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offline big from lsg on 2015-10-08 01:36 [#02489416]
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and better still. i wuv it


 

offline big from lsg on 2015-10-08 01:39 [#02489417]
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i saw narcos (yes, i've got netflx). it's very good.
i saw Luther, the first two seasons were pretty great, 3rd
season was just a terrible shame


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2015-10-14 12:30 [#02489501]
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I've acquired Luther, it's waiting in the queue - trailer
looked promising.

Mr.Robot - awesome pilot, great 2-3 episodes and then all
went to shit. I couldn't believe it and went into denial
["ok, that's ok, ok"] - but after watching the finale
ep....I shall say no more, don't want to SPOILERS. Only
this: I was right to steer away from anything Ch.Slater is
in.

So I lost my faith in TV series for a second but then
tried....UTOPIA. And I'm happy again.

No offence to anyone, but IN GENERAL TV series made in UK
rule, as far as my series watching is concerned..I know it's
all based on economics and tv politics, yeah, blah blah,
e.g. in UK "Lost" would be 1-2 seasons at most - I think ??
lol. I'd make that show just fucking 6-episode mini series.
Plane crash, boom, press that fucking button, where is
Jacob, black smoke says "HUR HUR HUR", end titles - fuck
mystery solving ! Lynch style. At least many people would
save some respect for the godawful script writer.

ANYWAY Utopia season 1 is great. Probably season 2 is shit
in comparison - I'm gonna start it tonight, so dunno. I
don't mind.

Ah, I started The Leftovers...endured 5 minutes. ^^ same
thing as with Lost. No way I'm gonna invest my time to watch
a 6 season road-to-nowhere. No fucking way. Mystery my ass.

And a good day to you sirs.


 

offline Portnoy on 2015-10-14 18:13 [#02489504]
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you read like you've had a few cups of coffee today :)

anyway, I just logged in to say that season 2 of Utopia is
by no means shit in comparison to season 1

The only shit thing about it is that there is no season 3


 

offline RussellDust on 2015-12-08 23:23 [#02490394]
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Luther: fucking great.


 

offline big from lsg on 2015-12-08 23:27 [#02490396]
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not the last season

supposed to be a movie in the near future


 

offline big from lsg on 2015-12-08 23:28 [#02490397]
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black mirror hasn't been mentioned!!!


 

offline big from lsg on 2015-12-08 23:29 [#02490398]
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oh i already said that


 

offline big from lsg on 2015-12-08 23:32 [#02490399]
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but did i mention Bojack Horseman?


 

offline big from lsg on 2015-12-08 23:34 [#02490401]
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i rewatched startrek tng (before this thread). it's so much
greater than i'd imagined it would be (saw it when i was a
smaller lad)


 

offline RussellDust on 2015-12-08 23:40 [#02490403]
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Seen them all, showed episode one to the boss, we won't be
watching anymore. Shame. I love the series. It was just a
bit too dark for her I think.

Luther series 4: BBC1 15th of December!

I enjoyed season 3. So there.


 

offline big from lsg on 2015-12-09 06:51 [#02490412]
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Boss is right. Two episodes traumatized me. (The zombie one
and the xmas episode).

Btw: Boss, with Kelsey Gramar and the chick from 90210, is a
very good series.


 

offline big from lsg on 2015-12-09 06:53 [#02490413]
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Episode 1 is an odd one out, in that it's just all funny to
me: absurd.
It's very good though. I was just blown away by it :->


 

offline RussellDust on 2015-12-09 09:24 [#02490415]
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I don't often use the term, but I thought the first episode
was genius. The pig was just too much for the boss though.



 

offline Cliff Glitchard from DEEP DOWN INSIDE on 2015-12-10 01:05 [#02490441]
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I watched Top Boy on netflix recently, I wasn't expecting
much but I was actually quickly hooked and ploughed through
it.

It's as close to The Wire as you'll get from a British
production. Gutted Ch4 cancelled it, but I suppose it's
easier and cheaper for them to do stuff like make a shit TV
programme about plebs watching shit TV programmes.



