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Anonymous
September 3, 2018
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The Official TV Thread

Just thought I'd start a thread where we can all share what we've all been watching.

I'm just finishing the fifth and final series of The Gentle Touch starring the lovely Jill Gascoigne as DI Maggie Forbes. It's a programme from the 80s and is excellent.

Next up for me is the second series of Monkey, known as Monkey Magic in the States I think. If you haven't seen it then you HAVE to check it out. It's a Japanese programme from the 80s that tells the legend of Monkey, Piggsy, Sandy and Tripitaka who travel through Asia to pick up the Buddhist Sacred Scrolls. Some may be familiar of the legend from the video game Enslaved: Odyssey Of The West.

I love rewatching stuff from the 70s and 80s regularly, they don't make telly like that any more which is a real shame. All we seem to see these days is mostly reality TV bollocks with the odd gem hidden here and there. :(

So what are you guys and girls watching?

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    Anonymous
    March 1, 2019
    I've just started watching the first series of Van Helsing and am quite happy with it so far. I love wampire related stuff, Buffy and Angel in particular are awesome. I rewatch those two programmes every few years.

    Makes you wonder what @vannagirl would be like as a wampire...she could have a nibble on me any time she wants lol B) :D
    Anonymous
    March 3, 2019
    Yup, Netflix haven't had their licence for Marvel IP renewed by Disney. There's talk of Disney starting their own Netflix-style streaming so they'll still probably get made and released some time in the future hopefully.
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2
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    March 3, 2019

    snowdog said:

    I've just started watching the first series of Van Helsing and am quite happy with it so far. I love wampire related stuff, Buffy and Angel in particular are awesome. I rewatch those two programmes every few years.

    Makes you wonder what @vannagirl would be like as a wampire...she could have a nibble on me any time she wants lol B) :D



    Hmmm, maybe I should try watching a few episodes, although I'm more a fan of the Count  :D BTW, a few days ago just more or less lost #10, but 9K  :# And some time ago I considered 6K expensive, sigh:

    http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/history.asp?item=1302185&back=%2Fauctions%2Fitem%2Easp%3Fback%3D%252FAUCTIONS%252FSEARCH%252EASP%253FFocusedOnly%253D1%2526where%253Dauctions%2526title%253Dtomb%252Bof%252Bdracula%2526GO%253DGO%2526ItemType%253DCB%2523Item_1302185%26id%3D1302185%26itemType%3D0

    Why do so many care about Blade? - Just leave my #10 alone  :D - Or I'll be a poor man, with my wallet totally drained by vampires, before I can count to 10! It's taken years just to count to 6... sigh... 

    http://www.myslabbedcomics.com/GalleryRoom.asp?GSub=2546

    After seeing the Van Helsing trailer, I'm pretty sure I have watched a few episodes some years ago - I'll give it another shot after the Punisher Season 2  o:)

    https://youtu.be/ENy0AMGkbMs


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    Anonymous
    March 3, 2019
    I had trouble getting into the first episode for some reason, I tried watching it a couple of times and stopped partway through but once you get past the first episode it's excellent.
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2
    Honored Contributor
    March 4, 2019

    snowdog said:

    I had trouble getting into the first episode for some reason, I tried watching it a couple of times and stopped partway through but once you get past the first episode it's excellent.



    Thanks - makes sense - I might jump directly to season 2! - The more I think about it, I'm pretty sure I tried watching season 1 but gave up.

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    Anonymous
    March 5, 2019
    I've just started re-watching Andromeda on Amazon Prime Video. Makes me imagine that @vannagirl is either a leather clad ship AI or is purple with a sexy tail lol :D <3 :D
    Zenbane
    Zenbane
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    March 6, 2019
    I loved both Punisher S1 and S2. Very sad that the entire Netflix Marvel franchise has been cancelled. GAAAHH
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2
    Honored Contributor
    March 6, 2019
    Finished Punisher S2 last night, it was awesome and I liked it more than S1. I guess we can thank Disney+ for the Netflix Marvel franchise cancellations as described here:

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2018/11/30/the-real-reasons-netflix-is-cancelling-their-marvel-shows/#6e179ee8196c

    My main problem with the Punisher - if any - is that it feels too disconnected from the rest of the Marvel universe - but I do understand that getting some important dudes to participate in the show may not be financially possible - and Sony still has the rights to Spidey: 



    (No, it's not my book, unfortunately)

    Thus while Netflix made some magic with Punisher S2 it would require a much bigger budget to make a Punisher movie or show that truly would represent the original books. To be fair, a lot of Punisher books don't include Spidey and other high-ranking Marvel characters - but those books aren't the ones I like the most ;)

    Maybe it's time to get back to Daredevil Season 3... And I still haven't finished Better Call Saul Season 4 yet... 
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    Anonymous
    March 6, 2019
    I think The Punisher would be better if it had the Marlowe-esque voiceover from Frank Castle that the comics had where he's reading or writing his War Journal. There's something missing without it imo.
    Anonymous
    March 17, 2019
    Am now watching series 2 of The Expanse. So glad that Amazon have rescued it from the dead. I watched the first series when it first came out but that was ages ago so I watched it all from the beginning again.

    There have been so many great programmes that SyFy have killed off. It's borderline criminal imo. Ascension was another one that was amazing that they decided to kill off.

    I should send them a turd in a box at some point, that'll teach them!!!
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