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TV Series - What Are You Watching?

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The Good Place, with Kristen Bell and Ted Danson. About a woman who dies and goes to the good place because she is so good. She reveals really she is a nasty shallow person and doesn't want to leave the good place and it was a mistake that put her there so is learning to become good. Very good, really enjoying it lots of funny moments and easy to watch.

On Netflix.

Just watched the first 2 episodes, enjoyed it and so did the wife, will be working our way through those.

Detectorists Series 3. Love it. Incomparable.

This to me is just unbelievably good comedy, genius in places! Another one that me and the wife have watched from day 1.

The Punisher - Episode 1, great start, hope the rest of the series is as good.

Downloaded it and waiting to find time to start watching it.

Also started watching S.W.A.T. - not bad. Makes for a nice action night of viewing alongside Seal Team and Lethal Weapon.
 

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Love Lucifer, not started season 3 until more episodes are available. Tom Ellis is the star of the show no doubt but I do like Detective Douche Bag as well.
 
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The Worricker Trilogy (page 8, Turks & Caicos & Salting the Battlefield), BBC series starring Bill Nighy as a Spy - cracking series.
 

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Love Lucifer, up to date on it and still enjoying.

Been down sick with Noro for a couple of days, stuck in bed since and managed to binge watch my way through The Punisher yesterday, really enjoyed it. Not the usual superhero tosh (which can be fun at times), but quite bloody, and you do wonder how many times a man can be shot, broken and cut at the same time without dying.......

Also burnt through the first series of Strike yesterday (only 3 episodes). Quite enjoyed it. Will have a look at The Good Place.
 

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Anybody else think that the guy who plays the Punisher would have made a great Jack Reacher?

The problem most have with Cruise as Jack Reacher is his height vs that of the character in the books. Bernthal is taller than Cruise, but not by much...... having said that, I quite like Cruise as Reacher, and Bernthal could probably have done as good a job.
 

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Anybody else think that the guy who plays the Punisher would have made a great Jack Reacher?

Other than being completely the wrong stature, I think Cruise was actually (and surprisingly) pretty decent as Reacher.

Two episodes in I'm enjoying the Punisher so far. Recommend Daredevil to anyone enjoying the punisher who hasn't seen it; a wee bit more in the "superpower" camp but still very gritty and realistic. Plus Frank pops up in season 2 for some DD vs punisher action to please the comicheads like myself!
 

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For me, it is not just the height. Reacher is rugged, battle worn, rough and ready. He intimidates people with his height and look. Cruise is clean cut, perfect teeth, short, a pretty boy.

I actually enjoyed the second Reacher film as once you accept Cruise is the actor and get over the deficiencies then you can get on with it. I couldn't get past him in the first film but I was more prepared mentally for the second one. Looking forward to reading the latest book.
 

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I just don't want to watch the Cruise version of Reacher. I've read most of the books and enjoyed them for what they are, but I can't get my head around Reacher being played by Cruise for the same reasons as said above.

I do like Cruise, just not as this character.
 

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The Good Place, with Kristen Bell and Ted Danson. About a woman who dies and goes to the good place because she is so good. She reveals really she is a nasty shallow person and doesn't want to leave the good place and it was a mistake that put her there so is learning to become good. Very good, really enjoying it lots of funny moments and easy to watch.

On Netflix.

Burnt through 10 episodes of this yesterday, quite enjoying it. I'm wondering if they really are in the good place.....
 
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