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Author:  zaphod79 [ Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:55 ]
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New Fallout trailer :
Author:  markg [ Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:14 ]
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Yeah, definitely be giving that a go.
Author:  markg [ Sun Mar 10, 2024 21:25 ]
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Started watching the Halo series today while tucked up in bed trying to rid myself of a terrible flu. Enjoying it!
Author:  Sir Taxalot [ Tue Mar 12, 2024 0:28 ]
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We started on Sweet Tooth (Netflix). It's an interesting take on the post-apocalyptic setting. We're only 3 eps in but I'm keen to see where it goes.

markg wrote:
Started watching the Halo series today while tucked up in bed trying to rid myself of a terrible flu. Enjoying it!


I've made two failed attempts to get into this, I'm really not sure why but it doesn't 'stick' and I never get further than E2 or E3. I haven't played a Halo game since Reach, but I do remember finding the setting and the lore interesting at the time.
Author:  KovacsC [ Tue Mar 12, 2024 16:56 ]
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I am half way through the 2nd season and I am enjoying it.. I like the take on the character.
Author:  markg [ Tue Mar 12, 2024 17:37 ]
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Like the actor who plays him too, he was good in American Gods.
Author:  Squirt [ Thu Mar 14, 2024 21:24 ]
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I'm a couple of episodes into Shogun on Disney+ and I'm quite enjoying it - very pretty and full of politics and intrigue panning shots of mountains and zen gardens and ninjas. I read the book about 20 years ago, and liked it, but remember very little of it. Cosmo Jarivs, has a made-up sounding name though.
Author:  JBR [ Thu Mar 14, 2024 22:08 ]
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Cosmo Jarvis: he does, but he's incredibly watchable. I rewound the bit where he says "that was very good" over the guns many times. Apparently the accent is what resulted from him aiming for realistic. realising that no one understands English from back then and so on. I love him a little bit.
Author:  Kern [ Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:33 ]
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Somehow passed me by, but a brief reference in a newspaper or magazine recently led me to watch the first couple of episodes of John Wilson's How to with John Wilson (currently on BBC Iplayer).

These are very poetically shot and slightly esoteric rhapsodies on modern New York life., with clever use of footage that might or might not be real (the viewer is uncomfortably left unsure on this).

The first on small talk was engrossing enough to get through and take in his style, but I absolutely loved the second one, on scaffolding! Will definitely be watching more episodes over the next few days.
Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:59 ]
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So far (2 episodes in) Griselda on Netflix is very good.
Author:  JBR [ Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:12 ]
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Kern wrote:
Somehow passed me by, but a brief reference in a newspaper or magazine recently led me to watch the first couple of episodes of John Wilson's How to with John Wilson (currently on BBC Iplayer).

These are very poetically shot and slightly esoteric rhapsodies on modern New York life., with clever use of footage that might or might not be real (the viewer is uncomfortably left unsure on this).

The first on small talk was engrossing enough to get through and take in his style, but I absolutely loved the second one, on scaffolding! Will definitely be watching more episodes over the next few days.

Oh, these are great! And totally agree on the first two - I don't think I've got much further than that, but it's definitely on my list to carry on.
Author:  Malc [ Wed Apr 10, 2024 18:33 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
So far (2 episodes in) Griselda on Netflix is very good.

Hmmm, I have up 3/4ers of the way through ep1.

Seemed a bit cheesy compared to Narcos
Author:  Morte [ Fri Apr 12, 2024 14:36 ]
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After watching the first two episodes Fallout gets a thumbs up from me.
Author:  MaliA [ Fri Apr 12, 2024 14:51 ]
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The first one was great. Looking forward to more tonight.
Author:  BikNorton [ Fri Apr 12, 2024 20:56 ]
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Morte wrote:
After watching the first two episodes Fallout gets a thumbs up from me.

And me.
Author:  zaphod79 [ Fri Apr 12, 2024 23:13 ]
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"Your thumb or my thumb?"

Really enjoying it , it captures the feel of Fallout for me
Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Sat Apr 13, 2024 6:42 ]
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zaphod79 wrote:
"Your thumb or my thumb?"

Really enjoying it , it captures the feel of Fallout for me


The games never really clicked for me, but the show is great, and the first ten minutes were quite chilling.
Author:  Zardoz [ Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:49 ]
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Malc wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
So far (2 episodes in) Griselda on Netflix is very good.

Hmmm, I have up 3/4ers of the way through ep1.

Seemed a bit cheesy compared to Narcos

Finished it last night and enjoyed it all. Never saw Narcos so can’t really compare it, Malc.
Author:  Zardoz [ Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:52 ]
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Fallout is awesome. Only watched ep1 but at almost a movie length it look laid a great foundation, please stay this good!
Author:  Mimi [ Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:04 ]
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We’ve been discussing whether to watch Fallout, but you’ve all made it sound very watchable, so I think we’ll give it a go.
Author:  zaphod79 [ Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:20 ]
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Mimi wrote:
We’ve been discussing whether to watch Fallout, but you’ve all made it sound very watchable, so I think we’ll give it a go.


