Tv Shows

[Zico]

On 08/07/2022 at 15:40, Zico said:

Started watching last night 

Switched off half way through as i was tired and couldn't concentrate after a big tea 

Might try again but it didn't really grab me, but been told it's ace 

went to watch again last night

turns out the reason it didn't grab me was I felt a bit lost and like i'd missed something

and the reason for that is, for some reason, I started watching from episode 3, not 1

started from 1 last night and found it much more enjoyable

episode 3 will now make full sense

[Not in Crawley]

The Janes - doc on Now/Sky

Scary given what's go on in the states in the past couple of months but its about these students who helped women get abortions safely before Roe vs Wade,

Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I' recomend everyone to watch it.

[little whitt]

The Terminal List 

10/10

well worth a watch 

[Marc505]

Binged all 4 series of Stranger Things last couple of weeks after never watching any of it.

Hmm.

For me it's been a mix of great, to tedious, to piss funny, to eye rollingly predictable, to out staying its welcome a bit in the end.

A 2.5 hour last episode that won't even end up being its final episode?! The whole Russian prison thread was pointless, the whole Russians being involved at all was poor and not required IMO.

But, it had its endearing moments too. I can see why the kids think it's ground breaking and incredible, but we've seen it all before haven't we? Buffy was saving the world from the hellmouth every week in the 90s 🤣

Anyway, see you in a couple of years for series 5.

[Marc505]

Masses of conjecture and not a whole lot of hard evidence on this Panorama SAS stitch up.

[Spider]

43 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

Binged all 4 series of Stranger Things last couple of weeks after never watching any of it.

Hmm.

For me it's been a mix of great, to tedious, to piss funny, to eye rollingly predictable, to out staying its welcome a bit in the end.

A 2.5 hour last episode that won't even end up being its final episode?! The whole Russian prison thread was pointless, the whole Russians being involved at all was poor and not required IMO.

But, it had its endearing moments too. I can see why the kids think it's ground breaking and incredible, but we've seen it all before haven't we? Buffy was saving the world from the hellmouth every week in the 90s 🤣

Anyway, see you in a couple of years for series 5.

I said to my lad that the Russia storyline didn’t make sense and he muttered something about season 5.

I just think they wanted to pad it out. Didn’t  work.

The Master of Puppets bit was pure class.

Edited July 12, 2022 by Spider

[Marc505]

15 minutes ago, Spider said:

I said to my lad that the Russia storyline didn’t make sense and he muttered something about season 5.

I just think they wanted to pad it out. Didn’t  work.

The Master of Puppets bit was pure class.

The whole having Russian soldiers in the US and in such large numbers didn't seem right at all to me, and how they somehow got everyone back to Russia between s3 and s4 with seemingly no issues was convenient.

(Also convenient was just jumping to "two weeks later" instead of properly dealing with the fallout from the battle in the last episode!)

Music was used brilliantly throughout I thought, the Master Of Puppets scene was ace! Its funny how it has brought loads of older artists and songs to a new audience, we had our young teenage niece saying "Running Up That Hill is the best song everrrr, have you heard of it?" last week 😃

[Spider]

Latest episode of better call Saul is the best one yet

[Not in Crawley]

Not a TV show, but can't be arse finding the film thread. Saw Charles and Brian tonight.

Very sweet, not a funny as you'd think but worth 90 mins of your time.

[bolty58]

10 hours ago, Marc505 said:

Masses of conjecture and not a whole lot of hard evidence on this Panorama SAS stitch up.

BBC innit. Left wing agenda.

[Marc505]

10 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

BBC innit. Left wing agenda.

I've no doubt that crimes have been committed and I don't want that sweeping under the carpet but I'm also not sure it was the most responsible piece of programming to make or put out in the way that it was.

More than 90% of the actual footage they used was from Australian SAS ops. The email trail they've uncovered is incriminating, but a lot of the rest of it was conjecture.

In the end, who is most at risk when somebody potentially decides to take retribution for stories like this? The still anonymous members of this SAS team or the most visible and current serving members of the armed forces?

[bolty58]

19 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

I've no doubt that crimes have been committed and I don't want that sweeping under the carpet but I'm also not sure it was the most responsible piece of programming to make or put out in the way that it was.

More than 90% of the actual footage they used was from Australian SAS ops. The email trail they've uncovered is incriminating, but a lot of the rest of it was conjecture.

In the end, who is most at risk when somebody potentially decides to take retribution for stories like this? The still anonymous members of this SAS team or the most visible and current serving members of the armed forces?

There are some unsavoury things in life which (and some would debate this) need to be done. The 'dirty work' if it can be so labelled, has to be done in the greater interest and I am sure that the same types which try to suppress discussion on certain issues within the UK will be along shortly to remonstrate that 'poor unarmed innocents' were unlawfully killed by what is in effect, an extension of the UK government.

These types of operation have been carried out for centuries and are far better left 'under the carpet' as you put it. Our greatest leader of all time resisted and ultimately brought about the demise of the most evil tyrant of all time. How many clandestine operations to take out prospective 'problems' do you think he would have sanctioned?

The bigger picture needs to be considered. We enjoy a life of freedom (slowly being whittled away by sinister forces I admit but still highly valued) which some of these activities contribute to in small but significant ways. The BBC should shut the fuck up about anything to do with our military operations and the Official Secrets Act should be strengthened to do so if necessary. All in the national interest.

This particular instance is of the same ilk of those troublemakers at the weekend F1 alleging racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments from the crowd on social media. Nothing more than shit stirring just for the sake of it (or to make themselves feel virtuous).

Edited July 13, 2022 by bolty58

[Not in Crawley]

You can't handle the truth!

[Duck Egg]

It's the cornerstone of any large democratic nation, to go into another country and slaughter innocent people at will without consequences.  Bloody leftists making an issue of it.

[bolty58]

2 hours ago, Duck Egg said:

It's the cornerstone of any large democratic nation, to go into another country and slaughter innocent people at will without consequences.  Bloody leftists making an issue of it.

Bollocks. 

Better dead than red.

[ErnestTurnip]

Resident Evil series on Netflix, utter shite - a must miss.

[Not in Crawley]

Ten Percent, the English version of Call My Agent! is a nice watch.

 

[Not in Crawley]

Not long now until The Rings of Power on Amazon. Getting very excited for this one.

[Zico]

8 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Not long now until The Rings of Power on Amazon. Getting very excited for this one.

I'm not 

I'm not even going to think about it again till it comes out 

I refuse to get my hopes up

I've seen the trailer 

The struggle is real

[Not in Crawley]

Just now, Zico said:

I'm not 

I'm not even going to think about it again till it comes out 

I refuse to get my hopes up

I've seen the trailer 

The struggle is real

It's going to be interesting to see how they can build the appendices of LotR into a full series.

[radcliffe white]

Jules darby has just tipped up in corrie tonight 

[bolty58]

Just finished Witness No. 3 on C5. 8/10. The lad playing Po (Italian actor?) was top drawer and reminded me very much of Joe Hawkins which some of a certain vintage might remember.

Well worth a watch.

[little whitt]

just watching 

Black Bird 

vary good so far im 3 in 

[DazBob]

Watched The Control Room on BBC this week.

Fucking rubbish.  Felt like some shite that ITV would put out.

[Not in Crawley]

Started sherwood and finished Vikings Vahalla which is distracting nonsense.