get back in their school bus so they could kill him, unfortunately a phone call from from the baby sitters alerts them that all is not well and even though it'd take an extra 10 seconds to kill Zobelle, they all decide to leave immediately. (Which fails anyway because Half-Sack gets killed, Tara gets tied up, and the baby gets stolen.)

So here we are at the start of Season 3, wondering if maybe there'll be time for some quiet reflection and a think about what they want to do with their lives.

Nope. Gemma is now in hiding after being framed for two murders, she's safe in an MC-friendly motel out of town, and with a multi-state APB out and a reward on her head, you'd presume she wouldn't be in a hurry to leave the protective custody of some MC members, but instead she keeps trying to escape, including stabbing someone who catches her trying to steal his car. Way to lie low, Gemma!

The rest of the MC are getting ready for Half-Sack's funeral, and Clay (head MC dude) tells Jax that he's going to have to start looking a bit more killy-happy soon as the GUYS are wondering what's happening to him.

Lo and behold! After the funeral they're all stood in the church grounds having a sad chat about Half-Sack and a van full of drive-by shooters opens fire on the MC! As fire is returned (and Hale, the upright copper dude gets killed, more collateral damage from the IDIOT MC BRIGADE'S CAVALCADE OF BRAIN-FAILURE DIP-SHITTERY), one of the drive-by shooters falls from the van into the road, where he is quickly put under arrest by police.

Hooray! They have a perpetrator, they can find out who the shooters are, which is good as all the rest of them escaped.

But no! Jax is CONSUMED BY RAGE. And with Clay's motivational speech about having to kill some shit ringing in his ears, he takes it upon himself to kill the shooter by repeatedly bashing his head into the road. Which erm, the three arresting, armed, cops allow him to do because of reasons.

Well done Jax, you just killed the only perpetrator, all the others escaped!

Oh yes the baby is in Ireland now. Karen Matthews could have done a better fucking job.

complete with it's own theme tune :DD

Zardoz wrote:

No. You MUST watch the Oirish season without a break!

OK so I watched S03E01 last night and it was a good episode, however, I do wonder if the show overall is starting to head in TWD territory in my perception of it. Like, the bone-headedness of the protagonists is really starting to grate a bit.

I will spoiler this as it's more specific than my previous ten broad points.

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

Each episode stacks up with chains of events like this, and they just seem to end up in worse and worse situations.

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

Oh yes the baby is in Ireland now. Karen Matthews could have done a better fucking job.

The 'Oirish' season

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

complete with it's own theme tune :DD

is just

but keep going. Just keep going!

See, that makes it sound awesome.

MaliA wrote:

See, that makes it sound awesome.

Jump onboard! It's a good show, riddled with bafflement, violence and white trainers.

MaliA wrote:

See, that makes it sound awesome.

Jump onboard! It's a good show, riddled with bafflement, violence and white trainers.

Zardoz wrote:

MaliA wrote:

See, that makes it sound awesome.

Jump onboard! It's a good show, riddled with bafflement, violence and white trainers.

So much white trainer.

I think I've said this before, but it ended up feeling like a bad game of GTA, with each episode becoming little more than some fetch quest for Some Dude who Jaxx needs to curry favour with.

Zardoz wrote:

The 'Oirish' season

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

complete with it's own theme tune :DD

is just

but keep going. Just keep going!

This reminds me. I've been watching a bit of the Archer - Dreamland season on Netflix. I can generally take or leave Archer, but it's good to have on in the background. However, with Dreamland, I end up turning it off after an episode as it's just terrible.

I do wish they could be spys again, though.

Another voice of ambivalence here for Rick & Morty. Just doesn't make me laugh. And the opening credits are too long.

Author:	Morte [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 11:17 ]
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Well that was a splendid evening of television. Preacher was all out nuts and much more inline with the vibe of the comic. While Twin Peaks was...er...probably the most Lynchian thing I've watched since Eraserhead, brilliant from start to end. It seems he's not making a third series of Twin Peaks but a really long sequel to Fire Walk With Me.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 13:29 ]
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FYI there are two episodes of Preacher this week (i've watched the first but not the second yet)

Author:	TheVision [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 13:37 ]
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I'm guessing by that post that Amazon are releasing one a week rather than all in one go?

