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Idris2002
Christmas Eve, you know?
Yep. We watched the first episode last night, and a great collective "meh" swept over us as we shrugged our shoulders in unison.
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
Got to ep5... 8ts brilliant. So honest. The Martha character reminds me of Kathy bates in misery. Brilliant acting all round. Totally hooked
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Mrs Spy's been watching this. I caught a bit of it yesterday with some guy getting bum-raped. Think I'll give it a miss.
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
That's fair enough, but that's really just one scene. The story is gripping
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
I've just Googled baby reindeer having finished the series. The actor playing the lead, Richard Gadd. Wrote it and is the lead in the story based on his own life! Wow.. No wonder it is so amazing, it's so personal and played by the person that went through it all. Best short drama series I've seen ever
10/10 would recommend to watch
10/10 would recommend to watch
T & P
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I am well known among my friends and acquaintances for decisively avoiding films and series with such content, and when I fervently recommended this series to them one of them remarked after watching it they were rather surprised I liked it given my tastes.
I don’t watch any of the revered, award winning true crime dramatisations everyone else in here raves about because I can’t stomach the subject matter, but even so I am loving this show, including the most challenging episode. so don’t be put off by any preconceptions because I’m sure I have a far lower tolerance of such subjects than you based on past comments of other shows/ documentaries over the years, and if I am not finding it overtly disturbing you ain’t going to either.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I liked baby reindeer.
Nicely told, something different, side steps conventions.
Watched quite a lot of it in one go while finishing an art project.
It made me wonder if I hadn't been stalked (to a lesser degree) back in the early 2000s.
Nicely told, something different, side steps conventions.
Watched quite a lot of it in one go while finishing an art project.
It made me wonder if I hadn't been stalked (to a lesser degree) back in the early 2000s.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
As in Alien franchise Ripley?
T & P
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Probably because such intense female-to-male stalking cases as the one told here are luckily fairly uncommon?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Yep!
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I have started on Baby Reindeer.
The first episode was great. A cringe, horror, great, but I could see how easily he could let things happen, just by trying to be nice. Well, until he did that one thing.
I have only made it half way through the second one though. There are only so many times I can scream 'what the fuck are you doing, you fucking idiot?' at the telly and I have used up my quota in twelve minutes. And, does no one else work in that pub? Surely the owner would tell her to fuck off.
The first episode was great. A cringe, horror, great, but I could see how easily he could let things happen, just by trying to be nice. Well, until he did that one thing.
I have only made it half way through the second one though. There are only so many times I can scream 'what the fuck are you doing, you fucking idiot?' at the telly and I have used up my quota in twelve minutes. And, does no one else work in that pub? Surely the owner would tell her to fuck off.
T & P
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Just finished it. Fucking superlative- one of the best bits of TV I have watched in a long time. Just brilliant.
I am now left with various burning questions about the real-life players. Such as
was the real life Martha consulted about this? I’ve already read various articles that reveal she didn’t go to jail and Richard Gadd told the authorities he didn’t want her to be sent down, and he had no hatred for her and saw her actions as a mental health issue rather than malicious criminality. I hope wherever she is, the release of this show will not have serious detrimental effects on her mental health.
And even more curious to know if his real life groomer & rapist faced any legal consequences. Perhaps non-winnable in court due to lack of evidence, in which case I hope this series will keep him up
At night for the rest of his life
And even more curious to know if his real life groomer & rapist faced any legal consequences. Perhaps non-winnable in court due to lack of evidence, in which case I hope this series will keep him up
At night for the rest of his life
pieandmashfirm
backwardly forward .I worked it out with a pencil
4 episodes in and so far so good
krtek a houby
Kick me again Jesus
Watched it all today. Very well made and as upsetting as it gets. Powerful drama.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver - immature cheddar!
So cheesy, so dry, so serious. Star Worse! The lightsabers look shite, the action is dull, the fighting is stupid (buff man with two axes takes on army of armoured gun wielding grunts!)
What's with the robot that thinks it is Batman!
I'm convinced they only did one take of every scene with any dialogue in it. Some of these people come off as if they've never acted before in their lives, or just can't.
What a waste of time and money!
It is better than the first one, by a little bit (probably because Charlie Hunman isn't in it with his awful OIRISH accent!)
