maqroll Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 5 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Christmas in the UK and its wall to wall Wallace and Gromit. Yeah, it definitely has a old timey cozy feel about it. Good family entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 24, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, maqroll said: Is Wallace and Gromit still a thing? I really like all their stuff including Chicken Run. Being pedantic, Chicken Run doesn't feature Wallace and Gromit, but it is from the same (Nick Park) stable. I do think the W&G films are the best, though - particularly 'The Wrong Trousers', for me his masterpiece. Edited January 24, 2021 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Being pedantic, Chicken Run doesn't feature Wallace and Gromit, but it is from the same (Nick Park) stable. I do think the W&G films are the best, though - particularly 'The Wrong Trousers', for me his masterpiece. The penguin villain is superb in that (along with the model train scene!) Aardman have made some really decent family films now - even the Shaun the Sheep spin-offs are good value. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 25 minutes ago, theboyangel said: penguin A chicken, surely? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted January 24, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2021 5 hours ago, maqroll said: Yeah, it definitely has a old timey cozy feel about it. Good family entertainment. Apparently there’s a Robin Hood (I’ll say it quietly) musical coming from Ardman before the end of the year. Starring Richard E. Grant and Gillian Anderson. Expected to be a Netflix release. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Stone cold classic joke, from Curse of the Were Rabbit. The cop announces he thinks it was arson. Someone arson around. Any time there’s a mini mystery in the house now, I blame arson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Watched the first episode of It’s A Sin today. My life it was good. I really enjoy Russell T Davies non Dr Who output and I feel this will shape up to be one of the best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 24, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2021 Watched a few episodes of High Fidelity Last night. Dullsville, it's worse than the film, which was not a patch on the book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted January 24, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2021 4 hours ago, chrisp65 said: Stone cold classic joke, from Curse of the Were Rabbit. The cop announces he thinks it was arson. Someone arson around. Any time there’s a mini mystery in the house now, I blame arson. So your daughter gets away with it every time? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 24, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2021 Just went onto Netflix for the first time in ages and was delighted to see series 3 of Disenchantment has dropped. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 I've got in to the American bbq showdown Bad news for hunger issues, maybe my favourite type of food, it loses some interest cos I know I can't actually do any of this even if I wanted to due to the meat availability 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 40 minutes ago, villa4europe said: I've got in to the American bbq showdown Bad news for hunger issues, maybe my favourite type of food, it loses some interest cos I know I can't actually do any of this even if I wanted to due to the meat availability World class reality TV, love everything about it. Best bit is when they subtitle people out of the blue. On the main topic, I recently rewatched The Wire Season 1. Hadn't seen it in about 10 years, so it was really watchable as had forgotten a lot of the twists. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: I've got in to the American bbq showdown Bad news for hunger issues, maybe my favourite type of food, it loses some interest cos I know I can't actually do any of this even if I wanted to due to the meat availability Really liked that program and followed it up with the glass.blowing competition series also on Netflix, which was really decent too. Some mad skills on display there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 1 minute ago, theboyangel said: Really liked that program and followed it up with the glass.blowing competition series also on Netflix, which was really decent too. Some mad skills on display there. Haha I was eying up the glass blowing one with interest, will do that one next 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 I watched all of Bodyguard this weekend, which is 5 episodes of fantastic, edge of your seat drama, followed by one of the worst, laziest finales I've ever had the misfortune to watch. It ruined the show entirely. It's like they were meant to have another 2 or 3 episodes, cut at the last moment so they rewrote their remaining to just have everyone confess for no real reason. It's just dreadful writing that insults the viewer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 24, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2021 There's a moment in the second series of Blown Away that is so utterly bollocks it soured me on the entire show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 10 minutes ago, Chindie said: There's a moment in the second series of Blown Away that is so utterly bollocks it soured me on the entire show Haven't started it yet, will see if I feel the same way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 There was a shit bit on the bbq show too Spoiler In episode 3 they let the bottom 2 stay rather than send someone home leaving 6 of them, episode 4 is the sandwich tournament which needs 6 people to take part Been talked about before as to why bake off is so good, it's in part because it doesn't do bullshit like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 25, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2021 The bit in Blown Away... Spoiler They have a challenge where the artists have to create a cartoon character. One of the artists just rejects the brief. He refuses to do what they've asked him to, and instead he makes a piece with a message tangentially related to cartoons. He openly says he's never going to do what they want him to. They don't send him home. Instead they send home a guy who meets the brief, but does it averagely. The guy who rejected the brief made his object very very well, and he's clearly supremely talented, but it wasn't what he was asked to do. As a result, you just feel a couple of things. Firstly, it's evident they are making a decision based on who they want to progress, rather than the outcome of the challenge, which questions the whole thing. And secondly, by allowing a contestant to just ignore the brief, you open the competition up to the question of, well... If the brief is something you don't want to do, but you're shit hot at making vases, what's to stop you just making a vase whenever you don't like the challenge? I enjoyed the show, but that moment just made me question all of it. The show does also have an issue with the vagueries of art. Theres times where you can see that artistic vision is making up a lot for failures of skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 25, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2021 Currently halfway through The Serpent. Can't decide whether I like it or not, tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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