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yeah, the film is widely accepted as a travesty. They tried to squeeze a whole season of the tv series into one film and you cant do it. Even though it is a cartoon for children it was so rich in story and characters. They skipped so much in the film and the only reason I understand what was going on is because I had seen the series.

I strongly strongly recommend it for everyone regardless of how old you are. The story is amazing and there are plenty of lmao moments as well.

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Netflix set to develop 'The Chronicles of Narnia' as TV and film series,

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...v-film-series/

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Interesting, I did quite enjoy the films.

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Indeed the three they did as it was rather disappointing that there was nothing after that.

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They were meant to be making the Silver Chair but it never happened.

I also grew up reading the books and fondly remember the BBC series. That was great.

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The CW has ordered extra episodes for Charmed (+5) and Legacies (+3).

Both are new series, due to begin airing soon.

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new scifi series October Faction coming to Netflix, sounds like it could be very good:

https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/o...etflix-series/

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This looks like it could be interesting.

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Looks like Sirens Mk 2.

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yeah, weird, it has been absolutely yonks since we had two series which were pretty much the same and I thinking of the 90s when TNG/DS9/Voyager were on.

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CBS has ordered two seasons of a new Animated Series, Star Trek: Lower Decks

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Lets hope it is as good as the previous animated Star Trek series that was made in the early seventies.

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NBC has announced that the 2-hour series finale of Timeless will be on December 20, 2018.

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BBC Agrees FX Networks Output Deal.

https://www.tvwise.co.uk/2018/10/bbc...-fx-originals/

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This makes the TV licence even better value now.

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BBC America to make a TV series based on Terry Pratchett’s "City Watch" books.

https://deadline.com/2018/10/terry-p...ca-1202492604/

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Brilliant, I love all of Terry's Discworld books.

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Looking forward to it as the man is a legend..

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The latest in line for a reboot is The 4400.

The series ran four seasons on USA Network, and is being rebooted on The CW. The reboot will be co-written and executive produced by Taylor Elmore and Craig Sweeny (a writer on the original series) with Elmore serving as showrunner.

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BBC Four has announced a special live 90-minute edition of the iconic science and technology programme Tomorrows World.

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It doesn't need a reboot. The 4400 was a great show.

They are getting too trigger happy with remakes and reboots.

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I loved The 4400, I thought it was an excellent series. The Crossing was very similar in theme this year and has been cancelled and there is another one coming out as well.

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Loki is set to get his own short series on Disney's streaming service.

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/l...ce-1202947551/

The above Variety scoop appears to have been confirmed.

https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1060653825541910528

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Sweet, I heard rumours about that a while ago but they were unconfirmed. I thought that might also be why (although they deny it) all the Netflix series are being cancelled. It makes sense that Disney would want to bring everything together in one house and oversee production. The series' have their merits but they aren't as engrossing as AoS or the MCU and hopefully brining it back to Disney will remedy that.

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Isnt Loki dead ?

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It depends on what Captain Marvel does and if Ant-Man gets stuck in one of those vortices and can go back in time and change the course of events.

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Michelle Yeoh is in talks to reprise her Star Trek Discovery role of Captain Emperor Georgiou for a stand-alone CBS All Access series.

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:rolleyes: they need to be careful that they don't over stretch themselves and go down the Star Wars route.

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Nothing wrong with the Star Wars route for me personally.

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Quantity over quality

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No l don't think so.

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Did you ever watch Mars from NatGeo? It's a docudrama about the mission to Mars. I've just binged season 1 (2016) but Season 2 starts today set a few years later.

Should suit you to a "T" as it's set in 2033 but reverts back (in segments) to 2016 to discuss the science behind it.

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Not sure about this...

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:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I sighed as soon as I saw the thumbnail. I am probably one of the few people that never got into Pokémon and even if the film is rubbish I am sure it will make a quadrillion pounds at the cinema because the whole of China will watch it and every child in the world.

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It is certainly not for me.

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Do they come across any Klingons? :D

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LOL.

Is Meowth in it, thats my favourite. :D

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Netflix has announced a christmas special of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina - titled "A Midwinter’s Tale" - it will be available from Dec 14th.

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The CW has announced the New Year start (or return) dates for various shows.

Roswell : Jan 15th (New)
Supernatural : Jan 17th
Supergirl : Jan 20th
Charmed : Jan 20th
Arrow : Jan 21st
Black Lightning : Jan 21st
Legacies : Jan 24th

Legends of Tomorrow will return April (on Mondays) replacing Black Lightning (after its season has concluded).

