Decent Recent TV

[Beany]

I hear lore nerds aren't happy....

Fvck those guys. They're never happy. It's a TV show. Get over it.

I think you also made the point that it's so difficult these days to read impartial, objective reviews to anything as so many sites seem to have an agenda of one sort or another. Its also funny (and tiresome) when you find a reviewer who says they're not really basing their opinions on anything like an anti-woke agenda, but then their mask slips and you realise they are just like any of the others who can't seem to stand anything which doesn't have a straight white guy in the lead.

People say it's about woke agendas, or right wing agendas, or about expectation control when they forget the core of it.

It's about money. It's always about the money.

[Gavster]

Ripley

Binged the whole lot. It’s slow paced with a nonetheless gripping plot and Ripley made me feel acutely uncomfortable, which was undoubtedly intentional. Loved the Italian setting, absolutely beautiful.

8 glass ashtrays out of 10

[Gavster]

The Antisocial Network On Netflix

Very interesting documentary on the growth of internet disinformation from the birth of 4Chan through Anonymous through QAnon and Storming the Capitol

Thanks for this!

This thread and movie thread are becoming my go-to recommendation source

[dinny_g]

Me too...

Way more accurate than Rotten Tomato's

[DeskJockey]

Shogun (Disney+)

Didn't expect it to be so good. Really enjoying it, the vibe is great and keeping the main language Japanese really lifts it.

8/10 genuflecting samurai.

[Ascender]

@DeskJockey - Have you read the book of Shogun as well?

[DeskJockey]

@DeskJockey - Have you read the book of Shogun as well?

No. But, it has been added to my "want to read" list.

[Ascender]

I wasn't sure whether to read the book first or give the series a go, I think I'll just get on with the TV show.

[Swervin_Mervin]

I finished watching this last week and absolutely loved it. Beautifully shot and fantastic acting from the Japanese cast - I'm less sure about Cosmo Jarvis. I've actually ordered a book - "Anjin - The Life and TImes of Samurai William Adams" but believe it's on back order at the moment. Tempted to read James Clavell's book as well though now as this is supposed to have been a fairly faithful adaptation of the novel.

I hope there's no second series!

[Ascender]

I finished Constellation on Apple TV and loved it. Noomi Rapace is an astronaut on the ISS and something happens which means when she returns to earth, not is all as it seems or as it should be.