TV shows you most recently finished watching

^ I'll try to catch it

Finished Nightsleeper yesterday (well early hours of the morning actually!). It's brilliantly written and the cast (inc Joe Cole, James Cosmo, Sharon Rooney, Alexandra Roach and the wonderful David Threlfall especially) do a great job. Even at times some great humour and a hugely ironic but satisfying twist at the very end. It's quite a ride! 9/10

^ I watched that straight after Strictly. I love both Annette Benning and Sam Neil so that might be enough to drag me through it.

^ Never got into video games. In terms of TV adaptions the recent Fallout is superb although I also enjoyed Halo a lot. Twisted Metal has been kept a lot 'lighter' with a lot less pretensions and presumably is made on a much smaller budget. That makes it stand out a bit and is in its favour. Hopefully they might get a bigger budget but not holding my breath.

Twisted Metal Season 1

The Acolyte

Having recently learned of the absurd and deeply unfortunate reactions this series received ~ the accusations of 'wokeness', the blindness and utter lack of comprehension or discernment that the Star Wars galaxy is a vast corollary of thousands of races, worlds, powers and mysteries ~ its cancellation is a travesty of ignorance overcoming art.   

Creator/writer Leslye Headland offered a deeper, more meaningful story than the kid & family oriented Mandalorian, exploring the viewpoint of practitioners of the Dark Side of the Force but also how the Jedi dealt with the ongoing relationship between its own and the temptations of the darker arts.   A talented cast including Lee Jung-jae, Dafne Keen, Rebecca Henderson, and Manny Jacinto bring the story alive with sensitive performances giving fans a more serious, adult plotline that takes place near the end of the High Republic a hundred years before SW:Episode One involving two twin girls created by a coven of Night Sisters.

Currently a second season is not planned partly due to low ratings as well as fan disagreement and bad online responses.   Hopefully, somehow, Season Two will be made as it ended with quite a cliffhanger, but as of this writing there are no intentions to revive it.   And that is a real shame.




Edited by Atavachron - September 14 2024 at 01:51

1899 - Made by the same people who made the excellent Dark. I'm not sure why now but I though, like Dark, it was in German language. It's not and whilst it's mainly English there is also Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish and Norwegian spoken throughout (so subs are a must). It's not quite as good as Dark, but a great mystery nonetheless and it certainly has the same feeling and intrigue. But the biggest flaw is that Netflix did not renew for a second season. It's a real shame as while this season does end (-ish), there could be so much more to this story as the last frame is a mind blower. Very good 8/10

The Umbrella Academy Season 4 (the last one). The Umbrella Academy has always stayed just under that "being ridiculous" line (unlike Doom Patrol) and has generally been a great watch. This last season has a feeling of being rushed to end it all (only 6 episodes). But I'm still liking it and I'll be a bit sad to see it end. 8/10 this season 8.5/10 overall.

Edited by Gentle and Giant - September 02 2024 at 09:15

House of the Dragon season 2. Wow they really are dragging this out. I've read the book 'Fire and Blood' and this timeline in the book is only a few chapters at most. There is a lot going on in the TV show that's not in the book. That said, it's still enjoyable and the acting is great, especially Matt Smith and Emma D'Arcy. The dragons look cool too. Near the end, I said to my wife wait till you see what happens with the three new dragon riders - except it never got to that bit. Do I tell her or not? Haha.

richardh wrote: Gentle and Giant wrote: The Boys series 4. I love The Boys and the depravity in this season is the lowest so far. It's rude, crude and violent in equal parts. There is once scene early on that made me think I was watching The Human Centipede again lol. Anthony Starr as Homelander is awesome too - he would never get a BAFTA or the like, but he deserves it for sure - simply brilliant as the screwed up super hero. yep more Anthony Starr love from me as well. Should be taking the acting honours all day long. He was also very good in the offbeat and violent Cinemax series Banshee. I loved that almost as much as the Boys.