sne Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Just now, wazzap24 said: Legion is back! Final series - June 24th. Is the second season worth the watch? I liked season 1 but thought s2 became strange for the sake of being strange so got bored after ep3. It's among the series I might take up again, but only if it goes somewhere and is worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 On 06/05/2019 at 16:12, Designer1 said: Quite disappointed with the LOD finale. No real shocks and a rather blatant 'twist'. Also... Hide contents The Dot Dot Dot Dot scene can **** right off. Load of cobblers. For a moment I thought it was reasonably clever it had been hiding in a scene we've seen several times.. Then when he explained it, I wanted to do this Absolutely ludicrous. I expected the others to call him an idiot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 18 minutes ago, sne said: Is the second season worth the watch? I liked season 1 but thought s2 became strange for the sake of being strange so got bored after ep3. It's among the series I might take up again, but only if it goes somewhere and is worth it. Personally, I’d say yes, but I think the show is mind-bendingly brilliant and easily the best ‘Marvel’ TV show by a mile. Nothing else like it on TV. It is weird and there is a touch of the ‘strange for the sake of it’ as you rightly say, but the story holds in there and it sets up a good final season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post choffer Posted May 7, 2019 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2019 On 05/05/2019 at 23:01, theboyangel said: Line of Duty finale was pretty meh enjoyed the first four episodes but underwhelmed by the run to the finishing line. Genuinely baffled by this. With scenes like this I can’t see how anyone wouldn’t love it. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted May 7, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 7, 2019 Just watched the first two episodes of The Victim on iPlayer. Very good indeed, really looking forward to seeing how it pans out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 New series of Taskmaster tonight 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Would be fun if this turns out to not be crap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 8, 2019 *crosses fingers for crossover episode where Swamp Thing talks down Superman from intoxication with space LSD* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 8, 2019 Hmm. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Despite all my reservations, that looks pretty intriguing. What do you think @Chindie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 8, 2019 34 minutes ago, wazzap24 said: Despite all my reservations, that looks pretty intriguing. What do you think @Chindie? I'm genuinely conflicted. Watchmen doesn't need a sequel. The original story is excellent, remains relevant, genuinely has multiple layers of depth to it... And it's written by one of the best writers in the industry at basically his peak. This, er, well it's not written by a towering figure of the industry let's say. I feel like it's going to miss some of the depth of the original - for instance the characters in Watchmen are all critiques or what ifs of existing characters or character types. I don't have much faith that Lindelof is going to bring that to the characters he's putting in this. But I do think there's potentially interesting things to do in a modern, 2019 reality in the same style that Watchmen did with a mid 80s reality. So there might be good ideas in this. And it looks like it's got some good cinematography. Not so sure about the art design. When I first saw that trailer the thumbnail for it was just a shot of the guy in the Rorschach mask with the eyeholes, and my first reaction was 'oh **** no...'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 On 07/05/2019 at 11:57, sne said: Quoting myself here but after having watched the first episode it's quite promising. For me living in Sweden when it happened and having read and seen lots of articles about it it's really interesting to see it played out. It's both fascinating, scary and well acted. Thought it was a great first episode. Felt itchy watching it and I now want to build a doomsday bunker. Can't believe that Dyatlov bloke survived it. I assumed anyone anywhere near it was doomed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 48 minutes ago, coda said: Thought it was a great first episode. Felt itchy watching it and I now want to build a doomsday bunker. Can't believe that Dyatlov bloke survived it. I assumed anyone anywhere near it was doomed. It was really good, I had a sense of dread throughout pretty much the whole 1hr. It had a bit of a really good horror movie vibe about it, some scenes just had that kind of creepy feel to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Maybe I didn't give it my full attention but I didn't think much of the first episode of Chernobyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 finally Binge watched True Detective series 3 Was really enjoying it , different sort of pace and tone to the previous 2 series ,but was building up quite nicely for a decent reveal and then that last episode it looked like the chief writer died and they found some random bloke on the street to finish it off 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted May 15, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2019 On 02/05/2019 at 07:32, Designer1 said: New Shane Meadow's four part drama The Virtues starts on Wednesday May 15th at 9pm. Looks great, and I expect another acting masterclass from Stephen Graham. Quick reminder that this starts tonight folks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Oh hell yes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 (edited) So it appears that FOX has cancelled The Passage. No season 2 coming. Expected since they ballsed up the adaptation and made a very poor effort, but still a bit sad. Such a huge opportunity wasted, the books are excellent. And in other news there is a Snowpiercer TV-show coming, 2 seasons already ordered. Actually quite liked that movie. (not read the comic) Edit: And the Chernobyl mini series is excellent so far. Edited May 15, 2019 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 On 09/05/2019 at 10:34, AVFCDAN said: Maybe I didn't give it my full attention but I didn't think much of the first episode of Chernobyl. Using the H29 non scientific formula ... I watched it with Tonyh Jnr (aged 14) , who usually gives TV shows 5 - 10 minutes then wanders off bored and goes back online to talk to his mates Chernobyl survived the whole episode and repeated asking of when is the next episode on .. i suspect its cause he has an interest in that area , Jnr wants to go there but you have to be 18 and I'd also have to convince MrsH to let me take him even if we could lie about his age I've actually been there and have a reasonable amount on the background around the explosion and aftermath , so I'm somewhat curious to see how accurate it is ... spoiler alert in case its covered in the TV show , but they were originally trying to put the fire from above with water and dumping rubble , which nearly caused a second explosion which would have resulted in the entire continent of Europe having to be evacuated , the Russians drafted in miners to dig in underneath the reactor so they could pump liquid nitrogen into it to cool it , but they couldn't work in the protective clothing and designated shift times (limited due to exposure risk) , so in the end worked almost naked and sacrificed their lives to save Europe .. they should be household names , heroes and have statues in major cities around Europe ..instead they are largely unknown and have a small cross in the village on the out skirts of the plant probably won't be in the show but I read an article the other day that suggested at one point they had a radioactive cloud heading towards Moscow , so the Russians flew planes and dropped silver iodide into the cloud and forced it to drop the radioactive rain on Belarus .. I've read about these rain making experiments before but wasn't entirely sure if it was fact or fantasy , the article suggested it indeed worked !!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 3 hours ago, sne said: So it appears that FOX has cancelled The Passage. No season 2 coming. Expected since they ballsed up the adaptation and made a very poor effort, but still a bit sad. Such a huge opportunity wasted, the books are excellent. And in other news there is a Snowpiercer TV-show coming, 2 seasons already ordered. Actually quite liked that movie. (not read the comic) Edit: And the Chernobyl mini series is excellent so far. I half expected this as soon as it was announced that Fox were doing the show. It was never going to get the budget or time it needed. I’m absolutely gutted because someone like HBO/Netflix could have made something magnificent with that source material. It’s an absolutely brilliant story and perfect for TV. It could have been huge. As it goes, despite a roughish start I actually quite enjoyed the series and thought it got better as it went along. The two leads (Amy and Wolgast) were really good and I thought the ending was decent, it’s a shame we won’t get to see it play out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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