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Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2017 5:02 pm**

SerjeantWildgoose wrote:
OptimisticJock wrote:
SerjeantWildgoose wrote:Watched Bendylicks Cummerbund in McEwan's Child in Time on the Beeb last night.

It has garnered quite a mixed bag by way of review but while it was always going to be impossible to cram all of the complexities from the book into a 90-minute TV drama, I thought that this was excellent and captured just enough weirdness to remain true to the book. Worth a watch on iPlayer if you missed it.
I've not read the book but I couldn't get into it all.
Aye, but I bet you were creaming in your issue anti-microbials over Casualty on Saturday.

fuck aye. Never miss it.

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2017 6:15 pm**

SerjeantWildgoose wrote:Watched Bendylicks Cummerbund in McEwan's Child in Time on the Beeb last night.

It has garnered quite a mixed bag by way of review but while it was always going to be impossible to cram all of the complexities from the book into a 90-minute TV drama, I thought that this was excellent and captured just enough weirdness to remain true to the book. Worth a watch on iPlayer if you missed it.

I've not read the book. It certainly looked like it was trying to do some things which didn't quite work on the screen, particularly with the guy who returns to his childhood, and the ending was a bit weak. But it was reasonably enjoyable, well acted and filmed etc.

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2017 6:21 pm**

Son of Mathonwy wrote:Expectations are necessarily high for a series based on Philip K Dick's short stories, but Electric Dreams lives up to them for episode one, The Hood Maker. Understandably, they made this opener very Blade Runner-esque indeed (and why not?). I can't remember how much this departs from the original, but this story of a powerful but suppressed minority had enough ideas for a whole series. Great fun, high quality throughout.

The Impossible Planet was a much quieter piece, the kind of thoughtful SciFi we don't see much of. The ending wasn't really twisty enough and too ambiguous for my liking, but as a whole it was nicely done.

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:35 pm**

Mikey Brown wrote:
Numbers wrote:
Mikey Brown wrote:My god, why did it take me this long to try Narcos? One episode in it looks brilliant.

And did nobody here watch Ozark?
I've seen all of Ozark, interesting although flawed in some of the plot and it seems that Scottish felly is in everything these days.
Yeah there were some weirdly contrived moments, and Peter Mullan as much as I love him cannot do a southern accent, but I thought it was fantastic overall. The Jason Bateman directed episodes were really impressive, some of the others not so much.

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I'm curious what you thought about the plot-holes?

I'm not sure how to do the no spoilers thingy but I thought the attempted murder of a family member by someone was a little far fetched, if that makes any sense to you at all

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Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:23 pm**

Just smashed out the last couple of episodes of Narcos. There's not many tv programmes that keep captivated like that has. I'll need to do some research into the drug war to see what liberties they took.

Edit: hope they go ahead with season 4.

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2017 5:15 pm**

The Vietnam War documentary on BBC4 got off to a decent start. Don't know a great deal about it but enjoying it so far. I didn't realise just how much of a kicking the French got.

Posted: **Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:49 am**

OptimisticJock wrote:The Vietnam War documentary on BBC4 got off to a decent start. Don't know a great deal about it but enjoying it so far. I didn't realise just how much of a kicking the French got.

Will have a look

It was straight after WWII and France was never capable of wagering one so far away. Foreign Legion (full of ex nazis soldiers) got owned.

Posted: **Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:21 am**

It's not TV but I listened to one of Dan Carlin's hardcore histories podcasts the other day and it was great. I like the idea of being in to history but I don't normally have the attention span. This was fantastic though. I actually felt like I was understanding why it was useful and relevant today to understand how these things played out, which is something I never felt at school.

Posted: **Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:39 am**

Finished season 3 of Narcos, it is brilliant throughout - not much need for filler when you've got a story like that.

Posted: **Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:12 am**

I got massively excited at the first episode of Narcos then quickly got sick of stupid butch, blonde Mr. USA lead character and stopped watching after 3 episodes. Am I being unfair? Is he a douchebag? Is he meant to be that much of a douchebag? I get that it's actually based on a real guy, but he is incredibly distracting.

