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Can't remember if we've had s3 or s4,but it's always been great
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After sitting in my TiVo library for a year (or two), I've finally started watching THE TERROR series 1.
Two English Naval ships, stuck in the ice of the frozen Arctic, while exploring the North Passage (circa 1849) are being picked off by a big white bear, with supernatural overtones.
A nice, bleak/chilly atmosphere, good acting, impressive period detail.
I'm half way through (episode 5 completed last night) and having a good time.
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I saw that Terror on Les's recommendation.
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I remember it (S1) getting lots of plaudits/good reviews.
I've also got series 2 in the library, set in a Japanese internment camp WWII (I think).
Is that any/as good?
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Yes excellent
I liked that one even more
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Have enjoyed the tv series of Interview with the vampire, with greyworm from Game of thrones as Louis. Was decent. Good cast. I suppose the louis-Lestat relationship was way more homo-erotic than the movie but it was tastefully done i thought.
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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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