diving after season 4, likely. at least. Definitely wasnt good after, the stronger ones were the first and the third if I remember correctly
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The fifth was okay but the sixth didnāt work for me at all. Although, in all fairness, I appear to be in the minority with that sentiment.
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PBS New Jerseyās been showing this recent German Detective show Iāve been checking out called SOKO Potsdam, and one of the episodes took place at a family run Western village.
The showās not too bad, but I feel like the crimes are solved way too fast and not enough detective work is shown. Also, whoever works on the English subtitles needs more training, not that Iām having trouble following the show, but as a veteran network PBS should know better.
Just finished watching Fallout. I havenāt played the games so I had no expectations of what should or should not have been in the show, but I liked it. Decent bit of gruesome black comedy-drama which looked the part and which, at eight episodes, didnāt outstay itās welcome.
I was a bit wary that it was created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy who also created Westworld which, for me, started brilliantly before becoming needlessly obtuse in its second season. And they are hanging a fair bit of the narrative through-line on a Nolanesque tale of things happening in the present and the past, and nothing is quite what it seems (Iām waving my arms about now in a spooky fashion, for effect). But, so far, so good. Canāt ask for more than that. Iāll definitely be tuning into season two whenever it rolls around; I might even take a gander at one of the games.
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the last TV serie I watched was BLUE BLOODS with Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg
Reyka
Something completely different for a change: A thriller series in 8 parts from South-Africa. But itās a thriller series about the hunt for a serial killer, and thatās a thing weāve seen before, too often if you ask me. The script is based on the hunt for a real-life serial killer, named Thozamile Taki, who was responsible for the death of 13 young girls, but they have mixed the storyline of the police-investigation with a background story of child abuse: the female police detective was abducted as a child by a psychopath and still visits her abductor in prison because she wants to know what exactly made him do what he did. Of course he knows more about other psychopaths, such as serial killers, so a sort of āSilence of the Lambs effectā is added to the script. As said weāve all seen this before and whatās worse is that this backstory slows the whole thing down: like most police detective series, Reyka (thatās the name of the female police detective, the series is also called The Cane Field Killings) goes on far too long. But thereās also a good thing to say about: thereās a second background story about land ownership and racial tensions within South-African society and we really get a frightening image of a society that is torn apart by racial hatred (and the whites are not the only racists in this case!) and social and religious extremism. The acting is very good, the abductor behind bars ā the Dr. Lecter of service so to speak ā is played by the excellent Scottish actor Iain Glenn, best known to most of us from Jack Taylor and Game of Thrones.
*** out of 5 (Well-acted and atmospheric, but overlong)
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Just finished watching Fallout. I havenāt played the games so I had no expectations of what should or should not have been in the show, but I liked it. Decent bit of gruesome black comedy-drama which looked the part and which, at eight episodes, didnāt outstay itās welcome.
I think it has some decent stuff but the preachy woke moralist stuff ruins it. The first few episodes especially feel like a lecture on how morally righteous and virtuous the writers are. Too much pandering/virtue signaling. Felt like a Disney movie.
Also not a very good adaptation of the games, but then again, I never liked bethesdas self parody version of fallout, and I guess itās true to that vision.
Just finished watching āThe Adventures of Robinson Crusoeā, for the umpteenth timeā¦and it has been an absolute joy on every occasion!
This beautiful B&W 13-part TV series was originally produced in 1964, and starred Austrian leading man, Robert Hoffman (āSpasmoā 1974), as the ship-wrecked adventurer.
In my child-hood, this was usually shown in the school Summer holidays, and was a must-see every morning.
The amazing soundtrack, by Robert Mellin (1902-1994), became an integral part of the action on screenā¦
Unfortunately, Robert Hoffman died, aged 82, on July 4th, 2022, in Salzburg, Austriaā¦R.I.P.
Below: The beautiful opening themeā¦
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A total classic ā¦ beautiful TV show. Amazing what can be achieved without a massive budget.
I loved this show too.
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