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Post by MartinT on Apr 8, 2018 17:25:31 GMT
I caught the first episode of Kiss Me First too. Intriguing!
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 9, 2018 3:04:39 GMT
The Terror
Yea. Not for everyone, but the setting, costumes, dialogue, acting and direction, it all just comes together to form something that is just dripping in atmosphere of some kind.
Right up my alley, although I suspect many people could find it boring. I had an idea in mind after seeing the trailer and it has turned out, after two episodes, to be just like I'd hoped for.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 9, 2018 17:27:58 GMT
I thought I recognised Hilde De Baerdemaeker (Sofie) in 13 Commandments, she is also the main character (Liese) in Rough Justice.
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Post by Slinger on Apr 17, 2018 23:22:08 GMT
I have finally joined the majority. I watched the first two episodes of Game Of Thrones tonight. I thought it was pretty good, but I'm not actually "gripped" yet. I do have the first six series on Blu-ray to be getting on with though.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 18, 2018 2:09:31 GMT
Interesting, Slinger.
I watched an episode once, had to do with bastard children. It was good. It was sitting for free as a one off episode sampler that my gf picked up on her way out of the door of a record store.
It was good enough to keep even her interested.
We were in the process of moving then and then somehow the show never found us again. Everyone says it's so great, but I've lazy to get involved in it. Same with Breaking Bad. Feels nice though knowing one day I can just give in and binge the entire series during some snow stormy week off.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 18, 2018 5:30:59 GMT
I have finally joined the majority. I watched the first two episodes of Game Of Thrones tonight. I thought it was pretty good, but I'm not actually "gripped" yet. I do have the first six series on Blu-ray to be getting on with though. Just wait for a couple more episodes - the first few were laying the groundwork for the rich and complex world and its characters. Once you are gripped, you'll be hooked for good. It's relentless and there are episodes and scenes that will have you breathless. Lena Headey is outstanding as the evil Cersei Lannister and Peter Dinklage plays a superb Tyrion Lannister, always just one step away from disaster. Later you'll come across Emilia Clarke as Daenerys with her dragons. When you reach Ramsay you'll see a depiction of evil incarnate that is one of the pinnacles of television.
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Post by John on Apr 18, 2018 9:12:49 GMT
Seasons 4, 5 and 6 are my favourite. Season 7 was a bit of disappointment far too rushed and not up to the usual high standards. You never know who is going to get killed off. Final season sometime next year.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2018 9:18:53 GMT
I have tried watching Game of Thrones a few time but have never found it interesting enough to watch beyond the first season. My wife loves it and bought the early seasons on boxset, so maybe one day I will give it another go.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 18, 2018 9:55:08 GMT
Season 7 was a bit of disappointment Not for me it wasn't. In fact, some of the set-pieces were truly filmic in scale (and probably budget).
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Post by naim1425 on Apr 18, 2018 14:51:22 GMT
The Terror Yea. Not for everyone, but the setting, costumes, dialogue, acting and direction, it all just comes together to form something that is just dripping in atmosphere of some kind. Right up my alley, although I suspect many people could find it boring. I had an idea in mind after seeing the trailer and it has turned out, after two episodes, to be just like I'd hoped for. stick with it it gets a lot better after the first two episodes,beware of the little sniddy bastard.enjoyed i t
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Post by naim1425 on Apr 18, 2018 14:53:41 GMT
still the wire or b.o.b for me,bosch was ok,liked his jazz and turntable
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 18, 2018 14:56:32 GMT
Never got GoT.
Saw about 3 episodes and unimpressed. Extreme violence and unpleasant looking sex.
Breaking Bad compared by some to GoT I very definitely got
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Post by Slinger on Apr 18, 2018 15:28:09 GMT
I enjoyed Bosch, which is unusual as I've read all of the books so far (Michael Connoly is still writing them and Harry features in a new book that's due in October) and usually one has such an immutable image in one's head of how the character walks, talks, reacts, etc. that a film or a TV series is most often very disappointing.
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Post by naim1425 on Apr 18, 2018 15:55:29 GMT
I enjoyed Bosch, which is unusual as I've read all of the books so far (Michael Connoly is still writing them and Harry features in a new book that's due in October) and usually one has such an immutable image in one's head of how the character walks, talks, reacts, etc. that a film or a TV series is most often very disappointing. hope you enjoyed jack reacher,tom criuse made the part his own,well cast .lol.camera shots sorted out the height problem
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Post by Slinger on Apr 18, 2018 16:14:08 GMT
I've nothing against Tom Cruise per se but I'm afraid I refused to watch the Reacher film...and I never even liked the books that much. This is from (Reacher creator) Lee Child's website... Name | Jack Reacher | Born | October 29 | Measurements | 6'5", 220-250 lbs., 50" chest | Hair | Dirty Blonde | Eyes | Ice Blue | Clothes | 3XLT coat, 95 cm. pants' inseam |
Tom Cruise was, I believe, 50 when he made the movie. You can dye his (Brown) hair, put blue contacts in his green eyes, but you cannot add 10" to his height (he's supposedly 5'7") and bulk him up by 70 to 100 lbs (his weight is given as 148ibs) to look anything like the character in the books. Maybe that's just me being a bit 'picky' though.
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Post by naim1425 on Apr 18, 2018 17:52:44 GMT
please be picky, i thought he was 5f 4in,wife likes reacher
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Post by Slinger on Apr 18, 2018 19:03:23 GMT
please be picky, i thought he was 5f 4in,wife likes reacher I did say "supposedly" 5'7"
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Post by Slinger on Apr 18, 2018 19:20:29 GMT
I see that they (Netflix) have remade, or 'rebooted' as they say, Lost In Space. Doctor Smith is female, the robot is some sort of cyborg that they discover, rather than one that they have taken with them, and, it seems, may have some rather dodgy ulterior motives of its own for joining the space family Robinson. It's described as a "darker" take on the original, but then again, isn't everything these days. Oh, and young Will was bullied and suffers panic attacks, it seems. Sounds like a barrel of laughs. That doesn't mean, of course, that I shan't be hunting around the web for a sight of it at some time in the future. I was 11 when the original series was first made, in 1965, and it was a part of my youth and contributed to the genesis of my lifelong love of science fiction. It'll be interesting to see how it's been reworked for a less 'innocent' age, even though its described as a family show.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 18, 2018 19:33:26 GMT
It was part of my youth, also. Dr Zachary Smith a female? No, that just won't work.
Sometimes old SF should just be left alone. You can't reboot everything. The Day the Earth Stood Still? The remake was shocking and lost everything wonderful about the original.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 25, 2018 0:41:45 GMT
Started up The Take. Only 4 episodes in all I believe. Another absolute stunner by Tom Hardy as the despicable Freddie, fresh out of jail. It actually reminds me a tiny bit of his turn as Reggie and Ronnie in Legend. Repulsive actions but there's a lot in his performance that is endearing as well.
Also have been very pleasantly surprised by a show called Love/Hate entirely shot in Ireland about an Irish clan dealing with the kiss of a loved one of their memmbers and all in a world of crime. Incredible performances and superb direction and pacing imo.
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