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British minseries from 2020. Watched it in one go. 4hrs of scheming political intrigues interwoven with family problems. Loved the scheming political parts, but got a little bit bored with the family problems, even if those are an integral part of the story, there was a bit too much of that. Nontheless in total I liked it. In the end everybodys morals stop when they want to keep their job. 7/10
 
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I'm half way through watching The Devil's Hour.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS1tojGz93U
It's very rare that something jumps out at me as interesting, Capaldi and the apparent Doctor Who nature got my interest and I've binged 3 episodes tonight. So far it's gripping me and I really want to see how it ends. I'm getting lots of Doctor Who vibes and a hint of Warehouse 13.

Their photoshop skills are shit. If you watch it you'll know what I mean.
 
Is "His Dark Materials" worth starting?
 
I’ve ended up staying up until 3am to watch the other three episodes of The Devil’s Hour because I really wanted to see how it ended. Glad I did.
 
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The irony of Netflix making a comedy about the competing national franchise they buried.
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I feel like it could have been better if it were a period piece of Blockbuster either in its heyday, or right at the beginning where they brushed off Netflix as real competition.
 
So, I've finished The Boys, or rather, I caught up to as far as it's out yet.

Very good series. Slight spoilers ahead, but I don't feel spoiler tags to be necessary.

I think it's curious that the nominal heroine of the show is a superpowered person (to avoid the term "superhero", because that's marketing bullshit :p ), yet she rarely uses her powers. It's somewhat fitting though, as in this universe using superpowers is generally not portrayed in a positive light. So, I guess that was exactly the point.
Also, the show mercilessly takes shots at the cringy corporate marketing stuff we get bombarbed with in real life, and also (mostly) right-wing politial demagogues. They nailed and exaggerated this to a point where I regularly felt it literally painful to watch. Kudos for that. Additionally, the squick was really strong at times. Not my cup of tea to be honest, but it was fitting.
 
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Tulsa King (2022)

As usual I have not much interest in family/relationship parts in such TV series, granted some drama is needed to motivate the people to advance the plot, but I just don't like it when scenes dealing with these parts are walzed out. = I start to skip. - Here I didn't skip too much. Which is good.

Not bad, not bad at all. Looking forward to a second series. 8/10

- As usual there is that one annoying character in every TV series: Here it is the taxi/chauffeur dude - Trying-to-be-cool greenhorn is a utter liability.
- Sadly one of the more interesting characters (the stable yard gal / ATF snitch) bought the farm too soon. Her complicated relation/pressure with all the parties involved was fun to watch.
- The May-September romance/friendship between 75yo Dwight and 49yo Stacy is a bit far fetched. Same goes for the stable owner suddenly being romantically interested in Dwight, during the last episode.
+ I like quirky background characters like the dope shop staff, or "badface" the Indian. They have potential for bigger parts in following seasons.
+ The old acquaintance, now living in Tulsa, trying to shoot Dwight and then soon after starting to work for him, was amusing to see.
- Stacy trying to protect Dwight by not wanting to inform/involve the FBI would raise the antennas of her colleagues easily in real life. A bit hard to believe.
 
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I did a rewatch marathon of Justified in the past month.

The series is still a very good watch. The characters are brillantly written (Boyd Crowder is one of the best antagonists of all time), the dialogue is superb, and as a European I don't notice when Eastern Kentucky is portrayed inaccurately - not only with respect to filming it in California, but more on a cultural level.

Definitely a recommendation for some pulpy "Modern Day Western" drama.
 
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