Saw the commercial today during football.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1cOR0sRRIw

I am watching the first episode right now and having a

What the F moment.....

I’m halfway through the first season of “Altered Carbon”. I definitely recommend it for any fans of Blade Runner or the cyberpunk genre in general.

This looks good, thanks for the heads up.

That trailer for "Servant" really does look good. It's good to see M. Night Shyamalan back on track after a few disastrous years.

Just ploughed through the murky third episode which had as much maudlin staring and long pauses as a 1920's Soviet film. The seemingly mandatory bolt-on often irrelevant Gay & Diversity sub-plot didn't occur, but we got a Colonial guilt lecture instead. Haven't read the book for many a year but I'm sure that gambit didn't feature in the book written at the height of Victorian Empire building. Why does drama produced by the Beeb lately have to be so worthy and preachy?

Seems to me the writers at the end of episode 2 concurred that: "this is all a bit bollocks isn't it' and rather gave up.

Unfortunately the "social justice warrior" revisionism is quite widespread now in both film and TV in western civilization.

That 3rd episode was a bit of a mission to get through if I'm honest.

I usually avoid anything that the BBC has a hand in but I was intrigued,having an interest in WotW. I certainly won't be adding it to my re-watch list.

I saw "Dark Blue" over the weekend. Pretty good cop flick, and Kurt Russell was awesome as always.

Just watched The Godfather. I liked it before, but for some reason it brought a new appreciation this time.

Just a really well done movie.

I have my DVR set to record the Big Bang theory and get 4 to 6 a day. I usually only watch tv once it is recorded. Skip the ads and start and stop as I like. I like something light and funny before bed.

I've beem enjoying "His Dark Materials" with my daughter. We are a few behind the current show progress, but so far it is pretty well done. I liked the books, but haven't yet got around to The Book of Dust... I really should look it out and make a start on it.

Anyone seen this Brad Pitt's Ad Astra movie?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2935510/

Struggled to get through the first episode, have not watched the rest yet but I have recorded them for later.

Like others have said the BBC's WoTW was very preachy and the series is not worth a re-watch so deleted it off the dvr

As I understand it the BBC series 'His Dark Materials' is based on the trilogy whereas the 2007 film was based on just one book (The Golden Compass). I enjoyed the 2007 film and much preferred Sam Elliot playing Lee Scoresby.

I also read The Golden Compass so where the film left off I'm in the dark so to speak. I'm intrigued to see where it goes.

Not yet but I do plan on seeing it when it's available on Netflix or Amazon Prime.

"The Mule". Clint Eastwood is awesome as always

Clint never ceases to amaze me with his incredible work ethic and energy. This guy is 89 years old and one of the hardest working people in Hollywood.

Ad Astra:

turn it off after the first 8 minutes.

The filmmakers didn't have a technical advisor on how space and earth and gravity and orbit and atmosphere, work?

Hell! They don't even need a technical advisor to tell them that:

anyone who has taken middle school and high school science and physics or read a few non fiction books on those subjects should know the scene in the first 8 minutes of the movie is impossible.

Amazon Prime, watched T-34 and Tanks for Stalin. Tanks for Stalin was a Russian Language film while T-34 was in English.
Both good movies and may be a little fictional they do mention. But overall, going to watch again.

Watched "The Irishman" a few days ago. Not really impressed. It's okay but it certainly doesn't live up to the hype. At 3-1/2 hours long it could easily lose 45 minutes or so as it drags at times.

"Goodfellas", "The Untouchables", "Miller's Crossing" all are better gangster flicks IMO.

The hype:

'The Irishman' Named Best Film by National Board of Review