PieFacE Posted December 14, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2011 Is anyone watching Homeland? Emile Heskey is one of the main characters! (and no it's not someone who's always falling over) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Is anyone watching Homeland? Emile Heskey is one of the main characters! (and no it's not someone who's always falling over) A proper super programme that is, I watch it every episode. It really is clever and makes you think, usually it's easy to see where things are going but this keeps it interesting. Emile, while a bit one dimesional does put in a good performance. His accent is a let down sometimes and he fumbles and loses his lines often. It's gotto be worth watching for Brody's Mrs anyway. Can't think of her name at the mo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makouns_grin Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Black Mirror is terrible television, second episode not so bad. Lets think of something really ridiculous and stupid then make a program out of it, people will lap it up! Shoehorn in how its what society is like these days to make it appear cleverer than it actually is, a bit like Brooker himself! His arrogance finally got the better of him, he is almost a reverse of Karl Pillkington and just as obvious. Final one might be decent as its written by one of the writers of Peep Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Have just finished This Is England 88...... another cracking (if downbeat) effort from Shane Meadows and the cast.. Already looking forward to This Is England 90 (surely it must be donw!!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted December 18, 2011 Moderator Share Posted December 18, 2011 Just bought The Killing (Danish version) on DVD. Heard many good things about it, some from this thread, so looking forward to tucking into that on Friday night. I think the second series is starting on the Beeb at the end of the month, so hopefully have timed it right! Second series aired already on the Beeb... Third series is what's coming up... (The first two series were shown continuously by the BBC) I watched the first series on DVD, and now I've done that, the second series is all recorded on the Freeview box ready for watching in a few goes. I wouldn't have imagined I could sit through a dark (and it is proper dark) series, in Danish with subtitles for 20 hours and then want to see series 2 straight away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Have just finished This Is England 88...... another cracking (if downbeat) effort from Shane Meadows and the cast.. Already looking forward to This Is England 90 (surely it must be donw!!!!) Some of the acting in this was absolutely superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturdaygig Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Is anyone watching Homeland? Emile Heskey is one of the main characters! (and no it's not someone who's always falling over) A proper super programme that is, I watch it every episode. It really is clever and makes you think, usually it's easy to see where things are going but this keeps it interesting. Agreed. I only wish I'd found out about it after the season ended instead of being restricted to one episode a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Have just finished This Is England 88...... another cracking (if downbeat) effort from Shane Meadows and the cast.. Already looking forward to This Is England 90 (surely it must be donw!!!!) Some of the acting in this was absolutely superb. Agreed, both Vicky McClure (Loll) and Joe Gilgunn (Woody) were tremendous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 After being texted by Redscouse all afternoon - gloating! I'm in need of aclohol and chill time tonight post the best Strictly Come Danicing final I can remember last night. So was rather hoping Young James Herriot might turn out to be half decent at 9pm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted December 18, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted December 18, 2011 Have just finished This Is England 88...... another cracking (if downbeat) effort from Shane Meadows and the cast.. Already looking forward to This Is England 90 (surely it must be donw!!!!) Some of the acting in this was absolutely superb. Agreed, both Vicky McClure (Loll) and Joe Gilgunn (Woody) were tremendous Couldn't agree more. Amazing when you think that the original film was a cast of almost complete unknowns and the acting chops shown through all 3 "episodes" so far have been consistently high quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Have just finished This Is England 88...... another cracking (if downbeat) effort from Shane Meadows and the cast.. Already looking forward to This Is England 90 (surely it must be donw!!!!) Some of the acting in this was absolutely superb. Agreed, both Vicky McClure (Loll) and Joe Gilgunn (Woody) were tremendous Couldn't agree more. Amazing when you think that the original film was a cast of almost complete unknowns and the acting chops shown through all 3 "episodes" so far have been consistently high quality. I enjoyed '88 too, and agree that those 2 perfomances were outstanding - but it was painfully obvious that it was planned to be a 1 part 'christmas special' to lead up to '90. All that stuff with Shaun was just filler, and I really could not have given a shit about it. Of course, that might change depending on how things in '90 work out, could be that it may play a significant part to the story...but it just felt really tacked on, and wasn't needed as the Lol and Woody stuff was so good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I was convinced/forced to start watching 'Terra Nova' yesterday. Now, I make it a point to try and not judge shows on their pilot's, so can someone either convince me that it gets much, much better or confirm my initial thought that is indeed truly awful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I was convinced/forced to start watching 'Terra Nova' yesterday. Now, I make it a point to try and not judge shows on their pilot's, so can someone either convince me that it gets much, much better or confirm my initial thought that is indeed truly awful? I watched about 7 or 8 to give it a chance but sadly I have given up. It just makes no sense. There just had to be another group on the outside, just kill em ffs. It's 35 million years ago, who gives a ****. No come backs. + Selective wildlife, the whole point of going back was (I thought) to have the dinosaurs etc. It seems there are only 3 that are depressed and stay in a lot. + It's made specifically for kids, the story lines are a shocker. It's all a bit Merlin to be honest. Adult / child get trapped in a room and surprise suprise, the only way out is a scary tunnel that only the 9 year old can get down. Absolute bolox, makes me feel ill its so contrived. + Why the hell would you build in the middle of a Jungle ? Logically it's better and easier to start near the coast (Food / defence /) ? + There are only a few people there, say 100 or so. What's the deal with breeding then, re-create the small heath DNA swap shop of limited return ? + There are armed guards within the walls and around the camp, just standing around. Why ? To stop a revolt ? + Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Its a good fun show to watch with the kids, who enjoy it. I wouldn't rush home to watch it though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I watch it and yeah it has the flaws that are highlighted above (and many more ) but I've kept with it , where as game of Thrones I switched off after 30 minutes or so and couldn't be arsed with .. so i guess it's subjective like most TV shows .. but as something to wind down to after the kids have gone to bed it does a job It hasn't lived up to it's hype which is a shame ... but I think the whole storyline concept was kinda flawed anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Its a good fun show to watch with the kids, who enjoy it. I wouldn't rush home to watch it though... I suppose so, people watch Merlin. That says it all really. I think I am gutted because it had so much potential, a weekly Jurassic Park would have been great but they always have to spoil things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Thanks for the help, chaps. As I don't have kids to justify watching it with, I think I'll be leaving it there. My other current viewing habits are: •Season 2 of The Walking Dead (when I thought it couldn't get better, I've just gotten to the episode with Lauren Cohan sideboob ) •Millenium (why didn't I watch this show first time around?! ) •Season 6 of Supernatural (just finished this one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted December 20, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2011 •Season 2 of The Walking Dead Wait until you get to the end of ep7... :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 ... ... ...full-boob?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I am about 6 episodes into the first season of 24. Don't know why I missed it first time around. It's bloody fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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