ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Oh, well then I guess it's not for me. I didn't really have any feelings about the characters. The whole show just seems like flatline wallpaper TV. Just boring.
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Same.
lazythursday
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I did have similar negative feelings re Schitts Creek and persevered, and did start to get why people rate it, but yet to be totally convinced of its classic status by the end of S2. But it definitely is a slow burn character led thing.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
There are 2 seasons of this. Unabomber, which you're watching, and Manhunt: Deadly Games, which is also excellent but isn't on Netflix. It's on Amazon Prime though.
Same.
If you liked Deadly Games there's also a recent film about Richard Jewell. Not watched it myself so unsure of whether it adds anything to the story but there's a lot of stuff in the series that didn't happen from what I read.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Yes, I've watched that too. It's worth seeing but if you've seen either one, the other's not going to give you any more.If you liked Deadly Games there's also a recent film about Richard Jewell. Not watched it myself so unsure of whether it adds anything to the story but there's a lot of stuff in the series that didn't happen from what I read.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Hungerford
Poor script
Very poor decison making
Ropy acting
At least it's short
Poor script
Very poor decison making
Ropy acting
At least it's short
han
love is the answer
I'm already starting to
Oh, one line really stuck out for me in the episode we watched this evening. David: 'I'm really at one with nature - I do Coachella every year'.
T & P
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Started the brand new British sci-fi mini series The One. Not fantastic but certainly one and a half episodes in, a lot better than the Rotten Tomatoes score suggests.
Feels like a lesser grade but still perfectly watchable Black Mirror/ Channel 4 effort so far, so unless it goes spectacularly bad in the reminder of the series, the audience ratings I’ve seen so far seem far closer to the truth.
In short, not amazing but worth giving it a go if you’re running out of things to watch.
Feels like a lesser grade but still perfectly watchable Black Mirror/ Channel 4 effort so far, so unless it goes spectacularly bad in the reminder of the series, the audience ratings I’ve seen so far seem far closer to the truth.
In short, not amazing but worth giving it a go if you’re running out of things to watch.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
Worn Stories is a sweet and funny documentary about peoples relationships with their clothes Worn Stories | Netflix Official Site
fucthest8
Cool people die horrible, preventable deaths.
Yeah, thoroughly enjoyed that, some great people on there, great stories.
Numbers
an ting!
We finished season 3 of Superstore y/day, we both really love it. So glad we still have 2 seasons left.
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
Sixty Six
It's just what I needed
A gorgeous British feelgood (I hate that word but there it is...) film about a boy whose bar mitzvah is going to be on the same day as the 1966 world cup final.
Helen Bonham Carter is marvellous and the wonderful Eddie Marson. Peter Serafinowicz and Catherine Tate. And some super child actors.
I really enjoyed it.
It's just what I needed
A gorgeous British feelgood (I hate that word but there it is...) film about a boy whose bar mitzvah is going to be on the same day as the 1966 world cup final.
Helen Bonham Carter is marvellous and the wonderful Eddie Marson. Peter Serafinowicz and Catherine Tate. And some super child actors.
I really enjoyed it.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I am watching Sixty Six right now, will report back.
Earlier I watched Concrete Cowboy which I absolutely loved. Idris Elba has one of the main roles, but some of the actors are from the IRL Fletcher Street Stables - they aren't all people who were originally professional actors hired to play a role, they are from that community and portraying people much like themselves IRL.
I absolutely loved it - it in parts made me cry and in others made me feel uplifted.
Earlier I watched Concrete Cowboy which I absolutely loved. Idris Elba has one of the main roles, but some of the actors are from the IRL Fletcher Street Stables - they aren't all people who were originally professional actors hired to play a role, they are from that community and portraying people much like themselves IRL.
I absolutely loved it - it in parts made me cry and in others made me feel uplifted.
I watched sixty-six a while ago. I remember little other than enjoying it. Good one for the next time I'm stuck with the wife's old man.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Re: Concrete Cowboy - I've been trying to phrase this in a few different ways to get what I am trying to put across expressed in the right way. I sometimes have trouble with this due to some communication issues.
There is a way the white elite in western countries view having horses that probably dates back from Greek Hippeis or Roman Equites that places horse owning and horse riding individuals in a social strata above the rest of the population (hoplites at the bottom etc) that has persisted down the centuries in later eras in terms of cavalry etc. It is pretty much expected that the only people with horses who are going to care for them properly are a small group of white rich elite folks. (This is even projected back upwards in terms of being called posh if you know how to ride a horse - it is that ingrained). You can't just go and have a horse if you are outside that group, and it can seem as though you are under inspection from that group if you do. Regardless of whether it is warranted due to any real welfare concerns. That is what makes the film really great.
There is a way the white elite in western countries view having horses that probably dates back from Greek Hippeis or Roman Equites that places horse owning and horse riding individuals in a social strata above the rest of the population (hoplites at the bottom etc) that has persisted down the centuries in later eras in terms of cavalry etc. It is pretty much expected that the only people with horses who are going to care for them properly are a small group of white rich elite folks. (This is even projected back upwards in terms of being called posh if you know how to ride a horse - it is that ingrained). You can't just go and have a horse if you are outside that group, and it can seem as though you are under inspection from that group if you do. Regardless of whether it is warranted due to any real welfare concerns. That is what makes the film really great.
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Just watched it on your recommendation. Lovely film, thank you.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Can't believe only one mention of this on the thread. Watched it last night, different, well worth a watch. You can call it a film but it's definitely a play (I know it's adapted) and all the better for it for that.
We thought it was shite. Really disappointing, given the subject.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
So, on season 4 of The Crown and have to say, was impressed by the Michael Fagan episode. It was the first time have seen him presented as a sympathetic character. There was almost a Loach/Bleasdale feel to the instalment.
And Gillian Anderson's Thatcher is fascinating and bizarre. Her mesmerising stare, whispering voice and cult like followers... reminds of Alpha (Samantha Morton in TWD). Interesting it also delves into her father's influence on how she saw the world, women's place in it and her seeming dislike and mistrust of the aristocracy. Thatcher the fucked up class warrior?
And Gillian Anderson's Thatcher is fascinating and bizarre. Her mesmerising stare, whispering voice and cult like followers... reminds of Alpha (Samantha Morton in TWD). Interesting it also delves into her father's influence on how she saw the world, women's place in it and her seeming dislike and mistrust of the aristocracy. Thatcher the fucked up class warrior?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Not heard of it, but I like feeling good. Do you have to be into/relate to football lifestyle/people to enjoy it?
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
Absolutely not. I have less than zero interest in any kind of sport.
bmd
Island in the stream.
Is that the one with the bloke with the see-through body? Not sure why you find him entertaining.
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
bmd
Island in the stream.
It is, though I wouldn't have put it like that
Do you mean because he's quite fetching or because you thought it was a load of drek? Or both?
I liked it! It's because he's quite fetching.
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