Finished up the current season of Twisted Metal and I loved it. I really enjoyed Calypso alot. The actor played him perfectly. I hope they continue on the a third season especially since its rumored that it will go into Calypso's background more.
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@Tasuki I've only got to episode 7 so far, but yeah, Anthony Carrigan is crushing it in this show (well, I'll be fair: in this show as well; he killed it in Barry and made a fine addition to Gunn's DCU in Superman)
And the show itself is just so much silly fun; I'm truly loving it.
Since everyone's recent chats on sketch shows and the inception of Partridge I can't get this out of my head
Almost makes me want to watch football just so I can play this clip everytime someone scores a relatively powerful shot 😂
I never saw any early partridge, apart from in clips, and then, I guess, reruns of the actual shows they turned in to. But can't deny he is iconic. And also, clearly what Jeremy Clarkson based his whole persona on, without people really realising he is basically a Partridge tribute act 😂 but that is a discussion for another time
@Ravix When i used go to the pub with my bro and his mates, one of them would always shout 'Dan' repeatedley across the place when at the bar. This was before I had seen Alan Partridge, and wondered what on earth was happening, as we had no Dan in our group.
Then I saw the below episode many years after, and just found it hilarious that the penny dropped after all this time!
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@JohnnyShoulder
I have had to deal with impersonations of that shout many, many times as I'm sure you can imagine. Kind of wanted to get a copy of it for my ringtone at one point.
And for those who were interested in the new Mitchell and Webb show, I just saw an advert for it and it starts this Friday at 10pm
Mob Land - very good… maybe a little overly characature-cringey in terms of Brosnan and Mirren’s Oirish mob-royalty (though they do admittedly raise a fair few smirks during the proceedings) but just very well done in general terms. Never really thought much of Hardy but he was bang on point with this… best I’ve seen him and keen for a season 2!
Started Murderbot this afternoon and blitzed right through the first 8 eps. It’s pretty unusual/strange… but decent. The closest approximation would probably be Galaxy Quest I suppose. It’s still way different from that too… but has some similar vibes going on in terms of humour, visuals and ‘historical documents’.
@graymamba I really enjoyed the series and read the books at pretty much the same time. The books are better, but I did suffer from a slight case of murderbot overload near the end, there. Skarsgård is excellent as Murderbot, though
Fallout S1 - Blu-ray
Finished up on S1. Although, I did like the eight episodes, it left many unanswered questions and could've benefited from either longer episodes or more episodes. Longer episodes is meant as "movie length" such as each episode could've been 90mins long. It shows game references and easter eggs every 5secs, so for anyone who haven't played any of the games won't get it. Even the 1950s style music are from the games. All main actors are great.
Just came across the trailer for the Japanese series Ikusagami / Last Samurai Standing coming to Netflix November 13th. Looks promising, hopefully it delivers.
@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN Thought I'd tag you in here, mate. May be a fair amount of swordsmanship in this
@FuriousMachine Thanks, pal, looks awesome, I'll look out for a Blu-Ray of it, when the time comes for a physical release, it gave me strong Battle Royale vibes, Idk if you've seen that or know of it as being an inspiration for this?
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@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN I love Battle Royale
Not sure if it's a direct inspiration, but this series is based on a book (and, I believe, a manga) with the same name.
Let's hope it gets a physical release (if it is good, of course). Netflix are notoriously reticent about releasing physical.
@FuriousMachine Right. Excellent, glad that's something we have in common then about 'Battle'. Did you see what I meant about the whole 'last person standing' concept that they share, though? Or do you think there are any significant differences based on the info on 'Samurai' that has been released so far?
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@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN I definitely see the similarities in concept, but I don't know enough about this series or its source material to know for sure whether the original author was inspired by BR or not. I understand BR was quite ubiquitous in Japan after it came out, so I would be surprised if the author haven't drawn any inspiration from it. Likely also some from Kurosawa's Yojimbo, which also features the "last man standing" concept (so much so that the American remake with Bruce Willis were simply called "Last Man Standing"), albeit without the contest/reality show aspect of it
Any of the other Mitchell & Webb fans checked out the new series yet? I've watched the first 4 episodes. It doesn't feel up to their earlier stuff but there are some good bits in there. I wonder if I think the earlier stuff is better though just because I've primarily seen it through clips online which could be just all the best bits.
I think the worst skit is the sweary Aussie stuff and so far it has popped up in every episode. I think swearing is more funny when it comes from people/times unexpected. The novelty of it is used up quickly so I was a little surprised they kept going back to it.
@BearsEatBeets
I only watched the first one so far - that I didn't immediately watch the next one probably sums up how I felt about it. There were a couple of parts I thought pretty good but much of it was, for me at least, nothing special. I did enjoy the historical toilet talk and writing room parts but not so keen on the airport staff or (like you) the swearing aussies, that just seemed to drag so not happy to hear there will be more of it.
Will get around to the rest but maybe only one or two a week rather than bingeing the lot.
I watched the first episode of Samurai Jack this morning, 'very good' , is my synopsis of the show's quality thus far. I have to complete blu ray set of all five seasons. Planning to my binge my way through it over the next few weeks.
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