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Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2026 11:16 pm
by MingtheMerciless
Just watch Critical Drinkers review of Discovery on YouTube and stop there……
Currently watching Babylon 5 from the start. Halfway through season 1 and it’s very dated, some iffy acting, everyone finding their feet, but watching Londo and G’Kar starting as they do as the comedic relief before their fall into Shakespearean tragedy makes it almost painful to watch.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2026 7:17 am
by Taipan
Great film.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2026 8:23 am
by KungFooBob
MingtheMerciless wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 11:16 pm
Just watch Critical Drinkers review of Discovery on YouTube and stop there……
Currently watching Babylon 5 from the start. Halfway through season 1 and it’s very dated, some iffy acting, everyone finding their feet, but watching Londo and G’Kar starting as they do as the comedic relief before their fall into Shakespearean tragedy makes it almost painful to watch.
Have you got the one where biscuit restores a ZZR1100 yet?
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:52 am
by Count Steer
MingtheMerciless wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 11:16 pm
Just watch Critical Drinkers review of Discovery on YouTube and stop there……
Currently watching Babylon 5 from the start. Halfway through season 1 and it’s very dated, some iffy acting, everyone finding their feet, but watching Londo and G’Kar starting as they do as the comedic relief before their fall into Shakespearean tragedy makes it almost painful to watch.
Just finished Season 2 of ST: Discovery.
Good things - Anson Mount (looking forward to moving on to ST: Strange New Worlds. He may be my 'best Captain yet'). Spock's not a bad effort too. Po is amusing.
Not so good things - plot, psychodrama stuff, heavy handed sexuality and gender stuff, (very) thinly disguised political parallels (gosh! I wonder who Section 31/Control represent amid the fine ideals of Star Fleet...hmmm..let me think....). Some of the dialogue needs subtitles - they tend to gabble and the sound is iffy at times.
However, I have enjoyed it more as it progressed. We'll see what the future holds.
I've tried to re-do the Babylon 5 compendium a few times and, despite absolutely lovin' it first time around, just can't get going. Maybe I should start around season 3. I have wondered if anyone will ever do a 'reimagining' but suspect Michael J may be a stumbling block.
I see ST: Academy has (rightly, apparently) been unceremoniously canned. It sounds dreadful.
'Hit it'.
(Or as was planned 'G'dit done' until they were warned off by, iirc, Family Guy).
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2026 10:00 am
by MrLongbeard
Count Steer wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:52 am
I see ST: Academy has (rightly, apparently) been unceremoniously canned. It sounds dreadful.
It was / is, if you think Discovery is heavy handed with the sexuality / gender / political / inclusivity stuff then STA turns them all up to 13.
A female jem'hadar indeed, and a lesbian one at that

Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2026 10:03 am
by MrLongbeard
Count Steer wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:52 am
looking forward to moving on to ST: Strange New Worlds. He may be my 'best Captain yet'
Aside from the Subspace Rhapsody episode it's fairly decent, even when does go slightly off piste

Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2026 12:30 pm
by Taipan
I know he's a bit marmite, but we love him and loved this, and he even sneaked in a dig at water companies polluting the seaas. Very funny in places.
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2026 7:23 pm
by Dodgy69
" A Good boy " with Stephen Graham, pretty good we thought.

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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2026 9:46 pm
by weeksy
Taipan wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2026 12:30 pm
I know he's a bit marmite, but we love him and loved this, and he even sneaked in a dig at water companies polluting the seaas. Very funny in places.
I assumed you were related anyway.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2026 9:13 am
by Taipan
weeksy wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2026 9:46 pm
Taipan wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2026 12:30 pm
I know he's a bit marmite, but we love him and loved this, and he even sneaked in a dig at water companies polluting the seaas. Very funny in places.
I assumed you were related anyway.
Nah, he's way too posh to be related to me!

Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2026 9:17 am
by KungFooBob
The Equalizer 2
Worse than the first one, which was pretty average.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2026 9:20 am
by MrLongbeard
Whatever you do do not be tempted to watch the third
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2026 12:51 pm
by Rockburner
"A knight of the seven kingdoms"
hmmmm - a bit meh to be honest, very short episodes, a very short story drawn out as much as feasibly possible, and really only there as a gap-filler and pant-moistener for Game of Thrones die-hards. tbh I was disappointed.
Having said that.... it's probably got the most "realistic" portayal of being in a mediaval fight I've seen on a TV show. (aside from the "getting up after having 3 feet of ashwood thrust through your kidneys")
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2026 7:49 pm
by Taipan
I probably only started watching this for Dakota Johnson, but ended up sort of enjoying it?
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 9:09 pm
by MingtheMerciless
Utterly bonkers
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 9:23 pm
by Sunny
Loved the first series, not watched the second one yet...
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2026 9:41 pm
by Dodgy69
Girl in the basement 2021 Great film based on true.

Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2026 10:31 am
by Taipan
Been watching this on and off and even though I struggle with box sets, its quite good, but I've simply lost interest with it now.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2026 1:03 pm
by Skub
Rockburner wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 12:51 pm
"A knight of the seven kingdoms"
hmmmm - a bit meh to be honest, very short episodes, a very short story drawn out as much as feasibly possible, and really only there as a gap-filler and pant-moistener for Game of Thrones die-hards. tbh I was disappointed.
Having said that.... it's probably got the most "realistic" portayal of being in a mediaval fight I've seen on a TV show. (aside from the "getting up after having 3 feet of ashwood thrust through your kidneys")
I though Egg was an entertaining character and pretty well acted,but they did milk very little for all it was worth.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 7:51 am
by Count Steer
Finished 5 seasons of Star Trek: Discovery. 7/10
Thought the final season was a bit curate's egg, good in parts. They seemed to have a quiet clear out of all the old bridge crew, no 'big name' actors, felt like a bit of a winding down as they shifted their focus onto Academy (that went well

) and Strange New Worlds.
Just started Strange New Worlds. Anson 'Quiff' Mount* could be the best captain ever. The woman medic is amusing, young Uhura may be mildy irritating but so far it's a 3-thumber
* aka Jonny Bravo.