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jegga

Hellblazer trailer, he's blond and a pom this time.

taniwharugby

Finished the latest series of Grimm...pretty good again, and a decent finale to leave you waiting.
 
Could easily become a bit samesy if not for a decent main storyline running through each episode, but I like it!

mooshld

Anyone here into house of cards?
 
Just finished season one and watched first episode of season 2. Not sure what to make of it really I figured it was a political thriller but its taken a bit of a turn!
 
Moohsld

Mainlander

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Whether the show is 'true' or not, or Ragnar actually existed, I still don't want to learn too much as there are a bunch of historical figures that could be spoiled. Hopefully it doesn't run for 10 seasons as I'd like to do some reading up before then!
 
Long wait to the S3 though :(.
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I couldn't help myself.
 
Can't wait to find out how Ivar gets the nickname of the Boneless. (or BjÃ¶rn the nickname of Ironside for that matter)
 
Thanks for the Hellblazer trailer Jegga, Looks promising.
 
Watched the first season of House of Cards I found it depressing, Their is nobody in it that's likeable. It's like everyone is an evil bastard, then again they are playing politicians. From the little I've seen, the original English version is even worse/better. The bloke in that (<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Richardson' title="Ian Richardson">Ian Richardson</a>.) just does evil so well. I like <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Spacey' title="Kevin Spacey">Kevin Spacey</a> and find it hard to dislike the evil bustard.

barbarian

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Watched the first season of House of Cards I found it depressing, Their is nobody in it that's likeable. It's like everyone is an evil bastard, then again they are playing politicians. From the little I've seen, the original English version is even worse/better. The bloke in that (<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Richardson' title="Ian Richardson">Ian Richardson</a>.) just does evil so well. I like <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Spacey' title="Kevin Spacey">Kevin Spacey</a> and find it hard to dislike the evil bustard.
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Yeah that was my problem with it too. I stopped watching after the first episode of season 2, just turned into a farce. No characters had any redeeming features, and thus it lost me as a show, and I normally love that political stuff. It was like a bastard child of the West Wing and the Newsroom, but written by a 15 year old.

Milk

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Yeah that was my problem with it too. I stopped watching after the first episode of season 2, just turned into a farce. No characters had any redeeming features, and thus it lost me as a show, and I normally love that political stuff. It was like a bastard child of the West Wing and the Newsroom, but written by a 15 year old.
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That was my thought exactly. However, I just decided to go the other way, and just embrace watching a show where you don't actually like any of the characters.
 
Actually, it's not dissimilar to my attitude to Archer. I can't stand most characters in the show. Still, trying to get my hands on the second season at the moment.

mooshld

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Yeah that was my problem with it too. I stopped watching after the first episode of season 2, just turned into a farce. No characters had any redeeming features, and thus it lost me as a show, and I normally love that political stuff. It was like a bastard child of the West Wing and the Newsroom, but written by a 15 year old.
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I love the political infighting as well but some of the writing makes no sense.
[spoiler]Like how he knew his wife would screw him over and ruin Peters campaign so he could then kill him get the VP job.[/spoiler]
Its like they write a normal episode then sit around and go okay how do we write a massive twist for the next one. But they mangle the show.
[spoiler]So he kills Peter and now Zoe, so the guy is clearly a calculated serial killer. So am I watching a show about a serial killer or a politician because one is interesting and one is a bit too over the top. Oh and one week Zoe is happy to call her dad while she is shagging Frank the next week she wants to break up. Bitches be crazy and all but come on that is a bit extreme.[/spoiler]
 
The narration device was a crap idea as it totally ties the show to Frank, so you know that he will always get away with it and all his plans work out in the end. Otherwise there is no show. So it spoils it. 
 
Will give it till the end of the season to improve I think

barbarian

Re House of Cards
 
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I kind of liked it for most of the first season. The thing about Frank was you never really warmed to him, but you respected him because he got shit done. You were cheering for him to prosper not because he was a good person but because he was smart and good at his job. But then when he killed Russo everything changed. The bloke who occasionally stepped on a few toes (but for the greater good) became a murderer, plain and simple.
 
