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Broadband and TV service down due to Virgin Media incompetence (note to self to post on Grumpy Old Man thread). Dusted off the dvd player and watched Seven periods with Mr Gormsby with 18 yo old son and wife. He was astonished (but still laughed at most of it). Tom Scott and David McPhail v clever guys but geez not sure it would get made today.
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Finished The Night Agent.
Was a decent enough watch, shut off brain and enjoy type of action series.
A few criticisms mentioned earlier, I didnt really get being an issue, were plenty of other things I'd point out before them.
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The reason I was interested in The Night Agent was that the showrunner is Shawn Ryan, who was the creator of The Shield amongst other shows. I also recently watched a one-and-done TV show he did back in 2011 - The Chicago Code. Well worth watching for the cast (Jason Clarke, Delroy Lindo and Jennifer Beals).
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@Bovidae said in TV Serieseseses:
The reason I was interested in The Night Agent was that the showrunner is Shawn Ryan, who was the creator of The Shield amongst other shows. I also recently watched a one-and-done TV show he did back in 2011 - The Chicago Code. Well worth watching for the cast (Jason Clarke, Delroy Lindo and Jennifer Beals).
Chicago Code was excellent
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@Bovidae said in TV Serieseseses:
The reason I was interested in The Night Agent was that the showrunner is Shawn Ryan, who was the creator of The Shield amongst other shows. I also recently watched a one-and-done TV show he did back in 2011 - The Chicago Code. Well worth watching for the cast (Jason Clarke, Delroy Lindo and Jennifer Beals).
It's a pity he didn't make the Chicago Code now as it would have suited the shorter streaming style of shows these days. Same with Terriers. Two shows that could have done well through word of mouth. IIRC he also created Timeless which was a fun time travel show.
The Shield is excellent, it's in my top 10 of all time.
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@Crucial said in TV Serieseseses:
White House Plumbers - anyone given it more than the 10 minute promising start?
Nope
Flushed it
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@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
Jury Duty on Amazon
A documentary on the inner workings of jury. The twist is everyone is an actor except one jury member who isn't in on the joke.
Worth sticking with, because there's some genuinely funny bits. Or there was while I was three sheets to the wind...
I'm pushing through this, funny but not finding it as funny as the hype (I've been recommended it multiple times by people in the real world).
SPOILERS BELOW so don't look if you haven't seen it.
I'm not convinced the one juror isn't also an actor. Or is that supposed to be part of the storyline too? Am I just too thick for this show?
I've seen some of the actors in stuff.
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@nepia lol given your normal level of analysis Im thinking you're just over analysing here. Its not all laugh out loud, but still funny and episodes are only 25 mins or so
ACTUAL SPOILER:
just an normal person if you watch to the final episode they explain.. -
I've watched some shows not on my normal watchlist, but cos I stumbled on them and let them play a bit:
Daisy Jones and the Six: An Almost Famous like show on Amazon about a band that gets big and falls apart (not a spoiler). Oddly enough, as I can't stand their music, the band is clearly based on Fleetwood Mac. Was pretty good with an awful awful awful ending.
Deutschland 83: A show about an East German spy in 1983. Lots of 80s music and an In The Lives of Others feel to it although not as good as that movie. I really enjoyed it and went straight into watching Deutschland 86 (there's also 89) which isn't as good.
The After Party: Apple TV comedy starring Tiffany Haddish, a black dude who is really familiar but I don't know his name, Dave Franco and John Ralpheo from Parks and Rec. It's an almost Rashamon style show where each episode is the events of a night told by different people.
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@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:
Daisy Jones and the Six: An Almost Famous like show on Amazon about a band that gets big and falls apart (not a spoiler). Oddly enough, as I can't stand their music, the band is clearly based on Fleetwood Mac. Was pretty good with an awful awful awful ending.
I watched the first two episodes and then got busy following other stuff.
I didn't get a Fleetwood Mac vibe. From what I saw it was more Jefferson Airplane, but I quite enjoyed it.
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Solid start
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@dogmeat said in TV Serieseseses:
@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:
Daisy Jones and the Six: An Almost Famous like show on Amazon about a band that gets big and falls apart (not a spoiler). Oddly enough, as I can't stand their music, the band is clearly based on Fleetwood Mac. Was pretty good with an awful awful awful ending.
I watched the first two episodes and then got busy following other stuff.
I didn't get a Fleetwood Mac vibe. From what I saw it was more Jefferson Airplane, but I quite enjoyed it.
According to this link it was Fleetwood Mac: https://pitchfork.com/news/daisy-jones-and-the-six-announce-debut-album-aurora-share-new-song-regret-me-listen/
Let me know what you think when you finally finish it.
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The Ipcress File
(2022)- Quite enjoyed it
- VERY much enjoyed the 1960's-style bras/tight-jerseys on the female lead... the physics-defying horizontal Fujis of joy. Lubbly jubbly.
- Somebody mentioned they got 1960's London right... and yeah, it was quite well done
- A lot of the current trend of "period pieces" are doing that sort of thing very well - Endeavour, etc
- But... at times, it felt like they were just shoe-horning things in there. Throw in a reminder that homosexuality was illegal, for example. I didn't mind that one too much, actually, but can't think of the more jarring ones.
With that in mind - something else I thought of recently, after watching one of the many "1980s" period pieces around the place - think Wonder Woman, Stranger Things, The Americans... and whatever it was I watched last week that made me think of it...
... is this due to the current studio execs being of the generation where they're especially nostalgic for the 80s
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@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
The Ipcress File
(2022)- Quite enjoyed it
- VERY much enjoyed the 1960's-style bras/tight-jerseys on the female lead... the physics-defying horizontal Fujis of joy. Lubbly jubbly.
- Somebody mentioned they got 1960's London right... and yeah, it was quite well done
- A lot of the current trend of "period pieces" are doing that sort of thing very well - Endeavour, etc
- But... at times, it felt like they were just shoe-horning things in there. Throw in a reminder that homosexuality was illegal, for example. I didn't mind that one too much, actually, but can't think of the more jarring ones.
With that in mind - something else I thought of recently, after watching one of the many "1980s" period pieces around the place - think Wonder Woman, Stranger Things, The Americans... and whatever it was I watched last week that made me think of it...
... is this due to the current studio execs being of the generation where they're especially nostalgic for the 80s
... and if so... does that mean the 1990s are coming up? And is that going to be good or bad?It’ll be less hard to notice that’s for sure. I think there was a thread on it. I mean the 80s had tassels, double denim, bright colours, big hair etc. Not sure the 90s had as much to really set it apart.
Not to mention if Marty and Doc went from 2023 to 1993 ( todays equivalent of 1985 to 1955 ) what music would he shock the 90s with at the school dance ?
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Finished S2 of Sweet Tooth, still good, probably not as good as S1 as more was set in a single location (the Essex Zoo aka Auckland Zoo)
Was funny seeing a scene at Eden Park with it overgrown and in disrepair!
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@dogmeat said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
they're especially nostalgic for the 80s
Fuck off
The decade style forgot.
Having lived through it - why would anyone ever want a repeat?
Downvote
The 80s were epic
Class of '09 (TV Mini Series 2023) ⭐ 6.5 | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
