ismail-villa Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Babestation. Well it's on TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Ok, well i'm about 10 years too late but got all the seasons of 24 to watch. Worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I've watched 3 seasons of it so far. It's a great concept but I find they have to big it down with you many secondary story lines to pad out the full "hour" each episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I can't go into the GOT thread as I'm not quite up to date but......... The ending of Season 3 : Episode 9.........holy bejeezus, gobsmacked! Not many Stark's left!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I've watched 3 seasons of it so far. It's a great concept but I find they have to big it down with you many secondary story lines to pad out the full "hour" each episode. that was my problem with it, i got the concept but i thought the 24 episodes was too much, it was hard work, watched series 1 and stopped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 watching tommy cooper programme in a bit, love him. well I will record it as I cant see myself up that late on a work night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 21, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2014 I've watched 3 seasons of it so far. It's a great concept but I find they have to big it down with you many secondary story lines to pad out the full "hour" each episode.that's absolutely the problem with it when you get to later seasons. I think it completely works for the first 3 or 4 seasons. After that it gets too silly to fill out 24 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I never really liked 24 because, I know this is rich coming from someone who loves wrestling and Batman, I always found it a bit far fetched and could never get it in to it. I know that sounds silly and it's a TV show and everything but I always felt with the 'real-time' pacing and some bits of the narrative that they were going for a naturalistic feel etc, that they'd set it up to be close to reality and it wasn't, not to me anyway. I mean at the beginning, I know it got very purposefully far fetched as it went on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 That's the problem with American tv shows though, they make a pilot, pilot does well, they make a series, series 1 does well, they commission another 2 series, and its just keeps going until the viewing figures drop massively and it isn't financially viable to keep making it ive watched a lot of American tv shows, started with lost, first 3 series were good, after that it was frankly ridiculous that they could churn out the crap, it was so obvious that they were just plodding along from show to show without giving any real answers to the questions that needed answering house was the same after 2 series, every episode might as well have had the same script the walking dead is now going the same way, although the finale to series 4 gave me hope it was going to pick up again fargo is just a ten part series, i can deal with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted April 21, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2014 watching tommy cooper programme in a bit, love him. well I will record it as I cant see myself up that late on a work night. V disappointing imo. Seems like they've copied the format of the Eric and Ernie show from a year or two ago but Cooper was such an 'orrible sort that it's difficult for them to make you feel anything for him. I too loved him as a performer but I'm not sure this programme needed to be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 That's the problem with American tv shows though, they make a pilot, pilot does well, they make a series, series 1 does well, they commission another 2 series, and its just keeps going until the viewing figures drop massively and it isn't financially viable to keep making it ive watched a lot of American tv shows, started with lost, first 3 series were good, after that it was frankly ridiculous that they could churn out the crap, it was so obvious that they were just plodding along from show to show without giving any real answers to the questions that needed answering house was the same after 2 series, every episode might as well have had the same script the walking dead is now going the same way, although the finale to series 4 gave me hope it was going to pick up again fargo is just a ten part series, i can deal with that I was going to jump in and shout The Walking Dead, but you quite rightly included it. Such a good iterarion on the usual zombie theme to begin with, now you can just watch any random episode out of sequence and it doesn't really matter. Another we started watching a while back 'Medium' (psychic milf cop), started off fine, then I'm sure they gave the same show a different title for four weeks running. We're always told the american TV setup can throw dozens of gifted writers at a project, but the reality appears to be that they do often run out of steam in quite a spectacular fashion. To that end, Fargo could be good for having set a limit and B Bad was right to finish when going so strong. Did we all spot the B Bad casting link in Fargo? I gave a little silent 'yay!'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) Has anyone watched 'Orphan Black'? The first four episodes are already on iPlayer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search?q=orphan%20black And it seems the rest will be on pretty soon. Some of the dialogue and acting is a bit ropey but the actual story is quite interesting in my opinion and it seems to be developing in an intriguing way. It's a a Canadian science fiction television series and yes there is a bit of rudeness and carry on. Here's the synopsis behind a spoiler as it may give some stuff away that you may want to discover as you watch if you choose to... Orphan Black is a Canadian science fiction television series starring Tatiana Maslany as several identical women who are revealed to be clones. The series focuses on Sarah Manning, a woman who assumes the identity of her clone, Elizabeth (Beth) Childs, after witnessing Beth's suicide. The series raises issues about the moral and ethical implications of human cloning and its effect on issues of personal identity Edited April 22, 2014 by 8pints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 22, 2014 Moderator Share Posted April 22, 2014 I think I got to about ep 08 of Orphan Black before I forgot to watch it, might try and finish it, it wasn't that bad I think it was more my work schedule that got in the way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted April 22, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2014 I never really liked 24 because, I know this is rich coming from someone who loves wrestling and Batman, I always found it a bit far fetched and could never get it in to it. I know that sounds silly and it's a TV show and everything but I always felt with the 'real-time' pacing and some bits of the narrative that they were going for a naturalistic feel etc, that they'd set it up to be close to reality and it wasn't, not to me anyway. I mean at the beginning, I know it got very purposefully far fetched as it went on. Im with you on that, I mean how many times can someones daughter be kidnapped? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted April 22, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2014 The latest episode of Hannibal made me feel sick Loved this series, they absolutely nailed the books feel and character. Looking forward to the 2nd.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted April 22, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2014 Anyone watching AMC's new series TURN? I've watched the pilot, seems it could be quite decent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I never really liked 24 because, I know this is rich coming from someone who loves wrestling and Batman, I always found it a bit far fetched and could never get it in to it. I know that sounds silly and it's a TV show and everything but I always felt with the 'real-time' pacing and some bits of the narrative that they were going for a naturalistic feel etc, that they'd set it up to be close to reality and it wasn't, not to me anyway. I mean at the beginning, I know it got very purposefully far fetched as it went on. Im with you on that, I mean how many times can someones daughter be kidnapped? Dunno, ask Liam Neeson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I know we're not doing a "Top 5......" thing but my personal top 5 tv series' are, in this order: 1. Sopranos 2. Breaking Bad 3. Boardwalk Empire 4. Mad Men 5. Homeland I'm just nearing the end of Breaking Bad and dependent on the ending it may swap places with the Sopranos to become my number 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted April 22, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2014 1. Breaking Bad 2. Boardwalk Empire 3. Wire 4. Oz 5. Game of Thrones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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