TV Show Box Sets

[hellkat]

I've decided to finally get round to Umbrella Academy, and I can see that its designed to make me interested in watching it ... but ...

... I just havent got round to falling for it yet.
I probably will but I'm a bit busy right now and I haven't got a spare couple of hours to bingewatch it.
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[King29]

Started watching The Terminal List with Chris Pratt. Load of bollocks, switched it off after 30 minutes.

[M.C]

[Easy-X]

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power... the ring-a-ling-a-ding-dongs

Apparently Amazon have bet the farm on this production and regardless of the very strange Rotten Tomatoes score I don't think anyone would say they've skimped! Very easy on the eye.

The Right-Wing press have been banging on about "Black Elves?! WTF dude?" and I'd have to admit seeing a medieval style village populated by... diverse peoples is a bit jarring but TBH it has very little impact on the production. Get over yerselves, White Supremacists

Anyhoo, it does drag a bit and it's no Peter Jackson effort but I'd say it's worth a watch. I wouldn't go as far as saying it's worth splashing out on Amazon Prime specifically for this though.

Word of warning: Morfydd Clark (Galadriel) has the acting ability of a plank of wood so just try and power through those bits, everybody else is fine (particularly the dwarves that play to the style of the Hobbit trilogy.) She is the main character but there's a lot else going on.

Is it Game of Thrones? (Ignoring the last season, obvs.) Not even close but it's not as bad as the slating you'll see in the reviews.
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[M.C]

[Polarbear]

I watched it last night, thr first 2 episodes. I enjoyed it. Acting was meh although Lenny Henry actually acting rather than being a slapsick twat was bound to be an improvement even if he was made up to look like a white haired Orang Utan out of a Disney movie.
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[Easy-X]

[M.C]

[Easy-X]

Elrond was okay, one could imagine him calming down a bit to become the old Elrond. Galadriel... is it wrong to hope they've written in a Orc gang-rape scene? Episode 4 or 5 would do, I can hang on.
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[M.C]

[Ribenapigeon]

Just a heads up. The Onedin Line has just started on Talking pictures Channel 82
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[Polarbear]

[Ribenapigeon]

The night got even better! Reginald Perin was on channel 65 at nine o'clock, super smashing great!!
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[bhinso]

One thing I've noticed is that, whilst British (and US to some extent) box sets now go out of their way to be diverse, asian shows are downright racist frankly.

I've been watching a lot of Korean stuff (e.g. All of us are dead, Squid Game etc.) and everyone is Korean. Let alone having a black person in there.

[M.C]

[hellkat]

They've made a series out of Russian Doll
I love that.
Gets a bit repetitive but it has a fair few comic moments.
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[Ribenapigeon]

Resident Evil on Netflix.

Crap. Just comes across as woke casting and thematics. Years ago if I saw a movie or tv show with black actors i just accepted it as genuine casting choice based on talant or someone shagged a casting director but now it just seems forced and deliberate and pointless.
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[Easy-X]

Watching "Alice" on Netflix, almost makes me want to learn Korean! I think it's meant to be a serious Sci-Fi drama but I get vibes of '70s British comedy with some of the characters Also a bit low on diversity from a colour-swatch perspective but I've managed to power through it
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[M.C]

[hellkat]

Well I finished watching Russian Doll which was *completely* bizarre, but I loved it.

The plan was to finish that and then finish Better Call Saul, which I really need to finish.

But I've been waylaid by *sigh* The Crown ... ... again.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Veep is ace
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[Ribenapigeon]

Dahmer on Netflix.

Absolutely chilling series dramatising the life of Jeffrey Dahmer.
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[to v or not to v]

Black Bird on Apple tv 7/10
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4301160/

Based on true events. man goes undercover in prison to find out where serial killer has hidden bodies.

6 episodes long, so not too much of a time waster. quite entertaining.
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[hellkat]

I'm as bad with TV series as I am with books ... loads that I've started and haven't got round to finishing.

I somehow fell into some old Aussie thing called The Secrets She Keeps mentalist chick, man, mentalist!
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