Topic: The TV Show Thread

@FullbringIchigo Spiders and Chris Noth!!

What's the betting that the spiders are 'misunderstood' in some way?

@KALofKRYPTON i hope not, i want it to be a proper invasion

this new series is going very old school Who in the way it's telling it's stories and i like it, falling back on the Tennant tropes would be a step in the wrong direction if you ask me

@FullbringIchigo I also hope Revenge bloke is a recurring villain, I also hope that if he is a recurring villain he doesn't actually tie back to River Song.

@KALofKRYPTON i would like him to be a recurring Villain, maybe he is the Rani as the Master has been kind of rehabilitated (and if the Master and Doctor can change gender then why can't the Rani)

@FullbringIchigo Did you not see the last Master/Missy story?

I hope he's not a Timelord at all - a genuine threat for sure, but not a Timelord.

@KALofKRYPTON yeah missy killed the master and the master killed missy (would that be murder or suicide) but death has never stopped the master before

@FullbringIchigo I think they'd be wise to avoid too much retreading. At least early on for 13. The constant call-backs and self reference are one of the things that's hindered new Who.
There's that certain centimentality missing from this new series so far and it feels all the fresher for it. I'm sure it'll reappear down the line - but at the very least having a female Doctor should cast a new light on it.

In other news; finished Informer tonight. One the best bits of drama I've seen on television in a long time. Highly recommended.

Watched Daredevil Season 3 over the weekend. It was a bit slow at times but overall it was really good. Definitely better than Season 2. They introduced another really awesome villain in Bullseye. I'd have to say for the most part they have done a really great job with the villains in their Marvel series.

This is how I would rank their series so far:

1. Daredevil Season 1
2. Daredevil Season 3
3. Daredevil Season 2
4. Jessica Jones Season 1
5. Jessica Jones Season 2
6. Luke Cage Season 1
7. Luke Cage Season 2
8. The Punisher Season 1
9. The Defenders Season 1
10. The Iron Fist Season 2
11. The Iron Fist Season 1

@beemo Simple really, add Jamaicans = better show!

Just when I start thinking that I won't bother with The Flash this year... JWS in his 90s costume!!

Finished up Dragon Pilot: Hisone & Masotan (Netflix Original) tonight.

It's a mostly lighthearted anime that features a young woman who is thrown for a loop when a dragon chooses her to be it's "pilot" shortly after she joins the JASDF (turns out dragons are real, a highly guarded military secret, and are given armor to hide in plain sight as aircraft when in the public sight). It's a pretty cute series overall with pleasant art direction, and while I enjoyed my watch through of it I feel it's something I'm not going to be itching to watch again in the future.

@KratosMD So I started The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina tonight and so far I am enjoying it. It's hard to tell right now as I have only watched 2 episodes if I will enjoy it as much as Riverdale but so far it seems like it will be a good show.

@KratosMD Yeah this is nothing like the family show that debited in the 90s. This is actually taken from a current comic arch that's still ongoing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_Adventures_of_Sabrina

So it's alot darker then that Sabrina.

@KratosMD @beemo Yeah it takes place in Greendale which if my memory is correct is where Mrs Grundy was from in Riverdale. They even mentioned Riverdale in episode 2 but for now they have said that there won't be an crossovers but they do take place in the same universe.

@RogerRoger The first few seasons of 24 were sooo good.

@RogerRoger Is that the one where Jack was taken prisoner by the Chinese government agents? I thought that season and the following seasons after that weren't so good.

Edit: Nevermind, thought that was Season 5 but it was actually Season 6.

@KratosMD You know, I read your post, thought about watching it, but then the first thing I see mentioned when I look it up is an underage orgy scene the main character gets pressured into.... I think might just leave it alone and hope it fails. (Not saying anything about you watching it.) It reminds of the recent issue with Suran Kengura.

@KratosMD I am, so that would make it kinda iffy. (And that’s the one thing that actually creeps me out due to that stuff in real life.) Thanks for the warning.
It’s funny because I just remember there was supposed to be a family friendly show about a witch named Sabrina. I remember almost watching it thinking “I wonder if this is some cute fun.” Would’ve been quite the surprise lol.

I have just got Netflix - its now available on SkyQ too - and the first thing I watched was Sabrina. I have only watched Season 1 of Riverdale as that was on one of the channels on Sky and enjoyed that but Sabrina was better as its a bit darker and with a more supernatural aspect but its very much in that vein.

I have also started watching iZombie and really enjoying that so far - up to Ep7 of the first Season.

I intend to watch the Marvel shows, Stranger Things, Black Mirror, Star Trek, Lost in Space, Castlevaniaetc etc - seems I have more TV to watch than I do time...

Based on these, is there anything else I should look out for? Has anyone watched 'Monkey'? I loved the original series when I was growing up but wasn't sure about this after the trailer. The original was great - but then that was 40yrs ago...

@BAMozzy If you're interested in Lost in Space and Star Trek, I would definitely recommend The Expanse to you. It's another space opera, but with more of a focus on politics than family drama in the case of Lost in Space. I believe it should be on Netflix in the UK. One I haven't watched that might also interest you is Altered Carbon.

If you're interested in Stranger Things, I would also recommend Dark. It's a German show, so you'll have to watch it with subtitles. It's got a fairly comparable feel to Stranger Things, albeit a bit darker. I personally also believe that it has the superior first season.

Are you interested in comedy shows at all?

@Tjuz I'll have a look out for those - see if the trailers grab me... Some Comedy works for me but others not so much. Big Bang, Young Sheldon, the Orville, Red Dwarf etc for example

@KratosMD Cheers - a few of those I watch (or did when they were aired) on Sky or the channels that offers anyway - The CW DC shows, Gotham, Continuum, Under the Dome, the 100 etc so I was looking more for those exclusive to Netflix and haven't been aired in the UK on a channel that Sky offers as those are the ones I am likely to have not seen.