New telly shows thread

[Deckard]

Seconded for DeadLoch, only one ep in but loved it.

[Rhythm]

Seconded for DeadLoch, only one ep in but loved it.

Finished it last night, absolutely ace

[Deckard]

Make sure you have seen Poker Face - possibly my fave TV show of the year so far although the new season of What we Do in the shadows starts this week....

[Rhythm]

Make sure you have seen Poker Face - possibly my fave TV show of the year so far although the new season of What we Do in the shadows starts this week....

I have it bookmarked but I need to be in the right mood - I've not had a lot of success with Johnson's stuff in the past.

What We Do... I need to start again on that one. I only did a series and a half, despite liking it quite a bit

[Deckard]

Love Shadows and loved his Our Flag Means Death comedy bromance pirate series too

[Rhythm]

Love Shadows and loved his Our Flag Means Death comedy bromance pirate series too

Yeah, they're great but they're not by Johnson (Brick, Looper, Knives Out, Poker Face).

IIRC Shadows is by Jemaine Clement and OFMD is David Jenkins.

[Deckard]

Connection for me was Taika Waititi as he wrote both... well the film of Shadows and Flag.

[Rhythm]

Connection for me was Taika Waititi as he wrote both... well the film of Shadows and Flag.

Taika starred in Flag and was an exec producer but he had no hand in the writing of it.

[Rhythm]

FUBAR (Netflix) - Arnie's a CIA agent and, unbeknownst to him, so is his daughter. Hijinx ensue.

I really didn't know what to expect from this but it's gentle goofy fun. It's a throwback blend of his old comedy stuff (True Lies/Kindergarten Cop/Twins) and while 8 episodes might be a bit longer than it needed to be, it's genuinely engaging. There are callbacks to his old movies and old catchphrases thrown in everywhere. A decent 7/10

[VNVObit]

FUBAR (Netflix) - Arnie's a CIA agent and, unbeknownst to him, so is his daughter. Hijinx ensue.

I really didn't know what to expect from this but it's gentle goofy fun. It's a throwback blend of his old comedy stuff (True Lies/Kindergarten Cop/Twins) and while 8 episodes might be a bit longer than it needed to be, it's genuinely engaging. There are callbacks to his old movies and old catchphrases thrown in everywhere. A decent 7/10

Binged it a while ago, thoroughly enjoyable. Second season will be interesting

Seconded for DeadLoch, only one ep in but loved it.

Watched opening scene and turned it off. Greyhound reminded me of our one who'd just passed away a short while ago so couldn't face watching it

Did binge the first season of Goliath. Fairly run of the mill legal battle with John Hurt playing a Colonel Kurtz the Lawyer (mainly darkened room and god complex). Did think Billy Bob Thornton was good. plenty of conspiracy and not so cryptic clues as to what really happened. Ending was a bit of a let down just don't expect anything too shocking

[Deckard]

One ep left of Deadloch and loved it. Great mix of dark comedy , current woke issues and a genuine who dunnit.. I’m hoping we see more of the 2 detectives…

Isn’t the latest season of What We Do fantastic !

[Jonesey]

Loved the Star Trek SNW/Lower Decks mashup!

[Rhythm]

One ep left of Deadloch and loved it. Great mix of dark comedy , current woke issues and a genuine who dunnit.. I’m hoping we see more of the 2 detectives…

Yay! Glad you enjoyed this one. All-round awesome little show and hell yeah I want to see more. The writers have been doing comedy sketches for years and apparently this is the first time they've "properly" written something.

Isn’t the latest season of What We Do fantastic !

Sadly not got to that one yet. We're doing a quick run-through of Detectorists, something we'd always meant to watch.

[Barney]

We got one episode into Deadloch and didn't go back. Jesus that was painful to watch, sorry guys. You lot are usually spot on with your recommendations but not this one.

[Deckard]

We got one episode into Deadloch and didn't go back. Jesus that was painful to watch, sorry guys. You lot are usually spot on with your recommendations but not this one.

Odd isnt it our own personal likes and dislikes - as we loved it. But each to their own