The TV you like thread - The Bear and Badger

Funkstain

Genuinely pleasurable non cynical watch, a warm blanket for a pandemic

Funkstain

I’m talking about Hannibal btw

regmcfly

Funkstain wrote:

I’m talking about Hannibal btw

I've seen it so I guess I'll move to Ted. Thanks all

Dark Soldier

The missus absolutely loves it, I find it quite meh with the odd good moment.

nick_md

I thought taskmaster was Dave? Glitch in the matrix probably.

LivDiv

Used to be Dave and moved to C4.

nick_md

Big time

tigersgogrrr

LivDiv wrote:

Anyone else given Squid Game a go yet?
Its on Netflix.

Best way I can describe it is if Takeshi's Castle did a Battle Royale.

I'm absolutely loving it.

LivDiv

I'm up to ep 4. I've decided to save the rest for Sunday.
Its good fun, glad someone else has given it a go.

Dark Soldier

Finished 9 Perfect Strangers. A good show, that. Enjoyed a fair whack of it.

poprock

It was bloody lovely to finish a show and feel that it actually ended. No setup for season two, just a story that actually finished.

Matt_82

New Mike Flanagan series is on Netflix now. Hoping it's better than that last one.

Gremill

Watched the first episode of The Leftovers. Initially I was a bit indifferent but by the end there was enough to keep me watching. Looks interesting and hopefully Lindelof won't shit the bed with it.

Raiziel

Matt_82 wrote:

New Mike Flanagan series is on Netflix now. Hoping it's better than that last one.

Do you mean The Haunting of Bly Manor? because he didn’t make that series. Flanagan made The Haunting of Hill House, which I thought was very good.

LivDiv

Oh.
I was hoping for a typo and a Micky Flanagan stand up special.

Unlikely

Raiziel wrote:

Matt_82 wrote:

New Mike Flanagan series is on Netflix now. Hoping it's better than that last one.

Do you mean The Haunting of Bly Manor? because he didn’t make that series. Flanagan made The Haunting of Hill House, which I thought was very good.

I thought he was involved in both. Hill House was great, Bly Manor was dull.

yourfavouriteuncle

Without checking if it’s up yet or not, I’m presuming Matt means Midnight Mass?

Matt_82

Raiziel wrote:

Matt_82 wrote:

New Mike Flanagan series is on Netflix now. Hoping it's better than that last one.

Do you mean The Haunting of Bly Manor? because he didn’t make that series. Flanagan made The Haunting of Hill House, which I thought was very good.

Google says he created Bly Manor.

yourfavouriteuncle wrote:

Without checking if it’s up yet or not, I’m presuming Matt means Midnight Mass?

Yar.

Raiziel

Matt_82 wrote:

Raiziel wrote:

Matt_82 wrote:

New Mike Flanagan series is on Netflix now. Hoping it's better than that last one.

Do you mean The Haunting of Bly Manor? because he didn’t make that series. Flanagan made The Haunting of Hill House, which I thought was very good.

Google says he created Bly Manor.

I stand corrected. I thought he was just a producer, but he was a writer and even directed an ep.

Aaroncupboard

I think the main difference is that he directed every episode of hill house (I think he write every ep too). Bly Manor had a reduced input from Flanagan as he was busy doing Midnight Mass.

I can’t wait to watch it!

Minkymu

Season 3 of Sex Education is absolutely magnificent so far. The characters are perfectly cast and theres some real development going on to fill them out.

I’ ve never be a screaming PC type but i love how nothings taboo in this show.

Fantastic. Bravo netflix

Facewon

Gremill wrote:

Watched the first episode of The Leftovers. Initially I was a bit indifferent but by the end there was enough to keep me watching. Looks interesting and hopefully Lindelof won't shit the bed with it.

You - mostly - won't be disappointed.

Magnificent first 2 seasons. Third is shorter and resolves stuff.

EvilRedEye

Russell T Davies is coming back to Doctor Who as showrunner. In a sense I think it's a bit disappointing that they've had to resort to this because it suggests their talent pipeline has become a bit moribund - no new showrunner means no new vision for the show. But with Chibnall leaving the show in the doldrums right on the doorstep of the 60th anniversary, I think this is overall good news and a good decision because Davies should at least be able to have a decent stab at an anniversary episode and re-energising the show before he pops off again.

b0r1s

First episode of Foundation watched. It’s very well made, high production quality, great CGI, solid cast, couldn’t fault any of the actors really. And, like the first book, there’s lots of talking. This is not a criticism and I’m intrigued to see where it goes.

Armitage_Shankburn

Foundation seems to be shit..was the pilot shot during covid lockdown 1? The actors are socially distanced during the trial, and everyone seems to be thoroughly depressed

tigersgogrrr

LivDiv wrote:

I'm up to ep 4. I've decided to save the rest for Sunday.
Its good fun, glad someone else has given it a go.

Really surprised there hasn't been more chat about it here. It's my favourite TV thing in many a year.

drumbeg

Enjoyed Foundation ep 1. Hopefully more character development to come. It's mega-budget looking stuff in terms of how it's shot, but sets were a bit sparse.

The trailer for Invasion on Apple TV is very good.

mannaboy

EvilRedEye wrote:

Russell T Davies is coming back to Doctor Who as showrunner. In a sense I think it's a bit disappointing that they've had to resort to this because it suggests their talent pipeline has become a bit moribund - no new showrunner means no new vision for the show. But with Chibnall leaving the show in the doldrums right on the doorstep of the 60th anniversary, I think this is overall good news and a good decision because Davies should at least be able to have a decent stab at an anniversary episode and re-energising the show before he pops off again.

I’m a sucker for the RTD era of Who, just about done the umpteenth rewatch with the kids and it still holds up very well. He gave the show a heart and didn’t over complicate plots or arcs. He’s shown with his output since leaving that he’s one of the best UK writers for TV, if anyone can turn around the show I’d bank on him.

Gremill

Squid Games on Netflix. Get on it, it's very good.

yourfavouriteuncle

The Dark Water from the BBC is legit. As is fat Colin Farrell.

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