TV Serieseseses
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@Crucial TVNZ On Demand is an average platform...i appreciate we dont pay directly for TVNZ On Demand, but the whole point of streaming is to do away with ad breaks!
I'll probably wait for the 16th on normal TV1 and record it and then fast forward the ads.
I don't mind the ads on a Freeview platform. You still have to pay one way or another.
My gripe is that with broadcast TV they at least find scene breaks or the like to throw the ads in but the On Demand platform just chucks in a break almost randomly. It gets really jarring.
Luckily if you can get iPlayer you get the shows without ads at all. Paid for, of course, by the brits and their TV licence
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In OZ SBS has ads, which meant I didn't watch it for ages but there were just too many shows I wanted to watch on there so I eventually I bit the bullet. On my TV I don't have an issue with the ads, but on my laptop in at least 1 in every 3 shows the ads tank and I have to refresh the whole site.
I stupidly watched The Little Drummer Girl on SBS with ads when I had it on Stan the whole time ... upper cut to myself.
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@Nepia LIttle Drummer Girl was decent, started well but dragged a bit I felt.
I'm 4 eps into Quarry (think you recommended it a week or so back) it is good!
Jodi Balfour is tidy.
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@Nepia LIttle Drummer Girl was decent, started well but dragged a bit I felt.
I'm 4 eps into Quarry (think you recommended it a week or so back) it is good!
Jodi Balfour is tidy.
Yeah, I felt the same about Little Drummer Girl, I tend to think that's common of Brit shows based on books (e.g. The Night Manager), but it was a decent enough watch.
I was discussing Quarry but I haven't seen it yet so the recommendation would have been from someone else.
I've started watching The Orville (bit late to the party) and it's ok so far.
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Going through a rewatch of BAttlestar Galactica. Holds up really well after 16 years.
Going to be interesting in the future as graphics get better and better, harder to date shows by their special effects.
I remembered it being less serial than it is, enjoy watching an episode with a self contained story.
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@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:
@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@Nepia LIttle Drummer Girl was decent, started well but dragged a bit I felt.
I'm 4 eps into Quarry (think you recommended it a week or so back) it is good!
Jodi Balfour is tidy.
Yeah, I felt the same about Little Drummer Girl, I tend to think that's common of Brit shows based on books (e.g. The Night Manager), but it was a decent enough watch.
I was discussing Quarry but I haven't seen it yet so the recommendation would have been from someone else.
I've started watching The Orville (bit late to the party) and it's ok so far.
Quarry is fantastic. Shame they pullef it
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@MiketheSnow said in TV Serieseseses:
@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:
@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@Nepia LIttle Drummer Girl was decent, started well but dragged a bit I felt.
I'm 4 eps into Quarry (think you recommended it a week or so back) it is good!
Jodi Balfour is tidy.
Yeah, I felt the same about Little Drummer Girl, I tend to think that's common of Brit shows based on books (e.g. The Night Manager), but it was a decent enough watch.
I was discussing Quarry but I haven't seen it yet so the recommendation would have been from someone else.
I've started watching The Orville (bit late to the party) and it's ok so far.
Quarry is fantastic. Shame they pullef it
Is it still worth watching despite being cancelled?
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@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:
@MiketheSnow said in TV Serieseseses:
@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:
@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@Nepia LIttle Drummer Girl was decent, started well but dragged a bit I felt.
I'm 4 eps into Quarry (think you recommended it a week or so back) it is good!
Jodi Balfour is tidy.
Yeah, I felt the same about Little Drummer Girl, I tend to think that's common of Brit shows based on books (e.g. The Night Manager), but it was a decent enough watch.
I was discussing Quarry but I haven't seen it yet so the recommendation would have been from someone else.
I've started watching The Orville (bit late to the party) and it's ok so far.
Quarry is fantastic. Shame they pullef it
Is it still worth watching despite being cancelled?
Definitely
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A mate's daughter - Georgia Furlong, in her first TV role - is a supporting actress in a very well written and acted 'coming of age' family drama on the BBC
In My Skin
The lead actress Gabrielle Creevy is one to watch.
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Our Girl - BBC drama about a London slapper who joins the British Army as a medic.
Was actually decent, some good humour, unnecessary drama...I see S2 is about a different lead female.
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@Kirwan said in TV Serieseseses:
Going through a rewatch of BAttlestar Galactica. Holds up really well after 16 years.
I'm going to watch the original series soon. I remember watching on those series on TV as a kid, and I have had the DVDs for ~10 years and have never taken them off the shelf. I'm looking forward to those special effects.
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@Kirwan said in TV Serieseseses:
Going through a rewatch of BAttlestar Galactica. Holds up really well after 16 years.
Going to be interesting in the future as graphics get better and better, harder to date shows by their special effects.
I remembered it being less serial than it is, enjoy watching an episode with a self contained story.
I'm sure you know already, but in case you don't Marc Bernadin and Tricia Helfer do an episode watch podcast (with various other BSG alum as guests).
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@Bovidae said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kirwan said in TV Serieseseses:
Going through a rewatch of BAttlestar Galactica. Holds up really well after 16 years.
I'm going to watch the original series soon. I remember watching on those series on TV as a kid, and I have had the DVDs for ~10 years and have never taken them off the shelf. I'm looking forward to those special effects.
Got that box set as well, such a good show.
We have a third version coming up as well.
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Just watched S3 ep1 of Killing Eve. It was...ok? Not happy with who died at the end. Not at all. Bit of a grimmer, more chaotic tone which I'm not sure I like.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, TVNZ on demand app really is shite. I don't mind ad breaks (gotta pay the bills) but FFS put them in the natural fade to black scene breaks you dumbarses. Ad breaks in the middle of dialogue or scene is just irritating as hell. Especially when it's 45sec or more.
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I just started a new series - Vienna Blood. The story of a Jewish junior doctor, and keen follower of Freud, and a policeman with a bad reputation teaming up to solve crimes in Vienna in the early 1900's. Produced by BBC, similar to Dracula and Sherlock, the series is just 3 episodes, each 90 minutes long. Recommended if you like well produced, plotted and acted mysteries.
In My Skin (TV Series 2018– ) ⭐ 8.1 | Comedy, Drama
