sheepyvillian Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 (edited) Started watching This Town. If you're a proper Brummie, you say, "I've had me heart broke," not "broken". "Let's ave it right"! Edited April 14 by sheepyvillian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 The Town, no cars got clamped in the early 80s and the Zulus formed in about 85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 And why have the people from Coventry got Brummie accents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 13 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said: The Town, no cars got clamped in the early 80s and the Zulus formed in about 85. Oh the Lulus get plenty of mentions throughout the series which made me wonder how the rest of the country would even start to understand who or what they were. Only local football fans of a certain age would know the reference, laughable though it is ! Believe me, you'll find plenty more to annoy you about that programme Spoiler Including the idiotic and pointless club owner and wannabe Kray type character ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 The Fallout TV series is fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 39 minutes ago, mottaloo said: Oh the Lulus get plenty of mentions throughout the series which made me wonder how the rest of the country would even start to understand who or what they were. Only local football fans of a certain age would know the reference, laughable though it is ! Believe me, you'll find plenty more to annoy you about that programme Reveal hidden contents Including the idiotic and pointless club owner and wannabe Kray type character ! Ive got no issue with the "Zulus," I hung about the Town as a "Saucepan," so I had plenty of pals who were Noses, but back then they were not called Zulus. The most annoying part of this show is the mass murder of the Brummie accent, I think even Gary Oldman would struggle with that accent. The music is a bit off too, I mean, where's the New Romantic tracks? Steven Knight is one overrated man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 The Bear is really starting to grow on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 On 14/04/2024 at 20:59, Nicho said: The Fallout TV series is fantastic Only watched the first episode and know absolutely zero about the source material. Therefore I dont really know what is going on or where the story is taking us but am loving it all the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 I'm not ready for Shogun to end. What a phenomenal series it's been so far. The latest episode was just brilliant. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted April 16 VT Supporter Share Posted April 16 anyone watching baby reindeer? 6 episodes in and absolutely hooked 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted April 16 VT Supporter Share Posted April 16 28 minutes ago, tomav84 said: anyone watching baby reindeer? 6 episodes in and absolutely hooked Mentioned on previous page. Superb show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Episode 9 of Shogun I cannot wait for the finale next week. Definitely the best show released so far this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Started Gunpowder on IPlayer, just gutted I already know the result, and not the one I would have preferred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 If you enjoyed shogun try this after It's OK, it's a weird mix of historians talking over reinactments, you'll probably pick up the real characters fairly quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 (edited) I thought I'd check out the 3 Body Problem after reading a few positive comments about it, and it's absolute **** garbage. I stuck through the whole thing to see if it redeemed itself, but nah, it's not for me. The most brilliant scientists in the world, who are unfortunately written by idiots, so they're also idiots. Obviously it's scifi so the plot is going to be absurd, but it stretched my suspension of disbelief to breaking point 3 or 4 episodes in when: Spoiler They need to get some data off the ship, but they can't send in special forces because it'll be a bloodbath, and they can't use missiles, because that might destroy the data. So now, they'll just slice the ship into tiny pieces using nanofibre and the data will by pure chance be perfectly safe from it, despite them having no idea where it is, because the aliens want them to find it, k. Characters making dumb decisions that make no sense other than to advance a plot is infuriating at the best of times, never mind when they're meant to be the finest minds of our generation. Edited April 18 by Davkaus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroesAndVillans Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Haven't found a good series to watch in a long while! Used to love having a decently long show to sink my teeth into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 19 VT Supporter Share Posted April 19 Just started Ripley. Looks promising, particularly the b&w cinematography, which gives it a very 'period authentic' look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 The second episode of The Town. Michelle Dockery's Brummie accent is the vocal equivalent of fingernails racking across a blackboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Steven Knight of all people should know Brummies rarely emphasise the letter "T" in words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted April 19 VT Supporter Share Posted April 19 9 hours ago, mjmooney said: Just started Ripley. Looks promising, particularly the b&w cinematography, which gives it a very 'period authentic' look. Finished it, it was OK, huge plot hole for me that spoilt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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