TV Serieseseses

[Rembrandt]

@crucial said in TV Serieseseses:

Personally I gave up watching as it was demoralizing to go so deeply into the sheer dumbness of some people
Despite my apparent ‘leftyness” where I should be standing up for the ‘disadvantaged’ I found myself despairing for humanity that as a species we haven’t managed to evolve such feralness out of society

Actually I'd say that attitude perfectly sums up modern leftyism, a patronising disdain for the white working class.

The doco is certainly slanted in favour of the Averys but of the footage what makes you see these people as ferals? I see a working class family who have had it pretty tough for a long time and remain close as a loving family. Rough around the edges sure, but I don't see the alcohol, drug abuse, unemployment, family violence and refusal to take responsibility that I'd associate with folk I'd actually call feral.

It's a bit of a bug bear of mine having come from very humble beginnings myself.

[Crucial]

@rembrandt said in TV Serieseseses:

@crucial said in TV Serieseseses:

Personally I gave up watching as it was demoralizing to go so deeply into the sheer dumbness of some people
Despite my apparent ‘leftyness” where I should be standing up for the ‘disadvantaged’ I found myself despairing for humanity that as a species we haven’t managed to evolve such feralness out of society

Actually I'd say that attitude perfectly sums up modern leftyism, a patronising disdain for the white working class.

The doco is certainly slanted in favour of the Averys but of the footage what makes you see these people as ferals? I see a working class family who have had it pretty tough for a long time and remain close as a loving family. Rough around the edges sure, but I don't see the alcohol, drug abuse, unemployment, family violence and refusal to take responsibility that I'd associate with folk I'd actually call feral.

It's a bit of a bug bear of mine having come from very humble beginnings myself.

Fair call, my post probably didn’t reflect the manner of my thought.
It wasn’t meant as a criticism of the people but of a society that hasn’t managed to ‘lift’ them out of a fairly basic existence and how I found that demoralising.

[Tim]

[Bovidae]

@tim Unfortunately no Cy Tolliver.

[Kruse]

@tim Hell muthafuckin cocksucker yes. An excuse to rewatch the series.

[MiketheSnow]

Start-Up Season 3 is up.

Four episodes in. Great.

[Bones]

@mikethesnow huh, go figure - I thought that was an Amazon original, but seems not. I assume that means I should source it by alternative means?

[MiketheSnow]

@bones said in TV Serieseseses:

@mikethesnow huh, go figure - I thought that was an Amazon original, but seems not. I assume that means I should source it by alternative means?

Sony Crackle whoever they are.

I zooqle everything these days

[Bones]

@mikethesnow cool cheers

[Crucial]

Have I missed mentions if Killing Eve? Did a squizz back in the thread but couldn’t see anything.
Psycho bitch!

[taniwharugby]

@crucial you def missed talk or it, a few posters mentioned it, even one poster reckons S2 will be filmed near his home

@Bones yeah I only saw the new season was up over the weekend, not yet started though.

[taniwharugby]

Finished Norsemen & The Purge

Norsemen had some funny shit in it, also some silly stuff, but overall good series, initially thought it was going to be a parody of Vikings but I think they kinda veered away from that a little. I liked Freya, and Orm is a crack up, such a loser!

The Purge, expected this to be crap going in, but I enjoyed it, wasnt enough of everyones favorite Amish skank in it though.

[Bovidae]

@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:

Finished Norsemen & The Purge

Norsemen had some funny shit in it, also some silly stuff, but overall good series, initially thought it was going to be a parody of Vikings

Better or worse than Vikings? I haven't decided if it is worth starting. Vikings has Katheryn Winnick.

I've started watching S4 of Blindspot. Neuw Zeeland gets a mention in Ep2.

[taniwharugby]

@bovidae it's different...is not serious, as I said, initially I thought it was going to be a parody, but ended up being different.

Sure there are similarities in that there are Vikings, but isnt really comparable, Six 30 min eps in each of the 2 series.

The Last Kingdom is due to start again in a couple of weeks.

[Nepia]

@taniwharugby I'm three eps in and like it for the parody aspect parts ... I'll see how the rest of it goes then.

@Bovidae Sadly, there's no one of Katheryn Winnick's quality.

[taniwharugby]

anyone watching the latest series of Man in the High Castle?

I'm 3 eps in and struggling a bit.

[Nepia]

@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:

anyone watching the latest series of Man in the High Castle?

I'm 3 eps in and struggling a bit.

I have it ready to go but the last series was so long ago that I need to watch the last episode from then as a refresher.

[Tim]

Anyone watching The Little Drummer Girl?

Park Chan-Wook directed the series, but apparently it's pretty average.

[Bones]

@tim just about to make a start this week, will update on here.

Finished Ozark last night, think that was better than the first season. Bloody good anyway, awesome characters and acting.

[jegga]

Re Ozark, was that a body double where Darlene was riding Jacob?