What are you watching? 2023 No.2

FMF

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29 Aug 23 09:02

Wycombe Al

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16 Sep 23 20:54

just watched Garth Marenghi's Darkplace again, even better than first time round

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chemist

Linkenheim

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18 Sep 23 08:24

Flemming, a German series based on the US series "Lie to me"

FMF

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18 Sep 23 08:32

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@fmf said
KIN

Both about the criminal underworld in Dublin.

Both brilliant.

Finished series 1. Top notch. The review quoted by Wikipedia is bafflingly wide of the mark:

"Alex McLevy of The A.V. Club gave the series a B- and wrote: "It's simply an opportunity to watch some gifted actors do what they do, very well, with a story that glides along in entertaining but unoriginal manner."

Very wrongheaded.

It's a prime example of why I rarely read reviews of TV series BEFORE I watch them. I just rely on word of mouth among friends.

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
Moves: 34587

28 Sep 23 08:21

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I am just starting Yellowstone.

The first episode, lasting 90 mins, was emotionally exhausting, complex, and very intense. Great script and characters and then there's the beautiful backdrop.

Very promising.

rookie54

free tazer tickles..

wildly content...

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08 Oct 23 00:40

dune
netflix
i watched this a couple years ago on max
then i ditched max as i tightened the streaming belt

the sound effects are so intense

FMF

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08 Oct 23 01:22

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@fmf said
I am just starting Yellowstone.

The first episode, lasting 90 mins, was emotionally exhausting, complex, and very intense. Great script and characters and then there's the beautiful backdrop.

Very promising.

The performance by British actress Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton is extraordinary.

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chemist

Linkenheim

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23 Oct 23 08:15

"The Americans" a series about KGB agenst that lived like ordinary US citizens... a bit too eager to show blood in my opinion.

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chemist

Linkenheim

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07 Nov 23 09:00

We finished that...though think there was overly much sex and bllod, the general idea was well, characters showed plausble development and the series avoided oversimplification.

We are now in the last installement of Mrs. Maisel, and that seems to force the end. Much less enjoyable than the previous ones.

Drewnogal

Constant Gardener

The Plot

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13 Nov 23 20:05

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BBC drama - Bleak House by Charles Dickens.

Ghost of a Duke

Snake oil salesman

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13 Nov 23 21:08

@drewnogal said
BBC drama - Bleak House by Charles Dickens.

Who the Dickens thumbs down Dickens? 😲

FMF

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Moves: 34587

13 Nov 23 21:56

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The Reckoning

Stirred some interesting controversy as to where the finger was being pointed and whether it should have been made at all.

But Steve Coogan's performance is masterful.

FMF

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13 Nov 23 22:04

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Frasier 2023 has been underwhelming to put it mildly. Kelsey Grammer is a fine old-school comic actor but the reboot of this show is nothing better than a bog-standatd US sitcom with a heart. Having said that, the plot of episode 6 and the way it was carried off was worthy of the original series.

Drewnogal