Yeah, it's pretty decent. There's a few series of it out as well, I think, so a fair bit to keep you going.Stormbringer wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:36 pmI started watching Upstart Crow tonight; a comedy starring David Mitchell as William Shakespeare. My wife is a big Shakespeare fan and I am a David Mitchell fan, so this worked well for both of us. We found ourselves crying with laughter throughout, so I think we'll definitely be going back for more.
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I too am a David Mitchell fan, so I'll give this a watch!
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Been watching Van Helsing on netflix. Mostly turn your brain off and enjoy and it feels a bit ropey first couple of episodes but then it gets properly enjoyable. Bit like TWD in that nobody is safe and there is general peril. Recommended so far.
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Dear god season 5 is bad.
Bad writing, bad dialogue, nonsense situations out of the blue....
On the plus side, I will make a start on new Archer soon. Have timed my re-watch fairly well as I started Dreamland again last night and spotted the new episode banner on Netflix
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I didn't really care for Dreamland tbh. It was... ok. The first few series still the best.Tichinde wrote: ↑Thu Aug 23, 2018 11:02 amDear god season 5 is bad.
Bad writing, bad dialogue, nonsense situations out of the blue....
On the plus side, I will make a start on new Archer soon. Have timed my re-watch fairly well as I started Dreamland again last night and spotted the new episode banner on Netflix
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I do like the shift to a coherent story over the series that started with Vice, rather than a string of mostly unrelated tales.
Gives it a less sit-com vibe, if you see what i mean.
I agree that earlier series have more moments and Dreamland isn't up there in the Archer hierarchy mind.
Gives it a less sit-com vibe, if you see what i mean.
I agree that earlier series have more moments and Dreamland isn't up there in the Archer hierarchy mind.
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Watched first episode of new season of Archer, it's pretty bad unfortunately. It seems to he based on a very short lived 80's show Tales of the Golden Monkey (I think that's what it was called...). It's just not funny anymore
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Agreed, unfortunately. Watched the first one and unlikely to watch any more (of this series at least). Time for real Archer to wake upAnimalmother wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:07 pmWatched first episode of new season of Archer, it's pretty bad unfortunately. It seems to he based on a very short lived 80's show Tales of the Golden Monkey (I think that's what it was called...). It's just not funny anymore
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Yeah, got through 3 episodes, had hoped my low opinion was due to me working at the time, but my friend messaged me earlier today and said he's finished it and it's guff
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I don't think Archer needed to go to a story arc format, it was working perfectly well as a sitcom. By all means move the setting around a bit, but the show's structure was fine. I think I watched the first episode of the Dreamland arc and just didn't go back for the second. I can't say I was keen on the whole coma fantasy (or whatever Dreamland is) thing either.
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The ending implies that the next season is yet another Dreamland setting as well. Bleh. The last few seasons have been disappointing.
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Soooo inspired by this thread I just watched season 8 from start to finish. It's still not as good as the first few, but it was still pretty good.Raid wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:53 pmI don't think Archer needed to go to a story arc format, it was working perfectly well as a sitcom. By all means move the setting around a bit, but the show's structure was fine. I think I watched the first episode of the Dreamland arc and just didn't go back for the second. I can't say I was keen on the whole coma fantasy (or whatever Dreamland is) thing either.
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Which one was series 8? The Dreamland one?Raid wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 6:05 pmSoooo inspired by this thread I just watched season 8 from start to finish. It's still not as good as the first few, but it was still pretty good.Raid wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:53 pmI don't think Archer needed to go to a story arc format, it was working perfectly well as a sitcom. By all means move the setting around a bit, but the show's structure was fine. I think I watched the first episode of the Dreamland arc and just didn't go back for the second. I can't say I was keen on the whole coma fantasy (or whatever Dreamland is) thing either.
It wasn't bad, just not as good as the rest (imo), though I think the latest one (judging by the one episode I've seen) is probably the weakest to date.
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Yeah, 8 was Dreamland. In fairness it did take a few episodes to get going too, as suggested by the fact that it's taken me a year to go back to it after the poor opener.
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The latest series of Archer is bad. There is just nothing funny about it and having to resort to Nazi's as the butt of jokes shows a lack of creativity. I didn't mind Dreamland, but much like most shows I think Archer peaked a few series back and has been going downhill ever since. After what I have seen so far of this series I would say the show is heading into a ditch.