TV Serieseseses
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Finished the latest season of Stranger Things.
Still an enjoyable series, although thought it was a bit slow in parts.
I hope they have some good ideas for the next season, cos if not they blew the perfect opportunity to finish it there with a slightly different end that would have finished things pretty tidy.
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@Crucial said in TV Serieseseses:
Just trying the series remake of Man who fell to earth.
Anyone with a heads up on quality?Edit: not a remake. More like a sequel many years later. Bill Nighy plays the David Bowie character
To continue this after two eps.
Very well made and acted. If you are into sci-fi that poses questions rather than being space battles or a premise for an action movie then you'll probably like it. Kind of show I need to be in the right mood/level of tiredness to enjoy.
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@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
Resident Evil
Fucken LOVED the games on the Playstation, the Movies were a mixed bag of rapidly declining quality……..( actually so were the games )……so anyone seen this on Netflix and is it worth a hoon ?
( I’m sure I’ll watch it anyway but I’ve found the fern to be pretty good at reviewing shows on the whole )
Quoting yourself on the fern, it doesn’t get sadder than that.
This is actually pretty good though, jumps between two timelines which seems to be the cool thing to do in shows/movies these days. SFX good, some nice gore…..the earlier timeline when the main characters are at school is a little bit “teen angst” though.
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Episode 1 of The Old Man
Fucking Rad
Violent as shit.
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@Bovidae I'm 2 eps in, but am switching between that and the latest season of The Boys (upto 5 on that I think)
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@taniwharugby I am behind those Amazon shows (The Expanse, The Boys, Bosch) but will resubscribe at some stage. It will take me a while to watch them when I do. Meanwhile Netflix has enough to keep me entertained until then.
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@Bovidae Yeah I had downloaded Bosch ages ago, but haven't watched it yet.
The Boys is mental!
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@Bovidae Yeah I had downloaded Bosch ages ago, but haven't watched it yet.
I've only got the last season and Legacy to watch. A really good show.
The Boys is mental!
The first two seasons were great fun!
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@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
Episode 1 of The Old Man
Fucking Rad
Violent as shit.
Even trying to pace myself, I watched the last available episode last night... but looking into it - Episode 8 should be released tonight, or overnight? (It looks like it's probably the finale - which means I've actually paced my watching perfectly. Sweet.)
They do a fucking good job of balancing story-development/violent-as-shit/investiture-in-characters. And while I've become EXTREMELY jaded about flash-backs with some of the shit movies I've watched this year... in this - I was actually looking forward to the flashback scenes.
(Spoiler - after Episode 1 - there are flashback scenes. It shouldn't come as any surprise in a show about an old man who clearly has a 'past", but if you're a fucking idiot... sorry.)I see a Season 2 has been green-lit... I'm not sure about that, but... willing to give it a go.
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@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
Episode 1 of The Old Man
Fucking Rad
Violent as shit.
Even trying to pace myself, I watched the last available episode last night... but looking into it - Episode 8 should be released tonight, or overnight? (It looks like it's probably the finale - which means I've actually paced my watching perfectly. Sweet.)
They do a fucking good job of balancing story-development/violent-as-shit/investiture-in-characters. And while I've become EXTREMELY jaded about flash-backs with some of the shit movies I've watched this year... in this - I was actually looking forward to the flashback scenes.
(Spoiler - after Episode 1 - there are flashback scenes. It shouldn't come as any surprise in a show about an old man who clearly has a 'past", but if you're a fucking idiot... sorry.)I see a Season 2 has been green-lit... I'm not sure about that, but... willing to give it a go.
I’ve been pleasantly surprised that for the flashback scenes they bothered to get younger actors who plausibly could have matured into the older versions.
I like how they’ve quite cleverly managed to position John Lithgow as someone you can invest in even though he’s the “baddie” while the “goodie” Jeff Bridges has some pretty major moral failings.
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@JC said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
Episode 1 of The Old Man
Fucking Rad
Violent as shit.
Even trying to pace myself, I watched the last available episode last night... but looking into it - Episode 8 should be released tonight, or overnight? (It looks like it's probably the finale - which means I've actually paced my watching perfectly. Sweet.)
They do a fucking good job of balancing story-development/violent-as-shit/investiture-in-characters. And while I've become EXTREMELY jaded about flash-backs with some of the shit movies I've watched this year... in this - I was actually looking forward to the flashback scenes.
(Spoiler - after Episode 1 - there are flashback scenes. It shouldn't come as any surprise in a show about an old man who clearly has a 'past", but if you're a fucking idiot... sorry.)I see a Season 2 has been green-lit... I'm not sure about that, but... willing to give it a go.
