English TV series discussion

Just finished watching Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, and it’s a really well-made series that sheds light on the disturbing reality of his crimes. It does a great job of showing not just who he was, but also the failures that allowed him to continue for so long. What’s even more shocking is that after looking into it further, I found out that some people actually admire him and even fangirl over him. It’s unsettling how some glorify such a person.
 
Surprisingly wholesome. Also today I learned Ahsaas channa is daughter of Kulbir kaur. I must be living under a rock or something...

The Count of Monte Cristo​


A quite well-made adaptation with some obvious mistakes but overall great acting and good pacing. Some suspension of disbelief is required but I still enjoyed it. Sam Claflin carries the show. I wish more period dramas/ classic stories are adapted with this style and set designs. It's just beautiful to watch.

7/10
Some mistakes indeed but the pacing was so good. I feel like the movie is too fast paced or cuts corners while telling the story and since the story is of patience and ultimately revenge the suspense needs to be there to fully savour it. This mini-series is just long enough to keep you within its grasp while not becoming boring.

Hiroyuki Sanada and Fumi Nikaido carried that show IMO. Season 2 when.
 
Hiroyuki Sanada and Fumi Nikaido carried that show IMO. Season 2 when.
Iirc, it is based on a standalone novel and the story has concluded. If they still want to make a season 2, they will have to come up with a continuation of the story on their own, which as we all know, always lacks the essence and meat of the original work by the actual author. I don't know why they always have to continue making sequels when stories are meant to end at some point. There are so many historical fictions/novels waiting to be adapted.
 
Iirc, it is based on a standalone novel and the story has concluded. If they still want to make a season 2, they will have to come up with a continuation of the story on their own, which as we all know, always lacks the essence and meat of the original work by the actual author. I don't know why they always have to continue making sequels when stories are meant to end at some point. There are so many historical fictions/novels waiting to be adapted.
If I remember correctly didn't the show end kinda ambiguously. Which is what made me think there will be a season 2. Better than what happened to GoT but I would have liked a finished finale with things coming to a decisive conclusion.
 
Surprisingly wholesome. Also today I learned Ahsaas channa is daughter of Kulbir kaur. I must be living under a rock or something...
When I mentioned it to a friend he said the focus with sex ed was on the poorer classes and avoiding pregnancies. Made sense. Funnily enough this applied in the west too especially countries with social welfare and discouraging young girls from leeching off the system. Once they had a kid, they became wards of the state with an allowance to take care of the child along with state provided housing. Want your own apartment? Get pregnant and become a single parent.

In other words for people with more disposable income or middle class these Sex ed classes were for the most part useless.

Do you think they are any better these days?

Those two videos suggest nothing has changed in the last two decades. They want to prevent that pregnancy but could care less what happens to you after you pass that step.
 
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If I remember correctly didn't the show end kinda ambiguously. Which is what made me think there will be a season 2. Better than what happened to GoT but I would have liked a finished finale with things coming to a decisive conclusion.
Naah, it is the actual ending. Toranaga’s path to becoming Shogun is assured, but the Westerner remains caught between cultures, forever altered but without true power. His ship is burned, his lover, Mariko is sacrificed for Toranaga's cause. The person, he kept debating with himself for, Toranaga is the actual worst powemonger worse than Ishido, the antagonist and Ochiba, the widow. It's supposed to be a bittersweet ending, enlightening the protagonist as well as the reader/viewer that the person they rooted for is as bad or as heartless as the antagonists they rooted against. And they were just a pawn in the overall game.
 

The Count of Monte Cristo (2024) - 9/10

Very well done show based on the classic by Dumas. Brilliant acting across the cast.

I was a little surprised in the end when...
The "Wait and Hope" letter wasn't mentioned at all. It would have been beautiful if they showed Edmond leaving, having left the letter for Mercedes. That always did hit harder for me, both in the book and in the 2024 French movie.
 
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The Bondsman : 7/10
Kevin Bacon seems to be getting younger and fitter with age and is having a blast in this one. Nice one for the weekend.
 
Is The Wheel of Time worth watching after Season 1?

I remember having watched the first season and liked it back then but I think Season 2 got mixed reviews and I never picked it up. I was planning to pick up the series again but feel unsure if it's worth it?
 
Strated watching
Mobland
Since last week
Awesome cast (Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Tom Hardy) and then again no one makes em better than the British, the mob shows..

Available on Jiohotstar, 1 ep weekly, only two have been aired.. India gets the fresh episodes nearly after 18 hrs of its rls in UK somehow..
 
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update after a long time :

1. Mobland - watched 1st episode.. 6/10 star cast and intense, hoping remaining of it would be good
2. SEAL Team - completed se07, and its the end of series i believe 6/10 . last season is mediocre, never the less, the whole series all in all is entertaining
3. Bosch legacy - weekly releases again and its as good as previous seasons 8/10 - but , at the end of each episode, they are showing more than a glimpse of next episode, just like the shitty daily serials, WTH
4. Special Ops: Lioness - 1st season done, 2nd season is going good 7/10
5. The Agency - had high expectations 4/10
6. The Day of the Jackal - one season 5/10
7. The Spy - mini series , true story 6/10
8. The Old Man (TV series) - 6/10
 
The dialogues flow naturally too something in fashion of Coffee is for Closers by David Mamet or Billions by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Oh yeah, the dialogue is flowing very freely here especially that first one. Must watch it :)
Landman - 7.5/10
Next on my list after Trump of all people tweeted a clip. Very compelling it was too. Superb acting by Billy Ray Thornton.

The writer, Taylor Sheridan is known here. He also wrote Tulsa King & Sicario from ones I watched and some others I should check out
 
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Oh yeah, the dialogue is flowing very freely here especially that first one. Must watch it :)

Next on my list after Trump of all people tweeted a clip. Very compelling it was too. Superb acting by Billy Ray Thornton.

The writer, Taylor Sheridan is known here. He also wrote Tulsa King & Sicario from ones I watched and some others I should check out
I also liked Land Man very much as Billy was shown as the man who dissolves troubles for his company & his boss.