What TV are you watching?

[lazybloke]

Anyone looking forward to series 2 of SquidGames on Netflix starting 26th December ? I’m the least “TV” watching person of all time. But I’m genuinely looking forward to it…….

Yeah, i enjoyed the first season.
And did you see the reality show version, filmed here in Blighty? It did quite well to capture some of the atmosphere.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Two shows into the Christmas viewing now, Scotland’s Christmas Home of the Year and the Christmas Great British Sewing Bee both great fun.
Also, not Christmas as such, enjoyed the Kaye Adams Celebrity Escape to the Country this week, she and her podcast pal were a hoot looking at properties in Stirlingshire. The houses weren’t bad either

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Just started watching Pennyworth, a Batman prequel / spinoff concerning the early adventures of Alfred and his association with Wayne Snr in the years before Batman.

Just the pilot episode this far which is a very well crafted bit of filmaking and close to perfect execution of "show not tell". Without giving too much away, the age of the classic cars shows it is set in the late 50s / early 60s, a printing press churning out union jacks embossed with a raven introduces the Mosleyite fascistic baddies, and a few shots of London makes it clear this is set in an alternative London very different from our own. Alfred is an ex-SAS soldier working as a bouncer but aiming to set up a security firm, and by chance encounters a young Thomas Wayne ... and we're off on the adventure.

Anyhow, whilst we are latecomers to this series, it is looking really promising, and keeps a comic book feel of series such as the excellent Gotham, or the other dystopian alternative London story, Vendetta

Wasn't it meant to be a prequel to 'Gotham'


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[MontyVeda]

Wasn't it meant to be a prequel to 'Gotham'


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Gotham was excellent... apart from the final episode, which was absolute pants.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Gotham was excellent... apart from the final episode, which was absolute pants.

Most of it was, yes

Still not a fan of Fish Mooney, but interesting to see Solomon Grundy!!

Agreed, that last episode was bad, barring BatMan on the rooftops

 

[Cathryn]

Black Doves on Netflix is superb! I’m only three episodes in though so don’t spoil it if you’re further along than I am!

 

[Mo1959]

Black Doves on Netflix is superb! I’m only three episodes in though so don’t spoil it if you’re further along than I am!

Mixed reviews, but I really enjoyed it.

I’ve binged Strike this evening.

 

[biggs682]

Watching the new series of Strike now

We started watching the new series yesterday as well

 

[Svendo]

Just saw the skeleton crew 1st episode , i dont think i will bother with the rest .

I was a bit ‘meh’ myself; the 8 year old boy on the other hand loved it.

 

[Profpointy]

Most of it was, yes

Still not a fan of Fish Mooney, but interesting to see Solomon Grundy!!

Agreed, that last episode was bad, barring BatMan on the rooftops

We rather liked the Fish Mooney character.

And one of my favourite scenes was where Alfred was trying to get Fish's help in tracking down young Bruce who'd got into some serious scrape. Fish commented on the lines that helping would hurt her business, and Alfred, ever so politely said something like "You wouldn't let business interests override doing the right thing now would you Miss Mooney". He said it so nicely yet somehow it conveyed a very serious menace from a genuinely dangerous man you really did not want to cross. Alfred's past had barely been hinted at at that point. The scene really showed Sean Pertwee's acting prowess too, as you really couldn't quit identify how it was in any way a threat. The nearest similar thing I can think of is in Godfather 2 where the young Vito requests a "favour" from a dodgy landlord.

 

[cyberknight]

I was a bit ‘meh’ myself; the 8 year old boy on the other hand loved it.

indeed , its got its audience for sure maybe not a middle aged white guy

 

[wiggydiggy]

We rather liked the Fish Mooney character.

And one of my favourite scenes was where Alfred was trying to get Fish's help in tracking down young Bruce who'd got into some serious scrape. Fish commented on the lines that helping would hurt her business, and Alfred, ever so politely said something like "You wouldn't let business interests override doing the right thing now would you Miss Mooney". He said it so nicely yet somehow it conveyed a very serious menace from a genuinely dangerous man you really did not want to cross. Alfred's past had barely been hinted at at that point. The scene really showed Sean Pertwee's acting prowess too, as you really couldn't quit identify how it was in any way a threat. The nearest similar thing I can think of is in Godfather 2 where the young Vito requests a "favour" from a dodgy landlord.

Didn't realise Sean Pertwee was in it, he does do menacing very well.

 

[fossyant]

Lazy day here, so we are watching 'The Young Ones' - blooming genius it was. Only two series and 12 shows.

 

[Profpointy]

Lazy day here, so we are watching 'The Young Ones' - blooming genius it was. Only two series and 12 shows.

People who hadn't been students thought the young ones showed the squalor of student digs but those of us who had been to uni thought, "wow, how can they afford such spacious lodgings?". Everywhere I lived the "sitting room" would have been an extra tenant's bedroom!

As an aside, the pub they went to is opposite the cinema in Henleaze in Bristol and we often go there for a cheeky pint if we're a bit too early for the film. From the outside it does rather look line a dodgy flat-roofed estate pub, but it is actually a rather decent foody pub

 

[Marchrider]

Lazy day here, so we are watching 'The Young Ones' - blooming genius it was. Only two series and 12 shows.

only 12 shows of Faulty Towers - these things remain so much brighter when not overdone, some things are just done to death