Thanks for the heads up. Watched 4 of the new season last night and it's just as good as season 1.
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T & P
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Loved Season 2, probably even more than S1 actually. The last three episodes are fantastically enjoyable, and the Shame Monster character is simply fucking superb
Threshers_Flail
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Loved Season 2, probably even more than S1 actually. The last three episodes are fantastically enjoyable, and the Shame Monster character is simply fucking superb
Yes! Perfect casting with David Thewlis.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
I liked Maniac as well.
Scaggs
following seagulls
Fell to sleep first time I watched this so I'll have to give it another try now Better Call Saul has finished. Is it a bit like Legion? The bit I saw reminded me of that.
T & P
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Both visually and plot-wise it did remind me at times of it. But unlike Legion, which got weirder and made less sense with every passing episode, everything comes together nicely as the story develops. and when you finish it not only there are no unexplained events or cliffhangers. It really is like a book- a story written with a beginning, middle and conclusion that does not seek further commissionings by its paymasters. Think of it as a Wes Anderson film rather than Legion.
cheesethief
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A few years old, but I'd not seen it before, my GF recommended it: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wonderful film, can't believe I've only just seen it!
Wonderful film, can't believe I've only just seen it!
Reno
The In Kraut
Not recommended: Last night I watched an Indian scifi-horror series made for Netflix called Ghoul, which got some inexplicably good reviews. It's like one of these bottom of the barrel horror movies which Netflix scoops up, stretched to interminable length. I was hoping for some local folklore but it's no better than a lot of ultra-low budget US trash.
The Fornicator
Active Member
Almost makes you wonder from where those inexplicable reviews originate, or who's paying for them.
Reno
The In Kraut
Considering film reviews aren’t anonymous it’s no secret or big conspiracy to buy reviews. Some are by Indian outlets for whom it’s a big step to get Netflix content which caters to their country, some mainstream critics don’t have taste or try to be gentle with a new player and these days any movie blog which sets itself up gets counted as a critic on rottentomatoes. Or maybe I’m just wrong and this was actually fantastic.
Ghoul: Season 1 - Rotten Tomatoes
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
I thought ot was OK, certainty a lot less interesting than it looked like it was going to be. But then I like horror, and have a pretty low bar for what I consider watchable.
Reno
The In Kraut
Yup, mentioned it before and very much looking forward to that.Speaking of horror genre, the upcoming Haunting of Hill House series, which starts this Friday, seems to be getting rave reviews already, with some calling it Netflix's next Stranger Things
Me and the fella watched it last night and then spent an hour discussing it. Quality!
nuffsaid
But this goes up to 11
Sorry, but what I mentioned wasn't plot related, just an aside by Jason that could have been easily missed. He's great.
Details like that ARE spoilers. I don't want to know anything about it before the story starts.
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Should have stopped reading after he said "The Good Place s3 ep2..." then
nuffsaid
But this goes up to 11
Any zombie show fans might be interested to know this:
'On July 19, 2018, it was reported that Netflix had given an eight-episode, straight-to-series order for Black Summer, a prequel series set within the Z Nation universe. Actress Jaime King is set to star in the series, created by Karl Schaefer and John Hyams.[31] At the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con, Schaefer noted that "Black Summer is before the apocalypse got weird and was just scary." He also said that the drama series is not intended to be the funny version of The Walking Dead that Z Nation is, but instead will be a more traditional take on zombie lore.'
- I think we've reached 'peak-zombie'
'On July 19, 2018, it was reported that Netflix had given an eight-episode, straight-to-series order for Black Summer, a prequel series set within the Z Nation universe. Actress Jaime King is set to star in the series, created by Karl Schaefer and John Hyams.[31] At the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con, Schaefer noted that "Black Summer is before the apocalypse got weird and was just scary." He also said that the drama series is not intended to be the funny version of The Walking Dead that Z Nation is, but instead will be a more traditional take on zombie lore.'
- I think we've reached 'peak-zombie'
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Z nation worked because it was funny, that was its thing. It was the walking dead without a broom up its arse. So you take that away what do you have? just another po faced end of the world gig. sigh
My eyes couldn't help themselvesShould have stopped reading after he said "The Good Place s3 ep2..." then
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Matthew 18:9My eyes couldn't help themselves
Reno
The In Kraut
This idea that any detail about plot or character is a spoiler is a fairly recent social media thing. It’s leading to a point where nothing can be discussed, even stuff which could make someone interested in a film or show. I still regard spoilers as anything that gives away a twist, a surprise or the ending.
The Fornicator
Active Member
That's because, until fairly recently, there weren't forums for viewers to talk about things they'd viewed.
A twist, a surprise or the ending is what Barry whatisface didn't give away on Film95.
Err no it's not, I've always been like that.
Reno
The In Kraut
A lot of film critics get flack for revealing spoilers and that preceeds the internet by decades. When online discussion of film and tv started people weren’t as spoiler allergic as they are now. Like everything online it escalated.
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