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dmin wrote:So, yeah, MHTL was on point!

jawa_ wrote:I didn't feel the need to watch the third season

Moggy wrote:

jawa_ wrote:I didn't feel the need to watch the third season

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Tomous wrote:S3 is just as good as S1 and S2, maybe even better.

Tomous wrote:S3 (of Narcos) is just as good as S1 and S2, maybe even better.

Victor Mildew wrote:Yeah jawa you've got to watch it. The Cali cartel story is amazing.

Victor Mildew wrote:Ozark series 1 - 9/10

Excellent stuff. Like breaking bad but with money laundering.

jawa_ wrote:Narcos - Seasons 1 and 2 (2015/2016 | Netflix)

I didn't know the story of Colombian Pablo Escobar and his drugs empire. This was a gripping tale and surprising at times, too; the money involved was incredible and the violence was ruthless. I didn't feel the need to watch the third season but the first two were great, albeit often harrowing, entertainment. [8]

jawa_ wrote:This is unusual but I'm going to share brief thoughts about a series before I've actually finished it.

Ripley (2024 | Netflix)

+ Wonderful black and white presentation
+ Rich, sensuous environments and backdrops
+ An intriguing plot with interesting performances
- This is The Talented Mr Ripley remade and dragged out over eight (8!) episodes. I'm not sure I can hack it and I'm only half-way through!

Provisional scoring:
If you haven't seen The Talented Mr Ripley [8]
If you have seen The Talented Mr Ripley [4]

Last TV series you watched and your rating

more heat than light wrote:

Last TV series you watched and your rating

Peter Crisp wrote:Halo series 2.

I don't care what anyone says, I really liked this and the set-up for series 3 is great.

The stuff on the Halo itself looks like it'll be good enough but the battle in space is still yet to be resolved and the infection at the base of operations needs sorting. It sometimes annoys me that fans can't just let this series be its own thing and go in a different direction as this story is as good as the story of the games.

I really hope we get series 3 as series 2 was a 9/10 from me .

I was expecting the fall of Reach to be the whole season. I assumed the second half was going to be Reach under siege, culminating in the Covenant glassing the planet and Chief escaping on the Pillar of Autumn with Cortana.

But most of the changes I didn't mind. As you said, this isn't the game and I'm happy for them to diverge from the finer details of the established storyline a bit.
That said, I'm not sure how I feel about them bringing the Flood into the show as early as this. I really do wish they had stuck to the game for that and had them show up half-way through the next season.
But they look great and I'm even more interested to see hordes of them. The bit where you saw one of the small parasites shoot up into someones eye socket.

I still didn't care in the slightest for Quan Ha and her storyline. When she showed up at the end of episode 1 it was definitely a case of "Oh yeah, she exists".
Same for Soren and his family. That whole second half plot where they were looking for his kid should have been cut entirely and replaced with something more relevant. Again, I would have liked to have seen more of the Fall of Reach, but I guess the budget can only do so much.

I loved the conversation at the end, but I really wasn't sure who it was going to be. Logically I figured it was going to be 343 Guilty Spark, but the dialogue reminded me more of Gravemind.
Either way I'm glad we're finally on Halo. It'll be interesting to see where it goes from there.

Peter Crisp wrote:Just finished series 4 of For All Mankind.

This series just gets better and better and I can't wait for the next season.
The story is amazing and all the characters are just great.
Easily worth the cost of Apple TV+ on it's own and an easy 10/10.

Just magnificent and perfect Sci-Fi.