New telly shows thread

[Rhythm]

Binged Wellington Paranormal from Taika Watiti and Jermaine Clement.

Burned through 4 episodes of this just today. Absolutely amazing stuff. There's something about the chill NZ attitude and dialogue that really tickles me.

[Deckard]

Have to say as just watched the 4 ep documentary "Lady and the Dale" about this - and much more



and their previous Wild Wild Country about this -



That they are just fantastic tv series producers and now off to d/l their mad tv series all set in one hotel room - 104.

[Foozwah]

Binged Wellington Paranormal from Taika Watiti and Jermaine Clement.

It’s a spin off from the film What We Do In The Shadows. It follows two police officers that get involved in investigating unusual occurrences in the city - ghosts, vampires, alien abduction and zombies.

Somehow the deadpan New Zealand accent and the strange goings on fit together, like a sarcastic X-Files (it even references Mulder & Scully in the first episode).

Brilliant series! Watched it with my kids (age 11 and 14, both loved it) and then (doing things in the wrong order) then got my eldest to watch What We Do in the Shadows with me one night (it feels pitched that little bit older than WP, so decided the youngest can wait) and it was so weird to see Shadows again for first time in years, as saw it originally on cinematic release, so was odd but delightful to see the markedly younger O'Leary and Minogue turn up, as didn't recall them as being the specific cops from the original viewing.

Also not a new show (and absolutely nothing like Wellington Paranormal in style or tone), but only recently became aware of Swedish Dicks, which I am finding low-key hilarious. Premise is washed up former stuntman with a haunted past (Peter Stormare) has fallen into private investigator work in Los Angeles. Crossing paths with a struggling DJ (Johan Glans) the two become partners (and rename the firm from "Swedish Dick" to "Swedish Dicks". Kind of odd-couple buddy show, with some small but great guest spots (Keanu Reeves as Stormare's former stunt partner; Traci Lords as the head of a rival PI agency).

[Deckard]

Well first ep of Loki was a solid 8 out of 10 -Tom is always good value and I look forward to the incoming bromance.

[WiteWulf]

Yeah, really enjoyed it. Also, massive nerd points for the DB Cooper thing

[Deckard]

I only have 2 eps of Ted Lasso left - boo hoo - but then season 2 starts soon - ya hey ! Definitely my favourite comedy of the last few years as it has such a genuine heart and such a rich ensemble.

[Rhythm]

Loki - intriguing but I'm not hooked yet. Possibly one of those "you have to have seen everything else" Marvel properties.

[WiteWulf]

I've almost finished S2 of For All Mankind, with one more episode to come next week. Not as good as the first season for my tastes, this one focussed a lot more on the personal relationships and less on the SF/alternative history element. It almost felt like a soap opera at times. Still relatively enjoyable, though, and I'm looking forward to the next season.

I'm looking forward to Lisey's Story when I get time to watch. I really enjoyed the book and it's had good reviews from the critics so far.

[Harlequin]

Loki - intriguing but I'm not hooked yet. Possibly one of those "you have to have seen everything else" Marvel properties.

As someone who probably has seen everything else that is relevant, my one complaint about the first episode was how much of it was spent recapping it all for viewers who had not.

[Misfit]

Loki - intriguing but I'm not hooked yet. Possibly one of those "you have to have seen everything else" Marvel properties.

As someone who probably has seen everything else that is relevant, my one complaint about the first episode was how much of it was spent recapping it all for viewers who had not.

Agreed, so I don't think you are going to need much back story after this as it's all in new timelines.

I had really high expectations after the trailers and the wait and wasn't disappointed, this could be really good.

[Rhythm]

Loki - intriguing but I'm not hooked yet. Possibly one of those "you have to have seen everything else" Marvel properties.

As someone who probably has seen everything else that is relevant, my one complaint about the first episode was how much of it was spent recapping it all for viewers who had not.

What did it recap? I came out of the episode knowing nothing about the past, only where Loki was now and what the stated aims of the TVA were. No idea who

Spoiler: show

the big troll-looking fella

was, no idea what the significance of

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that blue cube or those crystals

were.

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The Jurassic Park bit was ultra cool, the "misaligned-audio-to-signify-overlapping-time-segments" not so much.

[Harlequin]

What did it recap? I came out of the episode knowing nothing about the past, only where Loki was now and what the stated aims of the TVA were. No idea who

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the big troll-looking fella

was

The Big Bad who

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killed Loki in the main timeline. Probably only relevant in that Loki saw how he was going to die heroically.

no idea what the significance of

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that blue cube

A powerful MacGuffin the Big Bad was after, that could transport people between places.

or

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those crystals

were.

More powerful MacGuffins, of the type the Big Bad was trying to collect (each supposed to be unique in the main storyline but that is probably irrelevant beyond Loki's surprise).

[merman]

Motherland series 3 was superb, but COVID meant it was only five episodes this time. Packed in so many laughs and recognisable situations though.

Inside No. 9 remained consistently very good in its sixth series.

[Misfit]

Motherland series 3 was superb, but COVID meant it was only five episodes this time. Packed in so many laughs and recognisable situations though.

Only discovered Motherland recently, Julia is just a little different to Pass Agg Pat from Line of Duty!

Love it, just got to a couple of episodes into S3 so far. I do think they've made Julia a little bit too unlikeable through the tail end of S2/start of S3 and Liz is perhaps the best character because of it.

The nits pandemic scenes at the start of S3 were just genius though.

[Deckard]

Great episode 2 for Loki I thought