Anchorman 2: Somehow some moments were funny but it seems awfully cut/edited? Turned off after enduring one hour. Then watched the first episode of

Daredevil: Which has super annoying shaky cam all the time and a lack of style. Otherwise not bad. 

 

Nineties. I'm not sure how I feel about that movie... 

Better Call Saul, season one:
A great first season. I appreciate the sense of restraint the creators have employed. Building the history of Jimmy McGill stone by stone. I suppose with Vince Gilligan at the helm, there was no chance this wasn't going to be good.

Fortitude, 9/12 first season episodes:
I'm very much enjoying this one. Can't beat the location, which is very much a character unto itself; the frozen arctic wasteland, where polar bears are such a threat the carrying a rifle is legislated.
I am highly intrigued by the plot. It has definitely gone in unforseen directions; introducing elements of the mythic and science-fiction that I would not have guessed in something that seemed relatively straightforward. Looking forward to finishing up the episodes sitting on my DVR.

The Walking Dead, season 5B:
Not as strong a slate as 5A (which was the best run the series has ever had), but still a decent series overall, especially the middle episodes. I do appreciate that this season began to suggest that things could be different in this world; maybe it won't end in darkness.

Shameless, season 5:
Not as strong as the prior season, but still hilarious on a reliable basis, chock-full of its trademark audacity.

Game of Thrones, season 5, episode 1:
What more could be said about my favorite show on TV? I always wondered how the showrunners would condense two books into one season. After one episode, it's become very clear; cutting to the bone, while still retaining s clear sense of plot trajectory.
At the close of season four, I thought Sansa's storyline was going to edge into 'Winds of Winter' territory, but the premiere suggests that instead she'll be filling in for another 'Dance with Dragons' character who was cut from the show.
Anyway, I have no objectivity when it comes to this show. It's just great. 

Better Call Saul:
I've actually been really disappointed in this, pretty much the only part of it I've really liked is Mike's storyline and I basically wish the show was about him. It had its moments, but in no way do I think it's replicated the admittedly uneven brilliance of Breaking Bad.

Justified, final season:
Now that the series is over, the clear high point for it was the first 2 seasons; the way they disposed of all the new characters at the end of the season was getting formulaic and messy (6th time they've done this, who's Raylan fighting next week?). 4 great seasons with better arcs would have beat 6 seasons of decreasing quality, but despite the messy writing it still wasn't a bad ending.

New Game of Thrones: As someone who thought the story lost its way in the last two books, I'm happy to see how fast they are moving - it's pretty clear now that we'll finally get a real ending to this story, and probably sooner rather than later (another 2 or 3 seasons and that's it). I like that they are now free to reach the finish line the way they want; they have the success, popularity, budget, and creative freedom to take whatever risks they choose. Not only have they cut a lot from the books but many scenes I remember from the books are actually better in the show. I similarly have no objectivity, at this point I hugely respect these show writers, more than GRRM anyway.

House of Cards Season 3: Cast is still great but kind of a let-down, especially since they can do whatever they want now (apparently the original UK series only went for 1 season); but they haven't dealt with issues from past seasons and the politics seems like a sabotaged, aimless deadlock more than ever. But that said, the guy who played Putin stole the freaking show.

Trailers:
Batman v Superman - Okay, this looks pretty great to me. I like how they seem to be continuing with the "First Contact" theme of distrust between species; looks like Man of Steel meets Watchmen; I'm down for that.

True Detective Season 2:
Colin Farrell, playing a brooding corrupt detective with a giant moustache, puts on brass knuckles and punches someone in the face. What could be noir than that? So yeah, this looks great. 

Fantastic. Far stronger first season than Breaking Bad's was. Jimmy's character arc is pure finesse from start to "end". 

"Far stronger first season than Breaking Bad's was."

Yes, this. Breaking Bad started out weak where Saul is starting out strong. I have high hopes... 

