[watching] What have you viewed recently? (III)

[ltd]

Some Halloween viewing: Hay Fork and Bill Hook an episode of the old Boris Karloff Thriller series, based on the infamous 1945 Meon Hill "witchcraft" murder. Here transplanted from the real life Warwickshire location of Lower Quinton to the Welsh Borders. Not the most convincing portrait of life in The Marches it has to be said. The standing stone set is nicely atmospheric.

 

[Nathan]

We finished watching the fifth season of Only Murders in the Building on Disney+. Based on the previous seasons, I don't think it was the best, but nonetheless, it was still good.

We also finished watching the second season of Gen V on Prime. This series, like the first, ties into its parent show, The Boys - which returns for fifth and final season very soon. It was very gritty, dark, and bloody, but fun to watch.

We're currently in the middle of watching the new seasons of The House of Guinness (Netflix), All Creatures Great and Small (Channel 5), and Futurama (Disney+).

 

[dpmcalister]

I've finally persuaded my wife to watch Game of Thrones! The background to this is that she has been reading the series since it was first published in 1996 (she was a fan of George R R Martin from his book Fevre Dream). Each time the next instalment was released she re-read the previous ones. When the TV series was first announced she worried then that there wouldn't be any more books. As the series progressed and it was obvious that Martin wasn't writing the next instalments she swore to not watch the series. Given that almost 15 years have past since the last instalment was released she has now given up on Martin finishing it and agreed to watch the series.

We're currently at the start of season 3 and it's funny hearing her complain about the little things (Tyrion not being ugly enough, the Stark children being too old) but she is enjoying it.

Season 8 of Hunted is airing too so I'm catching up on that. The premise is a good one and, if it were not for my disabilities, I would love to be on it. I'm not arrogant enough to think I'd win, but I am arrogant enough to think that I wouldn't make the same mistakes as most of the contestants Of course, each season they make it harder for the contestants but its one of the few reality shows I enjoy.

Finally, there was season 5 of Slow Horses. This is the first one where I've read (or, rather, listened to) the novel before the TV version aired so the differences between the two were more obvious to me. That said, I really liked how the show is progressing. Gary Oldman, of course, steals every scene he is in - his monologue in episode 3 is perfection. Can't wait for next year

 

[Longfingers]

Just finished the latest season of Slow Horses. Enjoyed it much more than S3 or 4.
As a palate cleanser I then watched the latest ep of South Park.I thought having seen all of The Boys I was 'immune' to anything US satire could throw my way but nope, almost had to clean the coffee off my keyboard. If Trump can cancel Kimmel I'm surprised he hasn't had his ICE goons arrest the entire staff of Comedy Central to stop them making more.

 

[Dom]

Yeah My brother has seen season 2 on a.n.other streaming channel. I hope Netflix gets the other seasons...

I picked up the second series of Dark Winds on Prime as a purchase and I don't regret it. it's set perhaps six months on, Chee is a Private Detective, Manuelita is contemplating joining the Border Force and Leaphorn continues on. Shades of the backstory of the first season reverberate through as both Chee and Leaphorn pursue converging cases. I love the way that the show takes the time to dwell on the culture and relationships of the characters. I'll definitely pick up season 3 when it's released.