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@Crucial book is a little slow to begin with, so hopefully will get better. So far the main character does seem a bit bland and seems to play by the rules, but under the iron fist of HItler guess he had no choice....
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@Crucial book is a little slow to begin with, so hopefully will get better. So far the main character does seem a bit bland and seems to play by the rules, but under the iron fist of HItler guess he had no choice....
Reviews coming out here today are not that complimentary.
Metro this morning was panning the lead character's acting and this article highlights something which is my biggest gripe about a lot of TV drama at the moment as well. Mumbling and whispering.
SS-GB: BBC Nazi drama criticised for 'mumbling' as viewers say it is the 'worst since Jamaica Inn'
Even before it had aired, SS-GB had courted controversy, with publicity images for the BBC's new drama set in Nazi-occupied London showing Buckingham Palace draped in swastikas.
I understand that producers are trying to make something 'lifelike' and don't want dialogue delivered as if by a hammy stage actor but FFS when the low tones are combined with moody (dark) lighting as well it takes way too much effort to engage.
With SS GB it is a real pity as the sets and construct have been brilliantly done and it sounds like a good plotline.
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@Crucial I hate how movies and TV do that with low light and low voices, you turn it up nek minut gun fight and ear drums blown!
I find that infuriating. Over my 40 odd years I've noticed that movies and TV generally get sound levels appallingly wrong in comparison to real life. And the lack of background noise irritates me too. Not quite as much as my complaining about sound mixing in movies irritates the wife...
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Found quite a good show by chance on Amazon. I don't think it's been mentioned here before.
Called 'Rogue' and looks to have been one of those shows that has somehow flown under the radar but is in its third season.
Thandie Newton plays an undercover cop, Martin Csokas an organized crime boss and from there it gets complicated. Quality show and plenty of nudity.
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You guys would probably hate it for lack of violence and nudity (actually I wouldn't object if it had gone more The Tudors in this way), but I've enjoyed season one of Victoria. Really great cast (the dude playing the Duke of Wellington is such a perfect crotchety cunning grandpa, it's awesome.) Lots of lovely romance and thwarted romance and class battles and German vs English battles, and family battles and underhanded skulduggery and fabulous costumes.
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@Crucial said in TV Serieseseses:
Santa Clarita Diet on Netflix. Thought I'd last 10 minutes and watched three eps in a row. Silly, funny and gory.
I decided to grab this to have a look at...is amusing enough to keep my attention, Mrs TR is watching it as well. SOme parts are bit out there, but decent time filler (watched half the series)
Also been watching Six, which is a History Channel collaboration based on Seal Team Six....bit average TBH. Has Walton Goggins in it, but even he cant lift this from being average.
I'll finish the series, but bit disappointed overall, very USA, USA, USA type of feel in it, while trying to touch on the impact it has on these guys and their families as well.
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When ever I get homesick I watch a bit of Police Ten 7. Get my fix of kiwi hilarity.
Tonight's episode is reminding me of the time the cops pulled up next to me as I walked home from a chicks house in a skirt.
Good times good times
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finale of Taboo...
For the most part, enjoyed this series, thought the finale was a bit weak though, seemed rushed IMO.
Do like Tom Hardy, but I think he is in danger of being type cast with this character and Solomon in Peaky Blinders being played similar.
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@taniwharugby fully recommend ray Donovan ! Just finished season 4 and I've loved it from start to finish
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Broadchurch 3 started last night. I have never got around to catching up with this show but I gather S1 was very good, S2 less so.
After watching last night I think I need to at least watch S1 as a 'flashback' to get some of the background.
I thought last nights show was well acted and well written, bit of a standard whodunnit with high production values -
@Crucial said in TV Serieseseses:
Broadchurch 3 started last night. I have never got around to catching up with this show but I gather S1 was very good, S2 less so.
After watching last night I think I need to at least watch S1 as a 'flashback' to get some of the background.
I thought last nights show was well acted and well written, bit of a standard whodunnit with high production valuesYeah - definitely watch S1 at least... hopefully no spoilers in S3E1?
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
finale of Taboo...
For the most part, enjoyed this series, thought the finale was a bit weak though, seemed rushed IMO.
Do like Tom Hardy, but I think he is in danger of being type cast with this character and Solomon in Peaky Blinders being played similar.
Yeah, I felt that too... and to some extent his portrayal of the Crays?
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Len Deighton's Game, Set, and Match trilogy was adapted as a TV series with Ian Holm as the lead. It was critically acclaimed, but a commercial flop in the UK. Hence it was never released on DVD or even VHS. Some kind soul has uploaded it to youtube though.
It's pretty good.
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@Tim I read the books - all three trilogies. Hook, Line and Sinker, then Faith, Hope and Charity. All pretty good. I was an avid viewer of the series when on TV and was a bit disappointed that they didn't take things further or repeat it.
As you say, pretty good.
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finished Santa Clarita Diet...interesting and very up and down...some very funny shit, mixed with some very WTF eeewww stuff!
Interesting to see how they manage to get another series out of it though.
All the main parts played quite well I thought, liked the early cameo from Nathan Fillon too.
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@NTA I couldnt get into it, watched about 4 eps and decided it wasnt my cup of tea.
