Rick and Morty S6.
I am pleased to announce it is good again.
The peripheral.
I wish there were more episodes. I hope it gets picked up for another season. Iâm mildly frustrated they spent the finale setting up hooks with no guarantee of a payoff.
Tell us a story that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Please.
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Willow: first episode only, but it actually is off to a decent, knockabout start.
A friend recommended this show to me as âReno Nine Elevenâ which I am going to assume is an in-joke from the show itself.
It is extremely amusing. It parodies Cops unrelentingly, and every officer is outlandishly incapable of doing their job.
Havenât checked in on this thread in awhile. I agree wholeheartedly with all of the Apple TV+ series recommendations above. If youâre in the process of making New Yearâs resolutions and thinking of paring back on your streaming service subscriptions for 2023, I would strongly recommend keeping Apple TV+. The production quality, performances, and writing have been excellent in every series weâve watched.
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The Last of Us. The drawback of doing a game aping prestige TV is, when you make it into prestige TV it doesnât really work as well, especially not when you have literally seen it all before. Itâs an almost 1:1 adaptation, and some scenes feel entirely weightless as a result, because Iâve not only watched them but played through them. Some odd casting choices too, Anna Torv is good, but actors like John Hannah and Brendan Fletcher in tiny roles is throwing away talent, Pascal looks too old for one point and too young for the other, Bella Ramsey is not who I imagined for the role, but she does well. Itâs up to a good standard and is âaccomplishedâ but feels hollow.
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Havenât played the game <audience gasps!> but was planning on checking out the show. Itâll be interesting to see how our views compare
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Weirdly, it will probably be better for you. The TV version is too close to the game.
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OK, fuck that grandma.
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Lockwood & Co. (Netflix)
First, you need to understand what this is. This is a very teen show based on a YA book series. That alone might turn people off to the show.
That said, I quite enjoy Stroudâs books and the show couldnât be a much more faithful adaptation. The three main characters are spot on. The special effects are mediocre but I can live with CGI ghosts.
Itâs hard to separate my appreciation of the source material from my enjoyment of the series so Iâm not going to go throwing around blanket recommendations but if youâve read the books or arenât instantly turned off by YA/teen drama, itâs worth a watch.
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IIRC this is a Joe Cornish job. Definitely interested.
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The Last of Us.
Slightly heavy-handed episode, I thought. Not bad, and at least I hadnât seen every single second of it before.
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I have not seen the series but I have played the game. Id like to give it a watch but am waiting for the entire show tone released.
Hereâs my honest question: Iâve seen stories all around the internet about Eposode 3 but my thoughts - without seeing it - is that the episode is nothing but filler. I usually hate filler episodes. Did the episode feel necessary or contribute to the narrative at all?
The episode was not filler, no, even though itâs not about Joel and Ellie. I think any deviation from the game is catching flak, but this was very rewarding.
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I enjoyed the first episode but noped right out of the second; I spent too much time on edge waiting for something scary to happen and hate watching things like that.
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Let the Right One In. Adequately dark, but otherwise Iâm unsure as to what this series is doing, replicating a portion of the filmâs beginning, with extra plot. At least it seems to be more faithful, so far, to the original, rather than the remake. Good acting, and it maintains the cold, winter feel well.
Gangs of London, S1. (Amazon Prime although itâs available elsewhere).
Absolutely gory insanity revolving around fictional crime families in modern day London. Totally brutal, lots of gratuitous bloodshed in the vein of 300 etc. Over the top fight scenes. Ridiculous plot.
100% worth the watch.
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Just watching the latest season of Taskmaster (and throwing on some 8 out of 10 Cats Countdown Iâm the background sometimes), my wife and I are trying to figure out why British comedians are so much better than American.
There are probably many factors including things like cultural sensibilities, but I also think it helps that the Brits all seem to run in the same circles and work with each other seemingly all the time whereas the drive in America seems more to get your own specials, movie deals, etc. the camaraderie and familiarity with the British comedians is a huge asset.
I watched this the other week, was quite fun!
I hope they explain more about why there are all these spirits - kinda just have this world
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