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General => TV & Film => Topic started by: harv on February 27, 2012, 12:14:37 AM
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Have just started to watch a programme called The Killing. Saw the pilot that was two episodes long and didn't think much of it but thought I'd persevere. Just finished episode 3 and it's started to grow on me. :D
Have also downloaded Game of Thrones so will check that out when I've finished watching The Killing.
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Not seen the Killing. Watched Game of Thrones last year. It was a bit weird in parts, but overall it was pretty good and I would recommend it. Looking forward to Season 2.
US TV shows that I am following at the mo include:
Big Bang Theory
Dexter
Modern Family
Fringe
How I Met Your Mother
The Walking Dead
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If you start watching it don't be put off by the pilot, it drags on a bit but improves as it goes on. Am on episode 5 now and am really enjoying it. It's got plenty of big names in it which is why I gave it an extra chance. ;D
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Not seen the Killing. Watched Game of Thrones last year. It was a bit weird in parts, but overall it was pretty good and I would recommend it. Looking forward to Season 2.
Second series of Game of Thrones starts in the US on 1st April (or thereabouts). Excellent series based on an excellent set of books.
Fringe may or may not get a 5th Season.
Looking increasingly likely that Terra Nove will get axed, along with Alcatraz, which doesn't look like it will get past it's initial 13 episode order.
Now there's another general thread, I think we need to get these film, telly, music and games threads moved there, if there's a mod or admin reading. :D
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I've been watching old epsiodes of Jonathan Creek recently, great show, although did lose a bit of steam in the last series when Caroline Quentin buggered off...
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I don't know what it is about her but there's something about her that gives me the right horn :o
Just 3 weeks away from The Walking Dead second series finishing, can't wait to watch it cos I love a bit of zombie goodness ;D
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The Killing was waaay too slow for my taste. I watched the first 5 or 6 eps then gave up - it just wasn't moving forwards. Seemed to be they'd written a 4 parter then decided to stretch it to a 13 part series by putting a load of completely irrelevant guff in the middle.
Not sure if the original (Swedish?) was the same, but I know it was very highly rated.
In the end I gave up, then read a synopsis of the final episode online, to save myself about six hours. To be fair, the end sounded good. Just a shame the middle of the story dragged on way too much.
Shame Terra Nova's failing. I quite like it, as do the wife and kids. It's not fantastic, but it's definitely watchable - and there's a shortage of decent stuff to watch lately. Unfortunately, with it's high budget, it definitely needs to be nailing it if it wants a second series - and it's not.
Watched the first ep of Alcatraz - seemed okay, but I wasn't really drawn in.
I would probably like Game Of Thrones, but I stupidly watched the first ep whilst very tired a couple of months back. Semi-dozed through it, so didn't get into it and now I'm torn between moving on to ep2, watching ep1 again afresh, or binning it. I'm inclined to wait a few months then start again.
As I mentioned earlier, there's a definitely shortage of quality tv lately. I find myself watching more and more old stuff.
I'm currently working my way through 24 again (am a short way into series 5, of 8 ) and thoroughly enjoying it. Also started watching Star Trek Next Gen again (am halfway through series 1).
Need to watch Twin Peaks at some point - have never seen it. Have downloaded it but it won't play on my BDP. Gonna have to get me one of those cheapo little media players (simvision or similar). My Bluray will play most things, but I've got a growing number of tv programs and films that won't work - and I know most (or all) will play on one of those little players as I recently bought one for the kids. (Could bring that one downstairs, but it's all wired in behind their telly so it's a bit of a chew to keep moving it around.) They're only about £20-£30 but I keep thinking "just leave it another month and a better one will be available" or "pay the extra - get a small form pc with xbmc on".
Get your hand in your pocket and just bloody buy one, Late...
Edit - remove 8) smiley from where I typed an 8 followed by a closed bracket. BBCode's clever but occasionally annoying!...
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Not seen the Killing. Watched Game of Thrones last year. It was a bit weird in parts, but overall it was pretty good and I would recommend it. Looking forward to Season 2.
US TV shows that I am following at the mo include:
Big Bang Theory
Dexter
Modern Family
Fringe
How I Met Your Mother
The Walking Dead
I love The Walking Dead. I red the graphic novel as well.
The shows I watch regularly are-
The Walking Dead
Mythbusters
Sons of Guns
Baseball Tonight
Big Bang Theory
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I've just started to watch Law & Order UK, it's a bit weird watching it because it has the same sort of intro as the American series and the same sound effects when switching scenes which don't seem 'right'. They would have been better off calling it something completely different and not basing it on the US show. :-\
Had a look at the end credits and have noticed it's done by the same guy that's done the US show so that explains it.
Am now watching an Australian series called Underbelly which has each series based on different gang wars in Australia. The first series is about the gangland killings between the Carlton Crew and Carl Williams in Melbourne between 1995 and 2004. Very good watch so far ;D
I think the US is going to have their own Underbelly series too, obviously based on gang wars over there.
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dont you ever ever call it the telly again you brits
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Why wouldn't you call your telly the telly?
Stop bastardising our language. Admit your mistakes, and declare your fealty.
I do believe it's about time we gave the bloody colonies a bit of a slap, fellers...
God Save The Queen.
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we whipped your butts in the revolutionary war we would do it again ;D
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Pfft - a bunch of "revolutionaries" (terrorists) caused a bit of an upset so we just said "sod it - they're not worth it".
These days you folks despise terrorists and insurgents, clearly forgetful of your origins.
You see it your way, I see it mine.
You say tomato, I say tomato (turns out that doesn't work as well in written form as it does when spoken).
You say tv, I say telly.
In all three instances I'm right and you're wrong.
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no no i say tv you say pass the tee and crumpets you crooked tooth brits havent been worth a darn since churchill. i fought with some of you guys in afganistan i know
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Can't argue on the teeth front - dental care (and kids' disdain for wearing braces) are woeful in this country.
Good job yanks don't have any bad habits and aren't stereotyped isn't it. Like being a bunch of fat tw@s intent on starting wars whereever they spy oil or whenever they don't like a political regime.
Tea's disgusting, but crumpets rock. Give them a try if you haven't already.
Try to resit the urge to put squirty cheese on it. If I may follow your lead in stereotyping nations, I know the fat bar stewards in on your side of the pond don't like food that's not dripping in fat.
Nice to see your acknowledgement of the British armed forces fighting in Afghanistan. They are of course the most formidable force on the planet.
If you're to direct anger at a European nation go with the French instead ;) Nice to see the colonies are finally seeing the garlic-munching surrender-monkeys for what they really are. About bloody time.
Incidentally, your spelling, punctuation, and grammar leave a lot to be desired. Unfortunately that's only par for the course in your country.
I believe we're off topic here, though, so allow me to get us back on track...
I should also stop the "invisible" writing. It's puerile and immature, but does amuse me so...
Downloaded The Fresh Prince of Bel Air this week. Classic telly, and still stands up relatively well today. Loved it back in the day, and the kids have enjoyed the 6 or 7 episodes they've now seen. I'll have them singing along to the theme tune in no time 8)
Is color (sic) #ffeffe right? Not sure how to properly identify page backgrounds so I'm using trial and error. Looks right on this (crappy) monitor but might be slightly off...
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Ah but did you notice the first few episodes have the lesser known extended theme tune that the later episodes dont, only a true FPOBA fan knows all the words to the extended version ;)
And congratulations on spelling Afghanistan correctly too late.. despite never going there or for that matter, fighting there.... least he cant knock the education in good ol blighty!! ;D
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I thought the first full series had the extra verse - was surprised to see they shortened it after only approx five episodes. I confess I don't know the "extra" verse by heart.
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we whipped your butts in the revolutionary war we would do it again ;D
This from a country that call a game where the feet hardly ever get used to make contact with the ball "football". And now you're complaining cos we call it a telly :P
As for kicking our butts in the revolution, you were on home turf last time. This time we'll send our massive navy against you, with our aircraft carriers and ... erm, aircraft carrier ...
... what, wait a minute, what do you mean we haven't got any fighter jets to go on our aircraft carriers? Oh crap, well sod it, if the yanks can call a game where the feet are hardly ever used football, we can call ships that don't have any aircraft "aircraft carriers".
Never mind, our SBS and SAS will still kick your special forces butts. So we'll call that a moral victory.
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no no i say tv you say pass the tee and crumpets you crooked tooth brits
As for crooked toothed Brits, we've seen representatives of your Southern states, where a boys mother is also his sister. We've even sent Jerry Springer over there to do a regular review of your people ...
... and that's tea and crumpets by the way. Oh and the language you speak, that's right, it's English (well, as Late said, a bastardised form of it). If we hadn't given you English, you'd be speaking in a variation of some tribe's dialect, you know, those tribes who are the real Americans. Which is also why you bastardise the English language, because most of you don't know what your real origins are. A bit of Dutch, a sprinkling of Irish and pinch of this and a dash of that, mixed with a liberal spattering of latino.
:P :P :P
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fys3MsKMpms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fys3MsKMpms)
and you shouldn't let these people breed, let alone vote.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIcV4N1qvss (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIcV4N1qvss)
;) :P
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i would make fun of the french but thats like picking on the retarted kid in school, its just not cool :D
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i would make fun of the french but thats like picking on the retarted kid in school, its just not cool :D
Lmfao, you couldn't make it up. ;D
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i would make fun of the french but thats like picking on the retarted kid in school, its just not cool :D
Lmfao, you couldn't make it up. ;D
It must be quite hard to type when you have 6 fingers on each hand.
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Great for playing the banjo though :P
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...Gonna have to get me one of those cheapo little media players (simvision or similar). My Bluray will play most things, but I've got a growing number of tv programs and films that won't work - and I know most (or all) will play on one of those little players as I recently bought one for the kids. (Could bring that one downstairs, but it's all wired in behind their telly so it's a bit of a chew to keep moving it around.) They're only about £20-£30 but I keep thinking "just leave it another month and a better one will be available" or "pay the extra - get a small form pc with xbmc on".
Get your hand in your pocket and just bloody buy one, Late......
Done. Got myself the Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2+. Cracking little player - has played everything I've thrown at it (including divx/xvid/mkv/mp4/m4v). My bdp played most files, but this plays everything. The unit's only weak point is the remote control - which is poorly designed (blue writing on a black unit, so can be difficult to read the button labels; and some strange layout choices) but it only took a few minutes to reconfigure my Harmony remote to control it. Damn but I love my Harmony.
Anyways, I definitely recommend that media player to anyone who's looking for something along those lines. I paid £32 for it, but you occasionally see it for around £25. There are other models in the range that can be had cheaper, and it's a fantastic and cheap way of bringing avi/mkv to another telly...
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I've got a Samsung D5300 and that plays most things, I've not found something it doesn't play yet. I had an older model Samsung which wouldn't play some formats that this one will. Relatively cheap starting at around £90 depending on where you buy it. Got mine with my reward points from my credit card, so even better. Nice range of features. Apparently you can plug an external USB hard disk into the USB port, but I haven't tried that yet.
For anything that doesn't play I have a couple of cheap media players with hard disks fitted and a pc plugged straight into the vga port of the tv.
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I've got my PC plugged into one of my HDMI ports. 1080p at 24Hz, looks bloody lovely when I download something in 1080p-o-vision...although technically my telly isn't supposed to support that. Got a warning that popped up when I adjusted my Windows display settings but my telly hasn't blown up...yet lol :P
Limits on electronic devices are made to be broken ;)
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Yup, same here, I can stream pretty much anything to my telly, even straight from the net. Set up playlists of music/video and can then just fire them straight to the tv without the need for an extra bit of hatdware, my tv is badass!!
Although saying that, I usually just let my 360 do all the streaming I want
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Best thing about my telly is that it only cost £249.99 ;D
A 37" Full HDTV with Freeview with black being nice and black and no motion blur, ghosting and absolutely no input lag whatsoever. It's basically a £400+ telly but bought it when that model was being discontinued. March/April is always the best time to buy a new telly 8)
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Pfft - I dunno how you get by with a portable in this day and age. (Anything under 42" is of course considered a portable telly :P )
My front room's only 11' square, but I couldn't stand to have anything smaller than my 50". Half wish I'd gone with 60" tbh. My only regret is only having 720p. Should've paid the extra for 1080p (but at the time I had no bluray, no hd channels, etc. so 720p seemed more than adequate).
Would like to have a pc hooked into it, but it'd have to be a small form unit with xbmc or similar.
Not massively interested in streaming, as I'm very happy with my current set up, but it's something I should probably sort out at some point. At present I've got over 5tb of hard drives on the pc (pretty much all full of tv/films) but nothing is "shared" - cos there's a few things on there I don't want the wife and kids stumbling into... Need to delete them, put 'em on a removable drive, or stick them on a hidden partition/drive at some point, but I'm in no rush - my current set up is great.
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so harvs is too small and lates can only output in 720p.... i guess that means that I win then boys :P
40", Full 1080p HD.. 4 HDMI slots, Ethernet and USB connections, built in freeview tuner and internet tv... bought it as a new model 2 years ago and it still costs more now than what I paid for it.. ;)
The only problem with mine is the sound quality is a bit pants... I would get a home cinema system but my living room area is even smaller than yours late so Im struggling to fit the tv in there as it is.
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Sorry - that still falls in the "portable tv" category. Hell, it's almost a handheld :P
My panny has built in freeview, but my area's pretty much the last in the UK to go digital - I think we're scheduled for March 2013. We get zero digital channels at present. (Hopefully we'll get some when they switch and boost the signal, but I'm not certain as my village is quite high geographically, yet my estate is in a bit of a dip - so there's no signal :( ) Don't really watch telly, though, so no biggie. Over 99% of the stuff I want to watch I just download the torrent.
Would like more HDMI slots. Mine's only got three - and I've got 4 devices using hdmi now (the media player I got a couple days ago being the 4th), so at present I've got xbox, sky, and media player plugged into the tv - and if I want to watch a bluray I have to switch cables. Will grab a switcher at some point.
A decent sound system would fix the problem (with devices plugged into the AV unit, and the unit putting everything up a single hdmi cable to the telly) but that's very low on my list of priorities. I'm no audiophile so am happy enough with the sound from my tv.
Paid £600 for my tv, btw, which was a fantastic price at the time but holds no bragging rights now, as you can get the newer model for cheaper now. No complaints, though. I could've saved a bit if I'd waited until now, but that'd mean watching the old 32 CRT for the last 2 years. No thanks.
Finally took that to the tip around 2 weeks ago, btw. It's a sickener to bin a perfectly good 32" tv - but I tried several charities and nobody was interested in taking it.
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Lol, mine's the right size for me...I was going to spend around 350 quid on a 32" until I saw my one on another forum. I managed to buy the second to last one left in London :P
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Can't argue on the teeth front - dental care (and kids' disdain for wearing braces) are woeful in this country.
Good job yanks don't have any bad habits and aren't stereotyped isn't it. Like being a bunch of fat tw@s intent on starting wars whereever they spy oil or whenever they don't like a political regime.
Tea's disgusting, but crumpets rock. Give them a try if you haven't already.
Try to resit the urge to put squirty cheese on it. If I may follow your lead in stereotyping nations, I know the fat bar stewards in on your side of the pond don't like food that's not dripping in fat.
Nice to see your acknowledgement of the British armed forces fighting in Afghanistan. They are of course the most formidable force on the planet.
If you're to direct anger at a European nation go with the French instead ;) Nice to see the colonies are finally seeing the garlic-munching surrender-monkeys for what they really are. About bloody time.
Incidentally, your spelling, punctuation, and grammar leave a lot to be desired. Unfortunately that's only par for the course in your country.
I believe we're off topic here, though, so allow me to get us back on track...
I should also stop the "invisible" writing. It's puerile and immature, but does amuse me so...
Downloaded The Fresh Prince of Bel Air this week. Classic telly, and still stands up relatively well today. Loved it back in the day, and the kids have enjoyed the 6 or 7 episodes they've now seen. I'll have them singing along to the theme tune in no time 8)
Is color (sic) #ffeffe right? Not sure how to properly identify page backgrounds so I'm using trial and error. Looks right on this (crappy) monitor but might be slightly off...
Damn but I amuse myself sometimes. ;)
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I couldn't stand to have anything smaller than my 50".
Pffft, that's just a computer monitor :P
At present I've got over 5tb of hard drives on the pc
Pfft, you've pretty much got yourself a usb memory stick.
:P :P :P
lol, seriously I only went for a 37" TV, some of the old stuff I have on disk isn't so great played on anything bigger, expecially some of the older avi files from places like tv vault.
Also have my old technics 5 dsic dvd hi fi system plugged into it which gives me cinema surround sound on dvds, just a shame it's obsolete and they didn't make a blu-ray version of the system.
As for hard disk space, 4 x 2 tb in my pc, just upgraded motherboard and processor in my main PC to a nice AMD bulldozer 8 core system.
In total across 7 pc's and numerous external drives I have around 90 tb disk space now (I like to have backups of my backups, just in case). It does become a pain to find stuff after a while.
These things are really useful: http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/harddrives-external/harddriveenclosures/4044951009695.html (http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/harddrives-external/harddriveenclosures/4044951009695.html)
I have one which houses two sata drives at the same time as well but they don't seem to stock that one at the moment. Sharkoon make a nice range devices for hard disk connectivity.
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Damn but that's a lot of hard drive. Would've liked to have backups of all my files but it's just too expensive - and all my tv and film files are easily replaceable. In most instances i can get a replacement copy of any film in an hour or so and it'll be better quality than I previously had.
Only regret re HDDs is only buying one when I saw 2tb WD MyBooks (my drive of choice) for £49.99 last year. Should've bought three, but who knew prices would subsequently go through the roof...
Edit - bloody predictive text...
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To be honest, most people will just be fine with just a normal single sata enclousre drags..... most normal people dont have 90tb of downloads... god help you if the police ever knock on your door with a warrant lol.....you can pick a decent single sata caddy for a fraction of that price too and most of the newer models will have USB3.0 support built in now to give it a higher transfer rate than that one... I've had my HiPoint enclosure for a while now.. and it works great for what I need... you have to unscrew it all to change the hard-drive... but since I only have one huge external hard-drive.. its not exactly a problem.
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That was just an example, they do do USB 3.0 ones now.
As for the 90 tb of data, a very high percentage of it is perfectly legal backups of the thousands of CDs and DVDs I own, plus digital copies of the 30,000 comic book collection I have.
I am a perfect example of the fact that there are two types of downlaoder, the ones who wouldn't buy the stuff in the first place and the ones who buy a lot more because they download. I've literally just come back from Asda and impulse bought the Game of Thrones box set. It was just as cheap in Asda as it is on Play at the moment.
I prefer to own a cd rather than have it purely on MP3, MP3's are just more convenient for the car because I can cram so many on a single disc or USB stick. A lot of the bands I've discovered I've done so because I've seen something, downloaded it, liked it, bought the back catalogue (as cheaply as possible) and if I really like them I'll see them live too.
It's bizarre that I prefer to own the DVD/Blu-ray when I can stcik a whole series on a usb stick and don't have to keep changing discs. Half my dvd collection is still in it's cellophane.
I'd rather go and see a film at the cinema, well a lot of films anyway. Some you look at and think it just doesn't need the big screen experience.
It's also the case that the real fans of music, film and tv are the ones being ripped off systematically by the media companies, not the other way round. How long do you wait before buying a copy? Buy it at the extortionate price when it is first released, wait a few months for the price to come down, wait a bit longer so you don't have to buy the special edition as well, or wait 10 or 20 years for the special anniversary edition.
Star Wars has to be the prime example of exploting fans of a film series. Videos, then DVD's, then remastered DVDs, then box sets. then blu-rays, now the 3D versions. It's the real fans that are targeted.
The prices they charge are wll over the top, and then when retailers like Play, CDWOW etc prove they can be sold cheaper, they take them to court to try and prevent them from doing so.
Sales would not increase by anywhere near the amount media companies and their cronies in Government would have you believe they are losing through downloading. In fact in many cases sales would suffer. The government are using this as a way of implementing more of a big brother state. It will backfire on them spectacularly as technology for downloading will take on higher levels of encryption, people will turn to VPNs. Backstreet knock off Nigel's will start springing up again and the knock offs from China and Eastern Europe will really take off. More knock offs will be sold throgh e-bay, and it will be virtually impossible for them to stop, which will also mean more people thinking they are buying genuine articles will be getting conned.
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Watched the latest episode of Spartacus: Vengeance this morning. So far I think this series has been excellent. The fight scenes are just superb. Really well done.
Terra Nova has been officially cancelled (which is pretty old news really) though they are trying to sell it to another broadcaster.
Fringe now looks like it is more likely to get a fith season than it is to be cancelled, which is good news in my opinion. Supernatural will probably get an eight season.
Three new series, which I don't think have aired yet, are likely to get a second season. Unforgettable, Person of Interest and Revenge.
And this isn't TV or film but a nice piece of animation:
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2012/03/09/superman-vs-the-hulk-fight-video/
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Shame about Terra Nova, I really liked that :'(
Have started watching NYPD Blue and there's a small cameo performance from the old black alcoholic flasher nutjob who used to appear in Hill Street Blues that used to shout, 'I'm butt naked!!!' and take his raincoat off lol ;D
It's an excellent series, if the other 10 series are as good as the first one I can see why it ran for so long. :)
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Started watching Game of Thrones but I couldn't get into it for some reason. Watched half of the first episode then gave up. Surprising because on paper it should be just my cup of tea. :-\
Am now watching series 2 of Underbelly which is as good as the first series. The US version should be pretty cool if it happens because they've got so much gang warfare over there to choose from. I quite like these programmes based on real life events. 8)
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You really need to stick with Game of Thrones, I'd recommend giving it another try. It is a very very good series and a very good adaptation of the books, which I'd also recommend reading.
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Hmmm...might give it another go then, normally I give telly programmes a better go than I did with Game of Thrones, just wasn't in the best of moods yesterday. Have got a few major things on my mind at the moment that are worrying me...hopefully my mind will be put to rest once I have some medical test results back soon. :-\
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Well there's somthing else about Game of Thrones that might take your mind off things - it's a bit like Spartacus in that it has lots of boobs, so if you don't like the show, fast forward to the good bits ;D (it's not quite as graphic as Spartacus in either the violence or the sex, but there are some very nice boobs in it!).
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Shite, my urine test results are back. Got a letter from my doctor telling me to make an appointment to discuss the results. That's basically confirmation of what I was worried about - my kidneys are starting to fail. :'( Bollocks. Looks like I'm going to be on dialysis for the rest of my life because my blood group is the rarest of the lot, AB-, so there's bugger all chance of me getting a transplant. :(
Back on topic, I might give Game of Thrones another go I reckon...should still have it in my trash can.
Edit: Phew! No protein or blood in my wee, don't know why they didn't bloody well tell me as much in the letter they sent me. >:( Just high in glucose so the frothyness was just a symptom of my bad diabetes control. I'm so relieved!!! ;D
Am now watching The Walking Dead, forgot just how good it is. If the Mayan Doomsday this year is a zombie apocalypse I reckon you should all study these sorts of programmes for tips. I'll be okay thanks to my superior marksmanship and SAS/Ninja training but all of you wimps will be well and truly buggered. :P
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Last ever Harry Hill TV Burp to air on saturday.. should be a doozy!! :P ;D
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.. . until the next series - which he reportedly (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4203644/Harry-Hills-TV-Burp-is-back.html)agreed to last week.
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Someone in the audience confirmed it was the last show though as it was recorded the other day... shame... I love watching YBF and TV Burp!!
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Have just started watching American Horror Story and it's excellent so far, am on Episode 5. Great stuff, well worth a download imo. ;D
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So Rick revealed what Dr Jenner said to him (in the final of series 1) in the finale of Series two.
I'm a little underwhelmed by what he said. I won't spoil it in case any haven't watched but it was built up to be a big thing and wasn't really.
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Was still a good episode though. Didn't like that they'd all semi-settled in one place for the series but some of the kills were fantastic, and I'm intrigued by the hooded character. Surprised nobody in the group opted to use swords (or perhaps nobody happened across any).
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Started watching "Breakout Kings". Watched the first 6 episodes of season one (Which has 13 episodes). U.S Marshalls use a team of convicts to catch other convicts who have escaped. Episode 3 features T-Bag from Pirson Break and is pretty good (it was the reason I got the series and I watched that one first).
