TV
📺 Just finished season one of The Gentlemen
When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate he discovers that it’s home to a huge weed empire and its proprietors aren’t going anywhere.
Enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
📺 Favourite TV shows from 2024
There’s were plenty of good TV shows released last year, here’s a list of my favourites in no particular order;
When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby Japanese fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.
Following the events of The Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, a.k.a. the Penguin, makes a play to seize the reins of the crime world in Gotham.
Original stories set within the worlds of iconic video games are featured in this animated anthology series.
Helen embarks on a passionate affair with a man who has no idea what her secret identity is.
The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee.
Slow Horses - Season 2
Follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve as a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes.
Follows a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts who use the town’s sudden interest in the occult to start a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a strange series of events triggers a witch hunt that leads back to them.
Honourable mentions go to Fake, Creature Commandos, The Agency, Twilight Of The Gods, Landman and The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy.
For reference, here’s a list of the TV shows released in 2024 on IMDB.
📺 Started Watching: La Palma
A Norwegian family vacationing in La Palma faces chaos when a researcher discovers imminent volcanic eruption signs that could trigger a massive tsunami.
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📺 Watching: Secret Level
Original stories set within the worlds of iconic video games are featured in this animated anthology series.
From the creators of Love, Death & Robots. Very good!
📺 Watching: Starting 5
Five NBA superstars' journeys during the 2023-24 season. Their on-court battles, injury struggles, and efforts to balance family life and cementing their legacies.Pretty good documentary series out now on Netflix.
Starting 5 on IMDB
📺 Started Watching: SHŌGUN
When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.SHŌGEN on IMDB.
📺 Watched: What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Quite an interesting doco, some divisive subjects and alternate points of view from both sides. Definitely worth watching if you’re interested in near future technologies.
Gates tackles far-reaching topics from artificial intelligence to income inequality with curiosity and an open mind.What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates on IMDB
📺 Watched: Twilight of the Gods
Not a bad take on some familiar stories and characters.
An animated series inspired by Norse Mythology. The Twilight of the Gods refers to events that led to the destruction of Midgard and Asgard, then the death of most of the Æsir and Vanir gods in an ultimate battle against evil, the forces of nature and the Giants.
Twilight of the Gods on IMDB.
Confession time, I never saw The Sopranos. I think I might watch it, apparently it’s quite good. 🤪
🎥 Watching: The Running Man
In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.
Bit of a random selection tonight…
Loved the first couple of episodes of Ahsoka, along with the general Star Wars galaxy since it’s been with Disney. These smaller story arcs really suit the TV format versus the big movie experience.
Keep ‘em coming Disney!
📺 Watched Salvation (2017–2018)
An MIT grad student and a tech superstar bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery--that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth.
Was quite interesting how they used a voice actor and AI to have Andy narrate the series.
📺 Fever Pitch! The Rise of the Premier League (2021– )
The creation of the English Premier League through the stories of people like Eric Cantona, David Beckham, Vinnie Jones and Alan Shearer.
Wasn’t a bad series, though I wish it was longer than 4 episodes. ⚽️
📺 watching: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Flighty teenage girl Buffy Summers learns that she is her generation's destined battler of vampires.
Something a bit random for this evening’s entertainment. 🧛♀️