Raiziel wrote:

I’m not sure I’d call the original Utopia a classic.

I only managed about three episodes of the original before giving up. Thought it was was rubbish.

I loved the U.K. Utopia. The feeling of queasy dread it managed to instil in me while I was watching it is unlike anything else I’ve ever experienced.

Finished Fargo S4 - completely different experience to Kow. Loved it, loved the mood, the tempo, the way it captures the futillity of life. Only one moment where I thought they missed the omg moment somehow when it was supposed to be an omg moment.

Talking Heads is awesome

The death which followed the cops demise.

Blocks100 wrote:

Raiziel wrote:

Just finished the first ep of the American version of Utopia. It’s...not awful. Will watch more.

Thankfully, it's been cancelled after only one series.

A warning to others, don't mess with the classics.

US Office says hi. Actually a great example that it can work. Yes first series was trying to hard to ape the UK show, but once it got into its own stride and fleshed out far more characters than the two series UK show allowed, it became equally as good, and better in places than the OG.

Seriously, I'd take the wager. It's staggering. There's a few scandy accents later that are nearly as bad too.

Man Down on Netlix. Greg Davies thing, hadn't heard of it but there are four seasons on there. Feels like a timecapsule 90s sitcom. Nice to see Rik Mayall gyrating at things in series one, which I binged in a couple of days. Doesn't reinvent the wheel but it's pretty good and seems to be getting better.

Holy moly but Cobra Kai is really good. I know i praised it before, but i had only seen the first few eps on youtube then never got round to picking it up. just got netflix back the other day and have been hammering it though, now half way through season 2.

i was well up for a nostalgic repeat of the movie, but this does so much more, it's really quite an incredible achievement. It stands alone as a tv show, whilst also being true to the movie and in ways twisting and changing your perception of the original.  It's nostalgic but relevant, feelgood yet subverts expectations, and the way the yin/yang balance of the characters and their motivations ebbs and flows through it is really something. And there's a joy to it that means nearly every episode ends with a big smile on my face and a desire to watch more.

I think someone mentioned that. Was it Gonz?

poprock wrote:

I think someone mentioned that. Was it Gonz?

No, he wouldn't like that sort of thing.

Finished Chernobyl last night. Absolutely outstanding stuff, want to watch it all over again.

Oh, nice one. I'll give that a listen.

The Daddy wrote:

poprock wrote:

The Queens Gambit is a bit good, isn’t it?

Yeah, loving it!

Yep only watched first episode but quality through and through.

RamSteelwood wrote:

Holy moly but Cobra Kai is really good. I know i praised it before, but i had only seen the first few eps on youtube then never got round to picking it up. just got netflix back the other day and have been hammering it though, now half way through season 2.

i was well up for a nostalgic repeat of the movie, but this does so much more, it's really quite an incredible achievement. It stands alone as a tv show, whilst also being true to the movie and in ways twisting and changing your perception of the original.  It's nostalgic but relevant, feelgood yet subverts expectations, and the way the yin/yang balance of the characters and their motivations ebbs and flows through it is really something. And there's a joy to it that means nearly every episode ends with a big smile on my face and a desire to watch more.

Cobra Kai Cobra Kai Cobra Kai!