First season only has 13 episodes so it must have been close to cancellation but got renewed, season two is airing now.
It's an interesting premise with some reasonably good characters with some room for development. An element of humour. Nothing special but still watchable. Good for passing the time while I'm signed off work.
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Was still a good episode though. Didn't like that they'd all semi-settled in one place for the series but some of the kills were fantastic, and I'm intrigued by the hooded character. Surprised nobody in the group opted to use swords (or perhaps nobody happened across any).
I'm surprised that the redneck hasn't ditched his crossbow for a longbow tbh. Too much of a pain in the arse to reload. First thing I'd do would be to make a longbow and teach everyone how to shoot. They're going to run out of ammunition at some point for their shooters. :-\
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Episode 3 features T-Bag from Pirson Break and is pretty good (it was the reason I got the series and I watched that one first).
Amongst other shows, I'm working my way through Star Trek Next Gen at the moment (currently near the end of series 1), and saw him in that a few days ago, looking young (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haven_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)).
I'm surprised that the redneck hasn't ditched his crossbow for a longbow tbh. Too much of a pain in the arse to reload. First thing I'd do would be to make a longbow and teach everyone how to shoot. They're going to run out of ammunition at some point for their shooters. :-\
Pfft - I seem to recall from the old forums that the first thing you'd do is plant a load of crops...
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I also said that I'd use a longbow rather than a gun. It's silent and your arrows can be reused. But that was a plague type of situation not a zombie apocalypse. Mind you, my survival plan would be exactly the same.
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I want Carl and Lori to die. They both annoy the crap out of me. That kid doesn't listen and Lori is useless.
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Am now watching series 2 of NYPD Blue and there's another cameo by an ex Hill Street Blues star, this time Frank's missus, Fay. David Caruso who played the leader of the Shamrocks gang, Dennis Franz who played detective Buntz, Charles Haid who played Renko and, best of all, the black guy that used to get arrested every five minutes for flashing lololol...and he did exactly the same thing in NYPD Blue - takes off his flasher's mac and shouts, "I'm butt naked!!!" Lololol ;D
Going to be interesting to see how many others appear, although the possibilities are somewhat limited by some of the Hill Street Blues cast dying before 93. :(
It's a great series anyway, don't know how I missed it years ago considering that it was created in part by Steve Bocho who also created Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law. I've downloaded the first series of the latter too. ;D
Edit: Bloody hell, a schizophrenic on there has a pair of in-ear Sony headphones. I'd kill to get hold of a pair of those from the early 90s. They used to unclip so that you could resolder them when the connection started to go. Later on they glued them together to stop you from fixing them. Had a pair that got nicked with a Sony Walkman that I had. Wasn't a happy bunny, best headphones I've ever had >:(
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Am now watching series 2 of NYPD Blue and there's another cameo by an ex Hill Street Blues star, this time Frank's missus, Fay.
The reason for so many ex HSB's actors appearing in NYPD blue is because it was a Stephen Bochco show. Barbara Bosson who played fay Furillo was married to him at the time.
On eof the reasons she didn't appear in the final season of HSB (and also opne of the reasons it went downhill a bit) was because Bochco was effectively fired during/at the end of season 5 for the show costing too much.
HSB is probably my all time favourite TV show. I really want them to do a remake of it (but a better job than they have of other 80's shows they have resurrected), plenty of scope for guest appearances from former characters. If I was writing it, Furillo would now be the mayor, his kid would be a cop, bringing him into conflict with his dad. A few of the characters had kids who could be cops/characters in the show (Belker's kid, Fabian (Lucy Bates' adopted kid, Goldblume's kid etc). Would be interesting to see what they could do with it now.
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Had taped Friday night lights and watched it this week. generally like us football films but wasn't sure what to expect. thoughts it was great. looking forward to the 5 series of it to come
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Quite enjoyed the first season of Breakout Kings in the end and have watched the first 4 episodes of the second season.
Spartacus: Vengeance finished last night. Very good season finale. Can't wait for the third installment now (4th if you inlcude the prequel). Bought the Gods of the Arena and Blood and Sand box sets pretty cheap on Play. In the end I thought Liam McIntyre who took over as Spartacus from Andy Whitfield did a really good job, looked enough like Andy Whitfield to carry it off and played the part well too. Quite a lot of historical accuracy so far, although mostly based on Plutarch's writings it would seem, mixed in with a fair spattering of creative license. A few of the most prominent characters from the first three series killed off in the final episode.
I'd love to see the people who make Spartacus do a TV adaptation of Conan the Barbarian. The film versions, even the latest one (although it was a bit better than the Arnie versions) have not captured the character or stories well at all. The fantasy/swordplay genre seems to be doing well at the moment with Spartacus and Game of Thrones. If a Conan series was shot in the same vein as Spartacus and aimed at an adult audience in the same way, without having to pander to as wide an audience as possible for cinema release, I think they could make a fantastic adaptation and capture the real essence, power and violence of the character. I think they'd have a real hit on their hands. There are an awful lot of Conan fans out there who would love to see just such an adaptation.
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Will download that later on now that it's finished ;D
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Believe me, it has been excellent.
Second series of Game of Thrones starts on 1st April. So I still have my fix hacking and slashing to look forward to. ;D
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Game of thrones is excellent. very true to the book and fixed less than 3 miles from where i live.
Unfortunately Im about to start the latest book so am miles ahead of the story
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Game of thrones is excellent. very true to the book and fixed less than 3 miles from where i live.
Unfortunately Im about to start the latest book so am miles ahead of the story
I've not read the latest book, bought it in hardback when it was first released but had to add it to the pile of books I've got to read when I finish my course in June. Superb series of books though and they have made a pretty good adaptation.
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Not been on the telly as far as I'm aware but I downloaded all of the episodes of Angry Kid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgD4Dsson_s). Bloody hilarious lol ;D
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Watched the series finale of Spartacus last. T'was good. Can't wait for the next series. I'm running out of things to watch though now that Spartacus and The Walking dead are finished.
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Was that season 2 or Walking Dead and Spartacus: Vengeance you've just finished?
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Season two of Walking Dead and Spartacus: Vengeance.
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Season two of Walking Dead and Spartacus: Vengeance.
Up to date then lol.
Two of the best programmes on telly by far. There are some interesting extras on the Spartacus DVD box sets. Don't normally bother with a lot of the extras but some of them are quite amusing. Actors had to work really hard on that series at the training boot camp. Hard to believe that Andy Whitfield is dead, he looked so healthy. Shows how quickly cancer can take hold.
I have not watched the extras on the season 1 walking dead boix set yet, might get round to that when I get back from the hospital tomorrow.
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Bloody hell, didn't realise he had actually died :o
There was talk of him being in the second series at one point, I just assumed he wasn't well enough to come back yet. :(
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Shocking isn't it. My mum was diagnosed with cancer today, horrible illness. Fortunately hers should be treatable.
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Shit, sorry to hear about that mate...hope everything works out okay. :(
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Sorry to hear that drags. Hope she responds well to treatment.
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Thanks guys. Cancer of the womb, apparently it's one of the best to get as long as it hasn't spread because a hysterctomy will remove the cancer completely, follwed by a bit of radio or chemotherapy to make sure.
My 72 year old mother broke the news to my sister and me by telling us she wouldn't be able to have any more children! ;D
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Sorry to hear your mum's bad news, bud - best of luck for successful treatment.
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Yeah, that news sucks, hope everything works out ok mate :(
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I'm sorry Drags, I didn't see this earlier. :( But all the best to Mum and the family hopefully all will be well.........with your Mother's sense of humour, I'm sure it'll be a breeze for her.
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Sorry to hear the news Drags. I hope for a speedy recovery.
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Cheers guys. Staying positive. The hospital say there's every chance of a good outcome. Surgery at her age poses as much of a risk as the type of cancer she has.
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I've been watching Leverage, which is basically a US rip off of Hustle and it's excellent. Hustle went downhill for the last couple of series when they changed the cast so I've been looking for a fun programme to replace it. 8)
Edit: For the first time ever I've seen a realistic phone trace on a telly programme and am very surprised to see it was a Yank one, Leverage. This 30 seconds bollocks may have rung true donkeys years ago but these days it can be done in seconds. ;D
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Game of Thrones has been renewed for a third series already. In fact it was renewed after just two episodes of the second series had aired. rd episode was last night but have not had a chance to watch it yet.
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I've become a series hoarder. watching one episode at a time doesn't do anything for me.
I've about ten episodes of homeland watch :-)
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I've become a series hoarder. watching one episode at a time doesn't do anything for me.
I've about ten episodes of homeland watch :-)
YOu might as well wait for the final two episodes of Homeland then lol.
I do that with some series, but there some I have to watch every week. I'll get around to watching all of the series I have but not watched when I finish uni in June and I have some spare time.
Got the etire Sopranos collection to watch, plus seasons 3 to 7 of Supernatural. Ridiculous really, download some series every week with the intention of watching them but end up buying the DVD box sets before I've had a chance to watch what I download.
I;ve also got all 10 seasons of Smallville to watch. About 5 seasons of house.The final two seasons of Battlestar Galactic and also Caprica. Plus quite a few others I have not even taken out of the cellophane wrap.
Spent about £250 on DVD' box sets from play in the last two months. Always worth waiting for their sales. Season 6 of Supernatural on Blu-Ray was only £12.99. Never pre-order them and pay those rip off prices any more.
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Series 8 of Supernatural should be finished in a few weeks, I always wait for a series to finish before I start watching them too...haven't got the patience to wait a whole week for the next episode lol.
You'll like Caprica drags, another excellent series that didn't get renewed :(
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I just bought the red dwarf boxset, smegging great stuff!!
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All series of Celebrity Deathmatch is available on TV Vault now, if you haven't seen it then download them and check it out. Edgar Davids vs The Bulldozer was brilliant lol ;D
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I just bought the red dwarf boxset, smegging great stuff!!
lol, sheldon said that on the big bang theory the other day
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Update: My mum's op went well. Hospital are 90% certain the cancer hasn't spread beyond the wob, whioch is good
Myself on the other hand, I have chicken pox. If ayone tells you that chicken pox is more severe the older you are when you get it - believe them. Seriously, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
Ended up in A and E on Saturday, all day in hospital. They then wanted to admit me. I had to discharge myself, against their wishes, because my parrot hadn't had fresh water or food sicne I went to bed the night before and I went to A & E before giving him any in the morning because I was so ill.
Have a chest infection with it and the doctor pointed out that if it becomes pneumonia, pneumonia and chiken pox togehter has a 30% mortality rate. There are also other complications that can occur such as encephalitis.
Feel like absolute crap.
As my mum lives with me, it has also meant she can't come home becasue I am still contagious and her immune system will be weak, so she has had to stay with my sister.
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stay well mate!
had a friend who had chicken pox in his late 40s and as he was a baldy he literally couldn't go outside for about 6 months as he looked like pinhead from the hellraiser series lol!
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Great to hear that your Mum's doing okay ;D
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Cheers guys.
had a friend who had chicken pox in his late 40s and as he was a baldy he literally couldn't go outside for about 6 months as he looked like pinhead from the hellraiser series lol!
Well my hair is deliberately short, but not far off pinhead.
Damned annoying. When you go to hospital, you want to at least try and be looking okay in case of any attractive nurses. Chicken pox is one illness that will make damn sure that ain't gonna happen.
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So now, when you're all playing Skyrim and get killed to death, by a dragon you'll all be literal when you shout out 'POXY DRAGON!!!' :P
Erm...where's that coat of mine ;D
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So now, when you're all playing Skyrim and get killed to death, by a dragon you'll all be literal when you shout out 'POXY DRAGON!!!' :P
Erm...where's that coat of mine ;D
;D
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Have watched a couple eps of Dara O'Brien's School of Hard Sums (or whatever it's called)...
Please stick to the stand up and the presenting, Dara - cos you're nowhere near as clever as you think you are.
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Have nearly finished series 4 of Leverage and it's excellent, really funny in places. Hardison and Parker are the best two characters imo, the hacker and the thief respectively, they certainly have the best lines and as such have the best comedic value. It's basically a Hustle rip off but they do tend to steal stuff as well as running cons. Definitely worth downloading, it's every bit as much fun as Hustle, which imo went downhill during the last few series when two of the best characters left the series. >:(
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Fringe has, surprisingly, been renewed for Season 5. It will probably only be a 15 episode fianl series to bring it to a close and take it up to the 100 episodes needed for syndication.
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Great news, might have to start watching that again. I really enjoyed the first two series. ;D
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anyone know a good source to buy box sets?
there are quite a few id like
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No idea...I tend to download most of my stuff. The last box set I bought was Podge and Rodge, and that was only because I couldn't find it anywhere to download. 8 DVDs for under 20 quid though, 'twas a bargain 8)
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find-dvd.co.uk (http://find-dvd.co.uk)
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anyone know a good source to buy box sets?
there are quite a few id like
Play.com, WOWHD and HMV are probably the cheapest. Play is where I get most of mine. Recently bought a couple of Blu-ray box sets on there for £12.99 each.
Occasionally HMV are cheaper for some than Play, but it's worth just watching for their sales and keeping an eye on prices as they go up and down, just buy when the ones you want are cheapest.
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thanks drags and late
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I just bought the red dwarf boxset, smegging great stuff!!
lol, sheldon said that on the big bang theory the other day
I hate that show.. missus loves it.. its just not that funny but theres american canned laughter on every joke.. I cant stand it.. exactly the type of american trash I hate...how is the phrase "Bazinga" funny for instance... lol..she winds me up a treat with that crap.. im downloading the entire show at the moment so she can watch them on her own and I dont have to put up with it on the tv all the time...
I hate most american trash.. but one show I have found myself watching recently... my guilty pleasure - Man vs Food on The Food Network lol.. just fascinating watching one guy trying to eat tons of oversized american food.. its great!
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Police Squad is available on TV Vault as a freeleech, might download the Naked Gun and Airplane films too now I'm thinking about it. ;D
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Police Squad is available on TV Vault as a freeleech, might download the Naked Gun and Airplane films too now I'm thinking about it. ;D
I bought the complete series of Police Squad on DVD from Play ages ago for a fiver. Well worth it.
In other news, Supernatural has definitely been renewed for season 8.
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Have downloaded and started to watch the very first series of Dragon's Den. I really can't believe how bad some of these ideas are lololol ;D
Edit: Christ on a bike, they've all missed out on the blanket that stops dogs and shoes from smelling, bloody hell...that would sell an absolute shedload on supermarket shelves :o
Another Edit: Turns out that it all went tits up due to production problems which is a shame, that would have been worth a bloody fortune :o
Am now watching a series called Oz, set in a prison and it's bloody fantastic so far. Loads of big names in it too...am surprised I've never heard of it tbh. :-\ Definitely worth a download imo 8)
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Oz looked very good from the few episodes I managed to catch when they aired it in the UK.
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Yup, it's excellent ;D
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Managed to whizz through loads of the Red Dwarf boxset.. on series VI at the moment.. one of the best.. unfortunately it does go downhill a bit after this series IMO... but just bought Red Dwarf : Back To Earth.. or series 9... I remember hearing about it when it was first aired but never got chance to watch them.. so that should be good watching new episodes for me.... then I realised they are doing a brand new series of red dwarf this autumn on Dave... excellent!!! Although I feel lister hasn't done himself many favours by having a long stint in corrie.. doesnt sit well with me thinking of him playing a (mildly) sensible role
I might go and buy The Brittas Empire after I've finished with this boxset.. I love 90s tv.. and Chris Barrie is excellent!!
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I started watching Red Dwarf (yet again) a couple of months back - partly for myself, partly for the kids as it was new to them. We all thoroughly enjoyed the first six series, and struggled through the seventh. Didn't bother with eight or nine.
Back to Earth (made by Dave) is horrible. Really really bad. I didn't realise they're making another series, but I can't see it being any good.
Favourite episodes:
Quarantine (s5)
Back To Reality (s5)
Future Echoes (s1)
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Back to Earth (made by Dave) is horrible. Really really bad. I didn't realise they're making another series, but I can't see it being any good.
You are so right. I wish I'd never watched it. It was terrible.
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Something to look forward to then... ;D Just finished series 6 now.. didnt actually see that last one previously where starbug explodes.. cant even remember the start of series 7 - but I know I started to enjoy it less from this one onwards :-\
Theres 3 episodes in Red Dwarf that I really enjoyed though..
Backwards (S3, E1)
Back To Reality (S5, E6) - my very favourite (I dont wanna be Dwannyyee Dibbleyy)
Gunmen of the Apocalypse (S6, E3)
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Am watching series 13 of Silent Witness and am very pleased to say that for the first time ever I've seen realistic recoil on an MP5. So much so that I'm even beginning to think that Dalton was using a real MP5 and live ammo when doing a ballistics test whilst firing into that orange rubbery stuff that forensic teams use. :o Nice 8)
It always annoys me when telly series and video games get MP5 recoil wrong, I've still got the right hump with IO and the recoil of the MP5 in the first Kane and Lynch game, especially after a couple of reviews complained about it >:( 'By design' my arse!!!
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Good call on Leverage, Harv. 3 episodes in and enjoying it so far.
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Now that series 4 of Fringe has finished I'm re-watching it from the beginning. Forgot about the cool comic book vibe that the writing telling you about locations gives it. Very nicely done imo. 8)
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Falling Skies is back on FX beginning of July. I really enjoyed the first series.
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Nice to hear that it hasn't fallen victim to the axe, plenty of quality sci-fi programmes have had the chop over the last few years.
Just watched the Fringe episode where the bloke was picking up signals from the Ghost Network. Walter: You know, with a little re-tuning you could pick up satellite TV without paying for it. Lololol. Walter is excellent lol ;D
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Been following 'Silk' on BBC1. Cracking legal drama, although sometimes a bit too intricate. It makes me feel a little better about Garrow's Law getting axed.
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Have been meaning to check that out, it's on my list of things to download. ;D
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Aye, Falling Skies is excellent.
As for Walter Bishop in Fringe, great character. John Noble is good at playing nutters, like he was in Return of the King.
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I think that a lot of the credit should go to the writers though. If he had said 'for free' it wouldn't have been as funny as 'without paying anything'. Although his delivery of the lines also adds to the laughs.
Edit: After watching and thoroughly enjoying Shipman a while back, starring James Bolam as the Doctor of Death, I've just downloaded and started to watch Appropriate Adult, based on the serial killers Fred and Rose West.
In a very disturbing way you have to give those three some sort of credit to all 3 of those monsters for getting away with killing so many people for so long. :o
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Series 2 of Silk has now finished. :'( But the continuity lady said it will be back for a third series! ;D Excellent finale. The acting is just superb from all involved. Hope they retain all of the cast for Series 3!
Not an awful lot else on at the mo...
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Fringe is just the thing to give me a cheerful boost after England got knocked out by penalties YET AGAIN!!! The FBI bird has just drunk liquidised flatworms and Walter has just held up a strawberry saying he 'was going to mix strawberries in' lololol ;D Love it Lmfao ;D
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Second series of Falling Skies started in the US last week with a double episode. Very good it was too. I hope it doesn't go the way most sci-fi shows are.
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Alan Partridge - Welcome to the places of my life.. was on last night on Sky Atlantic... hilarious.. lol.. I dont have sky but caught up here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUcGYKXMyxo
Looks like there is another alan partridge thing next week too :D
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Back to Earth (made by Dave) is horrible. Really really bad. I didn't realise they're making another series, but I can't see it being any good.
You are so right. I wish I'd never watched it. It was terrible.
Really... you guys must of been watching something else... :o
Admittedly there were gaping plot holes and some things didnt make sense, parts of it were also smegging cheesy.. it also never answered what happened after Red Dwarf supposedly blew up in the previous series.. but it wasn't as bad as you make out - certainly watchable.. to be honest, I thought it was good.. but it just felt weird because things had changed since the last series.. such as..
...Chris Barrie noticeable aging
...the modernisation of camera and video technology, it was all a bit too slick in HD
...no laughter track
it still had the same kind of gags and such you expect from Red Dwarf though.. cant wait for the new series/featurettes myself
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The prosecution enters exhibit A:
(http://4outof10.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/carbug.jpg)
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That part comes under "smegging cheesy" ;D but it did look awesome.. and you obviously remembered it.. therefore it did a good job Carbug - lol...iconic bit!!
I think if I had watched Back To Earth on its first transmission, then maybe I probably would of been a bit disappointed too, but if you watch it in line with the other series, its not at all that bad or different from classic Red Dwarf.. the main bit that got me was the lack of a laughter track.. which is weird really as I usually detest them, but the show just seemed a tad sterile without one. It wasn't because it wasn't funny either... the part where Rimmer repeatedly smacks his balls into the corner of a desk (because Lister is making him do so).. really got me LOL.. the obvious "Dave" plugs and the Craig Charles bits were a bit pants though.. I admit some parts were hit and miss but overall it was still good...there are far worse RD episodes for me.
Would like to watch them again from the beginning, but think Im going to move on.. probably start on my Bottom boxset next... :D
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I remember "carbug" because it's the point where I nearly threw the remote through the screen of the tv, not because it was good or funny. Detestable, but it's possibly partly about frame of mind. You went into it expecting crap, so it was better than you expected. I went into it expecting greatness, and was sorely, sorely disappointed.
I know what you mean about the laughter track, though. I'm not ordinarily a fan, but I have two copies of one of the series (series 6 maybe), one of which has the canned laughter, one doesn't. The copy without it just wasn't enjoyable, but I found I liked it a lot more when I tried the other copy.
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I would love to be an extra in a telly programme playing a dead body, the opportunity of making the actor jump would be too great to resist lololol :P
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Yes because they usually use real dead bodies so the actor would be completely shocked...
*facepalm
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Yes because they usually use real dead bodies so the actor would be completely shocked...
*facepalm
I didn't at any point infer that. What on earth are you talking about..? I was talking about murder and autopsy scenes in particular. An actor or actress would expect you to just lie there playing dead, any sudden movement would make them jump. ;D
Edit: Watching Fringe series 3 now and they think Olivia is a nutjob lol. Love it 8)
Another Edit: Lmfao, William Bell has just come back from the dead lololol, Asterisk has just done her top button up!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Have been watching a series called Die Kinder with Miranda Richardson and it's excellent. Am on the 5th of 6 episodes. Really glad I downloaded it now, only downloaded it because I've got the hots for Miranda Richardson but definitely worth checking out. Starts off with the Father of their children abducting them and taking them to Germany, hence the title. Don't want to give anything away but it's more complicated than a simple custody dispute. ;D
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I thought it was going to be a story about a psychopathic child who had been disappointed with the toy he got inside his chocolate egg, so he is hell bent on seeking bloody revenge on the company who make the eggs.
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Ignoring that terrible pun...
Queenie? Isn't she like 60?
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She's 54, only 13 years older than my good self 8)
I'd make her squeal like a pig :o ;D
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/me has a mouth full of sick...
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I'm with Late, she's all yours Harv.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/MirandaRichardsonSept10TIFF.jpg)
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Blimey, she hasn't aged too well :o
Sod it, I still would :P
Edit: Have downloaded Tales Of The Unexpected on a free leach from TV Vault. Fantastic programme. Saw the first 2 series again a year or 2 ago so am watching series 3 at the mo. A fantastic programme, I love anthology series ;D
Another Edit: Completely forgot about Walter's word, 'vagenda'. Best. Word. Ever. ;D
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Current favourite program is "Parks and Recreation". American mockumentary type program cut from the same cloth as 30 Rock.
First series was a bit meh (but there were only a handful of eps). I'm now approaching the end of series 2 (there's been 4 series so far) and it's fantastic.
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Red Dwarf X trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-qQ_twvleg)
I think it looks brilliant..cant wait....
Studio Audience - check
Back on Red Dwarf - check
No Kochanski - check
A normal 6 episode series - check
:D :D
Only minor criticism - doesnt look like Holly is back :(
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Damn but they look old. Not much you can do about that though.
Don't like Kryten's new head, but that's just nit picking.
Hope they don't screw it up like they did with Back to Earth...
The yanks have remade The Inbetweeners (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSCaEijMx3U).
Way to take something that's great and morph it into something horrendous, MTV.
"1,435 likes, 55,717 dislikes" lol
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Have started working through 'The Walking Dead' on Netflix and I'm hooked! The level of gore surprised me for a TV show. It's about time someone did a good post-apocalyptic zombie survival show!
