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jegga

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Along with Eugene Sledge's book, they also used Robert Leckie's book "Helmet for my Pillow" as source material. Worth reading it as well before watching the Pacific, if you haven't already read it.
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Cheers, I'll check that one out.

mariner4life

sons
[spoiler]And so the seed is sown. If he talks to Unser, shit is going to fall in to place real fucking quick. If Gemma gets wind, people are going to get shot too. 
There is still the whole "shooting the pres of another charter" thing to clear up as well, which may be the surprise ending? Also he never admitted to being the rat, so maybe there is one other thing to sort out internally?[/spoiler]

Nepia

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[spoiler] TBH, this episode just seemed like Sutter was going out of his way to shock. Seriously, WTF was up with that opening? The Jax v Marks stuff has actually been quite good, but I agree they really didn't do enough to make Marks the big bad and even explain why they were at war anyway.
 
As for the kid, I find the actor so unnatural (I know he's a kid but there are some kids out there that can act better than that) that I sort of gloss over which should be the key scenes in the episode.
 
I also don't get the whole AB stuff. So these bikies rock up, shoot a couple of them, kill a couple of them, and they all do nothing (despite the fact they have a hispanic with them) because one guy who's not yet their leader says so. The too much stupid killing is starting to get to me I guess![/spoiler]
 
I'm currently watching the Bridge, I've just watched S1 and started S2, I think it's quite good, with some good performances, but I've just heard it's been cancelled which is disappointing. 
 
On the look for some good sitcoms out of the new season ones if anyone knows any?

rustycruiser

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sons too
[spoiler] TBH, this episode just seemed like Sutter was going out of his way to shock. Seriously, WTF was up with that opening? The Jax v Marks stuff has actually been quite good, but I agree they really didn't do enough to make Marks the big bad and even explain why they were at war anyway.
 
As for the kid, I find the actor so unnatural (I know he's a kid but there are some kids out there that can act better than that) that I sort of gloss over which should be the key scenes in the episode.
 
I also don't get the whole AB stuff. So these bikies rock up, shoot a couple of them, kill a couple of them, and they all do nothing (despite the fact they have a hispanic with them) because one guy who's not yet their leader says so. The too much stupid killing is starting to get to me I guess![/spoiler]
 
I'm currently watching the Bridge, I've just watched S1 and started S2, I think it's quite good, with some good performances, but I've just heard it's been cancelled which is disappointing. 
 
On the look for some good sitcoms out of the new season ones if anyone knows any?
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Have you watched the original Bridge? Bron/Broen, a Swedish and Danish co production. It is so much better than the US remake. The first season is somewhat similar, the second is completely different. The two protagonists in Bron (Saga NorÃn and Martin Rohde) are amazing.
 
Of the new sitcoms, most have already been shit canned. I thin 5 have been cancelled. The one that is getting the highest ratings is Black-ish. It is OKish IMO. Nothing too great, but not complete crap. The only other on I have seen is Marry Me, starring Ken Marino and Casey Wilson. The creator of the show is married to Casey Wilson, who he met on his other show Happy Endings. I watched cause Happy Endings was awesome. Only 3 episodes deep so far, and it is so-so so far.

Milk

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I watched cause Happy Endings was awesome. Only 3 episodes deep so far, and it is so-so so far.
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Yeah, I liked that show too. So Marry Me is pretty similar to that then?

rustycruiser

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Yeah, I liked that show too. So Marry Me is pretty similar to that then?
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No, not really. The premise is the couple have been engaged forever, and the guy finally proposes. It is all the hijinks between the proposal and the wedding. It is a little more traditional sitcom than HE was. The girl is basically Penny though, Casey Wilson just acts like herself I guess. But the rest of the supporting characters are not as good as the Happy Endings cast. I am still watching to see if it gets better, like Happy Endings did.

Nepia

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Have you watched the original Bridge? Bron/Broen, a Swedish and Danish co production. It is so much better than the US remake. The first season is somewhat similar, the second is completely different. The two protagonists in Bron (Saga NorÃn and Martin Rohde) are amazing.
 
Of the new sitcoms, most have already been shit canned. I thin 5 have been cancelled. The one that is getting the highest ratings is Black-ish. It is OKish IMO. Nothing too great, but not complete crap. The only other on I have seen is Marry Me, starring Ken Marino and Casey Wilson. The creator of the show is married to Casey Wilson, who he met on his other show Happy Endings. I watched cause Happy Endings was awesome. Only 3 episodes deep so far, and it is so-so so far.
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I was wondering how long it would take for someone to suggest the original. I plan to watch it at some stage, when I can be bothered with the subtitles.
 
