New telly shows thread

[Misfit]

Watched the first episode of Mr Robot. Looks very promising.

Just watched it too. Definitely has promise and one of the better pilots I've seen in a while. Nice that they didnt overly dumb it down.

On a similar vein tried CSI Cyber a few weeks back. Now tha was an awful first episode and exceptionally dumbed down...

[Darkflame]

CSI Cyber a few weeks back. Now tha was an awful first episode and exceptionally dumbed down...

I dunno, dumbed down implies they knew better themselves

[Deckard]

Download the first season of Sense8 as I noted IPTorrents had it in 720p and I thought I am bound to watch it at some point this year....

[Misfit]

Download the first season of Sense8 as I noted IPTorrents had it in 720p and I thought I am bound to watch it at some point this year....

Saw it appear on Netflix the other day. And was intrigued as had heard nothing about it. Reviews are pretty harsh thought, but figured it is worth a look based on who is involved. Sounds like one designed to be binge watched rather than wait a week in between.

[Darkflame]

Saw the first few.
Quite like it myself, a bit of a slow build but some characters/lines are pretty good and the concept is nice enough.

[phattslagg]

We tried the pilot last week, but couldn't make it through. Really dreadful pacing, and I can't think of a single character in it that I could give a shit about.

Then we thought we'd give Daredevil a go. Now that is how it should be done.

[snaff]

Humans:

Set in suburban London, the story takes place in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a Synth – a highly developed, artificially intelligent servant eerily similar to its living counterpart.

And well, Gemma Chan..

Looks like the awesome and wacky Swedish show Real Humans.

[Ollie]

Looks like the awesome and wacky Swedish show Real Humans.

It's based on it.

[Misfit]

So was it any good?

Will hopefull get a chance to see it later in the week.

[Firefox]

I thought it was very good - I definitely wanted to see what happened next after the end of the episode!

Sadly, Sally the Synth from the fake adverts doesn't seem to be in the series (unless she crops up later). Gemma Chan is awesome as Anita the Synth, though.


Whilst I remember, I happened to see an advert saying that the third season of Person Of Interest is coming back from its mid-season break this Thursday on Five (it's usually on on Monday nights). Though I have to say that the first half of this season was a bit lack-lustre compared to what went before - it's like they've run out of story arc and so they just help a different person each week and that's pretty much it. Hopefully it'll pick up again, though.

[Ollie]

Hopefully it'll pick up again, though.

I don't remember much about season 3 tbh, but season 4 is a cracker.

[pogo]

Last chance to catch Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel from the beginning, as the first episode drops off iPlayer tomorrow. Five episodes in and it keeps getting better, with a number of excellent performances. Highly recommended.

[Harlequin]

Whilst I remember, I happened to see an advert saying that the third season of Person Of Interest is coming back from its mid-season break this Thursday on Five (it's usually on on Monday nights). Though I have to say that the first half of this season was a bit lack-lustre compared to what went before - it's like they've run out of story arc and so they just help a different person each week and that's pretty much it. Hopefully it'll pick up again, though.

Lacklustre? After the death of one of the star characters, one of the other central characters refusing to participate in the mission for ages and the introduction of a major arch enemy to be?

And Amy Acker.

Are you certain it is the first half of Season Three you have been watching?

[Darkflame]

Yeah I thought it was pretty excellent.

I have heard the renewal is only a half season to wrap it all up unfortunately though. Still, better then nothing.

[Harlequin]

I forgot the other main development in the first half of Season Three: the AI aspects coming to the fore after the increasingly prevalent bluescreen glitches toward the end of the previous season.