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T & P said:
Circle (not to be confused by The Circle). A sci-if/ psychological thriller on the theme of moral philosophy. This is a B-movie so don't expect too much of it, but I will say this: it is one of the best B-movie films I've seen in years. Intriguing, entertaining and thought-provoking: perfect late evening fodder.

A group of 50 strangers wake up, after been kidnapped by an unseen, presumed alien force, in a room standing in a circle. If anyone tries to leave the spot they're standing on they are killed by some kind of electric bolt emanating from a central console. And ever two minutes, the electric bolt will kill one of them. Soon they work out they might be able to influence who the bolt kills next, and that's when all the moral dilemmas and prejudices arise as the remaining individuals argue about who deserves to live more than others.

Overall a highly satisfying film, more so as we had put it on with very low expectations.
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I can't remember much about it as I watched it during my Mad Grief Months but I do remember finding it very watchable.
 
Started watching the 2nd season of Dark last night, and spent the first one thoroughly confused (again) :D Had to stop and look on tinternet for a brief update, and tbh, even that didn't help much. I couldn't remember fucking names to faces :facepalm:

I think I'm getting there now...:hmm:
 
sojourner said:
Started watching the 2nd season of Dark last night, and spent the first one thoroughly confused (again) :D Had to stop and look on tinternet for a brief update, and tbh, even that didn't help much. I couldn't remember fucking names to faces :facepalm:

I think I'm getting there now...:hmm:
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Same here! Let me know what you think when finished, I wasn't disappointed.
 
5t3IIa said:
We watched I Am Mother and didn’t quite get it :hmm: I also started Tales of the City and am not positive I’m enjoying it :D Does it have to have such a big mystery? Did the other series?

Love Nailed It though :D YA DONE!
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I stuck with Tales of The City and at episode 8 really enjoying it. Def improves..
 
Charité at War is brilliant.

Drama series about a German hospital in Berlin during WW2, heavily focussed on the morality of nazi medical practices of the time.
 
Mrs Miggins said:
Oh I like the sound of that. Cheers!
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We messed up and started watching Charité at War, not realising that there is also Charité on there as well which is the first series about the hospital pre-war. Without realising we've watched the second series first.

I haven't seen Charité yet but you might want to watch them in the correct order!
 
Threshers_Flail said:
Same here! Let me know what you think when finished, I wasn't disappointed.
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It's only getting a tiny bit better tbh - I'm still spending every episode in a state of severe confusion, with moments of 'oh! so THAT'S her/him/them' before lapsing into scratching my fucking head again :D

Fuck me. I'm gonna have to watch the whole thing from the very start of S1 after this I think :D I ended up pausing it last night to study the photos one by one, and try to make sense of it all :D (I didn't)

How many episodes are there Threshers_Flail ?
 
sojourner said:
It's only getting a tiny bit better tbh - I'm still spending every episode in a state of severe confusion, with moments of 'oh! so THAT'S her/him/them' before lapsing into scratching my fucking head again :D

Fuck me. I'm gonna have to watch the whole thing from the very start of S1 after this I think :D I ended up pausing it last night to study the photos one by one, and try to make sense of it all :D (I didn't)

How many episodes are there Threshers_Flail ?
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I have yet to start series 2 but I'm comforted to find someone like me who can't remember or piece together something they're watching. I do think Dark is particularly hard to follow thoug. Time travel does that in anything I've seen, Les Revenants etc

I've spent 3 years watching telly with a mate who drifts in and out of sleep while we watch things and she has more of a clue of what's going on than I do! :D
 
Part 2 said:
I have yet to start series 2 but I'm comforted to find someone like me who can't remember or piece together something they're watching. I do think Dark is particularly hard to follow thoug. Time travel does that in anything I've seen, Les Revenants etc

I've spent 3 years watching telly with a mate who drifts in and out of sleep while we watch things and she has more of a clue of what's going on than I do! :D
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Haha - I'm usually much better than this, but Dark is intensely complex, deliberately so and I love it for that, but by the christ, it makes me head hurt :D

My fella has done exact same thing with the drifting and still seems to be on the same level of confusion as me :D
 
Threshers_Flail said:
There are eight in total. It's a double whammy as season one was ages ago, and season two if anything is more confusing than the first!
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Great thanks - didn't wanna look it up in case of spoilerage!

Yeh. Deffo gonna watch it all over again I reckon! I do like the care they've taken over it, but lordy, my head :D
 
Spymaster said:
We messed up and started watching Charité at War, not realising that there is also Charité on there as well which is the first series about the hospital pre-war. Without realising we've watched the second series first.

I haven't seen Charité yet but you might want to watch them in the correct order!
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Haha! OK - I did watch 1 of Charité at War last night but will start watching the other one.
 
Traitors was good - better than it should have been actually.

Spy thriller in Attlee's London, c. 1946. Dirty dealings of the spooky kind. The upper echelons of UK society are well represented - the lower ones, not so much. The scene at the CPGB meeting was risible in its portrayal of that era's PFWC.

It also handled its deaths better than Bletchley Circle, which was good, but lingered too long on the victims whose killer the ex-Bletchley park ladies are racing to catch. . .
 
Idris2002 said:
I can't say the advertising inspired me to check it out. If anything it had the opposite effect.
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Yes, I ignored it for ages and even watched half the first episode and gave up, but I've just watched the first season in 3 nights and am hooked.

I am very confused though :hmm: :D
 
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