Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - fantastical faery shenanigans given the full BBC treatment (vaguely familiar faces in every role, lush production values). But the most important aspect for all Northern lime nerds - repeated use of Gordale Scar (Yorkshire's very own Mordor).
Quote from: moose on June 23, 2015, 11:39:34 pmJonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - fantastical faery shenanigans given the full BBC treatment (vaguely familiar faces in every role, lush production values). But the most important aspect for all Northern lime nerds - repeated use of Gordale Scar (Yorkshire's very own Mordor).Yup, second that, great series.
Anyone watch Odyssey on BBC2? I started watching last night and didn't really engage even though it looked like it *should* be good. I am expecting/hoping that's just because I was knackered.
I enjoyed the first episode in contrast to many of the critics who seemed massively disappointed, yes, it looked like it was going to be a conventional troubled cops and ambiguous baddies series unlike the occult/existential weirdness of S1 but last night's episode I thought really opened up some deeper storylines and interest in the characters. Pizzolatto's too-good a writer to turn out an average screenplay. I think it's going to be great (especially after the ending last night ).On iPlayer there's an Arena special on Nic Roeg and his films from Sunday that looks really good. Not watched it yet myself though but thought I'd mention it.
Chemical Brothers. Glastonbury 2015 Set.Stunning (as always).
Quote from: Falling Down on June 30, 2015, 04:15:41 pmI enjoyed the first episode in contrast to many of the critics who seemed massively disappointed, yes, it looked like it was going to be a conventional troubled cops and ambiguous baddies series unlike the occult/existential weirdness of S1 but last night's episode I thought really opened up some deeper storylines and interest in the characters. Pizzolatto's too-good a writer to turn out an average screenplay. I think it's going to be great (especially after the ending last night ).On iPlayer there's an Arena special on Nic Roeg and his films from Sunday that looks really good. Not watched it yet myself though but thought I'd mention it.I agree. True Detective is getting a critical hammering online but I've really enjoyed the first two episodes. It's different that the first series but I think thats good. I'm really looking forward to where it's going to end up. The first series was really good but it was let down by a pretty crap ending which sometimes gets forgotten when people talk about.
Enjoyed Mr Robot so far. Only a couple of episodes in and could end up being crap but it's been really interesting so far. A socially awkward cyber security employee by day and vigilante hacker by night is approached by a hacker group with plans for a big evil corporation too big to fail. Who just happen to be the main client of the aforementioned cyber security company.
