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Author:  Grim... [ Fri Jun 14, 2019 15:28 ]
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Is that the one with Tommy off Snatch?

Author:  Zardoz [ Fri Jun 14, 2019 15:33 ]
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Yes.

Author:  Trooper [ Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:12 ]
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New top gear with paddy and Fred started last night. It was pretty funny actually, way better than I expected.

Author:  DavPaz [ Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:41 ]
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Trooper wrote:
New top gear with paddy and Fred started last night. It was pretty funny actually, way better than I expected.

Agree. 100% more teabagging than usual

Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:49 ]
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In general it was ok but Paddy’s northern lad bants was incredibly annoying.

Author:  zaphod79 [ Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:54 ]
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Based on the comic series

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_(comics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_(2019_TV_series)

Author:  Findus Fop [ Wed Jun 19, 2019 11:38 ]
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zaphod79 wrote:


Looks promising, though the Butcher doesn't quite ring true for me. Spice Girls was a nice touch.

Always found The Boys to be a touch too gross-out in its attempts to be shocking, but looking forward to checking it out.

Author:  Bamba [ Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:31 ]
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I enjoyed the comic series and they definitely look to have put a good effort behind this, I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes.

Author:  Warhead [ Wed Jun 19, 2019 13:56 ]
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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
In general it was ok but Paddy’s northern lad bants was incredibly annoying.

:this: :this: :this: :this: :this: and his total lack of talent. I find it very hard to watch anything he's in.

Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Jun 19, 2019 14:03 ]
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No likey?

Author:  Warhead [ Wed Jun 19, 2019 14:04 ]
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What gave it away?

Author:  Grim... [ Wed Jun 19, 2019 14:35 ]
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You turned your light off.

Author:  Warhead [ Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:13 ]
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I’m just trying to save electrickery.

Author:  MaliA [ Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:26 ]
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Watching Years and Years, I was amused to see New Brighton pretending to be France with the Liverpool port docks in the background.

Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:07 ]
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MaliA wrote:
Watching Years and Years, I was amused to see New Brighton pretending to be France with the Liverpool port docks in the background.

Wait until you rewatch Captain America The First Avenger. Brooklyn looks a hell of a lot like the area around Prince's Dock

Author:  MaliA [ Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:12 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
MaliA wrote:
Watching Years and Years, I was amused to see New Brighton pretending to be France with the Liverpool port docks in the background.

Wait until you rewatch Captain America The First Avenger. Brooklyn looks a hell of a lot like the area around Prince's Dock


I shall rewatch!


Liverpool fact! This is because many architects went from Liverpool (greatest city in the world) to New York /Liverpool gact

Author:  Warhead [ Thu Jun 20, 2019 14:18 ]
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When I worked in an office at Derby Square we used to see location filming for Hollyoaks almost every week. They used to get disrupted by this geezer who must have been in his sixties, roller skating around there at terrifying speed.

The end of Years and Years was a bit too much Soylent Green for my liking.

Author:  Zardoz [ Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:52 ]
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You can tell Phoebe Waller-Bridge didn't write any of Season 2s episodes of Killing Eve. Some great bits but not nearly as good as season 1.

Author:  Trooper [ Mon Jun 24, 2019 23:11 ]
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The latest top gear was purile, shouty, laddish and unrefined... It was brilliant.

It's amusing to read pistonheads about it, people complaining they aren't reviewing any cars and they can't understand the northern accents :D

Author:  DavPaz [ Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:09 ]
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"Why haven't they reviewed the new Fiat Panda yet? We need to know how fuel efficient it is in extra urban driving" said no-one ever.

Top Gear hasn't been about car reviews since Tiff Needell left

Author:  Mimi [ Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:25 ]
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I watched three episodes of Gentleman Jack last night and I’m not convinced. I don’t feel captivated by the main character, and though her arc may see her soften, in a lot of instances she’s nasty rather than strong.

The looks/confiding to camera and being called out on them were fine much more effectively in Fleabag. The sister is just too flatly annoying. There’s no nuance to character. Actually, that’s true of all the main characters.

Has anybody watched it all and does it get better?

Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:23 ]
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Crowleys Bentley in Good Omens has the same Pioneer Stereo as me!

Author:  Warhead [ Sun Jun 30, 2019 11:06 ]
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Mimi wrote:
I watched three episodes of Gentleman Jack last night and I’m not convinced. I don’t feel captivated by the main character, and though her arc may see her soften, in a lot of instances she’s nasty rather than strong.

The looks/confiding to camera and being called out on them were fine much more effectively in Fleabag. The sister is just too flatly annoying. There’s no nuance to character. Actually, that’s true of all the main characters.

