Seat68 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I am the king of reality. For **** sake when I was on dial up I downloaded Survivor. I still even now watch Survivor and the amazing race. The Bridge is utter shit. I gave up after 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, Seat68 said: I am the king of reality. For **** sake when I was on dial up I downloaded Survivor. I still even now watch Survivor and the amazing race. The Bridge is utter shit. I gave up after 30 minutes. Was Survivor the two groups of people on an island? They had to do tasks like stand on a wooden post and the last one standing wins the task? I guess it was the concept for "I'm a Celebrity..." I liked reality TV then the contestants were genuine people. Before people realised you could make a career out of being a reality TV 'star'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 7 hours ago, Xela said: Was Survivor the two groups of people on an island? They had to do tasks like stand on a wooden post and the last one standing wins the task? I guess it was the concept for "I'm a Celebrity..." I liked reality TV then the contestants were genuine people. Before people realised you could make a career out of being a reality TV 'star'. Thats it. Still basically the same premise, one voted out each week, winner gets a million dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 23/10/2020 at 21:05, sne said: David Fincher confirms there will be no third season of Mindhunter I'm so gutted about this. A really bad decision to can a genuinely interesting series. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 15 hours ago, Xela said: Was Survivor the two groups of people on an island? They had to do tasks like stand on a wooden post and the last one standing wins the task? I guess it was the concept for "I'm a Celebrity..." I liked reality TV then the contestants were genuine people. Before people realised you could make a career out of being a reality TV 'star'. I’ve not watched I’m a celebrity for a few years but this years series set in cold, wet Wales is going to be especially shit. I may tune in initially to see how they try and make it appear less awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted October 25, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 25, 2020 1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said: I'm so gutted about this. A really bad decision to can a genuinely interesting series. Surely somebody should pick this up at some point in the future. I was really looking forward to seeing how the BTK story developed throughout the series to come and also to see more dramatisations of the serial killers in the American system. Sad news 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Both The Venture Bros and Mindhunter cancelled, sad times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Thought the first episode of The Alienist S2 was pretty decent, although the subject matter very dark. fingers crossed it's as good as the first series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 I'm still smashing through Britbox. I think at £5.99 a month its very decent. 'Des' has just been uploaded to it so it does get new stuff as well. Working through 'Wire in the Blood' at the minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Finished the alienist series 2 its different from the first series but yet every bit as good imo, probably more about a nutter yet less about psychology, does more with the city, starts a historical story line that it doesn’t really finish, still got lots about class and society in there, it’s missing 2 good characters from S1 without anyone really stepping up to fill the void Spoiler The way they demoted laszlobut promoted the John and Mary story surprisingly really worked for me the Spanish stuff fizzled out, if it ever really started...other than meaning she couldn’t go to the police the whole war stuff didn’t really develop or work how it maybe could have done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 I finished The Wire this evening, it is terrific, not sure I'd put it at the top of my list of all time TV shows though. It does have individual scenes like this one that are absolutely brilliant. Overall 9/10, could've been a 10 but for that season where McNulty didn't feature much. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) Halfway through S1 of City on a Hill and it's pretty decent. About the Boston police and a gang of bank robbers in Boston. It's nothing you haven't seen 10 times before with the same type of characters and a familiar story but the acting is good and it looks like it should. Kevin Bacon is in it so there's that. Edit: Apparently Affleck and Damon are producers which is hardly surprising as they've done exactly this thing a couple times. Edited October 30, 2020 by sne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 30, 2020 Moderator Share Posted October 30, 2020 On 25/10/2020 at 23:43, sharkyvilla said: Overall 9/10, could've been a 10 but for that season where McNulty didn't feature much. Season 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 So fan service the TV-series or The Mandalorian is back with season 2. It's more of the same and that's good I guess as most people seem to like it. For me it plays like a extremely high budget fan fiction, really not feeling it. it looks good but it's not interesting at all, story is boring and paint by numbers with all the familiar stuff that the fans (but not me apparently) will enjoy. Guess I'm too cynical to enjoy it. 6/10 mostly because it looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 On 25/10/2020 at 12:56, Genie said: I’ve not watched I’m a celebrity for a few years but this years series set in cold, wet Wales is going to be especially shit. Isn't that going to make it better and more interesting and funnier. Will be funny if it rains the whole two weeks inside the camp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 On 16/10/2020 at 10:42, rjw63 said: I almost gave up after 3 episodes, I posted here saying pretty much what you have. Not one likable character, and it dragged. But it really does improve and you find yourself getting sucked in, by the end of season two I was pissed that there was no season 3 ready to go! EDIT: after watching a documentary about The Dirty Digger I'd be very surprised if this show isn't based on Rupert Murdoch and his family. Yep, you're right. We've blitzed the end of season 1 in the past couple of days, something clicks and it's so compelling watching these clearings in the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 On 26/10/2020 at 00:43, sharkyvilla said: I finished The Wire this evening, it is terrific, not sure I'd put it at the top of my list of all time TV shows though. It does have individual scenes like this one that are absolutely brilliant. Overall 9/10, could've been a 10 but for that season where McNulty didn't feature much. Still think it's the best show I've watched. Everything is exceptional. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Good start for the Mandalorian... And it gave us nerds what we’ve wanted for ages, even if it teased us with a little bait and switch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Thanks to @Seat68 I’m now watching a documentary thing about The Jam. They just had a little clip of video and Weller has a scruffy sticker on his guitar. He gave me one of those stickers and I stuck it on my guitar. I remember it because the one he gave me was such a catchy snappy slogan: ‘animal based cancer research is a fraud’. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted October 31, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2020 I'm looking for a new series to watch and I think it's going to be Dark. I'm just a bit sceptical about it because a lot of reviews saying how brilliant it is say that it's also pretty much impossible to understand what's going on, and I'm struggling to see how that would make it enjoyable! Also read that it starts quite slowly - there are some more negative comments out there about it too. I'm also waiting for the new season of Fargo to be broadcast somewhere in the UK, but I've heard it isn't quite up to the standard of the others unfortunately. Very sadly, I'm also glad that Hell's Kitchen (USA) has returned. It's shite but an absolute guilty pleasure of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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