Time for a new thread for all your great suggestions. If you have Apple TV the movie Ghosted was a lot of fun.

Thanks for starting a new thread SpaceQ! Lookin forward to all the suggestions!

For previous suggestions check here.

We started watching a new Netflix series called The Diplomat. So far, it's very good. Kerri Russel is a reluctant new ambassador to the UK following a terrorist attack on a UK ship. She is great.

Thanks for the tip Drac, I had been wondering about giving that a try and will certainly do so now: I think it may be from at least part of the same production team as Line Of Duty.

Also thanks for the tip Draclvr, I just watched the first episode of The Diplomat and yes so far so good, and yes Keri Russel is a great actress, really loved her role in
"The Americans".

and Mathew Rhys from the Americans is in the new Perry Mason series as Perry Mason

Yes Mathew Rhys is a great actor and looking forward to catching on Season 2 of Perry Mason, lucky man being married to Keri Russel both great actors, I wonder if their 3 children will follow their footsteps?

Just started Foundation which I had been meaning to catch for a while. One of the first science fiction books I ever read. So far so good.

Thanks for that mention flotsam: sounds like time to renew my Apple TV + subscription

flotsam - I really liked Foundation. They should be ready for season 2 some time this summer.

Draclvr/Starcom - I like Keri Russell too. Have you seen the movie August Rush? I think any Keri fan would love that movie.

I have moved on a few episodes and am enjoying it a lot SQF. Good to hear there is a 2nd season

Taking a break from Alchemy of Souls to watch Black Knight. It's quite good. Dystopian Science Fiction. I have to say, I'm impressed with some of the Korean shows.

I agree hagatha re Korean shows, particularly when it comes to horror or horror adjacent (Hellbound and Kingdom for example). I haven’t watched Black Knight but it is on my list.

Black Knight is a decent enough story wrapped in a Korean action flick.

I'm waiting to see if Kingdom gets renewed before starting it, but I have heard good things about it.

So far, though, Squid Game takes the cake.

Indeed it does hagatha

While you wait for more squidness hagatha, maybe check out Alice in Borderland. Its also Korean and it has familiar aspects, not least of all the win at all costs games that are involved.
It has a Stranger Things vibe as well due to the YA protagonists.
I enjoyed both seasons but probably don't need another.

I've been watching The Chosen by Angel Studios on ROKU. It's about Jesus and his Disciples. I can't stop watching the 3 seasons and can't wait for the 4th. I love it!

Glad you are enjoying it TLC
Got to the end of Foundation and was well pleased. Another Apple show called Silo looks like it might be next on my list.

Just a few episodes of Alchemy of Souls left. They're more than an hour long, so I'm not blasting my way through it. It's a bit off the beaten track for me, with its dark themes mixed with cornball slapstick. Not for everyone but I've enjoyed it.


So much to choose from! Next week I'm going to cancel my cable since I haven't used it for more than a year.



TLC -- Norman Reedus is rather awesome, I agree. He would have been quite the presence on the catwalk in his former life as a model.




EDIT: So I'm watchin g The Last of Us, which is good, and then I think I'll try The Untamed, which is a Chinese fantasy series on Netflix. It got very good reviews. I watched the first episode last night and although I find the names confusing and all of the actors are stunningly beautiful and so far hard-to identify young men in white robes, it looks like it could be a lot of fun.

Never heard of that hagatha- I will check it out

I'm going to give it a try, just for something different.

I also really enjoyed Alchemy of Souls, though I would call it more of a guilty pleasure since it was silly and good at the same time. Light entertainment for when shows like The Last of Us get to be too heavy.

There is definitely a place for such things

Anyone else watching The Swarm? A European thriller/horror series about eco-marine strange goings on partly based in hagatha's neck of the woods - took a while to get going and not sure where it is headed, but quite good fun!

Where is that streaming, Lex?

I finished The Last of Us last night. Quite the ending, and a great setup for season 2. Both Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey are fabulous actors.

We are watching on Sky SF, but it also appears to be on Now TV https://www.nowtv.com/watch/the-swarm/iYEQZ1vXAStm8L7gseCemU

Just to confuse us, there appear to be some other shows with a similar name...

I'm watching Signal, another KDrama. This one is science-fiction/murder mystery about a boy who witnesses the kidnapping of a little girl. It jumps between two time periods. So far it seems pretty good. The first episode is very long. It has stellar reviews. Anyway, I'll keep you posted.


I'm on episode three, and Signal is pretty good! It's about a young cop/profiler who gets a message on an old walkie-talkie he finds one night. The message is from the past, about an unsolved serial killing 15 years earlier. Every night there is another message at the same time, and he starts to to talk to the officer from the past. It's a police drama but in the science fictional realm.