Also set to return in April/May is the final season of iZombie, and season 6 of The 100 (Exact dates TBA).

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A possible return of Dark Matter for seasons 4 & 5? Still very early in the talking stage but who knows? Fingers crossed.

https://josephmallozzi.com/2018/11/1...ter-rumblings/

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Lets hope so pip.

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I can't tell you how much I wish I could win the euro millions so I could give him £20 million to do it.

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You can (and have, mutiple times :D)

I'm not going to get my hopes up, but it sure would be nice. :)

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HBO released a trailer for GoT, confirming April 2019 as the start date.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...1#post35970531

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stuff like this winds me up:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/1-5b-mega...ze-report-says

Those 3 weeks of interest could probably have paid for Dark Matter and then all of our problems would be solved and the poor dudes wouldn't have to be slogging their guts out trying to get it funded.

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Not sure if this has been mentioned before but The Dresden Files is being rebooted on Fox21.

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The CW Has No Intention Of Ending Any Arrowverse Series Right Now

https://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/cw-i...ampaign=buffer

Good news.;)

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I was hoping this season was going to be Arrow's last

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You mean you are fed up with it.;)

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It was getting worse and worse and stupid unrealistic things were happening for the sake of the storyline and it was doing my nut in.

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I found the whole prison thing a bit far fetched.

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I haven't started this season yet. As we have been have discussions about different things this year and people were asking for recommendations for good series to watch I said two or three times that there are so many good "older" series which I would gladly go back and watch and drop all current stuff. I ploughed through Buffy over summer, I started watching SG1 by accident last month and couldn't stop so I am half way through that I have just started watching Smallville. I have seen SG1 many many times but I have never gone back and rewatched Smallville from the start since it finished. Seeing Lana is like falling in love all over again :romance:

Long story short is that I am way behind on all current series atm because imho I am watching better series. When I have finished Smallville I want to do BSG.

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BSG has shown up on Amazon Prime. It has gone on my watchlist. :tu:

I followed SG1 right through from start to finish on Pick this year. It’s still brilliant.

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Anyone got a clue how much Supergirl is likely to be allowed FTA on Pick? I’m enjoying watching it with my daughter but I’ve a sneaking suspicion they’ll stop at the end of season 2 at Christmas. I can’t quite believe they’ll show anything really recent on their freebie channel.

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There are always alternative sources, I'm upto date with Supergirl. :)

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I deleted my alternative sources years ago. :D

If they don’t broadcast season 3 in the new year I guess I’ll just go and get the dvd.

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DVD ? - Do it properly, get the BluRay. :D

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this is what does my nut in though. They wasted time making a BBC 3 and BBC 4 so why can't we basically have a US tv channel showing all the different current US series. I am not being bias because I am not just talking about the series we like and are discussing. I appreciate there needs to be something for everyone so you could put the daytime chat shows in there like Ellen and stuff but I honestly believe if you had a channel dedicated to the current prime time series like the DC series, Greys Anatomy, Homeland, etc and the rest of the stuff on the list in my tv series thread like NCIS and the cop procedurals it would probably be the most popular channel out there. Between mums, dads and kids, it would always be watched because there would always be something on somebody wants to watch.

This is where I think BBC shirk their responsibilities. They legally steal money from everybody in the country yet they do not provide content for everybody in the country.

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CBS have added an extra episode to Star Trek Discovery season 2, making it 14 episodes.

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Star Trek: Discovery - Season 2 Trailer.



And a nice poster

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2018/12/5.jpg

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looks exciting. I think because we have had such a big break, watching the trailer again is making me have a niggle about the technology side of things with the holographic displays and stuff given how early the series is based. I'll try and let it go though, I really do enjoy quality serious scifi.

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Star Wars: 'Rogue One' Series Spinoff to Begin Filming in October 2019.

https://comicbook.com/starwars/2018/...ting-schedule/

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Star Trek Discovery Spin-off set

Michelle Yeoh plays the (ex) Emperor Philippa Georgiou in the main series.

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I had a feeling this would be announced. It was rumoured a few months back and they have got so many shows now.

Discovery is the main one with Short Treks.

Then The unnamed Picard show coming sometime this year.

An animated show called Lower Decks from the creators of Rick and North.

Another animated Trek show was also recently announced.

There was also rumours of a kid friendly animated show as well as a series of animated Short Treks for later in the year.

They are fairly expanding the universe again.

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The Expanse series 1,2, and 3 will be streamed on Amazon Prime from February 8th.

https://variety.com/2019/digital/new...mpression=true

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Whatever you do never, ever mess with a guy's action figures/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...spat-toys.html

BTW The Magicians renewed for a fifth season.

