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 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Please let me know when they get to Ottawa Has Fallen.

Gary India Has Fallen will just consist of a hostage situation in a rundown burger king.

I’m certain you just described a movie from the Upcoming Movies thread.

Something a bit different, the few sports I enjoy on telly.

Darts, and Snooker.

These are games I can play myself, albeit I’m completely terrible at them. But because, at least when I was growing up most pubs had a Dartboard, and some (especially Working Men’s Clubs) had Snooker tables, they were accessible games.

To see them played by professionals, I can better appreciate the astounding skill of those players. Snooker especially, where you’re not only planning your next half dozen or so shots in advance, but also factoring in how many points remain on the table, how many you need to defacto win the frame, and in terms of ball placement, how to play so if you don’t pot, you leave your opponent in the worst possible position without hamstringing yourself.

Darts is similar, but you typically get more of a party atmosphere and a bit of the ol’ Razzle Dazzle showmanship from the competitors. But the skill on display is remarkable. From their accuracy to their planning, including rapid calculation and recalculation should a shot miss its intended target.

Just wonderful relaxing stuff.

Darts. The only sport where advanced sporting nutrition is a pint and a large kebab

Ooooh!

The Outer Limits has popped up on MGM+

It’s the 1995 revival, and my viewing sorted for the foreseeable.

But, I also need to finish watching Eerie, Indiana.

Dougram Fang of the Sun on You Tube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm_615Q2LgcBdzirnajuX1XVMfOhUVOgE

1981 anime about rebels fighting the even Earth Federation for their freedom. I had the toys as a kid but never saw the anime. Never even saw it available.

Now I see why. Brutal deaths on camera, the horror of war, and it looks like the good guys ultimately lose.

A good watch.

Daryl Dixon, The Book of Carol

A so-so series. But in the finale? It could be they’ve just tried to adopt Shaun of the Dead into the mythos.

See, they end up in the company of a couple of Scot’s, and plan to walk to England via the Channel Tunnel. The Scots explain that Britain did ok when it all went to hell, as the Army took over.

Which is of course, exactly what we see at the end of Shaun of the Dead.

Which does make sense, as any Zombie apocalypse is manageable on an Island if you get on top of it swiftly enough.

Though as someone who lives close to the English end of Eurotunnel, I was amused that for the French end, they clearly used Any Old Train Tunnel, with a painted sign.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Daryl Dixon, The Book of Carol

A so-so series. But in the finale? It could be they’ve just tried to adopt Shaun of the Dead into the mythos.

See, they end up in the company of a couple of Scot’s, and plan to walk to England via the Channel Tunnel. The Scots explain that Britain did ok when it all went to hell, as the Army took over.

Which is of course, exactly what we see at the end of Shaun of the Dead.

Which does make sense, as any Zombie apocalypse is manageable on an Island if you get on top of it swiftly enough.

Though as someone who lives close to the English end of Eurotunnel, I was amused that for the French end, they clearly used Any Old Train Tunnel, with a painted sign.

After the events of the finale, I find them to be a bit unreliable. We'll find out in Season 3.

Arcane: League of Legends Season 2

So far, it's not quite the tour de force of season 1, but I think that's unavoidable. Arcane had the brilliance of genius that I don't think you can just replicate. It either happens or it doesn't.

It's still really good in the first 2 episodes so far. Much better than most shows have any right to be, and still capturing a really strong essence I think few shows manage to do.

Every character is justified in what they do. None of them are guiltless. None of them are beyond your ability to understand and sympathize with them. Even Jinx of all characters remains with a sympathetic edge.

Fantastic series. We just don't get shows like this very often.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Ooooh!

The Outer Limits has popped up on MGM+

It’s the 1995 revival, and my viewing sorted for the foreseeable.

But, I also need to finish watching Eerie, Indiana.

The original series is still on YouTube for free, but with ads. The revival was on there like less than two months ago, but I just checked and now it's not. It might cycle back in the future.

Alien Earth

And we now have a teaser in the Disney+ 2025 Sizzle Reel

Looks to be First Episode only based. But after the brilliance of Alien Romulus, I’m more than a little hype.

I believe you've stumbled on to one of those sites that likes to make fake trailers (they've got a trailer for Black Panther 3 that's not been officially announced, yet alone ready for a trailer featuring Will Smith ).

Oh for flip’s sake!

There has been a teaser for Disney+’s 2025 slate, which included a sneaky peaky at Alien Earth. And a few frames of from that are in the trailer I shared.

Will swap it out.

Finally watching the Last of Us after sitting on it for forever. Good show, but some of the episodes irk me for how the drag and don't really have anything to do with the main plot. The first one with Bill (?) I think I was okay with because it was sweet and didn't end the way I expected it to so it won me over. The second one, the Ellie flashback episode, is just...

