Decent Recent TV

[Zonda_]

Drive to Survive - Flávio Briatore being a massive wanker is even better to watch knowing the final results for Alpine.

Watched a couple of episodes last night, Flavio seems to be channelling that French bloke who was head of F1 before Bernie and was an even bigger prick.

[Explosive Newt]

A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms

Binged four episodes last night. Tremendous.

The characters are allowed to get under your skin in a lighthearted way across the first few episodes so when it twists serious you really care about them.

[Beany]

Aye, it felt slow paced initially as they introduced all the players (Given it's effectively a totally new world) but I expect when bingeing it, it doesn't feel so slow as when you're waiting a week for it each time.

[DeskJockey]

New series of Paradise.

Good continuation from the beginning, with characters developing along the way. But, there's some seriously harrowing scenes, one in particular (no spoilers) that left me speechless.

[Beany]

One Piece S2

I never know what to think of this show. It seems half aimed at nine year olds, but has a not unreasonable amount of violence and swearing in it. I know it's a (particularly cartoony) manga/anime adaptation but it feels like there's some weird mood and visual whiplash in there - although S2 is better for the visuals than S1 for the most part, in that respect.

That said it's still really quite watchable for the most part, well paced, the cast are pretty decent (with some great guest casting) and because of the nature of the show, everyone gets to chew the scenery like they've not eaten for a month.

6/10, I'll probably watch season 3 TBH.

[DeskJockey]

My 10yo is obsessed with One Piece. He's suddenly found an interest in Manga, and have bought some of the comics as well.