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Posted: **Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:25 pm**

I’m addicted to Outlander at the moment
Plus I would lose a limb for a charge at Caitriona Balfe

Posted: **Sat Nov 28, 2020 2:02 am**

mr bungle wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:29 pm Episode 4 of Series 2 Mandalorian, what an even more wooden steaming pile of shit. Directed by wooden actor Carl Weathers. Godawful. Looking like outtakes from Battlefront games.

Mando, the outer rim littlest hobo, travelling the galaxy helping strangers.

Waited the entire first season for the show to get good, the last episode had some great moments.
When I found out that episode was directed by Taika Waititi I figured it was safe to assume in future it would be returning to its boring, wooden self

Posted: **Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:52 pm**

Beaver_Shark wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:25 am I watched The Outsider last week.

Stephen King can do a great build-up, I'll give him that. But his endings can be so disappointing.

Agree with that... follow-on sequels got cancelled btw

Posted: **Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:19 am**

Stumbled on a quirky dark comedy-drama spy thriller series on Prime recently, called Patriot. It tries too hard to be quirky at times, but I'm hooked. Worth a go folks, it's pure Marmite though.

Posted: **Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:29 am**

Just started watching Good Bird Lord with Ethan Hawke, it follows the last years of the American abolitionist John Brown. Quite quirky, Hawke is brilliant as is the support cast. Feels Tarintino-esque in parts, violent and funny.

Posted: **Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:14 am**

towny wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:11 pm
Gwenno wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:37 am We watched The Americans finale last night. Life is hollow now
How f*cking good was that last series??? That show started okay but I gave up in season 3. Decided to give it another chance and it just went up multiple gears until the end.

Keri Russell is very good in her role, but Matthew Rhys is the dog's bollocks. I would watch him take a shit.

Cardiff boy.

Posted: **Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:16 am**

Balls Out! wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:52 pm
Beaver_Shark wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:25 am I watched The Outsider last week.

Stephen King can do a great build-up, I'll give him that. But his endings can be so disappointing.
Agree with that... follow-on sequels got cancelled btw

Green Mile film is further proof that King struggles with his finishes.

Posted: **Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:23 am**

Gwenno wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:14 am
towny wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:11 pm
Gwenno wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:37 am We watched The Americans finale last night. Life is hollow now
How f*cking good was that last series??? That show started okay but I gave up in season 3. Decided to give it another chance and it just went up multiple gears until the end.

Keri Russell is very good in her role, but Matthew Rhys is the dog's bollocks. I would watch him take a shit.
Cardiff boy.

I’ve just finished season 2 and finding it hard to keep going with it too - it’s just too ridiculous. Like you can suspend your disbelief for a while but watching a 50kg woman beat the shit out of two armed special agents last night, then watching two handcuffed spies beat up and then shoot a navy seal, I think they’ve got a bit silly. It’s just ridiculous. Will still finish it out but it’s more along the lines of the A Team than a serious box set.

Posted: **Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:06 am**

The Madalorian remains the best show on TV.

Posted: **Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:57 am**

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:06 am The Madalorian remains the best show on TV.

You trolling me? It’s part good, part terrible. Episode 4 of Season 2 was a real low point. No surprise this b grade actor directed it...

An utterly lame siege on an Imperial base. Why must they make Mando look like a rank amateur come combat time? Let alone the incredibly weak supporting cast of a non acting wrestler and a bloke that had his arm blown off early in Predator and had previously directed an episode of Renegade starring Lorenzo Lamas. Only good bit was the speeder bikes descending the mountainside.

Littlest Hobo Mando, helping strangers on his quest to deliver “the child”.

Posted: **Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:37 am**

I watched the first season of the Mandalorian over the summer and didn't really get it.
It's completely inoffensive with the occasionally interesting character and bits of plot. The whole "sidequest of the week" aspect to it didn't really do much for me and I fully fell asleep through some of the episodes.

Am I missing something or is it simply that it's something not shit set in the Star Wars universe and we get to see dessert planets, bounty hunters, blasters going pew-pew-pew, spaeships, aliens etc?
Season 2 more of the same?