 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2015-12-10 01:12 [#02490442]
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gogglebox is the nadir of human endeavor, its one of the
only things that makes me feel violent,


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2015-12-10 01:13 [#02490443]
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next thing there will be a recursive program of people sat
round watching repeats of gogglebox


 

offline Cliff Glitchard from DEEP DOWN INSIDE on 2015-12-10 01:23 [#02490444]
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An infinite Russian doll of spin offs, creating Zzzzzzzzzzzz
list celebrity for struggling out of date womens magazines
that have more adverts than articles.

I watched BBC news earlier and they had a reporter who
actually said 'anythink'!

The film Idiocracy is becoming alarmingly more
prophetic by the day.


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2015-12-10 01:28 [#02490445]
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LAZY_TITLE



 

offline Cliff Glitchard from DEEP DOWN INSIDE on 2015-12-10 01:39 [#02490446]
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Ha! Indeed.

It's been a while since I watched that, may give it a rerun.


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2015-12-10 01:54 [#02490447]
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worth it just for this


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2015-12-10 01:55 [#02490448]
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worth it just for this


 

offline yoyoyoyoyo from Sweden on 2015-12-12 11:31 [#02490535]
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Narcos was great
House of cards is very good, new season in february.

Hannibal and luther i put them in the list to whatch.


 

offline atwood from The Library (United Kingdom) on 2015-12-13 11:13 [#02490573]
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We watched Hellefjord.
It was ace.
ALSO...sweep is drip feeding me south parks,because I never
watched them and also because I have the sense of humour
of a small child.
Oh yeah,and series 2 of Fargo.


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2015-12-15 00:20 [#02490602]
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i saw the first episode of narcos thanks to this thread, i
liked it. unfortunately it sucks too much bandwidth and i
hate the only person that could dl it for me


 

offline Portnoy on 2015-12-15 10:27 [#02490610]
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This last season of The Affair was pretty darn good. That
show tackles some good issues regarding life, love,
relationships, desire, what have you etc etc... definitely
worth a watch.

We recently subscribed to a dns server so we can get netflix
and it's great. While there are a lot of TV shows and crappy
movies (shark movies anyone?) I don't really care for, there
is enough content on there to keep us occupied for some
time. Planet Earth for example, haven't watched that in
years.


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2015-12-15 13:49 [#02490615]
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@Portnoy haha yeah most likely that was my quick morning
coffee posting :)) 2 months passed like an F-16, phew

As for Utopia: I enjoyed both seasons. S2 didn't have the
speed of S1 - but it was way more serious and darker. Still,
soundtracks for both seasons are very fitting and the music
is great to listen to on its own. I started watching U.
again after a while and it was double enjoyable to watch the
characters develop. I had to pause the rewatch but I'll def.
come back to it. And I agree that there should be no S3. And
hopefully David Fincher will never remake it - I think it
would be worse than his US version of "Män som hatar
kvinnor"

I've seen 2 ep's of Vera: another sweet little UK crime
series. 4eps a season/year - that's quite economical lol.


 

offline pandapirate from London (United Kingdom) on 2015-12-18 09:56 [#02490704]
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The David Fincher remake has been cancelled...


 

offline Portnoy on 2015-12-18 19:00 [#02490713]
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(wrote a paragraph, deleted it)

Now watching "The Killing" (not the Stanley Kubrick movie)

based on a Danish mini-series.


 

offline umbroman3 from United Kingdom on 2016-01-13 23:01 [#02491316]
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Person of Interest

ben from lost is a computer geek who sends guys out on fbi
type missions
about internet surveillance
has cool actors and stories

brother of dark knight director is involved with it somehow
jonathan nolan or some shit like that

watched a couple of episodes on a long haul flight from
china to london late last year

kick ass program imo


 

offline big from lsg on 2016-01-14 10:52 [#02491332]
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(spoiler free reviews)
Hannibal was great. 3rd season was great too, but I got sick
of the characters

Homeland season 4 was pretty great, it just got good again
where season 3 turned lame.

