The TV you like thread - The Bear and Badger

MattyJ

Dark Soldier wrote:

Rewatching some now. Forgot Gemma Arterton was in Tom and Gerri. Gal is fire.

Did you ever see her... Leaked video? Ahem.

afgavinstan

You were saying?

nick_md

Yossarian wrote:

I’m with Nick.

Impeccable taste.

Moot_Geeza

Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room is S tier.

Escape

Best thing they've done since Psychoville S1. I SAID IT.

Yossarian

12 Days is still number one for me.

Gremill

They've cancelled Raised by Wolves! Now I'll never know what happens to upside down flying Jesus!

Dark Soldier

The Bill for me. Love the dialogue. Glenister is awesome.

Escape

That's probably an underrated one. “The 12 Days of Christine” has Smith playing Smith, and goes so hard for the strings it overnostalgises into an uncomfortable sense of writers' presence.

I do like “The Devil of Christmas”, but it's not an original story and that holds it back. Even Miami Vice did it.

Whereas Cheese and Crackers looked to The Grumbleweeds' late Graham Walker and Little and Large for inspiration. There's a rich source of human tragedy in the mines of '80s comedy.

A host of famous faces turned up at the service at St Giles Church including Linda Lusardi, panto star Billy Pearce, Emmerdale’s Frazer Hines, and comedians Freddie ‘Parrot Face’ Davies, Tommy Cannon, Jimmy Cricket and Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown.

Bob

Thought I better get started on The Boys before Dean Winchester turns up and fuck me it's only brilliant. Karl Urban is really good and the twist on super heroes is interesting enough so far.

Yossarian

Are you starting from the beginning?

Bob

Yossarian wrote:

Are you starting from the beginning?

Yeah. Of course. I'm not an idiot

Yossarian

You might have been catching up with the first three episodes of season 3 which appeared on Amazon last week.

But yeah, it’s great.

Bob

Did any one watch the BGT live final last night?

Considering the semi-finals have been awful it was quite a decent final and I really hoped chicken boy would do it.. the comedian that won seemed like a really nice chap and his stage persona and energy where great, he just wasn't funny... or at least we didn't think he was that funny.

Lord_Griff

Nah, have yet to suffer a debilitating embolism.

poprock

We got to the end of Shining Girls last night. I still maintain it was an entertaining series, but the ending was a bit rushed. And by ‘a bit’, I mean ‘a lot’.

handsofblue

Thanks to Face for See. Nearly finished the first season and a really solid show. The premise has clearly been thought about, although it does falter on some aspects. The initial how-the-fuck? disappears quite quickly. Jason Mamoa is excellent. Mmm, a fine actor indeed.

tin_robot

Trailer for The Sandman. Not convinced, though The Dreaming looks good, and the brief bit of what I assume was the Corinthian was suitably creepy. Main issue is Jenna bloody Coleman, not least because she's playing Constantine. (The rights for John Constantine are, apparently, somewhat murky, whereas Joanna Constantine is pretty much a Sandman thing, so she's playing both Lady Joanna, and a modern day descendant of her, rather than John. Which would be fine, if it weren't Jenna Coleman.)

JonB

poprock wrote:

We got to the end of Shining Girls last night. I still maintain it was an entertaining series, but the ending was a bit rushed. And by ‘a bit’, I mean ‘a lot’.

Yeah, I saw it through. It didn't help that I watched six episodes in quick succession then had to wait for the last two. By the time the finale arrived the momentum was gone. Still, I thought it was pretty good overall.

yourfavouriteuncle

Again, madness and normally such a bell weather for the fine.

RamSteelwood

In my covid 'isolation' I've started a rewatch of Rescue Me. The entire series is just £20 on xbox store, less than half what I've seen it elsewhere. Only prob is the xbox app seems a bit naff with no intro/credit skip option and have to jump to end of end credits for next ep. Or maybe they just don't do it for all shows. Streaming quality seems fine though.

Anyway, most of my way through S2 and it still gets a big thumbs up from me. Darkly comical and at times surprisingly emotional and touching, whilst occasionally WTF OTT silly.

Time_on_my_hands

tin_robot wrote:

Trailer for The Sandman. Not convinced, though The Dreaming looks good, and the brief bit of what I assume was the Corinthian was suitably creepy. Main issue is Jenna bloody Coleman, not least because she's playing Constantine. (The rights for John Constantine are, apparently, somewhat murky, whereas Joanna Constantine is pretty much a Sandman thing, so she's playing both Lady Joanna, and a modern day descendant of her, rather than John. Which would be fine, if it weren't Jenna Coleman.)

I'd have loved to see Tom Hiddleston take on the role of Dream. Also Tilda Swinton would absolutely look the part of Desire. I guess some gender-swapping was inevitable so that the Dreaming isn't a total sausage party, but Lucien is a favourite of mine so it'll take some getting used to.

Overall I'll give it a watch, but frankly I won't be too upset if it goes the way of Gaiman's other TV adaptations and flops spectacularly.

Time_on_my_hands

Bob wrote:

Thought I better get started on The Boys before Dean Winchester turns up and fuck me it's only brilliant. Karl Urban is really good and the twist on super heroes is interesting enough so far.

Holy fucking shit. I heard that they'd be going the extra this season on a podcast this morning, but that first episode... Hell, just the first 10 minutes. They're not messing around, are they!

Plus Homelander being a complete mentalist.

superflyninja

Im late to the game and I didnt see a dedicated thread, but Stranger Things 4, phwooooarrrrr

Bob

RamSteelwood wrote:

In my covid 'isolation' I've started a rewatch of Rescue Me. The entire series is just £20 on xbox store, less than half what I've seen it elsewhere. Only prob is the xbox app seems a bit naff with no intro/credit skip option and have to jump to end of end credits for next ep. Or maybe they just don't do it for all shows. Streaming quality seems fine though.

Anyway, most of my way through S2 and it still gets a big thumbs up from me. Darkly comical and at times surprisingly emotional and touching, whilst occasionally WTF OTT silly.

I fucking love Denis Leary in this

Gremill

superflyninja wrote:

Im late to the game and I didnt see a dedicated thread, but Stranger Things 4, phwooooarrrrr

Yeah, it's superb.

MattyJ

Gremill wrote:

superflyninja wrote:

Im late to the game and I didnt see a dedicated thread, but Stranger Things 4, phwooooarrrrr

Yeah, it's superb.

I did end up surprised by the last episode:

Spoiler:

hunk

So, we own this city.
Worth watching?

Also considering Stranger things.
Late to the party, i know.

hunk

The good fight is hilarious if a bit surreal after the Trump era.

Yossarian

hunk wrote:

So, we own this city.
Worth watching?

Didn’t realise it was available yet, so I’ve clearly not watched, but how can anything from the makers of The Wire that stars Jon Bernthal not be worth watching?

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