The TV you like thread - The Bear and Badger

Facewon

Yeah. Have it on the plex to do pile.

hunk

Torrents. (Sshhh....)
Might wait till the whole season is available as binge watching is best.

Also, Jon Bernthal and the wire producers. I have very high hopes.

Yossarian

All episodes are available in the UK.

And it’s not just the Wire producers, it’s the writers too.

hunk

Excellent! Will investigate soon...

superflyninja

MattyJ 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:

I thought the guy in 11s flashbacks would have significance but wasn't expecting him to both be the boy from the house, have powers, and also be the main bad guy! Tieing it all up nicely ahead of the last couple of episodes.

That was very neatly done. It didn't take away from the mystery or fear either I thought. Worked really, really well.

Spoiler:

poprock

hunk wrote:

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

One of the best shows of recent years, even though the quality dips a bit with later series.

I_R

Yossarian wrote:

All episodes are available in the UK. And it’s not just the Wire producers, it’s the writers too.

And a lot of the cast.

Not as entertaining as The Wire, although there's a thrill to the raids and arrests that a lot of other media fail to match. Bleak, depressing and a bit eye opening about how dumb some of these people are.

Berenthal is amazing as well, massively larger than life, but real at the same time.

MattyJ

superflyninja wrote:

MattyJ 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:

I thought the guy in 11s flashbacks would have significance but wasn't expecting him to both be the boy from the house, have powers, and also be the main bad guy! Tieing it all up nicely ahead of the last couple of episodes.

That was very neatly done. It didn't take away from the mystery or fear either I thought. Worked really, really well.

Spoiler:

The stuff in Alaska/Russia was awesome, great to see Murray actually kicking ass, I think he was just as surprised to be doing so as well. The characters were so well done, even smaller characters like the bully cheerleader to 11 or Chrissy. Eddie is a great addition to the gang too.

Agree with all that.

I've just seen there is a season 5?! I thought this was going to be it

superflyninja

MattyJ wrote:

superflyninja wrote:

MattyJ 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:

I thought the guy in 11s flashbacks would have significance but wasn't expecting him to both be the boy from the house, have powers, and also be the main bad guy! Tieing it all up nicely ahead of the last couple of episodes.

That was very neatly done. It didn't take away from the mystery or fear either I thought. Worked really, really well.

Spoiler:

The stuff in Alaska/Russia was awesome, great to see Murray actually kicking ass, I think he was just as surprised to be doing so as well. The characters were so well done, even smaller characters like the bully cheerleader to 11 or Chrissy. Eddie is a great addition to the gang too.

Agree with all that. I've just seen there is a season 5?! I thought this was going to be it

Yeah season 5!! Yasss. Cant wait for season 4 vol 2

Kow

We Own this City is good but it suffers a bit from being all over the place in the time line, making it a bit confusing. Being non-fiction it doesn't have the same level of drama as The Wire.

Bob

hunk wrote:

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

Stopped watching when they tried to shoe horn a musical number into every episode

Gremill

Holy fuck, the opening scene of the first new episode of The Boys is quite something.

Wookienopants

Gremill wrote:

Holy fuck, the opening scene of the first new episode of The Boys is quite something.

I know right??

Yossarian

Gremill wrote:

Holy fuck

Gremill

Yossarian wrote:

Gremill wrote:

Holy fuck

Ahahaha, that was unintentional but works.

Gremill

First episode was superb. This show just gets better and better.

yourfavouriteuncle

I’d ignored Ted Lasso because I incorrectly thought it looked too slick and traditional for my tastes but there’s just so much heart here that I can’t dismiss it can I? It’s just really lovely and he’s a great lead.

RamSteelwood

yourfavouriteuncle wrote:

I’d ignored Ted Lasso because I incorrectly thought it looked too slick and traditional for my tastes but there’s just so much heart here that I can’t dismiss it can I? It’s just really lovely and he’s a great lead.

Better late than never. It's both funny and incredibly 'nice'. 1st series in particular one of the best ever.

The Daddy

Here’s the slightly less amiable precursor to Ted:

https://youtu.be/pi06BRTBc7Y

Bob

Gremill wrote:

First episode was superb. This show just gets better and better.

Series one has been amazing so far.. so well written. So many holy shit moments and then there's character development comedy bits.. it's brilliant.

Spoiler:

Raiziel

I watched a Marvel thing and didn’t think it was shit! Hurray! Loki…was actually good.

Bob

Great episode of new Top Gear last night as the looked at TV police cars and did a tribute to the Sinclair C5. Obviously they're not bothered at reviewing any kind of cars now but I'm ok with that as long as the cars are still the star and it's entertaning.

Slowish start to The Boys season 2.

Hodge360

Who hosts Top Gear now? Haven't watched since the real ones left.

Yossarian

Paddy McGuinness, Chris Harris and Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff.

Harris and Flintoff are really good, IMO, and Flintoff’s willingness to risk life and limb is a great asset. McGuinness is, um, there.

The slightly xenophobic, homophobic, misogynist edge that the Clarkson years had seem to have gone too.

Gremill

It's the same old shit from the OG years but presented by people who are much nicer.

b0r1s

I watched the episode with Flintoff over the dam. Fucking hell!!

afgavinstan

Yoss' "slightly" doing a fair bit of lifting there.

Gamermike

Stranger Things done.

I enjoyed this season far more than the others, despite the runtime (some scenes are seriously dragged out) but I'm really looking forward to volume 2 in a few weeks.

Paul the sparky

I didn't think it was overly long, it kept my attention all the way through which is becoming rarer these days. Only negative was that a few characters were short changed, namely Will and his brother, but I suppose they had nowt interesting going on and it would have been even longer if they all had to get equal screen time

Paul the sparky

I fucking loved it though, best series since the first, real heart in mouth stuff at times

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