My only comment for that is that there is quite a lot of blood and its very violent , there is humor in there as well but if you are a little squeamish then it may not work for you.

It is also at times very bleak (it is the aftermath of a nuclear war)
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:06 ]
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Watched it all in two days. What can I say? well, it needs a game to honour it.

I loved all of the little easter eggs in there too that tie into the games.
Author:  Mimi [ Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:47 ]
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I’m less squeamish about violence and people getting their heads looped off than you might imagine. What I am not very good with is things like close ups of the iris of someone’s eye, muscle tissue under a microscope or things being under the surface of someone’s skin. That’s an automatic no from me.
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:59 ]
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I'm very squeamish. A couple of times I did have to close my eyes lol. I don't think I could have normally watched it unless I had played the games extensively and been dulled by them a bit. How I made it through Hobo with a shotgun will always be a mystery to me.
Author:  zaphod79 [ Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:19 ]
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https://www.thegamer.com/fallout-show-c ... -loves-it/

Nice video from Tom Cain about going to the premier and how even he is catching all the little nods to the game
Author:  Findus Fop [ Sat Apr 13, 2024 21:27 ]
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Having wanting to, but never getting round to actually playing any fallout games, how much will I be missing when watching it?
Author:  Trooper [ Sat Apr 13, 2024 23:01 ]
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Findus Fop wrote:
Having wanting to, but never getting round to actually playing any fallout games, how much will I be missing when watching it?


I've played very little of the games (the modern ones) and thoroughly enjoyed the whole show.
Author:  MaliA [ Sat Apr 13, 2024 23:14 ]
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Findus Fop wrote:
Having wanting to, but never getting round to actually playing any fallout games, how much will I be missing when watching it?


Pretty much zero
Author:  Findus Fop [ Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:23 ]
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Excellent!
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:50 ]
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MaliA wrote:
Findus Fop wrote:
Having wanting to, but never getting round to actually playing any fallout games, how much will I be missing when watching it?


Pretty much zero


Yeah to be fair they do a very very good job of explaining it all really well. Lots of my friends have never played the games but are really enjoying it.
Author:  Zardoz [ Sun Apr 14, 2024 19:10 ]
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It’s filled with bits from the game though for folks who have played them.
Author:  Sir Taxalot [ Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:43 ]
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Trooper wrote:
Findus Fop wrote:
Having wanting to, but never getting round to actually playing any fallout games, how much will I be missing when watching it?


I've played very little of the games (the modern ones) and thoroughly enjoyed the whole show.


Oh, this sounds good, we are on the lookout for some new serieseseses for our viewing pleasure. I borrowed Fallout 3 (I think it was) from a friend, on the x360 but it just didn't click with me and I didn't get far into it at all. I do remember John Coffey on here (and a few others) absolutely loved it.
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:26 ]
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It was you lot who converted me :D

I did struggle at first because I just didn't understand how it all worked. Got a bit anxious in the vault and kinda rushed out without learning about VATs etc. It does take me a long time to pick up new things.

Easily my fave game series ever though. Most notably 3 and NV. Not much of a fan of 4. Good game, but no better than good tbh. London has been delayed now due to Bethesda releasing an update too, oh joy :(

This TV series to me at least is the best Fallout related thing since Fallout 3. I did like NV, but you can tell it was a bit rushed as many of the buildings were just boarded up with nowhere to explore. I really can't say much more in fear of dropping a crap load of spoilers. But yeah for sure, if you want to see what all of the Fallout fuss was about watch this. It basically sums it up in 6 hours or so rather than needing a 40-50 hour playthrough. The twisted humour has always been my fave, and this series delivers it in bucket loads.
Author:  BikNorton [ Mon Apr 15, 2024 23:24 ]
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I think Helen might have enjoyed fallout more than I did, at least in some respects, because she wasn't looking for the bits and pieces, just watching for its own spectacle.

I have to say the final episode felt rushed to an end and pressed to set up season 2 (which I'm sure is worse in streaming then it used to be in TV land), but it overall it remained great.

I hope they get at least one more season out of it.
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Tue Apr 16, 2024 13:13 ]
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Did any one else notice The Ponch?

Image

Serious double take there. Like "Wait... Nooooo ! that's not who I think it is, is it?"
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Tue Apr 16, 2024 13:56 ]
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ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
Oh yay I forgot about this. I think the funniest moment for me was the "punishment" in Vault 4. I was literally sideways laughing on the sofa.
Author:  MaliA [ Thu Apr 18, 2024 23:11 ]
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Fallout: not a second wasted. Absolutely brilliant
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