What TV Have You Seen?

[J Harker]

I've only ever watched a bare handful of Star Trek episodes. I can't remember much about them other than I suspect they were ok. I've enjoyed the newish films more than any of the original series/films I've watched. In the case of the films most of the originals.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The final three episodes of the original series of Star Trek were a definite step up from the two previous.

The Savage Curtain was a slight improvement even if one character did remind me of Mork with his red outfit. All Our Yesterdays was better still and it was a great Spock episode with Leonard Nimoy allowed to do more than his usual emotionless persona.

Whilst final episode Turnabout Intruder was a good showcase for William Shatner to camp things up when Kirk is taken over by the mind of a dangerous woman.

The bonus disc has original pilot episode The Cage which i might watch now or save until tomorrow.

[trebor8273]

Finished season one of Blakes 7, great stuff but Blake is gigantic asshole , why do they follow him , I wouldn't follow the prick too the end of the street !

Now watching .

[Demoncrat]

Started this Silo as it was recommended to me.


SF caper.
A sheriff has a hard choice to make.
Very hard according to this world. We get a little back story here and there. The set design is decent enough. Whilst it initially does remind me severely of a Philip K. Dick novel, I'm willing to go with it just now ....

[gag]

Romper stomper


A tv series based on the film,

Until a few weeks ago when I come across it I wasn’t aware there was a tv series of the film,
So decided to binge-a watch it over 2 days,
6 episodes, 45min each,
A modern-day version of a classic film,
Not quite as good as the film and doesn’t pack as much punch,

A new generation of far-right activists and their far-left, anti-fascist focussing on a far-right anti-Islamic group as Patriot Blue, while the anti facist trying to stop them,
I was hoping for so much more but at same time it was a tadge better than I thought it would be,
Reasonable amount of action and violence, but not enough to go overboard.
Biggest downfall was for such a short series there was too many characters and various storylines,
But all in all a decent watch.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by gag

Romper stomper


A tv series based on the film,

Until a few weeks ago when I come across it I wasn’t aware there was a tv series of the film,
So decided to binge-a watch it over 2 days,
6 episodes, 45min each,
A modern-day version of a classic film,
Not quite as good as the film and doesn’t pack as much punch,

A new generation of far-right activists and their far-left, anti-fascist focussing on a far-right anti-Islamic group as Patriot Blue, while the anti facist trying to stop them,
I was hoping for so much more but at same time it was a tadge better than I thought it would be,
Reasonable amount of action and violence, but not enough to go overboard.
Biggest downfall was for such a short series there was too many characters and various storylines,
But all in all a decent watch.

I watched this thinking it was a stand-alone series, unrelated to the film, so I was a bit confused when Jacqueline McKenzie appeared and there were passing mentions of Hando.

Without spoiling anything, it is worth watching the film first and then this series so you follow the timeline easier. I thought the TV show was good but, like Gag, thought it pales in comparison to Geoffrey Wright's film.

This isn't to say it's not worth watching because I'm glad I've seen it, so if you have the STV app on your cable box or Roku/Fire stick and don't mind adverts, you can watch it for free.

[MrBarlow]

The Dead Hour: Season 1


Late night radio host DJ Raven entertains her listeners with some spooky tales.

Donor.
Seth who is unemployed tries to find work so he and his wife can keep their house and start a family, discovers a doctor who will pay top dollar for any of his body parts.

Alcoholic Vampire.
Vic who is a vampire, drinks the blood of his victims but uses alcohol to give him help enters a twelve step programme but can the programme help with his addiction or make it worse.

Cougar.
When a new neighbour moves into the area, 3 young boys become infatuated with her only to discover she has a darker secret.

The Hole.

Arthur who has just retired is deciding what to do with the garden, after unearthing a hand that may have belonged to a missing woman,he decides to dig deeper and become obssessed with the hole.

Cannibal Girls.
In a apocalyptic world, two girls try to survive with no food available they begin to think that the flesh of the dead may help them survive.

I have never heard of this show let alone know anything about it, the stories seem a bit daft especially the second one, nobody is getting a award for their great acting in this, suppose you go with what you are given to work with. The episodes only last between 15-18 minutes and everything is rushed but as per usual there is always a twist at the end. I want to say yeah it was good and worth a watch but think this is a show you have to be in the right frame of mind to enjoy.

[MrBarlow]

The Dead Hour: Season 2.

Fright Fest.
Finch takes his date Frankie to a all night horror movie fest, when the horrors of the screen manifest themselves into the real world, Finch tries to save the day.

Fame.
Cara is hoping to get her big break, after her agent fails to help she answers a add in a paper. She believes her life will change but may come at a price.

Backseat
A young couple making out in the middle of a corn field in a car, when the girl begins to hear something that can change how the night will end.

Inside Man.

Tony who is a agoraphobic moves into a new house and believes someone or something is tormenting him through the night.

Gross Anatomy.

After a prank, a medical student thinks the pranks have gone too far when the dead bodies she is looking after begin to move around and chase here through the halls of the building.

Like the first season the acting isn't so great but certainly not boring, the stories are decently made and come with a twist (except the last one that was poorly executed). They aren't exactly on the edge of your seat thrill but they do hold your attention.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

I've recently been watching a lot of In Treatment, the HBO series about a psychotherapist, Dr Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne), some of his patients, and his own supervision/therapy.

As a counsellor who has been trained in a completely different way, I find it fascinating as a drama and interesting on a professional level. There are many occasions where I'll hear a question and think 'that's not how I'd ask that' or 'I wouldn't phrase it that way'.

There are many other occasions when I wonder if psychotherapy is really as it is portrayed in the show (I've had person-centred counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy, and the relationships I've had with those counsellors have been nothing like the ones in the series), but it does seem to work for some of his patients.

The episodes are about 25 minutes long, so not the full length of a a 'therapeutic hour', but you do get some very intense exchanges between Paul and his patients and some very emotional scenes. Gabriel Byrne is brilliant as the skilled but vulnerable psychotherapist and the patients in the first season include a nurse (Melissa George), a troubled teenage gymnast (Mia Wasikowska), and a couple dealing with an unhappy child, an impending pregnancy, and a fragile relationship (Josh Charles and Embeth Davidz).

I'm about halfway through the second season and still really enjoying it and the new patients such as a lawyer (Hope Davis) who saw Paul some years ago and now wants to resume therapy, April (Alison Pill), a student who hasn't told any of her family or friends that she has stage 3 cancer, a stressed CEO, Walter (John Mahoney), whose wife thinks he needs some psychological help, and a young boy, Oliver (Aaron Shaw), whose parents have separated before divorcing.

It's a brilliant show which I highly recommend.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I've recently been watching a lot of In Treatment, the HBO series about a psychotherapist, Dr Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne), some of his patients, and his own supervision/therapy.



I'm about halfway through the second season and still really enjoying it and the new patients such as a lawyer (Hope Davis) who saw Paul some years ago and now wants to resume therapy

It's a brilliant show which I highly recommend.

Hope Davis was excellent in the Jason Statham film Wild Card i saw the other night. She played a croupier at a Vegas casino. It was the presence of actors like her that elevated the film above the usual Statham ass kicking fests.