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Black Snow (2022– )

7/10

Good Plot, Terrible Over Loud Incedental Music Noise

9 November 2023

I really enjoyed this series. It has a good plot with sevral mini sub-plots. ALl good. I like Aussie TV serials and have rarely seen a bad 'un. The main plot is basically a who dun it and the whole plot revolves around who killed a young girl. The main cop character is himself complex with his own set of problems. The main characters are well filled out and easy to relate to.

THE MOST ANNOYING part on this whole series was the awful loud banging noises that pass for incedental music. I really wish that the producer had not allowed this as it spoils many scenes. Apart from that I liked it. Bad music too.

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The Midwich Cuckoos (2022)

5/10

A remake dragged into the 21st century best left where it was

7 September 2023

John Whyndam wrote a great book that was concise and thrilling through its short pages in 1957. Wolf Rilla did an intelligent and suspenseful under 2 hour movie in 1960.

The story has now been dragged into the 21st century where it does not fit. It is well cast and acted and the story amplified and expanded. After episode 1, I re-read the book. Later I watched Wolf Rilla's film again.

Hands down the book is better than Rilla's offering and this Sky effort falls a long, long way short of both. Why do the 13 year olds making this stuff think they can improve a really good story? Was I disappointed? No. I started watching with low expectations and was still somewhat disappointed.

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The Ark (2023– )

1/10

Bad Plot. Bad Characters. Summary: It Is Rubbish

21 June 2023

Initially, this looked like it wuld be a great series. The CGI of the Atk space ship are really good. The ship looked amazing on screen. Once the first episde started mt initial enthusiasm evaproated quickly. Poor acting, unexplained sub-plots, and in-plot management decisions that were frankly banal. Yes there is, at times, acres of you people's skin on show but this never makes up for to absolure crap that happens within the various scenes.

I waded throught the first two episodes and gave up. I really think that this was just a waste of my time to watch and I am writing this review to warn off others from wasting theit time too.

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The Cleaning Lady (2022– )

8/10

Series 1 was good. Series 2, not so much.

16 November 2022

In series one there is a strong story line. The motivation of all the main characters is clear. The various relationships are built and the characters expanded. Here it is possible to relate to the various story lines and sub-plots. There are some dark humorous parts too.

In series two the main plot having lost it main focus in series one, it just fades into chaos. New characters are suddenly introduced from nowhere and this basically changes the whole storyline.

I enjoyed series one quite a lot. I found series two to be scattered and inconsistent. Lou Diamond Phillips is a great actor but he missed hos directing mark with series two.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022– )

3/10

Good acting, excellent special Fx, No main story, Too many threads

15 October 2022

Warning: Spoilers

Well, I just finished watching Season 1. What a waste of time. I am unsurprised Amazon is giving this away. It is worth the price of $0

Back in the 1970s I read the entire Lord Of The Rings / The Hobbit book series and though then that is was a bunch of over pretentious twaddle. Main story or plt line. This new series lives well up to my initial assessment.

There are myriad seemingly unconnected story thread and no overall plot or story line. This makes all the excellent make up, scenery, Fx and good acting entirely moot. It just went nowhere except right at the end they make, yeah, some rings.

Nice to see Lenny Henry though.

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Operation Mincemeat (2021)

6/10

Good but not as good as the original.

21 May 2022

A good movie and a good plot based on a true story. However I saw the original of this as The Man Who Never Was a long time ago. Look it up on imdb

Quite frankly I prefer the original in spite of the illustrious cast and good production.

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Hinterland (2013–2016)

4/10

Do they not have light bulbs in Wales?

8 September 2021

The entire series is well acted and the plots are good. However the scene lighting is just so dark that even on a 65-inch TV the image is just not enjoyable.

I watched both series and was glad when it finished. It is so miserable that it makes Eastenders look positively happy.

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Troy: Fall of a City (2018– )

3/10

Really boring to watch. They worked hard to hide any story

18 February 2018

We struggled through the first episode and I do not think we shall be watching any more.

I'll disregard all the politics and hate going on here and just say that whilst I thought the acting and the sets were first class, the whole concept was lost to me. I hated the flash-forward-backs. These added nothing except confusion.

I gave it 3/10 and I tink I was being very generous.

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The Killing (2011–2014)

6/10

Season 1, Great. Seasons 2 & 3, Not So Much

4 February 2018

Warning: Spoilers

Season 1 was truly excellent. Both characters and plot evolved with great depth. I really enjoyed the suspense and the twists and turns.

Season 2 really seemed to me to be incomprehensible. I know nothing of teenage street life. However if I did not have a place to live I am certain that I would not spend any money I had on designer haircuts and cell phones. Additionally I know nothing of life on death row other than I never want to experience it. It turned out that the whole death row was a waste of time having little effect on the final outcome.

Season 3 postulated a highly unlikely military academy and an obscure set of circumstances surrounding murders. Totally unbelievable.

For the main characters however there was a fitting but unlikely happy ending.

Bottom lie for me. I shall probably watch Season 1 again but not 2 and 3.

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Our Girl (2013–2020)

4/10

Seasons 1 & 2 were great. Season 3, not so much

21 October 2017

As my title says, I very much enjoyed the first two seasons. With season 3, the acting is just as good and the sets are great too. However the plot or story line is just rubbish. Some of the dialogues are simply banal. It is a shame because the concept is unique. I probably shall not watch the rest of this season.

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Rellik (2017)

2/10

Potential good plot RUINED by flashbacks

2 October 2017

Initially this looked as if it would be a really good crime series. The interplay between the two principles pointed to history together. That was what happened. Lots of meaningless flashbacks that will one day, no doubt be explained and complete the story.

Life is too short to carry an entire plot across all episodes.

This series is totally ruined by all the flashbacks. If they had just told the story from beginning to end then it would have been a decent production.

I got halfway through episode two and stopped. No redeeming features.

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