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10 minutes ago, Chewylegs said:

Cheers guys.

 

So it's a toss up between Severance and Tehran then.  To be honest I've probably only got time for one.

 

Tehran is pretty good, but Severance is something special

[El Geet]

I watched a few of Tehran but despite enjoying the premise it didn’t quite do it for me and I stopped. Severance on the other hand…

[Mogster]

I haven't seen Tehran so couldn't honestly say whether it's better or worse than Severance, but I can safely say that Severance is both brilliant and a really original concept. 

[PeteJ]

On 17/01/2023 at 16:52, ckny said:

 

We're currently watching Five Days at Memorial, which I've not seen discussed in here. It's about the five days following Hurricane Katrina at Memorial Hospital in NOLA. Grimly compelling and gripping, but with some characters and scenes straight from a direct to DVD melodrama.

Such a weird one. It has most of the pieces there to be a classic but then throws in occasionally awful acting, scripting or effects. It's all over the place with its tone, themes and general quality, but somehow still occasionally really good.  

[PK]

On 06/02/2023 at 14:21, Chewylegs said:

Cheers guys.

 

So it's a toss up between Severance and Tehran then.  To be honest I've probably only got time for one.

 

Severance 100%

[ZOK]

Tehran is so much better than Severance it’s not even funny, but if you’re only going to watch one then go for Severance as it looks a bit nicer.

[JohnC]

Oh the subject of Tehran, it's just been officially renewed for season 3. It's also adding Hugh Laurie as a South African nuclear inspector.

[ZOK]

I still haven’t watched season 2!

[iknowgungfu]

I find myself watching more and more on the Apple TV app. There isn’t as much there but it certainly feels a lot more curated than the other major services that throw everything at the screen and hope that something sticks. 

[El Geet]

4 hours ago, ZOK said:

I still haven’t watched season 2!

Despite it being so much better than Severance?! Or did you not particularly get on with Severance?

[ZOK]

No, I loved Severance, there are just far too many good shows to watch. I’ve still got to finish The Kingdom 2 and The Kindom Exodus on MUBI, and neither Severance nor Tehran are even in the same universe as that show.

 

https://mubi.com/films/the-unheavenly-host?utm_source=app_share&utm_medium=ios_app

[SpagMasterSwift]

On 06/02/2023 at 14:21, Chewylegs said:

Cheers guys.

 

So it's a toss up between Severance and Tehran then.  To be honest I've probably only got time for one.

I’d go with Severance, but Tehran has soldiers wearing baseball caps with ridiculously long peaks that are a constant source of amusement.

[Protocol Penguin]

I thought Tehran’s second season was not very good and outright embarrassing in places, I’m not going to lie. Shame, as the first season was mostly good.

[Gotters]

this looks promising

 

 

[Stanley]

Anyone watching Shrinking? It’s a bit cheesy but I’m really enjoying it. 

[Gotters]

We watched 2 of Shrinking and nobody ever mentioned watching a 3rd - it just seemed a bit 'so what'.

 

I thought it was trying hard to go for a similar vibe to Ted Lasso, overtly sweet & sentimental but with an edge to make it palatable, but felt it lacked any real charm or funny.

[Pete]

So I've had this for a few weeks now, I've finished Severance (very good but wish it had been a little slower), Ted lasso (very enjoyable, surprisingly edgy and raw as it goes on but it earns it. Sweary man and his girlfriend not good actors or badly written parts). I've started slow horses but have no idea what's going on and I'm a bit bored. Mythic quest is very good. I'll check it Tehran thanks all, anything else?

[FishyFish]

Foundation

For All Mankind

 

[dreamylittledream]

6 hours ago, Pete said:

So I've had this for a few weeks now, I've finished Severance (very good but wish it had been a little slower), Ted lasso (very enjoyable, surprisingly edgy and raw as it goes on but it earns it. Sweary man and his girlfriend not good actors or badly written parts). I've started slow horses but have no idea what's going on and I'm a bit bored. Mythic quest is very good. I'll check it Tehran thanks all, anything else?

Slow Horses is brilliant. Give it a bit more time 

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21 hours ago, Stanley said:

Anyone watching Shrinking? It’s a bit cheesy but I’m really enjoying it. 

it’s definitely picking up in episode four

[Stanley]

17 hours ago, Gotters said:

We watched 2 of Shrinking and nobody ever mentioned watching a 3rd - it just seemed a bit 'so what'.

 

I thought it was trying hard to go for a similar vibe to Ted Lasso, overtly sweet & sentimental but with an edge to make it palatable, but felt it lacked any real charm or funny.

It is those things but there are genuinely funny moments too, but tbh I’ll watch Harrison Ford being narky all day long so it’s an easy sell. 

[pledge]

Is Ford one of these older actors that suddenly needs a cash injection? He seems everywhere at the moment, and I thought he was famous for hating to actually work so seeing him on two TV shows simultaneously and an upcoming movie seems like a lot of effort for him.

[Popo]

I started watching Servant this evening. It’s built around a rather daft contrivance:

 

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A bereaved mother is experiencing a form of psychosis and believes a doll is her child - and her husband and everyone else have to tip-toe around this to avoid causing her further mental scarring

 

…which leads to some quite ridiculous, people-wouldn’t-behave-like-this situations. 
 

And yet - it’s quite tense, creepy and intriguing. It’s on season 4 already, but I just discovered it, and it’s got Claire from Six Feet Under and Ron from Harry Potter. 

[Monkeyboy]

Servant is fucking nuts. I've watched three seasons and I'm still not sure what it's about. I like it though.

[Stanley]

Yeah Servant is one of those shows that I spend the entire time saying, none of this makes any sense, but then I continue watching it anyway. The current Season makes even less sense than the last one, which made less sense than the one before that, etc. 

[schmojo]

I'm on season three of Servant too. The writers seem to be freewheeling quite a lot, but I enjoy having it on. Like so much TV mystery

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it starts out intriguing, and then you wonder if the team are skilled enough to deliver on it. Every season ending is underwhelming, and if I'd had to wait a year between seasons, I'd have absolutely dropped off.

 

It's crazy how 3/4 of the principal cast are English, and they're all child actors I've actually seen working.

[Popo]

The amount of alcohol consumed in this show is incredible. Ron Weasley in particular is a complete lush who cracks open a bottle of vintage wine every time he pops round the house. 

[cassidy]

On 12/02/2023 at 15:42, pledge said:

Is Ford one of these older actors that suddenly needs a cash injection? He seems everywhere at the moment, and I thought he was famous for hating to actually work so seeing him on two TV shows simultaneously and an upcoming movie seems like a lot of effort for him.

Keeps crashing planes. Insurance and repairs and new ones = gotta work. 

[Stanley]

9 hours ago, Popo said:

The amount of alcohol consumed in this show is incredible. Ron Weasley in particular is a complete lush who cracks open a bottle of vintage wine every time he pops round the house. 

And the rest. It’s up there with You on Netflix as one of the most bizarre TV shows ever made with seemingly less and less plot or direction the further it goes. Wait until you get to Series 4, it’s like, what, the entire time. 

[JohnC]

And there's only 3 episodes left to the very end!