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Masters of the Air - it's been mentioned on this thread before. I'm kind of into it but it lacks something that these epic military tales usually provide. I think it's because there's no journey. Usually you get a bunch of soldiers going behind enemy lines, or on a mission that takes them different places. A quest basically which allows the characters to develop and their relationships to be formed by the adversity of a series of situations. With Masters, it's just them getting in a plane then coming back successful or not then repeat with some changes.
The captured / behind enemy lines stories have become more interesting than the rest of it.

Also watching The Push, watched first ep last night. Well made, slightly harrowing but some really interesting stuff around social/cultural integration and great shots of Edinburgh.
 
hibadelic said:
Masters of the Air - it's been mentioned on this thread before. I'm kind of into it but it lacks something that these epic military tales usually provide. I think it's because there's no journey. Usually you get a bunch of soldiers going behind enemy lines, or on a mission that takes them different places. A quest basically which allows the characters to develop and their relationships to be formed by the adversity of a series of situations. With Masters, it's just them getting in a plane then coming back successful or not then repeat with some changes.
The captured / behind enemy lines stories have become more interesting than the rest of it.

Also watching The Push, watched first ep last night. Well made, slightly harrowing but some really interesting stuff around social/cultural integration and great shots of Edinburgh.
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I mentioned it a few posts up. The reason there is no journey is the boys keep getting shot out the sky. I think if it lasts it will need to cover the last year of the war in more detail as its already 1944, the black guys and the spy lassie, her adventures and her pumping the yank would be the route/ root to go for me.
 
hibadelic said:
Masters of the Air - it's been mentioned on this thread before. I'm kind of into it but it lacks something that these epic military tales usually provide. I think it's because there's no journey. Usually you get a bunch of soldiers going behind enemy lines, or on a mission that takes them different places. A quest basically which allows the characters to develop and their relationships to be formed by the adversity of a series of situations. With Masters, it's just them getting in a plane then coming back successful or not then repeat with some changes.
The captured / behind enemy lines stories have become more interesting than the rest of it.

Also watching The Push, watched first ep last night. Well made, slightly harrowing but some really interesting stuff around social/cultural integration and great shots of Edinburgh.
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Just finished the push. One of the saddest things I’ve seen.
 
Sancho Panza said:
I'm the same with Ghosts and Two Doors Down. Keep seeing glowing reviews and hearing how good they are but have barely managed 20 minutes of either. Total Cringe as the young people of today may or may not say.
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Canny be cringier than the scotto surely 🤷‍♂️
 
Just finished watching The Push.

I think the sentence wasn't enough.

He was a devious cvnt.
 
cabbage said:
So, what were the thoughts on Shogun?
for me it was OK, so far. The sets look great, the costumes are amazing, Japanese sounds good, but with it being Disnay, I did think they had tamed down some of the more violent and tasty scenes.
I don't remember much of the original, but I do hope this is not a copy.
At this point I'm not sure if I'll stay the distance, and I might bin it as another Ozark.
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i've watched the 3 episodes released so far - you're right its beautiful and for a non Japanese I'm thinking its depiction seem pretty good? I'm quite happy with the violence and skin content so far cant remember the book or previous series in enough detail to know if they've censored much out but i don't feel the story needs more. I'm locked in for the ride, this kind of thing is right up my street and even when GoT storyline became weak I persevered. I'm interested enough to see how the story here develops and i think rather than grabbing me yet its showing enough promise to warrant investment - ep 3 is really where the story starts after 1-2 set up the context (power struggle etc). its quite detailed though so not sure it'll suit the casual viewer but as david simon (wire) once said - fuck the casual viewer
 
The rise and fall of Boris Johnson started last night, I think it was channel 4.

A right old cast of luminaries putting the boot in. Worth a watch.

Meanwhile, on Netflix, American Conspiracy: the Octopus Murders, I’m finding quite gripping until no doubt it an unravels into nothing much.

it’s about a modern day guy being filmed by his mate as he investigates a 70s journalist who went down a rabbit hole writing a story about the US government basically defrauding and forcing out of business a company that wrote some management software for the DoJ. From there it goes mental and ends up in Iran / Contra, allegedly real versions of the film of the JFK assassination, serial killers used as CIA hitmen, and a cast of characters hollywood couldn’t make up. The original journalist ended up killing himself….or did he…and the guy investigating in the present is spiralling down the same path into paranoia and wheels within wheels.

