As soon as Black Mirror hit Netflix I started binge watching it. Well, half an hour after it hit Netflix. I also decided to run with a different experiment: vlog and blog it ‘while’ watching it. I didn’t literally write and vlog while watching it, but I did it immediately …
Read More »Top 5 Netflix Originals 2017
I’ve stated this before but I am addicted to Netflix Original shows. I watch any show produced and made by Netflix as I’ve never been disappointed so far. I’ve watched pretty much all of them. This has got me watching shows I wouldn’t normally have given the time of day. …
Read More »Small Screen DC Superheroics
I’ve had a bit of a strange journey with respect to the small screen DC TV series. I had a strange love-hate relationship with Arrow, though I was watching until it finally got a true and laborious slog during season four (2015 – 2016). Then The Flash took up the …
Read More »Embrace The (Star Trek) Discovery
I woke up at 0600 and decided to get up because I’d heard that Star Trek: Discovery was getting released on Netflix at 0700. I did this because Star Trek is a big thing for me. It’s not big because I’m an obsessive fan, well, I probably used to be, …
Read More »Doctor, Missy, Davros..Awesome!
The first episode of series nine of Doctor Who surprised me, I have to admit. I really liked it. Doctor Who ground down my enthusiasm over the course of Stephen Moffat’s run with Matt Smith (more due to stories than the actor himself). I am always hopeful that a significant change like …
Read More »When Stark’s Toys Go Missing
I love the original Captain America film. It hits all the grand period piece pulp awesome buttons. The whole thing is realised brilliantly. One of those elements is Agent Peggy Carter. I have no idea whether they intended the character to be that strong a part of the film, but …
Read More »Almost Human, Almost Great
Almost Human was a show I wasn’t aware of at all. I had no idea it was in development. The first I heard of it was when people started commenting on the pilot episode on Twitter. A near future cop show in the mould of late eighties and early nineties …
Read More »Small Town USA Western
It was probably to be expected that someone would eventually realise that a Jack Reacher TV series might be a good idea. A badass with issues walks into town and rights wrongs often through being capable of extreme voilence with his own sense of justice. You’d have to tweak the …
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