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- Beeswax-1
- BustySaintClaire0
The New Pope - Italian surrealist cinema
- Projectile1
Binging hard on this right now
- yepBennn
- So good, on so many levels.ApeRobot
- Enjoy! We did.monospaced
- fantastic showRamanisky2
- great stuffHayzilla
- **CANCELLED**
BastardsHayzilla - REALLY??? WHYBennn
- Fincher is too busy on other stuff so the cast have all been released. Although not officially cancelled. Generally releasing actors from contracts is the end.Hayzilla
- Hayzilla0
Anyone watching The Outsider? I'm tempted.
- In the first 4 episodes it promised gold. The last two episodes have been...umm... bronze. Hopefully the final episodes will be better. However, it's Stephen...Morning_star
- ...King and he's never been one for a great ending.Morning_star
- I dig it, def worth a watch.fyoucher1
- what Morning saidmonospaced
- Only watched the first two episodes. Great cast and nicely shot/directed but the script/plot doesn't seem to live up to the rest of it.webazoot
- Also half the time it seems like its set in the 90s but some of the tech and cars are current.webazoot
- zarkonite0
Mythic Quest
I didn't really like the first 3 episodes, felt like the jokes were obvious but I'm glad I powered through because it was a really good season in the end.
If you like Always Sunny you'll like this and big bonus if you were a fan of Community, Danny Pudi is basically playing Evil Abed the whole time.
- thumb_screws1
Letterkenny. Someone mentioned it here a while back and finally got round to watching it.
- Ramanisky22
One of the funniest shows currently running.
Walton Goggins steals the show.- Wow! Raising Arizona vibe, greatrobotron3k
- It's hilarious and also really close to reality.PhanLo
- Four of my skate decks are hanging in the youngest Gemstone's gym. Caught a glimpse in Ep2.misterhow
- yeah man - cheers for the tipwoowahesque
- Great show. Still randomly laugh at the "They're just fellas I do car pranks with" sometimes when I'm drivingjbasnight
- Not as funny as I had hoped. But funny.monospaced
- Enjoyed this but having flicked past some of the evangelical channels on the TV did feel it gave them all an easy ride.webazoot
- "Who do I owe for the prostitutes? Hit Me up."Hayzilla
- Ramanisky21
- so good, literally just watching the second last episode...laurie...m..._niko
- ^ really well edited/directed/acte... I'm still... you know?MrAbominable
- sted-1
- Kind of enjoying this at the moment. But I do feel like it's one episode away from fucking the whole thing up!Ianbolton
- watched it. hated it. the lead was great but the writing and story were unbearable.MrAbominable
- you must be over 40 :D
it's strange to see how well it works
among younger peoplested - you're not wrong. but popularity has rarely been a barometer of taste, eg. Riverdale. :)MrAbominable
- Bennn0
- whuuut, that looks coolBennn
- After my brain adjusted to the rotoscoped effect, so far so good.ArmandoEstrada
- That looks really nice... shame i don't have primedee-dubs
- One of the best shows I've seen this year. Such a beautiful way of showing trauma and griefIanbolton
- Projectile0
- A curious trailer. The more I watched, the less I cared.Nairn
- Beeswax0
Never watched Breaking Bad but started watching this, it's pretty well done.
- It’s just as good IMOmonospaced
- You should watch breaking bad though. You don’t NEED to for this, but you should in general. :)monospaced
- Definitely watch BB!MrT
- You sir are a fool LOL. Although it is good, it's like saying you've never watched Family Guy but really like the Cleveland Show.Hayzilla
- BB is the shit man.Hayzilla
- I'm hammering through my 6th watch of BB. It's been a year so since my last viewing and I'm going to glide right into El Camino when I'm done with BB, hahaelahon
- ^ You've watched the whole series 6 times?Hayzilla
- Working on my sixth, yes.elahon
- I've gone through The Soprano's 7 or 8 times, hahaelahon
- Bennn0
Very good
- Watched E1 last night. Bloody good, not an easy watch though.Projectile
- Ramanisky22
Only on Ep 3 but this is real quality so far.
- ah completely forgot about this
thx!sted - ^Yeah buddyRamanisky2
- Yeah this is good. Surprised how quickly I was ok with him acting proper like.MrT
- ah completely forgot about this
- jaylarson1
Holy shit this is great:
- Ramanisky22
Probably been posted here before ... I’m near the end of season 3 and damn this show is sooooo f’n great.
- Looks great. Never heard of it. Thanks!mort_
- Yes, very underrated show. Good cast, acting and aside from 1 episode on S3, great cinematography.ArmandoEstrada
- ^^
I know the 1 episode you’re referring to.
I actually loved it.Ramanisky2
- DRIFTMONKEY1
Just binged Good Omens.
Here's some non-spoilery thoughts while it's still fresh:Characters - amazing. Especially the 2 leads. Hamm and Dennehy also stand out from the rest, but that leads us to how well written the characters are.
Writing - fantastic. Wow. There's something about the way Neil's characters are written that are solely his. The sense of humor, wit and charm all exclusive to Neil. He is top of his game. When you have the same writer of source material, and script... that is where the magic happens. He's been swimming in this world, and knows it well. Makes adapting them so much more fulfilling and interesting. Neil's involvement is 100% the reason this worked.
Direction - There are some great visual cues, but not enough to say this is anything groundbreaking. It's competent.
Effects - Restrained, yet competent, could have been pushed farther in the final act. You can see where the budget was strained, especially in the last 2 episodes.
Episodes - 6 hours is a perfect run for this type of storytelling. I feel a lot of shows could still learn from this format. This plays out like a mini series. Subtle ambiguity in the end with actual closure. Another wonderful trait of Neil. Nothing ever comes with a bow on it.
Side note: There's something almost too British in the execution of the violence. It was missing the weight of the circumstances in many instances. Sort of like Doctor Who, the violence is treated without much effect. It had elements of that here, made me wish they would have pushed it a bit further. I don't think full-on gore would necessarily move the needle forward, but the violence needed to feel a little more real.
8/10
Highly recommended.