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[Deckard]

Christ Ep 3 of The Last of Us was incredible - we both cried. Best TV I’ve seen in years.

[VNVObit]

Christ Ep 3 of The Last of Us was incredible - we both cried. Best TV I’ve seen in years.

Spoiler: show

From a series perspective it was a “filler” episode as didn’t progress the arc much. It wasn’t the same story as the game (for that character) but didn’t mind that as it is a different medium and I don’t expect adaptations to be 100% faithful to source material

Do think it was very well acted and a rather sweet/romantic story which did bear a lot of similarities to Up but given the terminal disease (rather than infection and suicide ending in the game) thought was a reasonable ending for a couple whose lives were so focussed on each other. Did think that it acted as a sharp reminder for Joel

[Deckard]

That last shot was my TV of the last year More please.

[Foozwah]

Indiana Jones knows how to handle a gun, though, and is the disconnect in Bioshock not deliberate?

There's always been that disconnect in movies too of course, but the scale between the two is massive. Nathan Drake kills more bad guys in the first third of the first Uncharted than Indy does in the whole series.

I've always liked the treasure hunting adventurer premise of the Uncharted games, but came up against this in the very first game. I'm there for the adventure, but find myself spending more time playing a Murder Lots of Mostly Brown People Simulator.

It's not like I don't like or play shooting games - probably 90% or more of my gaming involves shooting things or poking things to death with pointy metal, and yeah in Uncharted they're the baddies AND they're trying to kill you, so self defence, etc. but it does feel a bit like perpetuating one-man mass-slaughter at times.

[Rhythm]

Moved Last of Us to the back burner - we've only enjoyed 1 out of the 3 episodes we've seen so we're parking it until later.

Watched Lockwood and Co. Joe Cornish's new teen-ghostbuster series and it's flipping great. There's never an ounce of exposition trying to explain "the event" that led to the world being the way it is and it feels so fucking refreshing for it. Superb performances, good amount of Doctor Who family-friendly creepiness. Fantastic locations too, really shows off London well

Also dipped into Extraordinary. Superbly silly comedy set in a world where everyone gets a power as they hit their 18th.

[merman]

Happy Valley season 3 was brilliant right to the end.

[WiteWulf]

Oo, didn't know Joe Cornish was involved with Lockwood & Co., I'll definitely give that a look.

[Misfit]

Happy Valley season 3 was brilliant right to the end.

Yes, it really was.

Nice to have a really good ending. So many good shows/films never quite pull it off.

[Rhythm]

Oo, didn't know Joe Cornish was involved with Lockwood & Co., I'll definitely give that a look.

The guy knows and uses some great tropes from 70s/80s TV. Thoroughly entertaining stuff. And there's a great showing by Nigel Planer too :-)

[Foozwah]

Moved Last of Us to the back burner - we've only enjoyed 1 out of the 3 episodes we've seen so we're parking it until later.

Watched Lockwood and Co. Joe Cornish's new teen-ghostbuster series and it's flipping great. There's never an ounce of exposition trying to explain "the event" that led to the world being the way it is and it feels so fucking refreshing for it. Superb performances, good amount of Doctor Who family-friendly creepiness. Fantastic locations too, really shows off London well

Also dipped into Extraordinary. Superbly silly comedy set in a world where everyone gets a power as they hit their 18th.

We (self, partner, two kids aged 12 and 15) watched the first ep of Lockwood and Co last night and all absolutely loved it. You're so right about the lack of exposition, which I'm absolutely loving. Works well having "the event" 50 years in the past, so then of course why would anyone be referring to it now - it's just part of day-to-day life.

Joe Cornish as writer-director is superb. Loved Attack the Block (and I think my family were one of the few here to see fun The Kid Who Would Be King at the cinema) so when I saw his name attached I knew I'd have to give it a proper shot. We're going to dole the eps out one a night, to make it last, so looking forward to this evening.

Hadn't heard of Extraordinary; will have to look for it as it sounds up my alley.

[Rhythm]

We (self, partner, two kids aged 12 and 15) watched the first ep of Lockwood and Co last night and all absolutely loved it.

Glad you enjoyed it. I'm with you, I love his movie/TV stuff. Also saw The Kid... at the cinema and had a great time with that

Another one with his fingerprints on it - he worked on Tintin with Edgar Wright

[Foozwah]

We (self, partner, two kids aged 12 and 15) watched the first ep of Lockwood and Co last night and all absolutely loved it.

Glad you enjoyed it. I'm with you, I love his movie/TV stuff. Also saw The Kid... at the cinema and had a great time with that

Another one with his fingerprints on it - he worked on Tintin with Edgar Wright

Ah, somehow I never saw that - will have to check it out, just added to the list. Cheers!

Whole family watched eps 2 and 3 of Lockwood and Co last night - so so very good, and the plot thicks! (It's hard to find something all four of us like at the moment, so this has been a minor miracle!)

[Deckard]

Looking forward to channel 4s new eps -





Love the creepy edge....

And "Dont touch me" in this episode - fuck

[Deckard]

Got to love the (very dark) comedy Rain Dogs, a modern Whitnail and I ? When you have George from Poldarks' character introduced via a glory hole scene you know things are going to be good....I was nicking it from HBO but now the entire series is on iPlayer.

[Deckard]

Loved ep 1 Of Mrs Davis - nun vs super AI in a mad cap Coen'esque fantasy style tv drama.....roll on the rest -