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Oct 17, 2023 - 12:06 PM
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Warlok
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While I enjoyed the first 4-5 episodes of THE TERROR (in a MASTER & COMMANDER kind of way), by the last 4-5 episodes of this series, I couldn't stand it.
It just dragged on and on so badly, repeating boring scene and situation time and time again.
And the creature, when finally shown, was a big white shaggy dog crossed with a bear and a (kinda) human head (it reminded me of something from HARRY POTTER, complete with terrible CGI).
The whole show became pretentious and confusing and just...dull.
I genuinely didn't have a clue who was who and what was happening during most of the attack sequences, as they were so badly shot and edited.
It'll be years before I get around to series 2 now...if ever!
Eps 1-5 = 7/10
Eps 6-10 = 3/10
In general I agree. I could watch the main actor (same actor who portrayed the nuclear scientist in the Chernobyl series) forever in good roles, but the series definitely suffered from a get-on-with-it'ishness. It also did not at all need the needlessly ambiguous supernatural element. Still glad to have seen it even though it could have been better.
The second in the series featuring Japanese supernatural elements at least made a decision to properly (i.e. one way or the other) embrace those elements. Enjoyable, with some great imagery, some fine moments. I was however hoping for more than what I got out of it.
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Das Boot series 4.
Excellent as ever
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Dark Winds
Navajo reservation cops investigate double mystery murder n an armed robbery where the getaway helicopter is hidden on reservation land.
Top quality cast. Kind of a tv Thunderheart but better
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Thank you joanie, yes I'm keeping an eye out for it.
Currently watching Oppenheimer, excellent BBC version from 1980 starring Sam Waterston. 7 episodes, im up to 5. I remember it was decent but its better than I remember. Lots of known faces like David Suchet, Edward Hardwicke, Shame Rimmer and Alexander Knox.
Carl Davis wrote great theme for it, which appears in several versions throughout the underscore.
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Bodies
Netflix. Premise starts out interesting but gets sillier and dafter. Too often the acting has that same falseness as Eastenders style bad hamming, where the line delivery makes you cringe. And some annoying characters overreacting and doing things that don't ring true. It smacks of cheap, too.
Wish someone had warned me.
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No worries Joan. Your hit-rate has been spot on so far and I didn't recall your review, so it wasn't your fault I watched!. It wasn't awful, just average. And a confusing mess, like most time travel bunkum. If diplomat was a 9, this was a 6.5.
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Lol. Times are hard, joan, world recession. Don't expect much, except maybe best wishes and appreciation of your tastes. Normally. 
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That goes without saying.
P.s i miss edw too.
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Who is Erin Carter? On netflix
Not bad. Woman (with spec ops skillset) on the run with young child sets up home as a teacher in Barcelona but when she intervenes in a supermarket hold up, she attracts old enemies n naked new ones.
Lead is good, some acting bit iffy n wooden but otherwise held me for its 7 episodes. 7.8 out of 10
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S1 Mayfair witches wasn't bad.
S5 Rocco Schiavone still great.
I was late to the party but Ted Lasso is pure genius. Sadly only a few episodes to go.
S1 s2 n s3 Slow Horses with Gary Oldman superb is very decent.
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Rewatching The Sopranos for the first time since it ended. So many things happened a lot more quickly than I remember, probably because I don't have to wait so long for a new season. I'm almost at the midpoint of the final year.
I also forgot that it's simultaneously a very funny and very unpleasant series. I hate absolutely everyone. Except maybe Carmela. She feels like the closest thing to a victim among the regulars.
Also funny is how the characters who feel the most real are those outside of Tony Soprano's "crew." Everyone in the organization is a cartoon character. Tony himself is tragic, you really feel like - given a second chance - he'd never have chose that life. The only people who really give a shit about him are his family and precious few outside friends.
Brilliant series but I feel like I need a shower if I watch too many in a row.
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