That is definitely the case. I was watching a RedLetterMedia review of the show which delved a little bit into Garth Ennisās back catalogue. He used to write The Punisher, famously a costumed anti-hero as opposed to a super hero.
There is a team up run featuring actual superheroes from the Marvel Universe. Theyāre portrayed as thick as fuck. The run is called āA Confederacy of Duncesā
Karl Urban would do well to spend six months living on a council estate in Slough before doing the next series
Iām fairly indifferent to the new Star Wars films, but this looks good, and it has some great casting in it, Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito, and Werner motherfuckin Herzog!
I know they are uncool.
I know Brits now hate them.
I know itās all scripted.
But
The last episode of Grand Tour hit so many heart strings.
Dad buying me an Austin Allegro to go to college.
Me buying a Cortina 2 litre GT with a wing on the back.
Owning a Mk 1 Sierra Estate, turning down a Sierra Cosworth for an Astra GTI 240.
Fvck they jarred so many memories.
And ffs, I now have to go off reading in Mongolia
Cvnts
I kinda love it. Got to admit, on a first viewing of the first episode, itās almost as incomprehensible as The Wire was for its first five episodes.
One episode in, and Iām loving it. Nearly all British cast, with the fantasy characters being represented by folk that have strong British (or related) accents.
Victorian England as if it were replete with Fae folk, kobolds and Orlando Bloom. Itās a little bit procedural - most episodes Iāve seen are focused on a heinous crime of some kind, but it works well, does the exposition and world building very well.
Iām on the homeward stretch of Carnival Row. Itās not a chore.
It does remind me of some of the best that sci-fi can offer, powerful metaphors wrapped up in fantastic wrapping paper. The ongoing mystery continues, but itās the moral nature of this show that Iām finding so interesting.
The main setting of the show, the Burghe capital, has all the same problems as a Western society in its foundering steps to accept an immigrant population. Those of Fae origin are truly treated like second class people, the locals are not impressed or particularly repentant about not accepting them. The pseudo-Victorian setting helps promote these notions enormously.
It does however, lead to some truly wonderful character arcs. One of my favourite characters now really wasnāt a favourite when the show began. Spoilt, used to the high life but made financially desperate through her brotherās poor financial dealings, she takes it upon herself to introduce a very rich Fae gentlemen into the upper echelons of a society that wants no association with him.
He is smarter than most of the elites combined, held back only by birth, so itās tremendous fun watching him outwit his supposed betters, and watching Imogen, the aforementioned previous bitch-queen, warm to his scathing assessment of the society he is seeking to break into.
Two episodes to go. Much fun has already been had. Will give a final review when I am done.
And Carnival Row, season one, is in the memory banks. I enjoyed it a lot. If you like character arcs, this is a good watch. No-one quite ends up in the same place they were before, and each journey is meaningful and sometimes quite affecting.
I wonāt spoil anything, but the final three episodes feature a cavalcade of exciting reveals that not only provide appropriate shocks and closure, but also set the show up beautifully for the already green-lit second season.
Catching up with a year off Amazon. Preacher my current personal binge catch up - more later.
But.
How wonderfully adapted/written Good Omens was. Perfectly camp acting, stupid plot concepts, Jack Whitehall as a perfect millennial and a hot witch.
Perfect barking nonsense with some real laughs out of Mrs P_F and no matter how improbable, a clear shot at a second series.
Loved itās utter stupidity and homage to The Omen.
There is a lot to love about that show, but I fear it is going to suffer from the same problem as American Gods. Theyāve done their source material in the first season, and there is no more material to adapt.
Umm, beg to differ, S1 of American Gods was the first half of the book, S2 was (as far as I could tell) the second half.
At least I presume so because I watched the first episode of the 2nd season of American Gods wanting to see how theyād developed the book only to be surprised that they were half way through the book.
Iām about to recommend an unscripted show. Reality show set in Kevin Smithās comic book store, Jay and Silent Bobās Secret Stash.
Comic Book Men, on Amazon Prime.
It follows the store employees and the interesting things they buy and sell. One of them is Walter Flanagan, who pops up in Smithās films to shout ātell 'em Stevedave!ā and played a couple of the stranger roles in Clerks, such as the egg molester.
There is much geeky banter. Itās easy to watch because it is often very funny, not least because Smith himself chairs the weekly breakdown.
