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@Victor-Meldrew watching it tonight!!! Love Sarah Paulton. Its looks very American Horror ish!
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Really late to the party on this one... Finally started "The Fall"
Jamie Dornan need I say more. Only 2 eps on but can see me liking it. Gillian Anderson is a legend love her. -
@R-L said in TV Serieseseses:
@Victor-Meldrew watching it tonight!!! Love Sarah Paulton. Its looks very American Horror ish!
Think it's done by the same people. Very gothic.
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I have finished my trip down memory lane with a viewing of the original Battlestar Galactica series. I had forgotten about some of the other well-known guest stars that appeared like Fred Astaire. Rick Springfield made a brief appearance in Ep1 as Apollo's younger brother Zac. The special features were also interesting with mentions of Glen A Larson's Mormon references throughout the series, and some of the different plot lines that never eventuated.
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@Bovidae said in TV Serieseseses:
I have finished my trip down memory lane with a viewing of the original Battlestar Galactica series. I had forgotten about some of the other well-known guest stars that appeared like Fred Astaire. Rick Springfield made a brief appearance in Ep1 as Apollo's younger brother Zac. The special features were also interesting with mentions of Glen A Larson's Mormon references throughout the series, and some of the different plot lines that never eventuated.
How was it as a series to watch though? Hard going due to the era it was made (and in comparison with the update) or still pretty decent?
I had no idea Fred Astaire was in an episode.
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@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:
How was it as a series to watch though? Hard going due to the era it was made (and in comparison with the update) or still pretty decent?
The show is definitely of its time but I enjoyed it. Obviously the remake is much better but for 1978-79 the SFX were good and it was interesting to see how some of the effects were done in the days before blue/green screen. And the chimp Evie inside Muffit with her sounds removed for the final versions of scenes.
I won't be watching it again anytime soon. I've got the disappointing Galactica 1980 to watch.
I had no idea Fred Astaire was in an episode.
He played the character Chameleon in Ep15, the conman who "pretended" to be Starbuck's father. The info on IMDb says Astaire contacted producer Donald P. Bellisario to ask if he could play a small guest part to please his grandchildren, who were enormous fans of the show.
The big guest stars were Lloyd Bridges and Patrick Macnee. The likes of Ed Begley Jr and Larry Manetti had smaller supporting roles. Jane Seymour was hawt too.
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@R-L said in TV Serieseseses:
@Victor-Meldrew watching it tonight!!! Love Sarah Paulton. Its looks very American Horror ish!
Four episodes in and it's Judy Davis who's stealing the show as Nurse Bucket.
Great to see some good roles going to older actresses.
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Watching the You Tube series No More Jockeys. Alex Horne, Tim Key and Mark Watson drinking and playing a game over Zoom. I'm going to start playing this with my mates at the pub (he says pretending he has mates, or if he did, that they would go out drinking together)
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@Stockcar86 said in TV Serieseseses:
Watching the You Tube series No More Jockeys. Alex Horne, Tim Key and Mark Watson drinking and playing a game over Zoom. I'm going to start playing this with my mates at the pub (he says pretending he has mates, or if he did, that they would go out drinking together)
Mates are a pretty foreign concept to most ferners
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@MN5 er, we are all mates here arent we?
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@taniwharugby Imagine being as cool and having as many friends as MN5!
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@Tim said in TV Serieseseses:
@taniwharugby Imagine being as cool and having as many friends as MN5!
I don’t recall saying anything of the sort. I’m just as sad as the rest of you
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Anyone else tried Ted Lasso on Apple+ ?
First ep was a bit of a slow burn but this has real charm and good characters. Some good laughs too.
You start off thinking Ted is the joke but start liking him real quick. Set up like a standard fish out of water show but doesn't follow the formula. Ted isn't out of water, he is in his element, just that no one realises.
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@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
Just started watching Schitts Creek.
Good fun so far.
It's pretty funny. Wife likes that show.
I didn't mind it either, wife also pulled me into this one, first couple of seasons very slow and some characters will annoy you regardless, but quite enjoyable once you get into it
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@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
Just started watching Schitts Creek.
Good fun so far.
It's pretty funny. Wife likes that show.
I didn't mind it either, wife also pulled me into this one, first couple of seasons very slow and some characters will annoy you regardless, but quite enjoyable once you get into it
We settled for it after we started with Ratched and the other half pulled the pin, will decide whether I watch that on my own at some stage.
But yeah, Schitts Creek seems pretty cringy and amusing so far. Fucken tough finding a show that we both like, I gave up on Hannibal second time round. I enjoyed the bits that kind of tied in with the movies but the rest is just a series of absolutely stupid and preposterous scenarios ( Disgusting over the top murder scene, Will solves it, killer apprehended without a fuss, rinse and repeat ).
Mads Danish Guy plays the part brilliantly but the series isn't a patch on the movies.
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@MN5 I watched ep 1 of Ratched last night, was a bit slow but enough to make me look at another ep or 2 before I decide on finishing, good cast in it though!
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@MN5 I watched ep 1 of Ratched last night, was a bit slow but enough to make me look at another ep or 2 before I decide on finishing, good cast in it though!
We got through 15 minutes, only one I recognised was the one in American Horror Story.
After binging Hannibal we needed something more lighthearted, mind you before we switched it was awesome seeing the bridge on the Pacific Coast Highway, I drove that nearly 20 years ago.
