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Post by flatandy on Jan 14, 2019 5:18:51 GMT
I'm a couple of episodes from the end of Season 1; I've been watching it infrequently over the last month or so. I have to say that I'm not fully engaged - it's like there are too many strands and characters and they're all so conflicted that it's hard to really engage with any of them. It's beautifully constructed and looks great, but it's leaving me a little cold.
I really enjoyed watching Homecoming on Amazon the last couple of weeks. It's interesting to see Julia Roberts playing someone who's plain and a bit haggard. And playing it very simple and straight. It's also nice to have a conspiracy-type TV show that's self contained in 10 episodes and actually has an ending.
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Post by voice on Jan 14, 2019 14:54:19 GMT
I'll be watching that next
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Post by mids on Jan 14, 2019 15:06:15 GMT
Amazon Prime have got the old Tom and Jerry cartoons now. They still stand the test of time, except the later 1960s ones which were always a bit rubbish.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jan 14, 2019 15:09:16 GMT
Excellent. I imagine they've had any vibrancy redacted.
"Taaaaaaaamus! If you's a mousah, I's the Queen of England. Which I ain't!"
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Post by mids on Jan 14, 2019 15:18:21 GMT
I haven't got as far as the mammie ones yet but Amazon had the major in Fawlty Towers' full "****" vs "*******" rant.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jan 24, 2019 21:30:14 GMT
Oooh talking of straying, how's this for odd? I check my facebook account about once a year and (tbh I was entering an online competition) there were two messages this morning from the girl who broke my heart back in my early twenties. She really did f**k me up, I admit it, but there you have it. Nearly thirty years. They don't look the same anymore. Unfriended. See you at 81. |
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Post by Repat Van on Jan 25, 2019 4:36:44 GMT
Sons of Anarchy.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jan 25, 2019 8:35:16 GMT
We quite enjoyed that although it was pretty tacky really. Sopranos meets the Dukes of Hazard. |
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Post by mids on Jan 25, 2019 8:39:02 GMT
I like SOA but like most serieses it dragged a bit in the later seasons.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jan 25, 2019 8:52:36 GMT
True. It ran out of steam really. Rubbish ending too.
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Post by mids on Jan 25, 2019 9:02:07 GMT
It was a sort of Jesus on the Cross headlong into a lorry, wasn't it?
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Post by Repat Van on Jan 25, 2019 13:18:50 GMT
It’s not a show it’s a film but I just finished watching Crazy Rich Asians and absolutely loved it!
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Post by Repat Van on Jan 25, 2019 13:19:29 GMT
We quite enjoyed that although it was pretty tacky really. Sopranos meets the Dukes of Hazard. I have been describing it to people as basically like the Sopranos with Bikies. |
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Post by flatandy on Jan 25, 2019 13:41:01 GMT
SoA was a classic example of a show with a good premise that starts off well then escalates and escalates to try and have more and more drama and just becomes a stupid joke. And Charlie Hunnam is the most pathetic tough guy ever.
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Post by flatandy on Jan 25, 2019 13:43:38 GMT
Oscar nominations came out earlier in the week so I forced myself to watch Roma on Netflix. By the end you can see that it has some merit, but for the first 80 minutes or so pretty much nothing happens, in black and white, with subtitles.
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Post by Repat Van on Jan 25, 2019 13:47:17 GMT
SoA was a classic example of a show with a good premise that starts off well then escalates and escalates to try and have more and more drama and just becomes a stupid joke. And Charlie Hunnam is the most pathetic tough guy ever. But Hunnam’s hot and that’s really all that matters. As for shows escalating and starting to spoil a good thing, I am placing Luther and Peaky Blinders in that category. |
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Post by flatandy on Jan 25, 2019 13:54:29 GMT
He’s not as ridiculous inSoA as he is in Guy Ritchie’s bonkers, so bad it’s fun to watch, King Arthur film.
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Post by jimboky on Jan 25, 2019 14:03:41 GMT
Amazon Prime have got the old Tom and Jerry cartoons now. They still stand the test of time, except the later 1960s ones which were always a bit rubbish. many of the old toons were great, though we are told they are too violent, and not always politically correct, we really should not watch this |
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Post by voice on Jan 25, 2019 16:33:33 GMT
you miss these days don't you jim, admit it.
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Post by mids on Jan 25, 2019 16:49:47 GMT
I find that series without a specific story to follow end up being sh*t because they eventually end up up ditching "a new monster every week" for some wank story "arc". The X Files ended up doing just that and became crap.
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