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  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,495
    McBobbin said:
    Rizzo said:
    Not sure if it's been mentioned on here but What We Do In The Shadows has had me in stitches as I've caught up with it on iplayer. The scripts are hilarious and Matt Berry always cracks me up. Thoroughly recommended.
    Love this show, not a single duff episode
    Me too. Better than the film in fact.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,743
    Just like the film - couldn’t get on with Catch 22. 
    I think the book is just too much of a masterclass to follow for me. 
  • orpingtonRED
    orpingtonRED Posts: 3,474
    ValleyGary said:
    This weeks episode of the planets is one of the best hours of television I’ve watched
    Never seen this before but watched it last night and was amazed. I will have to go back and catch up with the rest
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Barely a mention, but am I the only viewer who thinks Gentleman Jack is really good, with Susanne Jones absolutely excellent?
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    SuedeAdidas said:
    Just like the film - couldn’t get on with Catch 22. 
    I think the book is just too much of a masterclass to follow for me. 
    Watched Episode 1 last night, that is an hour of my life I will not get back.
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,105
    Every hour of your life is an hour you won’t get back.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,816
    stackitsteve said:
    Every hour of your life is an hour you won’t get back.
    I feel the same about Killing Eve, the missus loves it but I just don't see it
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,984
    Yeah Killing Eve was awful.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,765
    I thought the first series of Killing Eve was good, but the second series has just become so ridiculous and I can't follow what is going on.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    ME14addick said:
    I thought the first series of Killing Eve was good, but the second series has just become so ridiculous and I can't follow what is going on.
    Agreed. The 2nd series is boring.
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  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    edited June 2019
    The point of KEII is; do we have a 2nd serial killer or is it Villanelle with a different modus operandi? I suspect the former, and somehow they will become competitors, and Eve will become compromised in helping V.

    The point of all good stories is the  building blocks.

    Contrast Da Vinci Code all action from 1st page but you knew nothing about main character, with the best Bond book, the Spy Who Loved Me, where virtually no thrills occurred until halfway through the book.
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,105
    The premise of the first series of Killing Eve was the whole cat and mouse thing. With series 2 they had more story to tell which slowed down the pace a bit imo. The final couple of episodes picked up a little.
    Villanelle is so well written, a proper psychopath. Will be interesting to see where they go in series 3.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,154
    edited June 2019
    bolloxbolder said:
    Very disappointed with the second half of series 2 of Killing Eve. Not much on mainstream TV for me atm. Might give catch 22 a go tomorrow.
    You tried Berlin Station, mate? I just finished Series 2 and really enjoyed it. It's like a Euro version of Spooks, and not just because Rhys Ifans is in it too, not quite so high octane as Spooks at its best,  but interesting characters, and the Berlin backdrop. 

    On the other hand, I thought Deutschland 86 ran out of steam a bit towards the end.
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,964
    PragueAddick said:
    bolloxbolder said:
    Very disappointed with the second half of series 2 of Killing Eve. Not much on mainstream TV for me atm. Might give catch 22 a go tomorrow.
    You tried Berlin Station, mate? I just finished Series 2 and really enjoyed it. It's like a Euro version of Spooks, and not just because Rhys Ifans is in it too, not quite so high octane as Spooks at its best,  but interesting characters, and the Berlin backdrop. 

    On the other hand, I thought Deutschland 86 ran out of steam a bit towards the end.
    Agree about Deutschland 86. Have not got around to Series 2 of Berlin Station but hope to soon. Loved Spooks, one of my favourite series.

    Just finished a Danish drama from More 4/Walter Presents called The Lawyer. Was good and worth a watch. 
  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 4,988
    'Dark' season 2 is on Netflix. It's going to hard to pick up after a long break but I have high hopes for it. I like its Twin Peaks vibes.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,683
    Watched the finale of The Looming Tower last night.  Really enjoyed it. 

    Thought the ending where the maverick FBI man John O'Neil was squeezed out, only to find himself a job as head of security in the twin towers a bit far fetched.  However, having researched him on Google it transpires that it is absolutely true.  John O'Neil died while helping to evacuate the South tower during the attack.  Not only that, his characterisation and that of sidekick Ali Soufan are pretty accurate according to their individual Wiki pages.
  • Super_Eddie_Youds
    Super_Eddie_Youds Posts: 1,977
    JessieAddick said:
    Raith_C_Chattonell said:
    Watched the finale of The Looming Tower last night.  Really enjoyed it. 

