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LoT got good as soon as they jetisonned the tree stumps masquerading as Vandal Savage and the hawk people at the end of season 1. The show is now a mad romp.
Chris Whassisname from American Pie is not really a good enough actor to be the villain.
Yeah, he's not good.
I hated their version of Savage so much. I'm not as familiar with the comic version, but the Savage in the DCAU and on Young Justice were both way more interesting.
ETA: The Hawks were also terrible, so to have that first season all about the 3 of them made it absolute misery.
I just finished watching Season 3 of Legends of Tomorrow. I'm tossing up whether it achieved peak bonkers in the finale or Guest Starring John Noble.
Oh, one more thing about Kerblamazon! The writer, John McTighe, has done a lot of work in Australia, including 77 episodes of Neighbours. He's also responsible for Wentworth. This is a reimagining of Prisoner, an Australian 70s/80s soap set in a women's prison. (I believe elsewhere it was marketed as Prisoner: Cell Block H.) It was a viewing staple of my early teenage years; earlier this year I borrowed a DVD set from the library for a rewatch. Dear Lord the 70s fashions, the casual misogyny, the seemingly inexhaustible supplies of camp melodrama. Especially the misogyny; this show was touted as being something of an advance for feminism at the time, and I don't disagree, but that just makes it even more of an eye-opener on Aussie attitudes at the time.
Anyway, McTighe's remake, Wentworth, is grittier and clearly aspires to the HBO vibe. My sister watches it religiously, by which I mean she intermittently exclaims things like "Jesus Christ!" while watching.
This is just a bit of trivia, I don't think McTighe's Wentworth efforts much inform Kerblam! (which has markedly fewer shivvings). But it does help explain the reasonably sure touch he displayed with the ep. (Not sure how it relates to the skewed moral centre.)
I'm tossing up whether it achieved peak bonkers in the finale or Guest Starring John Noble.
I have to vote for Voltron Beebo.
I used to stay up late to watch Prisoner: Cell Block H with my flatmates! We thought we were really stylin' to watch foreign TV.
I have to vote for Voltron Beebo.
Voltron Beebo is hungry for your vote!
I used to stay up late to watch Prisoner: Cell Block H with my flatmates! We thought we were really stylin' to watch foreign TV.
You were! I mean, you managed to avoid Hey Dad!, so I think that's showing considerable discernment.
If it's available through any sources over there, you might like to give Wentworth a try and see how it compares.
KaterinaBee, Secret Agent Man, followed by The Prisoner. And The Saint, with pre-007 Roger Moore!
Belated thanks to Billytea for fascinating response on resue of old sets in original Dr. Who. Clearly a Trufen.
Have not seen tongight's yet - will use it for workout tomorrow. But I just realized what has been bugging me about this new doctor. She's NICE. The Doctor has mostly been good - with some very dark exceptions. But I don't remember any version of the Doctor who was nice. I'm not sure you could even say that about the fifth doctor.
Aside from the fact that I couldn't understand why they had to blow up the robots (couldn't the robots just have removed all of the bubble wrap and put it someone where it could be disposed of safely. I mean, it's not like there was a timer), why didn't the Doctor just teleport Charlie out of the robots? I mean, she had a teleportation device that could move groups of people. I would have appreciated a throwaway line like "Charlie, you're too far away for the teleporter to lock on you"
I was irrationally irritated this week that the TARDIS did not provide everyone with period-appropriate clothing. I know Chibnall is morally opposed to using anything from previous Who iterations, but HOW WAS RYAN NOT IMMEDIATELY BURNED AS A WITCH DUE TO HIS POLY-FILL PUFF COAT WITH FUCKING ZIPPERS ON IT.