Author:	DavPaz [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 13:39 ]
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TheVision wrote: I'm guessing by that post that Amazon are releasing one a week rather than all in one go? Weird

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 13:46 ]
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TheVision wrote: I'm guessing by that post that Amazon are releasing one a week rather than all in one go? It's not an Amazon show, it's an AMC show that airs weekly. Amazon just happen to have the streaming rights in the UK.

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Author:	MaliA [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 13:56 ]
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I really liked American Gods. It was well done, Lovejoy was ace, and the other casting were very good.

Author:	TheVision [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 14:06 ]
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MaliA wrote: I really liked American Gods. It was well done, Lovejoy was ace, and the other casting were very good. What's it about? It looks good from the images and tiny clips I've seen.

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 14:08 ]
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TheVision wrote: What's it about? It looks good from the images and tiny clips I've seen. Less you know, the better.

Author:	TheVision [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 14:15 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: TheVision wrote: What's it about? It looks good from the images and tiny clips I've seen. Less you know, the better. That's all I need! I'll add it to the queue. It reminds me of the first time I played a Zelda game. I knew nothing about it going in and was blown away.

Author:	MaliA [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 14:17 ]
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TheVision wrote: Doctor Glyndwr wrote: TheVision wrote: What's it about? It looks good from the images and tiny clips I've seen. Less you know, the better. That's all I need! I'll add it to the queue. It reminds me of the first time I played a Zelda game. I knew nothing about it going in and was blown away. Oh, yes, deffo.

Author:	MrChris [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 22:16 ]
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Preacher! Omfg.

Author:	LewieP [ Wed Jun 28, 2017 2:31 ]
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Yeah new Preacher episodes were top notch.

Author:	KovacsC [ Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:51 ]
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I have finally caught up with Gotham Season 3. Will there be another, or has it tied up all the lose ends?

Author:	LewieP [ Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:57 ]
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KovacsC wrote: I have finally caught up with Gotham Season 3. Will there be another, or has it tied up all the lose ends? It's never going to tie up all the loose ends, but there's more on the way.

Author:	Hearthly [ Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:37 ]
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I finished Season 2 of SONS OF ANARCHY last night and it remains enjoyable albeit a bit of a trashy treat. I am forced to conclude however that as a collective the Sons just aren’t very good at ‘crime stuff’. (Mild general spoilers for Seasons 1 and 2 of SOA follow.) Like, if they stuck to auto-repair, and the porn business, and repo work, they’d do alright for themselves. Instead, they constantly do VERY BADLY at gun running and associated illegal activities which lead to various negative side-effects, including but not limited to the following, for themselves, members of their families, and those close to them: 1 - Getting killed. 2 - Getting blown up. 3 - Getting gang-raped. 4 - Having their children stolen. 5 - Losing all their money. 6 - Going to prison. 7 - Killing each other by accident. 8 - Having their businesses burned down. 9 - Getting their only remaining eye gouged out in prison. 10 - Creating huge amounts of collateral damage. And so on, and so on. These people are sub-standard criminals, they should just enjoy their bikes in their free time, and make porn and fix cars for money. I might take a break before starting on Season 3 (the ‘Irish’ season….) and dip into something else for a bit.

Author:	Mimi [ Thu Jul 06, 2017 15:14 ]
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I sat next to Charlie Hunnam for five hours on a train, once. He wrote with a silver gel pen, which was weird. I had an awful nosebleed. He was really nice. Very sweet and quite gentle. He was on TV at the time, but before he went to the US. I think it was shortly after (or maybe during) the airing of Queer As Folk.

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Jul 06, 2017 15:50 ]
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Sure it wasn't MarkG?

Author:	Mimi [ Thu Jul 06, 2017 15:56 ]
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Now you've mentioned it, no. Maybe it was. Was MarkG in Byker Grove?

Author:	KovacsC [ Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:02 ]
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Well we know it crashes into Batman, just wondering if they can squeeze another season out of it first.

Author:	myp [ Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:18 ]
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KovacsC wrote: Well we know it crashes into Batman, just wondering if they can squeeze another season out of it first. They've stated it's its own continuity, so no guarantees any of them turn into anything. I've only seen the first two seasons however.

Author:	LewieP [ Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:39 ]
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Spoilers for most recent episode of Gotham: ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! We saw young Bruce Wayne becoming proto-Batman.

Author:	TheVision [ Mon Jul 03, 2017 16:02 ]
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I'm on my second watch of Breaking Bad and we've just started the final season... ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! I thought this before but I'm now convinced. It should have ended after Gus died. Season 5 just seems tacked on and like they're trying too hard to 'start again' but with a bigger, more ominous bad guys. Don't get me wrong, I'm still enjoying it but it's very far fetched and because I know what's going to happen, I'm allowing myself to look at it differently.

