A couple of episodes into Kaos. It’s enjoyable
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Been meaning to see that. Huge fan of Goldblum.
He’s a fly but can’t fly.
Anna Sawai won the Emmy last night as part of a record night for Shogun 
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The Bachelorette robbed, again.
What film/show is that?
Monarch. The Apple TV Godzilla one
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Thanks.
The dragon looks pretty decent, so might have to subscribe to AppleTV as also wanting to watch Slow Horses new season
I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was.
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I think of the subscription services, Apple has been my favourite for quality and consistency so far.
Slow Horses is brilliant. I’ve also loved Silo, Shrinking, Monarch and Bad Monkey. I’m enjoying Severance too. Pachinko and Sunny are on our watch list but don’t know when we will get to them.
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Obviously Ted Lasso and For All Mankind are the two big hits you didn’t mention, but the best one they have that no one ever talks about is The Afterparty. It is brilliant, especially for fans of Sam Richardson’s sort of comedy.
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I’m not familiar with Afterparty. I’ll add it to the watchlist.
Ted Lasso, I’ve watched one or two episodes but haven’t got into it yet. I know its a really popular show and It’s one I plan to get back to.
For All Mankind I’ve also started watching and have finished the first 4 episodes. It also hasn’t grabbed me yet but I can imagine the story has more to it the deeper the show goes. I love the fact it has the guy from the second season of the wire - he doesn’t look to have aged a bit!!.
Time Bandits has been cancelled after one season. I’m not surprised, to be honest, I don’t think it entirely pitched either to a new audience or those who enjoyed the original Terry Gilliam film.
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On the recommendations from here I watched Kaos. I loved it. It is a very fun way to use such well worn material
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@Limiescouse Just caught up to the most recent episode of For All Mankind. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I think the show kind of works as a prequel for The Expanse; I’m sure someone is about to point out how that doesn’t work beacause of some minute detail I overlooked. 
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Rings of power season 2 is much better than season 1 - I’m enjoying this season quite a bit.
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Watched the first episode of the new BBC version of Rebus tonight. I read some of the novels about 10-20 years ago which I really enjoyed. I can only really remember that he was a heavy smoking, heavy drinking cop who liked listening to and referencing 80’s music. Judging by the opening of the show, it may be moving away from that which would be a shame.
I still enjoyed the show, and it does have some of that sharp wit from the books but it isn’t quite the same.
When I think of Rebus, I think Robbie Coltrane’s Cracker was a better fit than either of the two shows of Rebus, in much the same way that Robocop was that decade’s Judge Dredd.
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I am still conflicted. I think it is a joy to watch any Tolkein put to screen (apart from Jackson’s awful Hobbit shite) so I am enjoying it, and probably would be even if it was far worse than it is. But I am confused and disappointed at some of the decisions they have taken with the plot. There is so little of this era actually told by Tolkein that they were always going to have to fill in a lot of blanks themselves, but what plot details they do have they have ignored and I just find that really grating. Especially as I don’t see that any of those decisions had to be made to accommodate some of the shifts they’ve had to make for TV (condensing 5000 years into a single human generation). Nothing justifies taking Galdriel, a character noted for her immediate rejection of Annatar, and portraying her someone too easily fooled by Sauron’s disguises and treachery.
But it’s fun so most probably wont care about any of that. It just feels like it could be so much more. I did like Bombadil’s appearance last week though.
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