rjw63 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 15 minutes ago, Seat68 said: I watched One Day on Netflix this week, 14 episodes randing in 19 minutes to 38 minutes. Its based on the David Nicholls book of the same name, previously there had been a film starring Anne Hathaway. It was pretty good in my view, but I loved the book and this series was a lot closer to the book than the film, not that the film strayed too far. Ambika mod was excellent as Emma, believable, and so far the online critics haven't had an issue with her ethnicity. The male lead is Leo Woodall and I would say he is the only weak point in it, not a great actor, but the whole thing carries him anyway. The soundtrack is excellent, lots of indie hits, so if you like a bit of main stream indie, this hits the right notes. As an aside when David Nicholls first released One Day, on his website he had a list of tunes called the Emma morley mixtape, which was a lot better but I suspect they couldnt get permission for it all. Regardless, if you like David Nicholls outside of Us, this is the best adaption of his work and worth a watch. How much did you get paid for that review? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 1 minute ago, rjw63 said: How much did you get paid for that review? You can watch it by clicking on this link Petesbigcashgrabaffiliatelink.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Going through the seasons of Curb your Enthusiasm again. The episode about Cheryl's Aunts funeral, where Larry is giving marriage advice and says to the guy, "what is it, have I got a breath problem, why do you keep moving your head away?," that had me howling . What a show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 3rd ep of Halo reverted back to s1 style drama and filler side plots. Get that they need to have build up and flesh out the story, but IMO it's not well enough made. Sure it will pick up again thou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Shogun is on disney+ 27th feb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 This miners strike programme on bbc is pretty powerful . Unbelievable really . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 On 15/02/2024 at 18:32, sne said: 3rd ep of Halo reverted back to s1 style drama and filler side plots. Get that they need to have build up and flesh out the story, but IMO it's not well enough made. Sure it will pick up again thou. Episode 4 should be a cracker (I hope) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted February 18 VT Supporter Share Posted February 18 Season 2 of Kin didnt disappoint. Top TV. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Just finished my re - run of True Detective S1. That last episode, with Rusts speech about his near death experience, writing does not get better than that. An absolute masterpiece of a show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 37 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said: Just finished my re - run of True Detective S1. That last episode, with Rusts speech about his near death experience, writing does not get better than that. An absolute masterpiece of a show. I started rewatching s1 and was enjoying but I don’t understand why Sky hasn’t got subtitles for it. I can’t understand what they are saying half the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 My wife has just started watching Downton Abbey from the start So that’ll be me up in my maste-, I mean, recording studio for the next 4 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 36 minutes ago, Rob182 said: My wife has just started watching Downton Abbey from the start So that’ll be me up in my maste-, I mean, recording studio for the next 4 months. It's a decent show to be fair, I didn't fancy watching it at all but I got hooked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 1 minute ago, rjw63 said: It's a decent show to be fair, I didn't fancy watching it at all but I got hooked I’m resisting. I’m sure if I watched a few I’d get into it. But period drama stuff generally isn’t my thing, and this gives me the encouragement to go to my loft and record my back catalogue of shite, 3-chord pop punk songs that I wrote from 2003 onwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted February 19 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19 46 minutes ago, Rob182 said: My wife has just started watching Downton Abbey from the start So that’ll be me up in my maste-, I mean, recording studio for the next 4 months. masterbatorium? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted February 19 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19 (edited) True Detective S4 post finale thoughts... Spoiler Not really too sure why they tried so desperately to link it to S1. Felt completely shoe-horned in and now it's over, it looks rather desperate seeing as all the ways they tried to link it to S1 had no bearing on how it finished. General thoughts on the season was that it was good, but didn't really need the True Detective name. Would have been fine as a stand-alone season without the links to S1. Ending was a bit meh, but wasn't really expecting much better. It also felt that the most interesting part of the show (the DNA that the scientists were extracting) was completely glossed over and we ended up not really knowing what they were trying to achieve. Edited February 19 by PieFacE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 19 Moderator Share Posted February 19 I thought, if you'll excuse the pun, the True Detective season 4 finale skated some thin ice at times, but came out the right side of good. I couldn't help but think it would be lauded if it wasn't carrying the TD title. I enjoyed it, good characters, a good atmosphere, an ending that kinda worked and Jodie Foster putting in a heck of a performance. They threw a bit too many ingredients in, but I thought it was pretty damned good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted February 19 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19 finally got around to the bear series 2. better than the first IMO. great TV. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Extraordinary Season 2 starts back up on March the 6th. Loved the first one. Also hearing Physical 100 Season 2 is imminent as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted February 20 VT Supporter Share Posted February 20 15 hours ago, tomav84 said: finally got around to the bear series 2. better than the first IMO. great TV. The Taylor Swift chapter is the highlight, the middle of 'Forks', must've watched it about 20 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 20 VT Supporter Share Posted February 20 I wonder whether this new ITV series (Breathtaking, about the Covid/PPE fiasco) will have similar impact to the Post Office one? The first episode was pretty uncompromising. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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