Has anybody watched it all and does it get better?

We've watched them all to date. I think it's the first character that Suranne Jones has played that hasn't made me want to give her a big slap, which probably means she's a good actress. It's not one of the Beeb's best, but not the worst either. Not sure whether it gets better, but if it's even loosely based on real events, it's quite interesting.

Author:  Warhead [ Sun Jun 30, 2019 11:09 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
You can tell Phoebe Waller-Bridge didn't write any of Season 2s episodes of Killing Eve. Some great bits but not nearly as good as season 1.

It has been getting mixed reviews.

Mrs. W. and I watched episode one and I asked if she wanted to catch up with two last night and she said she wasn't bothered as it didn't seem as enthralling as the first series. I must admit, I did find the first episode a bit of a structureless mess so we didn't bother and watched London Kills instead and we weren't madly impressed with that either. Every time there was a scene in the police station offie, you could hear the same phone ringing and same police car siren in the background.

Author:  Mimi [ Sun Jun 30, 2019 13:56 ]
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Warhead wrote:
Mimi wrote:
I watched three episodes of Gentleman Jack last night and I’m not convinced. I don’t feel captivated by the main character, and though her arc may see her soften, in a lot of instances she’s nasty rather than strong.

The looks/confiding to camera and being called out on them were fine much more effectively in Fleabag. The sister is just too flatly annoying. There’s no nuance to character. Actually, that’s true of all the main characters.

Has anybody watched it all and does it get better?

We've watched them all to date. I think it's the first character that Suranne Jones has played that hasn't made me want to give her a big slap, which probably means she's a good actress. It's not one of the Beeb's best, but not the worst either. Not sure whether it gets better, but if it's even loosely based on real events, it's quite interesting.


Oh, I think it’s based on a real memoir, and yes, I think the underlying story is excellent (I’ve seen four or five episodes now) but the acting isn’t the best and the production/direction is just awful.

Suranne Jones has a dedicated bit of really jarring music which means she’s walking, with purpose. Look, she’s walking, she’s walking with big forceful strides, look! She’s walking like a man. She’s a woman but like a man! Watch her walk like a man! Here ends her walking music! Then she’ll inevitably thump the table.

Author:  Dimrill [ Thu Jul 11, 2019 14:45 ]
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It were the last episode of series 8 of Taskmaster last night. It was GLORIOUS. Contains one of the best tasks they've ever done. Overall the series benefited from having Man From Thing With Greg Davies on it, as he out-charisma-vacuumed Mr Sinha. I ended up quite liking PS in the end, just because he looked like a lost Arthur Dent in every task.

Author:  Dimrill [ Thu Jul 11, 2019 14:48 ]
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Ooh, and the contestants of series 9 have been announced.

Image

David Bladdiblub, Ed Gamble, Jo Brand, Katy Wix, Rose Matafeo.

Author:  Malc [ Thu Jul 11, 2019 15:23 ]
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Dimrill wrote:
David Bladdiblub.


Hah! That's a thing I remember from back in the olden days! Haha!

Author:  Dimrill [ Thu Jul 11, 2019 15:25 ]
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Malc wrote:
Dimrill wrote:
David Bladdiblub.


Hah! That's a thing I remember from back in the olden days! Haha!


M Khan is still bent, too.

Author:  Malc [ Thu Jul 11, 2019 15:38 ]
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That's on a bridge over a road somewhere that is, I remember that too!

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Jul 11, 2019 15:46 ]
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I've not seen the last episode yet, but the task they did where they had to get to Alex on the bridge without him seeing them was amazing!

Jo Brand tho.

Author:  Dimrill [ Thu Jul 11, 2019 15:48 ]
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That was a great one too! My favourite is the edible masks one from the Champion of Champions series, I just skip the N*el Fi*lding bit.

Author:  Mr Dave [ Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:02 ]
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Dimrill wrote:
That was a great one too! My favourite is the edible masks one from the Champion of Champions series, I just skip the N*el Fi*lding bit.

Sorry, still the song snout Rosalind. Mr M were on fire. Followed closely by arse cake interfacing.

Author:  Warhead [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 14:14 ]
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I watched the first two episodes of The Vietnam War on BBC4 over the weekend.

I knew it was a fuck up, but I had no idea just how much of a fuck up it was, or how many fuck ups there were on the part of the USA, how little the population knew about it until they were firmly stuck with a complete disaster on their hands, with no idea of how to deal with it and how the mighty US army had no hope of winning from day 1.

