hogso Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 It was a really poor final. I agree the winner was the correct call - but the person who should have won absolutely blew it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 31, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2018 (edited) The problem I have with bake off is I can see if the cake looks nice, whether they’ve met the criteria the judges have asked, visually anyway. But I’m relying on the judges’ word that a cake tasted nice or not which I would imagine is the most important bit. So ultimately I’m sort of detached from the decision. I don’t like X factor or strictly, but at least I can in my own mind decide whether someone looks/sounds the part and whether they’re a worthy winner. Edited October 31, 2018 by Shropshire Lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 finished season 2 of making a murderer, last couple of episodes were really good, there seems some really in for a penny in for a pound stuff especially with what some of government characters on the brendan side of the story keep saying, its gone way too far for them to turn round and accept they've **** up, i did wonder at times what the consequences of the pair of them being released would be and how that plays in to whats happening now, how much does the pair of them getting a retrial and winning cost the american government? or that state in particular? there is a political element to it that i don't think the show touched on, the state guy or whoever he was just diverted everything back towards sympathy for the halbachs rather than wanting to look at the case again, i think he knows some careers including his own are doomed if ever they got out Spoiler the computer images stuff is incredible but between bobby, scott, the ex boyfriend, the cops, there's now a weird perfect storm element to it all, i dont think the "heres what really happened" element to it is concise enough yet to be plausible as fascinating a character as zellner was i think it didn't at times go where i would have liked it to have gone, the women who write to them, the people making money off them, the impact its had on american law (if any) the impact its had on local and state politics (again if any) definitely barbara tadych (maybe they cant because of the familys participation? they should have gone for her jugular) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 20 hours ago, Zatman said: I havent watched it in years but it seems The Simpsons are going to ditch the Apu character as people have been offended. A handful of people complained it was a stereotype and he has been canned. Good job there are no other stereotypes in the Simpsons.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 41 minutes ago, Xela said: A handful of people complained it was a stereotype and he has been canned. Good job there are no other stereotypes in the Simpsons.... I'm surprised there are people out there who give enough of a shit about The Simpsons to make a fuss about Apu. Let's face it, the people behind the show have barely put any effort into it for about two decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 31, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2018 Hmm. I had hopes for this, but that... That doesn't look good. I know it's based on the books, and Geralt in them is a little different, but that wig looks awful. I think Geralt looks better when he's a little more rough looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 31, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2018 Confirmation that BBC America is going to push ahead with the long (long) in development Watch series, based on the Watch characters from Pratchett's Discworld books. When it was first mooted a few years back, the idea was a short series of 'crime of the week' episodes, inspired by things like CSI, rather than adapting book plots. Not sure of that's still the case though. I could see positives and negatives of both approaches. Either way quite happy to see it going ahead. I adore the Discworld series (see avatar) and the Watch characters are amongst the best Pratchett wrote. Hard to cast mind. Pratchett's style was always to only describe characters in very broad terms, with them being developed by the way they talk and act, so everyone has a very different image of each in their head. His best character, Vimes, the lead in the Watch stories, was always drawn by the main Discworld artist Paul Kidby as very inspired by Clint Eastwood, but Pratchett himself saw him as looking like Pete Postlethwaite. Whoever they cast will be divisive, even more so than usual in these kind of things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Chindie said: Hmm. I had hopes for this, but that... That doesn't look good. I know it's based on the books, and Geralt in them is a little different, but that wig looks awful. I think Geralt looks better when he's a little more rough looking. Looks like Lucius Malfoy from Harry Potter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mjmooney Posted November 1, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 1, 2018 Maniac. Insane, but brilliant. Phillip K. Dick meets Haruki Murakami meets David Lynch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 im not sure sabrina is actually any good...seems a bit boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Finally got around to watching the very underwhelming bake off final. name Don't agree with the winner - but then again none of the final showstopper were any good. On to more decent viewing, just have 2 episodes left to watch of Snowfall season 2. What a great program! Will be finishing it tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 2, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 2, 2018 13 hours ago, Xela said: I'm not sure I agree with them binning off Apu, but that picture is a bit misleading. It's much more than the colour of his skin that people have a problem with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Up this morning waiting to watch The Good Place and caught Superstore, it runs close to the big bang theory for it's unfunniness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 2, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 2, 2018 24 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Up this morning waiting to watch The Good Place and caught Superstore, it runs close to the big bang theory for it's unfunniness. I've seen that a couple of times. it was on before Love Island (yeah I watched Love Island, wanna fight about it? Absolute shite. it's shows like that that fuel my belief that if I really put my mind to it I could write a sitcom. It would be shit, but apparently that doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Seat68 said: Up this morning waiting to watch The Good Place and caught Superstore, it runs close to the big bang theory for it's unfunniness. If you really want a downer have a look at what the cast members are earning for TBBT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Sheeeeeeit, Hill House is good. Finished episode 8 last night. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 4 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I've seen that a couple of times. it was on before Love Island (yeah I watched Love Island, wanna fight about it? Absolute shite. it's shows like that that fuel my belief that if I really put my mind to it I could write a sitcom. It would be shit, but apparently that doesn't matter. It is shocking how many terrible sitcoms get aired. Surely someone very early on must realise that they just aren't funny, it's not rocket science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 10 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I'm not sure I agree with them binning off Apu, but that picture is a bit misleading. It's much more than the colour of his skin that people have a problem with. I did post it tongue in cheek. What was the main argument? I would have thought getting rid of your only Indian character would be a bad thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trekka Posted November 2, 2018 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted November 2, 2018 During the past week I've gorged on Breaking Bad. I'm now up to series 5 - it's magnificent. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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