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You do realise you've set Harv off, now, and he'll tell us about the great Zombie tv shows from the 70s and 80s?
I read recently that Zombieland was originally supposed to be a tv show, before they reworked it into a film. Would've liked to see that.
I love The Walking Dead. AMC did a fantastic job, and the zombie deaths look awesome in high def. Didn't enjoy the second series as much as the first, but it was still great. If memory serves, I waited until there were only 2 or 3 episodes left to broadcast, then started watching them - thinking the last few eps will be ready by the time I've watched the 10 or so I've got... and then I watched them all in two nights and had to wait a week for each of the next few. ;D Compulsive viewing.
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I love The Walking Dead but seriously Carl STAY IN THE GOD DAMN HOUSE!!!
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lol (http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6743808/10-reasons-why-the-walking-dead-should-just-kill-carl)
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Brilliant ;D Especially number 10 lololol ;D
I think the writers did that as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to all of the badly written zombie/alien/monster films that do exactly the same thing. Think it went over everyone's head though lol. The writing's too good overall to make it anything else imo.
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I think my three favourite shows at the moment are:
Spartacus (and surpisingly not because of the copious amount of boobs). The fight scenes are extremely well choreographed and the injuries far more realistic (even if some of the SFX on them aren't perfect). I'd love to see the producers of the series do a Conan TV series, I think they'd finally be the ones to do a proper Conan if they did it with the level of violence that Spartacus has, with the proper cleaving of heads like ripe melons Howard so enjoyed.
Game of Thrones. Excellent adaptation of the books so far. A couple of very minor gripes but that is really nit picking.
Walking Dead, again a pretty good adaptation and I think some of the subtle changes from the comic have been necessary for TV.
Also still like True Blood, Fringe and Falling Skies. Along with Castle, Supernatural and Grimm.
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lol (http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6743808/10-reasons-why-the-walking-dead-should-just-kill-carl)
Let's just say that things don't get any better for Carl, apart from some traumatic events before issue 83 of the comic but as to Number 7, well it wasn't his dad ...
... and I won't spoil it by letting you know the outcome of that one.
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The main set for Game of Thrones is about 3 or 4 miles from my house :o
They travel all over northern Ireland for locations, Im expecting cersei lannister to show up for tea some evening Haha!
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Damn but they look old. Not much you can do about that though.
Don't like Kryten's new head, but that's just nit picking.
Hope they don't screw it up like they did with Back to Earth...
The yanks have remade The Inbetweeners (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSCaEijMx3U).
Way to take something that's great and morph it into something horrendous, MTV.
"1,435 likes, 55,717 dislikes" lol
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The thing that pisses me off most is how they've nicked every other sketch directly from our version.
Even the other stuff they've tried to make different is still virtually the same (Kid with crutches being hit with an American Football, rather than girl in a wheelchair being hit with a frisbee, for example)
It doesn't work because American humour is WAY different to British humour...Theirs is more subtle and light-hearted, whereas ours is pretty much the complete opposite, with constant barrages of insults, swearing and general crudeness...They've tried to portray their sense of humour onto a series that was renowned for being the absolute opposite.
The most offensive thing you see in that trailer is when "Jay" says "Renob", and makes reference to that being "Boner" backwards...If they think that's cutting edge humour, then I really do pity them...Can't believe they're taking a stealing a classic television series from us, and completely butchering it in every sense of the word.
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Mheh. Don't get too upset, the writers certainly aren't. Remember when the US version of the office aired, its now much more successful than the British one ever was and gervais just laughs all the way to the bank.
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Remember when the US version of the office aired, its now much more successful than the British one ever was
How is it more successful.. if you think its because its been running longer than the british version - thats not how you should be basing success...
Office US - 9 seasons, 176 episodes... pretty much only shown in america
Office UK - 2 seasons, 14 episodes.. exported the format to 7/8 different countries... sold broadcasting rights to 80 countries worldwide and won a golden globe for best tv comedy.
Not to mention the fact that the Office US has had dipping ratings for the past 3-4 seasons and has dipped significantly since Steve Carrell left.. the Office US will never be as successful (or as funny) as the Office UK.
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Preferred the US version tbh. Can't stand Ricky Gervais, whereas Steve Carrell is a legend! :P
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Remember when the US version of the office aired, its now much more successful than the British one ever was
How is it more successful.. if you think its because its been running longer than the british version - thats not how you should be basing success...
Office US - 9 seasons, 176 episodes... pretty much only shown in america
Office UK - 2 seasons, 14 episodes.. exported the format to 7/8 different countries... sold broadcasting rights to 80 countries worldwide and won a golden globe for best tv comedy.
Not to mention the fact that the Office US has had dipping ratings for the past 3-4 seasons and has dipped significantly since Steve Carrell left.. the Office US will never be as successful (or as funny) as the Office UK.
Lol. Well done on missing the point.
Let me give you ricky gervais' response when he was asked " how does it make you feel that the American office is more successful than the British version?" - "rich"
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Am watching series 4 of Tales of The Unexpected. Quite disturbing watching anything from the 70s and 80s and realising that what was then a great deal of money, £10,000, is pretty much worth bugger all these days. :o :-\ :(
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The voice of modern dole-wallahs... £10k is nowt. ???
Sometimes I feel like a right mug for going to work every day.
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In the grand scheme of things it isn't a great deal of money these days compared to thirty years ago. Someone earning 10 grand a year was on ridiculously good money in the late 70s or early 80s. To the common man it was more than a year's wages. These days it's well below the minimum wage. It really isn't a great deal of wedge. ???
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In the grand scheme of things it isn't a great deal of money these days compared to thirty years ago. Someone earning 10 grand a year was on ridiculously good money in the late 70s or early 80s. To the common man it was more than a year's wages. These days it's well below the minimum wage. It really isn't a great deal of wedge. ???
Going under the assumption you'd work a full 40 hour week on £6.08 (the highest bracket of national minimum wage) EVERY week, you'd earn £11,673.
Take out sick leave, holiday leave and annual entitled leave...Not to mention the good old taxman taking his slice of the cake too, and you're probably looking at more like £10,000, maybe slightly less.
Anyone who works less than 40 hours a week would be earning less, of course, but even still, it's hardly "well below the minimum wage"...Just out of interest, now that I've actually bothered to do the maths for you, what sort of figure did you have floating around that made you come to the conclusion that £10,000 is well below minimum...?
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Because when I was at Eidos I wasn't too far off the minimum wage, although to be fair that was years ago and the rate has gone up since. When I first started off working there in February 2005, before I was made redundant the first time, I was on 12K. :o
The second time I worked there I was on 15K.
Like I've said before it was a crappily paid job but the only job I've done in my life that I've enjoyed doing.
And 10 grand these days, as I've mentioned before, doesn't get you very far. It isn't a great deal of money.
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You exist outside reality, don't you.
A place where ten grand is worth sod all, Nintendo's good, and stuff from the 70s and 80s still looks good today.
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Lol
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I really can't believe you can't see how much inflation has affected things. Telly programmes in the 70s and 80s using the amount of £10,000 as a great deal of money would today use around 6 or 7 times as much.
Just cast your mind back 30 years and remember how far a tenner used to get you. Christ on a bike you could quite comfortably do a week's worth of shopping for that. :o
I'm not saying that 10,000 quid these days is worthless but it isn't a serious amount of cash.
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I'm fully aware of inflation, and nobody is saying £10,000 is worth as much as it used to be.
Going with the 30 years timeline mentioned in your last post, using the retail price index, £10k in 1982 is equivalent to approximately £29k in 2012.
I very much doubt you could quite comfortably get a week's shopping in for a tenner.
£10k is a serious amount of cash. Put it this way - if you have that much in your bank you probably aren't allowed to claim your benefits.
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Obviously not for a family, but for a single man or woman living alone you could easily do a weeks worth of shopping for a tenner.
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Actually you're allowed up to £15k (might be £16k) and still be eligigle to claim benefits.
I know becasue after being made redundant I couldn't get damn all. While the bloody spongers were benefitting from my taxes.
So annoying that people who are careful with their money, do what the government want and save, buy their own homes, get penalised for it if they are unfortunate enough to lose their jobs.
For instance. If you are a home owner, even if you don't have a penny in the bank, lose your job and you can't get any help with your mortgage for 6 months.
If you are renting, you get that paid straight away, even if you are renting privately. SO if I lose my job I'm stuffed, even though my mortgage payments are fairly low, while someone who is renting for twice as much as my mortgage gets that paid for them.
I've seen the argument that why shoulkd the tax payer fund the mortgages of those who lose their jobs, but they fail to appreciate that paying the rents of private renters is not only paying for the properties of landlords but in many cases contributing to their profits.
So many ways in which those who want to work are penalised by the benefits system and it is those that the cuts in benefits are affecting. Especially true of the work shy with oodles of sprogs because the Goverment will never cut the benefits of those as they will not put them into "child poverty", despite their rhetoric to the contrary. So the ones who keep knocking out kids continue to be housed while the ones who have worked and been affected by the recession risk losing their houses.
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I've never understood the thinking behind the Government's refusal to pay someone's mortgage. Mortgage payments are typically a great deal less than the amount paid to a private landlord. A bit daft really imo. :-\
Anyway enough of this...let's talk about telly lol :P
Just started watching Criminal Minds again from series 4, have missed a few series and can't remember where I got to. Might have been series 4 or 5 but I don't mind watching them again, they're excellent. ;D
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Am now watching the first series of Falling Skies just to refresh my memory before I watch the second one...still can't believe it took the fuckwits so long to capture one of the buggers and work out how to kill them. Blasting legs off with a shotgun is Alien Combat 101 for gawd's sake!!!
An excellent series though, and they're making a third one too!
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If you have sky tv you have to watch "a touch of cloth". Brilliant spoof on tv cop shows. Some very funny lines in it.
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A Touch of Cloth was pretty good. Some good lines in there. Felt like a joke cannon was being fired at me though, was hard to keep up and I probably missed a fair few visual gags. Anyone who likes the classic Airplane or Naked Gun films might like it. Same sort of humour.
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"any prints?"
"just purple rain"
Lol
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Watched "Whatever Happened To Harry Hill" last night... hilarious, espeically if you remember his old show.. can catch up on 4OD.... brought back some good memories lol... Silddddddddd!!!
Its a shame the series has never been released on DVD, would love to rewatch some of them.
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New series of Red Dwarf - 4th November on Dave! :D
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Am watching Manimal, brilliant series lol. I like so match mainly because the black panther is beautiful, the tiger just beats it as the most beautiful creature on god's green Earth imo. 8)
They're in a disco (remember those..?) dancing to Michael Jackson's Beat It. The Eighties were bloomin great at times ;D
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Buggering flip, these forums have been pretty dead for a few days :o
Am watching a HBO series called Carnivale at the mo, only 2 series made so I bloody well hope they explained what the fuck was going on before it ended lol ;D
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Carnivale is not bad. Deffo ends but strange show throughout.
Got to watch first episode of latest Dr who series tonight. Good stuff.
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Have just started watching Warehouse 13 from the beginning again, forgot how much fun it is ;D
Has just shown a kid wrecking a violin like a rock musician, a nun jumping off a roof and an old granny throwing an urn with her husband's ashes at a hospital wall and spray painting 'FU' and the beginning of a 'C' on it lol ;D
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Am now watching series 6 of Supernatural to refresh my memory before I watch series 7, am on the second episode where they end up with the baby lololol ;D Not enough rock music in this series as far as I remember, hopefully there's going to be more in the 7th.
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"Arrow" - coming to Sky Atlantic soon. Looks class. Boardwalk Empire series 3 starting soon too
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New Red Dwarf series starts tonight on Dave - 9pm.
After all that, I might miss it as I want to go see Taken 2 ;D Bugger.. do Dave have a catchup service.. guess they dont need one with the amount of times they repeat stuff ;D
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Finally finished series 8 (pretty weak) and series 9 (very bad but not as awful as I remember), this week - so I'm ready for the new series. I don't have high hopes for it though.
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Might have to start watching those again, I missed a load of those when they were first on because of work commitments. I downloaded a load of them a few years ago to catch up but my hard drive decided to crap out and I lost them all. :o
I tend to go through hard drives very quickly due to having my PC on 24/7. :P
Might have to buy another Spinpoint drive, they're nice and quick and can take a fair bit of punishment.
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Wow.. I thought the new series started off great... what a fantastic first episode.. really felt like the old red dwarf stuff.. kudos, did have a little niggling feeling it could be crap.. but I was laughing out loud watching it... great stuff!!
...didnt bother going to watch Taken 2 after reading some absolute garbage reviews of it
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Bloody hell, I just realised there's a shitload of new series starting at the moment - Fringe, Dexter, Haven and Supernatural :o
Am in the middle of watching the first series of two of a programme called Dead Like Me and it's great. It's about an 18 year old girl who gets killed by a toilet seat plummeting from the Mir space station and becomes a Grim Reaper. The pilot was a bit pants but thought I'd watch the second episode just in case it got better and I'm really glad I did. ;D
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New season of Supernatural has started well. First episode of S3 of the Walking Dead was excellent and season 5 of Sons of Anarchy has been superb so far. Dexter season 7 has been promising. Getting a bit ridiculous how Dexter keeps getting himself into and out of trouble and hasn't been caught yet, but I love the dark humour in the show. Episode 3 was very funny in parts.
Homeland S3, so far so good. Surely if the story continues to develop as it is, it has to be the end of it when S2 finishes, unless there is another twist.
Haven good. Fringe - interesting, hope they don't screw up the ending as it is the final season.
Revolution, interesting but can see it going the way of shows like Flashforward and being axed after its first season. Possibly the same with Last Resort.
Arrow started promisingly, I enjoyed it, but superhero shows don't seem to be doing too well at the moment.
666 Park Avenue and Beauty and the Beast ... nah! Not impressed with first episode of either.
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Elementary, Chicago fire and arrow all start this week on sky, all look class.
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Am watching the second series of Grange Hill at the moment. A great piece of British television. Tucker Jenkins, Benny and Alan. Great stuff. Difficult to believe it was on so long ago!!! :o
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I'm in the middle of downloading Vampire Diaries, can't remember where I got to when I watched it before so I'm watching them all from the beginning again. But it's got me thinking - why haven't we had a British series about wampires..? The only one I can think of is Ultraviolet, which was excellent but got cancelled after the first series. The likes of Buffy, True Blood and Vampire Diaries are popular over here so why haven't BBC or ITV taken the plunge..? :-\
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Elementary, Chicago fire and arrow all start this week on sky, all look class.
I mentioned Arrow, second episode was also good. It was initially commisioned for 9 episodes but it looks like it has been picked up for a full season run as one of the actors is apparently in strictly come dancing and is supposedly flying between Vancouver and Britain during filming.
Chicago Fire I've read about but not gotten around to watching yet. Elementary I'm a bit "meh" about.
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Lmfao, am watching the second and final series of Dead Like Me. Someone appeared to be having a heart attack (turns out it was just a drill) and when someone ran off to get the office defibrillator the two pads were covered in melted cheese because someone had been using it to make toasted cheese sarnies lololol ;D ;D ;D
A really funny programme, it's brilliant ;D
Shame it only got two series >:(
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First episode of arrow was class. Based on one of the dc comic characters. Loads of room for developing the story. If you haven't seen it, check it out!!
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They are also readying Black Canary as a character to come into Arrow.
Second episode of S3 of the Walking Dead was also superb. Season 3 is shaping up superbly. My favourite shows at the moment: Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, Supernatural, Arrow, Homeland, Dexter and Fringe. Followed closely by Haven and Castle.
Second series of American Horror story started okay.
Revolution and Last Resort are watchable.
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So this Arrow is about a playboy billionaire who becomes a superhero. What's his name Wuce Brayne.
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;D
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So this Arrow is about a playboy billionaire who becomes a superhero. What's his name Wuce Brayne.
Lol. Excellent.
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You also forgot the fact one wears a grey/black hood, while the other wears a green hood and both have a fondness for gizmos.
Doesn't change the fact the show is actually very good. So what if the Green Arrow and Batman could have gone to the same public school.
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He certainly looks more the part than the dweeby guy in Smallville.
Haven't watched any Arrow yet (nor the current series' of Boardwalk Empire, Dexter, Sons of Anarchy, Homeland, Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Elementary, Chicago Fire, et al). As per usual I'm going to wait, so that I don't have to leave a week between episodes.
I did, however, watch the first three episodes of Red Dwarf a few nights back. Couldn't resist - I had to know if it was as crap as "Back to Earth", or if they'd actually done a good job - as several people insisted.
So pleased to see the reports are correct and the program's back on track - I thoroughly enjoyed episodes 1 and 3 (and 2 was decent). :D
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You also forgot the fact one wears a grey/black hood, while the other wears a green hood and both have a fondness for gizmos.
Doesn't change the fact the show is actually very good. So what if the Green Arrow and Batman could have gone to the same public school.
I can't comment on the show as I haven't watched it. I just went for the cheap laughs :D
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I did, however, watch the first three episodes of Red Dwarf a few nights back. Couldn't resist - I had to know if it was as crap as "Back to Earth", or if they'd actually done a good job - as several people insisted.
So pleased to see the reports are correct and the program's back on track - I thoroughly enjoyed episodes 1 and 3 (and 2 was decent). :D
Pretty much my view of it.
Episode 3 was great. Loved the Judas and Jesus twin thing. Nice to be able to take the pee out of a religion without people being threatened with death.
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The best piece of telly to take the piss out of religion is the two guys from This Morning With Richard Not Judy. They had Jesus as a big hippy and Doubting Thomas picking holes in mostly Christianity but Catholicism in general. Whenever he got stumped he used to come out with the 'Ah, but consider the lily...' line lol. It was brilliant. The BBC took them off the air when they basically took the piss ten times more than usual on Easter Sunday lololol ;D ;D ;D
It wouldn't surprise me if they got a shitload of death threats lol ;D
They also had a go at The Coors too, one of them had a Coors Shrine with pictures of them with the brother scribbled/cut out. And at one point he cut out shapes in black paper so they looked like they were wearing niqabs (those black ninja mask-type things that some Muslim women wear).
Bloody hilarious programme but no surprise they got took off the air, you wouldn't even get one episode airing these days lol ;D ;D ;D
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Ooh! Have just seen that Misfits is back! Nice 8)
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Have just watched a few things with Helena Bonham-Carter in recently. Not sure what she's looking like these days but she always used to be a right old hornbat. ;D
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I've always thought she was a bit strange to be honest, something not quite right about her. Not saying I wouldn't have though lol.
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Loving the new season of The Walking Dead. Such a step-up from season 2. I was jumping for joy when they finally left that damn farm.
What's the craic with the Governer and those heads though? :o Right weird. I'm at UK pace since the site I normally use to acquire new HD episodes at US pace is down and has been for a few weeks. :'(
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I've always thought she was a bit strange to be honest, something not quite right about her. Not saying I wouldn't have though lol.
I have no choice other than going for the strange ones unless I have copious amounts of Rohypnol about my person lol :P :-[ ;D
I'm about 20 minutes into the first episode of Grimm and am liking it so far. ;D
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Loving the new season of The Walking Dead. Such a step-up from season 2. I was jumping for joy when they finally left that damn farm.
What's the craic with the Governer and those heads though? :o Right weird. I'm at UK pace since the site I normally use to acquire new HD episodes at US pace is down and has been for a few weeks. :'(
Wait until you see the next episode. Absolute shocker but a brilliant episode, absolutely brilliant..
What annoys me the most is that the acting in the Walking Dead is pretty damn good but the actors will never get emmys for it because it is a zombie story.
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Are you insane..? It isn't a zombie story, it's really happening over there. The Yanks have somehow managed to keep what's really going on quiet. But it's only a matter of time before we get the fuckers over here - 12th day of the 12th month, 2012. John Dee's Black Prophesy. It's happening :o :'(
What you're actually watching is a documentary.
You should all go down to the supermarkets and stock up on supplies before it's too late.
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Appropriate Adult is on ITV3 at 10pm after Frost. A drama based on the West's serial killings, an excellent programme, highly recommended ;D
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*spoilers*
Wow, Drags, you weren't joking. That was one of the best episodes so far. I was holding back tears. :'( Not that I really liked Lori, but that was a really sad episode. You knew something really bad was bound to happen when Glenn said "Can't we just have one good day?", but I didn't expect to see two of the group depart. Like you say, superbly acted. I'm loving David Morrisey (sp?) as The Governor - brilliant actor.
Really interested to see where this season goes. I'm predicting an ephemeral stay for the incredibly po-faced black samurai lady.
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Really interested to see where this season goes. I'm predicting an ephemeral stay for the incredibly po-faced black samurai lady.
Michonne will be around for some time.
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I'm more annoyed that T-Dogg is gone. Lori pissed me off.
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I'm REALLY enjoying Grimm at the moment, fantastic programme. If you haven't checked it out then DO IT NAO!!! ;D
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I like Grimm, but the efects are a bit er, grim.
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Yup, it's pretty low budget but the characters are excellent and it's quite funny in places. I really like it.
Am now watching the remake of Fantasy Island with Malcolm MacDowell and it's pretty good. Shame they only did one series. :( It could still do with being a lot more darker but a good programme all the same. :D
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New series of Peep Show starting next Sunday - ;D
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I have never watched the Peep Show. ???
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Missing out on a great comedy.. its rather niche in the way in the way its filmed.. put me off a bit so I didnt even start watching it until series 7 because of that.. but I bought the boxset for my missus 2 christmasses ago and I thought the first couple of series were a bit slow.. but it gets much better as the series progress.. so series 9 is starting on sunday 10pm on ch4 I think.. cant wait :D
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Have only seen a few bits of Peep Show, myself, and couldn't see the appeal. It was watchable, certainly, but not great. I know it's very popular though.
Watched the first two episodes of Continuum last night. (Canadian sci-fi.) Silly, and not a new premise, but I like it so far.
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Watched the first two episodes of Continuum last night. (Canadian sci-fi.) Silly, and not a new premise, but I like it so far.
I think there were only 10 episodes in the first series, not sure if it got axed or is getting a second series (I haven't checked), but it's watchable but not great all the way through. Nothing special though.
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Aye, it's got a second series commissioned.
Can't decide if the main lass is fit. She's got a good body, and seems to spend most of her time in a tight latex-type outfit, but she's got a very distracting mole on her eye - and I do get put off by weird eyes. I think that's why I stopped watching NCIS:LA. The main bird in that was fine but had one horrible eye, and I couldn't focus on anything but that!
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Started to watch Game of Thrones again, and am getting into it now. Must have just not been in the mood for it before I guess. ;D
Edit: What a prime opportunity for the writers to ripoff Daes Dae'mar from the Wheel of Time though, the series is crying out for it!!! :o 8)
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Have you read the Game of Thrones books though Harv? They are fantastic.
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Nope, might have to check them out but I'm on The Wheel of Time novels at the mo, am on Book 8 of 15. Think the last one is due this month or next month. ;D Shame the author didn't 'borrow' the Game of Houses though, it would suit a plot like this down to the ground. :D
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Im enjoying Arrow, who was the "iconic" DC comics character in episode 5 drags? Was it the bad guy in the yellow and black mask?
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Did some googling and it could have been deathstroke. What do you reckon?
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I have not got a clue. I collected Marvel comics (and then some Image stuff as well). I was never a reader of DC comics.
Don't mind the films/tv stuff of some DC characters like Batman and Arrow, but I've always been on the Marvel side of the fence.
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Have just caught up with Series 5 of Breaking Bad on Netflix... Gutted now as there are no new episodes 'till next Summer. :'(
Easily one of the best TV shows I've ever watched, but it's also strange because I don't like the main character. At least, not since season 3 when he started to become a complete drip. The rest of the cast are excellent though.
Need to watch the last 2 episodes of The Walking Dead now.
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Didn't realise that series 5 had finished. Excellent, will download that now, it's fantastic.
In terms of quality it's right up there with The Wire and The Sopranos...and it's Reggie's favourite programme too 8)
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It hasn't finished. It's on a mid-season break. :P They only put the first eight episodes of Series 5 on Netflix recently.
