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 Henry wrote:

Was mentioned a little while ago...
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Is it too much for me to hope that the creators actually have a plan for the ending and they aren't making it up on the fly? If this is going somewhere then I'll keep watching, but it's also another one of those shows where if the next season doesn't get made then I shan't cry about it.

Yeah, didn't dive into season 2 yet and waiting to see how word of mouth turns out for season 3, which I believe was in production before everyone in Hollywood went on strike.

Masters of the Universe 2002/2003 version.

Was perhaps a little old for it when this originally aired, but remember it being decent fun. And to be fair, it is.

But man is it showing its era. Almost-Anime “me toooooooo” styling, including lots of pointless posturing and spinning of weapons. I my advanced years I find that a wee bit cringe inducing, but I reckon even modern kids would get the required kick out of it.

Story wise there’s more of a continuity to it than the original, and isn’t afraid to have its own canon.

Probably worth a watch, if only out of curiosity. You may love it, you may loathe it. But I don’t think you’d be entirely unentertained by it.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
And that’s Good Omens 2 done and dusted.

Overall you can notice Pterry’s sad absence here and there. But it remains pretty brilliant all the same. And it rather obviously lines us up for a third season.

Working through this myself just now. Enjoyably madcap amd messrs Sheen and Tennant ham it up marvellously

Nice crossover with CMOT Dibbler on the Laudenum bottle in episode 3

Only Murders In The Building S3

Selena Gomez! Martin Short! Steve Martin! Meryl Streep!!!

And we’re back in the Arconia for another tale of whodunnit, howdunnit and whydunnit, as one of my favourite fairly low key shows returns for its third season.

The cast are solid, the script is good, the performances walk that thin comedic line, being just serious enough for the more farcical bits to feel real and human.

Another one which whilst maybe not of universal appeal, I have no hesitation in recommending for you to check out for yourself. Whilst I make no guarantee the next will find it to taste, I don’t think anyone would say it’s a bad show.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Only Murders In The Building S3

Selena Gomez! Martin Short! Steve Martin! Meryl Streep!!!

And we’re back in the Arconia for another tale of whodunnit, howdunnit and whydunnit, as one of my favourite fairly low key shows returns for its third season.

The cast are solid, the script is good, the performances walk that thin comedic line, being just serious enough for the more farcical bits to feel real and human.

Another one which whilst maybe not of universal appeal, I have no hesitation in recommending for you to check out for yourself. Whilst I make no guarantee the next will find it to taste, I don’t think anyone would say it’s a bad show.

Big thumbs for OMitB. It's a great show - looking forward to today's episode.

I only just started S1 of this....

No spoilers from me!

Still crashing through American Horror Story.

Cult is probably the hardest to watch. Narratively it’s a bit of a slog, and features little to no supernatural stuff. As such, it kind of sticks out a bit.

However, Apocalypse is the goods. This is when it really plays around with its own lore, tying into Murder House, Coven and Hotel in varying amounts.

At just 10 episodes it’s one of the shorter seasons, but that helps it feel more focussed and it goes along at a solid pace.

The downside is you probably do need to have seen Murder House and Hotel. Whilst that’s a lot of extra episodes to get yourself grounded, they’re both solid seasons in their own right.

Peacemaker
Very silly, but a much better series than I expected it to be. Not sure if they're planning to make any more (This season was pretty self contained) but I'd watch it if they did.

Venture Bros:- Radiant is the blood of the baboon heart
Was planning on a full series rewatch before tackling this, but I'm barely making a dent in my backlog as it is!
Anyways, as feature length episodes go, All this, and Gargantura Two! was better, but this was still pretty good. It wrapped up most of the loose plot threads, and provided more evidence that Jonas Snr. was a total scumbag (Not that any more was needed at this point).

What we do in the shadows season 3 and 4.

I passed on WWDITS for a while, I enjoyed season 1 and 2, just hadn't gotten back to it until this week. Over all I had a good time. Laz and Collin was a lot of fun for both seasons.
The return of Simon the devious saw fun too. I didn't expect that.

 Henry wrote:
I bailed out quite early in season 2, but I quite liked season 1 as a stand-alone thing.

Season 2 was a significant step down in quality compared to Season 1. I'm hoping the third and final season can bring it back.

Tremors: the Series

This is a fun early-2000’s Sci Fi series that feels like a syndicated 90’s series. It’s episodic, but with building storylines like Stargate SG1 or Buffy, and has pretty much the same tone and feel of those series. The series is free on Tubi, but the episodes are all out of order due to Sci Fi channel trying to kill the series; we use a wiki episode guide to watch in order.

The series continues from the end of the third movie, with the graboid El Blanco protected by the endangered species act and everyone in Perfection living alongside the monster. Burt Gummer again carries the franchise on his back, but the series gives a good range of eccentric characters that bounce off him and each other.


Monsters of the week include shriekers, assblasters, graboids, and eventually other monsters introduced by mad scientist Christopher Lloyd. The special effects are great when they use assets from the movie franchise, but some of the cgi is really bad. There are a lot of recognizable Sci Fi character actors in the series, including Dean Norris, B5’s Richard Biggs, DS9’s Armin Shimmerman, Michael Rooker, and such. It’s fun.

