sheepyvillian Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Snowfall: Franklin's mother comforting Leon. What a heartbreaking scene. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post saturdaygig Posted August 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2023 Has anyone mentioned Severance yet? Really original and excellent series. Best if you don't know anything before watching - there's only 9 episodes in S01 and a date for S02 is still awaited. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 On 01/08/2023 at 14:12, mjmooney said: This is probably one for the Piss You Off thread - 'Next Time' spoilers. It used to be that serial dramas would simply end each episode on something of a 'cliffhanger' - which was enough to make you look forward to the next episode. Some of the more jokey/kids' shows would emphasise things with stuff like "Is this the end for the Caped Crusader? Don't miss next week's exciting episode!", etc. But nowadays we get the cursed "Next time on..." trailer. I usually try to hit the remote before it gets going, but don't always get there in time. Last night we watched the first Episode of 'Wolf' on BBC1. OK, no BAFTA winner, but an entertaining enough bit of campy horror hokum. And then came "Next time...". Several minutes of it, packed with spoilers. Basically, it's killed my interest in the series, and made me much less likely to stay with it. I finished Wolf tonight, and went back and rewatched that teaser at the end of the first episode. I think it did a pretty good job of leading you to think it was going in a certain direction, but it doesn't. There's a much bigger spoiler which isn't anything to do with the teaser though, but, err... Not going to last terribly long in the memory or win any awards, but I thought it was ok for a bbc six parter. So many twists and turns and it ran along at a break neck pace, and provided plenty of entertainment as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Just working my way through The Bear, it’s good but I don’t know why 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 9, 2023 On 05/08/2023 at 15:35, saturdaygig said: Has anyone mentioned Severance yet? Really original and excellent series. Best if you don't know anything before watching - there's only 9 episodes in S01 and a date for S02 is still awaited. Yes. it's brilliant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 9, 2023 I quite liked the series "From". Get serious "Lost" vibes from it (understandable given its made by some of the same people) and it's kinda equally interesting and frustrating at the same time in the same way Lost was. Just hope they do a better job of providing answers in this as Lost turned out to be a complete shitshow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Anyone watched After Party on Apple TV. Pretty enjoyable comedy/murder mystery type show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted August 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 9, 2023 1 hour ago, mikeyp102 said: Just working my way through The Bear, it’s good but I don’t know why The first season manages to show you how a high pressure kitchen works , it's entertaining but stressful to watch, at least for me. Good characters and some great acting as well. Second season wasn't as good IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyeddie Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Just finished watching The Offer, about the making of The Godfather. Highly recommended, with some great casting, especially the guys who play Bob Evans and Francis Ford Coppola (who played the half wit uncle in The Goldbergs). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Finished our planet 2 Its the same as 1, it's incredible footage narrated by Attenborough so of course it's a winner but at the same time the editing, specificially in the way it seemingly revisits animals and repeats itself, isn't as high a quality as planet earth or life or africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 12, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 12, 2023 6 hours ago, villa4europe said: Finished our planet 2 Its the same as 1, it's incredible footage narrated by Attenborough so of course it's a winner but at the same time the editing, specificially in the way it seemingly revisits animals and repeats itself, isn't as high a quality as planet earth or life or africa On similar lines, anybody watching Chris Packham's grab for the Attenborough crown, 'Earth'? Some interesting stuff there, but the confusing sequencing lets it down. (Also, never trust a man who doesn't like cats). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Watched an excellent 4 part series called Punk. I believe it is on Amazon Prime. It charts the New York/Detroit pre punk era, Stooges, MC5, CBGBs bands, to Ramones, then an episode focused on UK punk, Slits, Pistols, etc, moving on to Washington HC scene, Ian MacKaye, Rollins and finishing up on the west coast, NOFX, Green Day, Pennywise, The Offspring. I have given edited highlights there but it's much more than that, with lots of good interviews. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 On 04/08/2023 at 10:17, tomav84 said: 3 episodes in to hijack and it's pretty gripping so far but i get the feeling it might lose its way in the middle episodes of the series...unless there's some twists and turns around the corner Yeah I really got into this and without spoiling anything it held a high standard up until the final episode and then unfortunately it got a bit ridiculous with a number of plot holes and logic gaps. Still, switch off your brain and it's still good fun. Ps - I watched the final episode whilst on a plane flying back from Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted August 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2023 2 hours ago, DeadlyDirk said: Yeah I really got into this and without spoiling anything it held a high standard up until the final episode and then unfortunately it got a bit ridiculous with a number of plot holes and logic gaps. Still, switch off your brain and it's still good fun. Ps - I watched the final episode whilst on a plane flying back from Canada I watched the final episode in Vancouver airport, awaiting my delayed flight home! Fully agree with your assessment. Relatively entertaining until the last episode where the required suspension of disbelief was just a bit too much. Left with too many unanswered questions too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2023 5 hours ago, choffer said: I watched the final episode in Vancouver airport, awaiting my delayed flight home! Fully agree with your assessment. Relatively entertaining until the last episode where the required suspension of disbelief was just a bit too much. Left with too many unanswered questions too. yeah definitely feel there needed to be a wrap up episode for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, tomav84 said: yeah definitely feel there needed to be a wrap up episode for sure! Agree with that, but then there's only a few things to wrap up and not sure how it could be extended to a full episode. Might have made sense to have a montage at the end of the final episode with text like they did with Line of Duty to very quickly tie up the loose ends. On this though, some of the performances are pretty good. Idris Elba manages to display the inner turmoil he's experiencing quite well and Neil Maskell has always been a very talented actor, and shows his dark side here. Edited August 14, 2023 by DeadlyDirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seat68 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 It's out of character for me, I tend not to sit watching tv shows and comment on the attractiveness of the actors, but watching Succession, I said Sarah Snook is really quite attractive, my wife said I know, you have mentioned it multiple times each episode. She is though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 18, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 18, 2023 Just been watching 'The Real Peaky Blinders' on BBC2 (inevitably fronted by Carl Chinn). I was intrigued to discover that the original model for Tommy Shelby was actually called Sheldon, and that the Sheldons were a notorious bunch of Brummie wrong 'uns. My maternal grandmother was a Sheldon. Back to the family tree research, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 On 17/08/2023 at 08:19, Seat68 said: It's out of character for me, I tend not to sit watching tv shows and comment on the attractiveness of the actors, but watching Succession, I said Sarah Snook is really quite attractive, my wife said I know, you have mentioned it multiple times each episode. She is though. Totally agree, not Christina Hendricks hot, but hot enough to make you think naughty thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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