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  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,855
    Sky portrait artist of the year. 
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 8,004
    AFKABartram said:
    bolloxbolder said:
    Binge watched The Crown and The Queen's Gambit. Excellent Netflix productions. 

    Also enjoyed the 6 part series The Spy starring Sacha Baron Cohen. Based on a true story about an Egyptian spy working under cover in  Syria for Israel in the 60s. Thoroughly recommended. 

    Right Bolloxbloke, I've on a whim let this just queue jump about 20 others on my list purely on your post. On your head be it pal!
    Let me know if you like it. I rarely unequivocally recommend. This was what I did with Caliphate too. 
  • Super_Eddie_Youds
    Super_Eddie_Youds Posts: 1,984
    AFKABartram said:
    bolloxbolder said:
    Binge watched The Crown and The Queen's Gambit. Excellent Netflix productions. 

    Also enjoyed the 6 part series The Spy starring Sacha Baron Cohen. Based on a true story about an Egyptian spy working under cover in  Syria for Israel in the 60s. Thoroughly recommended. 

    Right Bolloxbloke, I've on a whim let this just queue jump about 20 others on my list purely on your post. On your head be it pal!
    You'll not be disappointed I don't think.

    Sacha baron Cohen is great in it
  • 2121
    2121 Posts: 1,225
    Loved the caliphate, but (from memory) spy not so much only because that story has been told so many times in the past 2 years! 
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,234
    Anyone watching Industry on BBC2? Not sure what to make of it (City-based story of young graduates enrolling in a very sharp -elbowed investment bank, probably modelled on Goldman Sachs or similar)
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,772
    PragueAddick said:
    Anyone watching Industry on BBC2? Not sure what to make of it (City-based story of young graduates enrolling in a very sharp -elbowed investment bank, probably modelled on Goldman Sachs or similar)
    Started watching it.......thought the first one was pony and the second one was worse. I won't be watching any more of it.

    Very stereotypical view of the perception of Casino bankers as you suggest.
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,508
    SuedeAdidas said:
    PragueAddick said:
    Anyone watching Industry on BBC2? Not sure what to make of it (City-based story of young graduates enrolling in a very sharp -elbowed investment bank, probably modelled on Goldman Sachs or similar)
    Started watching it.......thought the first one was pony and the second one was worse. I won't be watching any more of it.

    Very stereotypical view of the perception of Casino bankers as you suggest.
    Investment banking is a pretty dreadful industry and I really don't need to watch a drama about it. 
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,691
    SuedeAdidas said:
    PragueAddick said:
    Anyone watching Industry on BBC2? Not sure what to make of it (City-based story of young graduates enrolling in a very sharp -elbowed investment bank, probably modelled on Goldman Sachs or similar)
    Started watching it.......thought the first one was pony and the second one was worse. I won't be watching any more of it.

    Very stereotypical view of the perception of Casino bankers as you suggest.
    I didn't make it to the end of the first episode. I suppose after her previous success no one had the balls to tell Lena Dunham how awful it was. Best avoided.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,772
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    SuedeAdidas said:
    PragueAddick said:
    Anyone watching Industry on BBC2? Not sure what to make of it (City-based story of young graduates enrolling in a very sharp -elbowed investment bank, probably modelled on Goldman Sachs or similar)
    Started watching it.......thought the first one was pony and the second one was worse. I won't be watching any more of it.

    Very stereotypical view of the perception of Casino bankers as you suggest.
    Investment banking is a pretty dreadful industry and I really don't need to watch a drama about it. 
    The part of it that I work in is dreadfully dull that's for sure.......I can see why they try and focus on the more edgy elements. A drama based around endlessly looking at spreadsheets and listening to middle aged women complain about their bosses and/or husbands at the coffee machine wouldn't have quite the same alure I guess?!?
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,508
    SuedeAdidas said:
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    SuedeAdidas said:
    PragueAddick said:
    Anyone watching Industry on BBC2? Not sure what to make of it (City-based story of young graduates enrolling in a very sharp -elbowed investment bank, probably modelled on Goldman Sachs or similar)
    Started watching it.......thought the first one was pony and the second one was worse. I won't be watching any more of it.

