What is the last Television series you watched?

[Edmilson 11,424]

Crapflix released a report on their most watched titles from January to June 2023.

 

https://about.netflix.com/en/news/what-we-watched-a-netflix-engagement-report

 

The winner was something called "The Night Agent: Season 1", which was watched for over 800 million hours.

[A24 4,995]

2 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said:

The Crown: Season Six, Part 2

 

The final six episodes of The Crown go back, mostly, to the feel of the show in it's first seasons. I loved the focus on Diana in season 5 and the start of season six. I feel they handled all of that very well and with respect. But I did feel that it was a loss that Elizabeth herself was sidelined after being with her so much for four seasons.

 

Luckily in these final episodes the story is more focused on Elizabeth & Margaret. Those four episodes here are The Crown at it's best. But the other two, focusing on William & Kate, didn't fully work for me. One of those episodes was a bit hard to watch to be honest, but luckily the second was a lot better. I felt that they needed a lot more time to really explore their relationship. It felt rushed.

 

But back to the positives. It was really great to finally see Imelda Staunton getting some interesting stuff to do. Both Claire Foye & Olivia Colman had some truly fantastic and iconic moments in their seasons, but Staunton didn't really have that yet...until now. The final episode of the series is beautiful, though quite sad, and is able to really let Staunton fully embody Elizabeth. There are some powerful moments in that episode and I thought it was a beautiful send off to the series and Elizabeth.

 

Now, my other favorite episode is the one focused on Margaret. This was The Crown at it's very best. Terrific writing, directing and acting. Lesly Manville was absolutely fantastic here and honestly broke my heart. It was just terrific.

 

A lot has been said about The Crown changing historic events and making stuff up. I think I've always been aware of it, but because the earlier seasons were farther away it was less obvious. In these episodes there were definitely moments where I knew or noticed that it wasn't real. But when stuff is this well written and acted, it doesn't really bother me. If I want to know the real stuff, I'll look it up.

 

So, The Crown has come to an end. I have loved every season of it, even the ones that were lesser. But this will always be among my favorite series of all time. And that final shot alone almost makes sure it stays there forever. Absolutely stunning!

 

Damn, jij laat er ook geen gras over groeien. 

[bruce marshall 1,959]

On 23/11/2023 at 8:17 PM, Jay said:

Black Mirror 6x01 Joan Is Awful

 

Black Mirror is back, baby!  I liked this episode a lot!  After a very disappointing season 5, I was so glad they started season 6 off with an episode that was fun, funny, exciting, fresh, and not bleak as hell.  The fact that the ending is basically a happy one is so rare for Black Mirror, but it came here at just the right time.  Annie Murphy was good (much better than Kevin Can Fuck Himself), and Salma Hayek was brilliant casting to play opposite her.  The Cate Blanchett and Michael Cera castings were icing on the cake too. 

Was Salma Hayek digitally enhanced? She is 56 years old but looked incredible! Body double, cgi?😚😳

[Jay 44,732]

Rich people can stay fit easier

[Edmilson 11,424]

According to EW, these were the 20 best TV episodes of the year:

 

https://ew.com/best-tv-episodes-of-2023-8414551

 

Star Wars fans will be happy to see Ahsoka at number 2. Still, this is kind of a weird list. I mean, Succession only in 18th? Even the Wheel of Shit managed to get a spot on the list, which makes me wonder if there was some shady business behind (Amazon has deep deep pockets).

[Melvin Frohike 12]

36 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

According to EW, these were the 20 best TV episodes of the year:

 

https://ew.com/best-tv-episodes-of-2023-8414551

 

Star Wars fans will be happy to see Ahsoka at number 2. Still, this is kind of a weird list. I mean, Succession only in 18th? Even the Wheel of Shit managed to get a spot on the list, which makes me wonder if there was some shady business behind (Amazon has deep deep pockets).

