Recommend me something to watch!

[Christmas Tree 3997]

Quite a cool back story to Mr In between.

 

[Monkeys Fist 38998]

44 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said:

cool back story

[Blastronaut 1236]

20 hours ago, Christmas Tree said:

8.6 on IMDB begs to differ  

 

That puts it just slightly behind Oz on their scale, which granted hasn't aged all that well but was the seminal hbo serial drama that kickstarted the golden age of TV serial dramas. Also puts it slightly ahead of Northern Exposure in their ratings, I'm not having that either. 

 

if Glimmer Man is 5.4 on I'll give this an extra 1.5 points purely for the self-awareness. IMDB can do one. It's 6.9 on the Blastronaut scale, and that's me being kind.

 

[Gemmill 35240]

Oz was great. I imagine it looks rough as fuck if you watch it now though.

[The Fish 9103]

On 25/09/2023 at 04:05, Christmas Tree said:

8.6 on IMDB begs to differ  

Mate, rating sites are bollocks. Avatar: the last Airbender has a 9.3 on IMDB.

 

Now, I'm not averse to stuff that are chiefly aimed at a younger audience, but I'm not having some cartoon rated as highly as the Wire, or Chernobyl. Better than Sopranos?

[Christmas Tree 3997]

5 minutes ago, The Fish said:

Mate, rating sites are bollocks. Avatar: the last Airbender has a 9.3 on IMDB.

 

Now, I'm not averse to stuff that are chiefly aimed at a younger audience, but I'm not having some cartoon rated as highly as the Wire, or Chernobyl. Better than Sopranos?

I thought cartoons were your thing?

[Christmas Tree 3997]

7 minutes ago, The Fish said:

Mate, rating sites are bollocks. Avatar: the last Airbender has a 9.3 on IMDB.

 

Now, I'm not averse to stuff that are chiefly aimed at a younger audience, but I'm not having some cartoon rated as highly as the Wire, or Chernobyl. Better than Sopranos?

Sure IMDB gets a bit skewed by the younger geeky audience, but it’s a pretty good rule of thumb imo. 
 

I rarely watch anything below a 6 and find it a great chaff sorter.

[The Fish 9103]

10 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said:

I thought cartoons were your thing?

I enjoy some of them, but I'd never say they were on a par, or better, than actual proper tv shows like The Sopranos.

 

[Renton 17973]

 

3 hours ago, Christmas Tree said:

I thought cartoons were your thing?

 

They're GRAPHIC NOVELS. Waaaaaaaah!!!!!!!

 

[Renton 17973]

3 hours ago, Christmas Tree said:

Sure IMDB gets a bit skewed by the younger geeky audience, but it’s a pretty good rule of thumb imo. 
 

I rarely watch anything below a 6 and find it a great chaff sorter.

 

This. I'm pretty reliant on IMDB nowadays. You've got to adjust it acordingly to how much you like the genre, so Avatar and most that Marvel shite wouldn't even be on the radar. But it gets most things about right. My cut off is nearer 7 like, but unlike CT I have standards.

[Holden McGroin 5002]

Aye, I still use IMDB as a rough guide. I love horror movies for example but you rarely see any rated over 7 so I take that into account.

 

On a whole I find the scoring just about right.

Edited September 26, 2023 by Holden McGroin

[The Fish 9103]

1 hour ago, Renton said:

 

This. I'm pretty reliant on IMDB nowadays. You've got to adjust it acordingly to how much you like the genre, so Avatar and most that Marvel shite wouldn't even be on the radar. But it gets most things about right. My cut off is nearer 7 like, but unlike CT I have standards.

 

Then why bother with IMDB at all? Just go off the recommendations from people whose opinions you trust?

 

Also, with the Marvel stuff I take the Chez approach. Sure, sometimes I want to watch some gripping, intelligent, thoughtful 'picture', but sometimes I like Boom POW Kablam.

 

Edited September 26, 2023 by The Fish

[Monkeys Fist 38998]

4 hours ago, The Fish said:

sometimes I like Boom POW Kablam.

… you know the rest of it. 

[The Fish 9103]

13 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said:

… you know the rest of it. 

Boom, POW, Kablam?

[Monkeys Fist 38998]

 

Hulk smash? 

[The Fish 9103]

So I was right.

[Christmas Tree 3997]

Just finished all 3 seasons of Mr Inbetween.

 

Sorry like, but one of the best shows I’ve watched in a long time. Get it watched.

[Gemmill 35240]

I've got one episode of Silo to go. It would make a great video game - along the lines of a Bioshock, which was class.

[Monkeys Fist 38998]

Mrs. F. insisted I watch The Woman in the Wall with her. 
 

Pleasantly surprised tbh. 
 

Brutal subject matter*, and Ruth Wilson playing another crazy lass ( no chebbage…boo!!). 
 

 

*It’s about the convent laundries and child trafficking 

 

[Kid Dynamite 6033]

Rotten Tomatoes is more reliable then IMDB mind

[Isegrim 8915]

1 hour ago, Kid Dynamite said:

Rotten Tomatoes is more reliable then IMDB mind

Rule of thumb is to not listen to people who like things but to those who don’t.

[Dr Gloom 19986]

13 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said:

Rotten Tomatoes is more reliable then IMDB mind

 

 

 

it sounds decent. 

[Howmanheyman 27347]

Spouse out at her mates, eldest out, youngest went to her room after tea so for the first time in years put field of dreams on. Superb feel good film and the bit with Burt Lancaster and onwards with his dad, man...... proper blinking like mad here, mind, invisible smoke somehow all over the living room. If you don't like this film that's cool but what happened to your soul?

[Monkeys Fist 38998]

[NJS 3989]

38 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

Spouse out at her mates, eldest out, youngest went to her room after tea so for the first time in years put field of dreams on. Superb feel good film and the bit with Burt Lancaster and onwards with his dad, man...... proper blinking like mad here, mind, invisible smoke somehow all over the living room. If you don't like this film that's cool but what happened to your soul?

I watched it a couple of weeks after my dad died - it absolutely destroyed me

 

I should probably go back to it and watch it again really...