The TV and Streaming Thread: That's Entertainment!

[Sarex]

An extra episode of Sandman came out. Covering Death's comic. Wonder if that means they will do the prequel/sequel.

[LadyCrimson]

I watched 16 minutes or so of that War of the Worlds on Prime, while elliptical-ing. I can safely report that yes, it is "worse than you think." 

Can't even blame the trailer-maker for making a terrible trailer. It's just that bad. lol

Edit: that guy who played ... agent Coulson? in the Ironman/other movies has a role. Rumor has it this was filmed around Covid - perhaps they were all filming in their living rooms?

Edited Saturday at 06:42 AM by LadyCrimson

[rjshae]

Penny Dreadful is quite well done. It's like watching a Masterpiece Theater series, except it's 19th century horror. Eva Green remains a particularly good actor who is perfect for her role, and the cast is marvelous.

[Lexx]

Watched Weak Hero: Class 1. Not bad, but I have no idea who that hero is, and I don't know who the weak one is, since everyone is beating up each other all the time. It got a bit much and highly criminal in the end, which kinda made it too unbelievable to me.

Edit: Damn, s2e1 was really good.

Edited 23 hours ago by Lexx

[LadyCrimson]

Mercy For None - Netflix (7 episodes)

Hm. The 1st 4 episodes were decent in that revenge John Wick/Nobody/The Professional kind of way. Y'know, who cares about the story really, just a near mythical ex-mob fighter going for bloody revenge after his brother is killed. The end of the 4th episode would've been fine as a conclusion. But then the last 3 episodes brought in a bigger "oh but wait, that wasn't really who/why" bigger/conspiracy plot and it kinda falls apart. Even some of the fight sequences became less interesting (more fast cut editing vs. wider frame).  I watched because I love So Ji-sub and he's great playing that kind of character. But imo one would be better off watching the 4 episodes and deciding that's the end of the series.    1st 4 - 7/10 (8/10 for the fights). Last 3 - 5.5/10 (7/10 for fights).

I think that's enough beat 'em up shows for me this week. Time to find another rom-com.
And yes I've been watching way too much TV the past couple weeks. Heh.  >.>

Edited 14 hours ago by LadyCrimson

[Lexx]

Watched more of Weak Hero s2 and after the first episode it's basically constant fighting again. What's funny is that almost all of the shows issues could be solved if people would just talk with each other.