Posted: **Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:51 am**

Just binge watched the first two series of Cobra Kai and I bluddy loved it. Just good old fashioned entertainment with good laughs and a good dollop of cheese and 80s

Posted: **Mon Dec 07, 2020 12:17 am**

Wife forced me to binge watch The Undoing over the weekend
I really enjoyed it
I would also like to make babies with Matilda De Angelis

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:19 am**

Jesus Christ the last 2 episodes of The Mandalorian is the best Star Wars I’ve seen in 40 years. First Rosario Dawson as Ashoka Tano and last week Tem Morrison killed it as Boba Fett returned.
Astonishing and mega lore building.

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:52 am**

vh5150 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:19 am Jesus Christ the last 2 episodes of The Mandalorian is the best Star Wars I’ve seen in 40 years. First Rosario Dawson as Ashoka Tano and last week Tem Morrison killed it as Boba Fett returned.
Astonishing and mega lore building.

Episode 4 was about as bad as it gets. 5 wasn’t as bad, but you’re well overdoing it. Although Sammy Hagar spun your wheels, so your standards are obviously set very low. I’ll watch 6 tonight. Thanks for the spoiler.

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:57 am**

Undercover ; the Belgian series is back with a new season on Netflix ; loved the first season ; one episode in ; enjoyable stuff

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:59 am**

Winnie wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 12:17 am Wife forced me to binge watch The Undoing over the weekend
I really enjoyed it
I would also like to make babies with Matilda De Angelis

It was a "who dunnit" without a "who dunnit" and even by the low standards of TV, the court scenes where laughably bad.

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:12 pm**

mr bungle wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:52 am
vh5150 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:19 am Jesus Christ the last 2 episodes of The Mandalorian is the best Star Wars I’ve seen in 40 years. First Rosario Dawson as Ashoka Tano and last week Tem Morrison killed it as Boba Fett returned.
Astonishing and mega lore building.
Episode 4 was about as bad as it gets. 5 wasn’t as bad, but you’re well overdoing it. Although Sammy Hagar spun your wheels, so your standards are obviously set very low. I’ll watch 6 tonight. Thanks for the spoiler.

As crappy as some of the stormtrooper fighting was, Robert Rodriguez is a far better director than Carl Weathers (ep4). Still, one of the great sci-fi characters, Boba Fett. Loved for barely 10mins screen time in the original trilogy, once again ruined courtesy of Tem f**king Morrison. Painful.

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2020 1:36 pm**

Winnie wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 12:17 am Wife forced me to binge watch The Undoing over the weekend
I really enjoyed it
I would also like to make babies with Matilda De Angelis

Outrageously Beautiful - Darker, better looking Jennifer Lawrence for me

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2020 4:03 pm**

Foot Up wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 1:36 pm
Winnie wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 12:17 am Wife forced me to binge watch The Undoing over the weekend
I really enjoyed it
I would also like to make babies with Matilda De Angelis
Outrageously Beautiful - Darker, better looking Jennifer Lawrence for me

Funny both my wife and I also said she had a Jennifer Lawrence look about her, but with a better face and a better rack

Well it was me that mentioned the rack bit

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2020 4:09 pm**

Winnie wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 12:17 am Wife forced me to binge watch The Undoing over the weekend
I really enjoyed it
I would also like to make babies with Matilda De Angelis

Last episode of the undoing was a complete anti-climax

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:28 am**

Star Trek Discovery remains kinda shitty.

I'm pretty liberal but fudge me. Enough of shoving down modern politics into sci fi, f**king tedious. I think I'm done at this point.

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:35 am**

I started Designated Survivor last night and did 3 or 4 episodes.

You know that its shite but it is kind of watchable shite. The first lady

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2020 10:31 am**

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:35 am I started Designated Survivor last night and did 3 or 4 episodes.

You know that its shite but it is kind of watchable shite. The first lady

First season is worth sticking with. Decent bit of whodunnit mixed with White House politics. Don't bother after that. Once they solve the big mystery of the first season, it just becomes yet another meh White House drama without anything particularly going for it.

