What are you watching now?

[George K]

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

Plowing through "The Old Man" season two.

Totally satisfying. With the likes of Bridges, Lithgow et al, how could it not be?

Sure, there are some slow spots and some plot sidetracks. Nevertheless season two ends with a sense of completion - the story's been told and we're done...

...other than this one thing. Whatever happened to....?

If renewed, a third season will answer that question.

When I grow up, I wanna be Jeff Bridges (other than the lymphoma part, of course).

[George K]

Caught the first two of this while waiting for the Comcast repair guy...

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Getting great reviews. So far, I'm at about 3 stars (out of 5). Stretches credulity a bit too much (one of the reasons I didn't love "Lioness").

[Mik]

Just wasted two hours of my life watching Blitz. I watched it largely for the subject matter and that Steve McQueen seems to be a hot new director. No real arc, no character development, minimal dialogue. Blech.

[George K]

@Mik said in What are you watching now?:

Just wasted two hours of my life watching Blitz.

I was going to look at it. Thanks for the heads up.

By the way, I read, somewhere, that The Day of The Jackal is coming to broadcast TV at the end of this month.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Jackal_(TV_series)

NBC is set to broadcast the pilot on US television on 30 December 2024.[22]

[Mik]

I'm looking forward to that. I love seeing novels made as series or miniseries. So much better to tell the story.

[George K]

That was the first Forsyth book I read.

[Mik]

Me too. They could do a new book each season.

[George K]

The films based on Forsyth:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_based_on_works_by_Frederick_Forsyth

Jackal was great.
Odessa file was ok, but not great.

[George K]

Lots of spoilers:

Why did The Day of the Jackal end differently from the book?

https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/why-the-day-jackal-end-differently-book-major-unexpected-death-explained

[Mik]

It’s on Peacock now. All episodes.

[George K]

@George-K though a mostly-satisfying conclusion to season 2 (several unanswered questions, I enjoyed it.

Sadly, it's not renewed for a third run.

Bah.

[George K]

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

@kluurs said in What are you watching now?:

We are enjoying Silo. Good production values and so far, an engaging storyline.

Next month:

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In anticipation of season 2, i binged (again) season 1. Much better on the 2nd watch. Having read the books, I'm REALLY looking forward to a binge of season two. Gonna hold off until all episodes are available.

It's neat when "sci-fi" doesn't involve spaceships, etc.

Side note: In one of the episodes (#4?), one of the police yell to a citizen by name: "Howey."

The Silo books were written by Hugh Howey.

Read the books - they're great.

[Doctor Phibes]

A really good British crime drama covering solving cold cases. The stories are pretty harrowing, but the whole thing is well acted, with plenty of well known and high quality character actors taking part.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

The Silo books were written by Hugh Howey.

Read the books - they're great.

I loved the books, too - I read the whole series very quickly

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes yes!

I'd forgotten (heh) this series. Very well done. Understated, quiet and respectful.