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Gentle and Giant wrote: Stranger Thing Series 4. The last episode was pretty good and didn't feel overlong (2hr20). But this series is the weakest of the 4 so far. Also some of the characters were there because they had to be without adding very much to the story. There was an opportunity in this show to milk the 80s vibe and fill it with music of the time. We got some tunes but not enough for me, and as much as I like Kate Bush I won't be playing Running Up That Hill for some time to come. 6/10 for this series.

Edited by jess.fin - August 10 2022 at 00:50

The Time Travellers Wife TV series. I'd heard of the book and the subsequent movie and I thought it was some soppy chick flick, but this new TV series was getting some good reviews so I gave it a go. Created by Steven Moffatt, both stars are also British (it's an American show). OK there is an element of romance, but it's funny at times too and a well thought out time travelling story, executed excellently by all involved. It ended quite suddenly though and I expected more to come but seems it's been cancelled. Shame. I was getting a bit fed up with seeing Theo James naked all the time, slamming down into one awkward situation after another. They showed his arse way too much, but never the front, until the end when it seemed they couldn't be bothered hiding his todger any more lol. 8/10

JD wrote: presdoug wrote: [EDIT]           I have been thinking of giving Space 1999 another chance; it has been quite a while since viewing it. Martin Landau & Barbara Bain ROCK ! It was a natural transition from Thunderbirds to UFO to Space 1999 for this young lad.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: richardh wrote: going back to UFO , one of the stars was Wanda Ventham who also happens to be the mother of Benedict Cumberbatch! Another star of UFO was purple-haired Gabrielle Drake, who also happened to be the sister of legendary folk singer Nick Drake.

richardh wrote: Stanger Things 4 (9 episodes) Dare I even try and review this thing?! I suspect Netflix may have set some record with a season finale lasting 2 hours and 20 minutes!  Sad to say I felt it lacked any real emotional punch even if the money spent makes it look good. It was nothing really new though and felt like a bloated hollywood type sequel (Avengers: Infinity Wars springs to mind) . Possibly yet another example of Netflix losing its way.6/10

I watched its first 2 seasons, and I "tried" to watch the 3rd, but failed. Anyhow, I believe I'll watch the rest much later, rather than too sooner, and I figure I'll agree with you.

Edited by Archisorcerus - July 04 2022 at 02:01

JD wrote: Atavachron wrote: Don't be surprised if the realization sets in as you watch one tedious story after another, a cast of bellbottom-wearing actors struggling to get through tortured dialog, and another semi-religious encounter with a strange alien force, just how dull the show really was.   I have a few favorites, but overall... wow . Certainly more noticeable at this old age than as a teen when it first aired. I had a tendency to gravitate (pun intended) to all things Sci-Fi back in the oldie times.

I just finished watching the Miniseries Candy. I was quite annoyed with it, because all of the characters looked like other characters(ex. Alan Gore looks like Doug from Liberty Mutual and Candy's husband reminded me of someone from Soft Machine). Everyone looked goofy looking and had scenes that could have been cut out. It seemed like over-long meandering that was based off of a true story, but with so many departures. The Amadeus movie heavily departed from Mozart's life, but it was still very entertaining, Candy on the other hand annoyed me because of those frustrating characters and how ridiculous the story could be. I could say that the show looked quite stylish, but I could watch a movie with that(ex. Jacques Demy musicals and Wes Anderson). I enjoyed the first two episodes, but then the story just dragged to the point that I was in boredom, and did not really care what happened afterwards. I had to watch the third episode twice, and even then I did not remember it. 

Edited by SuperMetro - June 30 2022 at 20:57

richardh wrote: ^ always been a big fan of that Doug. Its showed a good deal of subtle writing and ideas and was as good as any British sc-fi show with the notable exception of Quatermass. Space 1999 was originally conceived as a follow up to UFO and was going to be called UFO 1999 . For some reason it then changed. Never quite as good as UFO but I think they (The TV bosses) wanted something more akin to Star Trek which had become massively popular at the time. It has some fun moments and featured a black actor in a significant role on a British TV series for the first time (playing a doctor) so it had that milestone at least.

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