Ooh, I dunno. Risky move employing a tall, muscular man to play a character described as... tall and muscular.
Was Tom Cruise not available?
Was Tom Cruise not available?
Grim... wrote:
Virtually no-one will care, but THAD FUCKIN' CASTLE is going to play Jack Reacher in the upcoming TV series.
I am interested in a Jack Reacher TV show.. sounds good casting.
Grim... wrote:
Virtually no-one will care, but THAD FUCKIN' CASTLE is going to play Jack Reacher in the upcoming TV series.
Young Scully!
Grim... wrote:
Virtually no-one will care, but THAD FUCKIN' CASTLE is going to play Jack Reacher in the upcoming TV series.
I definitely care, but am disappointed because I thought they were FURTHER ALONG GODDAMMIT than this.
If you haven't, get yourself a dose of good-old early 2000s sexism by watching Blue Mountain State, which is basically American Pie: The TV Show.
Has anyone been watching Schitt'$ Creek? We're into the last series now and it's an absolute joy.
It took me the best part of the first season to take to the characters, but found I warmed to them quickly soon after. It's an exquisite balance of pretty abrasive humour and boundless warmth. Eugene Levy is endlessly loveable, and Catherine Keen plays her hair off as a brilliant monster Moira.
Highly recommend.
It took me the best part of the first season to take to the characters, but found I warmed to them quickly soon after. It's an exquisite balance of pretty abrasive humour and boundless warmth. Eugene Levy is endlessly loveable, and Catherine Keen plays her hair off as a brilliant monster Moira.
Highly recommend.
Findus Fop wrote:
Has anyone been watching Schitt'$ Creek? We're into the last series now and it's an absolute joy.
It took me the best part of the first season to take to the characters, but found I warmed to them quickly soon after. It's an exquisite balance of pretty abrasive humour and boundless warmth. Eugene Levy is endlessly loveable, and Catherine Keen plays her hair off as a brilliant monster Moira.
Highly recommend.
It took me the best part of the first season to take to the characters, but found I warmed to them quickly soon after. It's an exquisite balance of pretty abrasive humour and boundless warmth. Eugene Levy is endlessly loveable, and Catherine Keen plays her hair off as a brilliant monster Moira.
Highly recommend.
We tried watching it last week but after two episodes I just couldn't bear any more of it. All the set up was there with the situation and characters but it forgot to actually be funny.
Fair enough. It is worth persevering with in my opinion, kicking off in S2 prob wouldn't do any harm. Though it sounds like I may have found it a touch funnier from the off than you did.
Yeah, started it on Saturday. Bloody love it.
Everyone is brilliant, especially Moira
Everyone is brilliant, especially Moira
2nd season of The Boys is off to a good start!
Zardoz wrote:
2nd season of The Boys is off to a good start!
Yep, I love it. Best thing on TV at the moment.
MaliA wrote:
Yeah, started it on Saturday. Bloody love it.
Everyone is brilliant, especially Moira
Everyone is brilliant, especially Moira
Moira is good but David is my favid
krazywookie wrote:
MaliA wrote:
Yeah, started it on Saturday. Bloody love it.
Everyone is brilliant, especially Moira
Everyone is brilliant, especially Moira
Moira is good but David is my favid
It was co-created by him and the actors who plays the father; who is his actual father IRL.
I gave it a go but I struggled. Both the kids I found entertaining but the parents just don't make me laugh. I don't think I've ever found Eugene Levy funny, which doesn't help.
Cras wrote:
I gave it a go but I struggled. Both the kids I found entertaining but the parents just don't make me laugh. I don't think I've ever found Eugene Levy funny, which doesn't help.
I think they are all great.
I did all of series one and it never got above "all right" for me.
I found in later series they whittled away at the extraneous characters and made it more of a focus on the family, Stevie and the community as a foil and backdrop. Fair to say several more layers are found in the likes of Stevie and the family themselves.
I am quite enjoying Ratched on Netflix at the moment. It is about an evil nurse. Has the lady from Sex and The City in it, too (the second hottest one).
MaliA wrote:
I am quite enjoying Ratched on Netflix at the moment. It is about an evil nurse. Has the lady from Sex and The City in it, too (the second hottest one).
I have enjoyed reading the reviews for it. Suffice to say, they are mostly of the “This is arguably the worst show ever to be commissioned” variety.
Curiosity wrote:
MaliA wrote:
I am quite enjoying Ratched on Netflix at the moment. It is about an evil nurse. Has the lady from Sex and The City in it, too (the second hottest one).