    Very stereotypical view of the perception of Casino bankers as you suggest.
    Investment banking is a pretty dreadful industry and I really don't need to watch a drama about it. 
    The part of it that I work in is dreadfully dull that's for sure.......I can see why they try and focus on the more edgy elements. A drama based around endlessly looking at spreadsheets and listening to middle aged women complain about their bosses and/or husbands at the coffee machine wouldn't have quite the same alure I guess?!?
    I thought you spent the day getting coked up.

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  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,772
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    SuedeAdidas said:
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    SuedeAdidas said:
    PragueAddick said:
    Anyone watching Industry on BBC2? Not sure what to make of it (City-based story of young graduates enrolling in a very sharp -elbowed investment bank, probably modelled on Goldman Sachs or similar)
    Started watching it.......thought the first one was pony and the second one was worse. I won't be watching any more of it.

    Very stereotypical view of the perception of Casino bankers as you suggest.
    Investment banking is a pretty dreadful industry and I really don't need to watch a drama about it. 
    The part of it that I work in is dreadfully dull that's for sure.......I can see why they try and focus on the more edgy elements. A drama based around endlessly looking at spreadsheets and listening to middle aged women complain about their bosses and/or husbands at the coffee machine wouldn't have quite the same alure I guess?!?
    I thought you spent the day getting coked up.
    Yeah.......and we all get paid over a million and get 250k bonus every year.
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,508
    SuedeAdidas said:
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    SuedeAdidas said:
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    SuedeAdidas said:
    PragueAddick said:
    Anyone watching Industry on BBC2? Not sure what to make of it (City-based story of young graduates enrolling in a very sharp -elbowed investment bank, probably modelled on Goldman Sachs or similar)
    Started watching it.......thought the first one was pony and the second one was worse. I won't be watching any more of it.

    Very stereotypical view of the perception of Casino bankers as you suggest.
    Investment banking is a pretty dreadful industry and I really don't need to watch a drama about it. 
    The part of it that I work in is dreadfully dull that's for sure.......I can see why they try and focus on the more edgy elements. A drama based around endlessly looking at spreadsheets and listening to middle aged women complain about their bosses and/or husbands at the coffee machine wouldn't have quite the same alure I guess?!?
    I thought you spent the day getting coked up.
    Yeah.......and we all get paid over a million and get 250k bonus every year.
    I thought it was more than that. You need to get a pay rise.

    The best TV series ever about banking was Capital City which aired in the late 80s. It was outstandingly bad but very funny how cliched it was. A great piece of bad TV.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    PragueAddick said:
    Anyone watching Industry on BBC2? Not sure what to make of it (City-based story of young graduates enrolling in a very sharp -elbowed investment bank, probably modelled on Goldman Sachs or similar)
    I started watching it but gave up. The nudity was the only diverting bit, although that felt a bit 'Weinstein exploiting young actors desperate for a job esque'.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,049
    edited November 2020
    Was gonna give Watchmen a go, is the series not on Amazon or Netflix? I didn’t really rate the movie tho, thought it was a bit of a mess.
  • moutuakilla
    moutuakilla Posts: 7,594
    ValleyGary said:
    Was gonna give Watchmen a go, is the series not on Amazon or Netflix? I didn’t really rate the movie tho, thought it was a bit of a mess.
    It was on sky so imagine it is on Now TV or boxsets
  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,512
    ValleyGary said:
    Was gonna give Watchmen a go, is the series not on Amazon or Netflix? I didn’t really rate the movie tho, thought it was a bit of a mess.
    It's way, way better than the movie. It's set some time after the events the graphic novel/movie
  • LonelyNorthernAddick
    LonelyNorthernAddick Posts: 2,424
    Jints said:
    ValleyGary said:
    Was gonna give Watchmen a go, is the series not on Amazon or Netflix? I didn’t really rate the movie tho, thought it was a bit of a mess.
    It's way, way better than the movie. It's set some time after the events the graphic novel/movie
    Do many people think the series was better? I rate the movie way higher, but enjoyed both?
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,297
    ValleyGary said:
    Was gonna give Watchmen a go, is the series not on Amazon or Netflix? I didn’t really rate the movie tho, thought it was a bit of a mess.
    I watched the whole thing and found it hard to get into. They ended each episode on a cliffhanger and it was very expensively made so looks cool as fuck but fell down a bit on the story. I'm possibly not the target audience though 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,106
    PragueAddick said:
    Anyone watching Industry on BBC2? Not sure what to make of it (City-based story of young graduates enrolling in a very sharp -elbowed investment bank, probably modelled on Goldman Sachs or similar)
    Yes, it's hard work. I can't believe it's anything like that in reality.
    Does anyone on CL work at an investment bank?
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,508
    edited November 2020
    Just finished watching Mangrove the first part in the Small Axe series directed by Steve McQueen. It covers an important part of recent British social history and its excellent piece of storytelling. The acting across the cast is impressive and it catches the period very accurately.

