The Third Day. New HBO Show. Could be good. Looks interesting.

AMKC · 23-08-2020 6:41pm #1

https://youtu.be/KUomxUwGkuA

the purple tin · 13-09-2020 5:50pm

Some good actors and a bit of a Wicker Man and Shining feel to it.

Looks interesting.

yermandan · 13-09-2020 6:01pm

Starts on Sky Atlantic on 15/9

JP Liz V1 · 13-09-2020 7:26pm

Paddy Considine always a good addition, very Stephen King gone folky imo, added to watch list

Thecageyone · 13-09-2020 9:55pm

It'll be interesting to see how their live 12hr section of the series goes: https://news.sky.com/story/the-third-day-snacks-phones-loo-breaks-how-jude-law-and-co-are-attempting-a-live-12-hour-tv-first-12067154

brevity · 15-09-2020 10:20pm

This just aired on Sky Atlantic. I really liked it. Very eerie and weird...not sure what’s the deal with the green though.

In some places I thought it strayed too close to parody and I thought someone was going to say “The greater good”

Will definitely watch the next one though.

AMKC · 15-09-2020 10:24pm

Ye that was boring. Not impressed at all.

steve_r · 16-09-2020 9:12am

I'll give it a shot - a lot of time for Dennis Kelly after Utopia.

Interesting to see HBO leaning into horror with this and Lovecraft country.

Galwayguy35 · 16-09-2020 8:53pm

Not a bad first episode I thought, will stick with it.

Agent Coulson · 17-09-2020 1:14pm

Not sure about the show as a whole after the first episode however Paddy Considine is just so bloody good.

rtron · 17-09-2020 1:16pm

Thumbs up on the first Episode.

Galwayguy35 · 23-09-2020 10:05am

Well that was a weird episode last night.

Errashareesh · 24-09-2020 10:35pm

Watching ep 2 now - I think it's bloody class.

Very creepy. So many Wicker Man comparisons (for a good reason). Also reminds me of Don't Look Now and Twin Peaks. Something very dangerous and sinister is going on.

Jude Law is great - learning more about his back story this episode; very well done. Love Emily Watson. Unclear who are the good and the bad.

Mad_maxx · 28-09-2020 9:26am

It's really good, extremely unsettling

Reckon they're either satanists or jude law is in actual Hell,he's sort of been there since his son was murdered

Basq · 28-09-2020 9:35am

The televisual equivalent of a fever dream!

It’s excellent.

Zero-Cool · 28-09-2020 9:54pm

Just watched ep 1. I'm all in! Bloody class, right up my alley.

Sakana · 28-09-2020 11:06pm

Would this be too scary for a scaredy cat?

Basq · 28-09-2020 11:07pm

Sakana wrote: »

Would this be too scary for a scaredy cat?

It's not particularly scary.. just batsh*t weird!

Sakana · 28-09-2020 11:16pm

Basq wrote: »

It's not particularly scary.. just batsh*t weird!

Oh, good. I liked the trailer.

Agent Coulson · 29-09-2020 11:23am

Not a huge fan of Jude Law in general however he is brilliant in this.

It's not often you get a show that is just different even thought I think the storyline is actually a very simple one they are just telling it in a fantastic way.

Mad_maxx · 02-10-2020 12:49pm

well that really went down the toilet in the final episode , completely daft

dreadful final episode , ruined the whole thing for me and i loved the first two

Zero-Cool · 02-10-2020 12:53pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

well that really went down the toilet in the final episode , completely daft

dreadful final episode , ruined the whole thing for me and i loved the first two

There's another 3 episodes to come right? First 3 covered Summer, then the 12 hour long live special at the weekend covered Autumn and 3 episodes left to cover Winter.

I wasn't a fan of ep 3, went a bit too mad for me. Unreal acting and cinematography though.

Agent Coulson · 02-10-2020 12:53pm

There is 3 more episodes to go.

AMKC · 02-10-2020 2:49pm

Turned out go be a dogs dinner rubbish show.
Can't believe I even thought this rubbish show was going to be good.

Lovecraft Country now that's good and only had one crap episode so far episode 6 was rubbish all the rest great do.

Mad_maxx · 02-10-2020 7:43pm

Agent Coulson wrote: »

There is 3 more episodes to go.

i understood the next three episodes were about a completely different character with a completely different story ?

just the same island ?

the live special thing on sky arts has nothing to do with the sky atlantic fictional story , jude law and emily watson dont actually live on the island after all

Galwayguy35 · 02-10-2020 7:50pm

Saw a clip of the next episode and it looks like a girl has arrived on the island, didn't realise JL might not be in any more episodes though.

Basq · 03-10-2020 10:36am

The 12 hour livestream event is on..

https://www.facebook.com/HBO/videos/1840545682750965/

Frank Grimes · 03-10-2020 1:14pm

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Saw a clip of the next episode and it looks like a girl has arrived on the island, didn't realise JL might not be in any more episodes though.

He's in the live one that's on now, I'm watching him digging a hole in the ground.

guapos · 03-10-2020 1:30pm

Frank Grimes wrote: »

He's in the live one that's on now, I'm watching him digging a hole in the ground.

Oddly enjoyable to have on in the background. Love the soundtrack.