I’ve been pleasantly surprised that for the flashback scenes they bothered to get younger actors who plausibly could have matured into the older versions.
I like how they’ve quite cleverly managed to position John Lithgow as someone you can invest in even though he’s the “baddie” while the “goodie” Jeff Bridges has some pretty major moral failings.
Yeah - I'd forgotten that, as I've just become used to it, and taking it for granted...
the casting of the younger versions was spectacular.
And the coaching of voices/mannerisms - fucking well done. Perhaps - as @Crucial suggests - to a fault, or over-done, at times.
Not really a spoiler, but, I know some are sensitive to such things...
(To be fair - I remember reading a review of The Usual Suspects, and it roughly described the concept/plot - and then said "oh, and the twist is awesome" - and that was enough to guess what the "twist" was. So... better safe/v/sorry)
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One thing which I thought was over-done... even though it was only really said a couple of times - but in relatively short succession - near the beginning - somebody stating the old "you never know if you're the villain of the story" or "everybody's the villain in somebody else's story" - or something like that. The first time made sense, but the second time it was said - it seemed deliberate, and a bit of a sledgehammer "remember this line was said right at the beginning, you fucking idiots".
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@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
Episode 1 of The Old Man
Fucking Rad
Violent as shit.
Even trying to pace myself, I watched the last available episode last night... but looking into it - Episode 8 should be released tonight, or overnight? (It looks like it's probably the finale - which means I've actually paced my watching perfectly. Sweet.)
They do a fucking good job of balancing story-development/violent-as-shit/investiture-in-characters. And while I've become EXTREMELY jaded about flash-backs with some of the shit movies I've watched this year... in this - I was actually looking forward to the flashback scenes.
(Spoiler - after Episode 1 - there are flashback scenes. It shouldn't come as any surprise in a show about an old man who clearly has a 'past", but if you're a fucking idiot... sorry.)I see a Season 2 has been green-lit... I'm not sure about that, but... willing to give it a go.
Just started watching this.
The Dude is certainly more onto it and violent as an older man that’s for sure.
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@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
Episode 1 of The Old Man
Fucking Rad
Violent as shit.
Even trying to pace myself, I watched the last available episode last night... but looking into it - Episode 8 should be released tonight, or overnight? (It looks like it's probably the finale - which means I've actually paced my watching perfectly. Sweet.)
They do a fucking good job of balancing story-development/violent-as-shit/investiture-in-characters. And while I've become EXTREMELY jaded about flash-backs with some of the shit movies I've watched this year... in this - I was actually looking forward to the flashback scenes.
(Spoiler - after Episode 1 - there are flashback scenes. It shouldn't come as any surprise in a show about an old man who clearly has a 'past", but if you're a fucking idiot... sorry.)I see a Season 2 has been green-lit... I'm not sure about that, but... willing to give it a go.
Just started watching this.
The Dude is certainly more onto it and violent as an older man that’s for sure.
Not averse to fucking some shit up.
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I read that there have been complaints about the lack of subtitles in The Old Man. I'm glad I am not the only person who found all those lengthy flashback scenes in Ep4 frustrating to watch when you had no idea what was being said. Maybe this is only a D+ problem in NZ.
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@Bovidae said in TV Serieseseses:
I read that there have been complaints about the lack of subtitles in The Old Man. I'm glad I am not the only person who found all those lengthy flashback scenes in Ep4 frustrating to watch when you had no idea what was being said. Maybe this is only a D+ problem in NZ.
That confused me too. I usually have captions on and thought that was over-riding the subtitles so stopped and played with the settings.
Edit: found a Geekzone post where someone contacted Disney and the reply infers that it wasn't intentional and they are looking into a fix.
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@Tim said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Episode 8 should be released tonight, or overnight?
Seven episodes this season it seems. There will be a second season.
Muthafuc....
Now it feels like a shit ending... but I suspect if I'd gone into it KNOWING that it was the final episode, I could have enjoyed it more as a "and this is the situation we'll be starting from in Season 2" type ending. -
Just finished The Old Man
Acting is top notch - John Lithgow is always superb. Cinematography is high quality. Old people moving like age catches up with well trained individuals provides the realism desperately missing from modern cinema.
Action scenes directed and shot magnificently. Nice to vehicles involved in a bit of argy bargy actually show battle scars and continuity mean something. The additional cost and effort is something I appreciate.
Spook tropes weren't overplayed either.
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Nice twist at the end, certainly not implausible nor a ridiculous confection you couldn't see as possible.
##endspoilerSeason 2 thoughts:
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What decision(s) does the daughter make and the impact on the services (FBI/ CIA) is my guess for plot direction. I doubt she'd be happy.
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