Dom That's true of nearly everything these days. The streaming companies seem to love 8 episodes, when most stuff would be much better as 4.

      Daz I'm enjoying it too - it's the most original thing we've seen on tv for years. I saw a review titled "Midway through Season 2: what the hell is going on?" Lol.

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        Daz it's the only show I watch weekly right now.

          SEVERANCE is decent, we're keeping up with it. I think it's brilliant but I can see one bad reveal ruining all the effort.

          Been enjoying SILO more than I would've expected.

            • Qwiss

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            Asterix if you've only got 4 episodes worth of material make a movie. 8 episodes is tight enough for a TV show anyway. If something needs less than 6 its definitely better off as a movie.

            Burnwinter I really like it too but its definitely a show thats reputation is going to live or die on the last season. Right now its throttling along at a rip roaring pace though. Some of the things that have happened already this seasons feel like stuff you wouldn't expect till season 4 of a 5 seasons show.

                  • Asterix

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                  We're only just getting Ludwig here in Australia now - not sure when it showed in the UK. I really like David Mitchell, and the character is perfect for him.

                  And I've just started season 3 of Reacher. S1 was great; s2 not as good. Alan Ritchson is perfect as Reacher.

                  Qwiss I think I generally agree, although 4-5 hours of tv can be perfect for something. LOTR would work well as TV or as 3 movies. Pride and Prejudice was better as 5 tv episodes than one movie. But they are probably the exceptions. And they are adaptations, not completely original productions. So yes in general I think you're probably right.

                    • Daz

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                    Burnwinter Been enjoying SILO more than I would've expected

                    Same here. I binged season 2 over a couple of days when I was home sick a little while back. It's by no means perfect or even great sci-fi, but it's quite enjoyable and the story has adequate depth to it.

                        Daz The tale of the self-published stories behind it that made their author millions via online sales is quite a thing.

                          • JazzG

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                          Season 1 was really good, a lot of what Disney has done with Stars has been garbage but Andor and Rogue One were both really good.

                            JazzG Amazon just purchased Bond. I expect they are going to bleed Bond dry in the same way Disney has bled Star Wars and Marvel. We will have the Q Origin Story, Moneypenny The Double Agent, and all kinds of other crap. Maybe something about Bond in his navy days.
                            Fortunately it's owned by anti-woke Bezos, so we will at least be saved the Indian Bond or female Bond for now.

                                • JazzG

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                                Claudius Fortunately it's owned by anti-woke Bezos, so we will at least be saved the Indian Bond or female Bond for now.

                                😆 After what they've done with LOTR I would hold fire to see what they do!

                                  • JazzG

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                                  The damage this woman has done to the Star Wars brand! Before taking over Lucas Films regarded as one of the top producers and has a great record but her time at Lucas Films has been a disaster imo,

                                    JazzG it has been a disaster, but LucasFilm didn't really have a great track record. The last four movies they made were the prequels + Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The quality hasn't gone down, but it's more bloated than before due to too much content.

                                        • Qwiss

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                                        Claudius Bonds been shite for years anyway. They should have done black Bond ages ago and gave it to Idris.

                                        I just hope Bond can get back to being a bit of fun and not a second rate Jason Bourne.

                                          I quite liked the Daniel Craig Bond films (especially Skyfall), but I agree, the world probably needs a fun Bond series again.

                                          I was dreading them making Bond American - "howdy y'all, the name's Baaarrrnnnd, Jaames Baaarrrnnd."

                                            JazzG don't how why she was still around after the sequel trilogy turned out to be a critical and commercial flop

                                                Asterix I thought Skyfall and Casino Royale were excellent. Probably my two favourite Bond movies. The others were decent but lumpier - either overdone villains (without being fun like Sean Connery rivals), incredibly long run times, and bloated casts at times but a good run overall. The best since Connery

                                                  banduan I agree, but other than that one I've never rewatched any of the other Craig movies. Don't remember much about them either.