you're welcome, hope you enjoy it. Not the greatest show of all time but certainly a fun way to invest 8 hours of your lifeticketlessinseattle wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:21 pm nope ; thats for the feedback, might check it out after all
Search found 990 matches
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Fallout on Amazon
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8457
Re: Fallout on Amazon
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:05 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Fallout on Amazon
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8457
Re: Fallout on Amazon
ordinarily I'd agree but this is somewhat satirical with comically over-the-too ultraviolence. Best compared to The Boys, I'd say (maybe I'm telling you what you already know)ticketlessinseattle wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:07 am any show that starts out with descriptor.... "In a future, post-apocalyptic"
usually counts me out
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 11:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Fallout on Amazon
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8457
Re: Fallout on Amazon
Just finished it today. I was a little dismissive of it in the main TV thread after watching the first episode, but I was wrong - not in the absolute top tier of shows IMHO but still very good and I wished there were more episodes. Loved Matt Berry as Snip Snip, hope we get more of him in S2 And +1 ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
- Replies: 11460
- Views: 1245505
Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
I've watched the first episode of Sugar and I like it. :thumbup: yup, just posted same above and then saw this ! I saw ep 1 last night and I was a tiny bit deflated after how much I was looking forward to it. The cinematography is beautiful, Farrell looks the business in his suits, LA looks magnifi...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
- Replies: 11460
- Views: 1245505
Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
I started Fallout yesterday, watching ep 1. Seems 'good' but not especially compelling (yet). So I'll keep going but without screaming 'ZOMG IT'S A MUST-WATCH!!!1' I like when shows use relatively unheralded actors because it helps you suspend disbelief. Especially when they're 'hidden gems' of act...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
- Replies: 11460
- Views: 1245505
Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
I started Fallout yesterday, watching ep 1. Seems 'good' but not especially compelling (yet). So I'll keep going but without screaming 'ZOMG IT'S A MUST-WATCH!!!1' I like when shows use relatively unheralded actors because it helps you suspend disbelief. Especially when they're 'hidden gems' of acto...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:02 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: USA rugby catch all
- Replies: 16
- Views: 836
Re: USA rugby catch all
Anyone know where the Autumn nations games are going to be screened? I used to use my Amazon UK account but the news today is that the games are being taken on by TNT UK which will show games on TNT and Discovery+ TNT UK and Discovery + seem like fairly disparate entities from their US counterparts ...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:12 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Funny Rugby names
- Replies: 24
- Views: 601
Re: Funny Rugby names
I always enjoyed Bees Roux
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:32 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
- Replies: 11460
- Views: 1245505
Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
a new Tom Ripley series starts on Netflix today. the reviews are glowing. I watched two episodes and didn't really care for it. It's a bit sterile. Couldn't help but compare it with the film and I'm not sure it stacks up too well there. It probably doesn't need an extra six hours It's beautifully s...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
- Replies: 11460
- Views: 1245505
Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Anyone started Sugar with Colin Farrell yet? Supposed to be really good - 'hard-boiled gumshoe in modern day LA but with a 50s aesthetic'. Sounds right up my street (LA Confidential is perhaps my favorite film). I let my Apple tv sub run out last month so I might wait until all episodes are out (the...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
- Replies: 88
- Views: 2425
Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Both are eh Tuilagi had one game vs the All Blacks where he was unstoppable. Never seemed to regain it. less well known a game was when, as an uncapped teenager, he gaped the Springboks when they played Leicester Tigers in 2009. He used Wynand Olivier as a doormat on a couple of occasions https://y...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
I wouldn't be aghast to see Rodd return, but equally I've not seen anything yet which makes me concerned we might not see him back. And one needn't be swayed by experts, Eddie Jones or otherwise. Frankly there's very little point posting on the internet if you're going to let yourself be distracted...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Has everyone forgotten Bevan Rodd? Or is never coming back? I'm not sure he's a test level player. Hopefully he both comes back and proves he is, but he looks a nice club option that's just a bit off the pace physically thus far at the very top of the game. That could easily be he's only just start...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:36 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
- Replies: 11460
- Views: 1245505
Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Binged on Guy Ritchie’s Gentlemen over the last few days . Excellent work watched the first episode today and absolutely loved it, about the most I've enjoyed a new show in years - the last thing I've really enjoyed maybe since Fargo (which I only got around to watching in maybe 2022). Perfect timi...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Guess who? They started well. I honestly believe that Borthwick's players had read my pre-match column because they were so quickly out of the blocks. :lol: that was amazing. He also started with "I wrote before the match that England had next to no chance" and almost 2 paragraphs later "They prove...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:43 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
- Replies: 1639
- Views: 45941
Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
We believe in Steve*
*/Felix
*/Felix
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
- Replies: 1639
- Views: 45941
Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
That performance against Argentina was a real cup performance. I expect England to put in a cup performance again next Saturday. I'm also expecting we'll deal with it Stephen Jones is going for the "they don't like it up 'em" approach. He seems to think that Billy V and Manu will make Ireland quail...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
The calls for player changes are definitely valid. I don't think it changes the performance materially though - there is clearly do game plan that makes sense, a significant lack of structure ( Genge stood in front of Ford how many times at 1st receiver, players taking the ball behind the gain line...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:13 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Borthwick OUT!!!
- Replies: 107
- Views: 2713
Re: Borthwick OUT!!!
