In The Words Of
by Carl Marsh
per month. I just don’t get it. And who watches Eastenders? I don’t know anyone that watches it then again, I don’t live in ‘the’ London.
Is it me, or are things starting to return to some normality? Who knows, but I get that feeling when I am out-and-about in Cardiff this last week or so. We can all but only hope. As mentioned last month, my good friend and contributor to Cardiff Times, Alan Coulthard, passed away. His funeral was in Barry, and I attended along with his family and many of his friends from the music industry. It was a lovely sunny day, too—an excellent send-off for him and those that attended. REVIEWS [Rant] I have - like you have - been watching a lot of TV, even though it’s been so many programmes via a streaming service. I am fortunate to pay for Disney+, Sky, Amazon Prime, Netflix and Apple. [Although I am sure I have missed one out!] I spend about 95% of my time watching such services, with the only thing I watch on the BBC being Vigil. This is a good show, albeit a bit [a lot] far-fetched with the realism of the submarine - it’s too big - and all the military chit chatter and chain of command and personalities, but hey, it’s TV and the BBC! So disregarding my comments, it is a good show and available on iPlayer. So why my rant about only watching 5% of standard TV that we all are forced to pay for by law, yet the content on the other providers is proving more superior and at a far lower cost
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On Disney+, you will find an excellent comedymurder mystery called Only Murders In The Building. Starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, it’s proper binge-worthy material, and the writing is by far some of the best I have seen in a TV show. Six episodes are available, with more coming weekly [I am not yet sure how many!] Also on the same service is the last season of The Walking Dead and Y The Last Man. Both on a similar vibe of post-apocalyptic events, albeit one is more future set - in its current last series - after the world goes zombie; the other is about a man being ‘that’ only male left, with the rest being female, hence the Y in the title: Y chromosome. I also need to mention Apple TV+ - it is a streaming service that was in its infancy when I subscribed [free 12 months membership], and then it became accessible again as I took the music service. Still, I forgot I had it, and worse, I didn’t realise what new stuff they had, and also, the 4k picture quality on my big TV is mindblowing from this streamer! On Apple TV+, a new series called Foundation is starting to air - weekly drops. Based on the Isaac Asimov books, the first episode is what you’d expect if you are a fan of the books. It won’t spoon-feed you; you have to be switched on to understand it. But…, it is so worth it. Keep looking after yourselves, (and remember, all of those streaming services are cheaper than your TV licence - even some price-wise combined!) Carl Marsh Twitter - @InTheWordsOf_CM Facebook - @InTheWordsOf YouTube - InTheWordsOf