I haven't seen a lot of these episodes and Ahsoka wouldn't make my list at all. However it's only at number 2 (and Succession at 18th) because the list is alphabetical by the show's name. I loved their "first" pick from Afterparty.

[TolkienSS 512]

On 19/12/2023 at 9:54 PM, Jay said:

Rich people can stay fit easier

 

Yes, salad, chicken, a pair of shoes, and a street to run on are impossible to afford these days. 

 

Damn inflation.

[Tallguy 6,609]

I do need to see "Daisy Jones and the Six".

 

‘Doctor Who’ — ‘The Star Beast’? Oh come now.

[Edmilson 11,424]

8 hours ago, Melvin Frohike said:

However it's only at number 2 (and Succession at 18th) because the list is alphabetical by the show's name. I loved their "first" pick from Afterparty.

Hmm, that makes sense. Don't know how I didn't realize this 

[A24 4,995]

The Crown Season 6 ends with the shot of the year for me, movies or TV series.

 

[Naïve Old Fart 12,497]

@A24

Alex, is that the shot where 

 

Spoiler

Imelda Staunton walks out of St. George's Chapel?

 

Brilliant, isn't it?

[tomsmoviemadness 4,574]

Yes, it's fantastic. I was in awe!

[A24 4,995]

It was surreal, as if she was slowly walking towards the Gates Of Heaven.

[Tom Guernsey 3,485]

Seinfeld... don't know why I'd never watched it before, but it's great, right up my street with a brilliant mix of absurd and surreal, with the totally relatable. Also kudos for it featuring Alex North's actual music for a scene when the gang go to watch Spartacus at the cinema Kramer (somehow) works at. For an earlier episode where they watch Home Alone they piped in some entirely inauthentic generic music (as is so often the case) so to hear Alex North pop up was quite a surprise. Even my other half clocked my reaction, realising that I had spotted that it was the original score.

[Nick1Ø66 7,629]

On 31/12/2023 at 5:28 AM, A24 said:

The Crown Season 6 ends with the shot of the year for me, movies or TV series.

 

I got chills from Philip's speech towards the end at St. George's Chapel, where he's talking about the fate of the Royals after they're gone, but I also see it as an analogy for where the world is today, this bit in particular...

Spoiler

 

[Marian Schedenig 11,152]

1 hour ago, Tom Guernsey said:

Seinfeld... don't know why I'd never watched it before, but it's great, right up my street with a brilliant mix of absurd and surreal, with the totally relatable. Also kudos for it featuring Alex North's actual music for a scene when the gang go to watch Spartacus at the cinema Kramer (somehow) works at. For an earlier episode where they watch Home Alone they piped in some entirely inauthentic generic music (as is so often the case) so to hear Alex North pop up was quite a surprise. Even my other half clocked my reaction, realising that I had spotted that it was the original score.

 

I'm halfway through, after getting stuck somewhere near the end of S1 during my first attempt, many years ago.

 

I… like it? Mostly? It's got some good ideas, some occasional clever bits, and once it gets into its groove, it's enjoyable to watch it. Still, I don't really see why it was so big. Based on what I heard from other people over the years, I was expecting some sort of intellectual counterpart to Friends. It's certainly a precursor of that (tons of story ideas show up here first), but intellectual it isn't. It's just as dated in some respects, and hardly intellectual. It's perhaps (though I'm not even sure about that) less "commercial", but it's also more limited (by nature of its more limited core cast). The first two (shorter) seasons were pretty lame (it gets more focused and enjoyable in S3). And of all of Seinfeld's standup bits, I've so far found perhaps three funny (and I'm near the end of S5). Sometimes I feel like at least half the show's appeal comes from Kramer entering doors (it *is* worth seeing just for that).

 

Re the source music: I haven't seen the Spartacus bit yet, but I did of course immediately notice the (non-)Home Alone music. They had Schindler's List recently, and simply played some German dialogue for that, without music.

[A24 4,995]

3 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said:

Seinfeld... don't know why I'd never watched it before, but it's great ...

