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!

Dark Winds definitely sounds like something to look into!

I think one of my streaming services has AMC+ so I'll have a look for Dark Winds. I read a few of Hillerman's books back in the day.

My husband and I started watching Dark Winds last year and really enjoyed it. We have started over twice this year and having a harder time following it. I don't know what it is about Season 2 but we are going to try a 3rd time.

Irritatingly, it does not appear to be available in UK at present: I may have to look into one of those sneaky ways of pretending to be somewhere else...!

Sorry you haven't been able to get it Lex. It is a great series and you probably would enjoy it even more as you have read the books it is based on.

Gerry

I'm going to wait until the whole season of Wheel of Time is available, so I decided to rewatch Good Omens; I watched the first season back when it first came out and have the 2nd season to look forward to. David Tennant is absolutely wonderful is this role. Just shows how versatile an actor he is.

Just come to the end of Grimm - for me, a really great watch so I may have to start again from the beginning fairly soon! An engaging mix of characters with absurd (and humorous) plot lines played wonderfully deadpan.

Entertaining without being taxing (in a positive rather than boring way) without offensive language or other potentially jarring content beyond some macabre and violent deaths (but not excessively graphic given the storylines)...

Now making do with Jack Ryan until I stumble on a new addiction.

Lex did you ever watch the series Line of Duty a BBC production? It was excellent!

Gerry

We certainly did Gerry - excellent must-watch stuff: we usually get those and other British productions quite a lot sooner than you do in USA, although I know that Netflix sometimes joins in some bigger productions with the BBC, in which case you may get them at the same time.

Most of our regular watching is still the original British channels despite access to Sky and other streaming services. BBC and ITV are now also offering streaming online via the BBC Iplayer and ITVX, but those may still be unavailable outside UK.

Four episodes into season 2 of The Wheel of Time and liking it. Special Ops: Lioness on Paramount + is pretty heavy subject matter but it was excellent. Having a cast with Zoe Saldana, Nicole Kidman, and Morgan Freeman does not disappoint. The woman who plays the lead is new to me, Laysla De Oliveira, but she is an incredible actress. If you can handle dark themes and violence this is well worth the ride.