Rate the last TV Show you watched

[Kevin D]

9 hours ago, polymerpunkah said:

I thought it was fantastic.

 

It's not "The Wire" but that's not what they were aiming for anyway with only six hours to tell the story.

 

It was more like a documentary, for me, with the interviews taking the place of narration, interspersed with the "actual footage" of the events they were talking about.

 

I'll watch as much of that as they want to make.

 

It was great. 
 

The time jumps were the only problem, but that type of police corruption story has already been told so well over seasons of The Shield that Simon couldn’t really go any longer. 
 

This is the addendum to The Wire that the drug war was inevitably leading to.

 

Speaking of Simon, the first few seasons of Homicide:Life on the Streets are definitely worth seeking out -

 

 

[VladimirIlyich]

Borgen,very average.

 

Once again Netflix massively overplays the female equality angle and almost turns it into a soap opera. I cant say I give much of a shit about any of the large amount of female characters.

[Bob]

I’m sure I’m very late to this and it will have been mentioned already but I’m 5/7 of the way into The Queens Gambit and it’s fucking ace.

 

it’s exactly as gritty and tense as you’d expect from a chess based period drama. 
 

seriously though, it’s right up my alley. Properly watchable, great characters, well acted, beautifully shot, all those things, and as soon as one episode ends you just want the next to start immediately.

 

top telly.

[Bjornebye]

I started the Tommy spin-off from the Power series yesterday. 4 episodes in and it's good. If you liked power and especially Tommy you should like this. 7.5/10 so far. 

[Elite]

Winning Time is much better than I expected, takes a few episodes to get going but I'm really enjoying it now 5 episodes in.

[YorkshireRed]

30 minutes ago, Elite said:

Winning Time is much better than I expected, takes a few episodes to get going but I'm really enjoying it now 5 episodes in.

At last. Someone else that’s watched it. 

[Elite]

2 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

At last. Someone else that’s watched it. 

Probably because it's about basketball but it's much more than that.

[Colonel Bumcunt]

Gomorra 8/10

 

I'm torn between saying it's a modern masterpiece and saying it's a bit fanciful and too colourful to be realistic enough to be in the upper echelons of TV brilliance. 

I think it toed a line between soap opera and gritty drama which made it insanely watchable but at the same time a bit ridiculous.  

 

I loved the characters, and was refreshing to find a number of female characters that I actually enjoyed as well. 

 

The score was brilliant. 

 

Scenes were beautifully shot, the lighting was brilliant, which was difficult to do as much of it was shot at night.  The location was legit, you need to read the background of the scampia housing development to appreciate it, and that was a massive boost to the realism.  

 

I feel I could watch it all again. 

[Carvalho Diablo]

LLF - BPOTT

 

@Tony Moanero

[VladimirIlyich]

3 hours ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

Gomorra 8/10

 

I'm torn between saying it's a modern masterpiece and saying it's a bit fanciful and too colourful to be realistic enough to be in the upper echelons of TV brilliance. 

I think it toed a line between soap opera and gritty drama which made it insanely watchable but at the same time a bit ridiculous.  

 

I loved the characters, and was refreshing to find a number of female characters that I actually enjoyed as well. 

 

The score was brilliant. 

 

Scenes were beautifully shot, the lighting was brilliant, which was difficult to do as much of it was shot at night.  The location was legit, you need to read the background of the scampia housing development to appreciate it, and that was a massive boost to the realism.  

 

I feel I could watch it all again. 

Minus the final series.

[Numero Veinticinco]

The Old Man

 

First two episodes were good, really like the cast. 8/10

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Not sure how I've missed it before, but I've just started watching Cuckoo, with Greg Davies and Andy Samberg. Absolutely fucking hilarious.

[VladimirIlyich]

9 hours ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

The Old Man

 

First two episodes were good, really like the cast. 8/10

Just started this and I am through most of episode 1. Great cast and it looks extremely promising. I didn't even recognise the main 'villain' at first. 

[Numero Veinticinco]

1 hour ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Just started this and I am through most of episode 1. Great cast and it looks extremely promising. I didn't even recognise the main 'villain' at first. 

Yeah, excellent cast. I was surprised at how old they are, still making good performances at 72 and 76. 

[Carvalho Diablo]

12 hours ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

The Old Man

 

First two episodes were good, really like the cast. 8/10

If there's a season 2 it should be called The Old Man's Back Again.

[VladimirIlyich]

6 hours ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

Yeah, excellent cast. I was surprised at how old they are, still making good performances at 72 and 76. 

What a tit I am! I've watched most of episode two but completely missed episode one so have to go back and watch that. I thought it started at a funny part in relation to a storyline. Duh!!!

[Numero Veinticinco]

9 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

What a tit I am! I've watched most of episode two but completely missed episode one so have to go back and watch that. I thought it started at a funny part in relation to a storyline. Duh!!!

Ha! Bit of abrupt into? Yeah. 

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

Ha! Bit of abrupt into? Yeah. 

Yeah.The second episode is much slower, but at least I understand the scenario a bit better now.

[Numero Veinticinco]

7 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Yeah.The second episode is much slower, but at least I understand the scenario a bit better now.

A burst or two of extreme action, mind you. 

[VladimirIlyich]

38 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

A burst or two of extreme action, mind you. 

I thought the car scenario in episode one was stretching it to be honest,but it is Hollywood.

[Numero Veinticinco]

1 minute ago, VladimirIlyich said:

I thought the car scenario in episode one was stretching it to be honest,but it is Hollywood.

I thought it was perfect in context. He was concerned about what he’d have to do, especially to her. That, to me, is the perfect way to display it. 

[VladimirIlyich]

3 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

I thought it was perfect in context. He was concerned about what he’d have to do, especially to her. That, to me, is the perfect way to display it. 

A 76 year old man versus a pair of CIA contract killers? I'd prefer a more likely kill scenario than a protracted wrestling match where the 76 year old man would be done in seconds. Just silly for me.

[Numero Veinticinco]

9 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

A 76 year old man versus a pair of CIA contract killers? I'd prefer a more likely kill scenario than a protracted wrestling match where the 76 year old man would be done in seconds. Just silly for me.

I think the character is in his 60s, the actor is 72. But absolutely they have the ability to pull a trigger. Are we talking about different scenes? 
 

Edit: yep, I was talking about the one in episode 2 at the stop. 

[Elite]

Started Squid Game, it's actually far better than I was expecting.

[VladimirIlyich]

25 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

I think the character is in his 60s, the actor is 72. But absolutely they have the ability to pull a trigger. Are we talking about different scenes? 
 

Edit: yep, I was talking about the one in episode 2 at the stop. 

No,I was talking about episode one in the car with the CIA operatives.