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:53 ]
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No. You MUST watch the Oirish season without a break!

Author:	Mimi [ Thu Jul 06, 2017 15:15 ]
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D'oh! Which I mention because I think he's in that Sons Of Anarchy thing, but looks different now.

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Jul 06, 2017 16:11 ]
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Possibly, he's done a lot of TV. A kids gardening show and Last of the Summer Win,e most famously.

Author:	Mimi [ Thu Jul 06, 2017 16:15 ]
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Get that theme tune stuck in my head again and we'll fall out. I honestly don't know how he finds the time to do all that and be in Take That as The Little One From Take That. His work ethic is strong.

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Jul 06, 2017 16:35 ]
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It's why he had to drop Deal or No Deal.

Author:	DavPaz [ Thu Jul 06, 2017 16:48 ]
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Zardoz wrote: It's why he had to drop Deal or No Deal. Do you miss doing Golden balls?

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Jul 06, 2017 17:01 ]
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I do, but he never kept in touch when he moved to LA.

Author:	DavPaz [ Thu Jul 06, 2017 18:51 ]
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Zardoz wrote: I do, but he never kept in touch when he moved to LA. Giphy "applause": https://media0.giphy.com/media/xT77XWum9yH7zNkFW0/giphy-loop.mp4

Author:	krazywookie [ Thu Jul 06, 2017 22:48 ]
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Preacher s02e01 is making me want to watch death proof.

Author:	Hearthly [ Fri Jul 07, 2017 8:00 ]
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Zardoz wrote: No. You MUST watch the Oirish season without a break! OK so I watched S03E01 last night and it was a good episode, however, I do wonder if the show overall is starting to head in TWD territory in my perception of it. Like, the bone-headedness of the protagonists is really starting to grate a bit. I will spoiler this as it's more specific than my previous ten broad points. ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! So we kick off Season 3 with Jax and the 'club' having managed, between them, to have ACTUALLY HAD HIS BABY STOLEN. Literally fucking stolen. This is from an MC (lingo!) that's armed to the fucking teeth and apparently really bad ass. They left the baby with 'Half Sack' (an MC 'Prospect' so not yet a full member), and a nice nurse called Tara. They did not prove to be a match for a psychopathic IRA murderer/bomber/gun runner, who had just had his own son killed. (Albeit not by the MC.) The rest of the club were busy chasing MAIN BADDY Zobelle who had pretty much run rings round them for the entire season. However they finally had him cornered in an ice cream shop and were just waiting for the schoolchildren to get back in their school bus so they could kill him, unfortunately a phone call from from the baby sitters alerts them that all is not well and even though it'd take an extra 10 seconds to kill Zobelle, they all decide to leave immediately. (Which fails anyway because Half-Sack gets killed, Tara gets tied up, and the baby gets stolen.) So here we are at the start of Season 3, wondering if maybe there'll be time for some quiet reflection and a think about what they want to do with their lives. Nope. Gemma is now in hiding after being framed for two murders, she's safe in an MC-friendly motel out of town, and with a multi-state APB out and a reward on her head, you'd presume she wouldn't be in a hurry to leave the protective custody of some MC members, but instead she keeps trying to escape, including stabbing someone who catches her trying to steal his car. Way to lie low, Gemma! The rest of the MC are getting ready for Half-Sack's funeral, and Clay (head MC dude) tells Jax that he's going to have to start looking a bit more killy-happy soon as the GUYS are wondering what's happening to him. Lo and behold! After the funeral they're all stood in the church grounds having a sad chat about Half-Sack and a van full of drive-by shooters opens fire on the MC! As fire is returned (and Hale, the upright copper dude gets killed, more collateral damage from the IDIOT MC BRIGADE'S CAVALCADE OF BRAIN-FAILURE DIP-SHITTERY), one of the drive-by shooters falls from the van into the road, where he is quickly put under arrest by police. Hooray! They have a perpetrator, they can find out who the shooters are, which is good as all the rest of them escaped. But no! Jax is CONSUMED BY RAGE. And with Clay's motivational speech about having to kill some shit ringing in his ears, he takes it upon himself to kill the shooter by repeatedly bashing his head into the road. Which erm, the three arresting, armed, cops allow him to do because of reasons. Well done Jax, you just killed the only perpetrator, all the others escaped! Each episode stacks up with chains of events like this, and they just seem to end up in worse and worse situations. ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Oh yes the baby is in Ireland now. Karen Matthews could have done a better fucking job.