    Thought the ending where the maverick FBI man John O'Neil was squeezed out, only to find himself a job as head of security in the twin towers a bit far fetched.  However, having researched him on Google it transpires that it is absolutely true.  John O'Neil died while helping to evacuate the South tower during the attack.  Not only that, his characterisation and that of sidekick Ali Soufan are pretty accurate according to their individual Wiki pages.
    I watched it when it was just released and it was one of the best TV series I've watched. Most of it is true. What happened to John O'Neill is so tragic.

    The woman CIA officer is a very disgusting character. 
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfreda_Frances_Bikowsky
    Interesting link, thanks for posting. Intriguing that she was the inspiration for Jessica chastain's character in zero dark thirty as well as Diane in this. You come away feeling very differently about the two characters, despite them sharing the base person.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,462
    Finally finished The Looming Tower and thought it was excellent.

    Shocking how 911 could have been avoided if it wasn't for CIA brinkmanship.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,011
    Raith_C_Chattonell said:
    Watched the finale of The Looming Tower last night.  Really enjoyed it. 

    Thought the ending where the maverick FBI man John O'Neil was squeezed out, only to find himself a job as head of security in the twin towers a bit far fetched.  However, having researched him on Google it transpires that it is absolutely true.  John O'Neil died while helping to evacuate the South tower during the attack.  Not only that, his characterisation and that of sidekick Ali Soufan are pretty accurate according to their individual Wiki pages.
    Read the book, it’s excellent 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,794
    Carter said:
    Rizzo said:
    Not sure if it's been mentioned on here but What We Do In The Shadows has had me in stitches as I've caught up with it on iplayer. The scripts are hilarious and Matt Berry always cracks me up. Thoroughly recommended.
    The film properly made me laugh several times so I'm looking forward to the TV programme 
    Ms AA and I thought the film was tedious but I’ve heard good things of the TV series so will give it a chance. 
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  • johnnybev1987
    johnnybev1987 Posts: 11,412

    I watched a series called 'Elite' this week on Netflix, 2nd season is out this year at some point. I recommend it, its about these new students who join a rich school and there is lots of drama, not a spoiler but at the start someone dies and then each episode they sort of piece together with things going on like affairs, lots of drama. Worth a watch imo its kind of a high school thing like 'Riverdale' but a lot more too it and probably for a wider audience.

    7/10

  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,794
    JessieAddick said:
    Elthamaddick said:
    stackitsteve said:
    Every hour of your life is an hour you won’t get back.
    I feel the same about Killing Eve, the missus loves it but I just don't see it
    I couldn't get into Killing Eve either. Just not my cup of tea.
    I was told you can drink a different variety of tea every day of the year in China and still not have tried them all. 
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,743
    AddicksAddict said:
    JessieAddick said:
    Elthamaddick said:
    stackitsteve said:
    Every hour of your life is an hour you won’t get back.
    I feel the same about Killing Eve, the missus loves it but I just don't see it
    I couldn't get into Killing Eve either. Just not my cup of tea.
    I was told you can drink a different variety of tea every day of the year in China and still not have tried them all. 

    And none of them would be better than PG. 

    FACT. 
  • Rufus is a dogs name
    Rufus is a dogs name Posts: 1,518
    New series of Stranger Things out today 
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    I thought the first series of Stranger Things was one of the biggest loads of cack ever. Have not bothered since.

  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,011
    seth plum said:
    I thought the first series of Stranger Things was one of the biggest loads of cack ever. Have not bothered since.

    I thought it was great
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Are you from the upside down?
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,984
    Stranger Things is superb. Been buzzing for this series.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,011
    seth plum said:
    Are you from the upside down?
    Yup :smiley:
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    I like thought provoking sci-fi generally, one that is based in the here and now but projects elements of society into the future (or even unravels corners of the present day).
    However unless brilliantly written the 'fantasy' side of the genre seems to be a bit of a cop out. Like if the ideas run out you invent an intelligent spider with magic powers or something. This is the problem for me with stuff like Star Wars, or Pratchett amongst others.
    I don't so much mind if the fantastical clashes with the human, as in the film Alien, but some sci-fi seems remarkably lazy, if you run into a plot dead end then invent a superpowered hamster and all is OK.

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