Seat68 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 War of the Worlds was a little disappointing in all honesty. Only 3 episodes so not a massive investment but after the second episode I thought great it will get going now over the next 4 episodes, no, it fizzled out after 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 2, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Seat68 said: War of the Worlds was a little disappointing in all honesty. Only 3 episodes so not a massive investment but after the second episode I thought great it will get going now over the next 4 episodes, no, it fizzled out after 3. Agreed. I thought Ep1 was tremendous, Ep2 OK, and Ep3 totally 'meh'. My missus said to me afterwards "I can't quite see where they're going to go with this in next week's episode". She'd assumed it was a six- or eight-part series, and was rather surprised when I told her that that was it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 22 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Agreed. I thought Ep1 was tremendous, Ep2 OK, and Ep3 totally 'meh'. My missus said to me afterwards "I can't quite see where they're going to go with this in next week's episode". She'd assumed it was a six- or eight-part series, and was rather surprised when I told her that that was it. Yep. When I realised there was 10 minutes left of episode 2 and the story hadn't really done anything else for the 50 minutes before I knew it was going to be boring from then on. Massive shame after a fantastic 1st episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Seat68 said: War of the Worlds was a little disappointing in all honesty. Only 3 episodes so not a massive investment but after the second episode I thought great it will get going now over the next 4 episodes, no, it fizzled out after 3. Boring fact number 297432 , but in the book the aliens first land in my home town ... I've got this series on catchup so don't know if they have kept true to the book ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Just now, tonyh29 said: Boring fact number 297432 , but in the book the aliens first land in my home town ... I've got this series on catchup so don't know if they have kept true to the book ? if its Woking, then yes they do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Just now, Seat68 said: if its Woking, then yes they do. Ottershaw / Horsell common in the book , Woking is close enough though , its where Wells was living when he wrote the book .... its not like when they landed in New York for the Tom Cruise abomination 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Thought the Tom Cruise film was quite good apart from him not sacrificing his horrifyingly annoying kids to save himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 2, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2019 27 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Ottershaw / Horsell common in the book , Woking is close enough though , its where Wells was living when he wrote the book It is specifically Horsell Common in the TV version. Don't know whether they filmed it there, you'd probably know right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Last series of Vikings starts this week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted December 2, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2019 17 minutes ago, snowychap said: Last series of Vikings starts this week. I keep meaning to give that show a go. Never seen a single episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, Designer1 said: I keep meaning to give that show a go. Never seen a single episode. Definitely worth it, Si, imo. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 2, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2019 24 minutes ago, snowychap said: Last series of Vikings starts this week. Last 'half series', presumably, followed several months later by the second half. Wish they wouldn't do that. And Netflix have commisioned a sequel series, set a hundred years later, going from Eric the Red to William the Bastard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, mjmooney said: And Netflix have commisioned a sequel series, set a hundred years later, going from Eric the Red to William the Bastard. Ah, interesting. Cheers for that. Edited December 2, 2019 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted December 2, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2019 15 minutes ago, snowychap said: Definitely worth it, Si, imo. Thanks mate, I'll add it to the watch list now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Got through BARRY. It's pretty good, but I think there's probably only one decent series worth of stuff across the two seasons. I will say the ronny/lilly episode with the little karate girl and the taekwondo dad is absolutely incredible. One of the best episodes of anything I think I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 So I’ve signed up to Amazon prime for 30 days free trial. Any recommendations on there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nath182 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 8 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: So I’ve signed up to Amazon prime for 30 days free trial. Any recommendations on there? 'The Boys' is probably the best thing I've watched on Amazon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted December 3, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2019 33 minutes ago, Nath182 said: 'The Boys' is probably the best thing I've watched on Amazon. Probably the only thing on Amazon that I've enjoyed so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Marvellous Mrs Maisel is a bit different, about a woman trying her hand at stand up in 1950s New York the Jack Ryan show wasnt terrible, but does blow smoke up America's ass for being great. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Nath182 said: 'The Boys' is probably the best thing I've watched on Amazon. I’ve seen that, it is great Edited December 3, 2019 by mikeyp102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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