EDIT: And for you Justified fans, there will be a limited series sequel.

I will put that on my list too.
I am currently bingeing the latest season of The Great. Lewd, rude and so very cleverly entertaining and amusing.

One thing I've noticed about the KDramas is that they always interject a bit of over-the-top almost slapstick silliness, even into a dark drama like this one. There's always one or two clownish characters that don't add anything. Even in Squid Game the protagonist starts out a bit silly. But if you can get past that, Signal is a pretty good story with a strong female lead.

I know what you mean hagatha.
And I will certainly check out Signal. If you haven't already, have a look at Hellbound.

So, I'm nearing the end of Signal, and although it had a slowish start, it got more and more gripping as the episodes went on, and although there are specific cold cases that get investigated by the two detectives, they are part of a larger narrative and the over-arching story is really a mystery wrapped in a police drama.

I think the acting is really very good. The three leads are exceptional. The final "case" is an emotional roller-coaster.


EDIT: Of course Netflix is now recommending all sorts of KDramas to me, so I picked The Silent Seas. The first 4 are decent Mission-crashes-on-the-moon sci-fi, but one the fifth episode starts it becomes pretty thrilling. The premise is that Earth has finally run out of water, and the mission is to retrieve important samples from an abandoned research station on the moon. A good quick watch for a weekend.


EDIT: I started Manifest but decided that the acting was truly awful.

Now I'm watching All of Us are Dead. It's pretty good.

We streamed "65" last night. Excellent 93 minute movie starring Adam Driver.

Sci-Fi / Action 🎬 movie genre

65 (2023) - IMDb

I watched that a while ago hagatha. I enjoyed it but had forgotten all about it.
The lead female was in an excellent trippy series called Sense8 which is what initially attracted me.
Will check out 65 Dan - a quick look and it sounds like something I would enjoy.
In the meantime just started watching Beef on Netflix

I really liked Beef. It was different and savagely funny at times.


All of Us are Dead is really worth watching if you're a fan of the Zombie genre. As the season unfolds, it's as much about the characters and their relationships as it is about zombies. Season 2 has been announced, which is great news.

Savagely funny is a very apt description

Just watched the trailer for Beef, and like the look of that!

So now I am at a loss as to what to watch. Netflix is sending me a never-ending stream of recommendations for K-Dramas, and I like that a lot of them are one-season-and-done, so no fear of cancellation. There's so much of it! I don't know where to start.


I went back to Manifest to see if it got any better, but the acting is just so off-putting I can't do it.



On the other hand, I might just re-watch Justified, one of my all-time favourites.

Given you liked All of Us Are Dead check out Sweet Home.
Altough Justified would be an awesome re-watch

I chose Kingdom. It's Game of Thrones but with zombies. Awesome!

Good choice, Kingdom is great

And I think a third season is on the way.

Korean TV seems todo horror very well. I'm watching back-to back zombie apocalypses and it's anything but boring. And the K version of zombies move a lot faster than the Walking Dead.

There are some good K horror movies too - Train to Busan springs to zombie mind.

I might check those out. Train to Busan popped up in my recommendations, I think. I've heard of it, anyway.

I haven't seen the sequel (Peninsula) and it wasn't as well received but I think you would like the first one

Oh greatfull. But, do you watch Ted Lasso on Apple TV ? For global opionion, this a successful.

Going with another K Drama, since Netflix is sending so many recommendations my way. The Guardian has given this one a positive review, so I'll go with it.

I should have said the show in question is Mr. Sunshine. It's terrific. I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

Amazon Prime has quite a gritty old series called Accused from Jimmy McGovern which is worth a look (although a bit irritating for any purist criminal lawyers): I see that there appears to be a US version out this year on Fox but have not yet sampled that

At 4 episodes in, I can highly recommend Mr. Sunshine to just about anyone.

It's set in Korea in the early 1900's. A former child slave manages to escape to America, joins the army, and returns as a diplomat, where under mysterious circumstances he meets a young noblewoman who is anything but a shy butterfly. I haven't got too far into the story, but the cinematography is gorgeous and the acting superb.

It's a story of war and espionage and old regimes toppling, and of course it is also a romance.

Great fun!

Oh, and no zombies.

I'm watching Silo on Apple TV, From on MGM, Rabbit Hole on Paramount +, the new season of Outlander on Starz, and if you liked extraction on Netflix you will want to see Extraction 2 on Netflix too.