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Aw bollocks, I wish they'd stop doing that over there :o >:(
Am watching the first series of Ancient Aliens, a programme from the History Channel. Quite interesting, particularly some of the ancient cave drawings and ancient ruins. The truth is out there :o 8) :P
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Aw bollocks, I wish they'd stop doing that over there :o >:(
It's so bad that they even advertise mid season finales (as they did with the Walking Dead which has its mid season finale in America next Sunday) - I mean just wtf.
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Looking forward to the mid-season finale of The Walking Dead now I've caught up on the last 2 eps. Although, just like Breaking Bad and every other US show, I suspect there'll be little action until the last 10 minutes. Then they'll leave us with a massive cliffhanger which we have to wait until next year to see how it pans out. :'(
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*spoilers*
The mid-season finale of The Walking Dead was top draw. Watched it last night... that Tyreese bloke looks good. I'm told he's a fan-favourite from the comics so it'll be interesting to see where they go with him. The scene between Michonne and the Governor was brutal. The last scene wasn't much of a cliffhanger... as it showed Daryl running through the woods in the preview afterwards. Still, I wonder if Merle will survive (hope not).
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Final episode of Homeland Season 2 is absolute must see. Holy crap it's a good episode.
Final episode of Dexter wasn't bad either.
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Recently started watching Suits. Just got onto Series 2 and really enjoying it. It's a bit like House but with lawyers. Witty, smart, fast-paced dialogue etc...
Also got a sneaky feeling someone's got me a Mad Men boxset for Xmas... Would love it to be true... Christina Hendricks is an absolute goddess. <3
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I'd rather have Christina Hendricks for Christmas.
(Hmm or maybe it should be Christina Hendricks is for life, not just for Christmas. lol).
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I'd rather have Christina Hendricks for Christmas.
(Hmm or maybe it should be Christina Hendricks is for life, not just for Christmas. lol).
Women don't come any more voluptuous. She's heavenly. ;D
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Still loving Dexter, as evidenced by me watching eight episodes yesterday (as usual I left it until the series end then downloaded all episodes together) but the last few series haven't been as good as the first ones. And I'm fascinated to know what's going on with all the spray tan this series - especially on Deb. In some scenes she looks quite comical.
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Series 3 finale of boardwalk empire didn't disappoint.
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Aw bugger, started watching series 2 of Homeland earlier and don't think I'm going to stop until it's finished lol ;D
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Still loving Dexter, as evidenced by me watching eight episodes yesterday (as usual I left it until the series end then downloaded all episodes together) but the last few series haven't been as good as the first ones. And I'm fascinated to know what's going on with all the spray tan this series - especially on Deb. In some scenes she looks quite comical.
There have been a few comical moments in this season of Dexter. I was wondering if they were going to kill Deb off as she's no longer with him in real life.
Erm, no spoiler here, will they or won't they. You've only got 4 episodes to go to find out.
Will there be a season 8? I hope so. Be interesting to see where it goes.
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Just started watching series 7 of Dexter and he's trying to kick the habit lol ;D
Love this programme.
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There have been a few comical moments in this season of Dexter. I was wondering if they were going to kill Deb off as she's no longer with him in real life.
Erm, no spoiler here, will they or won't they. You've only got 4 episodes to go to find out.
Will there be a season 8? I hope so. Be interesting to see where it goes.
Potential spoilers.
Lol - finished the series that day ;)
Don't like it that the program has deviated so far from the books but at least they finally corrected the one biggest mistake from series one. He's not supposed to feel love though, yet seems to do it all the time lately.
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Not too sure about the season finale of homeland. Wasn't as great as id hoped
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Bought Backadder remastered, the ultimate edition in Asda for £17 last night. Bit of an impulse purchase but thought that was a good price. Just had a look and can't get it cheaper online. Play and HMV much more expensive. Happy with that.
Also bought Flashforward boxset for £7. I know it got cancelled after season 1 but still enjoyed it. Plus it clears a bit more hard disk space.
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Dexter has been confirmed for season 8, and it starts in June. So it's even coming back early.
Apparently it will be the final season though.
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Spartacus is back.
War of the Damned Episode 1.
Fun as ever. Blood and gore galore. A few naked women. Fantastic.
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Have been watching Wicked Attraction on Netflix and it's pretty good. It's about couples who kidnap, rape and murder serially. Am quite surprised that more of these haven't been made into films tbh. The first episode of series 1 has and it was excellent, forgotten the name of the film now, will post it in the film thread later.
Wicked Attraction is definitely worth checking out if you have an interest in serial killers. ;D
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Banshee is an interesting little series, if you like a bit of gratuitous nudity and some good fight scenes with a lot of violence.
Hence, I'm quite enjoying it lol.
The Following has been good so far. Kevin Bacon is a former agent who comes out of retirement to catch a serial killer who has escaped and built up a cult following while he was in prison.
First two episodes of Spartacus: War of the Damned - very good indeed.
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Have just started to rewatch Medium with Patricia Arquette, and it's reminded me that this is the ONLY telly programme with a child actor in it that I don't want to torture and kill lol. Their middle aged child is genuinely funny and cute with it. Unbelievable. :o
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Banshee is an interesting little series, if you like a bit of gratuitous nudity and some good fight scenes with a lot of violence.
Hence, I'm quite enjoying it lol.
Though I have to add, that nobody in the show seems to be able to shoot straight and, like many shows, the main characters never wear gloves but somehow never leave any prints or any other evidence behind them when they commit crimes.
Arrow is just as bad. The amount of times he has been wounded and left blood at a crime scene but never any mention of even checking to see what blood group he is, let alone DNA analysis. As much as I enjoy shows and try and suspend belief, a little bit of realism wouldn't go amiss.
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Just started watching Arrow and quite like it. But yet again the firearms aren't realistic. He ended up using a baddie as a shield against a close range automatic weapon. Any decent researcher would know that the bullets would go straight through lol. :o ;D
I also have a big problem with the recoil on MP5s in these programmes, there's bugger all recoil on them because they're gas-suppressed. The lack of recoil is why they're the weapons of choice for the Dutch and German police.
Another thing that gets on my tits is the size of entry and exit wounds are never big enough. I saw a documentary about 20 years ago that showed the size of entry and exit wounds from different weapons and the exit wounds are bloomin HUGE. When a bullet hits a target the entry wound is larger than usually shown because the person's clothing enters the wound. And with the exit wound the bullet collects flesh, bone and organ parts on its way through. For a 9mm shell the exit wound should be around 2 inches in diameter if I remember correctly :o
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I'm studying forensic science at the moment (just something I'm doing for fun now while I'm taking time out from more serious study) and I have some lovely books on various forensic elements, one being ballistics, firearms and the pathology of gunshot wounds. Some delightful pictures in those. Plus I used to work in various military establishments and have fired a fair few British forces issue weapons. So, as I said, belief has to be well and truly suspended watching some of these programmes.
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*Spoilers*
So The Walking Dead is back... loving it, although the latest episode was very slow up until the last 10 minutes, which were excellent. I'm sure Rick's hallucinations worked well in the comics (assuming they were in there, haven't read them), but I'm not enjoying them all that much. It makes sense that he'd be struggling, what with everyone relying on him and all he's been through, but watching him stumbling around outside the prison is a bit boring.
It's a shame Tyreese's lot weren't let into the group, I liked what I saw of him and have heard he's a fan-favourite from the comics. It's good that Daryl has come back though, both he and Merle will surely be needed if they're going to stand a chance against Woodbury and the Governor. I had a thought recently that "The Walking Dead" doesn't just apply to the walkers, who have become a secondary yet constant threat this season. I can't wait to see where the writers will take the rest of season 3.
Also, it's the season 2 finale of Suits tonight (in the US). Season 2 has been brilliant. You can tell the show runs on a relatively low budget, but they make up for it with great acting/writing. All of the characters are three-dimensional and have been developed well so far. It's coming back for a third series which I'm happy about. New Breaking Bad and Mad Men to come in the summer too. ;D I'll give it to the Yanks, they know how to make good telly.
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Am watching a programme about the meteor strike in Russia. Pretty cool.
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Homeland spoilers.
Watched series two of Homeland this week. Still enjoyable, but not a patch on the first series - much too predictable. Series one everyone thinks he's a hero except our heroine. Series two transition. Series three everyone thinks he's a terrorist except our heroine. Oooh how imaginative.
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Just watched the first series of Damages on Netflix and highly recommend it. Great television. ;D
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Finally gotten round to watching Smallville. I've had the box sets for some time, or at least I thought I had all of them until I got to the end of season three and had to order season 4 off of WowHD before I could continue. Got 1-5 and 7 on DVD and 6, 8-10 on Blu-ray.
Been watching it about a rate of one season a week, with the pause while I waited for season 4 to arrive.
Just about finished season 6. Thoroughly enjoying it and it has slowly gotten better and better. At first, even though I was enjoying it, I couldn't help think that it was more like Spider-man, with Peter Parker's teen angst, crossed with some sort of super powered X-Files with the stories revolving around those infected by the meteor rocks. As it moves on and the Lex Luthor transformation brings a darker edge to it, it really got going (give or take the odd dross episode).
Walking Dead and Spartacus still very enjoyable.Arrow is on a few week break, but still enjoying that, even if it is a bit silly in places and the guy who plays the Green Arrow looks like somebody has starched his shoulder blades - really not a good actor.
Banshee and the Following still worth a watch.
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Watched the first nine series of Smallville but was finding it increasingly irritating after the first seven series or so. A few character changes too many, and the fact the useless twonk never seems to realise he can fly - despite waking up to find he's floating a foot or so above his bed a couple of times in the first series.
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Watched the first nine series of Smallville but was finding it increasingly irritating after the first seven series or so.
Only just finished season 6 and starting on season 7, so I may find it gets sillier. That episode in season 5 or 6 where they introduced Aquaman, Erica Durrance looked bloody good in a bikini.
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Have just started watching Rescue Me about a fire crew in New York and it's excellent so far. The lead character, Tommy, keeps on hallucinating, seeing and talking to dead people since 911. The characters are excellent so far. Definitely worth downloading/watching on Netflix.
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The Walking Dead is building up to what could be a brilliant finale.
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Yep, looks like another change of director on the Walking Dead soon though. Apparently they want to take it in a different direction to the comic book because fans of the comic book know what's coming and they want to keep people interested.
I also think it probably has something to do with the fact that a lot of characters die and TV viewers seem to be very fickle about lots of cast changes and give up watching when their favourite characters die.
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Here's a trivia question for ya - which character holds the record for the most times she's been named/referred to but has NEVER made an on screen appearance..? ???
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That'd be God.
Too easy.
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Nope, some people would have you believe that not only is god a real person, he's also male. We're talking about a woman here and she's been mentioned in plenty of different series...mainly cop shows.
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Mrs Columbo?
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Nope, but she's been referred to in cop shows all the time. Huuuuuuge clue there! :o
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Is it Miss Demeanour?
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Nope, it's Trace who works in forensics...she must be busy cos everyone sends stuff to her to process all over the world. She must be quite friendly though cos nobody uses her full name. Don't even know what Tracey's surname is. :-[ ;D
*Grabs coat and slinks off*
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Both of my answers were better tbh...
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nobody uses her full name. Don't even know what Tracey's surname is. :-[ ;D
*Grabs coat and slinks off*
::) ;D
Anyway, her surname is Analysis (either that or they were discussing her sexual preferences).
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Late I'm thinking of getting a 3D telly. What would you go for?
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I'd wait if I were you, we're not too far away from glasses-free 3D tellies.
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Have started watching series 3 of The Walking Dead, forgot just how awesome it is. In a lot of ways it's similar to Dead Space Extraction with regards to characters getting killed off. Any character can get killed at any given time. Quite refreshing for a telly series. 8)
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Late I'm thinking of getting a 3D telly. What would you go for?
I'm completely in the dark on 3d tech mate. (One of the kids is blind in one eye so I try to ignore 3d entertainment - it'd be unfair on her.)
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Blimey, sorry to hear that mate :(
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The first half of Season 3 of TWD was excellent, but the last 2-3 eps have felt a bit like filler material to me. I know the season finale will be brilliant, but I hope this week's ep is a bit more than just build up.
Part of me misses Atlanta in Season 1, I'm getting a bit bored of just seeing the characters wander around the prison and Woodbury. I'm hoping Season 4 will show us more of what's going on elsewhere.
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Aw bollocks, thought there was only 13 episodes like the first two series. Going to have to wait a couple of weeks before it ends now. Bloody annoying!!! >:(
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Late I'm thinking of getting a 3D telly. What would you go for?
I'm completely in the dark on 3d tech mate. (One of the kids is blind in one eye so I try to ignore 3d entertainment - it'd be unfair on her.)
Ok mate
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Late I'm thinking of getting a 3D telly. What would you go for?
I'm completely in the dark on 3d tech mate. (One of the kids is blind in one eye so I try to ignore 3d entertainment - it'd be unfair on her.)
Ok mate
The trouble is that so much 3D is total crap anyway. 3D has become like other special effects, rather than enhancing films, in many cases the 3D just masks a bad film.
You'll also need to get a 3D blu-ray as well. Though they are pretty reasonably priced. I just have a bulk standard 2D Samsung though. I like the Samsung players.
I also can't be arsed with 3D glasses for watching tv. The odd film here or there is okay, but too much it ... no thanks. My personal opinion though.
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The first half of Season 3 of TWD was excellent, but the last 2-3 eps have felt a bit like filler material to me. I know the season finale will be brilliant, but I hope this week's ep is a bit more than just build up.
Part of me misses Atlanta in Season 1, I'm getting a bit bored of just seeing the characters wander around the prison and Woodbury. I'm hoping Season 4 will show us more of what's going on elsewhere.
The new director is going to move it away from the comic books a bit apparently.
The filler eps were quite interesting as part of the story for me. Latest episode (ep 15) was very good. The ending was excellent. I won't give too much away, but felt sorry for Daryl at the end. I think he's one of my favourite characters.
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Renewal and Cancellation news:
Supernatural: renewed for Season 9
Arrow: renewed for season 2
The Following: renewed for season 2
Banshee: renewed for season 2
CSI (the original): renewed for season 14
Californication: renewed for season 7
Actually, forget the cancellations. So far nothing I watch regulalry seems to have been cancelled yet.
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Arrow: renewed for season 2
The Following: renewed for season 2
Banshee: renewed for season 2
Nice. Haven't tried any of those, but will do in the next few months. Have got a few eps each of Arrow and Following downloaded. Hadn't heard of Banshee.
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Hadn't heard of Banshee.
It's ok, not great, typical cable show, full of violence and some sex (a very tasty Amish girl but the lead female definitely has not had a boob job lol). Preposterous storyline. But it's a bit of mindless entertainment. And really the hot Amish girl is worth a watch. ;D
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I've been rewatching Weeds, forgot how funny it was ;D Doug in particular is excellent lol.
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Revolution got off to a promising start.
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They split the first series in the US, first 10 episodes shown up to the end of November and it's only just resumed. I've quite enjoyed it, though it's not mind blowing, but worry it may go the way of Flash Forward and so many other sci-fi shows of its type (which have been better) and get axed before the real mystery is revealed and resolved, though they do reveal quite a lot by the end of the first 10 episodes. There are a few stupid moments.
It started off quite weakly in the ratings war, though it has picked up a bit, but in the trigger happy world of US tv, I'm not overly hopeful of it getting a second season.
I also hope they don't do what thery did with V, because they split it like that and called the first half of the series season 1 when released on DVD and the second half season 2.
Apparently NBC created a series of "prequel" webisodes which aired from 25th of Feb on NBC.com. I've not watched them or found them yet, but I think they'll also end up as an extra on the DVD box set.
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Season 3 of Game of Thrones starts in the US tonight.
Not to mention the season finale of the Walking Dead.
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GoT series 3 starts on sky tomorrow night. :D
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I've read the books, so there aren't too many surprises, unless of course they change the story significantly.
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They stay very faithful to the books which will actually be a bonus in later series as even Martin himself acknowledges that "a feast for crows" & "a dance with dragons" would have been better as one book.
Ive read them all too in case you were wondering lol
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Anorak. ;-p
I was amazed at how closely the first series follwed the book. Probably one of the truest adaptations of a book there's ever been.
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Agreed although somewhat less surprising once you see that Martin's background is mostly in screenplays
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Yeah, I knew that, never really thought about it that way though.
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*******SPOILERS**********
I found the Walking Dead finale to be a bit underwhelming. The first half of Season 3 was good, but the second half seemed to be made up mostly of filler material leading up to the grand finale. I was expecting an epic confrontation but it really wasn't all that. I was half-expecting a "shock" death. Maybe Herschel or someone like Beth who doesn't do anything (except sing). I thought Milton would die and Andrea's final moments were touching, but her death wasn't unexpected either. The Governor gunning down his people was a surprise moment, and at least we know he will probably feature again in Season 4 now after bailing. I'm also happy to see Tyreese survived.
Bit of a wait now until Season 4, but Mad Men is back on Sunday with Season 6 and Breaking Bad is still to come in the summer! ;D ;D ;D It's amazing these fantastic American shows don't really take off over here. I watched the first two episodes of 'Revolution' last week as Sky have advertised it pretty aggressively. Nothing special. Mildly interesting but also a very weak cast, difficult to like any of the characters... (aside from Gus from BB!) I might download the rest of Season 1 just to see where it goes.
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I really enjoyed The Walking Dead.
As I hate waiting between episodes I waited until the series had finished, then downloaded them all and watched them earlier this week.
***** TWD SPOILERS FOLLOW! *****
Found season three to be MUCH better than season two.
The prison was great - much better than Hershel's farm.
Carl's nowhere near as annoying. The kid's got problems, but at least he's not as much a trouble magnet as he was, and is occasionally useful.
I never liked Lori - glad to see the back of her. Hope she's not in the next series. She's in s3 an awful lot for someone who's dead (ignoring the fact most of the people we see are dead).
Michonne is fantastic. Totally bad-ass with her samurai sword and her penchant for using mutilated undead as mules and camouflage.
Was nice to see Merle back - and I think that loose thread was tied up the only way it could be.
Hope we see the governor again some time (if we don't it's probably because he's found a living as a Liam Neeson impersonator) but I'd be happy for him to disappear and then make a surprise return in a couple of years' time.
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I feel the same as Kenny. Underwhelmed by the finale. Felt like a bit of a cop out really. Everyone was expecting a confrontation between Rick and The Governor but the only people who fired on him were Glenn and Maggie.
Much as I didn't really care when Lori died (Was more annoyed at T-Dog's death) I didn't feel anything for Andrea. She turned her back on everyone this season and even after she found out The Governor was a freak she stayed. Plus we've seen the survivors get out of worse brushes with walkers (Glenn after he was captured by Merle) and she could've easily fought Milton off.
Plus everyone knows that if you're show has been commission for another season you always end on a cliff hanger. This ended with a namby pamby happy where Rick become Jebus.
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Ah, here's a question for you! What was the name of the cinema/telly series that was originally shown in cinemas in episodic form around the same time as Buster Keaton's Flash Gordon that had the protagonist wearing a mask and a rocket pack type thingy..? I was sure it was called Rocketman but can't find it on Wikipedia. ???
Not too sure why I started thinking about it tbh but would love to download it and watch it again.
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Crabbe, not Keaton! :-[
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See if it's on here.
http://www.filmsite.org/serialfilms.html
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Cheers for the link but it's not mentioned :(
I used to love it when I was a kid. The guy had a rocket pack, a control panel on his chest with a couple of dials and a helmet/mask covering his face. It was brilliant. 8) :P
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Wrong thread I know but have a read of this Harv:
http://torrentfreak.com/bitfetch-debuts-bitcoin-powered-anonymous-bittorrent-downloads-130330/
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Quite clever but waaaay overpriced. :o
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So three characters have been 'upped' to series regulars for The Walking Dead: Tyreese, Sasha, and Beth. Happy about Tyreese and his missus as I can see he and Rick being a good team. Not so sure about Beth. Apart from attempting to kill herself and then spending much of Season 2 in bed, she's done virtually nothing in Season 3. I would have promoted Carol and explored her relationship with Daryl more... There's clear chemistry there.
Apparently The Governor will be a regular in Season 4 too... I like him a lot, he's one of the best things to come out of Season 3 along with Michonne. I have to say I hope he's written a little more like the insane/evil Governor from the comics rather than a bit unhinged. Gunning down his own people was shocking and perhaps a glimpse of what's to come from him.
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I assume series regular means they won't die?
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I assume series regular means they won't die?
I wouldn't bet on it lol. That's part of the beauty of the series, you never know who's next. Like I mentioned before it's pretty similar to the way characters were handled in Dead Space Extraction.
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Oh Kenny it looks like Carol is a series regular after all. Her fans got pissed after she wasn't named amongst the three so she confirmed that she already is one.
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Oh right, that's good then. It's odd that she isn't in the opening credits though. Hopefully she can be used a bit more in Season 4 as I quite like her. The Glenn/Maggie romance is so boring. The show needs Daryl and Carol to hook up!
It does seem to be the recurring characters that get killed off though. You can usually tell because they get more dialogue than usual in their final episode (Axel, T-Dog, Merle). Wouldn't surprise me if most of the Woodbury lot are used as zombie fodder or something early next season. Could do with another walker massacre. ;D
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Ah, here's a question for you! What was the name of the cinema/telly series that was originally shown in cinemas in episodic form around the same time as Buster Keaton's Flash Gordon that had the protagonist wearing a mask and a rocket pack type thingy..? I was sure it was called Rocketman but can't find it on Wikipedia. ???
Not too sure why I started thinking about it tbh but would love to download it and watch it again.
It was called King Of The Rocket Men
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/r/rocketmn.htm
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Yesssssss!!! That's the one! Hopefully there's a torrent flying around (!!!) somewhere!
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Has anyone seen In The Flesh..? Is it any good..? Am downloading it now ;D
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Lmfao, was just in the gym in the Police Station and a cop on one of the running machines just asked 'Am I supposed to be able to hear my own kidneys..?' lololol ;D ;D ;D
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Final episode of Sparatcus was pretty good. Not the best episode of the entire 4 season run (including the prequel) but very good nonetheless. I won;t give away the ending but it was a kind of half way house between the two historical versions of Spartacus' fate.
Already have the first three seasons on DVD but I'm going to buy the lot on Blu-ray.
I really wish Starz would do a Conan the Barbarian TV series.
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Lmfao, was just in the gym in the Police Station and a cop on one of the running machines just asked 'Am I supposed to be able to hear my own kidneys..?' lololol ;D ;D ;D
Oops, meant to post that in the video game thread lol.
Have just finished watching In The Flesh and it's excellent, hopefully we'll see a second series!
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Downloaded the first 2 episodes of Hannibal and I think I'm gonna like this. Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Lecter is awesome. Wish more episodes were out tbh as I hate waiting every week for a new one. lol
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Aye, I'm gonna wait a while before downloading Hannibal. Ditto Bates Motel.
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Have just got around to watching Season 1 of House of Cards this week on Netflix. Absolutely brilliant. Kevin Spacey was already one of my favourite actors but he's risen even further in my estimations. Star of the show. It's not even something I usually pay attention to but I have to say the show is beautifully shot. Can't wait for Season 2.
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You should check out the original series, whilst Kevin Spacey is great Ian Richardson is infinitely better. Bit of a coincidence but I recently talked about me rewatching the original series from the 90s. A bit weird how they changed the name of the Prime Minister/President though.
I watched Revolution the other day and was quite impressed. Makes a pleasant change for a TV show to get the physics right when someone is shot by a gun and bow/crossbow.
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You guys really need to check out Damages with Glenn Close, it really is the dog's bollocks. Glenn Close's character is a right devious bitch lol.
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Best thing about it is the way it's written. The programme starts off with part of the end scene and as the series progresses more of the final scene is revealed in further flashes forward as the story develops with flashes back filling in the present. Quite cleverly done, I don't remember seeing a series do this before.
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Grimm, Revolution, Beauty and the Beast and Chicago Fire have been renewed for Seasons 3, 2, 2 and 2 respectively.
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Was looking through shows on watch on Netflix and spotted that Damages was quite highly rated. Just working through the second series of Luther which is only 4 episodes and I'll probably make a start on that.
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You won't regret it mate, it's fantastic!
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Just the final two episodes of Smallville to go now. It definitely lost its way a bit in the last couple of seasons but still watchable.
Also, the writers seemed intent on nicking bits of films. The Smallville version of the Matrix and the Hangover were a couple of heavily borrowed plots. Swapping the monkey for a lemur in the "hangover" episode though.
