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Author:  Mimi [ Tue Oct 31, 2017 18:12 ]
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Findus Fop wrote:
An aggregation of recommendations so far:

Legion - Will seek it out
Ozark - Features wife-coveted Bateman
NuTrek - Didn't like OldTrek
Making a Murderer - Watched, got angry
Confession Tapes - Will seek it out
Narcos - Loved it, even better without Pablo
House of Cards - Enjoyed Francis's ascent to power, got bored after that and glad it's been cancelled.
Black Sails - Will seek it out
Firefly - Have watched it once, should rewatch
Battlestar Galactica - Gave up halfway through. Too many annoying lead characters (Starbuck, Gaius)
West Wing - Loved it, what I wouldn't give to live in that alternate reality right now.
The Wire - Season 2 is still my favourite series of anything, ever.
Californication - Is it just about David Duchovny shagging? Because I don't really want to watch lots of episodes of that.
Breaking Bad - Loved it. Best pilot of any show, ever.
Buffy - I was planning on watching this but it's no longer on the streaming services (as far as I can tell).
Riverdale - Is this basically Mali + Glee all over again?

Man, if Making A Murderer got you feeling angry, don’t seek out The Confession Tapes.

Author:  myp [ Tue Oct 31, 2017 18:26 ]
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Discovery is making some hardened Trekkies gnash their teeth, if that helps? I am a fan of old Trek but this is tonally quite different and I'm loving it.

Author:  Mr Russell [ Tue Oct 31, 2017 19:52 ]
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But do try American Vandal which is an excellent and compelling send up of Making a Murderer et al.

Author:  MaliA [ Tue Oct 31, 2017 19:54 ]
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Mr Russell wrote:
But do try American Vandal which is an excellent and compelling send up of Making a Murderer et al.


American vandal is superb

Author:  Findus Fop [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 12:12 ]
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Thanks for everyone's recommendations, going to do American Vandal and Black Sails next, followed by NuTrek. And also S2 of Mr Robot, though tonally there's something that doesn't jive with me about that show. Halt and Catch Fire is on the list, but I think that's a Mrs Fop show.

Author:  DBSnappa [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 10:02 ]
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The Sopranos, if you haven’t watched it you should.
Utopia is good as well

Author:  Findus Fop [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 10:14 ]
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DBSnappa wrote:
The Sopranos, if you haven’t watched it you should.
Utopia is good as well


I'm gearing up for a Sopranos rewatch, I think the time is right.

And Utopia was superb. From its aesthetic to the lumbering threat of Neil Maskell.

While we're at it, any folk who missed Shadow Line six years ago should watch Shadow Line now because it's the best.

Author:  LewieP [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 10:28 ]
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Yeah Utopia, Shadow Line and obv The Sopranos are all top tier.

Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes are fantastic too.

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher and Red Riding are also excellent.

Wait none of these are US.

Author:  Satsuma [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 17:27 ]
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Mr Robot is always great but next week should be special. It’s commercial free and there’s a rumour that it’s a single camera one-shot throughout the episode. Should be interesting &/or exciting. Probably both.


Author:  MaliA [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 22:50 ]
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Riverdale s2e4: The fuck??!

Author:  MaliA [ Fri Nov 03, 2017 11:12 ]
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Blood Drive was superb. It's the Footballers' Wives of the millennial generation.

Author:  Cras [ Fri Nov 03, 2017 11:15 ]
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It was. I think it was hilarious, brave, and very self-aware. It was never going to make a second season, so I'm glad they did what they could with it.
It wasn't perfect, and lost its way a little bit in the middle, but pulled it all back with blood-drenched panache.


Ah...it's Julian.

Author:  MaliA [ Fri Nov 03, 2017 11:17 ]
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Cras wrote:
It was. I think it was hilarious, brave, and very self-aware. It was never going to make a second season, so I'm glad they did what they could with it.
It wasn't perfect, and lost its way a little bit in the middle, but pulled it all back with blood-drenched panache.


Ah...it's Julian.


Fucking fabulous.

Author:  Grim... [ Fri Nov 03, 2017 11:33 ]
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Image

Author:  Satsuma [ Sun Nov 05, 2017 13:25 ]
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The second episode of Young Sheldon is [“in shops”]. I’m still surprised how good it is because it should be a car crash.

Author:  LewieP [ Sun Nov 05, 2017 13:39 ]
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Yeah I saw the trailer and was baffled that it looked vaguely watchable.

Author:  Cras [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 23:33 ]
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Stranger Things 2 was excellent. Properly enjoyed it, with only ep7 feeling unnecessary and rushed.

Author:  MrChris [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 23:36 ]
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Cras wrote:
Stranger Things 2 was excellent. Properly enjoyed it, with only ep7 feeling unnecessary and rushed.

It was all absolutely brilliant. Shush.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 23:38 ]
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I realise it's debatable if Netflix shows go in the US or UK TV threads but we have an actual Stranger Things thread you monster

Author:  Cras [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 23:41 ]
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Nah, ep7 was

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
Clearly only there to give 11 an epiphany so she goes home to save her friends. For that to have been anything other than a plot hammer it would have needed to be about three episodes instead of one.


Overall brilliant though.

Author:  Cras [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 23:42 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
I realise it's debatable if Netflix shows go in the US or UK TV threads but we have an actual Stranger Things thread you monster


Fucks sake. How am I supposed to remember these things?