If you like wild eyed guys with lots of bits of paper pinned to the wall, then you should enjoy this. Again I expect an ending where nothing is proved and it all ends up mebbes aye mebbes naw, but there is some mental stuff in it, whether it all connects or not.
 
One series id recommend you avoid altogether is celebrity Big brother... Jesus fucking wept what a pile of dog shite... grown women greeting because she's up for eviction... no fucking idea who she is... other than louis walsh and Sharon Osborne I have no idea who these celebs are..5 minutes was enough
 
Slippery kaboosh said:
One series id recommend you avoid altogether is celebrity Big brother... Jesus fucking wept what a pile of dog shite... grown women greeting because she's up for eviction... no fucking idea who she is... other than louis walsh and Sharon Osborne I have no idea who these celebs are..5 minutes was enough
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Never watch that sort of pish. Louis Walsh and Sharon O clearly aren't doing it for the money. Tells you everything you need to know about them.
 
There's a new Guy Ritchie telly show just started called The Gentlemen.

Just watching episode 1 the now.
 
gun ainm said:
i've watched the 3 episodes released so far - you're right its beautiful and for a non Japanese I'm thinking its depiction seem pretty good? I'm quite happy with the violence and skin content so far cant remember the book or previous series in enough detail to know if they've censored much out but i don't feel the story needs more. I'm locked in for the ride, this kind of thing is right up my street and even when GoT storyline became weak I persevered. I'm interested enough to see how the story here develops and i think rather than grabbing me yet its showing enough promise to warrant investment - ep 3 is really where the story starts after 1-2 set up the context (power struggle etc). its quite detailed though so not sure it'll suit the casual viewer but as david simon (wire) once said - fuck the casual viewer
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I really must watch this. If you like David Simon, and didn’t catch it first time round, you must watch Homicide: Life on the Street from the early 90s. It even has a two or three episode sequence somewhere within that prefigured season one of the wire. And it has Lt Munch, one of the best tv characters of all time.

I don’t like his quote by the way, least of all in context of the critiques of him and the wire which are valid imo, great as it is (if you’ll forgive me the conceit, I remember being an ‘early adopter’ and trumpeting it on here); namely, the gang bangers are white middle class liberals in black face. Inauthentic and wish fulfilling, chess playing philosophes and the rest - is he not interested in people as they are, but only as a fantasy projection of his caste etc ?

Fuck the culturally imperialistic auteur, perhaps?

The Shield is still better, and I think truer within an admittedly narrower focus; the corruption of people. One little lie begets a bigger one, begets…

and it has the second best ending (after the sopranos which is just the goat in every way) versus the wire petering out.
 
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gun ainm said:
i've watched the 3 episodes released so far - you're right its beautiful and for a non Japanese I'm thinking its depiction seem pretty good? I'm quite happy with the violence and skin content so far cant remember the book or previous series in enough detail to know if they've censored much out but i don't feel the story needs more. I'm locked in for the ride, this kind of thing is right up my street and even when GoT storyline became weak I persevered. I'm interested enough to see how the story here develops and i think rather than grabbing me yet its showing enough promise to warrant investment - ep 3 is really where the story starts after 1-2 set up the context (power struggle etc). its quite detailed though so not sure it'll suit the casual viewer but as david simon (wire) once said - fuck the casual viewer
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Episode 3 was much better, I'm in for the ride.
 
Slippery kaboosh said:
One series id recommend you avoid altogether is celebrity Big brother... Jesus fucking wept what a pile of dog shite... grown women greeting because she's up for eviction... no fucking idea who she is... other than louis walsh and Sharon Osborne I have no idea who these celebs are..5 minutes was enough
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I make it a rule NEVER to watch any programme with "Celebrity" in the title.
 
Skim City: The Real-Life Mafia Behind Casino.*

Just started this. The real story behind the film Casino.

