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Post by MartinT on Mar 28, 2016 20:41:33 GMT
Having seen the final episode of season 1, I'm uprating my appreciation of Killjoys. It has a much richer universe and deeper storylines than the shlock SF it first appears to be, a really excellent cast and more believable sets than its budget must surely allow. A fun series, and I'm looking forward to season 2. Together with Continuum and a few others, the Canadians are proving to be rather good at TV SF.
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 29, 2016 12:14:05 GMT
The Canadians are good a lot of TV and cinema.
I often spot US series and films are *made* in Canada, sometimes with Canadian money.
Cheaper up North maybe
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 29, 2016 16:51:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2016 10:45:56 GMT
Watched the end of season 2 of Daredevil and Peaky Blinders over the weekend - Both were as good as their respective first seasons, but I agree with Mike's earlier comments that Peaky Blinders was a bit too violent for its own good... will certainly watch season 3 of both though.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 22, 2016 5:48:44 GMT
I'm enjoying The Tunnel series 2. From starting out as a copy of The Bridge, it has become its own show with two great leading parts.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 25, 2016 17:59:33 GMT
Game of Thrones S6 remains the yardstick by which all other series are measured. Still brilliant, classy and filmic. Won't give away any of the story, but it remains the pinnacle of TV drama in my opinion.
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 25, 2016 18:15:22 GMT
Game of Thrones S6 remains the yardstick by which all other series are measured. Still brilliant, classy and filmic. Won't give away any of the story, but it remains the pinnacle of TV drama in my opinion. I've never seen it. Do you mean it's the best drama around now or of all time?? |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 25, 2016 19:57:46 GMT
Of all time. Just in front of Battlestar Galactica and The West Wing.
Treat yourself.
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Post by steveeb on Apr 25, 2016 21:29:03 GMT
I consider an episode of GoT to be a treat also, but Green Wing would have to be in the three.
Undercover, now on episode 4, is as twisty as a very twisty thing.
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Post by Slinger on Apr 25, 2016 22:26:17 GMT
The Canadians are good a lot of TV and cinema. I often spot US series and films are *made* in Canada, sometimes with Canadian money. Cheaper up North maybe Talking of which, there's a new series called Slasher starting on Pick soon. It's an 8 parter starring Katie McGrath (the evil Morgana in Merlin) and " follows the adventures of an orphan who returns to the town where her parents were murdered after residents start being punished for committing the seven deadly sins." It's a joint Canadian-American venture and from what I've read it sounds quite promising even if the brief description I've given here makes it sound a wee bit corny. |
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 26, 2016 8:39:45 GMT
Of all time. Just in front of Battlestar Galactica and The West Wing. Treat yourself. Better than Grange Hill and Minder? Surely not?? |
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 26, 2016 8:54:07 GMT
The Canadians are good a lot of TV and cinema. I often spot US series and films are *made* in Canada, sometimes with Canadian money. Cheaper up North maybe Talking of which, there's a new series called Slasher starting on Pick soon. It's an 8 parter starring Katie McGrath (the evil Morgana in Merlin) and " follows the adventures of an orphan who returns to the town where her parents were murdered after residents start being punished for committing the seven deadly sins." It's a joint Canadian-American venture and from what I've read it sounds quite promising even if the brief description I've given here makes it sound a wee bit corny. "Slasher" is enough to put me off. I'll give it a go. |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 26, 2016 9:09:43 GMT
Better than Grange Hill and Minder? Surely not?? ...and The Tomorrow People and Thunderbirds! |
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Post by Barrington on Apr 26, 2016 11:16:02 GMT
Game of Thrones S6 remains the yardstick by which all other series are measured. Still brilliant, classy and filmic. Won't give away any of the story, but it remains the pinnacle of TV drama in my opinion. I've never seen it. Do you mean it's the best drama around now or of all time?? Seconded , of all time , nothing compares , I just hope the standard is kept up as the big story is becoming lots of smaller stories and the ultimate finale seems to be getting further away. |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 26, 2016 12:08:03 GMT
I like that it's taking its time. No wham bang constant action and no pandering to people with feeble attention spans. It's all in the detail and the sumptuous production.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2016 13:05:46 GMT
Just finished watching 'House of Lies' which is primarily about a group of Consultants which is rather close to home for me being a Business Consultant myself.
It is rather a typical American silly humour series, but actually quite good and worth a watch.
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Post by Barrington on Apr 26, 2016 14:00:26 GMT
I like that it's taking its time. No wham bang constant action and no pandering to people with feeble attention spans. It's all in the detail and the sumptuous production. I hate the fact you have to wait for another year after only 10 episodes but of course the quality would suffer if it ran longer seasons.. Can't have cake etc. Talking of seasons , when is winter coming !! |
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 26, 2016 14:39:28 GMT
Game of Thrones S6 remains the yardstick by which all other series are measured. Still brilliant, classy and filmic. Won't give away any of the story, but it remains the pinnacle of TV drama in my opinion. I've never seen it. Do you mean it's the best drama around now or of all time?? I did not like it. Will not watch it if it comes to Freeview |
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Post by Tim on Apr 26, 2016 14:53:22 GMT
I'm still not a fan either Mike. I'm on season 4 Ep 10 now, but finding time to watch it is difficult as friends I'm living with have seen it, so it's very disjointed with an episode here and one there, when they are out. So hard to keep the enthusiasm going.
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 27, 2016 14:23:01 GMT
I always used to watch series that I had started to the bitter end. Not any more. Dumped quite a few in the past 12 months. Have better things to do Still don't know if I should have watched Locke en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locke_(film)An interesting concept |
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