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@Hooroo I was looking at that the other day after looking at Doom Patrol...although have Titans lined up next anyway.
Finished Origin, a Youtube sci-fi.
Was ok, kinda a whodunnit in space as thier huge ship slowly travels on to thier new home.
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@Hooroo said in TV Serieseseses:
Anyone watch Umbrella Academy? Just started it (2 episodes in) and am liking.
Yep, just started and like you 2 eps in to it. Hasn’t grabbed me yet but there’s enough there to make me continue.
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Is it a fairly new series then? I like what I have seen so far in terms of the varying characters
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@Hooroo said in TV Serieseseses:
Is it a fairly new series then? I like what I have seen so far in terms of the varying characters
Yeah I think it is , I’d like to know why the bearded guys body seems out of proportion to his head and ehybthe chimp can talk .
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@Hooroo according to IMDB it is brand new...
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@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
About to embark on Breaking Bad for a second time. Anyone else done this ?
It's the kind of show that warrants a second viewing I reckon.
I've watched The Wire, Sopranos and The West Wing multiple times - I didn't drink the Breaking Bad kool aid as much as others so haven't done a re-watch, but may do in the future. I'm going to do a re-watch of The Americans though.
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@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:
@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
About to embark on Breaking Bad for a second time. Anyone else done this ?
It's the kind of show that warrants a second viewing I reckon.
I've watched The Wire, Sopranos and The West Wing multiple times - I didn't drink the Breaking Bad kool aid as much as others so haven't done a re-watch, but may do in the future. I'm going to do a re-watch of The Americans though.
Yeah Sopranos probably warrants a second viewing.
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only series I have re-watched has been X-Files (but that was more to pick up all the ones I missed)
I'll re-watch eps of 2.5 Men (mainly the early stuff) Scrubs, Simpsons, Friends etc eps if they are on, but wouldnt go out of my way to re-watch the series.
For me, drama series in particular lose alot of the punch when you re-watch (sure you might pick bits up you missed, but ultimately you know whats gonna happen)
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So, The Walking Dead. I'm a huge fan, but I reckon this show has just about lost me. Honestly, last night at the end of the second episode since the mid-year break, I actually yawned when the new baddies marched up on Hilltop.
The mid-season finale created some intrigue and a reasonably shocking death to finish on a high note, but last night dragged on with a boring back-story and mundane prison sequences. The back-story was probably supposed to make us scared of our heroes' new nemesis, but did nothing to create or elevate a sense of forboding.
When they nailed Jesus out of the blue there was an immediate sense of anticipation and intrigue created by the new baddies but last night just completely exposed them and removed any mystery. And in a typically ludicrous TWD scene, a dozen or so (maybe a score) of the new bad guys marched up on Hilltop with their knives and seemed to make the hundred or so bow-and-arrow weilding Hilltop wariors shit their pants behind their fortifications. Seriously? Just shoot a few arrows into them and move the fuck on.
The mother baddie didn't look scary at all; in fact she looked scarier during the back-story. The only scary element of these bad guys is that they wear walkers' skin and possibly, possibly, have some fighting skills. A handful of them marching on a fortified and well-defended community demanding a captive back? Not at all scary.
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@JK said in TV Serieseseses:
I've rewatched UK Shameless and also a season or two of Skins. Many repeated laughs!
Rewatching some classic British comedies at the moment. Blackadder
was earlier now up to Father Ted.
Fuck that is a funny show, genuine classic. Gotta love the unique slapstick laughs and how they take the piss out of the Catholic Church. Every priest you encounter throughout the series is unique and fucked up in some way.
Gotta love Father Jack too (“more waster”, as he rightly says during a wet t shirt contest dream..) -
@shark said in TV Serieseseses:
So, The Walking Dead. I'm a huge fan, but I reckon this show has just about lost me. Honestly, last night at the end of the second episode since the mid-year break, I actually yawned when the new baddies marched up on Hilltop.
The mid-season finale created some intrigue and a reasonably shocking death to finish on a high note, but last night dragged on with a boring back-story and mundane prison sequences. The back-story was probably supposed to make us scared of our heroes' new nemesis, but did nothing to create or elevate a sense of forboding.
When they nailed Jesus out of the blue there was an immediate sense of anticipation and intrigue created by the new baddies but last night just completely exposed them and removed any mystery. And in a typically ludicrous TWD scene, a dozen or so (maybe a score) of the new bad guys marched up on Hilltop with their knives and seemed to make the hundred or so bow-and-arrow weilding Hilltop wariors shit their pants behind their fortifications. Seriously? Just shoot a few arrows into them and move the fuck on.
