Last TV series you watched and your rating

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window. 9/10.

This gooseberry fool was gold. Amazing. Also spoke to a colleague at work who watched it and didn't realise it was a dead pan dark comedy piss take and thought it was supposed to be a serious drama :lol:

Kristen Bell was great in it and clearly has a great sense of humour.

Band of Brothers - 10/10 as always.

Such a great series. Usually give it a watch once a year, but haven't put it on for at least five years now.
It'll be a long time until we get something as good or better again.

mcjihge2 wrote:All of us are dead. 9/10. Despite being 12 episodes and each episode 1hr, it kept my attention really well. Theres also alot of heart in this show.

One these that did come out is that i got the impression that Korean culture values the older generation greatly at the expense of the youth - is this true?

I haven't seen this yet so don't know how its shown in the show but age is very important in Korean society and impacts a lot of social interactions.

Having said on the previous page that Parks and Rec was finishing on netflix - it didnt. So ive made my way back through S1 and S2. S1 is not very good a all. Leslie is a stupid micheal scott in it. It definitely steps up for S2 though. Louis CKs character is rubbish. Mark Brandenawisz isnt actually too bad - but the character really did go down a dead end early on, Where Adam scotts character pretty much hit the ground running and filled the gap.

Outrunner wrote:
mcjihge2 wrote:All of us are dead. 9/10. Despite being 12 episodes and each episode 1hr, it kept my attention really well. Theres also alot of heart in this show.

One these that did come out is that i got the impression that Korean culture values the older generation greatly at the expense of the youth - is this true?

I haven't seen this yet so don't know how its shown in the show but age is very important in Korean society and impacts a lot of social interactions.

Yes it is sometimes quite apparent and odd because im used to not really seeing it in UK/US shows.

Inventing Anna

Started off strong, but steadily lost its way after realising it either had nothing to say or nothing it wanted to say. The last couple of episodes were positively epileptic in tone as it had characters in-fighting due to motivations none of them had. Literally seemed like the major characters were just assigned motivations at the start of the scene in order to argue from A to B regardless of what had happened to any of them in the entire preceding series.

By the end, no one really has a coherent reason for reacting to anything in the way that they do. Is it meant to be an analysis of 'peak millennial culture' (not my words - :dread:

)? An analysis of the shallowness of the cult of personality? How easily image over-rules sense? The importance of being true to oneself? The importance of family? The validity of faking it until you make it? The importance of good journalism and professional boundaries? A court room drama about the specific nature of intent? Who's more in the wrong; the fraud or the defrauded?

By the end it's all of them, but not in a coherent sense. Just 'oh this scene is about why you should leave your job at work' but now it's about 'never leaving your friends behind' but now it's about how 'image is everything' and I'm like JUST strawberry floating PICK A THEME AND STICK WITH IT.

Station Eleven - 7/10

A bit torn on this one. There were aspects/scenes/episodes that I really enjoyed but also enough that I didn't. Some of the character choices, in particular, left me a bit perplexed.

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window. 9/10.

This gooseberry fool was gold. Amazing. Also spoke to a colleague at work who watched it and didn't realise it was a dead pan dark comedy piss take and thought it was supposed to be a serious drama

Kristen Bell was great in it and clearly has a great sense of humour.

I thought this was a serious thing and thought wow, that's a clumsy title :lol:

Tomous wrote:
Return_of_the_STAR wrote:The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window. 9/10.

This gooseberry fool was gold. Amazing. Also spoke to a colleague at work who watched it and didn't realise it was a dead pan dark comedy piss take and thought it was supposed to be a serious drama

Kristen Bell was great in it and clearly has a great sense of humour.

I thought this was a serious thing and thought wow, that's a clumsy title

"Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood" is a hard hitting documentary on 90's LA gang culture.

The Shield - 9/10

Just brilliant stuff. The last series and in particular the finale are top tier.

Moggy wrote:
Tomous wrote:
Return_of_the_STAR wrote:The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window. 9/10.

This gooseberry fool was gold. Amazing. Also spoke to a colleague at work who watched it and didn't realise it was a dead pan dark comedy piss take and thought it was supposed to be a serious drama

Kristen Bell was great in it and clearly has a great sense of humour.

I thought this was a serious thing and thought wow, that's a clumsy title

"Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood" is a hard hitting documentary on 90's LA gang culture.

And also one of the finest movies ever made (with a Wayans brother in it)

The Woman in the House Across etc etc etc

Yea, starts off really well. As a deadpan parody of the thousands of crime thrillers on Netflix it’s got a really strong opening few episodes but it drags on far too long and the ‘second act’ as it were drags by at a glacial pace and largely forgets to be funny. Picks up again at the end, but by then you just want it to be over so you don’t really appreciate the fun silliness of the resolution.

Kristin Bell is brilliant when it’s good I was doubled over laughing. At half the length it would have been an instant classic but its just too slowly paced to keep up the deadpan comedy and so you have to make do with glacial sincerity too often.

I really enjoyed it from start to finish, myself.

Mare of Easttown - 8/10

This was really good and entertaining throughout but, especially towards the end, I felt that the 'heavy' drama, social realism aspect of the show, which I thought was its real strength, was being undercut by its adherence to the conventions of the twisty-turny crime drama.

Peacemaker.

I loved it from the start to finish which is a surprise. Great cast of characters, funny at times.

8/10

The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel (S1 & S2) - 8

This sure is made by the same creator of Gilmore Girls! Alex Borstein and Tony Shalhoub propel this to something quite special a lot of the time but I get the sense that this could start running out of road in season three.

Pam and Tommy - 6/10, good performances from both leads. Lily James' transformation and mannerisms are on point, but it kinds of loses it's way in the last few episodes. Feel sorry for Pam Anderson but looking forward to her upcoming documentary on Netflix.

Station Eleven (limited series) - 7/10
A timely subject matter; following survivors of a flu pandemic that devastates the world. It gets off to a slow start, but as it progressed I did enjoy the characters and the overall journey. Its message of how good art has the power to inspire and heal was fine, however, its execution was a little overly arty-farty for my own tastes.

The Deuce (Season 2) - 8/10
Another great season; this time concentrating on the rise of the porn film industry. The Franco twin bro still annoys the tits of me though. It's the only thing that really brings it down.

Mr Inbetween (Season 1) - 7/10
An offbeat Australian series about a regular tough guy/enforcer/hitman. The eps are pretty short (under 30mins) and it's a little slow to get going, but it's a pretty fun show with some dark comedy. All 3 seasons are on Disney+.

Cuttooth wrote:The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel (S1 & S2) - 8

This sure is made by the same creator of Gilmore Girls! Alex Borstein and Tony Shalhoub propel this to something quite special a lot of the time but I get the sense that this could start running out of road in season three.

S3 - 7/10
S4 - 6/10

Still really funny throughout these two seasons but it's meandering all over the place now. I'm confident the final season will come up with a worth ending though.

Our House - 4/10

Wank ITV drama.

Preezy wrote:Our House - 4/10

Wank ITV drama.

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