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Post by Pinwig on Sept 28, 2024 14:22:45 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 28, 2024 14:24:34 GMT
Mr McMahon - gripping stuff, gets hard to watch in the back half of episode 4 and start of 5. I think I'll give that a go. |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2024 20:32:14 GMT
I still remain furious about the ******* ending! -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 28, 2024 21:11:46 GMT
I know, I know. Shhh. It's alright. It'll be okay.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2024 21:19:44 GMT
No! Never! Hours of my life wasted!
I HATE that kind of ending!!! UTTER SHITE!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 28, 2024 21:30:48 GMT
So I can't tempt you with a Blu-ray then?
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2024 22:05:10 GMT
Oh **** no.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 29, 2024 19:27:39 GMT
Pinwig has been left unsupervised so he's watching the 1987 He-Man movie for the first time in forever. The film thinks it's Star Wars but the music thinks it's Superman...
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 29, 2024 19:41:14 GMT
Mr McMahon - gripping stuff, gets hard to watch in the back half of episode 4 and start of 5. I was going to watch it but got the impression it was going to be a bit of a puff piece even despite recent events. Will give it a go. I have been plowing through One Piece on Iplayer. 60 episodes in and Im only slightly past were the live action show on Netflix got to. Early episodes had the best title and credits songs Ive heard in ages, absolutely top class. Now both have been replaced and I am sad. Though the new credits song is growing on me. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 29, 2024 22:59:34 GMT
It's not a puff piece, there are a few shots early door to him, based on historical events, before they get to the later allegations which saw him finally ousted from WWE.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 3, 2024 22:19:10 GMT
Two episodes (of six) into NIGHTSLEEPER aka 'What if 'SPEED' but on a 6-hour train journey between Glasgow and London'. Featuring dramatic scenes...in Motherwell!!!!
The train is out of control!!! It will reach London...in six hours!!!
I like how silly it is. Lots of intense 'staring at phones' acting. Many daft lines. Take a sip every time someone dramatically says: "cyber".
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 4, 2024 7:28:38 GMT
I was thinking of giving that a go.
We've just finished watching The Passenger, which was on ITV a few months ago. Terrible. Billed as a mix of Happy Valley and Stranger Things, but fundamentally broken as it doesn't have an end. Clearly a series designed to run on into a second, but it looks like it wasn't renewed. You're hoping everything is explained in the last episode, instead it explains nothing and introduces a load more questions, so when the credits roll you're just left frustrated asking yourself what the point was. It made me really annoyed.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 4, 2024 8:24:59 GMT
But there's only 6 hours to stop the train!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 4, 2024 10:11:55 GMT
But there's only 6 hours to stop the train!!! -Ralph Nick's trains are perfectly capable of stopping all by themselves |
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Post by Cullen on Oct 4, 2024 14:37:22 GMT
Two episodes (of six) into NIGHTSLEEPER aka 'What if 'SPEED' but on a 6-hour train journey between Glasgow and London'. Featuring dramatic scenes...in Motherwell!!!! The train is out of control!!! It will reach London...in six hours!!! I like how silly it is. Lots of intense 'staring at phones' acting. Many daft lines. Take a sip every time someone dramatically says: "cyber". -Ralph Leanne watched this and kept pausing to explain how ridiculous the previous scene was. Sounded like its a good job no other trains ever run on the UK rail network that would get in its way. |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 4, 2024 14:53:36 GMT
It's ok. Cyber Control can shut down all trains anywhere!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Oct 4, 2024 16:01:28 GMT
I feel like I wouldn't get on with this programme.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 4, 2024 19:34:45 GMT
It is very very entertaining because it is very very stupid...but done with conviction.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 13, 2024 16:03:03 GMT
Binge-watched the six part 'Citadel: Diana' on Amazon Prime, in Italian with subtitles. I thought it was much better than the American first season of 'Citadel', more atmosphere and no silly memory-wiping plot devices.