 

Just found this today on facebook. 

 

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Nick1Ø66 said:

 

I got chills from Philip's speech towards the end at St. George's Chapel, where he's talking about the fate of the Royals after they're gone, but I also see it as an analogy for where the world is today, this bit in particular...

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Also, it helps that the actor who is playing Prince Philip is none other than the charismatic Jonathan Pryce. 

[Jay 44,732]

Beef 1x01 The Birds Don't Sing, They Screech in Pain

 

We're finally checking out this show that everyone watched forever ago.  Based on the first episode, I'm in!  I enjoyed the setup here, where we start with two people in a road rage incident where they don't know the identity of each other, follow their separate lives for most of the rest of the episode, then bring them together again at the end.  Tonally, the blend of drama and comedy was pretty good and more or less what I expected; I hope there is a lot more comedy to come, as I've seen plenty of comedy/drama blend shows that start out funny and get more and more serious as they go on.  We'll see what happens here.

[tomsmoviemadness 4,574]

I'm looking forward to your journey throught that show+

[Jay 44,732]

I like that they are both different flavors of Asian-American and we get insights into their separate but similar cultures and home lives as well as their personal stories.  The first episode come to think of it spent much more time on Steven Yeun than Ali Wong, so I look forward to learning a lot more about her deal

[Jay 44,732]

Beef 1x02 The Rapture of Being Alive

 

Man, I love all the juxtapositions this show explores.  You got Danny struggling to get by vs Amy and George being well off, the difference in the way Danny and his brother Paul approach things (and both different from their cousin Isaac), the difference in how Amy and George want to retaliate (or not) against Danny, etc.  Really, the two main characters are surrounded by family that are more level-headed, but they constantly sabotage progress at seemingly every opportunity.  Amy review-bombing Danny's company and painting his car will obvious have bad repercussions, and Danny immediately forming a new company with his brother then kicking him out after one day will too (not to mention the terrible way he lost almost $20,000 in crypto in a day).  Sheesh!

 

I find the scenes with Danny and his brother just as interesting as the ones with Amy and her husband.  Danny has bad ideas but Paul is naive and doesn't have the work ethic.  But Amy and George, everything she said to him after she told him she masterbated with the gun (that explain everything basically), he completely ignored and instead just kink-shamed her and ignored her for the rest of the night.  I was actually surprised she agreed to couples therapy, we'll see how that goes!

[Jay 44,732]

Beef 1x03 I Am Inhabited by a Cry

 

Well now I see why Amy agreed to couples' therapy so willingly; She doesn't take it seriously at all, and knows exactly what to say to make George believe she's making improvements (I'm not sure the therapist bought it though, hard to say).  The whole church arc for Danny was pretty interesting - the genuine crying, seemingly some personal growth... only for the rug to be pulled out from our feet when he asks about getting a loan through the church for the same amount he wants to buy that property.  Oi!  Amy only being able to sell her company if she stays on for 5 years is a big wrinkle in her plans, and Paul showing up at her work was kinda nuts.  I hadn't realized that she used her coworker's pics as her own, and I have no idea why she let him kiss her at the end! 

 

Well the real end was Danny playing Incubus at the church and damn I love all the music in this show!  Hoobastank, Incubus, Collective Soul, Tori Amos... keep it coming!  I noticed a score cue in this episode too for the first time, it reminded me of Blake Neely's work on Flight Attendant which I like a lot too.  Cool!

[Jay 44,732]

Beef 1x04 Just Not All at the Same Time

 

Super fun episode!  I loved the Vegas excursion (though was bummed to see they just filmed it in LA like everythign else).  Danny seems to have reached a level of enlightenment after his church experience, and seems to generally be over the beef with Amy... though he's still up to no good, seemingly still wanting to get the church loan for his own use, and stealing materials from another job site with Isaac to make that happen.  These guys are so shortsighted, I'm sure this will come back to bite them in the ass like everything else. It's also completely insane that after stealing it all, he'd leave it in the truck instead of unloading it immediately, but I guess that was the excuse the writers needed to get him and Isaac to chase Paul to Vegas after he goes there to surprise Amy.  And speaking of Amy, I was shocked how far she let things go with Paul.  She is self sabotaging as much as Danny is now, basically!

