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@bones I added that to my watch list last night...
Started watching Yellow Jackets (3 eps) intriguing, seems kinda Lord of the Flies, with mostly girls and then in the future.
Fawlty Towers, very un PC show that one, certainly made from a different time.
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@taniwharugby yeah don't get me wrong I don't think you'd regret watching it but IMO you wouldn't be missing much either. Hard to explain. Probably worth watching for the bizarre style!
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Ted Lasso...
I've been watching Season Two, with the awareness/warning from here that there might be two (?) turds in the dish...
It's made for an interesting watch... every episode, I'm waiting to see if "is this one"... and start getting suspicious when there's a hint of "wokeness" or some-such - because that seems to be a bit of a trigger for some.
But... just hit one. Fuck. Yeah... absolute turd from start-to-finish... and quite obviously filmed after the series finished. -
this could be awesome!
Time for a little R & R - Ramming and Rimming!
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@taniwharugby was he the original MacGruber?
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@taniwharugby he is! That's pretty funny, I knew watching last man on earth that I'd seen him before and couldn't pick where.
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@bones said in TV Serieseseses:
@taniwharugby was he the original MacGruber?
yes, I do remember that one
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S2 of The Witcher
even though Mrs Womble wasn't keen i remembered she really enjoyed the first season so i put it on last night....she was playing on her phone but by half way through phone was down and she was asking questions etc, its a good show (assuming you like a bit of fantasy, swords and magic)
E1 successfully hits the tone i remember from the game, in that pretty much every quest has shades of grey, there are very few clearly good or evil choices
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@kiwiwomble said in TV Serieseseses:
S2 of The Witcher
even though Mrs Womble wasn't keen i remembered she really enjoyed the first season so i put it on last night....she was playing on her phone but by half way through phone was down and she was asking questions etc, its a good show (assuming you like a bit of fantasy, swords and magic)
E1 successfully hits the tone i remember from the game, in that pretty much every quest has shades of grey, there are very few clearly good or evil choices
Good to see another season of this.
the witch who was all hunched and ugly and then got hot all of a sudden has a terrific rack, here’s hoping we see more of it in season 2.
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@kiwiwomble said in TV Serieseseses:
S2 of The Witcher
even though Mrs Womble wasn't keen i remembered she really enjoyed the first season so i put it on last night....she was playing on her phone but by half way through phone was down and she was asking questions etc, its a good show (assuming you like a bit of fantasy, swords and magic)
E1 successfully hits the tone i remember from the game, in that pretty much every quest has shades of grey, there are very few clearly good or evil choices
And like a bit of hot cavil, I would imagine.
Just don't tell her he's a total Warhammer nerd
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Finished the 2 seasons of The Office (UK) which I did like, but I reckon if I'd watched this first, I'd not have bothered with the US version, which was, IMO much better.
There are alot of similarities, but also where they have exaggerated (or softened) some characters
For me, the main reason is David Brent, he is a fluffybunny! Michael Scott is silly and naive, Brent is just a prick, who you just cringe at everything, whereas Scott usually means well, he just has no clue.
The Gareth/Dwight, for me, the latter is a much better character, seems to have a personality disorder that makes him act and behave the way he does, and is good at heart, whereas Gareth is just a bit of a tool...Gareth is a bit more of a lad, whereas Dwight is a bit quieter, but much more successful with the ladies.
Tim/Jim are fairly similar.
The US version focuses more on the whole office, whereas the UK one is more Brent, Gareth, Tim and a bit of Dawn and then the others.
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
Finished the 2 seasons of The Office (UK) which I did like, but I reckon if I'd watched this first, I'd not have bothered with the US version, which was, IMO much better.
There are alot of similarities, but also where they have exaggerated (or softened) some characters
For me, the main reason is David Brent, he is a fluffybunny! Michael Scott is silly and naive, Brent is just a prick, who you just cringe at everything, whereas Scott usually means well, he just has no clue.
The Gareth/Dwight, for me, the latter is a much better character, seems to have a personality disorder that makes him act and behave the way he does, and is good at heart, whereas Gareth is just a bit of a tool...Gareth is a bit more of a lad, whereas Dwight is a bit quieter, but much more successful with the ladies.
Tim/Jim are fairly similar.
The US version focuses more on the whole office, whereas the UK one is more Brent, Gareth, Tim and a bit of Dawn and then the others.
Tbf the UK office was only 2 seasons of 7 episodes. When renewed the US one had like 20 per season over 9 seasons.
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@rancid-schnitzel yeah appreciate that gave more scope to get to know more characters, but just in terms of Brent and Gareth in particular, it'd take more of a shift to make them more likeable.
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@rancid-schnitzel yeah appreciate that gave more scope to get to know more characters, but just in terms of Brent and Gareth in particular, it'd take more of a shift to make them more likeable.
You're not supposed to like Brent, he's the archetypal piston wristed gibbon boss. Plays it so well
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@machpants I realise that, but in comparison to Michael Scott who is based on Brent, he is a much better character, and I guess with Brent on the writing team for the US version maybe he thought a different approach would be better?
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Everything about the UK version is darker, more cringey - the US is a much lighter version.
I loved them both.
Did you also watch the UK Christmas special @taniwharugby? I'm not ashamed to admit that I welled up a little...
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The US version was too watered down for me, missed the point to imo. I think they knew the US couldn't handle anything apart from standard comedy, and they decided to make muchos cash from it. I don't blame them, fuck artistic integrity compared to the millions Brent made! I think if I hadn't watched the UK version first, I would've enjoyed the US one. Reminds me a bit like the end of Dodgeball, don't blame them for changing that, either.