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2020 12:27 pm**

Finally got around to watching The Righteous Gemstones. Enjoying it. I must be a fan of Danny McBride and his style of comedy, as I like most shows that he is in. Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals were also good fun.

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:06 pm**

Everyone looking forward to The Watch starting in January? Each time the channel, producers or writers tweet something about it there is a tsunami of Pratchett fans ripping them apart for their ‘shameless exploitation’.

Trailer looks good, though. I mean, they’ve shit all over Pratchett but I like to think there could be some redeeming qualities.

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:09 pm**

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:35 am I started Designated Survivor last night and did 3 or 4 episodes.

You know that its shite but it is kind of watchable shite. The first lady

I prefer his female chief of staff, if I were president I would have been Monica Lewinskying that all day

As Nolers says watch to the end of season one then give up
It was cancelled...twice and has now been left to die

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:27 pm**

The Industry could have been great if it weren't for all the relationship BS.
Wish they'd focused on the older guard's exploits more.

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:27 pm**

I watched 13 Commandments on All4 (I think it's on Netflix as well).

It was slow but enjoyable. It did leave a lot of threads dangling as though there might be a season 2; however they pretty convincingly closed out the main story line so I'm not sure where they could go.

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:55 pm**

Mando is so disappointing. Nothing in it. I'm fed up with these american bullshit.
What would be your favorite non american top series ? Here are some I really appreciated and highly recommand :

Italian :
• Gomorra
• Suburra
French :
• Le bureau des legendes
• Engrenages
German :
• Babylon Berlin
• Generation war
Norwegian :
• Occupied
Spain :
• La casa de papel
UK :
• Peaky blinders
• Wolf hall
• Sherlock
• Downtown abbey
• The state
• Rome (not sure it’s 100% UK but the producer is)
Have to admit though the unequaled ability of the US to provide western series, as “Hell on wheels” or “Deadwood”.
What do you think ? Any other refreshing suggestions ? Do you have something local in NZ or Australia ?

Posted: **Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:48 am**

maxime wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:55 pm Mando is so disappointing. Nothing in it. I'm fed up with these american bullshit.
What would be your favorite non american top series ? Here are some I really appreciated and highly recommand :

Italian :
• Gomorra
• Suburra
French :
• Le bureau des legendes
• Engrenages
German :
• Babylon Berlin
• Generation war
Norwegian :
• Occupied
Spain :
• La casa de papel
UK :
• Peaky blinders
• Wolf hall
• Sherlock
• Downtown abbey
• The state
• Rome (not sure it’s 100% UK but the producer is)
Have to admit though the unequaled ability of the US to provide western series, as “Hell on wheels” or “Deadwood”.
What do you think ? Any other refreshing suggestions ? Do you have something local in NZ or Australia ?

This list is incomplete without Glenroe!

In all seriousness I thought that Occupied was awful, both unbelievable and wooden.

Posted: **Sat Dec 12, 2020 1:54 am**

Never heard about Glenroe before.. 17 seasons, started in 1983 !! Really worth it ?
Occupied is not that bad, and I needed something "exotic" in my list. But I agree, it's not a masterpiece.

Posted: **Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:55 am**

I wondered how they rattled off a whole series of The Mandalorian so swiftly amid a global pandemic. I’m sure this is going to prove a seismic shift in film production. Whatever you think of the show, fair play to Favreau...

https://youtu.be/Ufp8weYYDE8

Posted: **Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:02 am**

El Homerino wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 12:27 pm Finally got around to watching The Righteous Gemstones. Enjoying it. I must be a fan of Danny McBride and his style of comedy, as I like most shows that he is in. Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals were also good fun.

