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richardh 
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 Posted: May 07 2024 at 22:07 |
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Red Eye.
Nothing to do with the Cillian Murphy film, this is a six episode 'limited series' mostly set on an airplane going to Beijing from London. The writers know all the cliche's and use them to their advantage. This is 'popcorn TV' at it's best. 8/10
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richardh
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Posted: May 06 2024 at 03:29 |
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The Cane Field Killings
Impressive South African crime drama loosely based on the real life hunt for a serial killer in the 00's. Stars Ian Glen (Game Of Thrones) although it's the rest of the cast who excel here. Just the right amount of tension and emotion. 9/10
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: April 23 2024 at 07:12 |
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Finished Constellation last night. It ended suddenly with a few loose ends so hopefully it will carry on to anther series. It's a bit mind-bending and takes some concentration to try to know what's actually going on. Good though 8/10
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wiz_d_kidd
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Posted: April 22 2024 at 06:48 |
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Warrior -- During the Tong Wars in the late 1800s, Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy from China, immigrates to San Francisco and becomes a hatchet man for the most powerful tong in Chinatown.
Good production values, but a tad on the gory side. The fact that the Chinese actors all speak English (mostly) with 20th century expressions pushes it somewhat from action/crime drama into the fantasy genre. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5743796/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_Warrio |
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: April 21 2024 at 12:47 |
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Constellation - I'm halfway through this now (8 episodes) and at first I had no idea what was going on. As it progresses it is improving a lot. Nice to see Jonathan Banks in something other than Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul too. I suppose you could call it an intelligent Sci-Fi. Interesting.
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richardh
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Posted: April 17 2024 at 17:08 |
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^ I picked the wrong time to pause my Amazon subscription by the looks of it.
Watched the first 2 episodes of a 6 episode limted series called Regime starring Kate Winslet. She plays a petty dictator of a fictional European country. I've no idea what the point of this is. If anyone can convince me it's worth continuing with please let me know. Something that should be right up the street of many here is a new BBC comedy called Mammoth. It stars comedian and actor Mike Bubbins as a PE teacher who 'dies' during a school ski trip in the 70's but is then brought back to life and goes back to do his same job, only to find he is completely out of touch with the modern woke attitudes and rules. Lots of belly laughs in the first episode.
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: April 17 2024 at 10:45 |
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Got the last episode (8) of Fallout to watch tonight. I've loved the whole thing - brilliant TV 9/10
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richardh
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Posted: April 16 2024 at 17:42 |
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Posted: April 15 2024 at 06:44 |
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^The Mrs and I totally cracked up over that one. Some fine prosthetic work to be sure.
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richardh
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Posted: April 14 2024 at 23:31 |
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^ there is a second season, I started watching it before it got removed from Paramount (I assume licencing issues and not decency). There is a non floppy 'wiggly dinker' in Season 2 so perhaps pushing a few boundaries on what is allowable on TV.
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JD
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Posted: April 14 2024 at 10:37 |
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Minx (Dromedy) (2022-2023) 7.5/10 Cancelled after season one this story of one of the first feminist erotic women's magazines found a new home on another service for a second season. But alas, it would not see a season three. Enjoyable, if not a somewhat familiar tale (think Halt and Catch Fire) is not for the prude. So many wiggly dinklers flopping about it would make The Full Monty blush. Good characters that deserved a little more development time. I'm sure 5 seasons would have been perfect to tell a complete story.
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: April 14 2024 at 10:16 |
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We began watching Fallout last night. I know of the game from when I watched my lad playing it when he was younger. This TV series is a blast: humorous, gory, action-packed, a good story - definitely our sort of show. 2 episodes of 8 watched so far - brilliant.
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: April 09 2024 at 11:12 |
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I didn't know about the Chinese version from last year, so thanks for that as I'll probably watch that too (30 1 hour episodes though opposed to the Netflix 8 episodes - wow). I'll reads the books too - if I really like a TV show based on a book I'll always go and dig out the book to read - my wife doesn't understand that at all as she thinks it's daft to read something you know what's going to happen. Me, I just like the detail a book gives that a TV show/movie can rarely provide.
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Logan
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I really liked 3 Body Problem too, and look forward to the continuation -- watched it with my wife as soon as it came out. It was my most anticipated series. And in 2023 I think my favourite Netflix series was Bodies. I want to read the Three-Body Problem novels now. I had started on the earlier Chinese Three-Body version of it with what was made freely available streaming, and loved it. I heard that the Chinese version is on Prime so I might get a membership again to continue. I would like to compare, interested in the portrayals of China after the cultural revolution and to see other differences. I actually preferred the fist episode of the Chinese series to the first Netflix one. |
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richardh
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Posted: April 08 2024 at 23:04 |
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The 100 (Seasons 6 and 7)
I had to wait a few years to watch the final 2 seasons as I didn't want to pay the £50 at the time. Now available under my Prime membership I've been binging this in the last few months. It takes a while to get back into it but you get 13 episodes in S6 and 16 in S7 so eventually the well drawn disparate group of young characters takes hold again. It's as cheesy as hell at times but generally it remains one of the best and most popular sci-fi TV franchises (outside of the Star Wars and Star Trek spin offs) of the last 20 years. 8/10
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richardh
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Posted: April 08 2024 at 22:56 |
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The Gone Season 1 (6 episodes)
Another 6 episode thing with an annoying ending like Passenger. This joint Irish/ New Zealand production is about a young couple that suddenly go missing when in the middle of cooking a meal. Not a new or original scenario but it's well acted including some excellent Maori actors. One of those plays a character that is making her way as a police detective but clashing with her culture in pursuit of her duties. Again not particularly original but it all comes together well enough.7/10 (btw it has been green lighted for a second season)
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: April 08 2024 at 14:35 |
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I've just watched episode 5 of 3 Body Problem. Just wow - brilliant. If you do start watching it just accept the first 4 episodes as scene setters, even if they seem a bit weird and silly. It will make sense later on. This episodes also has one of the best scenes/effects I've ever seen, just stunning. This is definitely my sort of show - top, top TV.
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Posted: April 07 2024 at 11:00 |
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Started on 3 Body Problem last night. Based on a Chinese sci-fi story it's a slow build and lots of odd things going on between present day London and 1960/70s China. An interesting take on a well trodden theme. I'm really liking it so far.
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richardh
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Posted: April 04 2024 at 23:37 |
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^ reading up on Passenger there is no announcement of a second series yet. Writer Andrew Buchan seems keen to keep all his options open. I wouldn't be suprised if this migrated to Netflix as it has that sort of feel about it (some are calling it 'Stranger Things meets Happy Valley'). It's still running on ITV1 (in the UK) until next week when it finishes, so hopefully ITV will clarify then. (all episodes are available on it's streaming service ITVX)
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richardh
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Posted: April 03 2024 at 23:41 |
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Passenger Season 1 (6 Episodes)
I binged this last night and can't say too much about the plot as it could be a spoiler. Not typical ITV Prime time slot drama at all and this keeps you guessing all the way through. Have to say it's a little frustrating partly it seems because they want to leave open the possibility of future seasons. 7/10
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