Red Dwarf - Back to Earth

Seeing this for the first time.

Lack of audience or canned laughter is off putting. And to be honest, it’s really not up to much. I’ll see it out so it’s done, but I can’t imagine I’ll ever rewatch it.

We stopped watching Red Dwarf around the time the crew were back alive again. I don’t even remember how that happened.

There are three series and a special after Back To Earth which I’d call objectively good.

Some top end episodes, and the rest I’d say are above average.

Trese: Anime with an Indonesia/Philippine vibe.
It's good. Fairly short first season, but definitely want more.

Bones

One I’ve watched now and again in sporadic binges. Decent police procedural. Less Poe faced that NCIS and CSI, giving it a more human feel. It does dip into silly now and again. And as I’m on S4 of 12, I’m open to it getting more silly as I crash through.

But hey, it’s a fun, warm hearted show. Also I totally have a thing for Dr Temperance Brennan.

My wife binged the whole not too long ago, and I dipped in and out. It is silly but enjoyable. The end of season joke episodes were fun. I also like how one minute they're "this is a human being and a victim, so let's show some respect" to "let's strip the flesh from the skeleton - into the acid bath!"

It does highlight that David Boreanaz's acting ranges all the way from from detached, damaged vampire to detached, damaged FBI agent.

My only complaint is that Brennan's personality sometime veered (like Sheldon Cooper) into cruelty, to the point where her emotional detachment wasn't really an excuse.

Dunno about your take on Boreanaz there. Whilst unlike to exactly worry the Oscars, he does have range as Booth.

I particularly enjoy his and Bones’ blatant attempts to not get together. It’s beyond “oh they’re just so clueless” and more “they’re actively resisting it”.

Bran Dawri wrote:
Trese: Anime with an Indonesia/Philippine vibe.
It's good. Fairly short first season, but definitely want more.

I think the show is based on a Phillippine comic series.

I remember watching it years ago, and I agree. It's a bit different, if nothing else. It's kind of like anime Supernatural, but Filipino.

Spartacus

Four season of “Rude Bits”, ridiculous violence, pseudo Latin but anglicised language, gorgeous visuals solid performances and just crowd pleasing nonsense.

By no means is it historically accurate, but I reckon if Ancient Rome had teevee? This is exactly the sort of show they’d make.

Wonderfully glorious nonsense.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Spartacus

Four season of “Rude Bits”, ridiculous violence, pseudo Latin but anglicised language, gorgeous visuals solid performances and just crowd pleasing nonsense.

By no means is it historically accurate, but I reckon if Ancient Rome had teevee? This is exactly the sort of show they’d make.

Wonderfully glorious nonsense.

I liked the first season, but I just couldn't get into it after Andy Whitfield died(Spartacus). Nothing against the dude that replaced him, or anyone else on the cast (Crixus was awesome, as was Doctore/Oenomaus) but it just didn't slap the same. I did watch the Gods of Arena prequel mini-series, but by the time it ended, Andy had died and I had moved on to other stuff. Always surprised me that it went on for as long as it did.

Yeah Season1 and Gods of the Arena are great, but it falls off afterwards a bit.

I do love how "We shall have words" means I will have to kill you though. Makes me smile when I hear it. Reminds me a bit of "Bless your heart" in the South.

It is a bloody good show. Not necessarily competent. Just….Bloody. And Good.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
It is a bloody good show. Not necessarily competent. Just….Bloody. And Good.

Yeah, its for the folks that wanted more "300". But with more boobs and politics. Fun times!

Subsequent viewings of Seasons 1 and Gods of the Arena also convince me that John Hannah is just freaking fun to watch in his role.

Batiatus, as acted and written, is simultaneously a despicable villain, but I found I just couldn't stop wanting to see him pull off whatever it was he was trying to pull off. He was encouragable!

Without Hannah and Whitfeld, the show just lost a lot of its charisma.

Lioness

A US anti-terrorist strike force / government sanctioned assassination team. Superb performances all around with no less than 8 magnificently well written, strong female characters in lead and support. I very much enjoyed this.

Only Murders in the Building

I can see why this was popular, and this show knew how to use cameos.

The movie probably single-handedly resurrected Short's career. It does not hurt that the three leads are also Exec Producers.

My only complaint is that the end of S1 does not give you any time to breath before leaning into the main conflict of S2.

It’s a cracking show.

Last week’s episode of S3 had…..charms, shall we say.

One Piece - Live Action Version

Was highly sceptical when Netflix announced this (They couldn't manage a decent adaptation of Cowboy Bebop and they're going to tackle something as cartoony as One Piece?), so they really surprised me by actually doing a pretty good job on this.
Don't agree with many of the changes made and it felt rather rushed in places, but you can tell that they've put a lot of effort into capturing the style and spirit of the source material.

Would certainly be interested in a second season, but considering just how increasingly special effects heavy the show would become from now on, I don't know if that's going to happen.