TV Series - What Are You Watching?

[Orikoru]

It gets going after the cancer thing iirc, great series though which we never finished. I remember starting series 5 and thinking wtf is going off ?

I liked it because there wasn't too much to get through. Five series that don't have 25-odd episodes in each, it felt manageable, and that's why I think it moves at a pretty good pace in each series. On the other hand, we've started on Sopranos a couple of months ago, but we've stalled on it after about 6 episodes and haven't watched any for several weeks now. It's just so slow by comparison, almost glacial.

 

[Orikoru]

Pretty good summary overall that I'd say.
Luke Cage was unbelievably dull from the outset and like you say his character didn't make you care about him. Iron Fist could have been so good, Danny Rand and Kun Lun storyline could have been so good. Instead the writing was weak and choice of actor made him look a sap especially as he had no fight skill or training.

100%, whoever cast that guy as Danny Rand wants firing. He was utterly pathetic. He played the character as pretty much a moron, who has the streetsmarts of a 9-year-old, and if his golden fist didn't magically light up, he would get his arse kicked and then moan about 'losing his chi'. So bad. It was a shame as I quite liked the Colleen Wing character.

 

[AmandaJR]

Enjoying Breeders, it’s about an adults perspective on parenthood. Sounds crap, but is quite funny. It’s written by one of the writers (not Iannucchi) of the Thick of It. Martin Freeman is decent and Alun Armstrong who plays his dad has great timing. Wish I’d waited for the whole series to be available.

I'm loving it - cracks me up!

 

[Beezerk]

I liked it because there wasn't too much to get through. Five series that don't have 25-odd episodes in each, it felt manageable, and that's why I think it moves at a pretty good pace in each series. On the other hand, we've started on Sopranos a couple of months ago, but we've stalled on it after about 6 episodes and haven't watched any for several weeks now. It's just so slow by comparison, almost glacial.

Yeah, we got about 3 episodes into Sopranos and thought it was awful.

 

[Wolf]

100%, whoever cast that guy as Danny Rand wants firing. He was utterly pathetic. He played the character as pretty much a moron, who has the streetsmarts of a 9-year-old, and if his golden fist didn't magically light up, he would get his arse kicked and then moan about 'losing his chi'. So bad. It was a shame as I quite liked the Colleen Wing character.

I think my 9 year old son would have been Street smarter than that portrayal of Rand. Who in there right minds casts an actor with no fight training and the charisma of a jelly bean to play a character steeped in martial arts and mystique.

Yeah, we got about 3 episodes into Sopranos and thought it was awful.

Not just me then that thought watching paint dry was more entertaining.

 

[Hacker Khan]

You know what it's about though? So you watched the two episodes when he's still a chemistry teacher and labelled it boring? lol

At the time yes. This was at the time when they had only made 1 series and it had just come out for the first time. There was none of the baggage attached now of x number of series and all the critical acclaim. At the time I watched 2 episodes of a new series and found it dull. I may well of stuck with it if I'd of known what was to come, but at the time life was too short.

 

[Orikoru]

At the time yes. This was at the time when they had only made 1 series and it had just come out for the first time. There was none of the baggage attached now of x number of series and all the critical acclaim. At the time I watched 2 episodes of a new series and found it dull. I may well of stuck with it if I'd of known what was to come, but at the time life was too short.

Ah that's fair enough! We were late to it so we didn't watch the first episode until the entire series had been finished for about two years and everyone was raving about it, so we knew what we were in for I guess.

 

[Hacker Khan]

Ah that's fair enough! We were late to it so we didn't watch the first episode until the entire series had been finished for about two years and everyone was raving about it, so we knew what we were in for I guess.

I think that is a major difference as now streamed binge watching and box sets are mostly the way people watch these kind of programs. Where as when I was a lad it was a weekly episode and few people bought series of TV programs on VHS/Betamax or even DVD, depending on exactly how old people are.

 

[Orikoru]

I think that is a major difference as now streamed binge watching and box sets are mostly the way people watch these kind of programs. Where as when I was a lad it was a weekly episode and few people bought series of TV programs on VHS/Betamax or even DVD, depending on exactly how old people are.

Yeah you're right. Nowadays you can wait for an entire series to finish and let people make their minds up, and then watch it yourself in the space of a couple of weeks. One example for me is Lost, I've never watched it because everyone said the ending was a massive let-down, so I thought why open myself up to that disappointment? In the olden days you'd have been watching that on TV of the space of six years so you'd be invested anyway. Making the disappointment worse!

 

[AmandaJR]

Just watching The Woman who got Tourettes on Ch4. I know it's wrong but it is so funny - well at least her tics are. I don't feel so bad as they laugh at them too and her husband prefers her now as there's more humour in their lives!

Anyway...got me chuckling away merrily even if they're beeping out much of it!

 

[williamalex1]

I think that is a major difference as now streamed binge watching and box sets are mostly the way people watch these kind of programs. Where as when I was a lad it was a weekly episode and few people bought series of TV programs on VHS/Betamax or even DVD, depending on exactly how old people are.

When I was a lad, it was the Saturday morning matinee, black and white/grey films.
Ivanhoe, the Cisco kid, Roy Rogers, the Bowry boys
Flash Gordon fighting against the Evil Emperor Ming, usually ending with him being left hanging from a cliff or falling down a mountain or into boiling oil;
Then the next Saturday he had somehow magically saved himself.
Following Saturday it all started over again much the same plot, the good guy, usually the one in the white hat or helmet, won in the end.
If only that was true

 

[BrianM]

Have started watching Carnival Row, after 2 episodes I’m not sure what I think at the moment.
Anyone watched it?

 

[patricks148]

The test on Amazon, which is about the Aus cricket team from Sandpapergate, to the end of the ashes.

OK but just showed the aussies as poor losers and didn't quite get the why the 3 cheats got a hard time over here.

 

[Deleted member 18645]

I have just dug out the box set of Miami Vice I bought a couple of years ago - all the 80s imagery and music - Crockett and Tubbs - it's total blollcks but it's brilliant!

 

[Deleted member 18645]

The test on Amazon, which is about the Aus cricket team from Sandpapergate, to the end of the ashes.

OK but just showed the aussies as poor losers and didn't quite get the why the 3 cheats got a hard time over here.

Because they're Australian and cheats??

 

[jim8flog]

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[jim8flog]

Currently watching West World series 3 I am a bit of a sci fi nut . I do find the twists and turns intriguing but the story line is only just about holding together bit like watching Lost really.

I am also well in to World Without End follow up to Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett) historical drama on channel 5

One of those things that had me trying to remember if I watched it first time round but clearly enough forgotten if so still enjoying it.

 

[Deleted member 1418]

Tiger King on Netflix.

Absolutely bloody bonkers!

Started off very funny, then gets progressively darker, but compulsive viewing.

 

[PNWokingham]

Tiger King on Netflix.

Absolutely bloody bonkers!

Started off very funny, then gets progressively darker, but compulsive viewing.

loved it - watched the lot in 24 hours

 

[Lord Tyrion]

This was raised last week so I will do this weeks review. The Andrew Lloyd Webber release this weekend on YouTube was Jesus Christ Superstar, filmed in 2012 I believe. Absolute purgatory, don't watch it ??. I don't know if it was this production or just the music, story etc full stop as I have never seen it before. I can guarantee I will never see it again though. Grim on toast, cut diagonally.