It's fascinating and frightening in equal measure and I'm looking forward to the remaining episodes which will be on over the next few week ends.

Author:  DBSnappa [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 18:54 ]
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Is this the Ken Burns documentary? If so, it is excellent. Be advised, some of the eps are closer to 2 hours in length, so it’s a considerable time investment, but worth it IMO

Author:  Satsuma [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 19:58 ]
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Hang on, is this back on the iplayer? To the internetPlayer!

Author:  Satsuma [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 20:00 ]
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Satsuma wrote:
Hang on, is this back on the iplayer? To the internetPlayer!


Yes it is! 1 & 2 anyway.

Episode 1 is 55 mins and 2 is 53 mins. Nothing 2 hours in length.

Author:  Squirt [ Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:58 ]
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Episodes 1&2 on Netflix are each about 80 mins. I wonder if the BBC rejiggled them to fit into an hour slot? https://www.netflix.com/ie/title/80997770

Author:  Kern [ Tue Aug 13, 2019 10:08 ]
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Obligatory XKCD.

Author:  NervousPete [ Tue Aug 13, 2019 10:50 ]
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Warhead wrote:
I watched the first two episodes of The Vietnam War on BBC4 over the weekend.

I knew it was a fuck up, but I had no idea just how much of a fuck up it was, or how many fuck ups there were on the part of the USA, how little the population knew about it until they were firmly stuck with a complete disaster on their hands, with no idea of how to deal with it and how the mighty US army had no hope of winning from day 1.

It's fascinating and frightening in equal measure and I'm looking forward to the remaining episodes which will be on over the next few week ends.


If you fancy a big read check out 'A Bright Shining Lie' by Neil Sheehan which charts the struggles of Lt. Col. John Paul Van as an early advisor in Vietnam, his difficulties overcoming the delusions of the early generals over there who were convinced South Vietnam had workable rulers and a populace willing to fight despite all evidence to the contrary, his later difficulties with Westmoreland and his futile body-count strategy and his own crowning failure as he in turn succumbs to wishful thinking and becomes convinced his own failing strategy is working. Its told from the perspective of the sometimes gonzo journalists who initially hero-worshiped Van and later came to realise how he too was wrong. Most of all it's a book about how smart people can be completely wrong and not see what's evidently in front of them. Incredible read not only of the Vietnam War as a whole, but a fascinatingly flawed, brave, womanising, manipulative yet oddly innocent heroic figure.

Michael Herr's Despatches is also a must read. Oh, and coincidentally off to see the restored re-release of Apocalypse Now tonight at Cineworld on their biggest screen. Oooh.

Author:  Findus Fop [ Tue Aug 13, 2019 10:53 ]
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NervousPete wrote:
Michael Herr's Despatches is also a must read.


I have this beside my bed, ready to read after I finish the AA Gill autobiography. I've heard very good things.

Author:  Warhead [ Tue Aug 13, 2019 12:59 ]
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I'll add them to my reading list.

Author:  Satsuma [ Wed Aug 21, 2019 23:59 ]
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I watched the entirety of the Jade Goody documentary. It was bizarre, shocking and disgusting. I’ll be honest, I cried a bit at the end.

I think this image sums up her short life in the media...

Author:  Warhead [ Mon Sep 09, 2019 14:28 ]
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Sanditon episode 1 quite shocked me. I'd never have expected Jane Austen to allude to a hand job.

Author:  Kern [ Tue Sep 10, 2019 22:16 ]
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Just watched the first episode of "The Troubles: A secret history" on BBC 4. Interesting and harrowing, making the point about involved Iain Paisley and Martin Macguinness were from the early dyas, and the brutality of the police and army. Some graphic footage is used, particuarly in the final third of the programme.

Author:  Warhead [ Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:55 ]
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"The rise if the Nazis" is a bit lke a public information film about the dangers of having Boris as PM and his cronies in the cabinet, although Boris is only behaving like Hitler did in episode 1, so far.

Author:  Warhead [ Sun Oct 06, 2019 15:37 ]
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Did the boy who swore at Five Star really apologise? A needlessly long investigation
(Can't get this link to work.)
And what about the guy who got through when Matt Bianco were on and just said, "Matt Bianco? Load of wankers."

Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Mon Oct 14, 2019 22:14 ]
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The BBC version of The War Of The Worlds is really good.
No sign of a UK air date yet, but episode 1 has been broadcast in New Zealand.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:08 ]
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What the actual shit

https://franticplanet.wordpress.com/201 ... urth-wall/

Author:  Kern [ Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:20 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:


That's a hell of an ending!

Thanks for that.

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