Ok Steve.
Iāve had the Vatican on the blower overnight.
They want to emulsion over the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and replace it with the phrase āOk Steveā.
Didnāt want to say yes without getting permission from our extremely talented artist. What say you, Tokes, creative colossus of our times?
If you lot ever have a night out in Bangkok donāt use the name Steve.
Was used by some stag weekenders. Think that name is still a person of interest to the authorities.
Just saying
Rip
I canāt take credit Pap, itās Glogowski, him and Carlyle are in my opinion creative colossus.
McMafia.
Hmmm.
Obviously it is excellent. The Hmm was more whether it should now be classed as a documentaryā¦
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Iām on episode 6 and loving it - without having a fucking clue what is going on.
Ian McShane steals most scenes heās in as usual except perhaps those featuring Gillian Anderson who turns up as a different icon each time we see her - Lucille Ball, Marilyn Munroe and David fucking Bowie.
Any show that introduces a bar-brawling 6ā5" leprechaun that has lost his lucky coin is pretty much out there, but this is something else.
In one episode we followed an immigrant to New York getting himself arse-fucked in the most explicit man-on-man gay scene Iāve ever seen. The āgiverā in the scene has a fire inside him such that he has to wear sunglasses to hide the fire in his eyes. Anyway, the āgiverā had a āgiftā that would make anyone limp and as he came inside the āreceiverā we see fire flowing from the one and into the other.
All of that is āfineā but it had no relation to anything weād seen up to that point and it hasnāt yet been picked up again. It was simply 5 minutes and a couple of scenes on non-sequitur. Iām guessing the characters (particularly the one that had fire injected up his arse) will feature in future episodes.
I havenāt read Gaimanās book that it is based on as thatās not usually my type of thing, but Iām tempted now (not just because of the gay scene, honest).
Itās amazingly filmed with naturally filmed close-ups interwoven with apparent stop-frame animation and modern cartoon.
Amazon has clearly spent a fortune on filming it and the CGI. Iām also watching it in 4K and it is just stunning.
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No spoilers Bletch.
But the ending while being not at all badā¦ is "unusual
Left me wondering if I did hate it after all.
Bryan Fuller the show runner has left so maybe S2 will make sense but not sure how there can be one
You just have to believe it, Phil.
Hope it works.
I had to share this clip which I found amazingly moving at the time.
It features the old god Anansi (Mr Nancy - usually appearing in the form of a spider), who has made his way onto a Dutch slave ship and gives an address to the slaves in the hold being taken to America.
The script, the delivery, the sadness of the message and the sheer beauty of the way it was captured on film I found amazing.
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Wow.
Not often we see anything from the Beeb down here.
But Amazon has McMafia.
What a cracking show
Fuck you Papā¦
Iāve spent the past week remembering one of your posts on here.
Iām not a huge āMarvelā fan. Sure I watch the movies but hate the capeshit stuff normally.
Well anyway we had been catching up on some old stuff on DVD (Lucifer S2) and finally came back to the wtf do we watch on Netflix now.
And there it was - the trailer for Jessica Jones S2.
So we thought, meh let us try it.
And all through this weeksā bingeing I was thinking back trying to remeber Papās Opus review of the show. (I canāt) so here is mine
Grown Up TV
Dark
Ocassionally circular and repetitive (just how many people can she get killed)
Dark.
Occassionally horny (Trinity from the matrix doing a thing in her office)
And actually very very good.
David Tennant was inconsistent, moments of genius acting and moments of wondering whether he really shoud be speaking those lines.
But the memory I have is that Pap really enjoyed it. He was right it is good TV
@dubai_phil Jessica Jones is great. I will be catching up with the new series soon.
We really enjoyed Agatha Christieās Innocence By Ordeal on BBC on Sunday. Two more episodes to go. They had to re-film some scenes after one of the actors was accused of rape and they held it back from the christmas viewings. The replacement is good and brooding.
If you caught last yearās The Witness for the Prosecution and 2015ās And Then There Were None you should enjoy this. If you havenāt seen either of them theyāre on BBC iplayer.
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It did look great visually but really, just my opinion, didnāt engage. Neil Gaimanās stuff is mostly satirical and itās difficult to translate that to TV. Iām not sure Amazon really tried though.
Jessica Jones S2.
Well into it now.
Still excellent. But now mid season and feel that the darkness of S1 has been replaced with a bleakness almost a depression.
More film noire/Philip Marlow feel but an edge of despair.
Not yet spoiling the show but need some light something.
But it is still excellent
I would read the book @saintbletch , the only thing is, now youāve watched a couple of episodes every time you read Mr Wednesdayās lines you read it in Ian McShaneās voice!!
The character in the gay sex scene does turn up later in the book as well, IIRC.
There were a few American Gods follow up short stories so there may be a S2 but I doubt it.
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Maybe Darkly bleak is more accurate
And excellent
I recently binge-viewed the Danish terrorist drama 'Below the Surface on iPlayer. 8 episodes, which is about perfect for me. Itās a taut drama that kept me sufficiently gripped throughout. The whole thing was plausible, although there were some ex-machina moments and one or two plot holes that I found irritating. However, overall I can highly recommend it.
7.5/10
Hmmm.
Anyone remember that woeful Lost in Space movie with that bloke from friends?
Wellā¦
Netflix has a new 10 part series reboot. Caught Ep1 tonight and itās more interstellar than friends. Like the robot reboot. Iā sure Will Robinson will want to make me scratch my eyes out at some oint but a relaxing break from a mega Marvel TV bingeā¦
Verdict? Not shit
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This gets the SOG household seal of approval.
Has anyone watched any of Netflixās reimagining of Lost in Space?