@MightyDemon82 I just finished Season 1 in a few days.... genuinely surprised by how much I enjoyed it, considering it is absolutely not my 'usual' kind of show!
I'd probably describe it as 'big dumb fun', but in the best possible way. Reacher himself is an absolute riot, a testosterone-fuelled combination of Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, and Liam Neeson from Taken.
Some of his one-liners are remarkable as well.... "Reacher, how do you plan to take down this all-encompassing massively dangerous counterfeiting conspiracy?" "Painfully" !!!!
It is a great example of a show that 'knows what it is' and doesn't take itself too seriously. A really great time IMO. The dynamic between Reacher and his side-kick (Finlay?) is great too, with some genuinely great moments throughout the season.
@Tjuz I’m a little late responding to you but wanted to say I appreciate and agree with your insightful assessment. Well said. I do think the biggest difference is the change in entertainment at large, and as you say, how we consume it.
When Gen Alpha have their grandkids sitting on their knees talking about their “good ol’ days,” I doubt they talk about classic TV shows or movies of their youth, but rather the technological advancements in entertainment. They’ll say stuff like “Junior, I remember back when we had these devices in our pockets called iPhones. People would put videos on there about all kinds of things. And sometimes we’d sit down for two whole hours and actually watch a story on a bigger screen too, but not very often.” 😂
I've recently watched the first season of Ghosts (US version) which delivered a surprising amount of LOLs as well as being an overall pleasant show. Twisted Metal finally made its way to these shores, courtesy of Prime Video, and I've been having fun with the first four episodes so far. Stupid, cheesy fun with two very charming leads
A little surprised I've only just discovered this but I'm now aware Amazon has stopped it's coverage of Tennis and that Sky now has the rights to both tours this year. Absolutely gutted as the level of coverage in terms of the choice of what to watch and how is going to be dramatically reduced. Only found out as Sky just advertised their Tennis channel starting next weekend.
What with the ads starting in a couple of days my opinion of my Prime subscription has taken a dramatic plummet.
busy with watching episodes of UnXplained on Hulu and Netflix. Hulu has Season 5 which im watching some of the episodes. Even watched a few episodes of Season 1 on Hulu.
then watching Seasons 2-4 on Netflix then Ill be done with the show til Season 6 comes along
@XandertheWise Season One certainly wasn't great. I like the cast - especially Michael Rosenbaum (although I suspect that Pete Ross was the inspiration for Token on "South Park") but the villain of the week format was pretty played out, even back then. I'll give Season Two a watch but barring some significant improvements, I can't see myself sticking it out to the end.
@XandertheWise Season 2 is kind of slow? Thanks for the heads up. I'll drop it now and give the set back to my sister-in-law. Definitely not the show for me.
In what’s possibly the most overt sign of mental instability yet, I’ve been watching Eastenders from the start. Almost finished 1985. It’s practically Sisyphean.
@RogerRoger Funnily enough I’ve been surprised at the differences between the cockney accent back then and now. It’s actually noticeably less thick these days on the show.
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