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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cadence" data-source="post: 9813925" data-attributes="member: 6701124">The BritBox activity this past month...All caught up and no new ones in the immediate queue (or evermore):<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (Seasons 1-6 -  2001-2008)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lynely (Season 1 - 2025)</li> </ul>You can really tell the change in styles going from the older series to the newer one in terms of production/cinematography and the like (and it does have an entirely new cast and location). Sgt. Havers from the first series is so far my favorite DS of all the British  shows I've seen.  It took a bit to get used to Sofia Barclay in the role and I think she'd be just fine if I hadn't had six seasons of Sharon Small doing it.In the midst of:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Jonathan Creek  - in Season 5 of 5 (show ran 1997-2000, 2003, 2014)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rosemary and Thyme - in season 2 of 2 (show ran 2003-2006)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Blue Lights - S3 E4 just dropped</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shakespeare & Hathaway - S5 E2 just dropped</li> </ul>Bingeing Jonathan Creek is really odd if you weren't expecting a three year jump and then eleven year jump before seasons 4 and 5.  The first three seasons were super.  Season 4 wasn't as good, but has a great trap in an episode I will remember for D&D.  Season 5 hasn't drawn me in as much, but maybe it is just end of semester too-tiredness.I love the cast of Shakespeare & Hathaway, but hope the gang has finally worked out the between season in-show drama.Rosemary and Thyme might be testing my limits of cozy.Blue Lights is at the other end from R&T in terms of grit (albeit nothing like Luther).  And Belfast's (TV at least) police experience is much different than Taggart's Glasgow, Morse's Oxford, or any of the others.  The latest episode "The Parting Glass" was very, very good.Re-watchingSister Boniface Mysteries - Season 4 ended in September, but the spawn is rewatching and is at Season 2 Episode 3.   Taking its comedy for what it is (it is not just a Father Brown-esque cozy), this might be the family's favorite.  The town of Great Slaughter and its nearby nuns are spectacular.Upcoming Soon<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shetland - Season 10 drops on Britbox on January 1  (unless I pay the little bit extra to get Premiere first...). It will be strange having a full-season single mystery again (unlike most of the other shows).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Midsomer - do I need Acorn to watch Season 25 starting on Monday?  Fleur is my favorite pathologist.</li> </ul>-----In MoviesSisu 2  -  The level of over-the-topness picks up kind of where the first movie left off instead of having a (sort of) gradual build.  But I guess if you know where it can go its hard to step back.  The cast of villains wasn't as memorable to me.  The gore was a bit more omnipresent than I liked with seemingly less of the great panoramic shots of the first.  Depending on what folks loved about the first one, I can see them either loving this one more or being disappointed.  Count me the latter.Will be hitting the Christmas movies soon - A Christmas Story, Elf, Babe, and Muppet Christmas Carol are almost certainties.  Maybe A Christmas Story Story, Home Alone, and Family Vacation Christmas Movie.Wake up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is in the queueSome in the Spawn's gaming group keep asking me if I've seen Fantastic Four yet.  Will probably get to that soon.</blockquote>

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