Paid Members BomberPat Posted November 30, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2022 I'm willing to give it more time - I've seen some people say it gets better after the first one or two episodes - but what it feels like to me is that somebody's written a YA story and the producers have tagged the Addams Family IP on it, like they couldn't get their series made until someone in a boardroom said, "well what if we make the girl Wednesday Addams?", rather than coming up with a story and setting that has naturally grown from the starting point of "Wednesday Addams as a teenager". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 32 minutes ago, BomberPat said: It just felt charmless, really, Bring back down votes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted December 1, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted December 1, 2022 On 11/29/2022 at 2:16 PM, Gus Mears said: BBC announces "stellar" festive TV selection :https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/bbc-christmas-whats-on-iplayer-channels-2022/ Another year being forced to watch the Call the Midwife special while hoping for the sweet release of death. Inside No9 and a feature length episode of The Detectorists means I can forgive BBC for all the other shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted December 1, 2022 Moderators Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) I like how the article has the section on Mrs browns boys separate to the section on comedy. Edited December 1, 2022 by Chest Rockwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted December 1, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted December 1, 2022 another "remember this?" series, then, as I watched the first two episodes of Willow yesterday. It's not terrible, but doesn't really have anything going for it anyway, just a grab-bag of fantasy story clichés with none of the slightly off-kilter charm of the movie. A real victim of HD making everything look a little too clean and cheap and not as magical as the original movie, too. I find it irritating that the central characters just speak like Disney Channel teenagers, which I suppose is a conscious effort to make them seem out of place in a world beholden to old traditions, but just takes me out of the world they're trying to create. Warwick Davis line reads, particularly when he has to do a lot of exposition, are so flat and emotionless, that I find it hard to concentrate on them, he's somehow far worse an actor than he was in the original film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Weezenal Posted December 1, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted December 1, 2022 Headline of the Guardian review made me laugh. "Willow review – Warwick Davis’s fantasy reboot is lots of fun … until he appears" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted December 1, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Weezenal said: Headline of the Guardian review made me laugh. "Willow review – Warwick Davis’s fantasy reboot is lots of fun … until he appears" Damn that's harsh! I used to watch the original movie a fair bit as a kid but remember nothing about it. Definitely wasn't considered a classic in my house. I'll probably give this a go but if it requires me knowing a bunch of stuff from the original movie I'll probably duck out quick. Edited December 1, 2022 by LaGoosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted December 1, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted December 1, 2022 On 11/30/2022 at 10:09 AM, BomberPat said: saw the first episode of Wednesday while my girlfriend watched it, don't get it at all 1 hour ago, BomberPat said: I watched the first two episodes of Willow yesterday. It's not terrible, but doesn't really have anything going for it anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted December 15, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted December 15, 2022 Just finished 2nd series of The White Lotus. All the way through this series I didn't think it was quite as good as the first series, but that may well have changed after the finale. Brilliant series, can't wait to see who they bring in and where they set the third series. Spoiler I genuinely gasped when I heard that THUD of Jennifer Coolidge banging onto the boat as she fell overboard. I was gutted! Was hoping she'd be at every hotel for each series, oblivious to everyone dying around her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, PunkStep said: Just finished 2nd series of The White Lotus. All the way through this series I didn't think it was quite as good as the first series, but that may well have changed after the finale. Brilliant series, can't wait to see who they bring in and where they set the third series. Spoiler I think it pipped the first series. Christopher Moltisante, F. Murray Abraham , Tom Hollander Spoiler Getting deep bummed by his ‘nephew’ a pretty great crew young actors bar some nobhead who looks like he should be on Eastenders and Coolidge being great. I wasn’t massively in to the awkward couples joint holiday but that’s because it was so uncomfortable to imagine. Edited December 16, 2022 by Mr_Danger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted December 16, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2022 Jennifer Coolidge is the fucking queen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 As someone who would quite happily drink Haley Lu Richardsons bath water (no shame in my game) I can't believe I haven't watched this yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted December 23, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) Ugh. Army porn like that is exactly the type of shit I hate. I recently finished The Bear which I absolutely loved. Great acting, brilliantly written naturalistic dialogue from a cast of wonderful characters who feel totally real, beautifully shot and made me really want a good sandwich. Can't wait for season 2. It's a tie with Andor for best telly I've seen this year. In the spirit of Christmas I also re-watched the It's Always Sunny Christmas Special yesterday which has become a new Christmas tradition. Not only does it have two of the funniest moments in any form of media ever made (the mall Santa scene and the couch scene) and all the usual Sunny lunacy, chaos and cynicism, it also has a very genuinely sweet ending and message that hey Christmas and all it's traditions are actually bullshit - what really matters is just spending some time doing something nice with the people you love whatever and whoever that is. even if it's throwing rocks at trains. I've also been up a lot at night recently as my little lad is ill so have been re-watched Twin Peaks: the Return which is just as good on the rewatch. Watching the Dougie storyline a second time is a lot of fun and rewarding unlike the first time (which felt like agony). Also knowing where the whole thing is heading I can analyse scenes better and try to work out what it actually going on. Next episode is the absolutely legendary episode 8 which I am very excited to see again. Edited December 23, 2022 by LaGoosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 First thing I did after binging The Bear a couple of months ago was go and buy a massive joint of beef and make loads of butties. Great show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) The new Beavis and Butt-Head show is pretty decent, the first episode in and they're going to an escape room. Mike's managed to have them fitting in perfectly with modern life, watching Tik Toks and YouTube in the breaks. Edited December 23, 2022 by Merzbow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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