 

The one thing I didn't like about this episode was the weird time squishing.  First there was the show showing us Amy going up in the elevator seemingly at the same time Danny and Isaac were chasing Paul up to it only for that not to matter at all, then she gets a completely new hairstyle, something that would have taken hours, in seemingly the amount of time it took Danny and Isaac to go back downstairs after getting the keys in the room.  Weird.  It was also bit of a weird shortcut that they see Amy talking thanks to the conference room being open and right next to the gambling floor, something that would never happened.  I really thought they were going to get away at the end, and was kind of surprised that the security guards finally caught up to them.  Amy arriving in time to wag her finger at them was funny.  The whole show peppers in comedic moments among all the drama at just the right times, really

[crocodile 9,481]

On 31/12/2023 at 8:59 AM, A24 said:

It was surreal, as if she was slowly walking towards the Gates Of Heaven.

Isn't that the ending of Lost though?

 

Karol

[Tallguy 6,609]

On 01/11/2023 at 6:24 AM, Tallguy said:

I should get back to that. For that matter I should get back to Slow Horses.

 

I watched all three seasons of Slow Horses. It's a weird show to call "fun" because a lot of it is not fun at all. There came a moment when I realized that the screwups and misfits might be the protagonists but they really are screwups and misfits. It's just that they aren't nearly as incompetent as people think and the "real" spies aren't nearly as good as they think. It's very John Le Carre.

 

I came here to post that I finished Monarch: Legacy this morning. i.e. The Godzilla Show. I liked it. I liked it a lot. The central premise of the guy with two families that don't know about each other is kind of a tough sell when you're supposed to have any kind of sympathy for him. But other than that it's great. Solid cast.

 

The Russells are terrific. It's stunt casting but it works and it pays off.

 

They pulled off the neat trick of getting you (well, me) to care about the various plot lines and not just wait for the big monster fights. Which is good because those are few and far between.

 

When did this kind of retro 80's John Carpenter sound become all the rage in scoring? The score is OK excepting one moment in the finale that is "I have to find this on the soundtrack" good.

 

I do wonder how much if at all it's going to tie in to the new Godzilla Kong movie (that I'm so uninterested in that I can't remember its name).

 

I also binged Foundation a few weeks ago. Maybe my favorite current show. I've been spending a lot of time on Apple+ lately. I'm familiar enough with the books that I recognize the names and some of the plots but not enough that it's pissing me off. (I hope I haven't already posted this.) For whatever reason this hits on all levels for me.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,497]

On 02/01/2024 at 3:38 PM, A24 said:

Also, it helps that the actor who is playing Prince Philip is none other than the charismatic Jonathan Pryce. 

 

Delicious.

[tee_oh 47]

On 12/12/2023 at 11:59 PM, Edmilson said:

Thank goodness I don't pay for Apple TV anymore. Will return once the second season of Severance is complete, then I'll cancel it again after completing the season.

I just happened across that show when I had a free month trial of Apple TV. If there's any reason in the future for me to sign up again, it would definitely be season 2 of severance. 

 

It's so rare these days to get the chance to stumble across something completely blind and it end up being so great.

 

Also just finished episode 5 of Fargo season 5. This show never fails to remain top tier TV for me, and I've loved every season so far. This, along with Legion, gives me so much hope for Noah Hawley's upcoming Alien series.

 

Aside from his main theme, which is great and gets tons of awesome variations, Jeff Russo's scoring has never been quite listenable on its own for me, aside from some great tracks from season 4. That being said, his scoring is always so great at fitting the mood and enhancing what's going on onscreen, without ever fading into the background, and sometimes just taking command of a scene with some great orchestral swells during the really dramatic scenes. He's always doing some fun stuff with the drums throughout the series, too.