A while back there was banter about the show Wednesday and in particular 'that' dance scene.
If you enjoyed that, in case you don't watch The Great here is another frenetic outing that is worth a watch.
Plus you get to hear a great Aussie band (and wonder how she could dance at all in those skirts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCZqOCZJ0fk

That was great and what a stress relieving dance, flotsam! I felt it just watching!

SQF, I loved the Hugh Howie Silo books, and will be seeing if the show is streaming anywhere.



That dance scene is wonderful, if just a wee bit historically inaccurate.

I am very much enjoying Silo and didn't know they were books so will check them out.
Glad you enjoyed the dance

Flotsam, the books are pretty good.

Still watching Mr. Sunshine. It's a slow burn, but very lovely and a great story. Fantastic acting.

Loved the dance scene flotsam. I especially liked when she took her shoes off and decided to get down to some serious jamming.

She is certainly multi-talented.
Silo was excellent and ended somewhere I wasn't expecting. Have just bought the books hagatha, as given the writers strike, who knows how long I will have to wait to find out how it ends!

Soot I saw "65" too and enjoyed it. I also recently watched Avatar: The Way of Water. It was over 3 hours, but surprised me how it held my interest for that long! It was excellent!

Gerry

FINALLY started The Witcher... it has really grabbed me, maybe because I have played all the Witcher games.

The Witcher is very good. I'll be interested to see if it survives the cast change.



I'm still working on Mr. Sunshine. I don't have much TV time these days because of all the packing so I often don't watch for two or three days at a time.

A new season of Grantchester starts this Sunday night on PBS.

Woohoo I absolutely love Grantchester, looking forward to it, thanks for the heads up
Uncle Reg.

Looking forward to the new Season of Grantchester too Uncle Reg...saw some previews and it looks really good!

Gerry

I'm looking foward to Foundation season two starting this Friday July 14th.

Guenter and Petra said I need to watch The Night Manager. I looked, but didn't see it mentioned here. It sounds quite good!

Watched the first Episode of the new Season of Grantchester last night excellent! Watched Ridley on PBS too. I hope to see the second Season of The night manager when it comes back...its been a few years since the first.

Gerry

The Night Manager was pretty cool: definitely worth a look! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399664/

Thanks Lex.

[quote=hagatha]SQF, I loved the Hugh Howie Silo books, and will be seeing if the show is streaming anywhere.



The first season of Silo was excellent. I can't wait to see where the story goes next.

Season 2 of Foundation has started up.

No spoilers for those that may have recorded and not watched yet, but who saw the final Blacklist?

I'm about 3 years behind on Blacklist. I think I might have to start it all over again.

An excellent and remarkable new true crime drama has just started on BBC in four parts - The Sixth Commandment
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-...-commandment-timothy-spall-b2377190.html
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-...ulate-a-piece-of-tv-as-you-will-ever-see

No doubt it will find its way to Netflix in due course

I'll look for that.

I got stuck on Mr. Sunshine. I haven't been watching TV at all lately. Now I have some time I'll finish it.

Netflix is now ONLY suggesting Korean shows for me. I have to say, the ones I've watched are awfully good.

I saw the final Black List Ana! Well done and fitting ending!

Gerry

hagatha, Blacklist is worth finishing, it was a series that I thought actually unfolded a lot in the last season and wrapped up nicely!

I thought so too, Gerry! Not one of the 100 other endings my hubby and I thought was happening.

It was a great ending ... and we both enjoyed the series.

I was very disappointed with the ending of the Blacklist. There was way too many unanswered questions.

The ending was not what i expected either Ana. Judith I think "loose ends" made the ending of the Blacklist more dramatic!

I think they unraveled a lot in the last season of Blacklist and it left me satisfied. Far more than most series when they end.

I would have to start the series over again, so perhaps this winter I'll re-watch it. I was enjoying it.

I agree Ana. It was well acted too. Hagatha there are a lot of twists and turns in The Black List...I never got bored!

Anyone watching the PBS series Hope Street? It's pretty good. I noticed they are using the same location the series Sanditon was filmed. Beautiful location.

Gerry

OK so this is a younger persons show but I am loving The Summer I Turned Pretty on Amazon.

It seems to have pretty decent reviews. Looks like it could be charming.

These days YA seems to blur the lines between youth and adult anyways. Technically The 100 was YA, but it was still a decent sci-fi experience. Also, Buffy.

I felt the same way about Outer Banks on Netflix hagatha. I know it is for younger people but I loved it.

Thanks for the recommendations! We just finished the new series on Amazon Prime Video called Deadloch. It was quite entertaining especially after you get past the first couple episodes and get used to the personalities of the characters. I think it was quite worth the watch and only 8 episodes.

I've just seen two episodes but Special Ops: Lioness is very good.