    Some great music from the time used as a backdrop.

    Available on iplayer

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  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,461
    johnny73 said:
    Just finished season one of Bosch. Very good so far.
     I love the books - and Titus Welliver IS Bosch. The best piece of casting ever. In fact, the casting in general is fantastic. It's the best police procedural show I've ever watched. 
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,169
    Covered End said:
    PragueAddick said:
    Anyone watching Industry on BBC2? Not sure what to make of it (City-based story of young graduates enrolling in a very sharp -elbowed investment bank, probably modelled on Goldman Sachs or similar)
    Yes, it's hard work. I can't believe it's anything like that in reality.
    Does anyone on CL work at an investment bank?
    Doesn’t Afka look after the IT at one of them?
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,508
    Watching Frankie Boyle's Tour of Scotland on IPlayer- a very funny travelogue.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,317
    I know it's old, but I've just discovered Car share. I don't know how Peter Kay can make travelling in a car funny, but it's hilarious
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,297
    Gravesend_Addick said:
    I know it's old, but I've just discovered Car share. I don't know how Peter Kay can make travelling in a car funny, but it's hilarious
    Thats Peter Kay at his best doing TV like that, perfectly observed, little facial movements and comments. Not to say his stand up isn't good I laughed as much as the next person when he's doing songs lyrics people get wrong and GARLIC BREAD'ing but it wasn't as funny as the 30th person I overheard repeating "GARLIC BREAD" back to a waitress. 

    Car share was magnificent as was Phoenix Nights 
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,508
    Carter said:
    Gravesend_Addick said:
    I know it's old, but I've just discovered Car share. I don't know how Peter Kay can make travelling in a car funny, but it's hilarious
    Thats Peter Kay at his best doing TV like that, perfectly observed, little facial movements and comments. Not to say his stand up isn't good I laughed as much as the next person when he's doing songs lyrics people get wrong and GARLIC BREAD'ing but it wasn't as funny as the 30th person I overheard repeating "GARLIC BREAD" back to a waitress. 

    Car share was magnificent as was Phoenix Nights 
    Max and Paddy was very funny. Not a fan of his stand up - a bit too mainstream for me.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Another plus 1 for The Queen's Gambit. On the surface it did not look like my sort of thing and my wife said "you will not like this". However I am finding it very watcable and as a chess player myself it has the added attraction.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,519
    Just smashed through the last series of Suburra.
    Usual high octane violence and double crossing that rumbles along.
    One thing that came to me whilst watching this one is that I haven't seen a single copper in any episode over the three series!
    Anyone else who has watched it will know how preposterous that is.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,049
    Half way through Hunters on Amazon. It’s got a comic element too it without being completely OTT. It’s good, plus who doesn’t love Nazis being killed.
  • LonelyNorthernAddick
    LonelyNorthernAddick Posts: 2,424
    ValleyGary said:
    Half way through Hunters on Amazon. It’s got a comic element too it without being completely OTT. It’s good, plus who doesn’t love Nazis being killed.
    I enjoyed that but felt like it lost its way quite badly towards the end. I think it is based on a graphic novel actually

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