There's apparently an Indian spin-off to 'Citadel' coming next month.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 13, 2024 20:36:42 GMT
Nightsleeper Part 3: There could be a traitor on board the train and the only way we can research the passengers on board...is by checking if they have a social media profile!!! There's just no other way for the intelligence services to find out about them!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Oct 13, 2024 21:57:23 GMT
Binge-watched the six part 'Citadel: Diana' on Amazon Prime, in Italian with subtitles. I thought it was much better than the American first season of 'Citadel', more atmosphere and no silly memory-wiping plot devices. There's apparently an Indian spin-off to 'Citadel' coming next month. Martin Yeah, apparently the idea from the start was to do a franchise where each local Netflix company can do its own Action Spy Thriller series under a loose franchise umbrella. I didn't realise that Diana had dropped over here yet though. Might have to add that to my "to get to watching" list. Currently in the process of finishing off Star Trek:Prodigy. One episode left to go, and I have to say that I am really enjoying the back half of the season. It's wonderful seeing how the core cast has grown over the course of the show, they are still an unlikely, and slightly unruly bunch, but in their own way they have really grown into a bunch of characters that are fit to headline a Star Trek show. (I really like Ma'Jel's arc this season - they've done the "learning that logic is just a tool, and sometimes it is not the right tool for the situation" beat - I wasn't sure when she was introduced whether I really liked having her added to the core cast, but her development has been done well and feels organic to the story in the right way). I hope they can stick the landing on this season - I am optimistic, they've done it before so hopefully they can do it again. Karl |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 30, 2024 21:00:05 GMT
Mr McMahon - gripping stuff, gets hard to watch in the back half of episode 4 and start of 5. I think I'll give that a go. That is indeed gripping stuff. I was hooked on WWE during the attitude era, not really watched for the last twenty years or so. I remember it fondly but watching that was pretty uncomfortable in places. What's happened about the charges against him since that was made? |
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Post by Jim on Nov 4, 2024 10:37:17 GMT
This weekend I finished watching the Apple TV+ series Severance, as recommended by my daughter who binged it during the summer holidays.
Absolutely loved it. It's a clever idea and they really explore the consequences of it well. On top of which it's just superbly made - gripping, funny at times, well acted (great cast!), great production design and photography.
I know I'm well behind the curve on this, but it was totally up my street and at least I don't have to wait three years for the cliffhanger to be resolved with the second season coming in January.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 4, 2024 13:11:03 GMT
Years between seasons for streaming shows baffles me.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Nov 4, 2024 15:20:15 GMT
I understand this one was at least in part due to a halt caused by the 2023 strikes, and it took them some time to restart production, but it still would probably have been nearly a two year gap between seasons of just 9-10 episodes each.
It is baffling when I think in the 90s you could expect 26 episodes of a high quality TV show in a year. And probably with a different story and idea in each episode instead of one stretched out over ten.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 4, 2024 16:13:37 GMT
Yup, and also being constrained to fit episodes into a broadcast slot cut a lot of crap out.
I know I sound like Old Man Yelling At Cloud, but I honestly feel that regular telly shows are a better format than streaming shows. I very rarely watched a streaming show and thought: that was brilliant. I don't bother with them much now.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 4, 2024 16:15:19 GMT
It is baffling when I think in the 90s you could expect 26 episodes of a high quality TV show in a year. And probably with a different story and idea in each episode instead of one stretched out over ten. It seems mad now but at its peak in the mid 90's the likes of Star Trek could pump out 52 episodes and a movie in just one year. And that would be over 50 different stories. -Ralph |
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Post by Jim on Nov 4, 2024 16:37:29 GMT
Yup, and also being constrained to fit episodes into a broadcast slot cut a lot of crap out. Yes! In theory it means they can make the runtime fit the story (or fragment of story...), in practice you often end up with an achingly padded 60 minutes or something which whizzes past in 25 minutes leaving you asking "was that it?!?". When I listen to the Delta Flyers podcast and McNeill (it's usually him) talks about how an episode would have been better today on streaming as it could have had more time to breathe I want to scream |
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 4, 2024 19:00:12 GMT
David Mitchell's new crime series 'Ludwig' is worth a go, reminds me of Jonathan Creek. It's on iPlayer.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 4, 2024 19:01:49 GMT
I hate Jonathan Creek.
-Ralph
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