Timeless. Still as good as it was back when it aired.
Starts superbly, first sheriff (Oyelowo) great character but dies too soon living a huge gap and his death really impacted audience and plot. Will Patton is reduced to a drunken fool dies too soon and we're left with Ferguson who is an ok actress but not a protagonist. Completely wasted Tim Robbins, as a side character until ep8. All plot, backstories and support characters are 100% NPCs. I couldn't care less if they live or die, including Nichols' early years. Boring snoozfest! After episode 3 SKIP to 8 and then watch the "revelation" on ep 9, which makes no differetin the overall pkot. As for the ending... Worse than Lost's. It's a wasteland, no it's not but it is, but it's not but it is. Total nonsense. 4/10
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The Pilot grabbed my interest. The acting and directing/writing was unexpectedly better than anticipated. The story line is unique and there is potential for a great show to some out of it. The next few episodes will determine that. I hope it succeeds.
Holy shit this is good. I know there have been a lot of hitman series this year, but I think I prefer this to both Barry and Killing Eve, for instance. It's beautiflly shot, it's funny but also jarringly real and sparse. And it's only 6 half-hour episodes!
Amazing show, really demonstrates what we Firefighters do!
VERY good version unlike the New Zealand version where you need subtitles.
Way more twists with rewards etc than the U.S. counterpart. Love the original version, but this gives it a really good run for the money 10/10!
If you are using Kodi, skip to season 3 and 4.
2023 Update: 10 seasons in...
10x better than the American version where they continually plod out the same 'challenges' and location (Fiji) for what seems like 10 seasons now...
The challenges are REAL challenges and they are different every season, with twists within the game...stuff you just don't expect to happen. There is no such thing as just a "regular" episode.
The people are just nicer to each other too... plus you seem to bond with all of them, instead of hating someone and desperately waiting for them to get voted off.... and there's no woke or racist shit either.
BTW - watch the South Africa Survivor series - it's even better!
Overall pretty awesome show. The music is always on point, the child actors are amazing and the story is interesting and captivating start to finish.
Would love a second season be it a sequel to this or maybe an anthology series a la Fargo.
A Stephen King and Stephen Spielberg Mix in the style of an 80s show. Beautifully played by every actor, the soundtrack is always on point, beautiful colours, beautiful dialogues. Amazing show. Well made, Netflix!
If Stephen King and Steven Spielberg had a baby, this is EXACTLY what it would look it.
OMG this writing on this show is superb best story telling in a long time to come along. It will make you laugh and cry and that was only the first episode. I am not even going to spoil this because you have to watch the story and you will be amazed how this story is told.
hmmm...wouldn't say better than TaahM, but definately a pretty fun show to watch! thumbs up!
The (viral like) promos made me reeeally curious!
A Ridley & Tony Scott TV production ... NICE :D
@dunpealhunter have you seen this?
'Man vs. Wild' Canceled: Discovery Ends Relationship With Bear Grylls
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/13/man-vs-wild-canceled-discovery-bear-grylls_n_1341968.html
Bad news: Andy Whitfield lost his long-standing fight against the cancer, he died at the age of 39 :'(
https://www.facebook.com/notes/spartacus/spartacus-star-whitfield-dies-of-lymphoma/10150376267099104
R.I.P. Andy - you will be missed!
Can't believe I watched this all the way to the end. Terrible show, even the Baconator couldn't drag this thing above mediocre. Fine actors I suppose, but absolutely terrible writing and plot.
The thing about Girls is that you shouldn't come to it expecting to laugh out loud. It's raunchy, there's awkward nudity, and some pseudo-funny moments, but most of all there's a strong realism in the scripting, acting and directing that almost makes it feel like a reality show. Basically, it's not comedy, it's not drama, it's not bad, it's not good. It's just mediocre reality. And that is why I stopped watching at the end of season 1.
Episodes that focus on members of The Five are really fun and enjoyable, but I end up fast-forwarding through half the episodes that don't.
Nice touch on the "totally ninja" button, me likey! =)
Weak sauce could become "not steak sauce"... ETA? :P
Wow! I just had a headupassenectomy and discovered this nugget of 22k gold.
I started watching this show as a skeptic thinking it's going to suck... within 2 episodes I was in love. This show is THE best comedy on TV currently.
Full Season of 7 shows starts in the UK on the 18th June 2011