I'll have to start on my box set of the Sopranos next I think.
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Well it's sort of telly related. This is definitely not for the squeamish.
http://www.ibtimes.com/bear-grylls-tweets-gruesome-picture-producers-snake-bite-photo-1227143 (http://www.ibtimes.com/bear-grylls-tweets-gruesome-picture-producers-snake-bite-photo-1227143)
and it's definitely no hoax either.
https://twitter.com/BearGrylls/status/329253938576637952/photo/1 (https://twitter.com/BearGrylls/status/329253938576637952/photo/1)
Post surgery to repair the damage.
https://twitter.com/steve_rankin/status/329332818113073155
(http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/v2_article_large/public/2013/04/30/snake-bite-injury.jpg)
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(http://2tfu.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/monty-python-tis-but-a-scratch.gif)
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:o
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Finished season 2 of Luther. Can't believe I didn't get into this when it first came out. Much darker than the usual crime dramas these days, and Idris Elba is outstanding.
Was intending to watch Damages next but decided to watch Sherlock instead seeing as it's only 6 episodes (albeit each 90 mins long). Have watched 2 eps and am loving it so far. Nice mix of seriousness and humour, and Benedict Cumberbatch (corker of a name, that) is very good.
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Love both of those - looking forward to a third series of each (hopefully back end of this year, possibly next year, since Elba, Cumberbach, and Freeman are all such hot properties lately and struggle to commit to TV).
Well done the Beeb.
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The only thing that I wasn't impressed with was that Sherlock Holmes is addicted to ciggies rather than heroine :-\
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Wouldn't being addicted to nicotine make more sense since it's a stimulant and would help him think, whereas heroin is a depressant (I think) and would therefore have the opposite effect.
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Heroine addiction would be better because the original character is an Opium addict ;)
Sherlock Holmes in the original novels was a complete nutjob! Jeremy Brett has portrayed the most accurate Holmes so far, so much so that I wonder if he had never played Holmes in the 90s he might not have ended up in the looney bin :o
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Heroine??
Lmao
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(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3613/heroines.png)
Makes more sense than heroin addiction, tbh ;)
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(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3613/heroines.png)
Makes more sense than heroin addiction, tbh ;)
It's all well and good until he tries to grind em up and snort em.
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Aw bollocks, always get the spelling of those two words mixed up lol :-[ ;D :-[
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Good job I decided to watch series 4 of Sons of Anarchy on Netflix before I watched series 5 sitting on my hard drive. I seemed to have had series 4 flying under the radar and haven't seen it, was sure that series 4 was when they popped over to Ireland but that must have been 3. :o
Awesome series. ;D
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Sons of Anarchy started really well but i thought it went downhill.
Loved series one. Season two was okay. Thought series three was rubbish. Gave up after one or two episodes of series four.
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Series 3 wasn't great but it's improved immensely. You should carry on with series 4 mate, it's back to its best imo.
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Have just realised that American Chopper is on Netflix. Nice! ;D
Some of the designs this guy comes up with are amazing :o
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Might have to start watching Scandal. It appears to be doing very well at the moment in the US.
Hannibal has been doing poorly and looks like it'll be cancelled, so I'm kinda glad I didn't get into it. Although it's been generally acclaimed by critics so I'll probably download season 1 to watch even if it gets cancelled. Judging by the first 2 eps I watched, it could just be a bit too dark for the masses.
For the time being though I'm watching Banshee. 3 episodes in and I'm liking it.
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Was flicking through tv channels tonight and saw Knightmare on challenge tv, apparently they are rerunning the first 2 series again starting from tonight, what an awesome tv show that was, my brother was on one episode, can't remember what series it was though, will have to ask him, all nostalgia'ed up now :D
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For the time being though I'm watching Banshee. 3 episodes in and I'm liking it.
Good call. I, too, am three episodes in and thoroughly enjoying it.
Tried one episode of "the closer" and couldn't get into it at all.
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Really? I really liked The Closer myself ;D
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For the time being though I'm watching Banshee. 3 episodes in and I'm liking it.
Good call. I, too, am three episodes in and thoroughly enjoying it.
I did mentiopn Banshee some time ago. You do have to suspend a bit of belief in some episodes though. Some good fight scenes, plenty of mindless violence and a few boobs. What's not to like lol.
Did I mention the Amish girl is HOT! ;D
A few more shows cancelled:
Burn Notice: Ending after season 7.
Touch. Kiefer Sutherland not got a hit on his hands this time, Tim Kring (who wrote Heroes) doesn't seem to have the magic touch when attracting big audiences. Scripts seem too clever for America it would seem.
But Kiefer may not be off the screens too long as Fox may bring back 24! - I hope they go for my idea of having one set in London and the idea of seeing how Jack copes with our laws. "No Mr Bauer, you most certainly can't have a gun, here have a taser instead - and no using it to torture people".
Vegas scrapped, though probably never going to be shown over here. Watched the first few episodes a while back. It was okay.
Body of Proof (or daughter of Quincy as I thought of it) - scrapped half way through season 3.
Southland. Again, don't think it had been shown here.
A lot of new shows ordered (and I mean a lot) but these are a few of that have either piqued my curiosity or made me think "ugh, no". Some have only had pilots ordered and may never make it to full production:
Marvel: Agents of Shield is in development and due to premiere on TV in December 2013. Could be interesting. A few people signed up who have appeared as SHIELD agents in the Iron Man/Thor/Avengers/Captain America movies. Not sure what they'll do about Nick Fury though as I doubt very much they'll get Samuel L to play the role on TV.
Almost Human: A show written or produced by JJ Abrams, starring Karl Urban (Dredd, Star Trek) - about cops who have android partners (buddy cop show - hopefully it's better than it sounds)
The Tomorrow People (yes for those of us old enough to remember it that Tomorrow People). America has decided to reprise the idea. Could be okay or it could turn into a horrible teen romance story as it's being made by the CW who do like the smoochy stuff (though they make Supernatural and Arrow too so they aren't all bad).
The Hundred: A post-apocalyptic drama about 100 juvenile delinquents that are released to the surface of a wildly changed Earth, with the survival of the human race entirely in their hands (also by the CW).
Believe (executive producer JJ Abrams): A drama that follows a gifted young girl and a man sprung from prison who has been tasked with protecting her from the evil elements that hunt her power (hmm, sounds a bit like Touch on the surface and that description) - but read on:
Levitation, telekinesis, the ability to control nature, even predict the future… Since she was two years old, Bo has had gifts she could neither fully understand, nor control. Raised by a small group known as the "True Believers," the orphaned girl has been safeguarded from harmful outsiders who would use her forces for personal gain. But now that she is 10, her powers have become stronger, and the threat has grown more dangerous. With her life and future now in jeopardy, the "Believers" turn to the only person they see fit to be her full-time protector. That is, once they break him out of jail. Tate, a wrongfully imprisoned death row inmate who's lost his will, is initially reluctant – until he witnesses one of her extraordinary abilities. Bo sees people for who they truly are… and who they may become. Tate and Bo begin their journey, one in which trust must be earned. Traveling from city to city, every place they stop and everyone they meet will be changed forever. But they’ll have to keep going to stay one step ahead of the sinister forces after Bo's power… because it will take a miracle to keep them safe forever. The powers of a young girl may hold the fate of our world in Believe (okay so not Touch but more like Carrie meets Firestarter).
I predict it will be a show that runs for one or two seasons and gets axed with no decent ending.
Chicago PD - a spin-off from Chicago Fire - might be good but, dammit, why can't they just bring back HSB if they want a decent cop show.
Crisis: An emotionally charged, action thriller. It's field trip day for the students of Ballard High School, a place that educates the children of Washington, DC's elite, top-of-their-industry CEOs, international diplomats, political power players and even the president's son. But when their bus is ambushed on a secluded rural road, the teenagers and their chaperones are taken, igniting a national crisis. Now with some of the country's most powerful parents at the mercy of one vengeful mastermind, the question arises: How far would you go and what would you become to ensure your child's safe return? With so many parents and dignitaries put into play with nowhere to turn and no one to trust, this unthinkable scenario grows from the select families at risk to an entire nation at stake.
The Blacklist: A drama about the world's most wanted criminal, who turns himself into the FBI and offers to give up everyone he has ever worked with in exchange for working with a newly minted agent whom he seemingly has no connection.
Mind Games: (Christian Slater is one of the main stars). Brothers who run an agency committed to solving clients' problems using the hard science of psychological manipulation. One is a former professor and a world-renowned expert in the field of human behavior. He has a checkered history due to bipolar disorder, which sometimes results in quirky, manic episodes. The older brother is a slick con man who spent time in prison. Each in their own way knows what makes people tick. - Sounds like a cross between the mentalist, lie to me and Rain Man.
Ironside: Yes really! The wheelchair bound 70's cop is back, only he's no longer a somewhat rotund white guy, but a skinny black guy.
Latest shows to have their renewal confirmed:
Grey's Anatomy renewed for S10
Castle renewed for S06
Revenge renewed for S03 (it's taking a long time to get revenge)
Once Upon a Time renewed for S03
Defiance renewed for S2
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A shame Touch has gone, I really enjoyed that. >:(
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Thanks Drags - have added a few of those to my watchlist.
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Have started to watch the second series of American Horror Story. Awesome. ;D
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Have started to watch the second series of American Horror Story. Awesome. ;D
Series 2 was a big disappointment. Hardly what I'd call a horror story. In fact, by the end I thought it was a pile of poop.
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Is it set in the same house as the first?
Quite enjoyed the first series (mainly for the (sometimes*) sexy maid, tbh) and I have the second series but I've not looked at it yet.
*it's the young redhead I like - not the old bird with one eye, before you say...
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Nope, it's set in a looney bin in the 60s. Am about two thirds of the way through now, and Ian McShane is in it. One of my favouriteaactors. Not very horrorish but is entertaining all the same.
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The main problem I have with it is the [spoiler]alien abduction[/spoiler] bollocks. Really can't understand why they included it tbh. A very bizarre decision. :-\
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and Ian McShane is in it.
The episode where he's Santa was one of the best. Very funny (well if you're a sick bastard like me it was funny lol).
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Another new show that could be one to watch is "Intelligence". About a man gifted and cursed with a top-secret experimental microchip implanted in his brain that makes him computer-like in the way he sees and processes information. Starring Josh Holloway (Sawyer from Lost).
Teaser trailer for SHIELD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pFZE3W1SF_Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pFZE3W1SF_Q)
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All the US networks seem to have had a huge clearout this time around. Hopefully it pays off and we get a few new quality shows to watch.
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Aw bugger...I thought we could use spoiler tags on these boards..? :-\ :-[ :-\
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Did I see Summer Glau in that trailer..? She's a right hornbat...although she does appear to be a bit of a weirdo going by the characters she plays in all these things lol.
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Did I see Summer Glau in that trailer..?
No, she's not in the cast list either.
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Aw that's a shame, she's bloomin gorgeous :(
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The episode of Big Bang Theory where she's on the same train as them was on again last Sunday.
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Have just started watching Utopia and really enjoying it so far. Am about halfway through the first episode and Wilson Wilson is excellent lololol ;D ;D ;D
Utopia..? I'm all topia lol :P (stolen from a mate of mine donkey's years ago when he went ages without sleep and was going through the euphoric stage of sleep deprivation lmfao) ;D ;D ;D
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somegreybloke.............Doctor Huh ? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tysla4oOigk&list=PLE94555E44F6A81F9)
If you have an account with You Tube I'd recommend subscribing to 'somegreybloke', I'm finding it very funny.
I'll put his You Tube Quiz clip in the appropriate thread .
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Fucking hell, I've been watching Gold Rush Alaska. You couldn't possibly find a bigger bunch of fuckwits on the fucking planet lololol ;D ;D ;D
They're all out of work and have basically sold everything they own to buy a claim from some dodgy fucker that says there's millions of dollars worth of gold in it to be mined, and the equipment to mine it. If there is millions of dollars in that claim why hasn't this dodgy fucker done it himself..? I can't see this ending well lol :o ;D
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I'm not normally a fan of reality telly but Gold Rush is excellent. Am on the third series now, you should really check it out.
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Have been watching the third series of Damages, not as good as the first two but still entertaining nonetheless. They did four series altogether, hopefully the fourth series is going to be on a par with the first two. ;D
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Am watching a series called Saving Grace, about a female cop that's a bit of a loon who has an Angel trying to save her soul. Not sure if I like it or not yet. Am on episode 7 of the first series and I think it's growing on me.
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Watched series 1&2 of the walking dead the last week or so. At this point I don't care what happens to them although the ninja seemed cool
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I would say season 3 of TWD was the weakest by far after two very strong seasons, so if you didn't think much of the first two I wouldn't bother with the third.
Just working through season 3 of Game of Thrones. I wish someone would wipe out the bloody Lannisters. Tyrion is the only likeable one!
New seasons of Suits and Luther next month! ;D
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Not Luther, that would be a new series :P ;D :P
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I would say season 3 of TWD was the weakest by far after two very strong seasons, so if you didn't think much of the first two I wouldn't bother with the third.
Disagree. I didn't care for season 2 of The Walking Dead, and much preferred season 3. The location was better, the new characters were great (Michone is my favourite character in the program) and the most annoying characters "left". What more could you want from a program! :D
That said - I'd agree that if you didn't like the program after watching the first two series of it then it's probably best to just give up on it.
Really looking forward to Luther returning to the Beeb next month. In fact, I might go dig out the first two series and watch them again. Great TV - and it won't take long to rewatch since there ain't many episodes each series.
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Not Luther, that would be a new series :P ;D :P
Tom-ah-toe/tom-ay-toe. :P
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RIP James Gandolfini.
Have been meaning to rewatch The Sopranos for a while now.
Fantastic program, largely thanks to his performances in it. Will definitely rewatch them soon.
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Shit, awful news :o :'(
Sopranos was absolutely fantastic, and a great actor.
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Jesus Christ, is anyone watching the man with the 10 stone testicles? am making my gf watch it in hd, lol, we're both finding it disturbingly fascinating :-\
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lol - that was on when I switched over to tv for a short while last night (in between watching Sopranos episodes from s1 on the media player).
I know what you mean. I wanted to turn it over and I wanted to avert my eyes from the screen, but it wasn't easy!
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Jesus Christ, is anyone watching the man with the 10 stone testicles? am making my gf watch it in hd, lol, we're both finding it disturbingly fascinating :-\
Check out the follow up coming next week on Channel 4,' The Woman With The 12-stone Fanny'. It’s a programme about Nigella Lawson’s hubby.
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Lol, am watching the 9th series of Tales of The Unexpected...back in the days when £20,000 was a shitload of money. You could buy a fucking house for that :o :o :o ;D
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Don't know if anyone watched it last night but I watched Nick and Margaret: We All Pay Your Benefits (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b036yrm8/Nick_and_Margaret_We_All_Pay_Your_Benefits_Episode_1/).. quite interesting.. personally I thought everyone on it was just a sponger and felt sorry for none of them.. lol.. *cough* harv :P
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Have been watching a programme called Breakout Kings and it's excellent, shame it only ran for 2 series before they canned it.
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Don't know if anyone watched it last night but I watched Nick and Margaret: We All Pay Your Benefits (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b036yrm8/Nick_and_Margaret_We_All_Pay_Your_Benefits_Episode_1/).. quite interesting.. personally I thought everyone on it was just a sponger and felt sorry for none of them.. lol.. *cough* harv :P
did you catch it last night when the roles were reversed? old luther
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Have just started watching Life on Netflix and it's great. About a cop (played by the guy that's the sleeper terrorist in Homeland) who gets life imprisonment for murders he didn't do and is released 12 years later when they realise he didn't do it. Since being incarcerated he's got a Zen outlook on life. It's excellent ;D
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Must get around to finishing that. I watched the first series and about three eps of s2. They only did two series so I should really finish it off...
Can't remember why I stopped watching. Might've been the annoying lisps.
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Wow. I downloaded a dramamentary from 1984 called Threads about what would happen if a nuclear attack hits the UK and it's pretty disturbing so far :o Very well made, this sort of thing should be shown in schools.
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Have been watching a programme called Breakout Kings and it's excellent, shame it only ran for 2 series before they canned it.
I really enjoyed Breakout Kings. The episode with T-bag from Prison Break was excellent. Serinda Swan is pretty damn hot too (she's in a new show called Graceland I think, have not watched any of it yet). Shame it got canned.
Have just started watching Life on Netflix and it's great. About a cop (played by the guy that's the sleeper terrorist in Homeland) who gets life imprisonment for murders he didn't do and is released 12 years later when they realise he didn't do it. Since being incarcerated he's got a Zen outlook on life. It's excellent ;D
I was lauding this show when it first aired. I even wrote to ITV to tell them to get it. They did (though I doubt it was on my say so lol) and stuck it on ITV2 at stupid o'clock. Bought both series on DVD.
At least they gave it an ending of sorts when they new it was being axed, even though there were a few threads and loose ends not tied up. I liked the fact they didn't try to explain everything, like when he took the battery out of his phone, no need to tell the viewers that it was so it couldn't be tracked through GPS. Some very funny moments in it too. One of my all time favourite cop shows.
Watched the first few episodes of Ray Donovan, not bad so far. Final season of Dexter has started okay. Falling Skies still pretty good, I think it has been renwed for season 4.
Under the Dome is worth a watch. 13 part mini-series based on the Stephem King book of the same title. King himself is involved in the show. They have re-wrtitten parts of it (including amalgamating a few of the charactrs), extended the time frame of the story and altered the ending apparently, but he has okayed it as it worked better for TV. So, even having read the book, I'm not sure what the ending will be. I was actually a bit disappointed with the ending in the book, so I'm hoping this will be better.
Speaking of Stephen King, the sequel (book) of the Shining is released later this year.
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Those of you with Netflix might want to check out the Secrets Of The Dead series if you like historical documentaries. Watched the Churchill one and it was great. Over a thousand dead Froggie seamen because of one arrogant Froggie naval officer with absolutely no common sense. Unbelievable. :o
Wonder how things would have turned out if the French had given us their Navy to use and the Yanks didn't join the War when they did..? The Krauts might have beaten us to the nuclear weapon without the Yanks and that doesn't bear thinking about. :-\
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Decided to start watching The X-Files again, one of my favourite programmes...even though they went Super Soldier on us like so many writers did around that time when they started to run out of ideas lol ;D
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I lost the X files at about season 5 and rejoined at the end. May well be worth another look. Just downloaded the new arrested development so looking forwards to giving that a look.
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Hey drags...Beverley Hills Buntz is now available on TV Vault! 8)
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Awesome, cheers Harv. Been looking for that for ages.
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No probs mate ;D
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Bah!!! >:(
Thebox.biz, the best torrent site for UK telly, is ending its run on 1st September. :'(
A bloody shame :(
Am watching the third series of Burn Notice at the mo. Can't decide whether Fi is shaggable or not. :-\
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Am now watching 4400 on UK Netflix, no idea why it isn't on the US one though. I really enjoyed it the first time around. 8)
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Hey drags...Beverley Hills Buntz is now available on TV Vault! 8)
Farkers. Turns out they cancelled my membership through lack of activity. I had a damn good ration too. >:(
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Have you tried registering again..?
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Have been watching episodes of My Name Is Earl here and there, accidentally caught an episode of it when I got back from work early at around 2 or 3am years ago and have been meaning to watch the series for ages. It's really funny ;D ;D ;D
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It's a great program - but started running out of ideas after a few series. Was sad to see it cancelled but it had to happen.
Worth watching just for Catalina, tbh.
(http://i.minus.com/i94RxcwtKwoyL.gif)
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Just watched that episode a few nights ago lol ;D
Joy has got a great bod too ;D
Saw the Cops episode last night, best one so far. Am on the second series now.
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It really gets on my tits when writers don't do adequate research. Am watching a BBC drama called State Of Play on LoveFilm and they've shown press photographers taking pictures of an MP talking to a dead woman's Dad in his house through a window. This wouldn't happen, the press can't print that sort of photo due to privacy laws. Bloody idiots >:(
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I ain't an expert, but just because the press aren't allowed to publish something doesn't mean they won't publish it; and it certainly won't stop photographers from taking photographs - they'll take photos even if they know their employers can't publish them.
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I know it for a fact that they wouldn't, I used to work in the industry, remember? An editor wouldn't risk going to prison 'even for a photo of Maggie Thatcher fucking Tony Blair up the arse with a strapon', to quote my boss at the time lol. ;D
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:o
I stand corrected.
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And that boss was female too, she was a right laugh lol ;D
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Can't remember if I mentioned it before but I've been watching Castle, a series about an author of macabre murder novels that joins a New York murder team to research a new series of books based on the lead detective. Really funny in places and the chemistry between the two lead characters is great. Definitely worth checking out but it's only on the UK Netflix and not the US one which is odd.
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Am about halfway through Elementary and really like it so far. ;D
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Have you tried registering again..?
Yep, can't.
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Dexter Season 8:
Shame Dexter is over with. Not sure I'm disappointed with how they ended it or not. Love the show though and the cast was great.
Sons of Anarchy Season 6.
Has started really strongly. Thouroughly enjoying it so far.
Homeland Season 3
Started off quite well, interesting to see where this goes.
Under the Dome.
Renewed for a second season after the initial 13 episode first season. Worth a watch if you haven't been already. Some pretty major differences to King's book.
Walking Dead
- is apparently getting a spin off series, the idea being that the main characters are not the only survivors struggling on a daily basis, giving fans of the comic book something which they don't really know how it ends or what is supposed to happen next.
24:
Day 9 will be made over 12 episodes and set in London. Which is something I said they should do ages ago. It could be be really interesting, seeing how Jack copes with Britain's s gun laws and our namby pamby legal system.
"sorry Jack, you're under arrest, you can't just go around torturing terrorists you know, it's just not on"
"But they have a nuclear bomb, they're going to blow up London"
"that's all well and good old bean, but you should have asked them nicely to tell you where it is"
Either way, it will be good to have Jack Bauer back.
. Either way, it will
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
A good start, very watchable, plenty of action, plenty of humour. Great cameo at the end of Episode 2.
This site might be useful for some if they don't already know about it:
http://stream-tv.me/
Though if you want unlimited access, it's not free, but useful if you've missed the odd episode of something here and there.
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Have you tried registering again..?
Yep, can't.
What does it say when you try? Something about no new members being accepted, try again later..? I've got a couple of invites handy if you want to PM me an email address.
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Yep, something like that. Will do. Cheers Harv. Shame about my ratio though :-(
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Easy to get that ratio back though, there's always loads of freeleech stuff available on there. ;D
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You haven't PMed me your email address yet drags!
Have just started watching a series with Kevin Bacon (who's looking very old these days!) called The Following. It's about a serial killer obsessed with Poe. Brilliant so far and the second series is starting in January.
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Have been watching the second series of Chuck, really funny in places ;D
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Season 4 of the Walking Dead has been excellent. Mid season finale was superb (in my opinion).
Sons of Anarchy has been enjoyable, if a little bit silly.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Still seems to lack a little something and I think there's a very good chance it will get axed, although a lead in to the next Avengers movie might save it. Worth watching for Chloe Bennet though.
Supernatural: Still going strong, great mix of humour and action/supernatural stuff. Very likely to be renewd for a 10th series, which is amazing considering how close it was to being axed after the 5th series.
Almost Human: Watched the first 3 epidoses now. Love it. Great humour and rapport between Karl Urban and the actor (can't think of his name) playing his Android partner Dorian.
Home land has really jumped up a notch in the past couple of weeks, Brody is finally back. Building to an interesting Finale. I do wonder how many more series they can eek out of the story though. It has been renewed for a 4th. I just hope it doesn't get silly like Prison Break did by trying to drag out the same story.
The Tomorrow People: Has been panned by some critics, but I actually like it.
Arrow: Still enjoying it. Development of the characters seems to have stalled a little bit though and I can't decide if I think the stuff with the Island is getting a bit silly.
It will be interesting to see the new Marvel shows being lined up for Netflix. Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones (a strange choice) and Daredevil. Hopefully being on Netflix means they'll make them a bit harder hitting, especially Daredevil and I hope they do Daredevil in the Frank Miller mould.
