Back to The Irregulars on Netflix.
A Woke Committee clearly cast the show on boxes ticked by Village Hall stalwarts.
Which is a shame.
Because after the first Dr Who post Russell Davies episodes the actual story is not shit.
Holmes is Gay. Sherlock is a Junkie because of his GF/Daughter/storyline
It needed the actual actors the cast were imitating Morgan Freeman & Christopher Ecclestone but overall?
Good story
I feel confident that Conan-Doyle would have approved.
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Had a one of clock lunch today so had the choice of tucking into either The Falcon and The Winter Soldier or Invincible.
I chose Invincible. I do not regret it. The only regret I might have is that the other show might feel a bit tame by comparison.
Invincible is generally a great show with some fantastic moments. This was an entire episode full of fantastic moments and is easily the best of the run so far.
The whole thing feels like an unexpected gift. Three months ago, I didnāt know this show existed. Today, I think itās one of the coolest thing that exists.
Started last night. I was thinking āwhat are you on aboutā for most of it.
Then.
Ah.
Good that no football to interfere & I can catch up over the weekend
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So just finished The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Great conclusion which went some ways I predicted, but other ways I did not.
As with anything, youāve got to assess it over how well it served the characters and I think in the cases of the titular leads, they did a good job. Both are in different places from where they started.
I doubt there will ever be another The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, precisely because those character arcs took it far enough to exclude the possibility.
Iāve tried to recommend it by saying āwatch all of the first episodeā. If you donāt like it then, you can tell me Iām full of shit on TV recommendations.
But itās at that moment, when things have deliberately been set up to look so formulaic, such a copycat, that the show says āna-ha! this is really what weāre trying to do!ā.
And it blows most people away. Finale of the second episode just, if not more affecting in its own way. Not as violent, but wow. Youāll see what I mean.
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Meanwhile.
Back at TF&tWS.
Think you were allowing your new crush to steal all the vibes.
Looking at what Marvel have produced for TV (including their Netflix shows) I donāt think anything has come close. Will they get another show? Doubt it, but they sure will be heavily into Phase 4 movies I am sure. Terrific stuff, and what a great role/portrayal by Wyatt Russell.
I thought The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was excellent.
It does not stand on its own and they are clearly not short of cash. Thereās an argument to be made that the entire MCU is just being run like a TV series, one which I would broadly agree with.
Itās easy for them to make this TV show because they already had the format of a TV show. They just put each episode up in the cinema first.
Invincible does stand on its own, and only borrows to subvert. First episode of the MCU series was The Incredible Hulk. Second episode was Iron Man.
Iād put the first two episodes of Invincible ahead of them.
I think it may be the first time my jaw has dropped watching something, especially when the 5 previous minutes is your ātypical hero introductionā sequence. Amazing. Love it. Great cast too. 10/10.
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Plenty of jaw dropping on screen too 
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aaahh hahaha ahhmmm haha yes very good 
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I didnāt read the comic so I had no prior knowledge, but it should have been obvious. Robert Kirkman, famous for horror, does a super-hero book,
Clearly Falcon is dead with Anthony Mackie.
Captain America 4 inbound
https://screenrant.com/captain-america-4-falcon-winter-soldier-mistakes-learn/
Yeah, the mantle will go to Torres, who is fixing up Captain Americaās old Falcon suit.
The missus and I are going to give it a re-watch now we know what it is. The article nailed it. Itās the story of how Sam Wilson became Captain America.
It was handled in a very satisfying way, but letās put things in perspective here. Disney have got the money to spend, and the good sense to employ people who fucking understand this stuff. i.e. read the comics.
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Oh.
So thatās why everyone of my friends and family have been a mess all week.
Luckily we only have a day to wait for Ep6 of Line of Duty. Must have driven them insane!
Mrs P_F is currently ranting at me for having to wait until midday ish tomorrow!
Back between School & College I read a book.
It changed my taste in stories forever.
I read many other books by similar authors in the genre.
Dean Koontz, James Herbert and the original author wrote some good reads but never something like that first book.
Randomly in 2005 that same story gave me a random moment when, watching Pakistan v England in Karachi me & my BFF got asked what our plans were for the evening. I replied a few beers & watching the 2 part mini series of the book on TV. You have beer? How? Anyway, he, Bumble, came round, we watched the show, I ordered LOTS more beers then we went down to the āballroomā. There was a curtain.
We heard voices, a guy told us to applaud, the curtain got pulled back and we were on SPOTY watching Freddie Flintoff get presented with the award.
The team & Sky crew were all there, some went off to bed, the rest came to a second room where my beer order had been delivered.
They all signed my Barmy Army shirt, Thorpie & Athers & Inzi joined us for breakfast 3 hours later.
We lost the Test.
Which. Is actually THE most entertaining tale related to Stephen Kingās The Stand.
The new series is a directorial mess. The jumping timelines/storyline make sense if like me you remember the basic story (etched into my DNA tbh)
But makes the remake ādisappointingā.
Make no mistake, I am enjoying the story, the cast, the settings, everything FEELS like my memories so I give it a 6/10.
Just so wish one time, somebody would make at least an 8/10 of it.
If youāve read the book, worth watching. If not. Get back to Invincible
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The only, really decent, big screen adaptation of King that I have seen is the Green Mile.
His books just donāt translate to the big/small screenā¦
OK Iāll give you Misery (which Iāve never read) and the Shawshank Redemption which isnāt, officially, King
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Christine, maybe, I havenāt read the book but I wonāt give you the Shining.
Decent enough film but King hated Kubrickās interpretation of the book, especially as he changed the endingā¦