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La Palma (2024)
Norwegian miniseries which just showed up on Netflix. It’s a four-part miniseries where vacationers from Norway head to a resort located on La Palma island which is located in the Canary Islands. What they don’t know is that there is an active volcano just about to erupt which will cause all kinds of disastrous events such as a tsunami. The series centres on a family of vacationers during Christmas week & the geologists who become aware of the impending disaster & their difficulties trying to coax politicians to do something to warn the population. I really enjoyed this series & it’s currently one of the most-watched tv shows on Netflix Canada. It’s very well made, the actors are superb & the special effects very believable. I recommend it!
I completely agree with Doc Holliday's review of La Palma. I watched all 4 episodes and it's one of the better miniseries I have seen on Netflix this year. Very thought provoking and grapples with issues like the ethics involved in issuing impending disaster warnings to the public and "triage" in getting off an island when there are limited numbers of boats to do so. One scene in particular made me think about what it must have been like when the Titanic sank without anywhere near enough lifeboats available to carry all of those on board, meaning a bunch of people were going to need to suck it up and drown or die of hypothermia. Mostly men of course, but I think some men did make it on to the last boats. Whether that was at gunpoint or due to a payment of cash, who knows. The dead were not available to be interviewed to tell us.

I thought the special effects were pretty good although I have one minor critique: the CGI clearly slowed down the tsunami wave for dramatic effect. The wave seems to slowly linger in the background while the scrambling characters get their escape acts together when, in reality, it would have been barrelling at them at speeds in excess of 700 miles per hour (1,126.54 km per hour). This did serve to ratchet up the drama a few clicks, so I give them a pass on this scientific inaccuracy, but it's my only criticism and did not effect my overall enjoyment of the series.

I really enjoyed the actors, and those of you who have watched any Scandinavian TV will recognize Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Haukur, who has acted in many Icelandic as well as Norwegian productions. He is actually an American by birth (born in Connecticut), and he speaks the King's English in some scenes in this series. The producers only gave him a supporting role, although he is a bigger star than anyone in this show. That being said, the acting leads were all very good in their parts.

It should also be mentioned that the series was filmed on location in La Palma.
 
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I'm currently watching The Agency with Michael Fassbender which is a remake of Le bureau des légendes (The Bureau in English) and, for some reasons, i never watched the French version which is a bit weird for me :)
Anyway both shows are now available on the same platform so i had the chance to compare the 2 and it's quite surprising since, besides a couple of changes it's the exact same story, even the dialogues and the structure of each episode.
The photography is quite different, the French one being more realistic, down to earth and they toned down some sexual references in the US adaptation.
Anyway it's a great TV show, well, 2 great tv shows in fact, so i recommend them both.
If you fancy Michael Fassbender watch the US version, and the French one if Mathieu Kassovitz is your favorite.
I just started watching the US version, which is a Paramount/Showtime production but it's being televised on Hulu, albeit with annoying Paramount/Showtime pop-up ads and commercials, which you have to accept with some Hulu programming. Anyway, Michael Fassbender is not the only actor of note in the TV show, which features Dominic West as the Director of the CIA, Richard Gere as the London CIA Station Chief, and Jeffrey Wright as the London Station Deputy Chief, among others in a stellar cast.

I have not seen the French version, and I have no idea if it's on Hulu, Prime, or Netflix.
 
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Since the French version is already finished i'm currently watching it which i may regret later since the story is pretty much the same.
For the time being and to my surprise, i think the French version is superior
 

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Apple TV will be free this coming weekend, so take advantage as much as possible
A lot of excellent shows, for those that haven't watched yet. Probably my 2nd best source after HBO Max.

I'd recommend Severance, Silo, Shrinking, For All Mankind, Ted Lasso. Apple TV has been really good with their Sci-Fi and Comedy shows.

Currently going through Bad Monkey, and that's been pretty entertaining/funny.
 

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Just finished watching Sharp Objects, it's a 2018 tv show but i didn't watched it at the time
It's extremely good, only one season
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2649356/
I remember watching it when it first came out. It was good. I mostly watched it because i’m a fan of Amy Adams & especially because it was written by the same author who wrote the great ‘Gone Girl’, a movie i enjoyed tremendously. This was also one of Sidney Sweeney’s first roles if i remember correctly.
 
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I was watching warrior on Crave.
Really great martial arts series about the tong wars in early San Francisco china town.
 

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Say Nothing is really good. A lightly fictionalized nine-episode series on Disney + ... its very, very close, as I understand it, to the historical reality of several key events during the early days of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
 
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Say Nothing is really good. A lightly fictionalized nine-episode series on Disney + ... its very, very close, as I understand it, to the historical reality of several key events during the early days of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
it's on my to-do list but haven't started it yet
 

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Watched the first 3 episodes of Night Agent Season 2 tonight..........very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have Iranians selling intel to the Americans, and Americans selling intel to "middle men" who are sellling to the Iranians.......and both sides are trying to catch the leakers of information! Lots of leaks of lots of intel, and lots of leakers to catch and holes to plug!
 

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I'm halfway through American Primeval and it's very good, i wasn't really convinced by watching the previews so i kinda dragged my feet but it's a very good surprise.
Some episodes (maybe all) are directed by Peter Berg (the guy behind the Friday Night Lights universe :) ) and it's very well directed, casting works really well and stories are also well written.
It's about a specific part of American History in 1857 during what is called the Utah War, and i wasn't really familiar with this.
It's what Kevin Costner's Horizon saga could/should have been.
I'll update this post once i reach the end of the mini series.... hopefully i won't be disappointed by the ending :)
 
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Started watching the 1st 3 episodes Paradise yesterday (only 1 episode) and it seems very promising and surprising
My expectations were pretty low.
From the trailer, it seemed to be an "Angel has fallen / Olympus has fallen" kind of TV show, so not particularly original but, there is conspiracy aspect in the plot but it seems to be much more than that.
It's still interesting after episode 3, it reminds me a bit of Lost in the writing and the structure of the episodes, particularly the focus on one specific character in each episode and the (over)use of flashbacks.
I'd like to see where it goes
 
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Watched season 1, will wait till all episodes are released before starting season 2.
same here :)
started binge watching several Taylor Sheridan's (Yellowstone, Landman, Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King) shows cause i'm a bit masochist, i'll write something in a few days.
 
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