New telly shows thread

[Baggypants]

I'm enjoying "Year of the Rabbit". I like Matt Berry.

[Deckard]

Matt Berry is God - We have watched Toast so many times.... Rabbit is excellent too.

[Mat]

Looking forward to see how it turns out, as I loved the TPBs.

Tore through this at the weekend, and loved it!
Granted, Karl Urban's accent's all over the shop, but that doesn't stop this being a cracker.
The guy playing Homelander in particular is absolutely perfect, absolutely nailing the cold, calculating psychopath of the comics.

There's some interesting divergences from the comics too, such as Hughey being American (minor), The Boys themselves not having super-powers (middling), and Frenchie actually being French, and not simply being a nutter who thinks he's French (ermahgerd, end of the world!{I Kid})

No sign of Terror so far either, although there's a very brief scene where Hughey asks Butcher if he owns a dog, to which the response is a curt "No", and nothing more is said. It's so out of place, I can't help thinking there's more to it.

Not sure they'll go full-on Herogasm, but it certainly hasn't pulled any punches so far. If you've been enjoying Preacher, I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy this too.

[Harlequin]

Granted, Karl Urban's accent's all over the shop, but that doesn't stop this being a cracker.

He does quite well for a Kiwi. I was more surprised, especially given Urban's presence (plus, one step removed, William Shatner behind him on the telly), at Pegg putting on a USAmerican accent instead of Scotty Scottish or even his native English.

No sign of Terror so far either, although there's a very brief scene where Hughey asks Butcher if he owns a dog, to which the response is a curt "No", and nothing more is said. It's so out of place, I can't help thinking there's more to it.

That likely was just a nod for the fans. I have read that they could not do Terror justice unless he were CGI, which would probably push them over budget.

[Deckard]

Odd how someone can do so well and then in the words of the immortal RuPaul "fuck it up" -my partner and I loved Dave Gorman's Modern Life is Goodish with him on his own talking about the modern world and memes and adverts in his usual style, loved it. And now we have his new series with three guests (for no apparent reason) Terms and Conditions Apply and it feels so so scripted - last week they spent a third of the programme on a researcher trying to convince the public about non existent children shows which was just excruciatingly not funny...piss poor Dave

[Rhythm]

Yep, it's pretty poor stuff

Noticed Taskmaster is moving to Channel 4. Horne's suggesting it won't change anything about the show. Really hoping not, the last series was absolutely superb stuff

[Rhythm]

The Witcher (Netflix)

Based more on the books than the game, but then the game's pretty close to the source material anyway. Either way, it's very fucking good indeed. They captured the vibe *really* well and it's clear Henry Cavill was a big fan of the game given how he's voicing Geralt.

Twi thumbs up, for sure

[Misfit]

The Witcher (Netflix)

Based more on the books than the game, but then the game's pretty close to the source material anyway. Either way, it's very fucking good indeed. They captured the vibe *really* well and it's clear Henry Cavill was a big fan of the game given how he's voicing Geralt.

Twi thumbs up, for sure

Didn't know anything about this until I saw the trailer about 50 times in the American Football on sky last night.

Looks good. Cavill certainly looks the part.

Never had the time to invest in the game, but I notice it's now on Game Pass so probably should give it a go.

[RiK]

The Witcher (Netflix)

Based more on the books than the game, but then the game's pretty close to the source material anyway. Either way, it's very fucking good indeed. They captured the vibe *really* well and it's clear Henry Cavill was a big fan of the game given how he's voicing Geralt.

Twi thumbs up, for sure

Binged it over the past couple of days. Solid start, will watch them again at my leisure over the holidays.

[Misfit]

Treadstone (Amazon Prime) - based in the Bourne universe, multi-threaded, jumps around time, how it all began and in the current day agents are being reactivated for unknown reasons.

Good, but not great, possibly trying to be too clever. But I am on episode 9 or 10 wanting to know how it will pan out and would watch more.

The Tara Coleman (Tracy Ifeachor) thread is really annoying though.

[VNVObit]

The Witcher (Netflix)

Based more on the books than the game, but then the game's pretty close to the source material anyway. Either way, it's very fucking good indeed. They captured the vibe *really* well and it's clear Henry Cavill was a big fan of the game given how he's voicing Geralt.

Twi thumbs up, for sure

Binged it over the past couple of days. Solid start, will watch them again at my leisure over the holidays.

Binged it over Christmas agree it was solid but not really great
thought the season was a little short (but I understand why - bloody expensive).
the monsters were better the closer they were to humanoid form (dragon wasn't great)
felt more like a prologue to a larger story which is why I would have preferred a longer series
that said I am looking forward to season 2

[Deckard]

Dont know if I said before but the animated (sometimes X rated) shorts (6-19 minutes each) of Love, Death and Robots on Netflix is truly excellent. 18 episodes of very varied style, animation and themes are just great.

[Misfit]

Elsewhere Deckard mentioned Mythic Quest...

Watching Apples new comedy show - Mythic , it’s pretty good although it reminds me a lot of that piss taking video game comedy on C4 last year with Oregon in it.

Binged 8 of the 9 episodes over the weekend. In part due to the excitement of something to watch on Apple TV+

Not 100% sure, it's entertaining enough, but not as funny as it wants to be. It's by the people who did 'Always Sunny in Philadelphia' so there is hope.

Odd episode 4 that didn't really relate to anything (other than 5 seconds in the end credits).

[VNVObit]

is it better than the Guild, when it moved into the MMO company? Still love that series

[Rhythm]

Treadstone (Amazon Prime) - based in the Bourne universe, multi-threaded, jumps around time, how it all began and in the current day agents are being reactivated for unknown reasons.

Not seen Treadstone yet but I can recommend Jack Ryan wholeheartedly. Extremely well-paced, Jim from The Office plays the lead really well, loads of other great supporting roles. Ends up feeling like a kind of more sedated version of 24. Good tension, good pseudo-political plotlines.... Really enjoyed it