Not started watching it yet the first season i rewatched few weeks back it was brilliant still
Watched all of the series of that , most enjoyableJust started to watch New Amsterdam and it is definitely not bad.
The whole series has been wonderfully written. Many of the complaints about plot holes/contrivances really missed the point of what the season was about.You did.....;-)
It has been a slow burner for sure,but the quality was always there and it was simply creeping towards the 'climax' we witnessed in Ep 10.
The acting has been superb,and the tension hasn't wavered,for something that is complete fantasy.....it feels very believable and realistic.
Dr Who had got so far up itself with silly unbelievable plots, can’t be arsed with itDoctor Who..... goodbye Jodie Whittaker, it really wasn't great. Another Chris Chibnall episode that tried to be epic, blockbuster, genre defining, and wasn't.
Same really old tired plot as the rest of this era/error. Plus points it was nice to see some of the old doctors - Davison, Baker C (who's a conceited, arrogant rag wanker with his own gravitational pull these days), McCoy and McGann who all had brief screen time to stop you thinking how much they'd all aged. There was David Bradley doing his decent impression of Hartnell too. I really enjoyed Tegan and Ace as 80s companions in the present.
Trouble is, all these blasts from the past served to magnify the deficiencies of the present crew. Whittaker is a great actress, attack the block and Broadchurch, but has all the charactisation of someone from the Crossroads motel!!! The scripts she's had haven't done her any favours, but Tennant and Smith had their fair share of clunkers but had more than enough creditin the bank to be forgiven. If Whittaker's character is ill defined and seems at odds with the rest of the show's history, poor scripts only highlight her shortcomings.
Her companions are even worse, Yas started poorly and has deteriorated season after season; John Bishop (yes really!) isn't an actor and has no presence. Bradley Walsh acts him off the screen, doesn't have a lot to do but makes the character believable.
The Master is supposed to be the Moriarty to the Doctor's Holmes. Sacha Dhawan is a great actor but fatally miscast as the Master, trying to be camp and menacing. Not as easy as it sounds! I'd explain the plot but rather like a prawns cracker, it's all rather insubstantial.
So Jodie got zapped by some type of energy beam, starts regenerating has time for an unconvincing tete a tete with Yaz, Bradley forms a support group for ex Doctor Who actors, then in a dirge of shit music, Jodie becomes............
The trailer for the next special looks unimpressive too.
I did like the look of the new His Dark Materials series in December. I suspect it might be a bit contentious for religious types.......
Still at least the football was mostly alright this weekend. ;-)))
It's definitely worth watching - very good TV, and while the general theme is that they're not bad people, but being Royal fucks you up (which is probably only half the truth), it's easy to watch the individuals as if it's a drama rather than a documentary.Never seen it, not really a fan of Royalty.
Was going to start watching this tonight. You've lowered my expectation considerably.The devil in Ohio ,load of rubbish,its like a made for tv movie but worst.
The whole series has been wonderfully written. Many of the complaints about plot holes/contrivances really missed the point of what the season was about.
To me, the central theme was 'what if'. All the main characters had a moment where a decision was made that changed the course of history.
What if Allicent hadn't listened to her father?
What if Viserys had ruled with his head not his heart?
What if Rhaenyra hadn't had children with Harwin Strong?
What if Daemon had returned to Westeros with Laena?
What if the other kids hadn't bullied Aemond about not having a dragon?
What if Aemond had listened to his father about being unable to truly control a dragon?
What if Rhaenys had burnt the green faction to ash during Aegon's coronation?
All of these moments have led to the clusterfuck that is coming. Choices have consequences. Great character work.
Just finished watching The Old Man and thought it was very good
But…
But what I didn’t catch was how Hamzad knew that his daughter Angela was the FBI agent who happened to have been on the plane to Tunisia - if he knew who she was and knew she was his daughter, he could have just sent her an email or something to let he know he’s her dad and then that would have been that! Might not have been such a great story but a lot less actors would have been killed etc