New telly shows thread

[WiteWulf]

Yeah, think I'll skip viewing this one with The Boy, then (or at least when his Mum's around )

[Rhythm]

Watched Squid Game - it's... alright? Good idea, very cartoonish characters, a complete inability to allow viewers to reach their own conclusions about stuff. Felt like I was watching a story from a videogame TBH.

Incredibly striking set design though - certainly very nice to look at

[Deckard]

So roughly half way through squid games and my, probably the best end to an episode ever, suspense wise......if you've watched you'll know exactly what I mean.....so clever.

[Rhythm]

Was casually watching Swedish Dicks based on an earlier recommendation. Put an episode on yesterday and got a message saying "this is the last day to watch". Would have been nice to get a bit of notice about that :-/

Really enjoyed Inside Job (Netflix) though. The Gravity Falls team basically poking fun at every US conspiracy going. Tons of fun, great performances and hands down the best eighties nostalgia episode ever

[toxibunny]

I just came to post about Inside Job. Didn’t know it was by the creators of gravity falls, but I did spot a gravity falls related easter egg, and the main character’s dad is a lot like grunkle stan, so it’s on me that I didn’t figure it out, duh.

[Rhythm]

I just came to post about Inside Job. Didn’t know it was by the creators of gravity falls, but I did spot a gravity falls related easter egg, and the main character’s dad is a lot like grunkle stan, so it’s on me that I didn’t figure it out, duh.

Yeah, took me a couple of episodes but made sense when I found out.

It's bloody great stuff. The ten episodes on Netflix are tagged as "part 1" so I'm guessing/hoping there are some more in the works right now

[merman]

Binged series 3 of What We Do In The Shadows - very funny, and some great character development going on

[Deckard]

Binged series 3 of What We Do In The Shadows - very funny, and some great character development going on

Love this and Toast...

[k345y]

Finished the final series/season of F Is For Family.

Best adult animation there's been since the two obvious ones.

[Rhythm]

Now that it's a complete entity we flew through Lost in Space over the past week or two. Absolutely superb stuff. Fully family-friendly, always nice to look at, great set-pieces and predicaments... genuinely recommend it. It's also really nice having something with a defined start-middle-end these days

Then started Devs (new Alex Garland series about some Black Mirror shit) - another strong recommend. All the vibes of Ex Machina spun out into a longer series.

[Rhythm]

Finished Devs. Superb stuff. Delves deep into determinism and does a pretty good job of it. Sticks the landing too.

[Rhythm]

Get Back (Disney+)

I'm not a Beatles guy, but this (8 hour) documentary is utterly fascinating. Reconstructed from footage acquired during the making of Let It Be, it paints an astonishing picture of the band. Chock full of amazing moments from start to finish. Even if you only have a passing interest in music, The Beatles or music production, it's a *strong* recommend

[Deckard]

Well Hubby sat through 9 hours of The Beatles so give Jackson a win ! Excellent docu with amazing HDR restoration and certainly gives the lie to them being moody and bitter all the time...Nice to see L&M joking about and I've a new love for Ringo too.

[Deckard]

Well I thought I'd watch something easy for a change and I was rather impressed with the first 3 eps of Star Trek Prodigy...cartoon trek for kids but interesting subject matter and a holographic Janeway is always going to win me round...

[VNVObit]

Well just binged Reacher Season 1 this weekend
Haven't read the books so can't compare it but season is based on the first book
Main actor is a bit more believable than Tom Cruise in the role (just sheer size and physique)
overall enjoyed it though more of an action series rather than a detective one (albeit there is a case to solve)