So .. let's go through what we're looking for: - Looking to add power in the front 5 of the pack. - Backrows good - Tell the halfies to add real pace and use heads up rugby - Get a brand new pair of centres.. Ojomoh come on down. - Just play attacking rugby and see space and run at it. What coach w...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Borthwick OUT!!!
- Replies: 107
- Views: 2713
Re: Borthwick OUT!!!
Nah, if they’re fired then they’re takin their entourage with them. Has anyone from EJ’s regime survived? All those rugby league coaches cutting their teeth in Union :lol: I posted this on the main England thread but it probably fits better here: Kitson pretty much nails the root causes, in a round...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Kitson pretty much nails the root causes, in a roundabout sort of way: "there is no point ignoring the obvious. England’s pack are not terrifying anyone... and more that the basics of their attacking game... are now inferior to the majority of their competitors". https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
I just laughed when I saw this picture on BBC of scabnose looking like a frozen fücking plank.
"REACTION? ANY REACTION? SOMETHING? ANYTHING?PLEASE?"
"REACTION? ANY REACTION? SOMETHING? ANYTHING?PLEASE?"
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
- Replies: 11460
- Views: 1245505
Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
The True Detective finale is dire. Not sure I can finish it. Season was otherwise OK. my apologies to Grandpa, with whom I argued about this. After a week Episode 1, E2 I thought was great but then it started to slide back downhill and the finale was indeed fall-off-a-cliff flaming garbage. I laugh...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
- Replies: 11460
- Views: 1245505
Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
The True Detective finale is dire. Not sure I can finish it. Season was otherwise OK. my apologies to Grandpa, with whom I argued about this. After a week Episode 1, E2 I thought was great but then it started to slide back downhill and the finale was indeed fall-off-a-cliff flaming garbage. I laugh...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
- Replies: 11460
- Views: 1245505
Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
The True Detective finale is dire. Not sure I can finish it. Season was otherwise OK. my apologies to Grandpa, with whom I argued about this. After a weak Episode 1, E2 I thought was great but then it started to slide back downhill and the finale was indeed fall-off-a-cliff flaming garbage. I laugh...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
He's simply a better 8 than earl. And with Willis unavailable England would Benefit from Earl at 7. If you're talking about Jack Willis, he's another whose reputation is inversely proportional to the amount of time he plays for England. 20 caps and bored wisdom (I canvassed opinion on here before) ...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Hang on. We haven't even got a proper 8 in the squad other than Dombrandt who I think was called up. He was the T14 player of the year and then shortlisted again last year. Deserves to at least be in the squad just on that basis alone. I've watched him a couple of times this season and he's been ex...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Mercer is a shocking omission. No justification for him not being in the full 6n squad never mind the development one. It's amazing how shit our selection actually is. Hang on, Mercer has been bang average most of the season. His performance in Europe after not getting in the England squad was unbe...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Didn't they have a panel of selectors in the old days? It's not a slight on Earl who's done a bang up job at no8, but he would do the team better at 7. honestly wouldn't surprise me if they still did and it consists of a bunch of people wildly unqualified to be administering the national senior tea...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:43 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
The only negative I can see is that he needs to work a bit harder in defence. But thats fixable easily. I think he might have burnt his bridges with Borewick with his comments in the press a couple of weeks back when he didn't get selected. Contrast that with the likes of Earl who kept his head dow...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:33 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Not even making England A for Mercer is comedy. He beats men with footwork. The only negative I can see is that he needs to work a bit harder in defence. But thats fixable easily. I think he might have burnt his bridges with Borewick with his comments in the press a couple of weeks back when he did...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 7:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
England A Squad for Portugal. Let's see how Vesty can get them playing in attack. https://scontent.flhr3-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/424705814_936594138136287_5247726594149838243_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=3635dc&_nc_ohc=M5PAQ5dYvOIAX_nvjEU&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr3-3.fna&oh=00_AfAHlqHhyWQ-9lu...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
I know. I’m just saying I don’t see where this big pack thing comes from And I disagree with a comment earlier that said SB picks players based on weight. If that were true, Pearson would be in over Roots. CSS or Dombrandt over Earl. He’d pick big locks. Etc etc There are no bigger locks in England...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Borthwick selects forwards based on weight rather than speed or fitness. They just are not fit enough to play a quick game with intensity. Preference is to slow it right down to a staccato of one set piece at a time with a rest in between for the fatties. Basic fitness isn’t there. Gym work needs t...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Chandler and Dan look athletic enough for test rugby. It's hard to believe people pay good money and endure the transport to twickenham for this shite. a friend of mine goes to practically every game, texting me from the match today about how shit it was. Says he hates going now, only does it becau...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:13 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Chandler and Dan look athletic enough for test rugby. It's hard to believe people pay good money and endure the transport to twickenham for this shite. a friend of mine goes to practically every game, texting me from the match today about how shit it was. Says he hates going now, only does it becau...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
6N 2025, England to lose to Italy for the first time ever thanks to tries from Lynagh and Odogwu. Here, first.
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
I don't think any of the squads are at full strength, are they ? It's been a long season, given that it started with a RWC not long after the previous one ended. Ford, for example, has already played the kind of minutes this season that a mid-career Sexton would have turned his nose up at. It's not...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112668
- Views: 7615673
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Bizarre decision to go to France just for one year. Perhaps he's not having a great time? Sort of makes sense if he decided to leave around the time Eddie was stinking out the place, he wasn't really getting a look-in. Maybe he had a get-out just in case. But that also suggests that he'd either onl...