Author:	Zardoz [ Fri Jul 07, 2017 9:04 ]
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The 'Oirish' season ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! complete with it's own theme tune is just but keep going. Just keep going!

Author:	MaliA [ Fri Jul 07, 2017 9:09 ]
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Hearthly wrote: Zardoz wrote: No. You MUST watch the Oirish season without a break! OK so I watched S03E01 last night and it was a good episode, however, I do wonder if the show overall is starting to head in TWD territory in my perception of it. Like, the bone-headedness of the protagonists is really starting to grate a bit. I will spoiler this as it's more specific than my previous ten broad points. ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! So we kick off Season 3 with Jax and the 'club' having managed, between them, to have ACTUALLY HAD HIS BABY STOLEN. Literally fucking stolen. This is from an MC (lingo!) that's armed to the fucking teeth and apparently really bad ass. They left the baby with 'Half Sack' (an MC 'Prospect' so not yet a full member), and a nice nurse called Tara. They did not prove to be a match for a psychopathic IRA murderer/bomber/gun runner, who had just had his own son killed. (Albeit not by the MC.) The rest of the club were busy chasing MAIN BADDY Zobelle who had pretty much run rings round them for the entire season. However they finally had him cornered in an ice cream shop and were just waiting for the schoolchildren to get back in their school bus so they could kill him, unfortunately a phone call from from the baby sitters alerts them that all is not well and even though it'd take an extra 10 seconds to kill Zobelle, they all decide to leave immediately. (Which fails anyway because Half-Sack gets killed, Tara gets tied up, and the baby gets stolen.) So here we are at the start of Season 3, wondering if maybe there'll be time for some quiet reflection and a think about what they want to do with their lives. Nope. Gemma is now in hiding after being framed for two murders, she's safe in an MC-friendly motel out of town, and with a multi-state APB out and a reward on her head, you'd presume she wouldn't be in a hurry to leave the protective custody of some MC members, but instead she keeps trying to escape, including stabbing someone who catches her trying to steal his car. Way to lie low, Gemma! The rest of the MC are getting ready for Half-Sack's funeral, and Clay (head MC dude) tells Jax that he's going to have to start looking a bit more killy-happy soon as the GUYS are wondering what's happening to him. Lo and behold! After the funeral they're all stood in the church grounds having a sad chat about Half-Sack and a van full of drive-by shooters opens fire on the MC! As fire is returned (and Hale, the upright copper dude gets killed, more collateral damage from the IDIOT MC BRIGADE'S CAVALCADE OF BRAIN-FAILURE DIP-SHITTERY), one of the drive-by shooters falls from the van into the road, where he is quickly put under arrest by police. Hooray! They have a perpetrator, they can find out who the shooters are, which is good as all the rest of them escaped. But no! Jax is CONSUMED BY RAGE. And with Clay's motivational speech about having to kill some shit ringing in his ears, he takes it upon himself to kill the shooter by repeatedly bashing his head into the road. Which erm, the three arresting, armed, cops allow him to do because of reasons. Well done Jax, you just killed the only perpetrator, all the others escaped! Each episode stacks up with chains of events like this, and they just seem to end up in worse and worse situations. ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Oh yes the baby is in Ireland now. Karen Matthews could have done a better fucking job. See, that makes it sound awesome.

Author:	devilman [ Fri Jul 07, 2017 9:14 ]
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Zardoz wrote: The 'Oirish' season ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! complete with it's own theme tune is just but keep going. Just keep going! This reminds me. I've been watching a bit of the Archer - Dreamland season on Netflix. I can generally take or leave Archer, but it's good to have on in the background. However, with Dreamland, I end up turning it off after an episode as it's just terrible.

Author:	Zardoz [ Fri Jul 07, 2017 9:15 ]
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MaliA wrote: See, that makes it sound awesome. Jump onboard! It's a good show, riddled with bafflement, violence and white trainers.

Author:	MaliA [ Fri Jul 07, 2017 9:19 ]
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Zardoz wrote: MaliA wrote: See, that makes it sound awesome. Jump onboard! It's a good show, riddled with bafflement, violence and white trainers. I am halfway through series 7 i think.

Author:	LewieP [ Fri Jul 07, 2017 9:27 ]
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Blood Drive is really good.