Topic: The TV Show Thread

@PegasusActual93 quite the conversational style you have there 😉

@colonelkilgore
Not sure what you mean

@PegasusActual93 just my personal observation is all. We live in an era where written (or typed) communication is extremely prevalent and as a result I’ve noticed that people have generally developed various measures within their interactions to avoid offence or misinterpretation due to the inherent lack of tone within a post/comment/text message etc. Your chat on the other hand (at least when discussing Westworld) is more akin to someone striking with a blunt object than a cordial conversation… and as a result it made me chuckle 🤭

@colonelkilgore
Don't mean to be blunt just have aspergers.

@PegasusActual93 ahh, well no offence meant and no offence taken 👊

@colonelkilgore Season 1 was excellent but I haven't seen any othe the others yet. Might have to rewatch it and then watch the others!

@MightyDemon82 yeah definitely worth a rewatch… I think the missus and I have actually watched season 1 3 times in all now.

Got around to rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion for the first time in about a decade thanks to the recent Blu-Ray release, and while nostalgia probably plays a part, I definitely think it (mostly) still holds up.

I'm going to buck convention though and say I think the first half of the series is probably my favorite part of it. The animation & mech designs are wonderful, and it comes from an era where the anime world carried some sort of respect for military tech (+ cars & guns) & it wears it's appreciation on it's sleeve, which I always thought was cool (my favorite episodes might be the one where they siphoned off electricity from all of Japan to fire that rifle, & Asuka's introduction where they battled on the UN fleet). This is broken up by a surprising amount of light hearted levity that breaks up the drama. Yes, Shinji (& others) clearly has emotional problems, but I think the first half of the series generally does a good job of showing him slightly starting to open up around those in his life.

Of course it takes a much more of a dramatic tone in the latter half, and my favorite elements of the series start taking a back seat. However it does attempt to delve deeper into the convoluted lore which I do enjoy trying to piece together, and heck, maybe the critics are right and it is a bunch of nonsense with no greater purpose, but I still like to think I come away with it each time learning something about it I didn't know before.

Of course we all know they depleted their budget by the last couple of episodes, not being able to end it as intended. That said, while they are my least favorite part of the series I think they do well enough with what they have to work with (I think I would have been more satisfied with it had it confirmed that the "possible reality" short had been confirmed as the canonical ending, given how I feel about the lighter moments).

Haven’t seen much buzz about it but that Karen Pirie is one of the best mystery shows I‘ve seen in a while. I’ve never read any Val McDermid books but this was such a good adaptation that I’d be more likely to read one. Helps that they used Arab Strap as the theme!

@nessisonett I had to Google Arab Strap. That's some excellent music I've just listened to, cheers for bringing them to my attention!

@MightyDemon82 @nessisonett There is a band called Jockstrap which is what I immediately thought of when I saw that.

@JohnnyShoulder oh well that's another band for me to listen to when I get a minute.

@MightyDemon82 Glad you liked them! My favourite line from their Wikipedia page is “Like fellow Scottish band The Proclaimers, their lyrics are sung in their native Scots tongue.” As if those two bands are in any way comparable! Ah yes, Barry Manilow sings in the same accent as Joey Ramone 😂

@nessisonett They sure do!

@Kairu The first season is so ploughin confusing but the second is so much better. Enjoy!

Just finished rings of power season 1. Looking forward to season 2.

So glad Babylon Berlin’s back. Definitely one of the best period detective things I’ve seen and such a brilliant revival of German noir.

R.I.P Robbie Coltrane, most will know him as Hagrid but I always though Cracker was brilliant.

@MightyDemon82 @LN78 His characters popping up in Blackadder were always a highlight for me.

I just have to vent about last night's episode of House of the Dragon with someone on this forum because what in the hell was that last few minutes? Also how do you hide spoilers on this site?