Author:  MrChris [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 23:42 ]
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Cras wrote:
Nah, ep7 was

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
Clearly only there to give 11 an epiphany so she goes home to save her friends. For that to have been anything other than a plot hammer it would have needed to be about three episodes instead of one.

Because I'm a self aware, awesome human being, I'll give you that one as being actually correct.

Author:  Cras [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 23:44 ]
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I....huh.

Author:  MrChris [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 23:46 ]
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It was a slightly discombobulated episode tbf.

Author:  myp [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 23:47 ]
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Yeah i liked the concept but as a standalone episode it didn't work all that well.

Author:  MrChris [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 23:48 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
Yeah i liked the concept but as a standalone episode it didn't work all that well.

True. Slightly jarring compared to the tone of the rest, and, as Cras said, added little other than PLOTHAMMER.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 23:49 ]
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My favourite thing about Stranger Things 2 was the early scripts described the doctor as "a Paul Reiser type" and then they actually cast Paul Reiser.

Author:  Curiosity [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 23:50 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
My favourite thing about Stranger Things 2 was the early scripts described the doctor as "a Paul Reiser type" and then they actually cast Paul Reiser.


Hah, awesome.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 23:50 ]
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MrChris wrote:
True. Slightly jarring compared to the tone of the rest, and, as Cras said, added little other than PLOTHAMMER.

And full of characters who resorted to clichéd tropes instead of being well-written, which is a hole that Things managed to deftly avoid until that point.

Author:  MrChris [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 23:52 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
MrChris wrote:
True. Slightly jarring compared to the tone of the rest, and, as Cras said, added little other than PLOTHAMMER.

And full of characters who resorted to clichéd tropes instead of being well-written, which is a hole that Things managed to deftly avoid until that point.

Well cliched tropes to the extent that character types who've appeared in one or two films can be cliched tropes, yes. But I get what you mean.

The last episode made up for Ep 7 and the dodgy Dema-dog CGI.

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 7:36 ]
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Cras wrote:
Stranger Things 2 was excellent. Properly enjoyed it, with only ep7 feeling unnecessary and rushed.

This was the last one we watched last night. Unfortunately I fell asleep. Joan's tells me I didn't miss much.

Author:  Hearthly [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 9:00 ]
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Holy SHIT.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11086

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 18:10 ]
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Hearthly wrote:

Yeah, I know. But I couldn't be bothered to try and quote it in a different thread using my phone. I was hoping a friendly mod would move stuff over. :P

Author:  Findus Fop [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:51 ]
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http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/11/08/seth-rogen-eric-kripke-get-the-boys-set-up-at-amazon

This is excellent news. Will be interesting to see if Simon pegg goes for the role of wee Hughie. I didn't enjoy the comics as much as preacher, seemed to lack soul, but this has the potential to be much bigger because of the superhero subject matter.

Author:  Satsuma [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 13:08 ]
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That episode of Mr. Robot was incredible. It was fun just trying to find where the hidden cuts are in the “one long continuous camera shot”. Mind bogglingly ambitious for a TV programme.

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 13:11 ]
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Casualty did it.

Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 13:42 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Casualty did it.

So did Sunny

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 13:51 ]
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Sunny's one is only about ten minutes long, though.

Author:  LewieP [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 15:17 ]
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Yeah it was really really good. Reminded me of Birdman.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 15:38 ]
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The Deuce is excellent.

(If you don't know: it's David "The Wire / Treme" Simon's new shoe. Set in midtown NYC in the early 79s, following the fortunes of a number of prostitutes, pimps, bartenders, Mob bosses, and other associated low-lifes as the US legalised pornography.)

Like most of Simon's work, what it's really about is power: who has power over whom, how are they using it and to what end, and what will happen when the power shifts? As usual with Simon there's a hell of a lot of characters and not a great deal of exposition, so you need to watch fairly closely and be prepared that sometimes a character is going to do something that won't make sense for a while.

There's a hell of a lot of nudity but most of it is deeply unerotic. You know how GoT claimed it used nudity for plot development and never to titillate, and how that was bullshit? It's actually true of The Deuce.

Oh, it's much faster paced than Treme, thankfully. Much closer to The Wire in that respect. Some returning cast from The Wire too, including D'Angelo Barskdale (who has flipped sides and is a world-weary beatcop) and the elder Sobotka brother (who is a surly union man... again).

Also worthy of praise: the set and costume design. It's absolutely amazing.

Author:  RuySan [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 16:03 ]
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I did like the first 2 episodes of The Deuce, but my wife thought it was way too unpleasant to keep watching. And I'd rather play games than to watch shows by myself so that show is indefinitely on hold.

Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 16:07 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
The Deuce is excellent.

(If you don't know: it's David "The Wire / Treme" Simon's new shoe.

Good to hear it gets off on the right foot.

Author:  Squirt [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 16:09 ]
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I've heard the critics have given it a bit of a kicking.

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 17:16 ]
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It's got a lot of sole.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 17:17 ]
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Squirt wrote:
I've heard the critics have given it a bit of a kicking.

Everything I've read has been glowing. Empire gave it four stars, for example.

Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 17:19 ]
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Heel be pleased with that.

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 17:31 ]
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I wonder if Gaywood's comment was tongue in cheek?

Or maybe laced with sarcasm.

Author:  Squirt [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 17:37 ]
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I should probably just put a sock in it.

Author:  MrChris [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 17:51 ]
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What a load of cobblers.

Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 18:13 ]
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Gone over his head. I bet he's leathered.

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