I have enjoyed reading the reviews for it. Suffice to say, they are mostly of the “This is arguably the worst show ever to be commissioned” variety.
Variety is clearly wrong.
TheVision wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
2nd season of The Boys is off to a good start!
Yep, I love it. Best thing on TV at the moment.
What day do the episodes drop? I hadn't realised it wasn't a whole season.
MaliA wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
MaliA wrote:
I am quite enjoying Ratched on Netflix at the moment. It is about an evil nurse. Has the lady from Sex and The City in it, too (the second hottest one).
I have enjoyed reading the reviews for it. Suffice to say, they are mostly of the “This is arguably the worst show ever to be commissioned” variety.
Variety is clearly wrong.
The trailer looks good, I'm certainly going to give it a go.
Goddess Jasmine wrote:
TheVision wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
2nd season of The Boys is off to a good start!
Yep, I love it. Best thing on TV at the moment.
What day do the episodes drop? I hadn't realised it wasn't a whole season.
Friday's
Malc wrote:
Goddess Jasmine wrote:
TheVision wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
2nd season of The Boys is off to a good start!
Yep, I love it. Best thing on TV at the moment.
What day do the episodes drop? I hadn't realised it wasn't a whole season.
Friday's
Thanks Malc, just caught up.
Controversial West Wing opinions from the writer of Giri/Haji, right here:
https://twitter.com/JoeBarton_/status/1 ... 6715584513
https://twitter.com/JoeBarton_/status/1 ... 6715584513
Continuing West Wing s1 rewatch. Here is my Mandy opinion: she actually has good chemistry with almost every character - particularly Toby I think. Problem is she’s just unbearable with Josh. Hashtag that’s my Mandy opinion
— Joe Barton (@JoeBarton_) October 1, 2020
I thought it was Fleetwood Town's manager and Sister Wendy fan.
Finished Ratched and really enjoyed it. Really well done and stylised.
The problem with Mandy sadly is her voice.
Finally got around to watching the final season of The Americans over the last week or two. So glad we did, what a send off. I think we'd got a bit bored of it at one point but such a good final season and the last episode in particular was amazing.
So Season 2 of THE BOYS was really disappointing, me and Mrs Hearthly both pegged it at around a 7/10. (I'd drop it down to a 6.5/10 myself.)
When it was firing on all cylinders it was still great, but by crikey the words 'patchy' and 'uneven' spring to mind.
Quite the shame after the magnificence of Season 1.
When it was firing on all cylinders it was still great, but by crikey the words 'patchy' and 'uneven' spring to mind.
Quite the shame after the magnificence of Season 1.
Hearthly wrote:
So Season 2 of THE BOYS was really disappointing, me and Mrs Hearthly both pegged it at around a 7/10. (I'd drop it down to a 6.5/10 myself.)
When it was firing on all cylinders it was still great, but by crikey the words 'patchy' and 'uneven' spring to mind.
Quite the shame after the magnificence of Season 1.
When it was firing on all cylinders it was still great, but by crikey the words 'patchy' and 'uneven' spring to mind.
Quite the shame after the magnificence of Season 1.
I've not finished it, but so far I agree completely - I admire the way they've taken the characters from the comics and done something different, but it is all over the place.
JBR wrote:
Hearthly wrote:
So Season 2 of THE BOYS was really disappointing, me and Mrs Hearthly both pegged it at around a 7/10. (I'd drop it down to a 6.5/10 myself.)
When it was firing on all cylinders it was still great, but by crikey the words 'patchy' and 'uneven' spring to mind.
Quite the shame after the magnificence of Season 1.
When it was firing on all cylinders it was still great, but by crikey the words 'patchy' and 'uneven' spring to mind.
Quite the shame after the magnificence of Season 1.
I've not finished it, but so far I agree completely - I admire the way they've taken the characters from the comics and done something different, but it is all over the place.
If you think that’s bad, have a look at the trailer for The Watch. It bears no resemblance to Discworld.
JBR wrote:
but it is all over the place.
Like Karl Urban's accent. I really enjoyed it.
Yeah I can’t wait for each new episode. Fave thing on TV at the moment. I never read the comics so I’ve nothing to compare against.
I've never read the comics either, the problems with Season 2 have nothing to do with whether or not they're following the comics.
Off the top of my head:
Entirely redundant subplots that literally go nowhere and completely break the pacing.
Far too much focus on characters we're given no real reason to be invested in.
Forced conflict in key relationships to generate artificial tension for 'reasons'.
Not enough screen time for the strongest characters and stories.
They fucked the soundtrack. Billy Joel, that's what everyone wants to hear. All the time.
