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[quote name='Tim' timestamp='1338335894' post='288255']<br />
Awesome, thanks for the heads-up. The OJ Simpson day doco is an all time fav of mine.<br />
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Off the top of my head, that was probably one of my fave 3 or 4 episodes (the Ricky Williams, Two Escobars, and USFL episodes were my faves, but I didn't think there was a weak one in the lot). -
@Mariner - Bikie Wars starts in NZ tonight, following on from the finale of SOA a fortnight ago.
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Yea, it's no SOA, so if that is your level of expectation, give it a miss. But as far as a locally produced show supposedlybased on true events, it's entertaining.
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[quote name='red terror' timestamp='1338344396' post='288274']<br />
Off the top of my head, that was probably one of my fave 3 or 4 episodes (the Ricky Williams, Two Escobars, and USFL episodes were my faves, but I didn't think there was a weak one in the lot).<br />
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The Marion Jones one was pretty weak. It certainly avoided certain aspects of why she went to prison. -
[quote name='mariner4life' timestamp='1338342364' post='288268']<br />
Aussie based Ferners only, onone else watching "Bikie Wars"? I have been, and its not too bad. There's plenty of fights and tits to keep you amused, and the story moves along pretty well.[b] If you can overlook the atrocious Scottish accent,[/b] its a decent little hour a week watch. I hope it doesn't got the way of so many of these shows, and have about 6 episodes too many.<br />
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I couldn't. I tried, but that attempt at an accent was so bad as to be totally distracting. -
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[quote name='Crucial' timestamp='1338409848' post='288408']<br />
I couldn't. I tried, but that attempt at an accent was so bad as to be totally distracting.<br />
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I was thinking it wasnt that bad of an accent given hes a not a classically trained actor. Also you think given that the guy he is playing has lived in Aussie for sometime, based on the facts, he would like have had a Aussie/Scottish accent anyway.<br />
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I will say though that as far as first episodes go it was pretty slow. If I hadnt been aware of the story I wouldnt be tuning in to watch the second ep. But Im going to see where it goes and how far off the facts it veers -
Sorry cant be bothered trawling through 30 odd pages to find out what has already been said, if anything about Sherlock.<br />
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I dont love it but it is watchable. I like the modern setting and the more sinister tone than the current big screen version(still loved the first movie though). -
just had a squizz, sounds pretty good.
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Recently finished watching PBS Frontline's four part series on the American and European financial crises. Very interesting.<br />
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Money, Power and Wall Street
In a special investigation, FRONTLINE goes inside the struggles to rescue and repair a shattered economy
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have had some time to digest the finale of Game of Thrones, and I did enjoy it, as to the series, I think not quite as much as S1, although I am not sure whether this was due to me reading the 1st 4 books in between S1 and S2 so I knew what was going on and what is going to happen further down the track.<br />
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Without knowing all the characters from the book I probably wouldnt be worried about it, which might be a reason I liked S1 better?<br />
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I am looking forward to see how they do book 3, which IMO is the best, although I do hope they spread it over 2 series, dont know if the series will be able to carry off book 4 though...? -
While I enjoy watching GoT because it's well made/scripted and has a good level of action I am finding that it grips me less and less.<br />
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Perhaps it was too ambitious a project to undertake. I just got the feeling in S2 that I was being given a version of events that scratched the surface of what was going on and struggled to find the right balance between having a good number of story threads that could be followed with interest and having a complex story (as per the books).<br />
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I'll still watch it next time around but feel they could have done better if they just took a few threads and fleshed them out.<br />
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The Killing has set itself up nicely for the last two episodes though, which is good as it's probably been stretched out by about 3 episodes too many. There is only so many 'Raining in Seattle' scenes one can take.<br />
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The underlying 'moral' of this show has been that everyone has secrets and some deal with them better than others so I am prepared for whatever twist comes out of the woodwork at the end. -
haha, yeah it has been amusing how many days it seems to be raining on The Killing.<br />
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YEah it will be interesting to see how it plays out! BUt jeez Linden is a muppet sometimes, although I supposed her and HOlder have been shafted any number of times by others with alterior motives they cant trust anyone, but as a main character I struggle to like her because she is so stupid! -
[quote name='taniwharugby' timestamp='1339020750' post='289919']<br />
haha, yeah it has been amusing how many days it seems to be raining on The Killing.<br />
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YEah it will be interesting to see how it plays out! BUt jeez Linden is a muppet sometimes, although I supposed her and HOlder have been shafted any number of times by others with alterior motives they cant trust anyone, but as a main character I struggle to like her because she is so stupid!<br />
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<P>I decided early on that I wasn't meant to like her. I do like Holder though<br />
and like the way he started off being the character you were meant to think is a<br />
dick, had the most obvious 'secret' (and one that those with 'morals' could lord<br />
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yeah I agree.<br />
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[spoiler]and I think I said it earlier, it is a nice change from the usual cop type dramas where they catch the killer each episode and then another appears. I also like Holder, his likable wannabe gangster persona.[/spoiler]<br />
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Watched Safe House recently and Holder has a part in that as well, was interesting seeing him in another role he actually looks healthy and normal!<br />
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Mrs TR is always amused/disgusted at how often Linden wears those horrid sweaters and turtle necks <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
Just finished the second (and final) series of Stargate: Universe. Really enjoyed it, despite the ending which was clearly done when the producers and cast were unaware whether theyâ€
d be picked up for a third season.<br />
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I didnâ€t watch any of the previous Stargate series and understand that SGU may have suffered from a bit of a fan backlash as it wasnâ€t the type of series existing fans wanted.<br />
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I enjoyed it as a sort of Battlestar Gallactica-lite. Big ship in constant peril with no way for the inhabitants to get home against a pseudo-religious back drop.<br />
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Good cast with Robert Carlyle providing an interesting anti-hero. Suffers from the Red Shirt problem that all these series have – in order to create tension the audience has to believe that the major characters are in peril but you canâ€t kill off a major character every other week or you end up with no one left – so they generally kill off any minor character who has a line in the first five minutes. The series also suffers from the (all too common) desire the wrap each episode up neatly in the allotted 40 mins so that viewers can join and leave at will. This becomes a little frustrating when you watch the show on DVD over a period of a couple of weeks rather than on TV over a couple of months. Some of the ideas introduced are solved before you really get the impression that they are a serious problem other than through exposition.<br />
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Not having watched the other Stargate series I donâ€t know whether the coincidence that so many alien planets look like British Columbia is unique to SGU or a Stargate trope.<br />
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[quote name='Razbra' timestamp='1338592504' post='288758']<br />
I was thinking it wasnt that bad of an accent given hes a not a classically trained actor. Also you think given that the guy he is playing has lived in Aussie for sometime, based on the facts, he would like have had a Aussie/Scottish accent anyway.<br />
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I will say though that as far as first episodes go it was pretty slow. If I hadnt been aware of the story I wouldnt be tuning in to watch the second ep. But Im going to see where it goes and how far off the facts it veers<br />
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Im giving it a good crack. 3 episodes in now so will see it through.
