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Eugene Wrayburn wrote:

Numbers wrote:Is Peaky Blinders all that good, I thought it may have been a watered down version of Boardwalk Empire as it is set at roughly the same time.

It's a completely different, and to my mind vastly superior, story.

I'll give it a go, thanks Eugene.

Numbers wrote:

Eugene Wrayburn wrote:

Numbers wrote:Is Peaky Blinders all that good, I thought it may have been a watered down version of Boardwalk Empire as it is set at roughly the same time.

It's a completely different, and to my mind vastly superior, story.

I'll give it a go, thanks Eugene.

Go for it. It is very different. I didn't get on that well with BE after the first couple of series but then that's about 48 episodes in rather than the rather tighter and more character driven pieces you tend to get in a 6 episode British series.

Eugene Wrayburn wrote:

Numbers wrote:

Eugene Wrayburn wrote: It's a completely different, and to my mind vastly superior, story.

I'll give it a go, thanks Eugene.

Go for it. It is very different. I didn't get on that well with BE after the first couple of series but then that's about 48 episodes in rather than the rather tighter and more character driven pieces you tend to get in a 6 episode British series.

The third season was poor, it picks up again nicely after that, worth sticking with imo.

Numbers wrote:

Eugene Wrayburn wrote:

Numbers wrote:
I'll give it a go, thanks Eugene.

Go for it. It is very different. I didn't get on that well with BE after the first couple of series but then that's about 48 episodes in rather than the rather tighter and more character driven pieces you tend to get in a 6 episode British series.

The third season was poor, it picks up again nicely after that, worth sticking with imo.

The end of 3 was pretty entertaining though. It seemed to get caught between trying to be several different kinds of show.

I'm tempted to try Peaky Blinders. Cillian Murphy is generally pretty good.

Can't recommend Peaky Blinders enough. It really is first rate.

I'm enjoying iZombie for reasons I can't really explain. It's like Buffy if she became a good vampire, only in this case it's a Zombie, who uses chilli sauce to make brains palatable. It sounds shit and it probably is, but I'm loving it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3501584/

Falling Skies is a pretty good invasion of Earth (aka Murica) series, which may run out of ideas before the end of season 2.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462059/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Daredevil is starting to get a bit meh, but the girls are good.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322312/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Person of Interest is keeping a pretty good standard after several seasons, with Amy Acker who plays a character called Root providing a scaryish portrayal of an unhinged hacker. Oh, and Taraji P. Henson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378245/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t5) is my love interest for this season.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1839578/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

fivepointer wrote:Can't recommend Peaky Blinders enough. It really is first rate.

Giving it a go.

The accents are... interesting.

Pretty much all pilots seem a bit shit so I'll give it some more time.

I love Person of Interest. It's very silly but great fun and the characters are very likeable. 4 seasons in it's still every bit as enjoyable.

Falling Skies does run out of ideas and then starts repeating itself.

Anyone else watch Grimm? It's great.

Mikey Brown wrote:

fivepointer wrote:Can't recommend Peaky Blinders enough. It really is first rate.

Giving it a go.

The accents are... interesting.

Pretty much all pilots seem a bit shit so I'll give it some more time.

I can't understand them. I had to watch with subtitles on. I gave up on it in the end.

Aye. I don't imagine the Brummie accent comes easily to many foreigners, assuming the accents here are remotely accurate anyway.

I have to say 3 episodes in it's kind of all over the place. I've already lost count of how many little music video segments there have been.

Mikey Brown wrote:Aye. I don't imagine the Brummie accent comes easily to many foreigners, assuming the accents here are remotely accurate anyway.

I have to say 3 episodes in it's kind of all over the place. I've already lost count of how many little music video segments there have been.

One of my favourite cultural experiences outside of a zoo was fending off the advances of a Brummie attempting to give me some sponge cake in a train station in Crewe. Find a Brummie, and make the say "sponge cake". It's magic.

Does it sound a bit like "spoodge kayak"?

Lizard wrote:Does it sound a bit like "spoodge kayak"?

Totes.

Lizard wrote:Does it sound a bit like "spoodge kayak"?

I absolutely love the Brummie accent. It never fails to make me laugh.

