TV Serieseseses
-
@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@Bones so the pilot was aired in 2015.
The lead Is a kiwi, and doesn't look like he went through the shorthand street school of acting!
Like Karl Urban did?
-
-
@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kirwan plenty of Kiwis that go off-shore seem to go via SS, this guy didnt...?
@Nepia this is the final season isnt it (after you claiming last year was ;)) think I'll wait for a few eps to come out before I start.
I think it might actually be the second to last - but what the hell would I know (so definitely don't quote me on that or plan your viewing schedule)!
I think that guy is/was Aussie based.
-
@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:
I think it might actually be the second to last - but what the hell would I know (so definitely don't quote me on that or plan your viewing schedule)!
I think that guy is/was Aussie based.yeah looking at his Bio looks like he got his break in AUs, was only born in Auckland
According to IMDB there is a series of The Americans scheduled for 2018
-
@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kirwan plenty of Kiwis that go off-shore seem to go via SS, this guy didnt...?
@Nepia this is the final season isnt it (after you claiming last year was ;)) think I'll wait for a few eps to come out before I start.
Just taking umbrage that all actors out of SS are shit, a decent number are pretty good.
-
-
Binge watched Season 1 of Taboo. It got better and better as it went along, loved the nasty double-triple crossing. Not enough sex and/or nudity. The chemist character was delightful, and it's amazing the range of responses a grunt can cover.
I didn't particularly love when Winter got gutted, or when Silver hurled herself into the Thames. Weak plot twists. And Helga eating a large helping of musket balls. Like Jesus, how about we quickly shed most of the key female characters in a hurry.
The demise of the American doctor was rather Silence of the Lambs-esque.
-
@Crucial I watched The Replacement, thought the ending seemed rushed, with a couple of things I am not entirely clear on...but otherwise was pretty good.
-
@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@Crucial I watched The Replacement, thought the ending seemed rushed, with a couple of things I am not entirely clear on...but otherwise was pretty good.
Yeah, considering the slow burn of Ep 1 the wrap up was rushed. Some big plot devices needed as well.
Aside from that it was an interesting watch and well acted. -
Finally got around to watching the last 3 episodes of Westworld.
Fucking. Cool. Enjoyed the whole series, be interesting to see where the 2nd season goes.
-
@Bones said in TV Serieseseses:
Patriot is pretty good so far, a good laugh.
You still watching this?
I've watched about 5 eps, some really funny shit, but is a bit average, although I do like it for some reason.
In ep 5, thought the elevator scene was brilliant (with Bobby from SOA and the Brazilian brothers)
-
@taniwharugby think that's about as far as I've got so far!
-
-
@jegga I love that show ... shame about Ed China leaving, hopefully he can now get a haircut. Did prefer the show when it was UK based though - was a bit more about blokes in sheds whereas now it's in the US, it feels a bit more like a bland version of the US equivalents (fast n loud, misfit garage etc).
-
@MajorRage Fast n Loud jumped the shark for me when they started coming up with the contrived deadlines . Have you checked out Dirt every day and Roadkill on YouTube? I watch them more than the stuff on Turbo now . Also Project Binky, those guys are going to be building that thing for a loooooong time.
if James May can finally get a haircut Ed China had no excuse. He looks like he gets it styled by a blind lesbian.
-
@jegga yeah, I don't get much tv time these days so rarely get to look at youtube shows. I've seen the plethora of the shows on discovery - I do like Richard Rawlings take, but the more that series went on, the more it becamse about him and money / contacts etc as opposed to cars.
-
@antipodean Have just watched "Making a Murderer" this week. I just found your post and I have not read any other posts on this series.
Fantastic doco. The thesis of the filmmakers is quite chilling with the strong overtones of police and prosecutorial misconduct: evidence planting / police revenge / harassment and, especially, the coerced confession of Brendan Dassey (possibly as opposed to establishing the truth). They are doing a second series soon focussing more on Dassey.
Overall I feel massively for Dassey and to a lesser extent for Avery (I'm on the fence with his guilt). There seems to be a significant element of circling the wagons from Manitowoc County law enforcement. Procedurally the police actions appeared abhorrent.
That being said, I need to do some other reading on it because it is undoubtedly biased towards Steven Avery's side of the story.
The other issue hanging over it for me (especially given my US political "awakening" in the last 12 months) is the probability of latent political bias. The filmmakers are two New York women (they met at Columbia film school) taking an angle on a rural Midwestern police force and district attorney's office. So you have this almost certain liberal / libertarian / anti-authoritarian slant on the rural / redneck male authority figure. You couldn't get more Clinton vs. Trump.
-
@Tregaskis I watched a doco on Discovery or Nat GEo a while back which pulled apart the series, and while I agree there was a lot of shit that doesn't add up, it was certainly made to give the conspiracy angle.
Didn't clear a lot up, but presented some facts that the TV show didn't.
