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Anyone seen the Killing? I'm not necessarily recommending it. The script is pretty honking in places but I've sort of carried on watching it. But what I was wondering was...
Why in US productions or American English generally perhaps, do some characters get refered to by their surname and others forename. School scenes always have pupils... Sutdents, refered to by their surname. But the adult characters in this. The leads, one's always called Sarah, the other Holder, (his surname.)
Why in US productions or American English generally perhaps, do some characters get refered to by their surname and others forename. School scenes always have pupils... Sutdents, refered to by their surname. But the adult characters in this. The leads, one's always called Sarah, the other Holder, (his surname.)
mack
Fact Me Till I Fart
Very good documentary - kind of forgot the rampage across town at the cafes and bars.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
The first half of Arrested Development season 5 has appeared, although I had no idea they were even making another series.
It's jumped the shark a bit for me tbh. Season 4 was an interesting excercise in complex multi-stranded plotting which was also genuinely funny, season 5 doesn't seem to have much of a plot at all so far and decent jokes are fewer and further between.
It's jumped the shark a bit for me tbh. Season 4 was an interesting excercise in complex multi-stranded plotting which was also genuinely funny, season 5 doesn't seem to have much of a plot at all so far and decent jokes are fewer and further between.
cheesethief
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I watched the Killing for quite a while, didn't manage to get through it all though. It started off really well, very dark, gritty script, and the characters were refreshingly un-Hollywood-esque - quite "real", flawed, no super pretty, shiny white teeth types. But I started to wane a bit, the endless conspiracy became a little trying to follow. Might go back to it in the future, maybe.
As to the names thing, not a clue, beyond the observation that it you want to present a gritty cop in a US drama it's mandatory to refer to them by surname alone - the use of a forename humanises the individual, makes you think they might have a cat & like nature documentaries.
Nearly finished the first season. I did find the script a bit on the nose and LOLd a couple of times. e.g. The bit with Campbell campaigning. Let me know if you don't get your benefit cheque in the next month... Hell of a woman, looking after her husband who had both his legs blown off in GW1. And the canine has found something. Who the fuck talks like that.
But it's got better or I'm overlooking it...
But it's got better or I'm overlooking it...
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Watched an RTE drama called Clean Break yesterday. It was a bleak and daft, but quite entertaining.
Written by Bill Roche, directed by Gillies Mackinnon, and has a fairly good cast (including the always entertaining Ned Dennehy; below)
Written by Bill Roche, directed by Gillies Mackinnon, and has a fairly good cast (including the always entertaining Ned Dennehy; below)
wtfftw
melting like a toastie
I've just started this.I wanted to watch The Letdown after seeing recommendations but it’s not being shown here until October despite being made in Australia
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
don't know if any of yz have been watching sense8 but it's really good
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
I watched the first season, but haven't caught up with subsequent episodes....it's had very mixed reviews...
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
so many good things do
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
It's like lots of the Wachowskis output. Lots of good stuff messily strung together
The Ritual. Good Horror ... a rarity these days... a bit Kill List-ish but not as well produced.
The Ritual (2017) - IMDb
The Ritual (2017) - IMDb
Rosemary Jest
Wrong and Unstable
It wasn't a bad film that
Was just looking into the director to source some more horror... he is David Bruckner who also produced VHS which I also thought was excellent.
I felt that the second season was a real let down. The first was amazing, but the plotting, characterisation and the 2 places at once plot device wore really thin in season 2. I stopped caring about the characters, felt that the action scenes lacked the punch they had first time round and found that the whole thing was turning into an incoherent mess. Just a massive disappointment to me, because I was beyond enthusiastic about season 1.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Watching Making a Murderer and couldn't handle the tension so went to wiki to read up what happened.
Just finished S1 of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Loved it. Never read any Douglas Adams and never seen any adaptations, so didn't really know what to expect.
Just finished S1 of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Loved it. Never read any Douglas Adams and never seen any adaptations, so didn't really know what to expect.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Very good apparently but we haven't watched it yet. I need to be in the right mood for subtitles.
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
Loved Wild Wild Country, so fucked up, what an odd woman Sheela is.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
new Luke Cage is out. Hope its better than defenders was, that was not the sum of its parts
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Just finished part 2 of The Get Down. Thoroughly enjoyed it, quite a unique show.
I'm really loving this, it's beautiful writing.
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Secret City - Anna Torv, Mehki Phfifer, Alan Dale and Huw Higginson star in Australian spy/journalist conspiracy drama. 2 eps in and quite watchable.
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