[Jay 44,732]

Severance is great and the long wait for Season 2 is brutal!

[Sweeping Strings 3,172]

True Detective : Night Country is airing in the UK on a channel that I have (the previous 3 seasons didn't, but apparently the only truly good one was Season 1) so I watched the first episode last night. Intriguing stuff with a cast including Jodie Foster, Fiona Shaw and Christopher Eccleston.  

[Jay 44,732]

Oh damn I watched it last night and didn't even recognize Eccleston!

[A24 4,995]

Mad Men Season 5

 

 

I had to watch the last episode on Blu-ray because Prime suddenly removed the series from their standard content (you now must pay separately to watch Mad Men). The series is still in my top 5. 

[tomsmoviemadness 4,574]

1 hour ago, Sweeping Strings said:

Christopher Eccleston.  

 

 

1 hour ago, Jay said:

Oh damn I watched it last night and didn't even recognize Eccleston!

 

 

What?!?!? Where?!?! I didn't recognise him either. Who does he play?

[Jay 44,732]

Fiona Shaw's dead husband that led her barefoot to the bodies

[tomsmoviemadness 4,574]

20 minutes ago, Jay said:

Fiona Shaw's dead husband that led her barefoot to the bodies

No way!! That's fricking awesome! Didn't catch that at all

[Naïve Old Fart 12,497]

The Doctor and Aunt Petunia. Nice.

[Sweeping Strings 3,172]

1 hour ago, Jay said:

Fiona Shaw's dead husband that led her barefoot to the bodies

I was under the impression he was playing Jodie Foster's commanding officer, and didn't actually appear in the first episode but will do at some stage - 

[Jay 44,732]

Oh ok. That would explain why I didn't recognize him then, lol!

 

A podcast I listened to referenced something about Dr Who with Fiona Shaw, so I assumed that was Eccleston.  They were clearly wrong!!

[tomsmoviemadness 4,574]

Masters Of The Universe: Revolution

 

A follow up to 2021's Masters Of The Universe: Revelation, which was a follow up to the He-Man series from the 80's. That follow was not well recieved by fans of the original, but here's the thing: I wasn't familiar with that and I went into Revelation completely blind and I absolutely loved it.

Same goes for Revolution. Yes, it's very corny at times, especially some of the dialogue. Yes, every character is waaay overpowered. Yes, not everything makes sense and because it's only 5 25 minute episodes it at times is a bit rushed. But I just had so much fun with this. I binged it all and it kinda felt like a 2.5 hour animated action adventure film.

 

The voice work is still really strong. Some actors have been switched and at first it was a bit noticable, but that quickly went away. Mark Hamill, Lena Heady, Liam Cunningham, Meg Foster, Keith David, William Shatner & Chris Wood are all having a blast.

The animation is stunning, character design is great, the action is fantastic and it has an absolutely brilliant score by composer Bear McCreary and his team. He has composed a plethora of distinctive and fantastic themes for all the characters and uses them to the fullest extent. He uses the full orchestra plus he adds a rock element to the score which makes it all the more cool. I hope an album release is inbound, because this already is one of the best scores of the year (just like it's predecessor was in 2021).

 

So yeah, this is one of those projects which is far from perfect, but it's a guilty pleasure which I don't feel guilty about. Season 1 had 10 episodes cut in two parts, so  I really hope they make part 2 of this season.

 

[crocodile 9,481]

Got a voucher for 3+ months of Apple streaming service. I decided to watch the first episode of Severance, a series I knew nothing about beforehand. But the promo/poster intrigued me somehow. That was really good actually, and quite unique. I shall finish this one.

 

Karol

[Jay 44,732]

Also watch Shrinking while you have it!

 

And Masters of the Air starts today!

