TV Show Box Sets

[Poundshop Dave]

Ah OK. Might not bother then, I received the entire only fools and horses box-set for Christmas and got to work my way through that. Thank you Rogerborg, the trailer to The Expanse looked good though.
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[Rogerborg]

I really wanted to like it, and it has its moments. But they serve to highlight that they're half-arsing most of it. The acting is fairly meh, and by the last episode, it devolves to (classic) Whovian levels of running around in ropey looking tunnels.

It needed twice the budget or half the runtime to pull off what it set out to do.
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[Rogerborg]

[M.C]

So Borg's out I've started season 2, the politics (of which there's a lot) gets on my nerves, but I quite like the piracy. So much so I've found myself singing sea shanties and considering changing my name to Ginger Beard.

It's no GoT (not yet anyway), I'll see how it goes as the story lines do seem somewhat contrived, even the writers realise this make reference to the fact one day you're no one, the next day you're someone. Or that important characters seem to be able to get themselves out of any impossible situation.

[goto10]

Just finished Banshee. Enjoyed it, fair amount of sex & violence with a decently paced story.
They knew when to end it too - wrapped things up with a nice bow and left me feeling slightly sadface.jpg that it was all over.

Ray Donovan or Black Sails next...
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[Rogerborg]

The Santa Clarita Diet - Netflix

Hmm. "Cannibalism", repeat all of the Legacy Media reviewers, loyally following the press releases. No, it's zombie. Say it. Zommmmmbiiiiiiie. High functioning zombie, à la iZombie. iZombies of Beverly Hills, perhaps?

Features Drew Barrymore, who you may remember from such films as E.T., rehab, that painfully embarrassing one in the high school, rehab, Charlie's Angels, rehab, rehab, rehab, and now this. She's competent enough, but as it turns out, just not all that compelling on screen.

But then there's Timothy Olyphant, who I remember from such films as having a funny name, but he carries the whole thing, owning every scene that he's in and rising above the strictly expositional script and comic strip characterisation.

Plus, others, I guess. Oh, Captain Mal Hammer is in it, for one episode. Hat tip to the Grauniad, this is Desperate Housewives translated into Chinese and back a few times, plus zombie, sans Eva Longoria.

I'm on the fence here. I mean, I'm still watching it, 25 minute episodes being somewhat of a novelty these days. It's frothy but not filling. It's not going to change your life, but 250 minutes out of it won't kill you either.
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[Rogerborg]

[M.C]

I'm on season 3 and the storyline roulette's getting on my nerves a bit. Also absolutely everyone seems to be bipolar, one minute they're trying to kill each other, the next they're bezzie mates. You can only take so much plotting/double-crossing until it loses its impact.

Oh <spoiler alert> it gets worse in that respect Mr Borg The young Peggy Mitchell gets more annoying as well.

[Pjay]

[andyscooter]

[Freddyfruitba...]

Against expectations I quite liked Sneaky Pete on Amazon recently; and am now on Goliath which I am really enjoying, 3 eps in.

Favourites of recent years? Off the top of my head:
GoT, Dexter, The Wire, early Walking Dead (but about to give up on it I think), Homeland, House of Cards and in pole postion; Line of Duty, Sopranos and The Shield
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[M.C]

[Rogerborg]

Mmm, erratic behaviour is a handy excuse for having your characters driven by the plot rather than the other way around.
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GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Mawsley]

Pirates are not like us. They behave, well, like pirates. This means they operate outside of normal script plot and dialogue conventions. Because pirates.

[andyscooter]

Just started the shooter

Seems OK so far two episodes in at mo

Not sure if there is a season two on the way yet
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[Dave....]

[Poundshop Dave]

For those that love Trollied, there is an American version of sorts.

Superstore. Oh it is funny, even the wife cracked a smile or 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgZXnTZbF3g
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[Dave....]

[M.C]

[andyscooter]

just finished shooter

was a good series

main storyline is bloke gets framed for shooting the Ukrainian president in America
bloke gets caught and escapes and proves his innocence

bloke then kills all people who did the actual shooting
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[Rogerborg]

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[Dave....]

[M.C]

I enjoyed them all but San Junipero was probably my fav', although it's so different from the others I thought I was streaming something else to begin with.