*on't firestick thingy
 
Two episodes so far Billy. Quite interesting if you like that kind of thing.
 
egb_hibs said:
I really must watch this. If you like David Simon, and didn’t catch it first time round, you must watch Homicide: Life on the Street from the early 90s. It even has a two or three episode sequence somewhere within that prefigured season one of the wire. And it has Lt Munch, one of the best tv characters of all time.

I don’t like his quote by the way, least of all in context of the critiques of him and the wire which are valid imo, great as it is (if you’ll forgive me the conceit, I remember being an ‘early adopter’ and trumpeting it on here); namely, the gang bangers are white middle class liberals in black face. Inauthentic and wish fulfilling, chess playing philosophes and the rest - is he not interested in people as they are, but only as a fantasy projection of his caste etc ?

Fuck the culturally imperialistic auteur, perhaps?

The Shield is still better, and I think truer within an admittedly narrower focus; the corruption of people. One little lie begets a bigger one, begets…

and it has the second best ending (after the sopranos which is just the goat in every way) versus the wire petering out.
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HLOTS is the baws. Frank Pembleton was my favourite (R.I.P. Andre Braugher) along with Munch and Lewis. It had a good ending too. Don't watch the spinoff film though. It's utter dogshit and tarnishes the series' legacy.

Best series finale for me was Six Feet Under. Never bettered.
 
I read David Simons book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.

A decent read.

And some of the real bizzies can be seen in some of the characters in The Wire.
 
Any of yous been watching the telly series The Gentlemen?

Based on the Guy Ritchie film.
 
egb_hibs said:
I really must watch this. If you like David Simon, and didn’t catch it first time round, you must watch Homicide: Life on the Street from the early 90s. It even has a two or three episode sequence somewhere within that prefigured season one of the wire. And it has Lt Munch, one of the best tv characters of all time.

I don’t like his quote by the way, least of all in context of the critiques of him and the wire which are valid imo, great as it is (if you’ll forgive me the conceit, I remember being an ‘early adopter’ and trumpeting it on here); namely, the gang bangers are white middle class liberals in black face. Inauthentic and wish fulfilling, chess playing philosophes and the rest - is he not interested in people as they are, but only as a fantasy projection of his caste etc ?

Fuck the culturally imperialistic auteur, perhaps?

The Shield is still better, and I think truer within an admittedly narrower focus; the corruption of people. One little lie begets a bigger one, begets…

and it has the second best ending (after the sopranos which is just the goat in every way) versus the wire petering out.
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Cheers for the recommendation, tbh I'd have to rewire (so to say) my brain to engage in your analysis of the characters (plus I don't know if Baltimore gangstas know chess or not in real life so can't really comment on the authenticity point anyway). The reason I do like the quote however is that so much TV was and is made for the casual viewer, by which I mean you can pick up on what's going on within mins of tuning in to any episode of any series. The wire demanded you invest in the storyline and characters in way, doesn't hold your hand, just plunges you in at the deep end, which does feel more genuine but difficult as a storytelling style.
 
EH17 Jimmy said:
I read David Simons book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.

A decent read.

And some of the real bizzies can be seen in some of the characters in The Wire.
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Watched a true story thing a couple of years ago about corrupt cops in Baltimore. Cannae mind what it was called but it was decent.
 
gun ainm said:
Cheers for the recommendation, tbh I'd have to rewire (so to say) my brain to engage in your analysis of the characters (plus I don't know if Baltimore gangstas know chess or not in real life so can't really comment on the authenticity point anyway). The reason I do like the quote however is that so much TV was and is made for the casual viewer, by which I mean you can pick up on what's going on within mins of tuning in to any episode of any series. The wire demanded you invest in the storyline and characters in way, doesn't hold your hand, just plunges you in at the deep end, which does feel more genuine but difficult as a storytelling style.
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Put that way I think you’ve persuaded me. I read it as a bit snobbish but what you say makes sense and I agree.

It’s not my analysis of the characters, it’s a critique I read donkeys ago.
 
I rewatched the first series of Prime Suspect last night. Given it's over 30 years old it really stands the test of time.
 
Not a series but watched the documentary on the Emma Caldwell and I thought it was only the emmerdale polis who are 100% incompetent 😡
 
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