Waiting for the anvil to drop of the dead girl walking.

For forty minutes. Bill won all my kudos already and I just didn't have any left for a duller episode.

Of note, the Ellie flashback wasn't in the original story. It was added later as a post launch DLC and I think it worked a lot better in that context. By its nature it doesn't really "fit" anywhere, despite being a well done standalone story.

Bill's story takes a sluggish bit of the original and reworks it into something standalone right when the story is transitioning to a new phase while being used to give a little more context to characters we wouldn't otherwise see again. It's kind of an interesting bit to see what works and what doesn't.

Just finished Dr Who season ???, the Disney Plus one, the latest one.

And well, there were a few good episodes in there but the conclusion was just a pile of nonsense, nothing makes sense and nothing matters and there's no point in guessing because it's made up as we go along.

Glad I canceled Disney.

It was a disappointing second half of a finale.

I had really hoped RTD had got all his excesses out with Space Babies. And mostly? He had.

But still couldn’t resist an overly convoluted finale.

Still, the Doctor is top notch.

CSI

Been watching a few US Cop shows of late. NCIS, Criminal Minds, Chicago PD and some others.

But none really compare to the fun that is CSI.

Sure the science gets increasingly hokey, and the plots ever more convoluted, but this show is just solidly entertaining.

those shows, ncis especially from what i can recall from when i'd watching it to kill time, are like time capsules of "who is the news showing to be scary to the average american at this time"

Arcane season 2 has been solid. Hard to meet expectations after season 1 and suffers a bit from getting closer to the world of the game and lacking a villain with the gravitas of Silco. Feels a bit more aimed at LoL fans than the original, which I'm not. Looking forward to seeing where act 3 goes.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Alien Earth

And we now have a teaser in the Disney+ 2025 Sizzle Reel

Looks to be First Episode only based. But after the brilliance of Alien Romulus, I’m more than a little hype.

Spoiler:

Fabulous!

Silo, Season 2 has started.

First episode was essentially just 45 minutes of Rebecca Ferguson walking around looking at stuff, and honestly, I'm ok with that.

Keen to see where this season goes...

I watched the animated Watchmen Part 1 on Max today.


It is BAD.

The voice acting is wooden from almost the entire cast. Its like they read the script in a room alone with no context for the lines.

There are some VERY slightly altered scenes or expanded information from either the comic or movie version. There is even a semi interesting attempt to do the Dr Manhatten's backstory scene in a neat way. But the poor voice acting and sound design ruins it. An interesting idea executed awfully.

Terminator Zero

AKA Terminator the anime.
Got mixed feelings on this one. On one hand, I like and appreciate the move away from Arnie and the Conners, I also liked seeing how a Terminator would operate somewhere that wasn't as gun-friendly as the USA. On the other hand, I hate most of the main cast (Malcolm and his kids are so annoying!).

Still worth a watch I think though.

 insaniak wrote:
Silo, Season 2 has started.

First episode was essentially just 45 minutes of Rebecca Ferguson walking around looking at stuff, and honestly, I'm ok with that.

Keen to see where this season goes...

I agree, she is the only reason I'm still on board.

My son has been obsessively watching old Saturday Night Live segments on YouTube. Celebrity Jeopardy was, of course, one of the first things we showed him. However, at least one of the skits is missing—the one with John Goodman playing Marlon Brando is nowhere to be found. I think this is also the one where Norm’s Burt Reynolds coins the name Turd Ferguson.

Is it gone because Trebek ends the segment saying, “That’s all for Celebrity Jeopardy. I’m going to go home and put a gun in my mouth.” do you think?

If so, I feel shutting off dark humor as a way to vent and making suicide an unspoken taboo will only have negative effects on mental health, especially for people with suicidal ideation.

Relic Hunter

Low rent, low budget Indiana Clones/Lara Traditional-Small-Holding-Farm-On-The-Scottish-Highlands-And-Islands.

It’s alright. Pretty campy, and silly dungeons being explored. But it does star Tia Carrere. So it gets a pass.

Andor

Gotta admit, I struggled to get past the first couple of episodes, this just isn't the type of show I would normally watch and its thin veneer of Star Wars doesn't really change that.
But I stuck with it and it really grew on me, I can see why people like it, it's a very well done show.

Looking forward to season 2 now.

Mortimer & Whitehouse, Gone Fishing

Staples of 90’s UK TV Comedy Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer in a gentle fishing/cookery show, where the two old friends go fishing and muck about.

It originated after Bob’s brush with death, when he changed his lifestyle to healthier eating, and started going fishing with Paul as a hobby.

What results is a completely charming and entertaining day trip type show, with the added bonus of being two very funny comedians annoying/entertaining each other.