And the whole premise of the show is you want Frank to succeed, but from that point on I just wanted him to be thrown in jail. And then I gave it another chance for the first ep of season two and he decides to murder Zoe for no real reason. He isn't some genius with a warped moral code, he is a fucking psychopath.
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Can see the comparisons with Archer, but House of Cards is trying to be taken seriously. If it went for all-out comedy that would be fine (and frankly it doesn't have to go too far to get there) but I just can't take it seriously.
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taniwharugby

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I couldn't help myself.
 
 
 
Can't wait to find out how Ivar gets the nickname of the Boneless. (or BjÃ¶rn the nickname of Ironside for that matter)
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Have you seen S2 of the Vikings?
 
Yeah I looked up a bit of Wiki on the Vikings and Ragnar, so now I am an authority of the highest order!

Nepia

Ah crap, I read the second spoiler on Moosh's post not realising it was about S2.
 
Oh well, I've had the series sitting around for a few weeks now and haven't watched it so I guess I'm not too worried!
 
I'm currently catching up on Arrow. I think the actress who plays the ex girlfriend/lawyer looks a bit weird. Her face has gotten really skinny since the first season. I wonder if she is sick/anorexic/druggie but she doesn't look very healthy to me ... maybe she's just getting older?

taniwharugby

Funnily enough Nepia, my missus said exactly the same thing about her in regard to her appearance/health etc, saying she used to be stunning but now less so...obviously I had no opinion on the matter ;)
 
That said, she is still way hotter than her sister!

Crucial

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Funnily enough Nepia, my missus said exactly the same thing about her in regard to her appearance/health etc, saying she used to be stunning but now less so...obviously I had no opinion on the matter ;)
 
That said, she is still way hotter than her sister!
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and they can both leave the bed for the lovely Ms Smoak....

Nepia

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Funnily enough Nepia, my missus said exactly the same thing about her in regard to her appearance/health etc, saying she used to be stunning but now less so...obviously I had no opinion on the matter ;)
 
That said, she is still way hotter than her sister!
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Nah, I think the sister is hotter now, if not really hot, just in comparison.
 
 
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and they can both leave the bed for the lovely Ms Smoak....
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She's the nicest of the regular cast but some of the guest actresses have been hotter - the mobster's daughter, the Indian cop, and the girlfriend of the sister.

Siam

An old kiwi comedy (2005) that I never knew existed - Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby
 
Not a series that'll force you to drop everything but for all the 30 years of age plus expats that've been away from home for a long time, this was a refreshing reminder of kiwi comedy and satire.
 
David McPhail (legend growing up in the 80's) is simply superb with his anti pc honesty. Made me laugh out loud quite a lot.
 
Part comedy, part nostalgia, part good acting, but worth a look if you've been away for a while and some classic kiwi pisstaking. 
 
BTW, if you get offended by any of the material then you are either too young and I pity you, or you're a frikkin knob

2nd series better than the first iMHO

jegga

Cheers for that, Gormsby was awesome .

jegga

Watched three episodes of Gormsby , macPhail is great but the sleazy guidance steals the show for mine. 
Sleazy guidance counciller - I worked on the script for the piano 
Gormsby- the piano , excellent movie it's about a mute but starts off with a VoiceOver from her

Tim

First episode of Silicon Valley was good. TJ Miller was funny. That is all.

Nepia

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First episode of Silicon Valley was good. TJ Miller was funny. That is all.
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I'm 3 episodes in and I've found it, and him, to be the reverse of how Rusty did. Miller has just gotten annoying as it has gone on. He's best used in small doses, unfortunately they don't use him well.
 
I'm a bit bemused by the love for this show around the blogs/reviews. I think it's an ok show, but not hugely funny.
 
Siam: I used to watch Gormsby back in the day on actual broadcast TV - seems a lifetime ago now.

Tim

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I'm a bit bemused by the love for this show around the blogs/reviews. I think it's an ok show, but not hugely funny.</blockquote>
 
A lot of those people probably worked at new media startups.

Nepia

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A lot of those people probably worked at new media startups.
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Possibly, some of them are just stock standard old school TV critics though. TBF, I find myself bemused at a lot of what people find 'cool' these days. :)

The Silver Fern

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