I'd like to watch Marry Me, for the Happy Endings style, but I really don't like Marino that much. He's ok as an annoying side character but as the lead I think he'll do my head in. Sucks that Happy Endings isn't on any more, stupid people with Nielsen boxes. 
 
I might check out Blackish as it has Anderson and Fishburne.

Tim

Episode two of the The Game (BBC America) was much better. Apparently the show takes a couple of episodes to get going, so it might turn out to be pretty good.

rustycruiser

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I was wondering how long it would take for someone to suggest the original. I plan to watch it at some stage, when I can be bothered with the subtitles.
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So you just didn't read the Spanish subtitles on half of the American version?
 
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Crucial

Has anyone watched 'Manhattan'? Have seen some good reviews but it has flown under the radar.

Nepia

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So you just didn't read the Spanish subtitles on half of the American version?
 
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I speak Spanish ....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Not really, but there's a difference between a few subtitles each hour and an entire show.

taniwharugby

Poor Nero, although he could do better I'm sure

Crucial

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Poor Nero, although he could do better I'm sure
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[spoiler]After a season that has been dragging the chain on this major point, it sure moved quickly once the seed was sown. I was worried that Sutter would spend a couple of eps with Jax fighting the realisation of the truth. 
I did see one interview with him where he explained that if you look at the timeline of the eps, all of this actually happens reasonably fast. It just seems like weeks because it's one ep per week. 
Thank god Nero has avoided being caught in the fallout. I had thought that could be a plotline. 
As Jax has already laid out his plans to deal with the situation (except what to do about Gemma), this is pointing to some kind of twist I think, otherwise it's just Jax winding up affairs and driving away with Wendy and the kids for a new life.[/spoiler]

mariner4life

sons
 
[spoiler]Well, that escalated quickly. Great to see Gemma lose everything, including her fucking mind. Poor Jax, he'll be fucked up in the head right now, everything that has gone wrong is all his fault based on a lie from his mum. That's fucked up. 
2 episodes to go (a break next week i think? (thanksgiving in the states?), 2 hours to tie it all up. I winder where we are heading, at this stage i have no idea. I still think Jax is going to die, although now i don't think Nero will be the one to kill him. 
Nero really is a good character by the way[/spoiler]

taniwharugby

Interesting the EPs this season have all been an hour or more...many other seasons were 45+/- to be an hour with ads...
 
[spoiler]Yeah Nero is a great character, alot like Opie I reckon. 
Jax will probably have to do a runner too to avoid the wraith of the other Sons chapters.[/spoiler]

Nepia

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Interesting the EPs this season have all been an hour or more...many other seasons were 45+/- to be an hour with ads...
 
[spoiler]Yeah Nero is a great character, alot like Opie I reckon. 
Jax will probably have to do a runner too to avoid the wraith of the other Sons chapters.[/spoiler]
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I think Sutter's deal with FX has always allowed him to freedom to have eps as long as he likes. The running times of Sons has always been all over the show, it seems as they've just decided to go long this entire season - despite the fact they have had less of the usual ending song montages.
 
[spoiler] Smits is great as Nero, just as he was great as Santos in the final seasons of The West Wing, he seems to have found his niche as the late addition great character to shows. I care more about his fate than I do about any other character's at the moment TBH. [/spoiler]

taniwharugby

Smits also did a Season in Dexter, in which he was also good!

taniwharugby

Finished a series called Legends (Sean Bean, Ali Larter) who are part of the FBI DCO (Deep Cover Operations?) 
 
Was ok, I have some issues with the Legends (character they go into when going undercover) but thought it was a good time filler, although some of the fight/battle scenes were a bit clumsy.

Tim

Alex Gibney is adapting [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_Clear][i]Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief[/i][/url] as a documentary for HBO. 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/hbo-prepping-bombshell-scientology-film-751497'>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/hbo-prepping-bombshell-scientology-film-751497</a>
 
:) :)

rustycruiser

Nepia, have you watched the new USA comedy Benched (I know you were looking for new comedy shows)? I have heard it is pretty funny, but have not watched it yet. Stars Eliza Coupe (Happy Endings, Scrubs) and Jay Harrington (Better Off Ted) The premise is Coupe is a high priced corporate laywer who has a meltdown and ends up as a public defender. There has only been 3 or 4 episodes, I am planning to give it a try this week sometime.

The Silver Fern

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