The mother baddie didn't look scary at all; in fact she looked scarier during the back-story. The only scary element of these bad guys is that they wear walkers' skin and possibly, possibly, have some fighting skills. A handful of them marching on a fortified and well-defended community demanding a captive back? Not at all scary.
I gave up on it. First few seasons were as good as any show I've ever seen but then i just stopped caring. There's nothing new they can do now.
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@Virgil said in TV Serieseseses:
@JK said in TV Serieseseses:
I've rewatched UK Shameless and also a season or two of Skins. Many repeated laughs!
Rewatching some classic British comedies at the moment. Blackadder
was earlier now up to Father Ted.
Fuck that is a funny show, genuine classic. Gotta love the unique slapstick laughs and how they take the piss out of the Catholic Church. Every priest you encounter throughout the series is unique and fucked up in some way.
Gotta love Father Jack too (“more waster”, as he rightly says during a wet t shirt contest dream..)Yeah it's great introducing my kids to these, and stuff like The Young Ones
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@Virgil said in TV Serieseseses:
@JK said in TV Serieseseses:
I've rewatched UK Shameless and also a season or two of Skins. Many repeated laughs!
Rewatching some classic British comedies at the moment. Blackadder
was earlier now up to Father Ted.
Fuck that is a funny show, genuine classic. Gotta love the unique slapstick laughs and how they take the piss out of the Catholic Church. Every priest you encounter throughout the series is unique and fucked up in some way.
Gotta love Father Jack too (“more waster”, as he rightly says during a wet t shirt contest dream..)Love father ted eh!
Actually tried to watch some monty python over the xmas break and couldnt work out how I use to find it funny
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@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
@shark said in TV Serieseseses:
So, The Walking Dead. I'm a huge fan, but I reckon this show has just about lost me. Honestly, last night at the end of the second episode since the mid-year break, I actually yawned when the new baddies marched up on Hilltop.
The mid-season finale created some intrigue and a reasonably shocking death to finish on a high note, but last night dragged on with a boring back-story and mundane prison sequences. The back-story was probably supposed to make us scared of our heroes' new nemesis, but did nothing to create or elevate a sense of forboding.
When they nailed Jesus out of the blue there was an immediate sense of anticipation and intrigue created by the new baddies but last night just completely exposed them and removed any mystery. And in a typically ludicrous TWD scene, a dozen or so (maybe a score) of the new bad guys marched up on Hilltop with their knives and seemed to make the hundred or so bow-and-arrow weilding Hilltop wariors shit their pants behind their fortifications. Seriously? Just shoot a few arrows into them and move the fuck on.
The mother baddie didn't look scary at all; in fact she looked scarier during the back-story. The only scary element of these bad guys is that they wear walkers' skin and possibly, possibly, have some fighting skills. A handful of them marching on a fortified and well-defended community demanding a captive back? Not at all scary.
I gave up on it. First few seasons were as good as any show I've ever seen but then i just stopped caring. There's nothing new they can do now.
That's the big problem; they now just seem to lurch from one evil nemesis to another and throw in a few semi-shocking character departures for shits and giggles. From the Governor to Negan and now this Alpha chick. Fucking boring and repetitive now.
I think it's time to wind it up. There is still the intrigue of the helicopter so I'd like to see them bring that arc into it and draw this thing to a conclusion. I imagine that could be something along the lines of there being a proper operating civilisation or city (possibly plural) out there, possibly a couple of rival cities - one good, one bad, I don't know - and the characters get 'rescued' and brought into the city or cities. Maybe they've been relatively protected and normal since the apocolypse started, and looking for survivors. Maybe Rick makes a final guest appearancen and is re-united with Judith. Not sure, but there needs to be a proper - reasonably happy - finality.
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@JK said in TV Serieseseses:
@Virgil said in TV Serieseseses:
@JK said in TV Serieseseses:
I've rewatched UK Shameless and also a season or two of Skins. Many repeated laughs!
Rewatching some classic British comedies at the moment. Blackadder
was earlier now up to Father Ted.
Fuck that is a funny show, genuine classic. Gotta love the unique slapstick laughs and how they take the piss out of the Catholic Church. Every priest you encounter throughout the series is unique and fucked up in some way.
Gotta love Father Jack too (“more waster”, as he rightly says during a wet t shirt contest dream..)Love father ted eh!
Actually tried to watch some monty python over the xmas break and couldnt work out how I use to find it funny
Python has dated badly save for the odd sketch.
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@shark wasnt there also a chopper in FTWD, although that was based more in Mexico.
I reckon they missed a trick by not having cross overs between TWD/FTWD, either in a prior timeline or as they have recently aligned them.
The Umbrella Academy (TV Series 2019–2024) ⭐ 7.8 | Action, Adventure, Comedy
