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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  Now i've got used to the shitty NTSC interlaced image i'm quite enjoying Hancock's Half Hour.
I don't think i've laughed out loud in the four episodes i've seen so far but i have chuckled inwardly to myself. Sid James has been the co-star in three of the four episodes and he certainly makes a good foil for the more dead pan Tony Hancock.
Favourite episode so far was There's an Airfield at the Bottom of My Garden which saw James as a dodgy estate agent selling a house right next door to a hidden by trees airfield as well as a cliff top property crumbling into the sea.  |
The Missing Page and The Reunion are my two favourite episodes of Hancock's Half Hour, including the radio series. Those two television episodes are Hancock at it's best (imho). Classic (and very well observed for The Reunion).
Anyway I'm personally halfway through a UK blu-ray set of Guillermo del Toro's The Strain.
My wife bailed after the third episode but I'm still enjoying it. Whilst being just a television series, it manages to remind to me of del Toro's Blade II and I'm a pretty big fan of the Blade franchise. Thus far, The Strain is quite silly but also is still fun.
Full disclosure: I also enjoy my dvd set of the first, and only, season of the cancelled Blade television show so be warned.
btw The 70+ minute pilot of The Strain was actually directed by del Toro himself. If I enjoy all of the first season, I will heavily consider importing seasons 2 and 3 (no UK blu-rays). The fourth and last season was dvd only but I'll see how far I get before I worry about that (it wouldn't be a deal breaker).