belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I forgot there are only 6 episodes a season! 27th seems an odd day to release the final episode, but at least I'll have something to watch when I 'go to work' next week.
Apple TV+ recommendations?
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
This is why it’s one a week - cliffhangers!
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
As it should be. Fuck those people with no patience, or desire to cogitate and discuss an episode.
JimW
支那暗杀团
"Scratch and Sniff" for the two sacked colleagues
1%er
Well-Known Member
Not sure if anyone has added a link to "Slow Horses", but you can watch all 3 series here (I haven't had any pop-ups or ads, nothing on my antivirus).
Well worth a watch.
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Well worth a watch.
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Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
flypanam
Sausage to fortune
Just started watching it. It’s very shiny and has got great production values. The plot of course is silly and cobbled together but it pretty enjoyable. The era of prestige TV is well and truly over but the era of shiny pap isn’t a bad replacement.Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Now, I can take or leave the Godzilla/ monster genre, more leave than take it, in fact. And I don’t think I’ve watched, or if I have I can’t remember, the Godzilla franchise film this series is an aftermath of.
So I decided to give the first episode a go with fairly low expectations, and I am as surprised as happy to report this is actually very good indeed, and orders of magnitude better than I’d expected. Told in several parallel timelines, this is (so far) all about good storytelling with a strong emphasis on character development, and a minimal amount of CGI monster presence. The complete opposite of what you would have expected a monster genre series to be. Enjoying the second episode just as much, and a totally unexpected thumbs up from me here
Silas Loom
Hated by both sides
Seven fewer, for me.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Slow Horses may be stretching at a bit by season 3 but still contains gold, (oldman calling the gambler and the cokehead 'scratch and sniff' killed me). S4 next yr then
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
I'm on S1E5 of Slow Horses, brilliant so far. Kristin Scott Thomas and the guy who plays River are good, and Gary Oldman is awfully good. Loving it so far.
ETA: I think the elevator pitch would be along the lines of Spooks mash up with Four Lions, where the spooks are as incompetent as the terrorists, but it's also darker.
ETA: I think the elevator pitch would be along the lines of Spooks mash up with Four Lions, where the spooks are as incompetent as the terrorists, but it's also darker.
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Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
It’s just been renewed for season five too.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
I'm also thinking kudos to the location scout for Slow Horses. I know it's also down to the director/cinematographer to get the shots, but the location scout gave them some great locations to work with, some of the darker scenes are quite big screen/movie like.
There are some television series/films where a location is almost a character itself (although I can't think of any particular examples of that off the top of my head), but this is along those lines except the locations are members of a strong ensemble cast or scene stealing/memorable cameo/extras.
Anyway, now I fear I might've built that aspect up too much and it might be a disappointment, but it's one of those occasions where I recognise the work of the unsung heroes behind the scenes, like when I cottoned on to the work of colourists while watching Utopia and I'm left thinking 'Nicely done'.
There are some television series/films where a location is almost a character itself (although I can't think of any particular examples of that off the top of my head), but this is along those lines except the locations are members of a strong ensemble cast or scene stealing/memorable cameo/extras.
Anyway, now I fear I might've built that aspect up too much and it might be a disappointment, but it's one of those occasions where I recognise the work of the unsung heroes behind the scenes, like when I cottoned on to the work of colourists while watching Utopia and I'm left thinking 'Nicely done'.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Agree with this and especially about how location can be a character in and of itself.
Ranu
Poster of the Weak
Slow Horses
The Morning Show
Hijack
Severance
Silo
Defending Jacob
Bad Sisters
Black Bird
Lessons in Chemistry
For All Mankind
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Ted Lasso
Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
A Small Light
WandaVision
Fire of Love
Summer of Soul
The Beatles: Get Back
Isle of Dogs
The Princess Bride
Nomadland
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
I think some of those are Disney+ rather than Apple?
Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
souljacker
innit
I'd add Invasion too but a lot of people think it's shit lol.
