Eddie playing guitar was definitely a highlight of the show, good song choice as well. I guess "Highway To Hell" by ACDC would've been a little on the nose.
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Overall I enjoyed this season but it's definitely not as good as it once was. It's lost some magic for me although it's still a good show.
I still think the Russia stuff was unnecessary and cheapened Hopper's sacrifice at the end of 3. And the last two episodes could've been split into at least 3. Good ending though, definitely leaves you wanting to see what happens next.
Finished Stranger things. Solid season. I do think they could have shortened the time from the climax to the end. That had a Lord of the Rings feel to me.
Subscribed to Amazon Prime Video for the first time. The first month was free so I figured why the heck not. My overall impression of the service is in a nutshell: 90% of its offerings is crap and 10% is great original TV shows/movies. You basically only subscribe to Prime Video for its originals, of which there are dozens of and from an overview, a lot of them have pretty interesting premises. Obviously The Boys is the highlight of the service. I've watched the first episode and it's so freaking good. After I'm done with it I'm planning on watching The Expanse since I've heard a lot of good stuff about that show as well.
After that I have no idea what to watch. At that point I think it's time to start exploring the originals. If anyone has any recommendations for good original shows/movies to watch on Prime Video, I'm all ears.
@LtSarge Amazon is probably the service I watch the least of my subscriptions. But I can’t wait for the Lord of the Rings series, it looks to be awesome.
I started The Expanse and it’s pretty decent, but I fell off after 5-6 episodes. It’s a little slow to get going.
I also watch the first couple Jack Ryan episodes. Again, pretty good but I just didn’t stick with it.
People really like that I, Robot and the Man in the High Castle shows. I’ve never seen them though.
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@Th3solution Those are literally almost all the ones I've added to my watch list, lol. I love Tom Clancy so I'm looking forward to watching Jack Ryan. Man in the High Castle also has a fairly interesting premise, so hopefully that one is good too.
But yeah, I can definitely see myself dropping Amazon Prime after some time. It just doesn't have enough compelling offerings compared to Netflix, HBO Max or Disney+.
@LtSarge I've had The Expanse and Jack Ryan in my watchlist for a while and not yet got around to starting them. One series I have watched and thought was very good was Reacher. Admittedly I'm a fan of the book series it based on but it's gained a lot of good reviews and would recommend at least giving it a go. I also enjoyed an animated series on there called Vox Machina, kind of an adult dungeons & dragons thing. Also a comedy called Last man on Earth I quite enjoyed.
@Th3solution The Rings of Power is looking promising from the trailers. It certainly looks like they have put some money into it. 🤞🤞🤞
Of course HBO cancelled Gentleman Jack. Not enough tits and blood. It’s so infuriating, it’s a successful and acclaimed show which pushes boundaries. They’re definitely moving away from the quality TV they were known for.
I just recently started watching a series I put in my Netflix watchlist ages ago and it's really good. The Movies That Made Us is a series documenting the making of various big films, mostly 80/90s. So far I've seen the episodes about Robocop, Aliens, Elf and Back to the Future. It's edited in a fun way interspersing clips from the film itself in a jokey/reactionary way but still has decent insight into the films development. I'm glad I finally got around to starting it.
I've signed up to Apple TV+ on PS5 to take advantage of the soon to end 6 months free offer. Added a bunch of stuff to watch which should keep me going for awhile.
Was a bit off a faff to set up, which was probably due to me not having owned an Apple device. Ever.
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@JohnnyShoulder Also did that deal thing but took literally 5 seconds since we just used my mum’s iPhone to sign in! Had a look and I’ll definitely be watching Ted Lasso, For All Mankind, Severance and Mythic Quest. Honestly buzzing that they have all the old Peanuts cartoons from the 60s and 70s in 4K too. Plus their library of shows to buy outright is huge. Loads of stuff I honestly couldn’t find anywhere other than old DVDs, especially the older adaptations of classics.
Finished up season 3 of the Man in the High Castle a couple nights ago.
Still pretty good, though I'm not sure how I feel about the more strictly sci-fi angle it's starting to take. I know they needed to explain the background logic behind the existence of the films (and it's something I've been asking myself) so I'm glad they've done that, but I'd still wish the core narrative would focus on the political tension between the Nazis, Japanese Empire, and how the resistance could take advantage of that, rather than going all in on chasing the multiverse angle.
That said, that lab scene in the final episode was pretty cool & almost Stranger Things-esque.
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