Chindie Posted June 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 8, 2019 43 minutes ago, mjmooney said: (7/14/21/28/35/42/49/56/) 63 Up continues to fascinate. One of the most fascinating series in TV history. Obviously this is the point where things will start to change drastically, as is the nature of things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Years and Years is a bit unsettling Really good thou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 8, 2019 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Chindie said: One of the most fascinating series in TV history. Obviously this is the point where things will start to change drastically, as is the nature of things. I'm surprised there's only one dead so far. Edited June 8, 2019 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted June 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 8, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Reveal hidden contents I'm surprised there's only one dead so far. Spoiler Indeed. This is my parent's generation, more or less, my mom was born in 51 and dad 53, so just a little older, but they were both dead by 63. This is also the time I think that people start to become more reflective on the world, when their own horizons are shortened and they can look at the world more objectively, so the questions on the participants lives are more... interesting on the face of things than perhaps their thoughts in their working lives, which perhaps hold more interest when they are taken as part of a whole. Edited June 8, 2019 by Chindie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 8, 2019 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Chindie said: Hide contents Indeed. This is my parent's generation, more or less, my mom was born in 51 and dad 53, so just a little older, but they were both dead by 63. This is also the time I think that people start to become more reflective on the world, when their own horizons are shortened and they can look at the world more objectively, so the questions on the participants lives are more... interesting on the face of things than perhaps their thoughts in their working lives, which perhaps hold more interest when they are taken as part of a whole. It's MY generation (dang dang, dang dang) - born 1954, my wife in 1957. And you're dead (ahem) right, it is a time for reflection. Apart from the subjects themselves, the series says a lot about changing attitudes to TV documentary making. Was it started as a serious sociological study of Britain's class system? Or was it one of the first examples of voyeuristic 'reality' entertainment? Probably a bit of both. Although several participants said that they found the experience unsettling, only one (the working class London woman who moved to Scotland) had a serious go at the interviewers for blatant gender bias - the boys were invariably asked about career ambitions, the girls about marriage and babies. As she said, somewhat forgivable in 1964, but not by 1978 and 1985. I was touched that the two lads from the rather grim childrens' home had remained mates, and turned out OK. As for Neil, what happened between 14 and 21 to trigger what looked like schizophrenia? Drugs, perhaps? EDIT: The inevitable problem with the format is that the longer it goes on the less time they have for previous programmes' clips, so we're getting lives which were filmed in reasonable depth compressed into fifteen minutes or so. They should really make all the previous series available for streaming. I do wonder whether their prime objective is to reinforce stereotypes. Fascinating stuff, all the same. Edited June 8, 2019 by mjmooney 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Designated Survivor is back and it's suddenly got sweary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Just finished watching The Virtues. Really enjoyed it and would recommend to anyone that hasn't had a chance to see it yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREAT_BEARD_OF_ZEUS Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Schitts Creek (Netflix) Comedy in which a rich family lose all their money and have to move to small town America. Looked on the face of it to be pretty rubbish, but I decided to give it a chance to kill a bit of time and ended up watching the entire series. It's got the dad from American Pie and the mum from Home Alone as two of the main characters. They're ok in it, but it's the actors who play their (grown up) kids who make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 8, 2019 Killing Eve S2 shaping up well, based on the first two episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 9 hours ago, mjmooney said: Killing Eve S2 shaping up well, based on the first two episodes. Just finished watching the whole of S2 and it's good. No spoilers obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 (edited) Only watched the first episode last night, but Killing Eve certainly appears to be in keeping with the first series - the humour is definitely the same, thankfully. Edited June 9, 2019 by hogso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Have they already put all the episodes up on iPlayer? Did like the 1st episode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 9, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2019 42 minutes ago, Rodders said: Have they already put all the episodes up on iPlayer? Did like the 1st episode Yes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 First episode of The Hot Zone was pretty promising. Love me a good outbreak story. Although you probably should not watch it while eating breakfast. Sadly it seems it drops off after 3 ep's if you read the reviews, but we will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Second episode of the new Black Mirror was a bit ‘meh’. Decent enough, but not a patch on the previous episode and one of the weaker episodes overall imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 9, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2019 (edited) 29 minutes ago, wazzap24 said: Second episode of the new Black Mirror was a bit ‘meh’. Decent enough, but not a patch on the previous episode and one of the weaker episodes overall imo. Yeah was expecting a better ending to that episode. But it all fell a bit flat. Edited June 9, 2019 by PieFacE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 35 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Yeah was expecting a better ending to that episode. But it all fell a bit flat. It felt like it was an episode lifted straight out of an ongoing cop show. It wasn’t bad per say, but it didn’t feel like Black Mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 9, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2019 8 minutes ago, wazzap24 said: It felt like it was an episode lifted straight out of an ongoing cop show. It wasn’t bad per say, but it didn’t feel like Black Mirror. Yeah, I thought that the guy was going to ... Spoiler shut down the social media platform or something once he enabled "god mode". Or some kinda twist was going to happen. But nothing did. Was a bit meh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 I'm a bit behind the curve here, but I've watched the first 2 episodes of Chernobyl, and it's bloody brilliant. There's been a lot of shows I've been so excited for this year. Line of Duty, Game of Thrones, Good Omens. I felt massively let down by all of them. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention, but this seemed to come from nowhere and has utterly blown them out of the water. The first episode managed the previously unheard of feat of keeping my gf captivated for 90 minutes instead of dicking about on her phone after half an hour then asking what's happening, so it must be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 9, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2019 When They See Us on Netflix is excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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