New telly shows thread

[Ollie]

I kinda abandoned Trek with Disco S3. It's gotten to be more "tell, don't show" where characters will stand and puzzle/talk through their feelings while things are literally exploding around them and you're just screaming at them to move and do something. It's present in SNW too, but nowhere near as bad.

I dunno, maybe Trek has changed and maybe I have changed but I'm not sure it's for me anymore. Or maybe Disco and Picard really are dire.

The Boys though.... yeah spot on.

SNW is definitely a step up from Disco and Picard (especially Picard), but really The Orville is more the place to go for a decent Trek-style fix these days.

[Deckard]

Anyone that likes Wellington Paranormal or What we do in the shadows should check out Our Flag Means Death - 2 eps in and love its send up of pirate life and the style...

[Rhythm]

Anyone that likes Wellington Paranormal or What we do in the shadows should check out Our Flag Means Death - 2 eps in and love its send up of pirate life and the style...

Been wanting to catch that but haven't found anyone streaming it and can't afford to buy at the moment. Hoping it's not like Wellington where they lock it to Sky :-/

[Misfit]

Anyone that likes Wellington Paranormal or What we do in the shadows should check out Our Flag Means Death - 2 eps in and love its send up of pirate life and the style...

Been wanting to catch that but haven't found anyone streaming it and can't afford to buy at the moment. Hoping it's not like Wellington where they lock it to Sky :-/

Another show with Taika Waititi?! He's everywhere at the moment.

Think it's Sky currently, you could use Now and get a month's pass, usually plenty of offers around. Every time I cancel one of my Now subs they always make me another offer too.

Whilst there you could try the Lazurus Project. I'll be back to talk about that soon.

[Rhythm]

Think it's Sky currently, you could use Now and get a month's pass, usually plenty of offers around. Every time I cancel one of my Now subs they always make me another offer too.

It's not on Sky and I try to avoid giving them any money. I'll buy it from iTunes when I get some spare cash - it's on my list :-)

[Misfit]

Think it's Sky currently, you could use Now and get a month's pass, usually plenty of offers around. Every time I cancel one of my Now subs they always make me another offer too.

It's not on Sky and I try to avoid giving them any money. I'll buy it from iTunes when I get some spare cash - it's on my list :-)

Apologies, you're right, I misread. It's coming to Sky/Now but no date yet.

[Jonesey]

I kinda abandoned Trek with Disco S3. It's gotten to be more "tell, don't show" where characters will stand and puzzle/talk through their feelings while things are literally exploding around them and you're just screaming at them to move and do something. It's present in SNW too, but nowhere near as bad.

I dunno, maybe Trek has changed and maybe I have changed but I'm not sure it's for me anymore. Or maybe Disco and Picard really are dire.

The Boys though.... yeah spot on.

SNW is definitely a step up from Disco and Picard (especially Picard), but really The Orville is more the place to go for a decent Trek-style fix these days.

I enjoyed that Memento Mori episode of SNW the other day - the one with the Gorn attack.

[Harlequin]

SNW is definitely a step up from Disco and Picard (especially Picard), but really The Orville is more the place to go for a decent Trek-style fix these days.

I enjoyed that Memento Mori episode of SNW the other day - the one with the Gorn attack.

Although Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach was only a slight reworking of Le Guin's The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, I did enjoy the Enterprise's sickbay and medical technology being derided with the same terms McCoy will later use in reference to twentieth century equivalents.

[VNVObit]

Watched the first 3 episodes of The Terminal List - have a kinda morbid fascination about it as it isn't nearly as good as reacher and am finding it difficult to consider it serious with Pratt in the main role
Plot is a fairly run of the mill good guys suffer at the hands of bad guy and lone survivor seeks revenge (or at least so far). Some interesting bits to it but overall it's a bit flat and padded out - have skipped bits but don't fell I've missed out.


+1 for Orville really enjoying it

[Deckard]

God I am loving Our Flag Means Death - just so full of pathos and heart and some truly brilliant one lines. Currently my fave "TV" if something on a streaming service that I "nicking" off the web can be called that....

[Rhythm]

Blew through S3 of Umbrella Academy over the weekend. Absolutely fantastic. I wasn't a huge fan of the second season - the whole run had the air of being a bit of a filler whilst we waited for the story to pick up again. S3, though... superb.

[VNVObit]

Well I finished the remainder of Terminal List yesterday. Still found it difficult to think of Pratt as a serious actor. That aside the plot improved as the season wore on though it still have the feeling of an elongated action movie (plenty of gun fights)
twist at the end which I won't reveal. Overall a reasonable 7/10 would have improved if they did less flashbacks as exposition.

Next up S3 of The Umbrella Academy following Rhythm's endorsement.

[Deckard]

No one talking about Sandman on Netflix ? Really ? We will start watching tonight....

[VNVObit]

No one talking about Sandman on Netflix ? Really ? We will start watching tonight....

Watched 5 of the first 6 episodes
Episode 6 is my favourite, Kirby's Death delivers on empathy
Really well realised (unsurprising really given Neil's involvement)

Recently listened to the audible adaptation and there are differences (if my memory isn't playing tricks) which I'd expect (different medium after all)

Will probably reread the comics once I've finished the series.

enjoy it's really good

[Jonesey]

Watched all 10 eps in a day. First read the comic in school a very long time ago. Preludes & Nocturns and The Doll's House covered in this series. Plenty more to come. Love it.
(Needs Tori Amos in there somewhere, tho!)