A key character from Season 1 isn't in Season 2, and it seriously hurts the entirety of Season 2.
Gratingly blatant political agenda that feels shoe-horned in and narrative cohesion be damned.
Stuff that worked well in Season 1 feels like a re-tread in Season 2 (profanity, shocking violence etc).
Absolutely feels like what it is, a mish-mash of writers and directors all doing their own thing.
I could go on.
Very, very disappointing after the absolute brilliance of Season 1.
Off the top of my head:
Entirely redundant subplots that literally go nowhere and completely break the pacing.
Far too much focus on characters we're given no real reason to be invested in.
Forced conflict in key relationships to generate artificial tension for 'reasons'.
Not enough screen time for the strongest characters and stories.
They fucked the soundtrack. Billy Joel, that's what everyone wants to hear. All the time.
A key character from Season 1 isn't in Season 2, and it seriously hurts the entirety of Season 2.
Gratingly blatant political agenda that feels shoe-horned in and narrative cohesion be damned.
Stuff that worked well in Season 1 feels like a re-tread in Season 2 (profanity, shocking violence etc).
Absolutely feels like what it is, a mish-mash of writers and directors all doing their own thing.
I could go on.
Very, very disappointing after the absolute brilliance of Season 1.
I'm just enjoying it for the nonsense it is. A Saturday morning staple in this house. I'm not expecting another season though, even though they left it open.
I thought the Boys was brilliant so there... Homelander is the best thing on TV.
Goddess Jasmine wrote:
I'm just enjoying it for the nonsense it is. A Saturday morning staple in this house. I'm not expecting another season though, even though they left it open.
It's already been renewed for S3 I think. And I loved this series!
I really liked the whole series. Homelander is brilliantly malevolent.
The guy who plays him is brilliant. Loved him in Banshee too, that was a great series.
Cras wrote:
Goddess Jasmine wrote:
I'm just enjoying it for the nonsense it is. A Saturday morning staple in this house. I'm not expecting another season though, even though they left it open.
It's already been renewed for S3 I think. And I loved this series!
Ooh, that's good to know!
markg wrote:
The guy who plays him is brilliant. Loved him in Banshee too, that was a great series.
Yeah Banshee was superb.
markg wrote:
JBR wrote:
but it is all over the place.
Like Karl Urban's accent. I really enjoyed it.
Ha! I liked his - he stuck with "British" more this time, I think, though in (I think) episode 6 he suddenly veers off into a broad antipodean shaaaark. But the american who played his aunt was proper "I am an American doing a Bri-ish accent, I am, cor blimey guvnor".
JBR wrote:
Ha! I liked his - he stuck with "British" more this time, I think, though in (I think) episode 6 he suddenly veers off into a broad antipodean shaaaark. But the american who played his aunt was proper "I am an American doing a Bri-ish accent, I am, cor blimey guvnor".
Wrong.... She's Canadian.
TheVision wrote:
JBR wrote:
Ha! I liked his - he stuck with "British" more this time, I think, though in (I think) episode 6 he suddenly veers off into a broad antipodean shaaaark. But the american who played his aunt was proper "I am an American doing a Bri-ish accent, I am, cor blimey guvnor".
Wrong.... She's Canadian.
She was also the lady in The Cube The Cube
MaliA wrote:
TheVision wrote:
JBR wrote:
Ha! I liked his - he stuck with "British" more this time, I think, though in (I think) episode 6 he suddenly veers off into a broad antipodean shaaaark. But the american who played his aunt was proper "I am an American doing a Bri-ish accent, I am, cor blimey guvnor".
Wrong.... She's Canadian.
She was also the lady in The Cube The Cube
The Cube The Cube The Cube
TheVision wrote:
JBR wrote:
Ha! I liked his - he stuck with "British" more this time, I think, though in (I think) episode 6 he suddenly veers off into a broad antipodean shaaaark. But the american who played his aunt was proper "I am an American doing a Bri-ish accent, I am, cor blimey guvnor".
Wrong.... She's Canadian.
Can I have half a point?
I even looked her up after the episode and still got it wrong. Must have got distracted by all the DC stuff (she's Barbara Gordon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Gordon.
Watched the last Ep of The Boys season 2 and I loved it. Hope they do come through with season 3.
In the spirit of it being Halloween month, we have just started the TV series. 1st episode has nicely drawn me in. Just having a break to make more coffee.
Goddess Jasmine wrote:
In the spirit of it being Halloween month, we have just started the TV series. 1st episode has nicely drawn me in. Just having a break to make more coffee.
I think the key information missing here is that it's the Scream TV series we are watching.
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