The TV Thread redux

[Iftikhar]

Watched the S4 of Stranger Things. By now I have totally forgotten what happened in previous seasons, so I treated it as a new series.

[Bekloppt]

Some kind of underground monster wants to take over US small town. Group of pre-teens thwart it in unlikely ways while referencing eighties pop culture at every opportunity.

[Iftikhar]

and a communist plot, and an evil scientist doing experiments with kids…

for some reasons, I kept confusing it with Dark

[ISMF]

Been self isolating as caught a nasty flu.

Came across this series:

Its basically a more adult, caveman version of Samari Jack. Its pretty good !

[anon27364116]

The Underground Railroad was brilliant I thought. Probably not everyone’s cup of tea though.

[Nikola]

Folks, is there a website that provides an overview (and a search engine) of current availability of films and TV shows on popular streaming services?

Also, if anyone else subscribes to HBO Max, is Homicide: Life on the Street available in your country?

[Semmy]

@Nikola

Folks, is there a website that provides an overview (and a search engine) of current availability of films and TV shows on popular streaming services?

[Semmy]

I just downloaded all 11 seasons of Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown” and 8 seasons of “No Reservations”.

These were mainstays of our pre-child viewing…still so many episodes I haven’t seen. I think his catalogue has to be over 200 shows.

oh and I found the A-Team which has been remastered to HD…all 5 seasons

[deneb]

JustWatch - The Streaming Guide

Not sure if this is what you mean?

[rupzzz]

The Boys is back for a third season - crazy opener as you kind of get used to with that show.

Recently watched Anatomy of a Scandal with the missus on Netflix - half decent for one to watch with the other half.

Killing Eve’s final season was alright.

One of my all time favs - Silent Witness - back on the been for fuck knows what series now, but as always, a good one.

[Limiescouse]

@anon27364116

The Underground Railroad was brilliant I thought. Probably not everyone’s cup of tea though.

That’s cool. I just had a big surprise at the cost of my Prime renewal so was scratching for something on that platform to make the cost feel justified. Will give it a shot.

@Nikola

Also, if anyone else subscribes to HBO Max, is Homicide: Life on the Street available in your country?

I would doubt it. International rights are likely different based on what platforms are available, but at least here NBC pulled all their content from the other platforms to reserve it for their own. Despite that it doesnt seem to be part of the NC Peacock platform anyway.

[Nikola]

Bloody hell, this just might be what I’m after! Thanks a lot, mate, I’ll give it a check!

[kone]

@Iftikhar

and a communist plot, and an evil scientist doing experiments with kids…

for some reasons, I kept confusing it with Dark

So glad I am not alone on this one!

I really enjoyed season 4 part 1, looking forward to the part 2’s final two episodes (85mins and 2.5 hours!) on July 1st

[redfanman]

Wow!

Clara Sia 🍜

[jgw_geneseo]

@jgw_geneseo

For fans of The Wire- We Own This City is great. It’s a true story (no idea how much it’s ‘hollywoodized’) about a specialty unit of Baltimore cops. I really enjoyed it. I didn’t realize it was based on a true story until the end.

For clarity: it’s by same guys that did the wire, with a few of the original cast, but it’s not Mcnalty and Bunk. But show has some of the same feel and beats as original, but it’s a stand alone. It will remind you of the wire, but absolutely no need to have seen it before. The casting and acting in the show are phenomenal.

https://twitter.com/HBO/status/1519043835980132354?t=xZxYckoAX-QLZ8i68IXNSw&s=19

[Sweeting]

@jgw_geneseo

@jgw_geneseo

For fans of The Wire- We Own This City is great. It’s a true story (no idea how much it’s ‘hollywoodized’) about a specialty unit of Baltimore cops. I really enjoyed it. I didn’t realize it was based on a true story until the end.

For clarity: it’s by same guys that did the wire, with a few of the original cast, but it’s not Mcnalty and Bunk. But show has some of the same feel and beats as original, but it’s a stand alone. It will remind you of the wire, but absolutely no need to have seen it before. The casting and acting in the show are phenomenal.

https://twitter.com/HBO/status/1519043835980132354?t=xZxYckoAX-QLZ8i68IXNSw&s=19

I don’t have HBO but this is definitely making me want to subscribe.

[jgw_geneseo]

it’s a 6 episode banger…a week free trial followed by a cancelation will get it done

[anon27364116]

@Limiescouse

@anon27364116

The Underground Railroad was brilliant I thought. Probably not everyone’s cup of tea though.

That’s cool. I just had a big surprise at the cost of my Prime renewal so was scratching for something on that platform to make the cost feel justified. Will give it a shot.

I had vaguely heard of the novel this is based on, but didn’t realise its basic premise, so when I started watching I thought this was going to be a more or less realistic take on the actual historic Underground Railroad. Hence my jaw literally dropping at one point, when I realised the rather ‘poetic’ approach I was in for.
It’s also, despite the horrific content, probably the most beautiful cinematography I’ve ever seen in a series. I could freeze frames half the time and it looked like it could have been some old master’s painting.

[redfanman]

@Sweeting

I don’t have HBO but this is definitely making me want to subscribe.

Whenever I think of HBO I always think of Band of Brothers…

https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1533830622019473408?s=20&t=Sb1TDsyCef43Y0JIye00ww

[CanuckoLFC]

“Masters of the Air” should be coming out this year, but instead of HBO, it will be on Apple TV. Grrrrr.

Masters Of The Air is the latest instalment in the Band Of Brothers war drama series, and it’s coming to Apple TV+ in 2022 with a cast including US stars Austin Butler, Nate Mann and Freddy Carter, plus a host of young British talent, including Callum Turner, Raff Law, Josh Bolt and Anthony Boyle.