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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 22, 2024 14:30:58 GMT
Maybe a good TV set up .....  |
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Post by Slinger on Apr 22, 2024 15:24:24 GMT
Beacon 23
Beacon 23 follows Aster and Halan, two people whose fates become entangled after they find themselves trapped together at the end of the known universe. Aster mysteriously finds her way to a lonely beacon keeper, on his lighthouse in the darkest recesses of space. A tense battle of wills unfolds as Halan begins to question whether Aster is friend or foe as her ability to disguise her agenda and motives could make her a formidable opponent.
A.J. Simmons and Barbara Hershey make appearances. The music is provided by the usually excellent Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon).
It might be half way decent at least as it's currently on season 2. 3rd season not confirmed yet.
This might be good news...
It'll probably go to Paramount+, but it might turn up on Channel 5 at a later date.
I've just put it on my watch list.
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Post by Slinger on Apr 26, 2024 21:22:32 GMT
I've watched the first two episodes of "Beacon 23" and it's quite good so far. There are definite echoes of Silo, most markedly (so far) in the second episode. Lena Headey (who I've been calling "Lena Head ley" for years for some reason) is excellent. Interestingly, the tattoos she has in the show are actually her own, real tats, and t'internet reliably informs me she has at least 13 of them.  |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 26, 2024 21:47:33 GMT
Yes, I know all about her tats.
She will, in my mind, forever be Sarah Connor.
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 27, 2024 8:59:54 GMT
There is no other
Bring back Sarah Connor !
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Post by Slinger on Apr 27, 2024 12:20:36 GMT
Funny, that show would probably be right up my alley, but for some reason I never watched it.
Talking of which, I thought "Pennyworth" would have been too, but I gave up after 3 episodes.
A quick mention for the 5th and final series of Star Trek: Discovery. Not great, but good.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 27, 2024 13:37:18 GMT
You should hunt down The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Paul. Did I mention that Summer Glau is in it?
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 27, 2024 14:24:13 GMT
Arguably the best Terminator anything going
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Post by Slinger on Apr 29, 2024 16:29:13 GMT
Silo's Future Gets Major Update From Rebecca Ferguson (Including When The Show Will End)
The future of Apple TV+'s science-fiction series Silo gets a major update from star Rebecca Ferguson, along with when the show will end. Silo star Rebecca Ferguson provides a significant update on the future of the Apple TV+ show. The story is adapted from Hugh Howey's Silo trilogy, which includes the novels Wool, Shift, and Dust. Season 1 explores life in an underground silo with 144 levels, where an engineer named Juliette (Ferguson) and others live due to the outside world being a toxic wasteland for countless years. As the season progresses, Juliette works to unravel the sinister corruption and dark conspiracies within the silo. Apple TV+ renewed Silo for season 2, which wrapped filming in March 2024. While speaking with Collider, Ferguson, who is also one of Silo's executive producers, shared how many seasons the show will be, and how they plan to film the final seasons. In addition to reconfirming that Silo season 2 has completed shooting, Ferguson revealed there are already discussions being had about the show's future beyond season 2, including an endgame of filming seasons 3 and 4 back-to-back. Read Ferguson's comments below: "I believe that the show has an ending, and I know when that is. So that's the answer. You will find out when the show is done. To be honest, I don't think it's a secret. The books are the books. It's three books, and the three books are divided into four seasons. So I believe, unless any Apple person is gonna jump on, I think we're absolutely fine with saying Season 1, we've done. Season 2 is shot and coming out, and we're now looking at green-lighting Seasons 3 and 4. And I think we would film them maybe together, and that would be the end."There is no shortage of ongoing science-fiction series, with many of the best ones being Apple TV+ originals, but Silo manages to be even stronger than much of its competition. Season 1 strikes a perfect balance between riveting character drama, intricate world-building, and shocking plot twists, all while seamlessly moving between various genres. The first episode grounds much of this drama in the story of Allison Becker (Rashida Jones) and Holston Becker (David Oyelowo), smart and likeable characters easy to get invested in, and through whose eyes the status quo and the potential secrets of the silo are made clear. Nevertheless, by the end of the first episode, as compelling and important as Allison and Holston are to the story, they are revealed to not be the main characters. The actual protagonist, Juliette, is only introduced moments before the first episode's credits roll, setting a precedent for Silo's many surprises ahead. Instead of just being a standard science-fiction show, Juliette's investigation into the truth makes the story feel like a police procedural, a murder mystery, and a political thriller, with all these genres complementing each other well. As for world-building, season 1 does an excellent job fleshing out the world of the silo, delving into the social hierarchy, politics, the technical and practical logistics of how it's maintained, and the forgotten history that led to the silo's creation in the first place. This is only a taste of the world-building to come, as the season 1 ending reveals eye-opening truths about the world of Silo, showing that the silo where season 1 took place is only a small piece of the much larger world that will be explored in Silo seasons 2, 3, and 4. SOURCE
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Post by MartinT on Apr 29, 2024 17:46:56 GMT
Excellent news.