[Jay 44,732]

Beef 1x05 Such Inward Secret Creatures

 

Danny befriending George as "Zane" was such a funny scenario.  How does George not realize?  Wouldn't he have googled the contractor who pissed in his bathroom?  I wasn't sure how to interpret the scene where he admires George's artwork.  Was he being honest with his assessment?  I like how often Danny flip-flops on everything, wanting to rob George & Amy at one point then wanting to call it off.  That was crazy that Michael and Bobby go to rob it anyway, and run into Fumi with a gun!  I thought for sure she'd shoot one of them, and was sad that she fell (even though she was there to sell George's artwork without telling him).  Amy and Paul's sex scene was way more explicit than I would have expected, and it was crazy when he asked her for money, and then even crazier when he called her a bitch for not giving it to him, lol.

[Tallguy 6,609]

I'm watching Barry. I'm three episodes into Season 2.

 

The end of season 1 kind of through me for a loop. It's getting harder to root for Barry. But I kind of can't stop watching.

 

As advertised, Winkler is amazing. I love Stephen Root so much.

[Jay 44,732]

Beef 1x06 We Draw a Magic Circle

 

I love the way that Isaac weaseled hid way into things by getting a church exception for his ankle bracelet him showing Danny that all his money is stashed in rice cookers in the church was so dumb, and of course is part of the reason Danny turns him in at the end of the episode.  Naomi and Amy's showdown scene was really good and Amy is lucky to come out of everything unscathed thanks to Fumi. Danny turning Isaac in after Amy screws him out of their deal was pretty scummy, but you also hate Isaac anyway so its a bit conflicting.  That final basketball scene was interesting, since Edwin seems to be upset that Danny is with Esther or something?

[Jay 44,732]

Beef 1x07 I Am a Cage

 

Wow, I wasn't expecting to seen an "EIGHT MONTHS LATER" card on the screen!  Seems awfully fast for Danny to have bought that land AND built a house on it with Isaac's rice cooker money.  As soon as he mentioned he did the wiring himself, I knew that would pay off in some way, so the fire at the end of the episode is surely going to be have been caused by that (but I was very confused by the shots of something rustling in the bushes and the gate being left open.  Just red herrings?)

 

Amy and George seem to have been getting along well, especially with Mia and Paul out of the picture for all that time, but it's no surprise those relationships bubble back up to the surface.  Danny wanting to jerk off to Amy's ass picture was a bit of a contrived way to get him to figure out Kayla was her, but it had to happen eventually.  I loved the scene where that Edwin guy shows up and tries to say he wants a part of Danny's criminal activity, the way Danny played it all off was pretty good I thought.  Meanwhile Paul showing up to tell George about them which Amy sees on the doorbell footage was another nice story turn!

[tomsmoviemadness 4,574]

It's starting to get crazy!!!

[Jay 44,732]

Beef 1x08 The Drama of Original Choice

 

Wow those flashbacks to the childhoods of Amy and Danny were really interesting and shed a lot of light on their current states of mind.  I loved the way they were interlaced into the episode, along with the chronology change to further enhance the narrative.  The worst part out of all of them was Danny throwing away Paul's college applications; That explains SO much about both of them and their relationship with each other.  It was kind of crazy that Edwin showed up at the house fire; I was trying to figure out where Danny was until he showed up in the garage.  Of course the fire was Danny's faulty wiring... the guy is such a self sabotager, whether he means to or not.  Amy at least owned up to everything she's done to George, and seems to accept the inevitable outcome that he wants a divorce.  I love that she first reaction is to be allowed to see June, and he curtly tells her the lawyers will decide that... damn.  Danny is completely opposite, unwilling to own up to anything, and instead tries to plant evidence to incriminate Amy, which of course backfires and he's on the run again, though WHY did June hop into his truck instead of her dad's car!?

