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tolmie's hairdoo said:
Friends and Neighbours on Apple. John Hamm. Brilliant!!!!

Land Man, easily the best thing I've seen since the Sopranos.
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Friends and Neighbours has a lot of potential. Only seen the first 2 episodes but I can see it could get really good, or it might fizzle out. The trailer for the rest of the season with lots of police chases and action alarmed me a bit as I thought the most interesting bits were the social commentary and I want to see how this guy tries to keep up with the Jones’ and maintain appearances while his life is crumbling and how desperate he’ll get, not just see it devolve into high speed police chases and murder mystery.
 
Nethermoor said:
I imagine this is divisive, but anyone else fed up of streaming services which we pay for putting tv shows out weekly?

I imagine some people enjoy it. I don't Give us the option maybe?
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I know this is a very old comment but it’s kind of interesting right now as Marvel decided (suddenly I believe) to show 2 episodes back to back of Daredevil because they were losing viewers and they thought a double week would pull people back in.

I think it depends a lot on the show. Some are written to be dumped all in one go and be binged on a long weekend, others (like severance) are better when you’ve got a week to digest and analyse the episode and get excited for the next one.

Binge watching shows does cover up a lot of bad decisions & writing IMO, because you don’t have time to really pull something apart critically when the next episode starts in 10 seconds, but it also really highlights when a series is too long or has too much padding. A lot of the old 13 episode Netflix originals could have been cut back to 10 and been better for it -and when you’re on your 3/4th episode of the day you feel it. Some of them just dragged on.

I think the Amazon LOTR show would have been much better received if it was released all at once - a lot of the criticisms and complaints of both seasons were answered later on, but fans had 6-8 weeks of complaining about it before the show resolved those complaints, and if it had been released at once people would have seen the whole show before judging.
 
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domalino said:
Friends and Neighbours has a lot of potential. Only seen the first 2 episodes but I can see it could get really good, or it might fizzle out. The trailer for the rest of the season with lots of police chases and action alarmed me a bit as I thought the most interesting bits were the social commentary and I want to see how this guy tries to keep up with the Jones’ and maintain appearances while his life is crumbling and how desperate he’ll get, not just see it devolve into high speed police chases and murder mystery.
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Know what you mean. I love the social commentary and when he's pricing up the value of the Patek, so funny.
 
domalino said:
I know this is a very old comment but it’s kind of interesting right now as Marvel decided (suddenly I believe) to show 2 episodes back to back of Daredevil because they were losing viewers and they thought a double week would pull people back in.

I think it depends a lot on the show. Some are written to be dumped all in one go and be binged on a long weekend, others (like severance) are better when you’ve got a week to digest and analyse the episode and get excited for the next one.

Binge watching shows does cover up a lot of bad decisions & writing IMO, because you don’t have time to really pull something apart critically when the next episode starts in 10 seconds, but it also really highlights when a series is too long or has too much padding. A lot of the old 13 episode Netflix originals could have been cut back to 10 and been better for it -and when you’re on your 3/4th episode of the day you feel it. Some of them just dragged on.

I think the Amazon LOTR show would have been much better received if it was released all at once - a lot of the criticisms and complaints of both seasons were answered later on, but fans had 6-8 weeks of complaining about it before the show resolved those complaints, and if it had been released at once people would have seen the whole show before judging.
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The Amazon LOTR was bad,y received because it destroyed Tolkien, it was that bad I’ve not even bothered with the second season, orcs having families, do me a favour.
 
cleavers said:
On bbc Iplayer.

Just finished watching the series about the Kinahan drug cartel, 4 episodes, the first 2 are mainly just about a local feud/murders over drugs in Dublin/UK, but it goes on to take in the world, sport (boxing - tyson fury), the US (sanctions), iran, hezbollah, south american drug cartels, and many other people/countries including the UAE, so many murders seem to be attributed to him.

A very interesting story, and despite all the evidence he still seems to living the "good life" in Dubai, despite his asstets being "frozen".
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Him and thousands of other wanted gangsters are living the like out in dubai. Corruption at its best.
 
PinkFinal said:
Gangs Of London season 3

Episode 5 is mental :-)
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Lol. I said it in a previous post but they’re just taking the piss at this point.

Still good fun, in a silly kinda way though.

Not an episode to watch while you’re eating your tea I’d suggest.
 
Bosch Legacy - very disappointing: really lost the plot on these. I have read all the books and after ‘retiring’ he went on to do cold cases and the to working with Ballard.
 
Fred_Quimby said:
Bosch Legacy - very disappointing: really lost the plot on these. I have read all the books and after ‘retiring’ he went on to do cold cases and the to working with Ballard.
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They had to make changes due to the Lincoln lawyer rights being with netflix so Honey replaced Mickey (similar to the LL series on netflix has a different detective because they couldn't use Bosch) amd adjust the stories to fit.

Add too Prime cancelled it so they have tried to cram a few stories into 10 episodes of the final season and it seemed more rushed than before and disjointed to me
 
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Fred_Quimby said:
Bosch Legacy - very disappointing: really lost the plot on these. I have read all the books and after ‘retiring’ he went on to do cold cases and the to working with Ballard.
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Ballard is what a new series is called and Bosch the character is in it not sure if he is going to be one one the main characters but they last episode of Bosch legacy set up this new series!

www.imdb.com

Ballard (TV Series 2025– ) | Crime

Ballard: With Maggie Q, John Carroll Lynch, Rebecca Field, Michael Mosley. LAPD Detective Renee Ballard oversees a new cold case division in the department.
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PinkFinal said:
Gangs Of London season 3

Episode 5 is mental :-)
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I watched the first series and gave up. Thought it was shite and totally unnecessarily violent.

I don’t mind violence in film and tv if there’s a purpose to it but it seems to be there just for the hell of it. Reminded me a bit of those shite gore porn films like Hostel and Saw in parts.
 
Stephen230 said:
Anyone seen any of MobLand yet?

Excellent cast and looks like good old, Guy Ritchie style fun, from the adverts.
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It’s brilliant fun isn’t it. And what a cast.

Helen Mirren as a gang matriarch and Tom Hardy quietly scaring the shit out of people. Geoff Bell being Geoff Bell. Pearce Brosnan clearly having loads of fun. What’s not to love.

It’s the best of Guy Ritchie - just the right side of silly and cool without being overly cartoonish.
 
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