Topic: The TV Show Thread

Watched that new adaptation of Why Didn’t They Ask Evans by Hugh Laurie. Thought it was seriously great, a cracking and twisty tale with plenty of humour and two charming leads. Love myself a bit of Agatha Christie and this is the best I’ve seen since the ITV Poirot and Marple shows ended.

@Fragile Apparently it has 6% on Rotten Tomatoes 😬

@Fragile Considering 3 star reviews are technically positive reviews on that site, only 6% of all critics rated it at least 3 stars out of 5 😂

The new Doctor Who wasn’t that bad actually, not the most interesting episode but a bit of a classic style lark. But the trailer for her last episode!!! Tegan and Ace coming back! So glad I binged Classic Who, I love those two characters and I can’t believe they’re actually back.

Been watching a bit of Apple TV lately and fair play they’re really upping their output. While the latest season of Servant didn’t satisfy the curiosity that it’s first two seasons built (not sure that the show actually knows where it’s going, which is a real shame as season 1 in particular was outstanding)… The Morning Show is excellent and Severance is also very interesting.

Once we’ve finished Severance the trailer for Pachinko has shot that straight to the top of what’s next on our viewing list. I always considered Apple TV as the streaming service with the least content but that seems to have changed recently and we’re using this far more that Disney+ and Amazon Prime… it’ll have to go some to catch up with Netflix though in fairness.

@nessisonett I half watched part of the episode but it says a lot that people spent more time discussing the trailer for the next episode rather than the one they just watched!

@LN78 I sub to BritBox for Classic Who but there’s a ton of great content on there. Make sure you watch the new Agatha Christie that just dropped, it’s brilliant.

@nessisonett @LN78 Is that the one directed by Hugh Laurie? He just did a brilliant interview on BBC. My interest has immediately been peaked knowing his involvement in it.

@LN78 Ha, brilliant! Just the latter would be enough for me in one day.

@render @Fragile So as not to derail the other thread too much, I was more of an A-Team kid. I was also partial so some Terrahawks for something a bit different. Which has aged horribly. 😂

@JohnnyShoulder Can’t believe you bought that up 😆

I used to be seriously into that, so much so that I actually had a toy Zero. It was frikin cool. It had a stand and you could do something like wind it up and then push this button and it would pop off and wibble away. It really has not aged well as a TV program though, I mean I would not show that to my kids through fear of giving them nightmares 😅

Edit: this was it…

@JohnnyShoulder I’ve been known to use the catchphrase “I love it when a plan comes together” amongst friends and it usually gets a blank stare in return.

But that theme song is pretty iconic, even if most people don’t know where it comes from.

@Th3solution

Finished up American Crime Story: Impeachment recently, and thought it was fantastic.

Dramatization of the events leading up to & surrounding the Clinton impeachment scandal, and other than a bit of a mustache twirling vibe in terms of it's depictions of some of the conservative journalists of the time, I thought it did an impeccable job giving a nuanced, humanizing look at all parties involved.

@JohnnyShoulder Haha, yup. That’s the one.

It’s the same look I get when a conversation starts with “Did you see that funny Tik-Tok…”

@render Oh wow, I had totally forgotten about the toys. I was more into he-man and transformers as was pretty obsessed with the cartoons.

Angel Cop (Pluto TV) - Old school OVA series that follows the exploits of a clandestine special police force in near future Japan as they go up against terrorists, some of which are cybernetically or psychically enhanced (sorta like a mix between Akira & Ghost in the Shell).

The further in I got the more sure I was I had seen it before at some point in the distant past, but it didn't stop it from gripping me. It's gritty & graphically violent in a way that modern anime aren't, and in spite of it's ancient profanity laced dub I was compelled to binge all six of it's episodes over the weekend. Currently free to watch on Pluto TV if you're in the US, so check it out if you're curious.

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Disney+) - Take a journey through how the universe works, how it came to be, & where it's going, all through the lens of our current scientific understanding.

I watched this when it first came out, and I found it just as interesting today. Feels sort of like one of those videos you'd have to watch in science class, just stretched out over an entire series & with a much larger budget (for a network TV special the effects look impressive, outside of a segment on photosynthesis that looks like it has CGI 10-15 years behind everything else). Nice pallet cleanser.

Finally finished off Doctor Who with Sylvester McCoy’s episodes. Genuinely gutted about the way it just ends. I know I still have the movie but there was a real uptick in quality the last couple of seasons and it’s such a shame that it got cancelled when it did. Guess I have the audio plays at least!

@Jimmer-jammer, thanks, I don't really do podcasts though.

I watched the first season of Stranger Things about a year ago and really enjoyed it but for some reason never got around to watching the rest. With the trailer season 4 recently coming out I decided to get back into it and restart from the beginning. I've watched all 3 seasons in as many days and absolutely loved it. I can't wait for the new season now.