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Thanks again, Disney, for force-feeding me more bullshit. Take one of the best, most ruthless, understated characters from the Star Wars universe, build the fanbase’s expectation & excitement, and then reveal that the bloke underneath is a smug boomer who’s generally *just* a little bit too pleased with himself. Throw in a load of stupid…
We didn’t make it all the way through season 2 – merely 66 episodes through the 103 that make it up – but it’s such a big part of my TV enjoying experience that it rates a mention. This season’s definitely upped the ante from the first one. We’ve had a couple of the dramatis…
Torture Porn epic The Handmaid’s Tale continues – with this season feeling a bit more focused and balancing more towards storyline rather than seeming like a university psychology experiment. There were still plenty of moments I felt like screaming, “FFS JUNE! DON’T GO BACK AGAIN!”. Probably the weirdest thing in this one for us was…
In summary, “WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!”. Seemingly a Victorian Superhero piece, transforming into unintelligible scifi bollards at the last minute. A review I read prior to getting started described it as “a mess”, and that’s certainly how it ended – though there was enough in it to keep us going back for more. Very…
It’s been a true epic in many senses, however we finally made it through to the end of Season 1. I think I’ve come to accept that this show is fundamentally a historical-fantasy-soap-opera, and realistically the plot doesn’t tend to develop *very* far in any given episode. However I’m still drawn to it, and the…
So… TECHNICALLY I shouldn’t put this in a roundup, because we haven’t finished watching it. However it really rates a mention, owing to the fact that in its original broadcast form I believe each episode is movie-length. What Netflix cunningly did, to make it more bitesize, was to edit it back into much more consumable…
It’s weird, isn’t it? As a kid you see a character in a film and think “I’d like to know more about them”. Then – years later – someone puts together a series that gives you a load more detail that you once craved, and it feels a bit like being pandered to. I can’t…
Hmm, seems I forgot to write anything about the first 2 seasons of this, also. Conflicted on this one – season 3 felt like it had some really confused/stationary moments… but at the same time there’s something incredibly compelling about the characters and their relationships, and particularly Jodie Comer’s Villanelle. Unless this show REALLY jumps…
Thoroughly good fun screen adaptation of the Pratchett/Gaiman story of Aziraphale and Crowley – a pairing of functionary angel & demon who’ve worked together since the time of creation to make their lives easier and achieve better results. What’s great about this is the amount of fun the ludicrously good cast seem to be having…
Having suffered through Season 8 we decided to make sure we weren’t being nostalgic or rose-tinty about our glasses, etc. and so for the third time (I think) we started all the way back at episode 1 of series 1 and made our way through. It’s still gripping and compelling TV, and I maintain that…