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[watching] What have you viewed recently? (III)
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Snatch the TV Series on Neflix. It’s pretty poor. Mostly an assembly of random and/or contrived incidents serving to pad out an overarching storyline about a some old blaggers' stolen gold. The editing is frenetic, even more so than the film that spawned it. The usual Ritchiesque stereotypes appear: Gangsters with silly names, dodgy Jewish diamond merchants, foppish aristos and rock hard bare knuckle boxing pikeys. The Gold it is not. One of the few bright spots surprisingly is Rupert Grint, light years away from Harry Potter and doing a pretty decent job as the impoverished scion of a dysfunctional blue blooded family. He’s also Executive Producer, for reasons best known to himself.
Also Catastrophe, middle aged couple with young family sitcom (or possibly comedy drama?) Enjoyed the first series but starting to find the near relentless focus on bodily functions and sexual dysfunction in series 2 a bit wearying. The coke head guy is funny - should have his own series.
Both on Netflix.
Also Catastrophe, middle aged couple with young family sitcom (or possibly comedy drama?) Enjoyed the first series but starting to find the near relentless focus on bodily functions and sexual dysfunction in series 2 a bit wearying. The coke head guy is funny - should have his own series.
Both on Netflix.
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Dark Wind on Netflix - an adaptation of the detective novel The Listening Woman, set on the Navaho Tribal lands in the 70s. Enjoyable. One of the plot twists was easy to spot coming, but overall good. They are having fun bigging up how clunky 70s tech and vehicles were.
Riot Women on iPlayer is absolutely awesome. Shifts from funny to heartbreaking in an instant. Watched the first 3 episodes so far.
Riot Women on iPlayer is absolutely awesome. Shifts from funny to heartbreaking in an instant. Watched the first 3 episodes so far.
It doesn't pull the punches.
Quite difficult watching as a man sometimes.
Sablemage
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Splinter Cell: Deathwatch on Netflix. Anime based on the videogames. Unusually graphic violence for a cartoon, but there are two things that stood out as unusual to me...
First, Sony has allowed Sam Fisher to age in real time, although his backstory has mutated to fit real-world history which has developed since the original game; the Fisher of this series is grey, bearded, and clearly starting to slow down, although cunning and deadly as ever. This makes the occasions when the young female lead saves his life more credible for me.
First, Sony has allowed Sam Fisher to age in real time, although his backstory has mutated to fit real-world history which has developed since the original game; the Fisher of this series is grey, bearded, and clearly starting to slow down, although cunning and deadly as ever. This makes the occasions when the young female lead saves his life more credible for me.
The villain succeeds in carrying out their evil plot, although they don't exactly get away with it.
Thanks for the recommendation- watched it all over two evenings. I didn’t get quite the vibe on the tech but then again I can remember it so it didn’t look unusual. It did make the bits when they went into the wilderness more tense though. There’s a nice little hint of the occult in it too.
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I think Tony Hillerman got burned by an early movie deal that meant he couldn't use his own character (Joe Leaphorn) in his own books for several years. So probably he and his estate were reluctant to sell the rights again for many years...
dpmcalister
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I've had a week of a Day of the Jackal binge. The audiobook, the TV series, and the original movie (I might even give the Bruce Willis attempt a go tomorrow 
). I've always loved the original (I watched the film when I was a teenager before I read the book) so it wasn't the first time for either of them but it was for the TV series. I thought Eddie Redmayne was really good as the Jackal and I liked how the series progressed being it's own beast. I especially liked the shot-for-shot remake of an iconic movie scene.
). I've always loved the original (I watched the film when I was a teenager before I read the book) so it wasn't the first time for either of them but it was for the TV series. I thought Eddie Redmayne was really good as the Jackal and I liked how the series progressed being it's own beast. I especially liked the shot-for-shot remake of an iconic movie scene.
Sablemage
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Il Gattopardo / The Leopard on Netflix. Wonderful scenery and surprisingly interesting for a costume drama (I don't enjoy them, as a rule). A tale of a Sicilian nobleman's attempts to hold on to his wealth and status during the Second War of Italian Independence (I think that's the right one, Italian history in that period is bonkers) as Garibaldi's redshirts take over the island.
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Episode 1 of Children of the North, a BBC drama from the early 1990s set in N.Ireland during The Troubles. It looks at the conflict from both sides and examines the complicated relationships between the respective factions within the security forces and paramilitaries. Veteran actor Michael Gough has top billing as the eccentric Arthur Apple who is selected by the IRA, for reasons not entirely clear, to launder funds through a Belfast betting shop. At the same time he’s working for British military intelligence. Or is he working for neither?
I first watched the series when it came out, having read the original novels by MS Power, but missed the last episode, much to my annoyance. It's never been rebroadcast or released on DVD so it’s good to finally catch up with it again courtesy of a well known video sharing site. Makes for harrowing viewing at times but I fancied something more serious minded after sitting through all ten episodes of Snatch.
I first watched the series when it came out, having read the original novels by MS Power, but missed the last episode, much to my annoyance. It's never been rebroadcast or released on DVD so it’s good to finally catch up with it again courtesy of a well known video sharing site. Makes for harrowing viewing at times but I fancied something more serious minded after sitting through all ten episodes of Snatch.
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Let's Imagine, A Branch Line Railway with John Betjeman: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03495yn via @bbciplayer
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A work of genius. Metroland is another.
When you say 'Metroland' my head goes to the OMD track of the same name.
Finished Slow Horses S5 (AppleTV) on Wednesday and it finished off really nicely. There's a subtle shot of Jackson's foot at the end that tells a story (IYKYK). Teaser trailer for S6 was good too.
I watched the first two episodes of Down Cemetery Road (AppleTV) last night and it's been done very well. This is the other series Mick Herron wrote, more a private detective thriller. Emily Blunt and Emma Thompson are fantastic in it. I really like how they're doing this. The series has been adapted by the same folks who are doing Slow Horses. Recommended.
Finished Slow Horses S5 (AppleTV) on Wednesday and it finished off really nicely. There's a subtle shot of Jackson's foot at the end that tells a story (IYKYK). Teaser trailer for S6 was good too.
I watched the first two episodes of Down Cemetery Road (AppleTV) last night and it's been done very well. This is the other series Mick Herron wrote, more a private detective thriller. Emily Blunt and Emma Thompson are fantastic in it. I really like how they're doing this. The series has been adapted by the same folks who are doing Slow Horses. Recommended.
Star Trek New Worlds on ITVX.
Really enjoying it as an old fan.
My 8 year old grandson loving it as a complete newcomer.
I know I am late to the party, I can see it's quite conservative and a prelude to TOS, with cute reach outs to other series, it may not be radical, but it's very well made and enjoyable. Makes me smile a lot.
Plus I can steal the first three plots for Traveller.
Really enjoying it as an old fan.
My 8 year old grandson loving it as a complete newcomer.
I know I am late to the party, I can see it's quite conservative and a prelude to TOS, with cute reach outs to other series, it may not be radical, but it's very well made and enjoyable. Makes me smile a lot.
Plus I can steal the first three plots for Traveller.