Television Whats on TV?

[Brogan]

There's freeview or whatever it's called now in the Airbnb.

I just misread a program title which was 'Walking like jesus' and thought to myself, wow!, OFCOM has really mellowed over the past 8 years.

 

[cider_and_toast]

OFCOM have done very little over the last 8 years.

 

[F1Brits_90]

watching the robbie williams documentary, & having watch taylor swift doc, film of elton john & queen that get fame at a young age. it probally not talked about enough that it feels that for the huge megastars. its when not if you have a breakdown. when all the media pressure eventually makes you crash

 

[F1Brits_90]

1 of the best shows on tv. showing that best ideas are the simplest

https://twitter.com/x/status/1778150963943186872

 

[F1Brits_90]

Race against the world finished last night. ive no idea who won because ive only finished ep5. as i got behind as you do with shows you watch together. but i have seen that the final got 7.1m viewers last night. which is amazing that its become arguably 1 of BBCs biggest show

just shows that sometimes people launching tv shows need patience & as many now are hugely promoted have big budgets & are expected to be a hit straight away with his rare. was likely the downfall of chris evans top gear yes it was crap but it was always going to be hiding to nothing because you cant invent 20yrs of friendship overnight

& i think of some of the biggest shows of the last 20yrs & what most have in common are that in comparison is they flew under the radar for their 1st couple of series. top gear, Bake Off, taskmaster all didnt start turning into the juggernauts they are & were until series 4. nobody really watched the 1st series of Ted lasso as it happened but it spawned into this global phenomenon around the middle of series 2

 

[cider_and_toast]

Yep, great programs fly under the radar, get bigger, reach a peak of creativity and viewers, jump the shark and fall flat on their arses.

 

[Brogan]

House of the Dragon - good grief, it's so fucking boring!

I'm 4 episodes in and losing the will to live.

I watched Foundation. Weird that it has the same name as the Asimov books but is completely different.

 

[cider_and_toast]

I've read the entire Foundation series. A couple of them were hard work but it's well worth the read if you like that sort of thing.

I think it was helped by the fact that when I read it the series started with the prequel "Prelude to Foundation" which sets the scene for the series more clearly.

 

[cider_and_toast]

Oh, and have you watched Season 4 of The Boys yet Brogan ?

 

[Brogan]

I've read the entire Foundation series. A couple of them were hard work but it's well worth the read if you like that sort of thing.

I'm a fantasy and sci fi nerd so have everything by Asimov.
I was just annoyed how the story is so different as well as the character gender changes.

Oh, and have you watched Season 4 of The Boys yet Brogan ?

Yes.
Very disappointed.
They just parroted reality instead of doing satire.
I'm not surprised season 5 is the last one - they've clearly run out of ideas.

 

[cider_and_toast]

My thoughts exactly.

They've wasted Butcher as a character.

The whole thing was a mess in terms of script and pace.

I'm guessing that the final scenes of the season will connect to the second season of Gen V and then we'll have to wait another year for the grand finale.

 

[cider_and_toast]

We watched the last episode of Top Gear / The Grand Tour tonight.

A bit of a half assed greatest hits. All the usual gags as before but with the mention of this being the last time thrown in every 5 minutes.

A bit poignant at the end but it had definitely run it's course.

It will be interesting to see who Prime relaunch the Grand Tour with as they claim they intend to continue with the program.