What are you watching?

I just finished this Netflix sci-fi series & it was right up my alley. Cerebral space/aliens type stuff with plenty of twists & turns. I think you'll really dig this one Ben. I believe the second series is currently being filmed for a mid-2026 release too so I'm looking forward to that.

I just finished this Netflix sci-fi series & it was right up my alley. Cerebral space/aliens type stuff with plenty of twists & turns. I think you'll really dig this one Ben. I believe the second series is currently being filmed for a mid-2026 release too so I'm looking forward to that.

If you enjoyed the TV series I would heartily recommend the three books upon which it is based. The series was good, but the novels are better.

I am not into my TV nowadays.  You’re more likely to find me watching restoration projects on YouTube (Rexstorer being a personal favourite right now) or reading a book.  Sort of did the Netflix/Prime/Disney+ thing to death for a few years.  Mobland with Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan was the last thing I watched and it was superb.  More of that and The Gentlemen and I would watch those.

I watch very few TV series outside of scandi-noir crime shows like The Killing, The Bridge, Wallander and Beck, or "historical" stuff like Vikings and The Last Kingdom, but we recently started watching Stranger Things and really got into it. We are now waiting expectantly for the final series which I believe is due in November.

My wife watches many more series than I do (I tend to sit with my laptop and headphones on listening to music and typing the shit I subject you all to on here while she watches them) and she has been singing the praises of The Handmaids Tale after watching it recently. 

Dario Argento marathon for the time being, while working on the second part of my Wings of Nialoca series and speedreading The Stand at roughly 200 pages a day, on top of one shorter novella to help with the speedreading challenge I've been slacking off on.  Once I'm done with Argento, I think I'll move onto Lars Von Trier.

Just watched the three-part Netflix documentary "Katrina: Come Hell and High Water" about the 2005 hurricane that hit New Orleans and the systemic and continuing failures of organizations to respond to the crisis. Should be seen as a wake up call to anyone who still thinks that governments will come to save them when the shit hits the fan.

Spike Lee was involved in this one as well as his excellent 2006 series "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" which is also excellent. In this day and age of unashamed worldwide governmental corruption and self-serving negligence, I think we tend to forget just how fucking useless W was as president of the US.

The missus forced me to sit through the whole six seasons of Downton Abbey over the last month or so. I'm not big period piece dramas so it generally wasn't something I looked forward to each night & I'm glad we've moved onto something else now.

I enjoyed the two seasons of "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" more. At least, the first season was very entertaining. The novelty of the woman who sees people's true feelings by seeing them performing showtunes got a little stale during season two.

Yeah, my wife watched all the Downton Abbeys recently as well. I am not a period piece fan either, especially as Downton Abbey just seems like a modern update of Upstairs Downstairs from the 1970s. Luckily, she is cool with me putting my laptop and headphones on while she watches stuff I don't care for. 

A more interesting period piece I rewatched this week, as it is that time of year, was Gunpowder about the Catholic plot to blow up the Parliament of James I and assassinate the king. Although Jon Snow isn't particularly convincing as notoriously fanatical and  ruthless conspiracy leader Robert Catesby, it is still a decent show and is even particularly brutal in places.

Finally getting to watch the new Frankenstein.  The book is one of my all time favorites, and I believe Del Toro's been getting better as a director in recent years.  His Pinocchio is my pick for the best Pinocchio movie.

This afternoon we watched the new Netflix three-parter "Des" starring ex-Dr. Who, David Tennant, as notorious UK serial killer Denis Nilsen. Compelling stuff which begins with his arrest and covers Nilsen's manipulation of the police unvestigation rather than concentrating on showing his crimes. Great performance from Tennant and definitely worth a watch if you are into criminal psychology shows (as my wife certainly is).

We smashed out season 2 of "Nobody Wants This" this week after enjoying season one recently. This show is centered around the unlikely relationship between an outspoken, agnostic woman and an unconventional rabbi & is pretty decent too, even though nothing really happens & season two is essentially a rehash of season one. I have to admit that I have a bit of Kristen Bell thing going though after really digging "The Good Place" earlier this year.