Vice Principals especially was hilarious but I think Walton Goggins was also excellent which made it so good

Posted: **Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:12 am**

lilyw wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:48 am
maxime wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:55 pm Mando is so disappointing. Nothing in it. I'm fed up with these american bullshit.
What would be your favorite non american top series ? Here are some I really appreciated and highly recommand :

Italian :
• Gomorra
• Suburra
French :
• Le bureau des legendes
• Engrenages
German :
• Babylon Berlin
• Generation war
Norwegian :
• Occupied
Spain :
• La casa de papel
UK :
• Peaky blinders
• Wolf hall
• Sherlock
• Downtown abbey
• The state
• Rome (not sure it’s 100% UK but the producer is)
Have to admit though the unequaled ability of the US to provide western series, as “Hell on wheels” or “Deadwood”.
What do you think ? Any other refreshing suggestions ? Do you have something local in NZ or Australia ?
This list is incomplete without Glenroe!

In all seriousness I thought that Occupied was awful, both unbelievable and wooden.

first up you're missing Borgen which would be close to the top of any such list ; some random other ones:

Bad Banks - the German one
Arne Dahl
Undercover - Belgian
Nobel - Norwegian
Bordertown - Finnish
Midnight Sun
Lillyhammer

Posted: **Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:26 am**

First two episodes of The Expanse season 5 are out today.

Posted: **Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:29 am**

Mrs Maisel - justifiably criticised for its portrayal of stereotypes, but still funny. Is it right to complain that some actors aren't Jewish? Don't think so. Rachel Brosnahan (Co Kerry name I'm told) is

Posted: **Wed Dec 16, 2020 2:56 pm**

lilyw wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:48 am
maxime wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:55 pm Mando is so disappointing. Nothing in it. I'm fed up with these american bullshit.
What would be your favorite non american top series ? Here are some I really appreciated and highly recommand :

Italian :
• Gomorra
• Suburra
French :
• Le bureau des legendes
• Engrenages
German :
• Babylon Berlin
• Generation war
Norwegian :
• Occupied
Spain :
• La casa de papel
UK :
• Peaky blinders
• Wolf hall
• Sherlock
• Downtown abbey
• The state
• Rome (not sure it’s 100% UK but the producer is)
Have to admit though the unequaled ability of the US to provide western series, as “Hell on wheels” or “Deadwood”.
What do you think ? Any other refreshing suggestions ? Do you have something local in NZ or Australia ?
This list is incomplete without Glenroe!

In all seriousness I thought that Occupied was awful, both unbelievable and wooden.

La casa de papel ("Money Heist") is a must watch, imo.

Just finished Los Minions de Midas (the Minions of Midas), which was well acted and explored an interesting theme but weirdly kind of missed the mark on being great. The material was there, but it didn't finish as well as it started. Still quite good and only 6 or 8 episodes.

Posted: **Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:06 pm**

Just finished Los Minions de Midas (the Minions of Midas),

had to laugh....thanks for the translation !

Posted: **Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:20 pm**

jezzer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 2:56 pm
lilyw wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:48 am
maxime wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:55 pm Mando is so disappointing. Nothing in it. I'm fed up with these american bullshit.
What would be your favorite non american top series ? Here are some I really appreciated and highly recommand :

Italian :
• Gomorra
• Suburra
French :
• Le bureau des legendes
• Engrenages
German :
• Babylon Berlin
• Generation war
Norwegian :
• Occupied
Spain :
• La casa de papel
UK :
• Peaky blinders
• Wolf hall
• Sherlock
• Downtown abbey
• The state
• Rome (not sure it’s 100% UK but the producer is)
Have to admit though the unequaled ability of the US to provide western series, as “Hell on wheels” or “Deadwood”.
What do you think ? Any other refreshing suggestions ? Do you have something local in NZ or Australia ?
This list is incomplete without Glenroe!

In all seriousness I thought that Occupied was awful, both unbelievable and wooden.
La casa de papel ("Money Heist") is a must watch, imo.

Just finished Los Minions de Midas (the Minions of Midas), which was well acted and explored an interesting theme but weirdly kind of missed the mark on being great. The material was there, but it didn't finish as well as it started. Still quite good and only 6 or 8 episodes.

I'll add Braquo (season 1 only) to the good French shows. And Mr Inbetween to Australia.

Casa de Papel - heard great things about it so started watching (season 1 of about 6) and thought it was a bit shit so gave up after about 4 episodes... from when does it start getting good?

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