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Part 2 of the new Louis Theroux thing was pretty interesting. Whenever I see anything set in a mental hospital, I always think how nice it must be to be able to play table tennis all day.
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Mar 31, 2015 01:06
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This First Dates show on Ch4 right now, one of the dating guys is Goon Zero. Terrible beard, ponytail, and wearing a leather jerkin (which he altered by hand) over possibly an anime t-shirt. I wish him to find love with his curvy goonette match. e: he blew it 
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Apr 1, 2015 22:23
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There's a show on BBC2 about female exterminators called Ladykillers: Pest Detective, which was totally commissioned on the strength of its title.
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Apr 1, 2015 22:29
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Reminds me of that show they had about making your own vegetable garden called Weed 'em and Reap.
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Apr 2, 2015 01:51
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WeAreTheRomans posted:This First Dates show on Ch4 right now, one of the dating guys is Goon Zero. Terrible beard, ponytail, and wearing a leather jerkin (which he altered by hand) over possibly an anime t-shirt. I wish him to find love with his curvy goonette match. I felt really sorry for her. It was like "we'll put these together cuz they're both fat  "
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Apr 2, 2015 09:00
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Padje posted:I felt really sorry for her. It was like "we'll put these together cuz they're both fat Yeah they also put together the 2 black people, and the 2 super chavs, so plenty of interesting choices there.
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Apr 2, 2015 18:28
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If you haven't yet seen it, the BBC documentary about the strangeways riot is definitely worth your time.
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Apr 2, 2015 21:57
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Inside No. 9 is absolutely stunning this week.
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Apr 3, 2015 01:14
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Reminded me of life on Mars and ashes to ashes. Things in real life entering into your subconscious while you're in your coma or whatever.
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Apr 3, 2015 01:20
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Gorn Myson posted:Inside No. 9 is absolutely stunning this week. I enjoyed, but wasn't massively sold on the last one. This week's was ridiculously good. Between this and Black Mirror it's good to know there's good standalone stories being made for tv still. Much as I like serialised shows, it's great to have an alternative quality drama format in 2015.
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Apr 3, 2015 01:44
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Is anyone watching Banished or Poldark?
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Apr 3, 2015 03:41
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Gorn Myson posted:Inside No. 9 is absolutely stunning this week.
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Apr 3, 2015 05:24
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Everyone says it about Black Mirror, but Inside No. 9 is the real spiritual successor to stuff like The Twilight Zone and Tales of the Unexpected.
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Apr 3, 2015 10:50
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Rocksicles posted:Is anyone watching Banished or Poldark? I'm watching Poldark. It's pretty standard stuff, but the scenery is spectacular. And I kind of love how shameless the BBC are at pandering to their audience of people who have grown up on the Colin-Firth-in-a-wet-shirt scene of Pride and Prejudice. Aiden Turner spends about 40% of each episode shirtless and the remaining time doing some Olympic-standard brooding, it's great.
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Apr 3, 2015 11:11
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I'm just loving the turn towards anthology shows lately. Even the Americans have found a new niche with True Detective and Fargo doing stories contained to single seasons. This means whenever someone recommends me something to watch, I don't have to balk at the 60+ episodes that I need to watch.
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Apr 3, 2015 11:16
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Irisi posted:I'm watching Poldark. It's pretty standard stuff, but the scenery is spectacular. And I kind of love how shameless the BBC are at pandering to their audience of people who have grown up on the Colin-Firth-in-a-wet-shirt scene of Pride and Prejudice. Aiden Turner spends about 40% of each episode shirtless and the remaining time doing some Olympic-standard brooding, it's great. Those wacky Cornish accents crack me up. I'm hereby recommending you check out Banished. It's set in the very early prison ship times of Australia, but it's virtually all British cast and a BBC production. It's pretty drat good.
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Apr 3, 2015 11:27
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Inside No. 9 was pretty great, good to see quite experimental television now and then. I still really like the silent episode they did in the first series, but glad they don't feel the need to have a gimmick each week.
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Apr 3, 2015 13:48
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Rocksicles posted:Those wacky Cornish accents crack me up. I was working in Cornwall on Tuesday, and if anything Poldark has reined them in a bit.
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Apr 3, 2015 14:30
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justcola posted:Inside No. 9 was pretty great, good to see quite experimental television now and then. I still really like the silent episode they did in the first series, but glad they don't feel the need to have a gimmick each week. Plus, I can't imagine the budget for this week's episode was huge either. So it's kinda showing that you don't need to throw a massive amount of money at a show to produce something great.
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Apr 3, 2015 14:34
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:Plus, I can't imagine the budget for this week's episode was huge either. So it's kinda showing that you don't need to throw a massive amount of money at a show to produce something great. Yeah but you need to be good at your job. On Masterchef yesterday Grag Wallace siad "those four minutes could be thaw minutes" after a contestant froze his pudding and that's the best joke I've ever heard.
