TV shows you most recently finished watching

Was hoping to review The Woman In The Wall. This is brilliant but the BBC have not released the final episode yet and I will have to wait (not very patiently) until next Sunday. Ruth Wilson is tremendous and the story is great. So much to like including a very creepy sociopathic bitter old nun played to the hilt by Frances Tomelty.

Adaption of Asaimov's Foundation sci-fi book series. Cranked up a notch from the 1st season, this is bigger, bolder and even more impressive. Lee Pace is great as the ruler of the galaxy ''Empire'' while Jared Harris plays the genius Harry Seldon who inspires a religion (being the name of the series) and whose technology could bring down Empire. Many episodes are so cinematic they should be seen at the theatre. A sci fi triumph in scale that easily matches Star Wars and Dune for my money. The only slight down note is actress Lou Lobbel's English accent is less than pristine, often waivering towards her native African accent too much at times. It's quite distracting! 9.5/10

A one off drama documentary from Channel 4 chronicling the events that happened at Downing street that were referred to in the Sue Gray report. Governmental staff (there were many it seems) consistently and brazenly ignored their own governments health advice that was being put out because they were above it (they make the rules and don't have to follow them). The sheer disrespect shown to all those that had to bury their loved ones in very difficult cirmcustances during the pandemic is really highlighted here. Boris Johnson is painted as a bumbling buffoon with no real leadership qualities but then duh! However it's the sheer arrogance of his many aides (and by extension the governement) that truly hits home. 7/10

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Steve Coogan stars as the now disgraced British DJ and serial sex offender Jimmy Saville. It's quite atsounding just how much damage he did to many young lives with his wicked and abhorrent behaviour yet he had the ear of Maggie Thatcher who loved him (she obviously had no idea of his crimes although it seems that her advisor Robert Armstrong may have warned her about him as many rumours abounded) and eventually he received a knighthood for his charity work and even received a papal knighthood from the Pope (perhaps less suprising given the Catholic church's notorious track record on these things). His crimes didn't come out until after he died in 2011 and this lead to a purge against similar 'personalities' of the time including Rolf Harris who is now in prison. 

As a TV docu drama this is as good as it gets. Coogan is spot on with all the very recognisable mannerisms that Saville had and the BBC don't let themselves off. It was originally an nvestigation by their rivals ITV that brought the crimes to light and they also produced this, allbeit for the BBC. 10/10

thanks, forgot that re Rolf Harris. Yeah I think that a lot of people will avoid watching it and there is some horrible stuff for sure. 

 

Gentle and Giant wrote: Series 2 of Foundation. The scale of it is impressive indeed and it must have cost Apple a fortune to make. Great TV though and an excellent source to use for sci-fi. The start of this season was a bit confusing as it's seemed a long time since series 1, but as episodes go on things get clearer. Top sci-fi.

Just finished season 1. I'm about to start season 2. I never did read the books but was aware of them growing up. An EPIC Si-Fi series to be sure. And don't leave many days before episodes or you may have to go back. It jumps around a bit so full attention is required. This ain't no 'weekly' Sci-Fi series.

Lee Pace is perfect in the roll of Brother Day.

Season 1

Season 1 was generally poorly reviewed and seemed to be heavily constricted by a tighter budget than say Apple's other big sci-fi show Foundation. Season 2 is much more like it and actually delivers some sci-fi action with mostly the same characters. Perhaps comes off the rails slightly towards the end of S2 as they move towards a potential S3 (presumably). Overall a pretty decent watch. Apple is rapidly becoming the home of sci-fi. Hopefully they keep it up and don't go the same way as Netflix. 8/10