TV Series

I had the misfortune to accidentally see a minute of The Masked Singer on ITV1 just now.

The most moronic, bottom-of-the-barrel garbage, churned out for something like its 9th series.

If someone pitched the idea for it to you, you’d think they’re on crack: ITV-payroll ‘celebrity’ panel have to guess which celebrities are singing while disguised as aliens.

Panel celebrity: “I think it’s Bruno Mars”

No you dolt, this is throwaway ITV trash, it’s not Bruno Mars, it’s Barry from Eastenders.
 
Just coming to the end of a rewatch of season one of Prison Break.

Crazy to think it’s 20 years old. I know the quality of the later seasons dropped, but season one was a fantastic watch, so tense and exciting. Before I saw Breaking Bad, it used to be my all-time favourite TV show.
 
Prime Target starts this week on Apple TV, you will enjoy this. 😉

Looks boss that.

Think Apple is the pound for pound daddy of streaming services tbf
 
I had the misfortune to accidentally see a minute of The Masked Singer on ITV1 just now.

The most moronic, bottom-of-the-barrel garbage, churned out for something like its 9th series.

If someone pitched the idea for it to you, you’d think they’re on crack: ITV-payroll ‘celebrity’ panel have to guess which celebrities are singing while disguised as aliens.

Panel celebrity: “I think it’s Bruno Mars”

No you dolt, this is throwaway ITV trash, it’s not Bruno Mars, it’s Barry from Eastenders.

Lobotomy TV, to be sure.
 
Just polished of all six series of OZ.

Would highly recommend it, it’s great tv.

One of HBO’s forebears and arguably the series that prob gave us the likes of the Sopranos, The Wire and Soms of Anarchy and modern TV. In fact it’s probably set in the same universe as the Sopranos. It ran from the late 90s - early 00s.

Like the Sopranos its production is of the time and of the values of that society, but man it’s hard hitting, gruesome and harrowing but compelling. First three and four series are compelling. It gets a bit sensationalised then, in truth probably should have finished after season 4, but it’s very hard to keep coming up with something fresh in a fixed prison setting.

Anyway, the premise is set in a max US prison and floods the progress of inmates at different stages of incarceration. Builds them to rivalries, feuds and wars between different gang factions, the Mafia, Hispanics, Muslims, American Americans, Aryans and all that goes on.

As I say it’s hard hitting, gruesome, hard hitting and poignant all at the same time.

But great TV.
 
Just coming to the end of a rewatch of season one of Prison Break.

Crazy to think it’s 20 years old. I know the quality of the later seasons dropped, but season one was a fantastic watch, so tense and exciting. Before I saw Breaking Bad, it used to be my all-time favourite TV show.
That was my show back in the day (that and The Shield). The first season was always my favorite just so you can see how Michael plans to break his brother out.
 
Onto episode 4 of season 3 of From. Think this season has started excellently.

While it definitely has the capacity to go the way of Lost, it’s holding itself together pretty well so far imo.
 
Needs some kind of big reveal in the next series, otherwise people will get bored of it.
Last season seemed to be doing that and then nothing was really answered and just kind of raised more questions.

I’ve avoided spoilers as much as possible but seems to be lots of buzz from the US around season 3 and I believe it does provide some explanations.
 

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