not-bono-ever
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it is indeed terrible, full of plot holes and unlikeable characters but we somehow got to the end
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it is indeed terrible, full of plot holes and unlikeable characters but we somehow got to the end
spellbinder
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13 sins.
It filled an evening and wasn't too dreadful.
It filled an evening and wasn't too dreadful.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
This. I watched this, initally mistaking it for The Orphanage.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Just watched the first 'Upgrade' and it had some interesting ideas, enough that I will probably continue for now. I can't see how it's going to have the legs to last three series without doing something quite dramatic though.
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Hang on, that might be Prime.
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Hang on, that might be Prime.
Reno
The In Kraut
Do you mean the science fiction film Upgrade from a couple of years ago ?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
No I don't, but oddly that's how I found out about upload, when I asked exactly the same question you did in response to someone else talking about Upgrade.
What they had been talking about seemed to fit the Upgrade plot, but now I see that they are clearly two completely different things. I quite liked upgrade, but I think it missed the mark somewhere, I didn't watch it paying full attention though.
Reno
The In Kraut
You wrote "Upgrade" in you post, hence the confusion. There has been talk of developing that into a tv series, btw. so I wondered whether you were posting from the future.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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lefteri
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read this and thought ooh that sounds good
looked it up and realised i’ve seen it, just forgotten the title, being a bit unmemorable
saw your second post about it referring to a second series, thought ‘great, can watch that’
looked it up, realised i’ve seen the whole of that series too
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
The Break. Sorry Spymaster, but that was your worst recommendation yet. Clunky story, shit characters, the lead cop wearing his shite jumpers who I wanted to shake to death for being shit. We’ve literally just given up on Ep 7, cos well, it was shit - not gunna waste another hour 
I really wanted to get into it come Ep 7, but alas it failed.
I really wanted to get into it come Ep 7, but alas it failed.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Soz mateThe Break. Sorry Spymaster, but that was your worst recommendation yet. Clunky story, shit characters, the lead cop wearing his shite jumpers who I wanted to shake to death for being shit. We’ve literally just given up on Ep 7, cos well, it was shit - not gunna waste another hour
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Uncorked - film about a guy who's conflicted because he wants to train to become a master sommelier but his father wants him to take over the family restaurant business. Nicely done drama about expectations and pressure, living up to other people's standards, personal sacrifice, versus pursuing a passion and following a dream.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
I'm watching Into the Night now, watched 4/6 last night. It's okay.
I'm just about to watch the one where they go to NATO and I'm hoping the annoying racist Dutch guy Rik gets killed/left behind.
T & P
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one of those series for me that manages to stay on the right side of passable, and just when you start wondering if it’s worth sticking with pulls off a gripping subplot or cliffhanger.
Overall it oscillated between a 6 and 7 out of 10 for me, which for a short thriller/sci-fi series is good enough. At the end I was left craving for more...
T & P
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On the subject of undemanding sci-fi fodder, Netflix has been suggesting a film called iBoy for a while now. It sounded like utter shit so I’d ignored it, but last Sunday I gave it a go out of boredom and it wasn’t bad.
Whereas the main premise relies on a sci-fi occurrence, it is as much as a gritty inner city London thriller/ drama as it is sci-fi. Predictable and formulaic but watchable of a weekend.
Whereas the main premise relies on a sci-fi occurrence, it is as much as a gritty inner city London thriller/ drama as it is sci-fi. Predictable and formulaic but watchable of a weekend.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I'm on my third attempt. I like it but for some reason I keep losing interest.
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
Episodes is up there now!
It's a bit clunky in places and whoever did Tamsin Greig's wardrobe should be shot but it's still brilliant.
I ended up watching the whole of series 1 last night and more than once laughed really hard out loud. Matt Le Blanc is so good and Carol the TV exec is brilliant.
It's a bit clunky in places and whoever did Tamsin Greig's wardrobe should be shot but it's still brilliant.
I ended up watching the whole of series 1 last night and more than once laughed really hard out loud. Matt Le Blanc is so good and Carol the TV exec is brilliant.
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I have watched all 3 series of Fauda. The first two were good - interesting, gripping, made the point well of how you have to be dehumanised to be part of the Israeli intelligence service. However they were both too pro Israel, with the Arab leads being presented as unhinged and duplicitous. Then series 3 swings right the other way by showing the severity of the Israeli response and how it is almost impossible not to become radicalised.
I'm not sure if they changed writer in series 3 or if they just felt that the series needed some balance, anyway it was a welcome conclusion to the series that brought it the balance it needed.
So if you're going to watch, make sure you watch all 3 series. However after 3 series of Fauda, you should fully expect to be broken by the misery and the hopelessness of the Israeli/Palestenian situation. I don't think I can watch anything but comedies for some time to come.
I'm not sure if they changed writer in series 3 or if they just felt that the series needed some balance, anyway it was a welcome conclusion to the series that brought it the balance it needed.
So if you're going to watch, make sure you watch all 3 series. However after 3 series of Fauda, you should fully expect to be broken by the misery and the hopelessness of the Israeli/Palestenian situation. I don't think I can watch anything but comedies for some time to come.
I was really disappointed with series 3. The first 2 if anything seemed more balanced to me, whereas the last one was like The A Team becoming less and less believable. The main group would've been dead several times over. I remember looking to see if the writers had changed myself but I don't think they had so assumed the ridiculous action scenes had been ramped up because they were running out of ideas.
I agree with this to an extent, there is even a scene when they shoot the team to make them look like superheroes and yes there was much more action, although the Israelis have 9 lives in the first two series too.
But if you consider what I have said above, it was the first time the Arab male leads had been presented sympathetically. So from that point of view, and imo a very important need of the show, series 3 was very necessary and significant and meant I could forgive the A team type stuff as I didn't see that balance in series 1 and 2. I get that Series 3 may have felt more clumsily made but when you consider it's Israeli TV, I think series 3 is pretty wow.
ginger_syn
Her Insanity laughs under pressure...👾
The good place ,just watched season four it really cheered me up ,my eyes ache a bit though .
Apart from that, it was an expertly crafted post.
Yup. THE scariest film I've ever watched. Was actually reduced to holding the fella's hand halfway through cos I was fucking shitting it so much
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
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First few seasons are really good. It treads water for a bit but comes back well in 6 and 7.
Not seen 8 yet
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