[Holko 11,851]

Rewatched and finished Netflix's Sex Education. Still consistently great fun filmmaking, acting and music use. S1 made me fall in love with the world and the characters all over again. S2 is a bit of a step down while still handling a lot of things really well. S3 is a bit of an unfocused mess. S4 is a horrific mishmash of things with tonal whiplash episodes, missing old characters replaced with paperthin new ones, repeated arcs, steps back for some characters, torture porn for others, insanely dragged out pettiness for others, randomly thrown in and wrapped up storylines for others, wonderful finales for others. Even in S3 the show really struggle dot keep its cast together and just had lots of parallel things running, but here it's really fragmented and disconnected, the Groff stuff feels like a spinoff special/miniseries that got edited into this season. Also it's a horrible final season, (makes sense having read that the writers were only told that it'd be the last one late into the process), but even if it wasn't, it'd be a weak setup for a turn in a worse direction. The theory still stands that in the past 5 years our species collectively lost the ability to write endings.

[tomsmoviemadness 4,574]

Percy Jackson And The Olympians

 

I've read the first book in this series many years ago, but somehow never saw the 2 films. So for me I went into this pretty fresh. As a whole I think this is a very strong adaptation of a very popular and beloved book series.

This series is not perfect. Some of the dialogue is a bit wonky and the middle episodes drag a bit and feel slightly unfocused. But overall this is really strong.

 

The best thing about the series is it's casting & performances, production and music. Every actor truly feels like the character and is perfectly cast. Walker Scobel especially is great as Percy and the chemistry between him and Leah Jeffries & Aryan Simhadri is perfect. The casting of the Gods is also spot on. Bigger name actors like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Toby Stephens and the late great Lance Reddick were absolutely fantastic. And how cool that one of Reddick's final roles is Zeus!

The production and visuals of the show are also very strong. I watched the making off after watching the finale and it was really fun to see how the series was made and how much work went into it.

 

My favorite moments were definitely the first 2 episodes, the Medusa sequence and the final 2 episodes. There were strong moments in the other episodes, but it did feel a bit like they weren't 100% sure what to do. And that's okay, it's a first season of something and some stuff won't work. So I really hope that they are able to continue the series to tell this story as best as they can. Because the moments here that are strong, are really strong and I can't wait to see more!
 

[GerateWohl 6,362]

2 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said:

Percy Jackson And The Olympians

 

I've read the first book in this series many years ago, but somehow never saw the 2 films. So for me I went into this pretty fresh. As a whole I think this is a very strong adaptation of a very popular and beloved book series.

This series is not perfect. Some of the dialogue is a bit wonky and the middle episodes drag a bit and feel slightly unfocused. But overall this is really strong.

 

The best thing about the series is it's casting & performances, production and music. Every actor truly feels like the character and is perfectly cast. Walker Scobel especially is great as Percy and the chemistry between him and Leah Jeffries & Aryan Simhadri is perfect. The casting of the Gods is also spot on. Bigger name actors like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Toby Stephens and the late great Lance Reddick were absolutely fantastic. And how cool that one of Reddick's final roles is Zeus!

The production and visuals of the show are also very strong. I watched the making off after watching the finale and it was really fun to see how the series was made and how much work went into it.

 

My favorite moments were definitely the first 2 episodes, the Medusa sequence and the final 2 episodes. There were strong moments in the other episodes, but it did feel a bit like they weren't 100% sure what to do. And that's okay, it's a first season of something and some stuff won't work. So I really hope that they are able to continue the series to tell this story as best as they can. Because the moments here that are strong, are really strong and I can't wait to see more!
 

As I said before, we can only hope, that the upcoming Harry Potter series comes close to this in quality as an adaptation of the books.

 

At first I had a hard time to get into the books. For a european this americanization of greek mythology is quite ridiculous. Even though we are used to a lot of that from films and such. But this is a whole other level.

But when you get over this, it's really fun.

[Edmilson 11,424]

Is Rick Riordan the Dan Brown of kids literature?