* I haven't finished it yet, but gee, the second series of Korean zombie, old timey fashion, and palace intrigue series Kingdom has been really good - really well made action, plot surprises (not always welcome ones, actually) and (for its kind of show) well acted. My only criticism is that it should come with a map - the geography of where the zombie hoards are chasing the heroes to gets very unclear.
* Have started watching the Belgium made (yes, another foreign show) slightly science fiction-y present day apocalypse show Into the Night, and I'm enjoying it so far. It has a pleasing narrative push to it which comes inherently from the scenario - the sun has gone rogue and started shooting out gamma rays which kills life at sunrise, and one passenger plane - an Airbus 320 I think (it is Europe, after all) - has to keep flying West to avoid the sun catching up with it. Not entirely plausible, in more than one respect, but I hope it keeps up the quality of the first couple of episodes. Here's a positive review that seems accurate to me.
* Also just started watching Tiger King. Yeah, it's good, the first episode, but I do get the feeling that the story to be told shouldn't take 8 episodes. I am anticipating tiring of it.
* On Youtube, recently discovered the idiosyncratic travel vlogger Bald and Bankrupt. He's a very unusual character, naturally good at the narration to camera on a selfie stick that is his thing (no beautiful drone footage on this channel, that's for sure), and I see that he is pretty well known. It's odd to see a more mature age character who seems to want to experience somewhat dangerous situations for the fun of it. And who is the woman he is with sometimes? Why would she follow him into some of the crappiest countries around? This video was one of the most remarkable ones I have seen:
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