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Apr 3, 2015 14:39
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stickyfngrdboy posted:If you haven't yet seen it, the BBC documentary about the strangeways riot is definitely worth your time. Yeah I enjoyed this but I felt weird about seeing it "celebrated" in some ways Gorn Myson posted:Inside No. 9 is absolutely stunning this week. I didnt like it, and last weeks was pretty poor compared to last season imo too justcola posted:Inside No. 9 was pretty great, good to see quite experimental television now and then. I still really like the silent episode they did in the first series, but glad they don't feel the need to have a gimmick each week. Id say they have had a gimmick every week tbh
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Apr 3, 2015 18:24
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I wanted to like Banished so I could have an excuse to gawp at the Strayan countryside, but didn't even manage to make it through a whole episode. I was so painfully embarrassed for the actors, that they had to act out that plot, that I couldn't watch it.
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Apr 3, 2015 18:48
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I wasn't a big fan of this inside number 9, and I've really enjoyed all of them except for maybe Last Gasp. I think now I understand the concept I might enjoy it more on a rewatch.
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Apr 3, 2015 19:57
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Rolled Cabbage posted:I wanted to like Banished so I could have an excuse to gawp at the Strayan countryside, but didn't even manage to make it through a whole episode. I was so painfully embarrassed for the actors, that they had to act out that plot, that I couldn't watch it. I can't take it seriously since the main character is Steve from Him & Her. Why is Steve in Australia. And more importantly, where's Becky? 
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Apr 3, 2015 20:03
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Seconding the Strangeways docu being really good. Theroux was too but I was cringing off my chair when Louis started interrogating the mom about whether her son was naked when he came in and did he actually, errr, you know...  This Inside no 9 was a bit crap imo, the ending was only one step up from 'it was all a dream'...
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Apr 3, 2015 21:05
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It's strange, because looking back on it, the twist at the end wasn't anything too novel, really, but the manner of its execution really managed to hit me pretty hard, and my girlfriend literally cried.
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Apr 3, 2015 22:10
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Poldark has lots of really compelling cinematography even if the mundane costume-drama plot isn't so great. Banished is weird, I'm still watching every episode but the writing just feels really uninspired. Hopefully it will get more interesting if/when the convicts rebel. Inside No. 9 was great, the ending was potent not so much because of the "twist" but rather just for the full force of how miserable and bleak her life was and oops now its over.
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Apr 3, 2015 22:29
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The Strangeways docu was great. And made everyone who worked there except the governor look like horrific people. There was even one of the guards who said in no uncertain terms "There was no abuse at all". Meanwhile, the governor outright states it was horrible in pretty much every way. Gyro Zeppeli fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Apr 3, 2015 |
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Apr 3, 2015 23:03
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The lighting of IN9 was really, really nice.
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Apr 4, 2015 08:13
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So...you know Thunderbirds started half an hour ago, right? Not that I'm watching childrens television or anything. 
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Apr 4, 2015 17:35
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Szmitten posted:So...you know Thunderbirds started half an hour ago, right? Not that I'm watching childrens television or anything. It's worse than I thought it could ever be. Worse than the film.
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Apr 4, 2015 17:42
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It was extremely ordinary children's entertainment.
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Apr 4, 2015 19:02
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Tenebrais posted:It was extremely ordinary children's entertainment. By ITV's imaginary standards.
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Apr 4, 2015 19:41
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The Perfect Element posted:It's strange, because looking back on it, the twist at the end wasn't anything too novel, really, but the manner of its execution really managed to hit me pretty hard, and my girlfriend literally cried. To be honest, i was hoping it was going to be a bit more clever than "she's in an accident". The whole life flashed before eyes thing is a bit of an overused trope by now. I noticed that the house furniture looked like an odd mix of some really old poo poo and some newer stuff and was hoping that the Dad was going to be a big clue. That she herself was actually an old woman and what we were seeing was her perception of things whilst suffering from Alzheimer's herself.
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Apr 4, 2015 19:45
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I liked the new Thunderbirds. The updated designs looked awesome and the new functions were pretty clever. It's basically about the quality I expected but generating more nostalgia for me than I would've thought.
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Apr 4, 2015 21:54
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Has anyone here watched 'Outlander'? It's based on a series of books which I've never read but the series is excellent. Thought people in here might appreciate the interaction between the Redcoats and the Scots, the real racism and attitude that the English have to the Scots and the interaction between the two is excellent.
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Apr 4, 2015 22:09
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Sri.Theo posted:Has anyone here watched 'Outlander'? It's based on a series of books which I've never read but the series is excellent. Thought people in here might appreciate the interaction between the Redcoats and the Scots, the real racism and attitude that the English have to the Scots and the interaction between the two is excellent. Outlander is amazing, and has been getting an insane amount of press in the US, mostly because the female audience is tuning in en masse. It started out as "UK book on Starz" with little attention and instantly blew up. It got renewed for a 2nd season right off the bat. It's more of a US show done in the style of UK dramas. It's got its own thread as well to post in.
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Apr 4, 2015 23:25
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Is it a realistic portrayal of period bigotry or is it The Patriot style generic American hogwash?
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Sri.Theo posted:Has anyone here watched 'Outlander'? It's based on a series of books which I've never read but the series is excellent. Thought people in here might appreciate the interaction between the Redcoats and the Scots, the real racism and attitude that the English have to the Scots and the interaction between the two is excellent. God, I loved the book series as a teenager, it had melodrama and action and a strong-willed, sensible heroine and a villain called "Black Jack Randall", which is a great name for a bastardly evil English soldier. Not read them in 10 years, wonder if they still hold up? Will need to check out the TV series too.
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