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I used to love Daredevil when I was a kid (no prizes for guessing why lol). ;D
Am watching the second series of Continuum at the moment and really enjoying it. Anything to do with time travel always gets a thumbs up from me. Would be bloody great having a time machine :o 8)
They're filming the third series now and it's on in March next year, can't wait!!! 8)
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Now watching the 5th series of Damages and have to say that Glenn Close's character Patty Hayes has to be my favourite character I've seen in years. She's probably the most conniving, manipulative bitch I've ever seen on television :o
Brilliant stuff! ;D
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Final episode of season 3 of Homeland.
Well I won't post any spoilers as it doesn't air in the UK until this Sunday, but let's just say it seems pretty final and neatly wraps everything up. It has been renewed for a 4th season, but it's hard to see where they go with it, as it would mean a completely new story arc, which may dent its popularity as people have become invested in the characters, though I can how they could possibly get around certain things to include certain people in the 4th season.
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Will have to download that now that series 3 has finished, I loved the first two.
Those of you that liked that series might want to check out Sleeper Cell which is also good. ;D
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Loved series 1 of Homeland, but found the second a bit stale. I think it was pretty clear that series 2 was just paving the way for series 3.
I'm 3 or 4 episodes into s3 now and it's certainly better than s2 - but isn't a patch on the first series.
Started watching Agents of SHIELD a few days back. It's okay, but I've reached that stage where I'm now playing games or browsing the interweb and focussing less on what's happening on the telly. Will carry on watching for now, as our lass quite enjoys it, but I could happily live without it.
Watched the first episode of Psycho. Meh. I can take it or leave it. Seems to be more for the kids.
Couldn't get into Arrow. Gave up after two or three episodes.
Under The Dome was okay - has potential, despite some of the characters being incredibly annoying.
Quite enjoyed the first series of Ray Donovan. Looking forward to the second series of that.
Most of the way through s1 of Orange is the new Black. mediocre scripting and acting but fairly sexy lead character and lots of lesbianism. What's not to like?!
Started watching NCIS Los Angeles from s1 recently. I'd watched the first 2 series a few years back. It's not the most engrossing of TV, the acting and scripts aren't the best (and the main bird's eye (http://cdn-images.9cloud.us/919/daniela_ruahs_eyes_the_actress_from_974722703.jpg) has a very distracting and disconcerting birthmark mark on it) but if you want to zone out in front of action scenes, pretty people, and glorious climes it's a winner.
Have downloaded the first half of The Walking Dead s4. I intended waiting until the series finished, but I just can't do it.
Rewatched the first 2 series of Sherlock recently. Series 3 starts on New Year's Day. (Only three episodes, as was the case with the previous two series.)
Gave up on The Returned (Les Revenants) after a couple of episodes.
I should watch Breaking Bad, really. I watched series one (and maybe s2?) back when they were first broadcast, and enjoyed them, but our lass isn't keen. I've downloaded all eps, though, ready to watch...
Bored with recent tv, so I'm now toying with rewatching Heroes and Buffy - although it's not all that long since I last watched them, and revelling in rewatching mediocre tv from yesterday whilst eschewing mediocre tv from current times is a bit Harv.
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Walking Dead has been very good late. Mid season finale was a cracking epiisode.
Almost Human has been quite enjoyable so far, some might not like it but Karl Urban is very good and he and the guy playing the Android, Michael Ealy (who reminds me so much of one of my best friends it's uncanny) are building up a really good rapport. It also has Minka Kelly in it, and she;s not displeasing on the eye. Some very funny moments amongst some good action. The sci-fi is very much secondary to the fact it's a buddy buddy cop show, albeit set in the future, Lethal Weapon meets Robocop.
Sons of Anarchy season six finished on a high (depending on how you look at it).
Can't believe the Beeb axed Ripper Street. Personally thoroughly enjoyed that show.
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Just watched the last episode of series 8 of Dexter. Not happy with the way it ended >:( :'(
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Yeah, they clearly wanted to leave the possibility of bringing the show back. Overall, I'm a big fan of Dexter. We cou,d do with a few real life Dexter's ;D
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Yeah, they clearly wanted to leave the possibility of bringing the show back. Overall, I'm a big fan of Dexter. We cou,d do with a few real life Dexter's ;D
Don't give me ideas... :P ;D :o
Plus I won't be interested in watching now that a certain female character has gone :'(
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Dexter - Easily one of the worst endings ever.
The Walking Dead Season 4 has been an improvement on the disappointing Season 3 so far.
Season 3 of Homeland was a slow burner and I think that has to be it now. The story has reached its conclusion. I love Carrie but I feel the show really missed Brody this season and won't survive long without him if he doesn't return somehow.
Not much on at the moment that I'm into, so I've been working through my boxset of The Wire. Love the scene from Season 1 where they manage to examine an entire crime scene and reveal its story using the word "fuck". ;D ;D
Can't wait for Suits, Hannibal, TWD and Game of Thrones to return in 2014!
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Don't give me ideas... :P ;D :o
I've alsways said that if I get a terminal illness, there will be a lot of people who find themselves in the grave before me. I have a list prepared ...
... though I'd get a few scumbags as well.
Plus I won't be interested in watching now that a certain female character has gone :'(
Deb? Nah, she was entertaining, but not hot.
Or are you talking about Charlotte Rampling, we know you like a granny. :P
Season 3 of Homeland was a slow burner and I think that has to be it now. The story has reached its conclusion. I love Carrie but I feel the show really missed Brody this season and won't survive long without him if he doesn't return somehow.
I agree entirely but it had already been renewed for season 4 halfway through season 3. They did leave the Brody situation hanging (pun definitely intended). Normally they'd leave the body hanging there for a few days for the crowd to gawp at. What the producers did was cut away from the death scene, we don't see Brody's body after that.
They have definitely left it open for Brody to be ressurected should they need to. They didn't tie the noose to break the neck, as would be the case for a humane (as humane as hanging gets) execution, but left him to strangle to death. Common practice in the past if an executioner didn't like the person being hanged, no quick death with a broken neck.
The writers will simply have it that he was cut down immediately after the hanging and revived.
I don't think they should, the show has reached its natural conclusion. But that's the trouble with American TV, trigger happy when killing off shows early, but then when they proove to be successful they will flog a dead horse until everybody becomes sick of it and they make the show stupid (i.e Prison Break).
Finally got round to watching the first episode of the Blacklist. Promising.
I;ve also started watching Spartacus again from the beginning. Love that show.
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Homeland s3 was definitely a lot better than s2 for me, but I still think it would've been better if they'd done only one series. Like they should've done with Prison Break. And Lost. And possibly Heroes. (No, that last is wrong. They were right to try to continue Heroes - they just did a bad job.)
Enjoyed the first half of Walking Dead s4.
Didn't like the ending of Dexter, but it's not the worst ending US telly has forced on us. It certainly beats Lost, Sopranos, and Quantum Leap, off the top of my head.
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Yup, was talking about Deb. Don't know why but there's something about her that floats my boat. Probably cos she swears as much as I do lol ;D
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Didn't like the ending of Dexter, but it's not the worst ending US telly has forced on us. It certainly beats Lost, Sopranos, and Quantum Leap, off the top of my head.
Six seasons down the drain with the cop out ending of Lost. I had a much better idea they could have used, which would have needed to thread througout the series.
I still have not seen the final episode of Quantum Leap. I'm now thinking maybe I shouldn't. I have every episode somewhere on disk.
... and yeah, Sopranos.
Endings I quite liked. Cheers. Final episode finishes with Sam turning a customer away and saying "we're closed". One of the best comedy shows ever.
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Just downloaded Greatest American Hero, awesome series. 8)
Used to watch it on Saturday mornings with my Dad in the 80s and we both used to love it. Forgot that they changed the name of the lead character partway through the series after Hinckley tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan lol ;D ;D ;D
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Fucking hell, I've been watching episodes of Hawaii Five-O every now and then and have just seen someone that's a spitting image of the guy that's Walter's brother-in-law from Breaking Bad! Can't be him though, surely..? That was 46 years ago!!! Going to have to check this out on imdb.com because he's either got a doppelganger or has hardly aged a day in nearly 50 years...could be proof of aliens at work :o :o :o
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Nope, it's not him...the earth is safe - for now :o ;D ;D ;D
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Have started watching the US version of Being Human, only 3 series so far but the 4th is currently being aired over there. Much better than the UK version for one simple reason - the fucking werewolf in the UK version never stops whining and has a real fucking annoying voice when he does so. If I had a gun I'd track the actor down and fucking shoot him.
Have missed the last 2 series of the UK version for that reason.
And the ghost in both are equally hot too which is a bonus. ;D
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Wow, the US version is soooooo much better than the UK one. The werewolf and a better looking girlfriend for him in the US version makes all the difference. The UK werewolf has such an annoying whiney voice and screams like a girl when changing. No whiney voice and screams like a bloke in the US version plus his girlfriend is much fitter.
Great stuff! 8)
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Have been continuing my watching of old series of The Bill. Am on series 9 at the moment. A fantastic programme back in the day, although it did go downhill when they changed it from being a drama series format to more of a soap sort of format, it became less about nicking villains and more about who's shagging who. That was around the 2000s if I remember correctly, am still in the 90s at the moment.
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Am continuing my trip back to the 90s with Casualty. Am on series 6 from 1993. Difficult to believe this was 21 years ago. Missed a lot of telly in the 90s due to spending 12 years or so drunk :-[ so it's good to catch up with stuff I missed due to my drink problem.
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Really looking forward to the new 3 part series of Jonathan Creek that should be airing later this month.. bit of a Creek Geek here ;D 8) Trying to find the actual air date, but nothing given yet.
Also a new Only Fools sketch on 21st March for Sport Relief.. been working my way through the whole set for the last month now building up to it.. up to the end of series 7 at the moment.. think there was only 1 special that I had never seen before... it truly is the best sitcom ever made.
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Anyone looking for a new show to watch should check out True Detective... Kind of a noir murder mystery series. Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey are brilliant as the two lead detectives. 4 episodes have already aired in the States and it begins on Sky Atlantic on Feb 22nd.
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Am continuing watching The Bill, on series 10 now, and have just seen a pub I used to drink in every now and then. The Salisbury on Green Lanes, used to live in a flat a couple of doors down. ;D
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The funniest thing about watching these programmes from 20 years ago are the size of the mobile phones lol. And the difference in wages too are quite frightening. I'm now watching Casualty from 1994 and a top bod in the casualty department has just left to work in the tobacco industry for 25K per year. 'Twas a ridiculous amount of money back then but bugger all money to be earning these days. :o
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So spaketh the dolewaller.
I earn significantly less than £25k.
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Well 'bugger all' was an exaggeration, it's probably near the average salary these days, my point was that watching these programmes is an eye opener with regards to how different economics are these days. A character in Casualty was gobsmacked that this bloke would be earning that much, 25K back then was probably the equivalent of 75K or maybe even more these days.
It's the same with watching any old film or telly episodes with regards to robberies, even as much as a million quid these days wouldn't get blaggers that far lol ;D ;D ;D
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And I forgot about computers lol. Someone is searching a hard drive back in 95, "This might take some time, he's got a 1GB drive here!" lmfao ;D ;D ;D
Back then that was a fucking HUUUUUGE hard drive lol, biggest you could get and they cost a fucking bomb lololol :o ;D
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Good to see criminals turning their lives around. Apparently Luther used to be a criminal in 1995, although you would have thought that the police would do a CRO check before employing people :o ;D
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Am now watching series 3 of Game Of Thrones and this series gets better and better...although there isn't quite as much boobage so far as there was in the first two...but I'm only a few episodes in so I'm sure that will get sorted sooner rather than later lol ;D
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Ugh!!! :o
Am re-watching series 2 of Falling Skies now, forgot about the part where they took the parasite thingy out of Tom's eye. Where's a puking emoticon when you want one lol
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Awesome! Series 2 of Orange Is The New Black is starting in 6 weeks time! Nice ;D 8)
Some of these Netflix Original series are pretty good, but I'd love them to bring back telly series that have been canned in the past. Just imagine if they brought back Firefly, that would be a licence to print money. :o
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Am re-watching the latest Battlestar Galactica, forgot how good it was and how much of a Hornbat Number 6 is. I'd certainly betray the human race for a bit of rumpy pumpy with that lol ;D :P :-* :-* :-*
I don't normally go for blondes either cos I love women with big brown eyes but there's something about her that says 'Hubba! Hubba! Hubba!'. ;D ;D ;D
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Fox have axed Almost Human. Damned annoying, it had better ratings than the Following, which was its lead in, but they still axed it. The rapport between Michael Ealy and Karl Urban as the two main characters was superb.
Ah well, 24 is back very very soon.
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Meanwhile they just can't stop coming up with yet more reality shows and trying to come up with the stupidest ideas for them they can.
I give you "Singing in the Rainforest". Yes seriously.
http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-42045
They can't keep decent scripted shows alive either side of the Atlantic, but they just keep churning out shit like this. Unfuckingbelievable.
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Fox have axed Almost Human. Damned annoying, it had better ratings than the Following, which was its lead in, but they still axed it. The rapport between Michael Ealy and Karl Urban as the two main characters was superb.
Ah well, 24 is back very very soon.
This is the sort of thing that Netflix should be jumping on imo. An axed programme with decent ratings would be ideal for them to pick up. There are plenty of series like that around - Almost Human, Caprica, Alphas, Firefly...the list goes on and on.
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Fox have axed Almost Human. Damned annoying, it had better ratings than the Following, which was its lead in, but they still axed it. The rapport between Michael Ealy and Karl Urban as the two main characters was superb.
Ah well, 24 is back very very soon.
This is the sort of thing that Netflix should be jumping on imo. An axed programme with decent ratings would be ideal for them to pick up. There are plenty of series like that around - Almost Human, Caprica, Alphas, Firefly...the list goes on and on.
Yep, and as they effectively like a cable channel, their ratings requirements aren't as high. The 4 new Marvel series they have in the pipeline will draw in a lot of extra subscribers too.
The only problem I could see is where a show like Almost HUman has a fairly big name in the lead (Karl Urban) it might exceed their budget and the star might not want to drop his salary if he can get work elsewhere.
I hope Netflix pick up the Tomorrow People if it gets axed. I've enjoyed it.
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Ooh! Summer Glau is in Arrow series 2!!! ;D ;D ;D :-* :-* :-*
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She'd better turn out to be a villain and dress in tight leather otherwise I will not be happy :o :P
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No leather gear for Summer yet, and am about halfway through. >:(
Not sure what the casting people were thinking about, am pretty sure that the actress playing Sara has changed from the first series cos she's a bit of a moose imo. :-\ I think it's her dodgy chin that does it.
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Same actress playing her, but that chin, not good.
Felicity Smoke however, pwhooor.
As for Summer Glau. She looks alomost anorexic in Arrow. Used to think she was hot but not so much in Arrow.
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I just don't remember her having that awful chin before. But I guess we didn't see that much of her in the first series.
Summer Glau could do with a bit more weight on her...
*Pats belly*
...about ten and a half stone should do it :P :-*
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Have now been watching Judge John Deed with Martin Shaw, he hasn't aged too badly since The Professionals. Quite a good programme, have really been enjoying it. A bit ridiculous that he gets away with so much but it's all good fun lol ;D
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Didn't like the ending of Dexter, but it's not the worst ending US telly has forced on us. It certainly beats Lost, Sopranos, and Quantum Leap, off the top of my head.
I still have not seen the final episode of Quantum Leap. I'm now thinking maybe I shouldn't. I have every episode somewhere on disk.
I downloaded and started watching Quantum Leap at the start of the year (after this post) - it's always been a show I wanted to watch again - I saw most of series 2 and 3 growing up but never finished watching them... was always curious what the last episode was going to be..
Well it's taken this long to get to the final episode.. I sat in bed watching it last night.. and to be fair I fell asleep half way through it lol... so I'll have to rewatch it later in the week.. but I can already tell its not the ending the show deserves...the last series in general is probably the weakest one of the lot (why the fuck did they change the title music!!) .. there was only a few good leaps in the last series.
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Yeah, it's a program I'd like to rewatch at some point. Transferred the first couple of series of it to the front room HDD about a year ago, but there's always something else I'm watching.
The fact it dips in quality and then gets its incredibly weak finale also discourages me a little - but all in all it was a great show.
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One of my favourite programmes, a real shame that it ended so badly. It's one of those series I can watch again and again though despite the last series.
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Am halfway through watching The 100. I wish people would do their research before making their programmes. 800 people isn't enough to continue the human race without in-breeding and creating great banjo players. Can't remember the exact amount of people you would need now, it's either 1000 or 3000 survivors to ensure a safe gene pool. :o
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Watched most of the first episode of that, but gave up.
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The first episode was a bit pants but I always watch a few episodes before giving up on a series because sometimes (as with this case) the series gets better after a ropey pilot.
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I quite enjoyed it (and a couple of the females are quite hot lol).
With regard to the inbreeding thing Harv, there's actually no definitive answer. Even with a population size of 3000, some alleles are likely to be lost from the human species, some may be important, some may not. It's the founder effect:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founder_effect
With larger populations, there is a decreased chance of a common ancestor 10 generations or so down the line.
However, that's not strictly true either if members of the population are carefully selected. If you take 200 people with very different backgrounds, from different areas, there's a good chance you are likely to get far more genetic diversity than if you take 2000 people from the same town. Which is how captive breeding programmes work by taking individuals with know lineage from different zoos or wild populations and breeding them together.
The numbers idea you're taling about is something akin to minimum viable population (MVP) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_population and it's not as simple as just numbers. It's possible for a small number to create a viable population in the long term.
After all, we all came from Adam and Eve didn't we? (cough, ahem, bullshit). Seriously though, even without the bible stories, the human race itself would have had to have started with a relatively small sample, it's why we have so much of our DNA that is very similar and share a high percentage of our DNA with other species (and even plants).
http://hihg.med.miami.edu/about-us/what-is-genetics
Genetics and evolutionary biology are very important where conservation is concerned.
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Can't remember what book or series I got that from now. It was either Day Of The Triffids or Survivors...pretty sure it was the former.
I wish someone would do a Day Of The Triffids video game, it would be awesome. ;D
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Am watching series 3 of Boon. Loved that programme, three of my favourite actors in it. ;D
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Now watching Rumpole Of The Bailey, a great series. Has got a very young Patricia Hodge too which is an added bonus. :-*
There was some amazing programmes in the 70s both here and in the States. Really pisses me off that so much time and money is wasted these last 10 years or so on reality TV bollocks. >:( :'(
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Am now watching series 4 of True Blood, love this programme 8)
Sookie Stackhouse looked miles better before her boob job though imo. >:(
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Just realised that series 2 of Under The Dome has almost finished so have started watching series 1 again just to catch up. The main problem I have with it is the ex-army bloke being clueless about filtering the methane from the lake. All you need is several layers of sand and charcoal to sort that out, and with his training he should have been well aware of that. Bad research really annoys me >:(
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Read the book Harv, very different.
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Don't like King's books, I much prefer the films and telly series based on them. I just don't find his writing style to be readable enough for some reason. :-\
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Seriously, the films and tv series aren't a patch becaue of King's characterisation.
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Have now started to watch The Blacklist and really like it so far. Red is excellent lol
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Anyone started watching Gotham yet..? Is it any good..?
Still watching Blacklist, I can see this being my favourite programme for quite a while. 8)
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Gotham has been excellent so far. Thoroughly enjoying it. Penguin is very well cast.
The FLash has been so so, has potential, but not as good as Arrow.
Not watched Stalker yet, but that is supposed to be very good.
Final series of Sons of Anarchy has been excellent so far, brutal, absolutely brutal. Love that show.
Latest series of Walking Dead has been great. New series of Haven has started well.
Homeland has started quite well, as has Agents of Shield.
Not started on the second series of the 100 yet. Enjoyed the first though.
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I realised a while back that I never got around to watching the last series of Fringe so am watching them all again from the beginning. Forgot how funny Walter was when he came out of the Looney Bin. Brilliant, that must have been such a fun part for the actor to play, especially at the beginning lol ;D ;D ;D
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Am also continuing to watch The Mentalist, just finishing series 4 at the moment. I think I worked out who Red John is during series 2, going to be interesting to see if I'm right. I think they get him in series 6. 8)
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Was obvious right from the start that Patrick Jane is Red John... :P
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:o ;D ;D ;D
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They accused him of being one of his disciples a few episodes ago lol ;D
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Ooh!!! The bloke I started to think was Red John is in Patrick Jane's list of 7 final possibilities. I think I'm right about it too, and I guessed it sometime during the 2nd series.
I should join the police force and work in CID lol. Have always been good at working out whodunits 8)
Just finished series 5, am tempted to go straight onto series 6 now just to see if I'm right. :P
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Wanna have a wager on it, Detective Harv?
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Nope, but plenty of people would have been surprised by his appearance in the final 7 suspects. It's the weirdo CSI bloke.
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In that case I definitely want to make a bet of it... :p
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Aw :( ;D
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Or maybe I'm just jealous you worked it out and I didn't, so my comment was to troll you...
I'm giving no hints. I wouldn't spoil it for you :p
But as I was watching it I got the distinct impression, as is often the case, that the program is geared toward making you think it's any one of several people, and the writers didn't know who Red John was until it was time to reveal it. They could've picked pretty much any one of the people on Jane's list - and I wouldn't be surprised to hear early drafts had each of them as the killer before they settled on the one they did.
In such scenarios there's no point trying to guess who the killer is - as it's effectively pot luck and any suspect is as valid as the others. Tis human nature that we try to work it out, though, of course.
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I just thought that bloke was a dodgy fucker the first time I saw him during the first series lol. It would make more sense to have it as him because he appears once or twice every series, and has the front of appearing to be a bit of a Muppet, but not appearing so often that the average person is going to be surprised by him being Red John.
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Aw bollocks, looks like I was wrong lol :-[ ;D
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Not too impressed with series 6 so far. Would have been better off with him killing Red John and getting locked up imo. The programme has taken a major step downwards since he started working for the FBI. :(
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(http://www.teefury.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/800x/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/b/-/b-mco-another-crow-on-the-wall.png)
Wasn't too sure whether to post my latest t-shirt I've ordered from Tee-Fury in this section or the Music section lol. I bought the Pink Floyd t-shirt that this is based on in Canterbury in 1988 8) ;D
Very clever design! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Am now watching The Gentle Touch with Jill Gascoigne she was a right Hornbat in the 80s, probably looks like a wrinkly old prune nowadays though lol ;D ;D ;D
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Look out for Backstrom. Very amusing so far.
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Fucking hell, have just seen an advert for Daredevil, coming to Netflix. Fanfuckingtastic!!!!
One of my favourite superheroes!!! 8)
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Thought I'd watch Prison Break for the second time. Can't believe it's been 10 years since it first started :o
He's just lost his toes again, love it! ;D
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Have just started watching the third series of Suspects, a cop show on Channel 5 and it's excellent. It solves the biggest problem I have with cop shows - you hardly ever have the Old Bill swearing. In Suspects there's effing and blinding all over the place. Much more realistic. 8)
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Have been watching 2 Netflix Original series, Daredevil and Better Call Saul. Both are excellent. Daredevil seems close to the comic books as far as I remember and the fight scenes are fantastic, some great stunt work that's aided by a little CGI here and there by the looks of it.
Better Call Saul is excellent, it's basically how Jimmy McGill became Saul Goodman. It also has the guy from Breaking Bad that's the hired muscle that did the drug and cash runs in Breaking Bad, forgotten his name now. Guy with gray hair and a beard. Turns out that before he worked for the druglord at Pollo Chicken he used to work in the payment desk in the court's car park. ;D
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Daredevil has drawn heavily on the comic books and is pretty faithful to some of the writers visions of the character. Quite dark. I have every issue of Daredevil up until around 2003 when I stopped collecting comic books.
If Netflix do as good a job with the other shows, AKA Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist, plus the show with all four of them in (including Daredevil) the Defenders, I'll be happy. Although I would have loved to have seen the original Defenders (Doc Strange, Silver Surfer, Hulk and Sub-Mariner) and the Avengers/Defenders war. Though there's still a possibility.
Ant Man movie later this year, trailers actually look quite good.
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All of the Netflix Original shows have been the dog's bollocks so far. Orange Is The New Black has also been great, the third series of that is coming up soon.