Also its on Sky Arts aswell

10000maniacs · 03-10-2020 3:36pm

It almost as underwhelming and boring as when Channel 4 broadcast Derek Jarman's Blue years ago.

JohnFalstaff · 03-10-2020 4:54pm

I am currently watching the livestream. I have seen none of the episodes.
I have no idea what is going on. I am greatly enjoying it.

Porthallian · 03-10-2020 5:38pm

Can't believe this is streaming for 12 hours today. What's actually happening? Is it like the live festival? Might watch the final hour to see if there's anything interesting happening

Mad_maxx · 03-10-2020 7:00pm

Frank Grimes wrote: »

He's in the live one that's on now, I'm watching him digging a hole in the ground.

i stand corrected

thought the sky arts thing was coverage of an actual festival held by the real island inhabitants

Frank Grimes · 03-10-2020 7:03pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

i stand corrected

thought the sky arts thing was coverage of an actual festival held by the real island inhabitants

I think the original, pre-Covid, plan was to have a music festival and get actual members of the public onto the island and have them as part of the whole thing interacting with the actors etc. but they had to change it in light of Covid.

ejmaztec · 03-10-2020 7:29pm

10000maniacs wrote: »

It almost as underwhelming and boring as when Channel 4 broadcast Derek Jarman's Blue years ago.

Being a glutton for punishment, I watched the three episodes, and I was punished beyond all expectations. I've still got Jude Law's incessant whining echoing in my ears.

Mad_maxx · 03-10-2020 8:03pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

Being a glutton for punishment, I watched the three episodes, and I was punished beyond all expectations. I've still got Jude Law's incessant whining echoing in my ears.

i liked the first two but the third one was garbage

10000maniacs · 03-10-2020 8:42pm

If you are watching live now, a good ending would be if someone goes postal and takes them all out.

Epping Forest · 03-10-2020 9:45pm

Thought someone had laced my morning tea with LSD when I turned on sky arts earlier. Something very unsettling about it, I'd never heard of the series until today.

rtron · 07-10-2020 12:03pm

Liked the new (4th) Episode.

Badly Drunk Boy · 07-10-2020 12:12pm

rtron wrote: »

Liked the new (4th) Episode.

There's was something I thought a bit odd towards the end of the 3rd episode (apart from the general feel of it

), but the 4th episode explained it for me.

Agent Coulson · 13-10-2020 5:04pm

Nicely set up now for the finale now.

I've enjoyed episode 4 & 5 however if episode 6 is anything like episode 3 it's going to be a bat**** crazy ending.

guapos · 20-10-2020 10:39pm

2nd best show this year after Watchmen. Got stronger as season went on. Spending 15 minutes watching a camera move towards a weird wooden statue and even longer with jude law digging a grave were an added bonus.

A little bit too much of Sam hallucinations early on but apart form that loved it. Favorite characters were the ones who owned the pub, Oyster, I think?

rtron · 20-10-2020 11:36pm

This was brilliant overall, thought the third episode was the end of a set and somewhat a week ending. And episodes 4-6 would be a new story. But how wrong was that.

Pretzill · 21-10-2020 11:01pm

I very nearly gave up on this after the third episode but I hung on and was dragged back on to Osea in the final three episodes - far more suspense filled story arc and likeable, relatable characters.

Thelonious Monk · 30-10-2020 9:56pm

I missed the live stream thing but I watched the first 3 episodes, it's totally out there and does subscribe to many tropes from Wicker Man and other films, but I love it so far. Jude Law is amazing, he could carry any show. He can also rock a widow's peak like no one else, mine isn't as pronounced as his just yet but gives me hope!
The way they portrayed being on acid was quite good too, with the little flecks of colour falling around you. Looking forward to the 2nd part, 3 episodes called winter, I think.

31-10-2020 1:46am

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I missed the live stream thing but I watched the first 3 episodes, it's totally out there and does subscribe to many tropes from Wicker Man and other films, but I love it so far. Jude Law is amazing, he could carry any show. He can also rock a widow's peak like no one else, mine isn't as pronounced as his just yet but gives me hope!
The way they portrayed being on acid was quite good too, with the little flecks of colour falling around you. Looking forward to the 2nd part, 3 episodes called winter, I think.

You are in for a treat. The next 3 episodes are equally if not more compelling. Absolutely brilliant show.

upupup · 31-10-2020 10:19am

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I missed the live stream thing but I watched the first 3 episodes, it's totally out there and does subscribe to many tropes from Wicker Man and other films, but I love it so far. Jude Law is amazing, he could carry any show. He can also rock a widow's peak like no one else, mine isn't as pronounced as his just yet but gives me hope!
The way they portrayed being on acid was quite good too, with the little flecks of colour falling around you. Looking forward to the 2nd part, 3 episodes called winter, I think.

I watched all 6 episodes this last week and it was brilliant.I read this thread after I watched and realized I had missed the live stream but the stream is not essential to the story and from reading here the "stream" and "part 2" caused some confusion.
Great acid scenes and great acting by all

Galwayguy35 · 31-10-2020 10:39am

I thought it started out good but it ended up a steaming pile of dung.

Very disappointing ending.

The Third Day. New HBO Show. Could be good. Looks interesting.

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