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Author:  Cras [ Sat Dec 30, 2017 15:58 ]
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MrChris wrote:
Does the internet slow down over a distance then?


Sure. The data still has to travel over (mostly) physical wires. Something like streaming video which is mostly one-way transfer of data would be less noticeably affected than something interactive like gaming, but the latency still has an impact.
Author:  MrChris [ Sat Dec 30, 2017 17:23 ]
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Well that's just weird then as online gaming is largely fine, as is Netflix or whatever, but plex is just unusable
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Sat Dec 30, 2017 17:59 ]
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MrChris wrote:
Well that's just weird then as online gaming is largely fine, as is Netflix or whatever, but plex is just unusable

Two of those things will be coming from world-wide CDNs with nodes near Singapore. They don’t have to cross the planet. The other one is someone’s broadband in Bedford.
Author:  Grim... [ Sat Dec 30, 2017 20:56 ]
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Hypothetically.
Author:  Bamba [ Wed Jan 03, 2018 22:07 ]
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We don't have a Canadian TV thread so this will do. Letterkenny is a sitcom set in the titular town which is populated with idiots and weirdos. The dialogue is the star, being so dense and quickfire that it's possible to miss half the jokes on first watching. Also: the lead female character is stupidly cute, especially from the second season onwards.

These two short clips are pretty representative.
Author:  Hearthly [ Wed Jan 03, 2018 23:24 ]
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Bamba wrote:
We don't have a Canadian TV thread so this will do. Letterkenny is a sitcom set in the titular town which is populated with idiots and weirdos. The dialogue is the star, being so dense and quickfire that it's possible to miss half the jokes on first watching. Also: the lead female character is stupidly cute, especially from the second season onwards.


GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11040

EDIT - Added in the lion roaring, for extra GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

EDIT - I mean, I even linked the exact same clip.

MORE ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Attachment:
roar.JPG
Author:  myp [ Wed Jan 03, 2018 23:37 ]
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Looks good, Bamba. I'll be sure to check it oot
Author:  Bamba [ Wed Jan 03, 2018 23:39 ]
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Lol, apologies. I obviously didn't notice your post at the time and I assumed it was so obscure that no one else would ever have posted about it so I didn't bothered doing a search; which I'm usually very good about.

Anyway, there you go: a recommendation from Bamba and Hearthly surely can't be ignored?
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Jan 04, 2018 1:43 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Hypothetically.

:D
Author:  Satsuma [ Thu Jan 04, 2018 18:33 ]
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s11e01 of X-Files is [”available for download on illegal websites” - ed]
Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Thu Jan 04, 2018 19:06 ]
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And from what I've read on line, pretty poor.
Author:  Hearthly [ Thu Jan 04, 2018 19:10 ]
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Bamba wrote:
Anyway, there you go: a recommendation from Bamba and Hearthly surely can't be ignored?


That's like Barry Norman and Roger Ebert really going for something, except a Norman+Ebert combo who like videogames as well, which gives their opinions extra street cred with the cool kids.
Author:  Bamba [ Thu Jan 04, 2018 21:35 ]
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Hearthly wrote:
Bamba wrote:
Anyway, there you go: a recommendation from Bamba and Hearthly surely can't be ignored?


That's like Barry Norman and Roger Ebert really going for something, except a Norman+Ebert combo who like videogames as well, which gives their opinions extra street cred with the cool kids.


:this:

:kiss:
Author:  MrChris [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 15:50 ]
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Billions - I hated pretty much every character except for the wealthy lady AUSA but then JOEL FROM NORTHERN EXPOSURE!
Author:  Cras [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 16:09 ]
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The US Attorney's wife is lovely. And Billions is a great show despite, as you say, the majority of the characters being complete arseholes.
Author:  MrChris [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 16:15 ]
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The U.S. attorney's wife is only marginally less awful than captain winter's wife.
Author:  markg [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 16:47 ]
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The Sinner on Netflix has managed to drag us in pretty well. It's an interesting premise, an ordinary lady unexpectedly goes berserk during a family trip to the beach and stabs some apparently random man to death. Nobody has any idea why but policeman Bill Pullman wants to find out. After a couple of episodes we were both saying that it was really good but also that it could easily go wrong if it went off in too stupid of a direction. Anyway watched a couple more last night and it's all coming together nicely.
Author:  RuySan [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 16:53 ]
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Mr. Robot S3 was so much better than S2. Good thing i haven't given up on it.
Author:  Cras [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 16:55 ]
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MrChris wrote:
The U.S. attorney's wife is only marginally less awful than captain winter's wife.


No, fool.
Author:  Satsuma [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 17:02 ]
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RuySan wrote:
Mr. Robot S3 was so much better than S2. Good thing i haven't given up on it.