They're certainly not afraid of throwing money at these things, they always have big name actors and actresses in them plus big budgets for special effects. I'm still hoping that they're going to bring Almost Human back from the dead as well as some other SyFy series that got the chop.
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Get Showbox on Android. I do have Netflix but Showbox (apart from being free) has the stuff that Netflix doesn't have as well.
If you have a tablet and can plug it into your TV through HDMI, well worth doing.
Also XBMC. Some of the addons are great for footy, streaming matches in full HD with no stuttering. Watched the Arse vs Chelsea game in 1080p on Sunday.
I installed it on my PC but you can also get it for Android and other devices as well.
http://kodi.tv/
http://kodi.tv/download/
The vdubt25 addon us what I used for the footy.
Instructions:
https://seo-michael.co.uk/how-to-install-vdubt25-add-on-kodi-xbmc/
Enjoy.
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I got an android media player a couple of months back. Results have been mixed.
I have got Showbox installed on it, but haven't used it much (have used it on my tablet, a fair few times over the last couple of years though). Instead I'm mainly using Kodi (xbmc).
When binge-watching tv series it's spot on about 80-90% of the time. The rest of the time I'm frustrated with buffering and "stream not found". Beats the old days of downloading stuff on the computer, bunging it on a portable hard drive, plugging that into the old media player under the telly. Those shows were almost always spot on in terms of quality etc. but I'm happy to put up with the occasional bad stream if it means I just surf to it on the tv with my programmable tv remote ;)
It's rarely any good for me when watching live streaming, though. I've tried to watch about 6 footy matches in the last month or two, and have only actually watched one of them. It was very poor picture but better than nothing. The other times I'd get about 5 seconds before the stream would die.
Lately I don't even bother trying - I tend to just go watch it on the pc instead.
Not sure where I'm going wrong, tbh, but I'll have a look at that vdubt25 add-on - thanks Drags.
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Nice one drags, I've got a tablet with HDMI output.. so wouldn't mind giving that a go for the footy.. most of the streams I use on the pc are shite... will check it out tonight for t'game ;D
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I very rarely have problems with streams these days for the footy. And I have an HDMI port on my GPU too so I just plug my PC straight into my telly, great to see matches on my 50" ISIS telly...needless to say Tesco changed the name of their cheapo tellies a bit sharpish lololol :o ;D
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Late, after installing it on Sunday, I watched the Arsenal Chelsea game with no problems whatsoever. The NBCSN coverage. It was easy to find that game, well advertised.
Watched the Leicester Chelsea game last night with hardly any issues either, apart from having to do a bit of searching to find it but just found NBCSN again and voila. The 1080 stream froze, but just switched to the 720 stream, no buffering, great picture.
Very satisfied with it so far.
Happily I'll be at the Bridge on Sunday for what will hopefully be a party.
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Cheers mate. Will probably install the add-on tomorrow. (Will be busy tonight - my new graphics card should be delivered today, so I'll get that installed, and do a bit more maintenance (I want to work out which fan is making noise, and if it's the case one I'll switch it out) before having a play with it).
On a few occasions I've spent well over half an hour going through various streams trying to find a workable one. Sometimes too much choice is a bad thing. I should probably tidy up my menus - put a few favourites on the main screen and pretty much ignore the others - but I first need to work out which are good enough to be called favourites. Was much easier with tv and film streams.
Should be a bit easier for me to find a decent stream than it is for you. My telly's only 720 so I only need a stream with half the bitrate you do with your 1080, and yet I struggle - so hopefully I just need to follow your advice re add-on and stream.
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Join the forums on footballstreaming.info, then bookmark this page (http://footballstreaming.info/forums/showthread.php/20025-UK-and-Irish-matches-amp-Matchday-Feedback). I've found the streams on VIP Box on there to be the best so on the rare occasion that the site is down I just check the VIP Box site.
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Forgot how good the end of series 2 of Prison Break was lol ;D
The programme is completely ridiculous but a great deal of fun ;D
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Red Dwarf is returning in 2016 and 2017 for two new series! (http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/home/index.cfm)
Woohoo!
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Good result :D
It went downhill after series 6 imo (and "Back to Earth" was appalling) but I'm always up for more Red Dwarf.
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Forgotten how fantastic The Water Margin and Monkey are. Also forgot how much more violent the former was than the latter lol :o ;D
The Water Margin had blood and limbs and heads flying plus 'kill shots', whereas Monkey and his chums hardly ever killed anyone, especially since he got that thing on his head.
Keep on meaning to read the original books as well as the other two great works of China.
Definitely worth downloading and checking out if you're not old enough to have watched them on BBC 2 in the 70s or the repeats in the 80s (I think...pretty sure I watched them both twice on BBC 2).
There was a LOAD of fuss about the violence, particularly on Points Of View, and I remember that Mary Whitehouse was up in arms about it too lol ;D ;D ;D
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Loved the Water Margin and Monkey, but then I'm a martial arts nut anyway.
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Can't believe that I've fallen so far behind with Supernatural. Am on series 8 at the moment and Charlie is awesome, just my kind of girl...I think I'm going to become a lesbian lol ;D :-* ;D :-*
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You won't like the events near the end of season 10 then lol
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Realised the other day that I hadn't seen the last series of Mad Dogs, just downloaded them all and watching them all from the beginning. One of the best things to come out of Sky. Maybe even THE best..?
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Finished watching them all now. A great series and I liked the ending. Fuck knows what that eyeball was all about though lol :-\ ;D
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Have just started watching series two of Kavanagh QC with John Thaw. One of my favourite actors. Keep on expecting him to shout out,'Watch out, George! He's got a shooter!' :P ;D
Might have to download and watch The Sweeney again, one of my favourite programmes when I was a kid. Think I'll download and watch Minder again too. Both series were awesome, shame they ruined the latter with inferior versions in later years replacing both Waterman and Cole. >:(
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Am now watching series 19 of Casualty, good job I'm not eating my tea at the mo...a kid has just been a crispy critter after a backpack of fireworks went off lol :o
I'm normally pretty good with blood and guts too but for some reason I found this one to be particularly gross...mind you they were in the process of cutting his burnt black skin off lol :o
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Woo hoo! ;D
NCIS is on Netflix now, allowing me to drool over Abby again. :-*
Completely forgot about it for ages, stopped at series 8 so am watching it again to refresh my memory before I start the stuff I haven't watched from 9 onwards.
I had been watching Agatha Christie's Parrot with David Suchet because I haven't seen that in donkey's years but will go back to that at a later date. Forgot how good Captain Hastings was lol ;D
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You do know they're still making TV shows? You don't have to spend all of your (considerable amount of) free time rewatching nineties TV.
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Yup, but I missed A LOT of Parrot when it was on 25 years ago because when I wasn't working 50-60 hours per week during that time I was usually drinking.
I tend to watch a lot of stuff from the 70s and 80s too.
A great deal of stuff these days is pants, reality telly.
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Omfg, am halfway through episode 5 of Supernatural series 9. Dean has just done a spell so that he can talk to an alsation and he keeps picking up a screwed up food wrapper, giving it back to Sam when he throws it in the bin lmfao ;D ;D ;D
This episode is going to be GREAT 8) ;D 8)
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Watch the supernatural gag reels on Youtube Harv. They seriously have fun making that show.
I'm so glad it didn't get asked after season 5 as it was going to be. We actually have the Vampire Diaries to thank for that, bizarrely. They moved Supernatural to the slot following the Vampire Diaries for a series and it suddenly picked up a lot of new fans and ratings improved.
One of my all time favourite shows.
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I've started watching Grimm again. I only saw the first series and then decided to wait until more series had come and gone before I started watching it again. Think that series 5 is on the telly now.
And I've just had a cheese and ham sarnie before I go to beddy bies and will watch an episode while I'm waiting for my medication to help me sleep starts working. This may not end well lol :o ;D
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Wasn't that freaky as far as dreams go. Was expecting more from my Pilgrims Extra Mature Cheddar lol :o
One thing that's always bothered me about Grimm is why on earth do they bother to hide their Grrrrr faces..? It's not as if there are shitloads of Grimms walking around. ???
I wouldn't bother hiding away, let the Grimms have a go if they think they're hard enough lol 8)
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Have just started watching the last series of 24 and it's as good as and as ridiculous as the previous series so far. 8)
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Bunch of fuckers!!! They've only gone and destroyed Wembley :o
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Finished watching the last series of 24. What a shite ending. Looks like they ran out of money halfway through and added 12 hours onto episode 12 lmfao ;D ;D ;D
Would have been more fitting to have Bauer sacrificing his life to save the world or something. :o
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I still enjoyed 24. Love that show. They had hoped for a follow up series if the ratings did well. Tony Almeida would have been back again. Good little minisode on the dvd featuring him and an escape from jail, so suspect he'd have been in the next one.
Kiefer Sutherland has put the kibosh on it though as he;s said no more. Which really farks me off as they've left him to rot in a Russian prison.
Mind you they are bringing back Prison Break for a 5th series. Which will be interesting as Michael snuffed it at the end of the tv film they made to wrap up the previous 4 series, not to mention the fact he was going to peg it from an incurable illness anyway.
Now right up there with my "Skynet becomes the Matrix" plans, I'd have Scofield and Burrows breaking Bauer out of that Russian prison in a Prison Break meets 24 event.
But I really think this time round they'll find Scofield has been secretly in prison somewhere and not dead and Linc will have to rescue him.
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Am rewatching series 5 now, thanks for reminding me of the spoilers lol ;D :o ;D
Have also started watching The Good Wife on Netflix, just the first series so far but it's excellent. This woman's husband was high up in the legal system (not the DA, have forgotten now) and got done for getting sexual favours from high class hoo-ers (I've also just finished rewatching series 2 of Auf Weidersehen (Sp?) Pet lol) and deciding not to prosecute certain cases in exchange. He gets sent to prison and she has to return to work as a lawyer to support her two kids.
She's a bit of a Hornbat herself but there's also an Indian girl working there that they employ to ferret information out about their cases and she's fucking gorgeous :o 8)
I've always liked law series, probably my second favourite after cop shows. Her firm does a mixture of criminal and civil cases and it's excellent.
Another excellent US law show is Damages starring Glenn Close, but I think the series went on for too long. It might still be going as it happens, I think I remember reading about a 6th series, they should have stopped at series 4 if I remember correctly.
Have also been rewatching Rumpole, a fantastic programme back in the day.
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Have just started watching iZombie and it's great. It's basically Tru Calling but with zombies (but no Eliza Dushku unfortunately :'( ).
The protagonist was a doctor, got invited to a boat party and got in the middle of a zombie outbreak. She got scratched, went overboard and woke up in a body bag lol. The rest of the zombies got killed when the boat caught fire and now she's working in the morgue so she can eat the brains :o ;D
When she eats the brains she has visions of murder victims and solves crimes. It's great fun ;D
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Aye, it was okay iZombie. A bit girly, but watchable.
Started watching "Fear The Walking Dead" a couple of nights ago. Very much enjoying that. Nice to have a whole new perspective on the Walking Dead universe - and long overdue.
Despite having loads of new shows I really need to check out, I'm feeling the urge to rewatch Dexter, lately. Have already seen the first few series at least four times each, and of course I've seen all episodes at least once, but when you feel that urge you gotta go with it...
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Tru Calling was better, had the protagonist (Eliza Dushku Hubba Hubba Hubba) working in the morgue and when she came across murder victims she went back in time to try and prevent them getting killed. It was awesome. 8)
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Tru Calling was okay, as was Dollhouse, but Eliza Dushku will always be Faith from Buffy The Vampire Slayer to me.
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Yup, she's much hotter as a baddie lol ;D ;D ;D
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Eliza Dushku always reminds me a bit of Cheryl Cole for some reason, but with more personality and a sense of humour.
I think Rose McIver is pretty damn hot in a cute kind of way. Seen her in a few things before iZombie.
Good call on Dexter, I love that show.
Started watching the new series of Supernatural. Still good.
Heroes Reborn has been interesting. Like it's never been off air really, but with new characters, not too many old ones. Let's hope the build on it and don't fuck it up this time.
Agents of Shield, enjoying that too.
Fear the Walking Dead: Very good.
New series of the Walking Dead has started very well, episode 2 was damn good.
Bastard Executioner: Okay, not one of my first on the list to watch shows though.
Castle: The show's okay. Molly Quinn is hot.
Arrow, the Flash and Gotham, all solid starts to their new series.
Blindspot: Not sure, watchable but not a must watch.
Quantico: Watched the first episode. Wasn't bad.
Not yet watched any of the new series of Homeland, Fargo, the Blacklist or From Dusk tol Dan yet. Will probably end up binge watching while I'm on leave over Christmas..
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I went ahead and started Dexter last Thursday, whilst home alone and feeling sorry for myself (full o' cold).
Am now a quarter of the way through season five ;)
Thoroughly enjoyed Fear The Walking Dead.
Haven't tried Heroes Reborn yet. It's on the list, but I'm torn on whether to rewatch Heroes first. I loved the first two series, so would enjoy watching those again, but the third and fourth were weak.
Will try Blindspot, The Man In The High Castle, and Quantico when there's been a few more episodes.
Also waiting until there's more episodes before I start on the new series of American Horror Story, Blacklist, and The Walking Dead.
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Saw the pilot episode of Blindspot yesterday and it was great. Definitely going to watch it once all of the episodes are out there. I've started watching stuff using Stremio, it's basically a version of Popcorn Time but instead of exclusively using YIFY/YTS sources (which are now defunct after he did an out of court deal with the MPAA) it uses public trackers to stream films and telly series episodes.
Am just watching the final episode of the first series of The Fall, starring Gillian Anderson who is still just as shaggable as she was 20 years or so ago when she was in The X-Files. She's an English policewoman trying to catch a serial killer in Belfast. There's 2 series so far and a third series has been green lit. You should definitely check it out.
Also started watching Mr Robot which is about a hacker. Also excellent. ;D
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Ash vs the Evil Dead. "Groovy".
If you liked Army of Darkness, you'll love it.
Jessica Jones - excellent.
Man in the High Castle - have the rest of the series to watch. Saw the pilot (first) episode a lot earlier in the year. It was pretty good, so looking forward to that.
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I'm pretty sure they did a film version in the 70s or 80s too, I can definitely remember something set in an alternet world set in the US where Hitler won WWII. And a British TV series too, but not connected to the same author. I rewatched the series around 6 months ago. Can't remember what it was called now...might be called Englishman's Castle.
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*alternate
Have been rewatching Homeland from the beginning because I'd forgotten how far I got when I was watching it before. I REALLY wish some of these writers would do some bloomin research. Carrie is in Beirut (no, not Tottenham, the real one lol) and searching through a flat.
ANYONE in the authorities or half decent house-breakers will ALWAYS search drawers from bottom to top, not top to bottom. If you start in the top drawer and work your way down you need to close the drawer again to search the next one down. If you search from the bottom and work your way up you can leave the drawer open. It's twice as fast to do it that way.
You see this elementary mistake made in telly programmes all the time.
It really isn't rocket surgery ffs >:(
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Just heard Robot Wars is getting rebooted on BBC 2 this year... amazing.. I loved that show! ;D
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Awesome, Robot Wars was fantastic! ;D
I also loved Scraphead Challenge back in the day, very much inspired by The Great Egg Race with Professor Heinz Wolf. Loved that show too.
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Great news about Robot Wars. Loved it back in the day, and coincidentally was watching some old clips a week or two back - mainly Razer and Chaos 2. Both great machines.
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Yeah I was never a Chaos 2 fan.. I always got weirded out by the (guy who could be a woman) inventor
Razer was technically amazing.. but the slow crush of the weapon sometimes made fights a bit boring.
Hypnodisc on the hand.. despite not winning anything - usually provided lots of carnage - definitely my favourite!
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The guy probably is a woman now lol :o ;D
Remember that weird kid that used to be on The Antiques Roadshow donkey's years ago..? Turns out he had a sex change when he was an adult. ;D ;D ;D
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Have just started watching River, a Netflix Original series, and it's excellent so far.
A cop in London (a Swedish cop, fuck knows how that worked out lol) saw his partner getting shot in the head. Ever since then he's been losing his marbles and seeing and speaking to dead people. Normally these sort of programmes involve some sort of psychic shenanigans going on, good to see one involving lunacy for once lol :o ;D
It's a British programme that isn't on the UK Netflix for some reason so you'll need to change your DNS to a US one to see it.
I've been REALLY impressed with the Netflix Original stuff so far.
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Looks like Amazon have made a US version of Mad Dogs, which doesn't make the title of the show making a good deal of sense lol :-\ ;D
Have just started watching a series called Secrets And Lies, about a guy that went out jogging and found the dead body of the little boy that lived across the road from his family. Pretty good so far, only on episode 2 and the second series is starting on 1st March.
Have also started re-watching The Wire, an excellent US show.
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Jack Bauer was left languishing in a Russian jail. Sutherland doesn't want to come back and is now committed to another show.
What do they do? 24: Legacy, that's what.
None of the original characters, a new lead. All new cast. A story (from what I've read) that's more Homeland than 24.
Well I'm afraid they can bugger off, as I won't be watching it. Should have left it alone.
On a positive note, season 2 of Daredevil looks like it'll be superb with the Punisher and it looks like they may well do a Punisher series too. Given the Netflix treatment it may well be the proper Punisher. Fingers crossed.
Watched the first four episodes of the Shannara Chronicles. Not bad actually considering it's made by MTV. Poppy Drayton in the lead female role is very cute.
Colony: Watched the first two episodes. Okay, but not sure it'll get past the first season, so far from what I've seen it's a story that's been done many times before. Resistance on Earth rebelling against and alien colonisation. Some slighty different elements as there always are, but essentially the same. Josh Holloway is in it (Sawyer from Lost). Which means its sure to get cancelled. I like the characters he plays, Intelligence was actually a very good show, but he seems a bit unlucky with everything he's been in since Lost.
Apparently Mr Robot is very good according to everyone I know who has seen it. So will have to watch that.
Watched the first two episodes of the new series of the X-Files. I'm an X-Files fan so I like it. Nothing original about it though. It's only a six part series. Not sure they'll do another, will have to see where this leads.
Going to try and watch the first two episodes of DC's Legends of Tomorrow at some point in the next couple of days.
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The Punisher is one of my favourite comic book characters, along with Rorschach from The Watchmen. Both are complete fucking head cases lol. There's not enough nutjob super heroes for my money. Michael Keaton's Batman is also a bit of a lunatic too.
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What about Deadpool Harv (I can't wait for that movie).
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Wasn't terribly impressed with Mr Robot, personally.
It seems to me the strength of it rests entirely in a twist that gets revealed toward the end of the series yet it was patently obvious from the first episode. Without that twist it was quite silly and pedestrian.
Not sure how it's gotten a second series, either. Seems to me that it's one of those programs that inherently can't work past one series without morphing into a completely different program (like Prison Break).
Really looking forward to Deadpool, and also Suicide Squad (though Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn is the main draw, there. I'll watch and enjoy and buy and rewatch that spectacle whether the film's good or not.)
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Haven't read any Deadpool comics so can't say. I've downloaded the film so will check it out later.
Have started re-watching Elementary from the beginning because I can't remember how far I got into it when I started watching it the first time. Think I got to the end of the second series. Worth watching just to see Juicy Lucy Liu! Hubba! Hubba! Hubba! :-*
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Saw Deadpool at the flicks tonight, and loved it.
Weak on story but chock full of ott violence and one-liners.
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Yeah, I saw it the day after it came out. Thought it was excellent. Ryan Reynolds is perfect for the role.
Story was fairly weak but it was setting up the character and what he's all about. It was never going to be high brow.
Funny from the opening credits sequence, the one liners, piss-taking references and the after credits scene.
Action was good, ott violence is never a bad thing and Morena Baccarin is easy on the eye. Only thing I didn't really like was Colossus, who they portrayed as a bit of a lummox, which he isn't in the comic books.
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This guy should have his own TV show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEEp4-BE68k), but considering that the KGB and US government are watching his every move I doubt that he'll be allowed to have one :o :o :o :(
Have just watched the first 13 minutes and it's pure comedy gold lmfao ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
The Sun isn't hot and there's a vortex between the Sun and the Earth, this man really knows what he's talking about. I'm pretty sure we're going to get invaded soon :'(
If you have an hour going spare gather your family and watch this, best that you all be prepared :o ;D ;D ;D
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Fuck me ragged with a wire brush, just finished watching it. How any of those people watching that could do so without weeing themselves laughing is beyond me lol ;D :D ;D
He had everything in there - Illuminati, the Fourth Reich, a staged alien invasion, the real alien invasion, every different type of alien you can think of, Atlantis, the Nazis having a base on the moon and on the South Pole, the Cuban Missile Crisis being caused by the Yanks getting a submarine to project a Virgin Mary hologram over Cuba, the Ice Age and that we've already colonised the Moon and Mars.
Brilliant ;D ;D ;D
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Am continuing my re-watch of The Wire, am on the third series now. Forgot how awesome Omar was lol >:(
If you guys haven't seen The Wire I highly recommend it, it's brilliant. 8)
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Just started watching Humans, it's about androids. Just reminds me how awesome Asimov was with his Laws Of Robotics.
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Been watching Making A Murderer the past few days, been blistering through it too... got the bug for real-life courtroom drama stuff after watching the brilliant The People vs. OJ Simpson drama that finished showing on the BBC last month - that was nail-biting stuff (even though you know what's going to happen).
Making A Murderer is such an interesting story, told as a real-time documentary rather than a re-enactment - it takes a good few episodes to really get going but I'm enjoying it a lot. Might have to go on the hunt and find some more after we've finished this. I've heard about The Jinx and Serial - if they are anywhere near as good as OJ/MaM then I'd be interested in watching them.
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I've just started watching OJ as it goes, difficult to believe that all this happened 20-odd years ago. :o
OJ IS INNOCENT!!!! :o ;D ;D ;D :P
I couldn't get into Making A Murderer, might give it another go if it gets better as it goes along.
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I think Episode 5 is where MaM gets really good.. the first couple are quite slow, but as the episodes go by, you realise that they are quite important as a background to the whole saga... personally I don't know if the documentary is slightly bias in the way it presented some of what happened and perhaps a few things might of been left out - its hard to give an opinion to someone who hasn't watched it without risk of spoiling it slightly. Lets just say, some of the stuff the prosecution used as "evidence" and some of the stuff that was allowed to happen - you just couldn't make shit up like that lol.
I think I still preferred the OJ trial best though - apart from Travolta who I thought was pretty shit in it (I think his taut face just put me off everytime he was on screen) - I think I preferred it because it wasn't presented as a documentary and you could sit back and enjoy it without having to take a lot of information in - can't believe he got off.. disgusting really.
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Disgusting..? Are you insane..? OJ didn't do it. He was framed, you crazy fool :o :P
Will check out Making A Murderer again I reckon.
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Have started watching Orphan Black again. Couldn't get into it when I started to watch it the first time but am giving it another go. Pretty weird that they found so many actresses that look almost identical :o ;D
And they're not listed in the credits either. I'd be going mad at my agent if that happened to me tbh :-\
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Have also started watching Stitchers. It's about a secret government programme where a tasty blonde bird is connected to a murder victim via a machine and is 'stitched' into their memories so that they can find out who killed them. There's something nefarious going on, it's just a tester for some dodgy use later on.
Quite good so far, and when she's in the machine she's wearing a catsuit type thing and the machine is full of water which frames her boobs VERY nicely :o ;D :P
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I think I watched the first episode of that, and binned it. Load of rubbish.
