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Anyone picked up the handmaid's tale again? I have a question.

Without comment... *squeak*

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Jonathan Meades 'A history of Jargon' ?.
Not a very likeable bloke....but very interesting telly.

Mikey Brown wrote:I think Atlanta is meant to be on BBC soon. Certainly not for everybody but it’s an incredible look at certain aspects of black life in America in a fairly digestible format. I think it’s likely some will absolutely love it, as I do, but may be a bit redundant to many.

I watched a bit last night.....it looked interesting. To my absolute shame I got bored because it wasn't 'Blackish' and there were no snappy one liners with cultural references I could understand.

In fairness it was episode 5/6 and I had no idea what was happening.

Frankie Boyle in Russia...... They bloody love him....!!!.

If you want character acting see Rectify.

Rectify is fucking fantastic though. So there’s something.[/quote]

I can't find this on Amazon or Netflix, is it on somewhere else please? Ta

onlynameleft wrote:If you want character acting see Rectify.

Rectify is fucking fantastic though. So there’s something.

I can't find this on Amazon or Netflix, is it on somewhere else please? Ta[/quote]

It was originally on AMC I think, it's been on Netflix but has since gone (probably still on the American Netflix which has much more stuff but you'll need a VPN for that https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/how-you-c ... n-11872345), it's currently being played on AMC in the UK according to the schedules, if you have BT Sport then AMC is free afaik.

Numbers wrote:

onlynameleft wrote:If you want character acting see Rectify.

Rectify is fucking fantastic though. So there’s something.

I can't find this on Amazon or Netflix, is it on somewhere else please? Ta

It was originally on AMC I think, it's been on Netflix but has since gone (probably still on the American Netflix which has much more stuff but you'll need a VPN for that https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/how-you-c ... n-11872345), it's currently being played on AMC in the UK according to the schedules, if you have BT Sport then AMC is free afaik.[/quote]

Cheers, I binned BT Sport a while ago but will look at this.

onlynameleft wrote:

Numbers wrote:

onlynameleft wrote:If you want character acting see Rectify.

Rectify is fucking fantastic though. So there’s something.

I can't find this on Amazon or Netflix, is it on somewhere else please? Ta

It was originally on AMC I think, it's been on Netflix but has since gone (probably still on the American Netflix which has much more stuff but you'll need a VPN for that https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/how-you-c ... n-11872345), it's currently being played on AMC in the UK according to the schedules, if you have BT Sport then AMC is free afaik.

Cheers, I binned BT Sport a while ago but will look at this.[/quote]

Apparently Tunnelbear is a good free VPN.

OptimisticJock wrote:

Stones of granite wrote:

OptimisticJock wrote:Finished the city and the city. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Is it a stand alone or are the other books in the series?

According to the author’s wik8 page, China Miéville, it is a stand alone novel.

That's disappointing.

I read it while watching it... well, not totally simultaneously like, but over the same three weeks ... quite original in concept, even if the story was mostly a murder mystery. I think the changes they made for TV worked well, particularly the lost wife.

Which Tyler wrote:

OptimisticJock wrote:Altered Carbon was very good and quite original.

It started off quite well I thought - a little exposition heavy, but then, it needed to be. But the last 3-ish episodes just descended rapidly IMO, looking like it was more interested in fight scenes and justifying / setting up a second season; rather than finishing off the story it had been telling.

Yeah, the book was like that. Not a bad read though, a mix of SF and crime fiction.

They both worth reading after watching the series?

OptimisticJock wrote:They both worth reading after watching the series?

Hmm... probably not, although that depends on how much you read. Probably more enjoyable to read something else by the same authors. Mieville is, I would say, the "better" writer but Morgan an easier read.

Son of Mathonwy wrote:

OptimisticJock wrote:They both worth reading after watching the series?

Hmm... probably not, although that depends on how much you read. Probably more enjoyable to read something else by the same authors. Mieville is, I would say, the "better" writer but Morgan an easier read.

Cheers.

The bridge was excellent again, saga is a star

Got better as the series progressed. Expected something really bad happening in the final episode but it was sort of a happy ending! Very high class tv drama.

Nice big spoiler there.

I saw an episode of Ironside a couple of days ago when he's trapped in a haunted house.
Haven't seen this since I was 8\9 years old and it scared the daylights out of me back then. Still pretty scary.

Servelan is dead.
Where is p/d...?. the eulogies were quite lovely. He'd be pleased.

'Dirty' isn't always the appropriate adjective for a eulogy.....but errrrr..
She was quality dirty. For the early 80's, she was red hot.

Doctor Who is back on, new Doctor, new companions, new producer.

It's ok. They haven't screwed it up but it's nothing special either, so far. We shall see how it goes, these things can take time to bed in.

Son of Mathonwy wrote:Doctor Who is back on, new Doctor, new companions, new producer.

It's ok. They haven't screwed it up but it's nothing special either, so far. We shall see how it goes, these things can take time to bed in.

Better than anything I saw of Capaldi's run (not the actor's fault - Moffett overstayed his welcome); may have been trying a little too hard to introduce some diversity; but given the show's history, I don't have any problem with that.
Not exactly a classic, but we'll see - enough to get me watching again next week; whereas I gave up on Capaldi's run about half way through his first season - Ali still watched though, so I was often in the same room as the show, which didn't even try to engage me again.

It was pretty good and I liked Whitaker's Doctor almost immediately, but a bit of an average story. Plus, it's a little bit foreboding that the best the writers could come up with to motivate the two male companions was fridging their wife/nan. Lazy characterisation and poor writing all round.

Puja

Which Tyler wrote:Better than anything I saw of Capaldi's run (not the actor's fault - Moffett overstayed his welcome); may have been trying a little too hard to introduce some diversity; but given the show's history, I don't have any problem with that.
Not exactly a classic, but we'll see - enough to get me watching again next week; whereas I gave up on Capaldi's run about half way through his first season - Ali still watched though, so I was often in the same room as the show, which didn't even try to engage me again.

You probably didn't stick around to see Capaldi's better episodes - I recall taking quite a while to get into his first series, which started with a few particularly poor stories. I think there were only 3 genuinely good episodes in all - albeit they were considerably better than Saturday's story. But his second and third series were generally stronger.

Moffat wasn't completely out of ideas but yeah, he had used his best ones for Smith's Doctor.

Puja wrote:It was pretty good and I liked Whitaker's Doctor almost immediately, but a bit of an average story. Plus, it's a little bit foreboding that the best the writers could come up with to motivate the two male companions was fridging their wife/nan. Lazy characterisation and poor writing all round.

Puja

I did find the supporting characters particularly bland. Not the actors' fault, but really uninteresting.

Whittaker was fine - I think they played fairly safe with her character.

Happy to see that the Paramount Channel is showing The Strain from the beginning. The best horror series on TV in recent years and one of the best series of any sort IMO.

Whether that means they'll eventually show the as yet unaired in the UK final series... we can only hope.