catesta Posted May 22, 2019 Report Posted May 22, 2019 I won't go so far as to say the final GOT season was a complete disaster but looking back on it and especially the final episode, it most definitely felt rushed and was a bit sloppy. I agree with the point that taking Jon prisoner after killing their Queen seemed ridiculous, considering Grey Worm was slitting prisoner throats a few hours before for just fighting for the other side. Who the hell summoned the Lords and Ladies? Grey Worm had those kinds of connections? And yeah, how did they rebuild that ice wall so fast and why they hell do they even need it now? And..... Quote
Brad Posted May 22, 2019 Report Posted May 22, 2019 How about they’re rebuilding Kings Landing do fast: looked pretty good in the last few scenes. Quote
Brad Posted May 22, 2019 Report Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) Part of the problem is that the show had outrun the books. Martin has been working on the next to last book in the series for 8 years (Robert Caro territory); he has been involved in other projects which have probably contributed to the delay. However, he implied on his website today that it should be out in 2020. He won’t start on the last one until he’s done with this one, which makes sense. Edited May 22, 2019 by Brad Quote
Matthew Posted May 23, 2019 Report Posted May 23, 2019 Wings: Season 1. Thank goodness, finally on Amazon Prime Quote
catesta Posted May 23, 2019 Report Posted May 23, 2019 I'm nearing a complete re-watch of Mad Men with just a few episodes of Season 7 left. Quote
kinuta Posted May 23, 2019 Report Posted May 23, 2019 1 hour ago, catesta said: I'm nearing a complete re-watch of Mad Men with just a few episodes of Season 7 left. I rewatched the entire series ( in Blu Ray) earlier this year too. It was richly rewarding. Years And Years BBC episode two Still not sure what to make of this. It has some interesting takes on the near future, with Emma Thompson as a wannabe Trump, which are diluted by a rather bewildering kitchen sink type family drama. My main impression was that, if this is reflective of the current lay of the land, I am very out of tune with popular culture trends in UK. Quote
catesta Posted May 24, 2019 Report Posted May 24, 2019 15 hours ago, kinuta said: I rewatched the entire series ( in Blu Ray) earlier this year too. It was richly rewarding. I always thought it would have been cool if they went a little deeper into the 70s. Nonetheless, it's still a great show with some very clever lines and spots of humor. Don Draper dropping the kids off at Henry and Betty's new house, "give Morticia and Lurch my love," Quote
Brad Posted May 25, 2019 Report Posted May 25, 2019 Recently watched The first one is narrated by Liam Neeson and won awards and the second one is an Irish production and is partially in Gaelic. Quote
mjazzg Posted May 25, 2019 Report Posted May 25, 2019 On 23/05/2019 at 11:52 PM, kinuta said: I rewatched the entire series ( in Blu Ray) earlier this year too. It was richly rewarding. Years And Years BBC episode two Still not sure what to make of this. It has some interesting takes on the near future, with Emma Thompson as a wannabe Trump, which are diluted by a rather bewildering kitchen sink type family drama. My main impression was that, if this is reflective of the current lay of the land, I am very out of tune with popular culture trends in UK. I'm enjoying 'Years and Years'. I think it's an interesting attempt to address some important ideas but within an accessible family drama. It fails when it does mostly because the issues are too foregrounded. The Thompson character is very disconcertingly reflective of today's reality of Farage, Robinson and co. I think the character is less Trump and more identifiable as in an English nationalist\fascist tradition of Mosley et al Quote
ghost of miles Posted May 25, 2019 Report Posted May 25, 2019 Went to see a 3-D presentation of Peter Jackson’s WW1 documentary They Shall Not Grow Old last night at the IU Cinema, followed by a brief feature about how the film was made. Quite an amazing thing to see it in that fashion, as historical documentaries go. Quote
Brad Posted May 25, 2019 Report Posted May 25, 2019 1 minute ago, ghost of miles said: Went to see a 3-D presentation of Peter Jackson’s WW1 documentary They Shall Not Grow Old last night at the IU Cinema, followed by a brief feature about how the film was made. Quite an amazing thing to see it in that fashion, as historical documentaries go. I saw it in 3D. Amazing. I thought Peter Jackson’s talk after the movie was over was almost as interesting as the movie. Btw, it’s now available on Amazon and other platforms. Quote
ghost of miles Posted May 25, 2019 Report Posted May 25, 2019 51 minutes ago, Brad said: I saw it in 3D. Amazing. I thought Peter Jackson’s talk after the movie was over was almost as interesting as the movie. Btw, it’s now available on Amazon and other platforms. Completely agree about Peter Jackson’s talk! Quote
kinuta Posted May 27, 2019 Report Posted May 27, 2019 They Shall Not Grow Old is excellent. Summer Of Rockets BBC Very good cast, everything looks great on paper, it even has Timothy Spall. Unfortunately the end result is a total mess, teetering on the edge of dire. Quote
Brad Posted May 27, 2019 Report Posted May 27, 2019 (edited) This is an amazing look at what it took to put the show together, something most of us don't think about, unless you're in the business. Edited May 27, 2019 by Brad Quote
Dan Gould Posted May 27, 2019 Report Posted May 27, 2019 On 5/23/2019 at 5:06 PM, Matthew said: Wings: Season 1. Thank goodness, finally on Amazon Prime Got the entire series at a Sam's Club for like $20 years ago have never opened it up ... seeing episodes in syndication I always thought the first year was the weakest, by far. Then again Crystal Bernard ... Quote
mjazzg Posted May 27, 2019 Report Posted May 27, 2019 17 hours ago, kinuta said: They Shall Not Grow Old is excellent. Summer Of Rockets BBC Very good cast, everything looks great on paper, it even has Timothy Spall. Unfortunately the end result is a total mess, teetering on the edge of dire. Which sums up rather a lot of Poliakoff's recent work. I was looking forward to this one breaking that run... Quote
catesta Posted May 28, 2019 Report Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) I watched episode Season 1, episodes 1 and 2 of the Netflix series, "Lucifer". I guess this was originally a series on Fox. I'm thinking at this point, I'm going to skip Season 1 completely to see if it improves. Edited May 28, 2019 by catesta Quote
kinuta Posted June 1, 2019 Report Posted June 1, 2019 What an amazing surprise. Wish it had been a full season but it finally gives the great series the proper farewell it never had. Quote
jlhoots Posted June 2, 2019 Report Posted June 2, 2019 5 hours ago, kinuta said: What an amazing surprise. Wish it had been a full season but it finally gives the great series the proper farewell it never had. Looking forward to watching it. Quote
JohnS Posted June 3, 2019 Report Posted June 3, 2019 On 6/2/2019 at 4:06 AM, jlhoots said: Looking forward to watching it. Me too. Quote
jlhoots Posted June 3, 2019 Report Posted June 3, 2019 Season 4 of Queen Of The South starts this week! Quote
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