Box set and binge viewing megathread.

[Rockers rule]

SAS Rogue Heroes 

BBC + iPlayer 6 episodes

 

(No spoiler) 

Worth watching but somehow doesn't capture the very thing the subject is supposed to be about (IMO).

Yes, there is plenty of rat a tat tat of machine guns and daring deeds - But the fake beards, and the (mostly) Heavy Music soundtrack from the likes of AC/DC, Sabbath, Priest, Motorhead, Sham 69, Damned, Stranglers, Foghat (ex-Savoy Brown) while boosting the feeling of urgency in some of the story lines has no reality in something set in 1940's North Africa.

The fake beards are dismal, the heavy posing in sunglasses and the almost Hollywoodesque filming didn't do it for me.

 

Expected more 

 

[Funky_Gibbon]

Andor

Disney+ (10 episodes so far, two more to go)

 

Really enjoying this. By far the best Star Wars TV show they've done so far and the first one that feels like it wasn't made to sell toys for Disney. A slow burn,  political spy thriller set in a totalitarian regime under which you can feel the oppressive atmosphere in every scene.

[Rockers rule]

1899 (From the creators of the Dark.

(Netflix)

 

We like kooky and this is kooky enough.

Ship with a mixture of immigrants and passengers heading across the Atlantic discover an abandoned ship from the same company that hasn't been heard from for 4 months.

The rest is whacky and strange with nothing as it seems.

No spoiler but the twist is well worth waiting for.

 

Fully Recommended ✔️

 

We watched the making of 1899 after, Very good ✔️ but watch the film first

[Zinger549]

Just finished Snowfall season 5. (I Player) really enjoyable series. It's a crime drama set in 1980s LA. It's about the drug (crack) epidemic.

 

Also been watching Superman and Louis (S2) and the Terror Infamy.

[Funky_Gibbon]

Tokyo Vice (season 1)

 

On iPlayer in full or starting tonight (22/11/2022) on BBC1 at 9:10pm.

 

The (loosely) true story of a young American who moves to Japan and succeeds in becoming the first foreign-born person to be hired to work as a journalist by a major Japanese newspaper and who, chafing against the restrictions placed upon him by his bosses, starts to privately investigate the influence and crimes of the Yakuza in Japanese society and in doing so attracts the attention of both gangsters and detectives as he gets deeper into the unspoken and unacknowledged underworld of Tokyo.

 

Slow burn, gritty neo-noir. The lead actor does an ok job as the somewhat naive stranger in a strange land but can also be a bit annoying. Other than that the cast is excellent.

[hauxwell]

Binge watched the final last three episodes of season 11 The Walking Dead.  I’ve stuck with this programme from the beginning.  I thought it was better when Andrew Lincoln was in it shame he left.  
 

Although The Walking Dead has come to an end there is going to be a few spinoffs next year with most of the main characters in them, so it’s not really goodbye to the show, it’s more see you later.

 

 

 

Edited November 23, 2022 by hauxwell

[Thug Life]

I'm binging on Brooklyn 99.

[top4718]

Just watched Dahmer on Netflix, it starts off really well and it's grim nature reflects what it depicts but it loses its way towards the end by shifting the focus from the main character, would have made a great six parter.

[Rockers rule]

The Sandman (Netflix 11 episodes) 

No spoilers (ish).

Left wide open at the end (shame)

Some of the episodes are better than others.

For me typical Neil Gaiman with more than a nod to Terry Pratchett.

 

Well worth watching, but is it simply a darker version of 'Good Omens'?

My preference would be Good Omens and looking forward to the second series.

 

Keep safe out there and binge responsibly  

 

 

[Guest ThaBoom]

On 22/11/2022 at 20:20, Funky_Gibbon said:

Tokyo Vice (season 1)

 

On iPlayer in full or starting tonight (22/11/2022) on BBC1 at 9:10pm.

 

The (loosely) true story of a young American who moves to Japan and succeeds in becoming the first foreign-born person to be hired to work as a journalist by a major Japanese newspaper and who, chafing against the restrictions placed upon him by his bosses, starts to privately investigate the influence and crimes of the Yakuza in Japanese society and in doing so attracts the attention of both gangsters and detectives as he gets deeper into the unspoken and unacknowledged underworld of Tokyo.

 

Slow burn, gritty neo-noir. The lead actor does an ok job as the somewhat naive stranger in a strange land but can also be a bit annoying. Other than that the cast is excellent.

Finished watching this yesterday and really got into it, despite at times feeling it needed more action.

 

But, its designed to be this way, slowly dragging viewers and then having some tense scenes.

I'm a huge fan of Yakuza films and this drama doesn't disappoint.