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@voodoo said in TV Serieseseses:
@Victor-Meldrew said in TV Serieseseses:
@MiketheSnow said in TV Serieseseses:
In what way was he involved?
Can be read both ways, but clear to me and Mrs Meldrew in the last episode that he was the master-mind behind the hijack and playing the others (they were pretty shit hijackers as they let bullets behind in the toilets, etc).Plenty of pointers along the way - e.g. it was Sam Nelson who asked the lady on the airline counter to allow Alec, who had brought a weapon on the plane, to board the flight.
for what purpose you think?
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@MiketheSnow Aside from the 2nd episode (a real slog), I really enjoyed that miniseries. Looked pretty damn good.
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Our immediate thought was that he'd organised the whole thing behind the scenes to short Kingdom airlines and the Insurance company. He almost seemed to be one step ahead and he made a living by negotiating/manipulating deals.
His son was targeted by the hit-men but they never killed him whereas they were pretty ruthless with other people. That seemed bit too pat for us.
Just our thinking - may be complete bollocks.
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@Tim said in TV Serieseseses:
@MiketheSnow Aside from the 2nd episode (a real slog), I really enjoyed that miniseries. Looked pretty damn good.
which one?
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@MiketheSnow Too Old to Die Young.
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Finished 'Based on a True Story' which is 8 25min or so eps.
Based on a husband and wife (Kaley Cuoco - actually pregnant while making this) who discover thier plumber is a serial killer, and decide to make a podcast about it, with him, instead of turning him in.
Show kinda meanders between comedy, satire and a bit of drama, without nailing any.
Were several dream sequences in the series, most of which didnt really add much TBH, and became annoying as you would sit there often saying 'this is a dream'.
Finished without concluding things, which is annoying as it didnt grip me enough to want to watch a 2nd season, but just enough to want to know how they finish it.
I thought at trhe start the plumber wasnt in fact a serial killer, just playing along to try make some money too, whcih to me would have been a better twist than the way things have played outTW = 0
but still...Priscilla Quintana
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I really enjoyed it
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Winning Time has me hooked now, almost dropped it after the first couple of episodes but on episode 6 and it's great fun.
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Season 2 is great so far
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Finished Wolf.
Pretty good series, a couple of twists in there, worked it out to a point, but not completely.
Didnt pick the daughter being involved until later, thought it was going to be the cop, as you knew she was hiding something, although once you found it was just hiding the fact she knew the guy they put in prison was 'innocent', the daughter came into it.Picked early that he was the 'boss'
Assume left open for a 2nd series with possibility his brother is alive, or at least get him justice?
Thought Iwan Rheon was excellent
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@MiketheSnow said in TV Serieseseses:
Season 2 is great so far
Had no idea there was a Series 2! You're a good man Mike!
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@MiketheSnow said in TV Serieseseses:
Season 2 is great so far
Jerry West is one of the best "characters" on telly.
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Justified: City Primeval
- Pretty much what it says on the tin. "What would happen if Raylan Givens got caught up in a Detroit ruckus?"
- I haven't read the original book/story - so don't know how true to it it was, but judging by style and dialogue - I'm guessing "pretty well".
- Perhaps the storyline of the sexual attraction to what would traditionally be thought of as a less-than-attractive larger woman will grate some. But I'm sure we can just dismiss those people as racist. Fucking racists.
- Daughter's voice was fucking annoying. Had to lean in to hear anything she husk-whispered, then regret it because it was teenager bullshit.
The ending seemed like a straight up hollywood arse-covering "we might want to make some more $$$ from this"... by mashing together bits from other stories. And while it felt cheap, I can't criticise it TOO much, because I would like to see some more cash-grabs from the "franchise".
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@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Justified: City Primeval
- Pretty much what it says on the tin. "What would happen if Raylan Givens got caught up in a Detroit ruckus?"
- I haven't read the original book/story - so don't know how true to it it was, but judging by style and dialogue - I'm guessing "pretty well".
- Perhaps the storyline of the sexual attraction to what would traditionally be thought of as a less-than-attractive larger woman will grate some. But I'm sure we can just dismiss those people as racist. Fucking racists.
- Daughter's voice was fucking annoying. Had to lean in to hear anything she husk-whispered, then regret it because it was teenager bullshit.
The ending seemed like a straight up hollywood arse-covering "we might want to make some more $$$ from this"... by mashing together bits from other stories. And while it felt cheap, I can't criticise it TOO much, because I would like to see some more cash-grabs from the "franchise".
Agreed on all counts
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@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Justified: City Primeval
- Pretty much what it says on the tin. "What would happen if Raylan Givens got caught up in a Detroit ruckus?"
- I haven't read the original book/story - so don't know how true to it it was, but judging by style and dialogue - I'm guessing "pretty well".
- Perhaps the storyline of the sexual attraction to what would traditionally be thought of as a less-than-attractive larger woman will grate some. But I'm sure we can just dismiss those people as racist. Fucking racists.
- Daughter's voice was fucking annoying. Had to lean in to hear anything she husk-whispered, then regret it because it was teenager bullshit.
The ending seemed like a straight up hollywood arse-covering "we might want to make some more $$$ from this"... by mashing together bits from other stories. And while it felt cheap, I can't criticise it TOO much, because I would like to see some more cash-grabs from the "franchise".
I was ultimately disappointed by the series, while still finding it watchable, but the comparison with the original was always there despite the fact I was actively trying not to do that. But so much of what makes Justified so awesome was the wider cast and the setting.
The last 20 mins of the show were the best with Boyd AND Winona, but all it did was make me want to watch whatever that series would be.I like Holdbrook as an actor but he's getting very type cast as an unhinged bad guy who doesn't care about anything.
Agree on the daughter's voice, initially I thought she was supposed to be on the spectrum but that appears to just be her voice.
Also, pissed me off it wasn't dropped as a series. I was bingeing and then the handbrake was engaged and I had to wait a week for the finale.
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@Bones said in TV Serieseseses:
@MiketheSnow said in TV Serieseseses:
Season 2 is great so far
Jerry West is one of the best "characters" on telly.
Feels like they've toned him down in S2 - same with Kareem, he's way less of a douche in S2
Great viewing
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Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (TV Series 2022–2023) ⭐ 8.3 | Biography, Drama, Sport