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Have now started watching Killjoys, the female lead is quite the Horn-Bat ;D
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Watched the first series of Killjoys. It was a bit "meh". Watchable, but I'm not sure I'll bother with the second series (if they're in fact doing a second series - I can't rememeber)
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Am now watching the second series of Orphan Black. It's about fucking time that a character decided to fake their death when being drowned or suffocated. Just put up a token struggle and hold your breath and go limp. Whoever is trying to kill you will relax and at worst will leave a hand free to check your pulse or at best both hands and then their attention away and then *BAM* you either blitz attack them, or take out their kidneys or put them in a sleeper hold when their back is turned. ;D
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I think I want to shag the actress that plays Helena, much better than the other actresses that play the other sisters. I wonder if she's just as mental in real life..? The actress that plays Cosima is also pretty hot too, and I don't normally go for dreadlocks either. :o ;D
Mind you, I wouldn't kick any of them out of bed tbh. :P
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Have now started watching a new series called Lucifer, it's very funny in places so far :D ;D :D
The Devil has left Hell and has been on vacation for 5 years in Los Angeles and has just started working with a female cop who isn't susceptible to his wiles for some reason. ;D
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I love some of the one-liners in Major Crimes (and The Closer before it). A schoolgirl asked one of the characters, 'How many people work here..?' and he replied, 'About half' ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Have been watching How To Get Away With Murder, glad I gave it another go because it got A LOT better after the first couple of episodes so thanks for the recommendation jman ;D
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I recommended "Making a Murderer".. completely different program harv lol ;D ;D
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Oops lol ;D ;D ;D
Will check that out too then lmfao ;D
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Oh wow, I'm watching the third series of a programme called Murder In Mind and episode 3 has Neil Morrissey playing a stalker, I've never seen him playing a psycho nutjob before, he does it really well lol :o ;D
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Just heard they are bringing back Goodnight Sweetheart for a one-off special soon - I have to say its a bit of a guilty pleasure.. classic early 90s TV and a proper British comedy.. not some washed up American crap.
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Have been watching Major Crimes, a spin-off series from The Closer. Like The Closer before it each series has a theme. I really like how this is done, it's also VERY funny in places too...plenty of laugh out loud moments and some great one-liners. You guys should check it out, although be warned the central character from the original series is from the Deep South so you may find her accent REALLY annoying lol :o ;D ;D ;D
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Just watched the first episode of the new series of Red Dwarf - Link (http://uktvplay.uktv.co.uk/shows/red-dwarf/watch-online/) - Debuts on Dave on 22nd Sept I think.. I couldn't wait.
Its good, I enjoyed it, far better than the last couple of series...
..still feels a little rehearsed and stiff in places... but quite a few lols... worth watching.
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Have just started watching the Supergirl series. Since when was Jimmy Olsen black..? :o
Bloody Political Correct bollocks. >:(
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I finished watching Making A Murderer yesterday. Really enjoyed it but there's NO WAY that either of those two did it. Looked like a blatant fit up to me. :o Got to feel for the nephew too for having such a shit public defender in the beginning of all this. :-\
Makes you wonder if they weren't trailer trash types, but still intellectually challenged, whether they would have been found guilty.
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Just finished watching Westworld and it was excellent. The film has always been one of my favourite films of all time so I was VERY happy that they decided to do a series based on it, and it certainly didn't disappoint. ;D
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Decided to go for a Blast From The Past and start watching Kojak. I used to love watching it when I was a kid. I didn't realise it but Kojak started in a film based on a true story about the Marcus Nelson Murders in New York in the early 60s. I'm watching it now, it's effectively Series 1 Episode 00.
Watching these cop shows from the 60s, 70s and 80s makes you realise how difficult their jobs were in those days - no DNA, no mobile phones, no internet, no computers with databases etc. It also makes you wonder how the world would survive without computers, mobile phones etc. That's why I really liked Revolution a few years ago. ;D
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Started watching The Walking Dead a few weeks ago as all episodes came up on Sky box sets. Thought I'd see what the fuss was all about. Almost at the end of season 4 which I'll finish tonight.
Seasons 1 & 2 were brilliant. 3 & 4 were good too but have to say not as good as the first 2. Hope the next 3 series are better, but from what I've heard they don't lol.
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I love The Walking Dead, Fear Of The Walking Dead is also excellent.
Am really enjoying Kojak at the moment, who loves ya baby?! ;D
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I'm currently enjoying "Santa Clarita Diet", and rewatching "Heroes" and "Community".
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I watched the first episode of The Santa Cruz Diet last week, looks good. I'm always up for anything involving zombies, they're awesome ;D
The third series of iZombie is starting in April, I love that show too. I keep on meaning to watch series 2 but I haven't got around to it yet.
I've also started watching Gold Rush and Bering Sea Gold, two reality TV shows that focus on miners mining for gold. I'm pretty sure both of these shows are fake but it's good entertainment lol. If it was real I reckon half of these idiots on both of these shows would be dead by now :o ;D ;D ;D
Not as dangerous as mining in Elite Dangerous though :P
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I've just started watching Death In Paradise on Netflix and quite like it so far. I'm wrong in thinking a kinky threesome with that policewoman and her Mum would be a great idea..? :P :-[ :P ;D
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Have just seen that a third series of 12 Monkeys is starting in May and they've also have a fourth and final series that's been confirmed too. Finally a decent show that those knob heads at SyFy haven't killed off! ;D
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Have been watching the penultimate series of The Good Wife.I really love this programme. It's about a woman who's husband is the State Attourney and gets done for corruption and shagging hoo-ers. So when he gets nicked and sent to prison she has to go and and work again as a lawyer to make ends meet. I love legal dramas and there's plenty of comic relief there too. ;D
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American Gods has been quite enjoyable so far.
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Yup, that's on my list of programmes to check out ;D
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I've started to watch NCIS Los Angeles, a spin-off of NCIS (Navel Criminal Investigation Services). Like with a lot of US TV series these last few years it took me a while to warm to the characters in it but now I have I'm really enjoying it. The best thing about it is that unlike the vast majority of US cop shows once a gunfight starts doesn't last long because these guys don't miss that often lol. And the good guys catch bullets quite often too, albeit in their vests for the most part. There's been 3 of them getting shot without vests though with one fatality so far.
The crumpet count isn't bad either but neither of them compares to Pauly Perette (sp?) from NCIS who's fucking gorgeous and to my surprise I found out a few months back is in her 40s :o :P :P :P
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Have now started watching (or re-watching!) the third series of Auf Weidersehen Pet. One of my all-time favourite series of all-time. Some of my favourite actors and it's so well written. They're currently in the process of dismantling the Tees Transporter Bridge in Boro with a shitload of Eastern Europeans lmfao ;D ;D ;D
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Have them all on DVD. Loved that show, being an old git, watched it first time round.
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Yup, me too. Also watched Boys From The Blackstuff first time round too. Might have to watch that again now I'm thinking about it.
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I've been watching Designated Survivor on Netflix with Kiefer Sutherland. Just like 24 it's completely fucking ridiculous but great fun lol.
Without giving away too much of the plot 24/7 there's always two designated survivors kept safe and well, usually in a bomb shelter, just in case something happens to the rest of the US government. Quite a clever idea as it goes. After a terrorist attack levels the Capital Building and kills the government Kiefer Sutherland is made the President Of The United States.
Yup, completely ridiculous but great fun lol
Has been renewed for a second series too so I'm quite happy! Am about halfway through the first series so far.
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Seen all of the first series, it wasn't bad. Watchable fun.
24 Legacy was okay too, very formulaic, very much in the vein of the original show. Got axed after the one series though, so I suppose he'll go back to being Heath in the Walking Dead.
New series of Prison Break was okay as well, if you liked the original. Totally ridiculous again as well. Only 9 episodes (may have been 10, can't remember if the first was a double). Wouldn't be surprised if it gets axed now though, they've given the brothers a happy ending and Michael isn't dead.
Series 2 of Preacher has started, now that's a good show.
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After watching Boys From The Black Stuff again I decided to download some more Bleasedale stuff to watch again including GBH which I'm watching now. Starred Michael Palin, Robert Lindsay and Julie Walters. A brilliant series, probably the best that Bleasedale has written imo.
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GBH was awesome, I forgot how good it was. Especially the third or fourth episode when Robert Lindsay's character, Michael Murray, starts to completely lose it. ;D ;D ;D
Am now rewatching series 2 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. I tend to rewatch both Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour every few years. A great couple of programmes, and Hitchcock is quite funny in the intros and outros too. ;D
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This is hilarious for any Star Trek TNG fans lol ;D ;D ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odAVuJfV5fE
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Thoroughly recommend Doctor Doctor. Australian dramedy. Bloody hilarious in places. A bit like an Australian Doc Martin (in some respects) but a hell of a lot better (in my opinion). The main characters couldn't be more different for a start.
Glitch is another excellent Australian show.
Both currently in their second series.
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I started watching Glitch a while ago, but stopped watching it for some reason. I think it might have been because I wanted to wait and see whether they did a second series.
Another good Ozzie programme is Rake, about a solicitor. Quite funny.
I've just started re-watching Arrow from the beginning. I've just watched the first series of The Flash again and decided I needed to catch up on Arrow because I needed to keep up with these crossover episodes. I've fallen behind on a lot of these superhero series so need to catch up on The Flash, Arrow and Gotham.
I might also re-watch Heroes too, I loved that series but the 2008(?) writer's strike fucked that series up.
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Of the DC shows, Gotham is the best, followed by Arrow and then the Flash, though the Flash has started to get a bit Samey and stupid (having said that, they have just introduced Elastic Man. Supergirl has moved from CBS to join the rest on the CW and it's an abomination. The latest episode, quasi religious bullshit with a side story of her lesbian sister getting broody because her cop girlfriend didn't want kids but she did. Made me want to puke it was so sickly.
As for DC's Legends of Tomorrow. What a pile of garbage.
Quite enjoying the Orville.
Ray Donovan still good. Been renewed for a 6th series, but will be set in New York, not L.A. Not sure where it leaves some of the cast members.
The Punisher is out on November 17th on Netflix. That'll be a binge watch for that weekend. Looking forward to it.
Season 8 of TWD has started really well.
Extinct is an interesting idea, not bad but could have been much better.
Mr Mercedes was actually a decent adaptation of S.King's book. Been renewed for a second series so presumably they'll do the second book in the series.
Inhumans - watched the final episode (8 in season 1). If it gets a second series I'll be surprised. It was f***ing awful.
The Gifted. So so. Again. like Inhumans, a poor adaptation of Marvel characters. They could do with taking some tips from Netflix.
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The Punisher on Netflix - Bloody Excellent. Finally a proper version (following on from his cameos in Daredevil).
Not sure if there will be many more Marvel series on netflix, or if they are able to carry on producing the ones they do already.
Marvel have stated they are going to be starting their own streaming channel, with original content. Supposedly going to be cheaper than Netflix due to having a lot less content. Going to be difficult as Netflix is only going up to £7.99 in December, and Netflix is reasonable value in my opinion.
They may well be shooting themselves in the foot as people won't pay extra just for that I think and will most likely resort to downloading that stuff.
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Daredevil is the best one of the lot imo, the stuntwork and CGI is VERY impressive.
I've been watching series 3 of Ray Donovan and it's excellent so far.
I'm also going to start watching Supergirl again, her nasty boss gives me the raging horn lol :-[ ;D ;D ;D
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Her boss isn't nasty really, plus she's gone out of it now as she got fed up working in Canada where they film it (she's married to or with Harrison Ford).
It is utter garbage now anyway.
Trust me, you'll enjoy the Punisher.
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Yup, The Punisher has always been one of my favourite superheroes because he's a complete headcase that doesn't worry about killing people. Not too happy with the actor they chose to play him though. Frank Castle was never Hispanic, he's always been an American Italian. Still, he did a good job as Castle in Daredevil.
Netflix have funded some EXCELLENT series so far, Orange Is The New Black is also fantastic and was one of the first series they made.
Amazon have done some good stuff too but nowhere near as good as the efforts of Netflix, although I'm really enjoying The Path and Lucifer.
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Where did you get that Jon Bernthal is Hispanic? He's most definitely not. Doesn't even look it.
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Where did you get that Jon Bernthal is Hispanic? He's most definitely not. Doesn't even look it.
Basically due to the colour of his skin. He isn't what I would call white.
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Are you serious? Did you see him in the Walking Dead?
Plus, I'm not sure how many Italians you know but, despite being of something like Russian and German descent or something like that, he actually looks quite Mediterranean. https://cdn.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Punisher-Jon-Bernthal-600x759-1-600x330.jpg
https://i2.wp.com/film-book.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jon-bernthal-daredevil-season-2-01-600x350.jpg?resize=600%2C350
Compare his colouring to the likes of Lou Ferrigno http://www.mymbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Lou-Ferrigno-MCM-London-Comic-Con.jpg
Or any number of actual Italian America actors. He certainly doesn't look Hispanic.
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Watching stuff from the 50s is crazy. I've been re-watching Alfred Hitchcock Presents and in 1958 you could buy a house for $9000 :o ;D ;D ;D
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Round here you still can...
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:o ;D ;D ;D
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Punisher renewed for a second season by Netflix. They'd already set up who would be the bad guy for the second series in the final episode (Jigsaw).
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Have just started rewatching the first series of Mr Robot. Was going to straight to the second and third series but thought it was time for a refresher before I do that. I REALLY enjoyed the first series but it was VERY predictable. Hopefully the second and third series are going to be less so but even if they aren't I'll still probably enjoy it because I like the protagonist's character and personality lol
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Just finished the second series of that now and it was much better than the first.
Am now rewatching Crown Court from the 70s. I used to love that programme when I was a kid and was at home too ill to go to school. I reckon they could remake this and have some good success with it. Some bloke got paralysed from a work accident on a bridge and got £31,000 in compensation. That was a shitload of money in those days :o ;D ;D ;D
It's got LOADS of big stars before they became big stars in it too.
I'd like to see a remake but with jury members from the general public and with part of the show being set in the jury room as they make their decision on the verdict. Would be great viewing I reckon.
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Godless on Netflix isn't bad.
Black Lightning - pile of shite.
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Have just started watching the 4th series of Black Mirror on Netflix, I've always loved anthology series and sci-fi so the likes of this and The Twiglett Zone and The Outer Limits are pretty much made for me. 8)
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Series four was definitely my favourite series of Black Mirror - with three fantastic episodes.
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Series four was definitely my favourite series of Black Mirror - with three fantastic episodes.
Black Museum was my favourite episode, it was an anthology inside an anthology episode lol :o ;D
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I've just started watching Chance with Hugh Laurie. Pretty good so far but I think it's going to be predictable. Hulu cancelled it after 2 series which is disappointing :(
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Am now watching the first series of Luke Cage. I tried watching it a while back but I couldn't get into it for some reason but am really enjoying it now. There's even a Different Strokes reference in episode 11 lol ;D
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Am now watching Iron Fist. It's another one that I struggled to get into. I don't think the first episodes of Luke Cage and Iron Fist were that good tbh but I'm glad that I kept watching them both now. Am on episode 7/13 so far.
In terms of awesomeness with the Netflix Marvel shows from good to bad I have them in the following order:
Daredevil
The Punisher
Jessica Jones
Luke Cage
Iron Fist
Haven't watched Defenders yet but it's next on my list to watch. And there's a new series of Jessica Jones coming in a couple of days too!
I'd love Netflix to do Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk next but the licencing is probably way too expensive I reckon.
The Netflix Original shows are MUCH better than the Amazon Original shows imo.
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Have just started watching the first series of Father Brown on Netflix. Quite good fun, I'm enjoying it so far. ;D
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I'm also watching Bates Motel. Took me a few episodes to get into it but I'm really enjoying it now. Who'd have thought that Norman Bates would be such a fanny magnet :o
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Am now watching Lost Girl, I started watching it years ago but only got around to watching the first series so I've started watching it from the start again. I've always thought her little mate was more attractive tbh, but I wouldn't kick Bo out of bed either even if it meant the death of me lol ;D ;D ;D
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Have started to watch The Exorcist on Amazon after I've seen that they've done a second series. And Exorcist: Legion VR has got new content so I'll be giving that a go soon too 8)
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I've discovered a fucking hilarious programme called Rescue Mediums on Netflix. It's even funnier than that programme with that dodgy Scouse medium on it years ago lololol
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The Exorcist was one of the many shows that just got cancelled in the last few days. :(
Sucks as that was one of the few shows I actually watched. ::) Hopefully it will get picked up by Syfy since that's where it airs in the UK.
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Aw bollocks. Inconsiderate bastards.
I've also started watching Justified with Timothy Elephant in it. It's about a US Marshall that got transferred to the arse end of nowhere after he shot a baddy with Mafia connections in Miami. He basically gave the bloke 24 hours to leave Miami otherwise he'd shoot him...and he didn't leave on time lol
It's quite good so far, I've just finished watching the first series. I've also been watching Longmire, with the lovely lovely lovely Katee Sackhoff in it as one of Sherrif Longmire's deputies.
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They've gone axe happy again this year. Lucifer one of the shows that's gone too.
On another note, Happy on Netflix. What a show. It's mental, violent, hilarious and and absolutely brilliant.
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I'm now watching a series from 1972 called Pathfinders. It's a WWII drama based on two Pathfinder squadrons. Pathfinders were bombers (usually Lancasters) that used to drop flares to mark bombing targets for other bombers. It's pretty good so far, am on episode 9 of 13. They're now using a more powerful radar so there's no need for flare runs.
One of the many excellent series from the 60s and 70s that are tragically gathering dust in a cellar somewhere rather than getting a deserved DVD release. I'm just glad that I'm a member of a members-only British TV torrent site, there's LOADS of stuff like this on there. 8)
Contains real colour footage of WWII here and there too.
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Am just watching the last episode of Guilt on US Netflix. It's not too bad but is pretty ridiculous in places. It's set in the UK but bizarrely it has US based stuff bunged in here and there like Gen-Pop in a British prison and US prison style glass in between prisoners and visitors with phone contact.
Still, it's worth watching I guess as long as you don't take it too seriously. It's also inspired by the telly programme from the 80s called Dead Head I think given the Royal Family involvement.
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Fucking hell. I've just started to watch Monkey on Netflix. Don't think I'm going to watch any more than these first 30 minutes. It isn't terrible but it's ruined so far by having some of the characters talking in Ozzy accents. ;D ;D ;D
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A new series of Luther is on its way!!!!! ;D
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Have almost finished watching the second series of iZombie. I watched the first series ages ago but never got around to watching the rest. It's awesome. 8)
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Am now watching the second series of Marcella on Netflix. The first series was pretty good but went downhill a little during the second half of it.
Am on episode 4 at the moment and am quite enjoying it. Gives me a chance to perve over Anna Friel anyway lol ;D
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Much better than the first series, hopefully ITV and Netflix will commission a third.
My internet is down at the mo so I've got football and can't watch Netflix so I'm watching a series that was on a few years ago called Him. It's about a kid who has telekinesis powers. Quite good so far, am on the last episode of three.
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Am now watching the end of the third series of iZombie.
Not sure if the actress either has a twin sister that ISN'T a zombie or if the make-up guys are REALLY talented but in the episodes where she's wearing a wig and a spray tan you can ALMOST believe that she ISN'T a real zombie. Amazing. ;D
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I downloaded the pilot episodes and two resulting series of a programme called Rose And Malone. It's about two people that work for the organisation (who's name I've now forgotten) that looks into convictions that have been wonky in the past and have resulted in innocent people going to prison.
It's got Sarah Lancashire and Phil Davis in it, very enjoyable so far. The only problem I have with it is that Sarah Lancashire plays a diabetic and she had a hypo in the first or second episode and she didn't sweat anywhere near enough or have the shakes.
Definitely worth checking it out, great entertainment from the early to mid 00s.
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Am now having a blast from the past and watching series 4 of The Gentle Touch. Such a great programme back in the day. Jill Gascoigne now has bad Alzheimer's unfortunately :(
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Fed up with all the cancellations of shows leaving fans hanging. Colony being the latest - axed after season 3. It's happened to far too many good shows in recent years.
It's like someone writing a book and then not letting you read the last couple of chapters. They are shooting themselves in the foot. I've given up watching new shows that have an ongoing story. I'll wait and see if they survive and get syndicated. Of course if everyone does that, they'd never start making them to begin with.
So I've started watching Sons of Anarchy from the beginning again. Bloody great show.
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Series 5 of The Gentle Touch now. Such a great series back in the day. I might have to download and watch C.A.T.S. Eyes next but it wasn't anywhere near as good.
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Finished that series now and have now started to rewatch Monkey again. Such a fantastic programme, had us all playing Monkey at school back in the day lol ;D
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THe remake of Monkey is an abomination.
Just finished watching the second series of Iron Fist. It was okay, nothing more. Martial arts still a bit bleh.
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The martial arts in Daredevil is MUCH better. It's my favourite superhero series at the moment with Jessica Jones coming a close second followed by Arrow.
And yes, the new Monkey series is fucking abysmal. I didn't even get past 10 minutes of the first episode, I just couldn't get past the Australian accents ffs :o ;D ;D ;D
I finished the first series of the old Monkey, am now going through Merlin. Absolutely NOTHING to do with the Arthurian legends, so many things wrong with it, but it's good fun so as long as you can get past the glaring inaccuracies it's quite enjoyable.
I'm also working my way through my Movies With A Twist collection that I downloaded from TPB years ago. Am partway through watching Law Abiding Citizen, I'm pretty sure I've seen it before but it was YEARS ago so I've completely forgotten about it.
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Have just watched the first two episodes of Maniac on Netflix. Really enjoying it so far. Set in an alternate universe by the looks of it going by the 80s style PCs and the robot that cleans up dog poo lol ;D
It's about a schizophrenic and a drug addict signing up for a drug trial at a dodgy pharmaceutical company. Definitely worth checking out so far.
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Making a Murderer Part 2 is coming to Netflix on 19th October, really enjoyed the first series - think we blasted through it in a couple of days lol.
Been watching a SHIT-TON of Forensic Files recently, its a bit trashy and completely over-dramatic - I'm surprised I like it so much, but I find the forensic stuff fascinating - and some of the episodes are brilliant to watch - the stories they tell could easily be films. I'm currently half-way through series 6 - and there was an episode on the Ellis Greene murder recently which was a stand-out episode - a doctor and 2 other guys kill this dude, then forges medical records so he is identified as one of the other guys who has a $1m insurance policy paying out to the third guy.. that gets cashed and two of them go on the run.. the doctor stays in the country but gets found out pretty quickly, one of the other guys gets stopped trying to flee the country with $14k of undeclared cash (lol) and the third guy manages to leave the country but eventually gets caught!!! There are a few shitty episodes.. and a lot of the "Medical Detective" stuff - where it focuses more on diseases and other stuff aren't as compelling as the murder cases - but there's 15 series of this!
Also finally finished watching Bodyguard - the first, second and last episodes were good.. the rest were OK - not bad, worth a watch.
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I loved Making A Murderer, will definitely catch the second series.
Am currently watching an anthology series from 1978 called Scorpion Tales. Pretty good so far and I've never heard of it before. I love anthology series.
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Am watching another one called The Mind Beyond. Another one I've never heard of before which is surprising because there's some big names in it so far. Donald Pleasance was in the first episode and the SS bloke from Secret Army is in the second one.
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I watched the second series of Making A Murderer and can't believe that they're both still inside. That's just plain craziness :o
Am now watching Volume 5 of the 8 Volumes of Crown Court that were released. Such a shame that they didn't release more of these because they're fantastic. The best thing about being home off sick from school in the 70s and 80s. And just like watching anything from that time the difference in the value of money compared to today is just mental. There was an accountant getting a very good wage of £3500 per year and a Financial Director getting what was then a ridiculous wage of £8000 per year lol :o ;D
Both of those employees today would end up getting paid more than 10 times that these days lol
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Am now working my way through Linda La Plante's Prime Suspect series on Netflix. I loved that programme back in the day, in fact all of her stuff is excellent. Shame that Trial & Retribution isn't on there too, I might have to download those when I've finished watching these.
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The new series of The Punisher is on Netflix now, haven't seen it yet - I'm going to work my way through the first series again before I watch it. I watched Titans too, I've never been a fan of Robin tbh but this is a great series. 8)
There's also a documentary on Ted Bundy too on there, Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes. I love anything to do with serial killers, I keep on meaning to become one myself some time lol ;D
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I've also been re-watching Rosemary & Thyme with Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris. Felicity Kendal was a bit wrinkly around the edges but STILL shaggable in 2004 at 58 years old. :o
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Am now watching Strangers with Don Henderson as DS Bullman, the same character appeared in The XYY Man about a cat burglar that ran for two series. Strangers ran for 5 series and then the same character appeared in the late 80s in a series called Bullman.
Strangers is great so far, Bullman has been transferred from London to Yorkshire. I love watching these old series, particularly when it comes to blag amounts and the price of drinks in pubs lol. It was made in 1978 and he just got a round of three Scotches for £1.70-odd lmfao :o ;D
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Netflix have now grabbed Lucifer! Series 4 is on there and they've given the go ahead for series 5!!! ;D