Good. Glad you stopped whinging about it and just enjoyed it! ;)
Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 17:13 ]
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markg wrote:
The Sinner on Netflix has managed to drag us in pretty well. It's an interesting premise, an ordinary lady unexpectedly goes berserk during a family trip to the beach and stabs some apparently random man to death. Nobody has any idea why but policeman Bill Pullman wants to find out. After a couple of episodes we were both saying that it was really good but also that it could easily go wrong if it went off in too stupid of a direction. Anyway watched a couple more last night and it's all coming together nicely.

We watched the first episode cold on a recommendation. To say that the murder took me by surprise would be an understatement :D
Author:  RuySan [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 17:54 ]
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Satsuma wrote:
RuySan wrote:
Mr. Robot S3 was so much better than S2. Good thing i haven't given up on it.


Good. Glad you stopped whinging about it and just enjoyed it! ;)


Indeed. But there's no way i'm going to watch The Walking Dead ever again. I'd rather watch reruns of Baywatch.
Author:  Satsuma [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 18:34 ]
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RuySan wrote:
Satsuma wrote:
RuySan wrote:
Mr. Robot S3 was so much better than S2. Good thing i haven't given up on it.


Good. Glad you stopped whinging about it and just enjoyed it! ;)


Indeed. But there's no way i'm going to watch The Walking Dead ever again. I'd rather watch reruns of Baywatch.


Not even the most hardened TWD fans would complain about this. The last season was garbage.
Author:  Grim... [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 19:57 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
We watched the first episode cold on a recommendation. To say that the murder took me by surprise would be an understatement :D

Must have been nice.
Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 20:04 ]
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Grim... wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
We watched the first episode cold on a recommendation. To say that the murder took me by surprise would be an understatement :D

Must have been nice.

Not the word I'd use.
Author:  markg [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 21:57 ]
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Grim... wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
We watched the first episode cold on a recommendation. To say that the murder took me by surprise would be an understatement :D

Must have been nice.

It's the first thing the Netflix trailer shows.
Author:  Mimi [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 22:16 ]
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Grim... wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
We watched the first episode cold on a recommendation. To say that the murder took me by surprise would be an understatement :D

Must have been nice.

:D
Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 23:12 ]
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markg wrote:
Grim... wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
We watched the first episode cold on a recommendation. To say that the murder took me by surprise would be an understatement :D

Must have been nice.

It's the first thing the Netflix trailer shows.

Went in cold, man
Author:  Grim... [ Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:36 ]
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Which we can't!
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Jan 11, 2018 7:01 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Which we can't!

Ah, I get it now.
Author:  RuySan [ Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:03 ]
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Anyone watching the new season of Vikings?

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
I was really enjoying Bjorn and Halfdane adventures in the desert. I don't care about Kattegat anymore. Lagertha is still one of the hottest things on tv but i don't care about her story anymore. So the fact that everyone returned to kattegat for the showdown is a bit disappointing.

And i was so happy to see a portuguese actor on Vikings! And so disappointed to see him get eaten, literally, in the next episode :(
Author:  Findus Fop [ Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:25 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Which we can't!


Luckily I have no idea which show he was referring to so I'm safe.

I mean, I think it's Mr Robert*, but I have no recollection of this happening in it.

*That's what it's called in the Fop House.
Author:  TheVision [ Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:31 ]
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RuySan wrote:
Anyone watching the new season of Vikings?

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
I was really enjoying Bjorn and Halfdane adventures in the desert. I don't care about Kattegat anymore. Lagertha is still one of the hottest things on tv but i don't care about her story anymore. So the fact that everyone returned to kattegat for the showdown is a bit disappointing.

And i was so happy to see a portuguese actor on Vikings! And so disappointed to see him get eaten, literally, in the next episode :(


Yes! I am watching it and I...

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
Disagree somewhat. The adventure in the desert was pretty pointless I thought and didn't really do anything to advance the story. It looked pretty though. I'd rather see more about Floki and his friends in Iceland.
Author:  RuySan [ Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:44 ]
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TheVision wrote:
RuySan wrote:
Anyone watching the new season of Vikings?

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
I was really enjoying Bjorn and Halfdane adventures in the desert. I don't care about Kattegat anymore. Lagertha is still one of the hottest things on tv but i don't care about her story anymore. So the fact that everyone returned to kattegat for the showdown is a bit disappointing.

And i was so happy to see a portuguese actor on Vikings! And so disappointed to see him get eaten, literally, in the next episode :(


Yes! I am watching it and I...

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
Disagree somewhat. The adventure in the desert was pretty pointless I thought and didn't really do anything to advance the story. It looked pretty though. I'd rather see more about Floki and his friends in Iceland.


ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
The desert parts ended up being pointless, but in the beginning it was the thing that I was most eager to see. I was hoping they would end up in Constantinople. Besides they should haven't killed portuguese guy. And that Kassia woman was marvellously cast. Her face is striking and exquisite, almost like something from a byzantine mosaic

But i agree the parts in Iceland are great. I was expecting floki to die there in "Asgard" but obviously i don't know norse history that well, because apparently some guy named Floki discovered Iceland
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Jan 11, 2018 13:03 ]
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RuySan wrote:
Anyone watching the new season of Vikings?

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
I was really enjoying Bjorn and Halfdane adventures in the desert. I don't care about Kattegat anymore. Lagertha is still one of the hottest things on tv but i don't care about her story anymore. So the fact that everyone returned to kattegat for the showdown is a bit disappointing.

And i was so happy to see a portuguese actor on Vikings! And so disappointed to see him get eaten, literally, in the next episode :(

Yeah, still really enjoying it. Binged the season in two evening with Mrs Z.
Author:  Morte [ Tue Jan 16, 2018 18:48 ]
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Yeah, they really should have read the contract when they signed up DeVito...NSFW obviously.
Author:  Mimi [ Mon Jan 29, 2018 11:57 ]
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MaliA wrote:
The newest episode of Riverdale is amazing. As is Cheryl.

We started the second series last week. Cheryl is almost making me dislike the show. She’s too flat a caricature.
Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Mon Jan 29, 2018 19:34 ]
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They seem to be using her less this season which is fine by me.
Author:  MaliA [ Mon Jan 29, 2018 20:03 ]
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Pfff
Author:  Mimi [ Wed Jan 31, 2018 7:19 ]
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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
They seem to be using her less this season which is fine by me.

I think we’ve got to about episode four-ish (just watched the one with the Red Circles) and I don’t think we’re going to carry on with it. It’s really dragging its feet compared to the first series, the characters are somehow completely one dimensional and yet still doing things that completely hard with the characters as established, and nothing much is happening. The most exciting thing was me thinking ‘oh yeah, that’s Luke Perry’ only in episode four. I knew from last season, but he looks so different now that I re-forgot.
Author:  DBSnappa [ Thu Feb 01, 2018 8:27 ]
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Watched the first episode of The Marvellous Mrs Maisel (Amazon Prime). It’s brilliant and allegedly heavily influenced by the early life of Joan Rivers.
Author:  MaliA [ Fri Feb 02, 2018 21:15 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
They seem to be using her less this season which is fine by me.

I think we’ve got to about episode four-ish (just watched the one with the Red Circles) and I don’t think we’re going to carry on with it. It’s really dragging its feet compared to the first series, the characters are somehow completely one dimensional and yet still doing things that completely hard with the characters as established, and nothing much is happening. The most exciting thing was me thinking ‘oh yeah, that’s Luke Perry’ only in episode four. I knew from last season, but he looks so different now that I re-forgot.


I...I....
Author:  Hearthly [ Sun Feb 04, 2018 10:18 ]
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Couple of recent Netflix documentary series watches from me.

'ROTTEN' which focuses on one food per episode, and the problems with production/forgery/sourcing etc, so there's a chicken episode and a peanut allergy episode and a honey/bees episode and so on. TBH it's a bit uneven and a couple of the episodes are a bit too 'human interest' but overall it's a solid and interesting documentary.

'DIRTY MONEY' focuses on shitheels in the world of corporate culture/finance/banking/etc, again one per episode. So there's a VW Emissions episode, a payday loan episode, a pharmaceutical gouging episode and so on. This is really good and I'd very much recommend it. The VW Emissions chicanery is gob-smacking. Clearly corporate corruption right the way to the top.

I like documentaries more than pretend things these days I think.
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Feb 06, 2018 20:11 ]
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https://twitter.com/shinraalpha/status/ ... 2871005184
Author:  DavPaz [ Tue Feb 06, 2018 20:23 ]
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It's cool, but why is her brain crying?

Edit: His.
Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Tue Feb 06, 2018 21:29 ]
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I’ve not watched Parks and Rec.
Should I?
Author:  MaliA [ Tue Feb 06, 2018 21:30 ]
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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
I’ve not watched Parks and Rec.
Should I?


Yes.
Author:  Bamba [ Tue Feb 06, 2018 21:31 ]
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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
I’ve not watched Parks and Rec.
Should I?


It depends, do you hate joy?
Author:  Mr Russell [ Tue Feb 06, 2018 22:23 ]
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MaliA wrote:
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
I’ve not watched Parks and Rec.
Should I?


Yes.

Yes, but power through to season 2. We didn’t the first time and we’re now watching it again and it’s the most beautiful and funny show.
Author:  Findus Fop [ Tue Feb 06, 2018 22:25 ]
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I'd just skip season one altogether. Didn't feel I missed anything important in terms of character development by starting in S2.
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