Finally saw True Detective season 1. It's really great. Obv.
much credit to McConaughey and Harrelson.

Started watching Penny Dreadful. It's absolute lovely

Started watching Masters of Sex. It's pretty great, but
maybe too feel-good at times

Since I see I haven't mentioned it here: yea Fargo. It's
really up there with the bestest


 

offline elusive from detroit (United States) on 2016-01-17 19:32 [#02491415]
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law and order from like 2003 or wahtever. crush on all the
district attorney girls


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2016-01-17 20:01 [#02491417]
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not sure if it was mentioned here but i recommend
Transparent


 

offline misantroll from Switzerland on 2016-01-21 13:59 [#02491534]
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The Leftovers season 2 is magical


 

offline Advocate on 2016-01-21 16:33 [#02491535]
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i have a weak spot for miniseries. it's something about the
format i really appreciate. it's not as drawn out as (some)
tv series, and not as compressed as (some) movies.

anyway i really liked wolf hall when i watched it recently.
mark rylance is great in the lead part. didnt know much
about him beforehand.


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2016-01-27 18:40 [#02491762]
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@pandapirate yeah I know
@Portnoy I think The Killing is very good though too long -
maybe because of the family plot. I prefer miniseries just
like Advocate above.

I can't wait for new X-Files to finish [miniseries too, if
you don't know] so I can watch it all in one session.

Hopefully the response will be so great that it won't end up
as just a 6ep season. The chemistry between
Duchovny/Anderson is still there, one of the greatest tv
series [and film] couples deserve more air time imo.

And fingers crossed for David Lynch to live long [and
prosper] enough to give us new Twin Peaks. Next year/ASAP,
hopefully.


 

offline RussellDust on 2016-01-27 23:28 [#02491768]
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The Spoils od Babylon was great, if that's your sort of
thing.

Watching The Leftovers. Not very far in but so far just like
the characters in the show I have no fucking idea what is
happening.


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2016-01-28 09:56 [#02491786]
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Don't watch The Following.


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2016-02-24 12:19 [#02492481]
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I've finished "Luther" and I think it's overall a great
series. <3 Alice

The 2ep s04 was unnecessary though. They could've just
waited for a moment when Ruth Wilson would be available for
Luther again. And make a proper 4-6eps season with her. To
maybe finish the whole story in good style.

I hope it comes back. Elba and the script writer want to
keep going with it so fingers crossed.

==============
I also started Hannibal but the "spooky" male detective made
me facepalm several times during the first ep so....not for
me. Too much cheese per frame.


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2016-02-29 17:41 [#02492658]
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LAZY_TITLE you should donate if you get all these free


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2016-02-29 21:31 [#02492665]
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sometimes I feel the need to throw the tv out of the window
but my girlfriend won't let me.


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2016-02-29 21:51 [#02492666]
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i really feel like putting my foot through the screen when
something like Ant & Dec are on, but i hope it goes in like
videodrome and smashes their faces off


 

offline yoyoyoyoyo from Sweden on 2016-04-24 08:36 [#02494981]
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I like vinyl and billions.
And i started whatching mad men, its very good. Alot of
great stories and characterers, i am on s5.

Girls is very good also. I have been whatching it from the
beginning. I like the latest season.

Silicon valley is pretty funny and good. It was kinda sad
that he who played peter gregory died of cancer early on.
New season soon.


 

offline diamondtron on 2016-04-24 11:18 [#02494982]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Don't_You%3F

Why Don't You? or Why Don't You Just Switch Off Your
Television Set and Go Out and Do Something Less Boring
Instead?



 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2016-04-24 19:51 [#02495002]
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^ was always on during the summer holidays, always made me
switch my tv off when it was on thats for sure!


 

offline Portnoy on 2016-04-26 13:59 [#02495031]
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Don't know if I've mention in here but here goes: The
Honourable Woman

Some Utopia actors in this. I'm not a big fan of Maggie
Gyllenhaal (loved the Secretary though) - but this series is
v good and she plays really well too.

*thumbs up*


 


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