Dead Pixels I found to be a much funnier (and darker) gaming satire than Apples' Mythic Quest plus I can never get enough of the actress "Oregon" from Fresh Meat.
Cant decide about TruthSeekers, looks great in HDR and has all the right notes but just doesnt seem to work for some reason...
Oh and Maxxx rocks !! on All 4 Catch up - just such a well-observed piss-take about a fading boy band member and the obviously Bono inspired manager...worth it for the singing at the funeral scene alone let alone the "pegging"
Misfit wrote:And finally, there is Doom Patrol. Need to give this a few more episodes, but it has potential "A re-imagining of one of DC's most beloved group of outcast Super Heroes: Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl and Crazy Jane, led by modern-day mad scientist Dr. Niles Caulder (The Chief). " https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8416494/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
I very much enjoy DP. I find it not so much a re-imagining as being directly inspired by Grant Morrison's run of the comics, along with a few pre-Morrison characters and concepts (such Rita "Elasti-Woman" Farr on the team and Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man as an occasional minor character).
VNVObit wrote:already binged the 3 episodes of The Expanse - really love that show
It took me a while to succumb to Meow's insistence that I watch it but once I started I semi-binge-watched the first four seasons. I am about to start on the fifth, which began airing recently. It is comparable to Babylon 5 in many ways but focused strongly on human factions, politics and relations in a fairly hard-SF future with no non-human "races" or mythic heroes. Its directional awareness is probably due to being adapted from a series of books, themselves set in a universe initially built for a MMORPG/tabletop RPG.
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Gallows humor, brutal violence and bloodletting, and engaging examinations of the human condition to explore age-old theological themes through a modern lens. 30 Coins keeps drama at the forefront, anchored by fantastic performances by its trio of leads, but never shies away from the weird, the spooky, and the bizarre
Loved 30 Coins - quirky and spanish - in amongst the horror and weirdness they are talking about mayoral elections and hotel bookings - great. Odd in the best sort of way.
Must recommend Dead Pixels again - Season 2 off to a great start with a fish-people expansion for the their RPG which proves "devisive" and a pop at loot crates as well- It must get points for making a joke about volumetric lighting that no-one "normal" would get Oh and Oregon from Fresh Meat is in it too.
So Back then ? Webb's character ? The have played him both ways so far but do we think he is an out-and-out nutter ? Rare mistep I thought with the mood/comedy having Mitchell chatting on the phone to his bank during the dogs euthanasia......
No love for Wandavision? We loved this, really clever concept and it made us interested in/care for what were possibly the two most boring MCU characters. Nice to see the MCU trying something different.
The drip-feed of one episode a week, like when normal TV was still a thing, both drove us mad and added to it as there were discussions in the household and real anticipation for the next episode rather than just watching it in 6 hours like you now can.
Just started season 2 on Pennyworth. Seems to be like S1, a little gruesome in part but interesting enough to see this alternative UK history unfold.
Also, took in the first episode of the Stand which people on here seemed excited about previously, but as it's not been mentioned since I'm guessing it's as meh as the reviews? Can't say I was blown away, but shall give it another episode at least.
And just finished season 2 of Counterpart which was great, intelligent, present-day SciFi. A real shame this got canned, probably too clever, but at least it did have a decent ending. The lack of subtitle blip was only for a few episodes and only affected one big scene (the odd line elsewhere you knew what was going on) but the big scene was meaningless to the main plot (a character getting a bit weepy at their other's funeral)
Next Sunday sees Line of Duty season 6 start. Here's hoping they can keep up the quality. My daughter is now old enough to appreciate it and just binged the first five seasons of it. It was funny to see how stressed it made her! Some real tense stuff in there...
And Friday sees the start of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. This doesn't look like the MCU trying something different but looks like it could be entertaining.
Saw a few minutes of wandavision and cringed so stopped watching
Saw 2 series of Trapped (Icelandic detective show ) which was pretty good. Few things to misdirect viewers and some threads which only come together towards the end (but not in a neat way so doesn’t appear to be too pat). Second has environmental issues as well as nationalism. Watched this on the back of Valhalla Murders which I also enjoyed
Watched The Watch which was loosely based on Terry Pratchet’s characters (and borrowed some plots). Overall enjoyed it but not a Discworld programme (really strange casting which bore no relation to the book - not the fault of the actors). If you are expecting Discworld to be respected when adapting then do not watch this as it didn’t
Just started Stumptown which is a fairly standard American detective series based on a comic (which I also enjoyed). Only 4 episodes in and enjoying it so far
Watching Bloodlands and Unforgotten which are both rather good (though former is not as good as Line of Duty)
Looking forward to Line of Duty S6
"England is funny, but sometimes she scares me"
Tony Wakeford
VNVObit wrote:Saw a few minutes of wandavision and cringed so stopped watching
Watch further. Clues as to what is actually going increase as the episodes progress, with the series venturing beyond the television scenario after the first few episodes. It is primarily inspired by two popular Marvel storylines (House of M and The Visions), sees Wanda finally become the Scarlet Witch and sets up the next 'Doctor Strange' film.
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I really enjoyed Wandavision, fwiw. Anyways, recommendation of the week:
Resident Alien on Syfy
Starring Alan Tudyk (that should tell you straight away if you're going to enjoy it or not), this is a dark comedy about an alien who crash lands on Earth while carrying out a mysterious mission (that's slowly revealed over the first few episodes). The alien is a scary sight but can fool humans into seeing something else, so he murders a guy living in a cabin out in the woods and takes on his identity. Unfortunately the guy in question is a pathologist, and the local town's doctor has just died in mysterious circumstances. Law enforcement drafts our alien in to help with enquiries, with hilarious consequences. There's a problem, though: children (or one, at least) can see through the illusion and are terrified.
What follows is basically your standard poking fun at human society, interaction and relationships with the "alien" a thinly veiled conceit for the autistic stereotype who's always speaking their mind and behaving "inappropriately". If you can get over that it's very, very funny.
We're watching it with our ~12yo and I'd say it's *right* on the edge of what I'd consider "appropriate" viewing. It's rate TV-14 in the States but, notably, 18 in the UK.
WiteWulf wrote:...also, the final episode does the classic MCU thing of having two post-credits scenes, so keep going right to the end.
Yes, annoying (and I think there is one episode that has a credits scene during the run) but we pretty much sat through the credits anyway processing the episode.
For those that want to go deep there are lots of breakdowns out there going into the many many easter eggs in each episode (along with a lot of guessing where it is heading), where it all comes from in MCU law and explaining things like what the commercial breaks reference (unimportant but clever).
A LOT of thought seems to have gone into the MCU and whilst I'm sure there are inconsistencies it's not like the X-Men universe that we're re-watching. The best order to watch can get confusing. See this from Den of Geek for example (I think we've gone with the straight timeline order even if that does cross alternate universes, it was the easiest to process!):
