Silas Loom
Man with glasses
We’ve started on From. Undemanding schlock horror. Three seasons to go and looks perfectly bingeable.
TV series recommendations general (excluding Netflix/ Amazon)
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DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
I don't believe in ‘guilty pleasures’ but if I did probably my most inexplicable comfort watch would be the docudrama about the Hungerford Massacre that Macfadyen narrates, because he reflects the horror so well whilst also making me feel safe
Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
Just started that off the back of its mad RT score. I'm not a big fan of horror serieses (I'm trying to relax here) but the first few episodes are intriguing enough to keep going. Shonky script/acting in places. The guardian review of episode 1 from when it was first screened is pretty funny if you've watched it.
From review: the spooky sci-fi drama that’s like a landlocked Lost
This show about a village where the laws of nature don’t apply has plenty in common with the plane-crash drama – even down to the fact it stars Harold Perrineau
Silas Loom
Man with glasses
Just started that off the back of its mad RT score. I'm not a big fan of horror serieses (I'm trying to relax here) but the first few episodes are intriguing enough to keep going. Shonky script/acting in places. The guardian review of episode 1 from when it was first screened is pretty funny if you've watched it.
From review: the spooky sci-fi drama that’s like a landlocked Lost
This show about a village where the laws of nature don’t apply has plenty in common with the plane-crash drama – even down to the fact it stars Harold Perrineauwww.theguardian.com
Yeah, can’t argue with any of that.
Edit: Sweet FA what is an RT score? RT as in Russia Today? Is there a show where George Galloway and Rory Suchet discuss every plot twist?
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Monte
You can't say lavatory without saying tory.
I was going to but was put of by all the terrible reviews.
Too much filler.
Plot moves too slowly.
Too many plot holes.
I don't want to watch Lost again.
tommers
It was... Rebekah Vardy's account
Yes, you should definitely watch Shogun in that one hour per day.
Silas Loom
Man with glasses
My wife just watched Lost again. All the way through. It might be me who bails if it’s as bad as you say. Certainly hope there aren’t any character development flashbacks.
Silas Loom
Man with glasses
I use it to watch TV with her, though.
Monte
You can't say lavatory without saying tory.
Nah, keep watching. You can tell me if it is worth the effort.
If not you'll have saved me several hours.
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Neither of these are recommendations.
krtek a houby
Kick me again Jesus
Halfway through Chernobyl.
Terrifying.
Terrifying.
krtek a houby
Kick me again Jesus
Finished Chernobyl and would definitely recommend. Feels in places like some of those classic 80s dramas like Edge of Darkness and Threads but more horrifying because it's a real story.
To lighten up the mood, we've just started The White Lotus. Not entirely gripped yet... We'll see.
To lighten up the mood, we've just started The White Lotus. Not entirely gripped yet... We'll see.
The White Lotus is excellent TV, both of them. Stick with it.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I must have missed the press notices for this, as it’s out now (came out a couple of weeks ago I think) and it’s written and directed by Ben Wheatley!
Shocked I didn’t know this!
(I also found out that he was also involved with a tv series about a rocket scientist in LA in the 40s who also happens to be an Aleister Crowley acolyte. Pickman's model, are you aware of this show? It’s called Strange Angel and it came out in 2019. I don’t suppose ITV picked it up.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Has anyone been watching Generation Z then? I've seen the first couple of episodes and am quite enjoying it. Wasn't sure if the talking old people zombies would work, but so far, so good, probably better than a Walking Dead spin-off anyway. 
Gave up on the first episode 30 minutes in. The premise is good but we found the scripting and direction just utterly boring. In that time, all it had done was introduce loads of zero-dimensional characters with no reason to care about them, all in incredibly short scenes that didn’t go anywhere. Yawn, sadly.Has anyone been watching Generation Z then? I've seen the first couple of episodes and am quite enjoying it. Wasn't sure if the talking old people zombies would work, but so far, so good, probably better than a Walking Dead spin-off anyway.
krtek a houby
Kick me again Jesus
Finished season 1 of The White Lotus. Good but don't get all the adoration for it.
3 episodes into Mare of Easttown. Absolutely hooked, Winslet and Smart are standouts.
3 episodes into Mare of Easttown. Absolutely hooked, Winslet and Smart are standouts.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
T & P
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I wasn’t convinced for much of the first episode but then started to get into it. Finished the second episode now and will probably stick with it. Many flaws but it does have some amusing bits.Has anyone been watching Generation Z then? I've seen the first couple of episodes and am quite enjoying it. Wasn't sure if the talking old people zombies would work, but so far, so good, probably better than a Walking Dead spin-off anyway.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Has anyone been watching Generation Z then? I've seen the first couple of episodes and am quite enjoying it. Wasn't sure if the talking old people zombies would work, but so far, so good, probably better than a Walking Dead spin-off anyway.
Kinda take this back. After ep 3, not sure if I can be arsed continuing - while actually now enjoying the Maggie/Negan Walking Dead spin-off.
T & P
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We actually finished it last night. Farcical even for a horror comedy, and it’s difficult to give a fuck for any of the characters. Not the most terrible thing ever but as a six-episode product it requires commitment. The gratuitous gore was entertaining though.Kinda take this back. After ep 3, not sure if I can be arsed continuing - while actually now enjoying the Maggie/Negan Walking Dead spin-off.
That’s what we’d identified after 10 minutes. And we thought we were the suckers for sticking it out for another 20!
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
The new take on The Day of The Jackal is astoundingly good.
Fans of the original will recognise elements of it, but it's fresh and immediately addictive. I binged 4 of the first 5 episodes on Friday and yesterday and probably would have gone on if I hadn't realised that Sky have decided not to release the whole series but to drop the remaining 5 episodes once a week on Thursdays, which is seriously annoying. If I'd known that, I'd have waited until it was all out.
Fans of the original will recognise elements of it, but it's fresh and immediately addictive. I binged 4 of the first 5 episodes on Friday and yesterday and probably would have gone on if I hadn't realised that Sky have decided not to release the whole series but to drop the remaining 5 episodes once a week on Thursdays, which is seriously annoying. If I'd known that, I'd have waited until it was all out.
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