So cheesy, so dry, so serious. Star Worse! The lightsabers look shite, the action is dull, the fighting is stupid (buff man with two axes takes on army of armoured gun wielding grunts!)
What's with the robot that thinks it is Batman!
I'm convinced they only did one take of every scene with any dialogue in it. Some of these people come off as if they've never acted before in their lives, or just can't.
What a waste of time and money!
It is better than the first one, by a little bit (probably because Charlie Hunman isn't in it with his awful OIRISH accent!)
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
. . . Yeah, I'm not even going to attempt to watch that one for the car crash lols.
Never finished the first one. Just made me angry that they spunked so much money on such junk. Did they not read the script? Didn't the fact that it was outright rejected as a star wars show not ring alarm bells?
Never finished the first one. Just made me angry that they spunked so much money on such junk. Did they not read the script? Didn't the fact that it was outright rejected as a star wars show not ring alarm bells?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I bailed on Carol & The End of The World after less than one ep, because the character design was just so damn ugly that it was unwatchable. . . I found out recently that one of my favourite music artists of the last couple of years (Joe Wong) did the music, so I'm giving it another crack.
Looking away from the screen and watching without glasses as best I can.
Looking away from the screen and watching without glasses as best I can.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
There's a scene where a string section plays on through a massacre. Just plays on as if that's a normal part of the gig at space nazi events.
Everyone's being killed, play on, play on....cue the moody violins...
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Even these guys knew when to stop!
krtek a houby
Kick me again Jesus
The first one was grimly fascinating. I'm surprised that it has it's fans because there's not much that's redeemable about it. Possibly the worst movie that Snyder has vomited out. At least junk like Jupiter Ascending is fun (intentionally or not) but Snyder's efforts have never been all that.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I thought Jupiter Ascending was kind of ok, a bit muddled / cluttered but a basic fun fairy tale story with a bit of heart. . . . that was a Wakowski film though not Snyder.
krtek a houby
Kick me again Jesus
Yes, I didn't say it wasn't. And it's Wachowski
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I see. Just seemed a bit odd to mention / compare an unrelated 'not terrible' film in relation to terrible Snyder films.Yes, I didn't say it wasn't. And it's Wachowski
krtek a houby
Kick me again Jesus
Mentioned because it was a scifi film that got mixed to poor reviews, a bit like say, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. I like all kinds of scifi from silent era to modern and include a lot of flops or fails in there. But Snyders stuff just doesnt do it for me. (although might make an exception for Watchmen, which is an ok adaptation and nothing more)
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
All is revealed. Everyone thinks they will walk away, that they won't be abused or stalked... Until you're right in it and you don't even know. I think that's what's so good about Baby Reindeer. It explains, very well, how & why it can happen. All of the messages shown on screen are the real, deranged messages, sent by the real "Martha".
If it was that simple no one would ever get stalked, groomed or drug raped by someone they knew.
To me it is just astonishing that he kept going back to his groomer's flat, if he never came back after the first time, or didn't take anymore drugs on subsequent times... blah blah. But he thought they were friends, he enjoyed having a successful mentor pay attention to him... I bet the dickhead who raped him didn't really think of it as rape either. In his twisted mind he'd have told himself it was consensual.
More astonishing! When Donny admitted to himself and the whole world he'd been groomed and raped he went back again! And the rapist had actually seen the video. And somehow they had a very civilised chat and agreed to work together? Does the rapist justify it as Donny exaggerating what happened and fictionalising their relationship? Is that the level of his denial? Or does he know what he did but also knows that he can just say it was all consensual?
To me it is just astonishing that he kept going back to his groomer's flat, if he never came back after the first time, or didn't take anymore drugs on subsequent times... blah blah. But he thought they were friends, he enjoyed having a successful mentor pay attention to him... I bet the dickhead who raped him didn't really think of it as rape either. In his twisted mind he'd have told himself it was consensual.
More astonishing! When Donny admitted to himself and the whole world he'd been groomed and raped he went back again! And the rapist had actually seen the video. And somehow they had a very civilised chat and agreed to work together? Does the rapist justify it as Donny exaggerating what happened and fictionalising their relationship? Is that the level of his denial? Or does he know what he did but also knows that he can just say it was all consensual?
If it hadn't happened in real life it would be hard to sympathise, but it did. And it's way too common.
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