I'm now going to have to work out how to watch it all without subscribing to (spit) Apple. I'm gonna have to sell my soul, aren't I?
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Post by Slinger on Apr 29, 2024 18:17:32 GMT
Excellent news. I'm now going to have to work out how to watch it all without subscribing to (spit) Apple. I'm gonna have to sell my soul, aren't I? The tools are freely (well, one you do actually you need to pay for) available.  |
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Post by Slinger on Apr 29, 2024 18:25:04 GMT
I've just finished the latest series of Alex Rider. I thought it was fairly abysmal. It's like somebody got the previous two series, put them through an industrial mincer, extracted 90% of the fun, and finally threw the remainder at a wall to see what stuck. "Tom" was an annoying twat in a hat, "Kyra" could seemingly hack any system in the world with a beaten up old laptop and magic software, and yet I wouldn't trust her to tie her own shoelaces. Goodies and baddies alike were mostly cardboard cut outs, and even Alex himself seemed like he was the donor in the world's first personality transplant operation.
The only consolation I can come up with is that whatever I watch next stands a bloody good chance of being an improvement.
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Post by Tim on Apr 29, 2024 18:50:50 GMT
What's really going on outside the SILO . . . that's the question?
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 30, 2024 9:25:48 GMT
Surface - Apple TV
Avoid
Last on the conveyor belt for madam
Took 5 episodes to get going, I would have bailed on ep.1, ep. 6 was interesting, ep. 7 and 8 all over the place with an ending that makes you want to kick something, but sets up nicely for another series, which I won't watch
The entire writing and production team must have been on something
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Post by MartinT on Apr 30, 2024 11:10:53 GMT
What's really going on outside the SILO . . . that's the question? All you have to do is say "I want to go outside" and you'll find out |
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Post by speedysteve on Apr 30, 2024 20:56:34 GMT
We chewed our way through all of The Mentalist - Marie loved it.
Amazon introduced ads🙄 about 2/3 of our way though the 7 series.
Then The Gentlemen (Netflix) - humourously done with some blood spatter thrown in.
Now we are on to Fallout also Amazon.
Remember the Boyd Crowder character in Justified - a little older and ghouler here🙂) Mr Goggins is the actors name!
The leading lady is a Brit. From Whitechapel no less.
There are shades of that Subterranean series, where punishment is being put on the surface and everyone watching how far you get😏 (forget the name) and The 100 (Mount weather).
Amazon seem to have toned down the ads a bit. We complained.
Perhaps many have!
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Post by Slinger on Apr 30, 2024 21:55:34 GMT
Jeanette and I both liked The Mentalist. We were quite surprised to find out that Simon Baker is an Aussie. Oh, and Owain Yeoman (Agent Wayne Rigsby) is Welsh.
I like Walton Goggins. He first came to me attention playing "Shane," in The Shield. Apparently he was also in Sons of Anarchy, which I never watched.
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Post by julesd68 on May 1, 2024 11:06:39 GMT
Watched most of The Mentalist I think, got hooked on it by my good wife ...
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Post by MikeMusic on May 1, 2024 11:40:22 GMT
Watched it some years ago now
Good series
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Post by MartinT on May 2, 2024 20:00:54 GMT
The Gone
Pretty good Ireland/New Zealand joint production and set in beautiful NZ. Police drama about the hunt for a murderer. Plenty of plot twists, gorgeous landscapes all round and very decent acting from the ensemble. It ends on a cliffhanger and the story is not predictable.
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