Let's have a TV shows thread.

[Raj]

On 28/05/2026 at 03:23, urban.spaceman said:

Jesus Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey

 

New series?

[urban.spaceman]

40 minutes ago, Raj said:

New series?

Fancy dress all nighter. 

[RoboFox]

On 23/05/2026 at 08:09, Gubbins said:

So i finished The Boys s5 yesterday having rewatched the whole series from the beginning over the past month or so and Im not getting the criticism at all. Final 2 seasons definitely weaker than the brilliant first 3 but it hardly fell off a cliff. The show was never about big flashy epic spectacle and always about great characters, satire and ott gore and sex jokes and s5 had plenty of all that. Given how easy it is to totally mess up finales for long running shows/books/films I think they did a decent job.

I've since gone back and watched the first few episodes of the first series and the drop off is absolutely noticeable IMO. It's like a different show. 

 

It's so obvious that since it was the last season with guaranteed huge viewership, Amazon slashed the budgets to maximise value, and it massively suffered as a result. Everything more or less takes place within a series of rooms with a handful of extras. S1-S3 has huge outdoor set pieces all the way through. 

 

And I get that the cancellation of Gen V probably threw a spanner in, but the writing in the last season is so inconsistent. Character arcs that go nowhere. The power scaling was all over the place (seriously Homelander's laser eyes cutting people in half, then at the end they don't even damage their clothes anymore?). The entire V1 storyline turned out to be completely pointless. The dick and arse gags were painful to listen to at times. Essentially Homelander was built up over the entire series, along with the "scorched earth" stuff, and he basically did nothing. 

 

I still enjoyed watching it because I was already invested - but the last season was a massive disappointment with awful writing, carried by the performances of the actors. 

 

Edited 29 May by RoboFox

[VLC86]

Widows Bay on Apple TV is excellent.

[StanSP]

Anyone liking Nobody's Fool on ITV? 

[spacemunky]

On 26/05/2026 at 10:42, urban.spaceman said:

Reviews for Spider-Noir looking good.

 

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/spider-noir/

 

I'm really enjoying it so far.

[MC Prussian]

On 26/05/2026 at 16:42, urban.spaceman said:

Reviews for Spider-Noir looking good.

 

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/spider-noir/

 

Not an overly big fan of the secretary and the Megawatt character. I also miss more fighting/action scenes. There's too much talking, so it starts to resemble a soap opera.

The ending is a bit underwhelming, too. I wanted to see the threat of a new supervillain/a new threat on the horizon so bad.

 

Then again, I haven't read the comics. Maybe the nerds can shed more lights on this.

 

All in all, for someone who has grown up with TV series seasons lasting 20+ episodes, today's "seasons" are a bit of a joke.

[Silebyfox_89]

Rivals on Disney is good

[Unabomber]

Anyone seen legends on Netflix that’s very good imo