Posted: **Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:35 am**

Adder wrote:
OptimisticJock wrote:The Vietnam War documentary on BBC4 got off to a decent start. Don't know a great deal about it but enjoying it so far. I didn't realise just how much of a kicking the French got.

Haven't see it but read a lot about it in the non-mainstream press. Americans still wrestling with the ghosts of that genocidal war - and still unable to accept full responsibility for it, by the sounds of things.

Posted: **Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:59 am**

paddy no 11 wrote:Finished season 3 of Narcos, it is brilliant throughout - not much need for filler when you've got a story like that.

I really hope they go through with season 4.

Posted: **Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:57 pm**

Yeah, be nice to bring it from Columbia in the 80's to Americas doorstep in the last few years

Posted: **Fri Oct 13, 2017 5:09 pm**

Vice Principles has started the second series, if you like Danny McBride then you'll like this.

Posted: **Mon Oct 16, 2017 8:24 pm**

Top of the lake. Binge watched both seasons recently. Plot comes across as contrived and predictable, despite that, ended up watching both seasons very quickly as it does pull you in. The first season based in NZ was kind of cool just to take in the South Island landscapes.

Posted: **Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:08 pm**

Mikey Brown wrote:I got massively excited at the first episode of Narcos then quickly got sick of stupid butch, blonde Mr. USA lead character and stopped watching after 3 episodes. Am I being unfair? Is he a douchebag? Is he meant to be that much of a douchebag? I get that it's actually based on a real guy, but he is incredibly distracting.

Definitely worth sticking with, just side with Pena and it'll get you through - be up there with the wire as best series iv'e seen and its far too broad to allow one character throw you off

Posted: **Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:30 pm**

Numbers wrote:Vice Principles has started the second series, if you like Danny McBride then you'll like this.

I've been watching it since the start. It's ok, but extremely far fetched.

Posted: **Sat Oct 21, 2017 11:37 pm**

Back (Mitchell and Webb) deserves a mention.

Quite funny, decent enough storyline.

Posted: **Fri Oct 27, 2017 12:21 pm**

Got thru episode 1 of Vietnam last night -excellent stuff, almost too much info there will watch em all

Posted: **Fri Oct 27, 2017 6:41 pm**

Loving the Vietnam documentary. It's not something I know a huge amount about. Wish they'd mentioned begging for The Black Watch though.

Watched the first couple of Mindhunters, drama about how the FBI started their criminal/behavioural profiling. Enjoyable so far and appears to be based on fact.

Posted: **Sat Oct 28, 2017 11:27 am**

OptimisticJock wrote:Loving the Vietnam documentary. It's not something I know a huge amount about. Wish they'd mentioned begging for The Black Watch though.

Watched the first couple of Mindhunters, drama about how the FBI started their criminal/behavioural profiling. Enjoyable so far and appears to be based on fact.

Been watching "Army, Behind the New Frontlines" ?
Interested in your thoughts if you have (and yours Serje)

Posted: **Sat Oct 28, 2017 6:04 pm**

Stones of granite wrote:
OptimisticJock wrote:Loving the Vietnam documentary. It's not something I know a huge amount about. Wish they'd mentioned begging for The Black Watch though.

Watched the first couple of Mindhunters, drama about how the FBI started their criminal/behavioural profiling. Enjoyable so far and appears to be based on fact.
Been watching "Army, Behind the New Frontlines" ?
Interested in your thoughts if you have (and yours Serje)

Got them recorded but haven't got round to watching it yet. I see the first one is about OP SHADER which the Watch are about to go on.

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 2:10 pm**

Well!

Episode 1 spent an hour following 1 RIFLES and 4 RIFLES in Iraq and Episode 2 spent an hour following 5 RIFLES in Canada and Estonia - it even had a short cameo appearance from CGS, General Nick Carter of er ..., yes you've guessed it, the fecking RIFLES!!!!

It used to be that the Army was only the PARAS; seems now that its only the RIFLES.

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 3:15 pm**

They got the "best unit" award from that shite millies thing on Herrick 10. Despite the fact they lost a whole platoon with 25% of their battalion injured. Some cunt must love them.

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 3:44 pm**

Presumably the next episode will follow the STABS of 6 and 7 RIFLES getting shit-faced on annual camp in Barry Buddon?

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