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Post by Slinger on Jul 14, 2021 13:28:40 GMT
East West 101 lasted 2 episodes. Racism was used with the precision of a baseball bat to fuel the plotlines. First it was everyone agains the Arabs (the detective is from an Arabic family) and #2 was Jews telling the Arabic detective nobody cared their son was dead, and "he" certainly wouldn't bother to find the killer. In the meantime there was the sub-plot about the committed racist (with the secret junkie son) who was second in command of the detective unit who would have lasted about 30 seconds in a modern police force, but would have felt right at home in Ashes to Ashes, or Life on Mars. I kept waiting for him to shout "Fire up the Quatro," in an aussie accent while kicking a foreigner down the stairs. This misanthrope appears to be having an affair with the (female) boss of the unit. Oh, and the killer of the Jewish guy turned out to be a gay accountant whose boyfriend made porn movies.
I think the scripts were probabvly written in crayon.
I'm dipping my toe, or possibly toes, plural, into a series I know some of you have already watched, and is based on a beloved novel: The Man In The High Castle. It's a book I've read several times so I'd sort of shuffled it to the bottom of the deck in case of disappointment, but now seems as good a time as any to give it a go.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 14, 2021 16:04:59 GMT
East West 101 lasted 2 episodes. Racism was used with the precision of a baseball bat to fuel the plotlines. First it was everyone agains the Arabs (the detective is from an Arabic family) and #2 was Jews telling the Arabic detective nobody cared their son was dead, and "he" certainly wouldn't bother to find the killer. In the meantime there was the sub-plot about the committed racist (with the secret junkie son) who was second in command of the detective unit who would have lasted about 30 seconds in a modern police force, but would have felt right at home in Ashes to Ashes, or Life on Mars. I kept waiting for him to shout " Fire up the Quatro," in an aussie accent while kicking a foreigner down the stairs. This misanthrope appears to be having an affair with the (female) boss of the unit. Oh, and the killer of the Jewish guy turned out to be a gay accountant whose boyfriend made porn movies. I think the scripts were probabvly written in crayon. I'm dipping my toe, or possibly toes, plural, into a series I know some of you have already watched, and is based on a beloved novel: The Man In The High Castle. It's a book I've read several times so I'd sort of shuffled it to the bottom of the deck in case of disappointment, but now seems as good a time as any to give it a go. Man in the high castle is one of the best series I have ever seen Loved it
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Post by Slinger on Jul 15, 2021 13:38:17 GMT
...and I spotted Burn Gorman (Owen from Torchwood) on the transport ship. He often plays a bit of a sketchy bugger, so I'm guessing I know who this season's villain is already. And he's just turned up in The Man In The High Castle, as "The Marshall"; Yet another nasty bastard.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 15, 2021 19:51:37 GMT
...and I spotted Burn Gorman (Owen from Torchwood) on the transport ship. He often plays a bit of a sketchy bugger, so I'm guessing I know who this season's villain is already. And he's just turned up in The Man In The High Castle, as "The Marshall"; Yet another nasty bastard. Not a nice man at all !
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Post by MartinT on Jul 15, 2021 20:29:18 GMT
Beck is as good as ever.
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Post by Barrington on Jul 21, 2021 21:32:14 GMT
Katla (Netflix) like a cross between Les Revenants and Glitch , heavy Icelandic drama .
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Post by MartinT on Jul 22, 2021 5:30:57 GMT
Katla (Netflix) like a cross between Les Revenants and Glitch , heavy Icelandic drama . I enjoyed it. Glitch was great, too.
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Post by speedysteve on Jul 22, 2021 18:36:22 GMT
We're now on to the 2nd season of Designated Survivor.
If you like Am President, Whitehouse, Capitol, FBI stuff, this would be right up your street.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 22, 2021 18:54:04 GMT
We're now on to the 2nd season of Designated Survivor. If you like Am President, Whitehouse, Capitol, FBI stuff, this would be right up your street. Saw it all. Very good.
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Post by mikeyb on Jul 22, 2021 19:51:03 GMT
We're now on to the 2nd season of Designated Survivor. If you like Am President, Whitehouse, Capitol, FBI stuff, this would be right up your street. Wait until you get to the season produced in 2019. Quite an eye opener
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Post by MartinT on Jul 22, 2021 20:04:44 GMT
I've started with the German series Biohackers. There are three story threads and I'm not sure where it's going, but it's very watchable.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 23, 2021 8:40:35 GMT
Fargo
Very good indeed right to the very end
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Post by Slinger on Jul 26, 2021 12:40:35 GMT
I'm about to give episode #1 of "Jolt," (Amazon Prime) a go. It may turn out to be a load of old tosh, but Kate Beckinsale, kicking arse, with no faux American accent? Seriously? How can I not love it?
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 26, 2021 13:17:12 GMT
Might wait to hear back from you on that one Paul
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Post by Slinger on Jul 26, 2021 13:43:06 GMT
I thought it was a series, but it's turned out that it's a movie. DOH!
Good fun though, tons of comic book violence.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 26, 2021 14:16:08 GMT
She seems to have cornered the market for that sort of action film.
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Post by Slinger on Jul 26, 2021 14:46:39 GMT
I loved her in the "Underworld" series.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 26, 2021 15:27:22 GMT
I thought it was a series, but it's turne out that it's a movie. DOH! Good fun though, tons of comic book violence. Ok. Worth a punt when I'm searching for fodder for the boss
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Post by Slinger on Aug 1, 2021 22:02:09 GMT
I've just watched the first two episodes of "Evil," and it's definitely showing some promise.
Sort of Apparitions with an X-Files vibe.
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Post by rfan8312 on Aug 1, 2021 22:39:58 GMT
Damn. The youtube trailer for season 1 looks quite promising. Where the beliefs of science and religion overlap. mike "searching for fodder" 🤣
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