Wish I could get that one Space Quest...it looked good in the previews.

Gerry

I wish you could too Gerry. I'm three episodes in and it is getting even better.

I'll have to wait for it to come out on DVD.

I've started watching another series on PBS called Before we die so far it's very good. Has anybody watched it?

Gerry

We saw Before We Die a few years ago when it first came out in UK: quite powerful stuff as I recall.

Meanwhile a very interesting new thriller on BBC - Wolf, based on one of Mo Hayder's creepy tales about Jack Caffery (which are a good read by the way).

Lex they have mentioned Wolf on my BBC America...I hope I will be able to get it. Yes Before We Die was quite intense!

Gerry

I have "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" stuck in my head! I found myself humming it in the local grocery store. Arghhhhh!

I'm trying to remember the name of a show I watched a few years ago. I'm pretty sure it was like a mini-series with multiple episodes. It was about a polar expedition. Some, but not all of the members had been involved in a prior expedition that had met with some disaster, maybe a fire, where some members of the earlier expedition had died. During the course of the story, I think there were some flashbacks to events in the earlier expedition. As the story progressed, I think some members of the current expedition were dying, possibly being killed. There was quite a surprise twist at the end.

Does anybody remember the name of this show?

Was it The Terror?

No, that's not it. The one I'm thinking about did not take place on a ship. It was more like a base camp where members of the expedition might periodically go outside to do ???. I'm not sure what the purpose of the expedition was. It may have been to find out what happened on the earlier expedition.

Hagatha, I find myself with "toss a coin to your witcher" in my head quite often!

I just finished watching the Witcher Blood Origin series and found myself liking it quite a lot.

I'm watching the second half of season 3, and Blood Origin is next on the list. I'm sorry Henry Cavill is leaving the series. He's been a great Geralt. Hopefully his replacement will be good enough for the role. I know there's a lot of complaining about how the series doesn't follow the books exactly, but I've read them, and I think the show does the overall story justice. I like the series a lot; it's like a cross between the books and the games.

I found it. It's called The Head.

Yikes Uncle Reg...I watched the trailer! The Head looks very scary and intense! Hope I get to see it if it comes out on DVD. I will put it on my list of to watch!
Thanks.

Gerry

Watching Blood Origin now. It's fun. After that I have a few things lined up; a couple of K-horror dramas, and then I think there's a second season of the Lincoln Lawyer, which I liked.

Yes hagatha, there is a second season of Lincoln Lawyer. I haven' started it yet, but will soon.

I'm a bit disappointed with Witcher: Blood Origin. I'm absolutely certain that in the books and the games the first Witcher was Human, not Elven. Surely an origin story should be accurate? Anyway, it's a fun romp, if nothing else.

Am filling the space until Season 2 of Invasion starts so watched the first season of a British series called Kin, set in Dublin and revolving around a crime family. It was a good watch, and it set itself up for season 2 (which has screened elsewhere but isn't yet available here).
Glad you rememebered what it was Uncle Reg. I hadn't heard of it but it looks like something I would enjoy .

Hi flotsam. I have seen the previews of "Invasion" and look forward to being able to watch Season 1. I'll have to check out Kin.

Hagatha, here is what I found in a search... I understood Blood Origin to be kind of a "prototype" of a Witcher too.

“We know in the books to a certain point how the witchers were created. The reason we call it Blood Origin is because we’re telling the tale of the first prototype of a witcher,” creator and showrunner Declan de Barra explained to ComicBook.com in a December 2022 interview. “This witcher is not the witcher we know who’s humanlike and, you know, can take potions and have powers. It’s 1.0. But it’s the origin of what enables witchers to exist in The Witcher world in Sapkowski’s books.”

The recent release of the episodic game prompts me to mention that if you like big canvass sci-fi, full of large ideas and political intrigue, The Expanse is well worth checking out.
I only ever read the first book but they are well regarded also.

I finished Season 2 of Lincoln Lawyer -- a good, solid series -- and have now started Sweet Home, which is

Korean TV does horror so very well!

Looking forward to the second season of Wheel of Time in a few days.

Is the second season of Wheel of time here already? That will next on the list.

Sweet Home is indeed good hagatha.
Try Hellbound next, or Alice in Borderland. All of Us Are Dead too! (and I am sure some of these have been discussed previously)

September 1st. Not long now hagatha.

I've been watching season 2 of the series Dark Winds on AMC...excellent show. Anybody else watched it?

Gerry

Just had a look at Dark Winds and see that it is based on books by Tony Hillerman which I read and enjoyed, also that the executive producers are George R R Martin and Robert Redford, so definitely on my list - thanks for the mention!