Is anyone else as massively disappointed with Series 4 of FARGO as I am? It's all style over substance. So dark and moodily shot that it's difficult to work out who's who. It's so in awe of its hip look that it's forgotten about the necessity of interesting characters and a good plot.
Only watched the first three episodes but I'm enjoying it so far even though I agree with you that it is style over substance. I actually think the characters are fun even if they are a bit cliched.
Channel 4 have taken the excellent Scandanavian series Before We Die and remade it in English. Be interesting to watch as the story line is excellent.
I don't know the Scandinavian series but watched episode 1 of Before We Die last night.
Thought the story was pretty good but some of the acting was terrible, like Hollyoaks level bad. A shame because Channel 4 dramas are usually decent.
I binned it before the end.Shocking acting........and appeared to be one of those stories that had one too many ridiculous coincidences to keep me interested.
I know it was derided on here a while ago, but I subscribed to Britbox a couple of weeks ago. I took the free trial at first and found it had so much more that I was interested in than Netflix, which I can't get rid of as my daughter is glued to it! Admittedly some of the stuff is available on ITV Hub, All 4 or iPlayer but it doesn't seem so difficllt to find a working VPN server and there are no ads. I used it to watch both series on Innocent this week and am catching up with several comedies.
Whether it's worth it in the UK I doubt but less than the cost of a couple of beers it's definitely worth it for me, based where I am.
Breeders on Sky. Watching before my contract expires. First Martin Freeman thing for a while without him doing a cringeworthy American accent. By the writers of Veep. Should be great but it’s leaving me cold. An excuse for the main actors to say “f****g” and “c**t” every other sentence. Doesn’t make it edgy I’m afraid. I’ll give episode 2 a go but I’m not hopeful.
Breeders on Sky. Watching before my contract expires. First Martin Freeman thing for a while without him doing a cringeworthy American accent. By the writers of Veep. Should be great but it’s leaving me cold. An excuse for the main actors to say “f****g” and “c**t” every other sentence. Doesn’t make it edgy I’m afraid. I’ll give episode 2 a go but I’m not hopeful.
Assume you’re watching Season 1? Just checking as Season 2 has just started.
Am I the only one unlucky enough to be watching the Masked Dancer?
I’m watching it but hating it and myself. Just need to watch and get it done but happy for my mate (who made me watch and therefore get sucked into masked singer) to text me who people are to save me the misery. She text me the spoilers tonight which was a right result.
Breeders on Sky. Watching before my contract expires. First Martin Freeman thing for a while without him doing a cringeworthy American accent. By the writers of Veep. Should be great but it’s leaving me cold. An excuse for the main actors to say “f****g” and “c**t” every other sentence. Doesn’t make it edgy I’m afraid. I’ll give episode 2 a go but I’m not hopeful.
Assume you’re watching Season 1? Just checking as Season 2 has just started.
I love it by the way.
Yup. Hadn’t realised there had been a previous season. D’oh. It may yet grow......
Speaking of Martin Freeman and awful American accents, I started watching Start Up on Netflix. Hadn’t seen it before, quite intriguing. But not only can he not play a bastard corrupt cop (woefully miscast) but his accent is also terrible. Bit of a double-whammy.
There was a scene where he takes his new female cop partner onto the roof and outlines all the drug wars going on in different communities. He then asked the woman, ‘What does it all mean?’ She says, ‘I don’t know,’ to which Freeman replies, ‘Neither do I.’ Now, if he’d asked me, I would have said, ‘Money. Power.’ Not, ‘I don’t know.’
I'm onto the final episode to watch tonight. Feels incredibly like an ITV drama as opposed to the usual BBC quality. Lots of plot holes and iffy acting and a weak story but I've sat through 5 episodes so may as well see it out.
Started watching Industry on iPlayer last night. It's about a group of graduates trying to get hired by a top London bank. Only one in but seems promising.
It's a kind of cross between the 80s show capital city and This life.
Started watching Industry on iPlayer last night. It's about a group of graduates trying to get hired by a top London bank. Only one in but seems promising.
It's a kind of cross between the 80s show capital city and This life.
Capital City was a truly dreadful series - I loved how bad it was.
Started watching Industry on iPlayer last night. It's about a group of graduates trying to get hired by a top London bank. Only one in but seems promising.
It's a kind of cross between the 80s show capital city and This life.
I watched it, but thought it was far fetched and not believable.
I'm onto the final episode to watch tonight. Feels incredibly like an ITV drama as opposed to the usual BBC quality. Lots of plot holes and iffy acting and a weak story but I've sat through 5 episodes so may as well see it out.
We said exactly same thing re it being like an ITV drama.
I'm onto the final episode to watch tonight. Feels incredibly like an ITV drama as opposed to the usual BBC quality. Lots of plot holes and iffy acting and a weak story but I've sat through 5 episodes so may as well see it out.
We said exactly same thing re it being like an ITV drama.
Just about to watch the final episode of Time. Not a huge ‘story’ but the casting is pretty good and it’s got a real feel to it. Stephen Graham is such a good actor.
Just about to watch the final episode of Time. Not a huge ‘story’ but the casting is pretty good and it’s got a real feel to it. Stephen Graham is such a good actor.
Just watched the first part - acting really good and very atmospheric.
Just about to watch the final episode of Time. Not a huge ‘story’ but the casting is pretty good and it’s got a real feel to it. Stephen Graham is such a good actor.
Just watched the first part - acting really good and very atmospheric.
I finished it. Acting was great and I could see how they were trying to show different angles of the prison system. Just didn’t have a ‘story’ that will live in the memory. Worth finishing tho mate.
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Thought the story was pretty good but some of the acting was terrible, like Hollyoaks level bad. A shame because Channel 4 dramas are usually decent.
Enjoy!
Could be a long night....
Unless you suspected that all they would be wearing was a mask (and the broadcast time/channel was the give away that that wasn't happening).
Every single thing you need to know that it is a pile of shit are in the three word title...
another poor offering
Only one in but seems promising.
It's a kind of cross between the 80s show capital city and This life.