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/the...fy-1203114247/

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The planned reboot of 24 (as a prequal) has been canned by Fox.

The reboot of Bewitched (by ABC) has been put back at least a year.

ABC are also open to the idea of rebooting Lost, although in reality (!) its unlikely.

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I would have loved a 24 reboot. Lost was awesome and should be left as it is.

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Paramount Network is looking at a reboot of Bergerac.

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Not sure about that as the original Bergerac was iconic with John Nettles in.

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The CW has cancelled its plans for a 4400 reboot.


The BBC are making more episodes of their various "Planet" series.

One Planet: Seven Worlds, coming this year

Perfect Planet will be a five part series to be broadcast in 2020.

Green Planet, which will be broadcast in 2021.

Frozen Planet II, which will be broadcast in 2021.

Planet Earth III, which will be broadcast in 2022.

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I hope David Attenborough is still alive for it

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Well he certainly won't be doing the Blue Planet spin-off that is for sure.

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The BBC are reviving Crackerjack, for 10 episodes next year (on a Friday of course).

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Oh what golden childhood memories that brings back.:D

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47198357 it won't be the same.

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Your parents said that when they replaced Leslie Crowther. ;)

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:)Not forgetting Peter Glaze.Only because I'm old enough to be Stephens dad :)

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They're going to have to have more desirable prizes than pencils though. Kids are a lot more demanding these days. :erm:

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I must be old enough to be your dad. How about Eamonn Andrews and Lenny the Lion?

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Cabbages. There must be cabbages.

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May 31st for Good Omens on Prime https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2014/05/9.gif

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Hmm, that looks interesting. :)

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Netflix are making a new animated Transformers series, War For Cybertron.

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Agent of SHIELD returns in May (exact date TBC).

The future of The Gifted looks bleak.
Most already think it will get cancelled - and one of its stars (Amy Acker) has now joined Greys Anatomy.

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Flipping typical for Fox. If i win the euro millions tomorrow this is one of the series i'll be renewing.

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I hope they sort that out soon, I like Wynonna.

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Yeah it is a bit of a slap in the face really when you have done them a favour and something which is pretty much unheard of and renewed it for 2 seasons.

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Yes, I did notice it mentioned seasons 4 & 5, somthing not previously mentioned in any renewal news.

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Luke Perry passed away today. I know he was famous for quite a few roles such as Beverly Hills 90201 but the first time I saw him was in Jeremiah and that is what I remember him for even though I have seen him in a few minor roles since.

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Yeah l just heard that as its so sad that he has died far too young.:(

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Latest trailer for Good Omens.

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Amazon Prime reveals Lord of the Rings series time period.

https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-pri...s-time-period/

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How strange, I don't know how it all works but if the production company didn't have enough money to make another season you would think it would just close down. I don't understand how a company can exist on paper but not make anything. Syfy obviously thinks it is worth it financially so surely they could lend them the money knowing they'll get it back? :confused:

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Just watching "Love, Death, & Robots" on Netflix - a series of short (10-20 minutes each) animations (of varying styles) of short stories by some of my favourite SF writers (Scalzi, Hamilton, Morgan, Reynolds, Kloos, amongst others).

Enjoyed the first 6, with 12 to go.

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80174608

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Filming started today on Dune.

The cast list looks amazing.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...ment%E2%80%99s Expected release date 20th November 2020.

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Lets hope it bears comparison with the 1984 version.

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Amazon Prime Video UK Acquires ‘Farscape’ & Mini-Series ‘The Peacekeeper Wars’

https://www.tvwise.co.uk/2019/03/ama...cekeeper-wars/

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I might even watch that...

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Good to see that they have taken up the scifi fight with Netflix

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I think they’re waking up to the fact that a small number of headline grabbing original commissions doesn’t entitle them to be seen as equals with Netflix. When you go on Netflix everything you see is free to view. When you go on Amazon Prime the opening view looks great until you realise that most of it costs extra. Browsing for ‘included with Prime’ can become a bit of a chore and when you get to it, there isn’t nearly as much there.

But with BSG, Agents of SHIELD, Lost and now Farscape (and, slightly off topic, Glee, which I’m quite partial to) they’re beginning to take the whole box set thing seriously. All we need now is an equally serious approach to original commissions.

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Colm Meaney, Paapa Essiedu & David Bradley Join Sky Atlantic’s ‘Gangs Of London’

https://www.tvwise.co.uk/2019/03/col...ngs-of-london/