Do watch:

Occupied. A Norwegian political thriller, apparently based on a Jo nesbo story.
Spin. A French political thriller.

Both available on All4, I think.

ETA Occupied is on Sky Demand. I cannot recommend it enough. Filled with evil russians. You'll love it jared...

Agree re Line of Duty - watch them in order though.
I've more or less given up on Man in High Castle, it started well, I doubt I will find out if it does pick up again.
Haven't seen any Pesky Blinkers but will give it a try.
What I have been watching, binge watching in fact, is Suits on Netflix. I'll be bereft when I get through them all.

onlynameleft wrote:Agree re Line of Duty - watch them in order though.
I've more or less given up on Man in High Castle, it started well, I doubt I will find out if it does pick up again.
Haven't seen any Pesky Blinkers but will give it a try.
What I have been watching, binge watching in fact, is Suits on Netflix. I'll be bereft when I get through them all.

How many seasons through are you on Suits? I really loved the first few. There's a point when it all gets a bit too emotional rather than fun.

Eugene Wrayburn wrote:

onlynameleft wrote:Agree re Line of Duty - watch them in order though.
I've more or less given up on Man in High Castle, it started well, I doubt I will find out if it does pick up again.
Haven't seen any Pesky Blinkers but will give it a try.
What I have been watching, binge watching in fact, is Suits on Netflix. I'll be bereft when I get through them all.

How many seasons through are you on Suits? I really loved the first few. There's a point when it all gets a bit too emotional rather than fun.

I'm about half way through series 2 at the moment - just in the run up to the fraud trial.

onlynameleft wrote:

Eugene Wrayburn wrote:

onlynameleft wrote:Agree re Line of Duty - watch them in order though.
I've more or less given up on Man in High Castle, it started well, I doubt I will find out if it does pick up again.
Haven't seen any Pesky Blinkers but will give it a try.
What I have been watching, binge watching in fact, is Suits on Netflix. I'll be bereft when I get through them all.

How many seasons through are you on Suits? I really loved the first few. There's a point when it all gets a bit too emotional rather than fun.

I'm about half way through series 2 at the moment - just in the run up to the fraud trial.

Its a fun show but you could substitute "fraud trial" with "takeover attempt" and between the two you pretty much cover every single season.

Anyone see the first episode of Preacher? What the f*ck was that about???

jared_7 wrote:

onlynameleft wrote:

Eugene Wrayburn wrote: How many seasons through are you on Suits? I really loved the first few. There's a point when it all gets a bit too emotional rather than fun.

I'm about half way through series 2 at the moment - just in the run up to the fraud trial.

Its a fun show but you could substitute "fraud trial" with "takeover attempt" and between the two you pretty much cover every single season.

Anyone see the first episode of Preacher? What the f*ck was that about???

Well, it's about lawyers that's kind of what we do. Besides I mean the fraud trial against the firm which has been running largely in the background throughout S2 so far.

Just watched the first episode of Cleverman. Looks like it could be that rarity of rarities, a good Australian TV programme. Seems to be mixing near future sci-fi, aboriginal mysticism and good old moralism.

Oblomov wrote:Saw first one and enjoyed it, but didn't follow it up.
Narcos is very, very good. The Night Manager is up there with anything HBO have put out. BBC at its very best.

Big call! You reckon it was as good as The Wire/The Sopranos/Curb Your Enthusiasm?

I've watched 4 episodes of Peaky Blinders. I want to think it's good, but... is it? What am I missing? It's quite watchable but I can't say any aspect of it is very convincing, though a lot of shows take a while to settle down.

Though I thought the night manager was terrible.

Mikey Brown wrote:I've watched 4 episodes of Peaky Blinders. I want to think it's good, but... is it? What am I missing? It's quite watchable but I can't say any aspect of it is very convincing, though a lot of shows take a while to settle down.

Though I thought the night manager was terrible.

Whats not to like? it looks and sounds great. Cillian Murphy is a brilliant lead, ably supported by a superb cast with the added bonus of the wonderful Tom Hardy in last nights programme. The scene when he was goading Arthur, who just managed to stop himself from whacking him with an ashtray, was scintillating.

Sooooo re: Archer.

I'm hoping there was another clone!