Batman v Superman trailer - I like that this is looking dark, much darker than Nolans trilogy. I'm very glad it's following Man of Steel and keeping Henry Cavill in that role, I would hope for many movies to come. Don't need to keep Zack Snyder directing though.

TWD season 5b... while 5a was great, I thought the last half season sucked big time. Are they intentionally turning all the main characters we've been following for 5 seasons into ASSHOLES, or is it just poor writing? 

Oh and i recently finished watching Agent Carter:
Don't know why this rated so highly, probably the most boring modern comic tv series yet. Nothing happened throughout 8 episodes.

and Alphas: I quite like the way it turned out, not the cliffhanger ending but just the last several episodes with a leading character dying, Rosen and Cameron going a bit rogue and getting quite dark, Parish becoming a pretty good villain. Shame it got cancelled after 2 seasons as it's better than most Syfy series'.

What's everyones fav tv shows at the moment? For what I'm watching currently I'd have to say Buffy, which I never watched when it was first on. I always thought it looked too budget, made for horny teenage boys with an overrated main character who isn't even that pretty (that nose?!). But actually, after watching 6 seasons it is a very well written series and while just about every female that's featured in more than 2 episodes on the series is prettier than Buffy (except Tara), her character is the coolest. 

'nuff said. 

Watched all three hunger games movies on the plane. Kinda fun, kinda dumb. Would like to see a version not targeted at teenage girls I guess :) First took the setting at face value a bit much and was predictable, second was by far the best, third was mostly a boring war movie.

Also watched/slept through LOTR, first time I'd watched in a whlie. They've aged a bit, but I still think they're pretty good really. 

Jesus, how long was that flight? :P 

Hail the Pent!
Hail Discordia! 

NZ -> Europe and back again so something like 12, 11, 12, 10 hours :-) All the hunger games movies where on one flight though... 

Did you come to chch mwh?

God all 3 hunger games movies in a row that would have been painful. I got pissed off after the first one when I realised it's just another inferior Battle Royale clone, and then pissed off after the sequel where they just remixed the first movie. It was basically the same movie as the first instead of moving ahead with the uprising plot, they just chuck them in the dome again. A very overrated franchise, not much better than Twilight which can at least progress it's plot. 

So, you ... uh ... you watched Twilight, huh? 

A new episode of Penny Dreadful came out; this show is so cheesy (guilty pleasure) but Eva Green is so awesome, as is the main explorer guy.

I thought the finale of Better Call Saul was really weak. 

Kona, no chch this time, I was supposed to but had to rearrange and ended up going via AKL like normal.

The actual hunger games bits are pretty boring in both movies (oo the tension, is katniss going to die? err no), but the stuff outside the games is way less dumb in the second movie.

Looking forward to Penny Dreadful s2. I can't get rid of the image of everyone on set having a nice cup of tea after recording some of the exorcism scenes... 

haha yep warren, the gf made me sit through it all. the second to last one was possibly the biggest piece of shit that's ever been made into a movie. it was just a reality tv show that follows the 2 most boring people on the planet on their honeymoon in which they seem to barely know one another and have zero chemistry.

however, the finale and big fight at the end of the series was actually really, really good. I liked the twist, it was quite different. 

That's pretty much the point of the story, Kona.
And it's not a finale, it's a cliffhanger for the last film. 

"(oo the tension, is katniss going to die? err no),"

To be fair, that's every action movie ever. Is Bruce Willis going to die in Die Hard? Let me check my magic 8-ball ... 

Even so, it doesn't make for very good viewing. Are you a Twilight fan czg?

When I'm referring to the big finale battle I'm talking about the last film, not the honeymoon one, there was no big battle in that, at least that I can recall. I tried my best to delete the entire experience from my memory bank. 

That some deal with better than others!

(Although I can't fail to mention Samuel l Jackson getting suddenly eaten in "deep blue sea", an otherwise pretty unmemorable movie...) 

lol that movie was awesome

although the real footage of shark attacks in BBC's Planet Earth is more terrifying than any shark movie.