Main disadvantage is that it doesn’t appear to be rooted in a real story, from what I can tell. BoB let you know that Dick Winters et al were real people, and what you saw had actually happened. I’m sure this is a conglomeration of real stories which happened to different people, but it’s not the same.
I think it comes down to the casualty rate, as with Pacific.... the turn over rate of personnel is so high which means you're unlikely to ever have a "band" as such.
What martinhutch said.
Not sure if this one has come up before but I enjoyed Wasteland.
blimey true detective is all over the place! from mystic bull to Agent Starling doing Dr Who to a not really a who dunnit but a who the ****ing 'ell is who ? to a random ruck in A&E.
Six Nations full contact is worth a watch if you likes your rugby
Thanks for pushing me on (all) to Fargo S5.
Not watched the Fargo series before - and this is right up my street. Jumped the others because of the good reviews of 5, and lack of Martin Freeman (something jarring about him), and needing something a bit different.
It's got such a rich atmosphere and like someone else said - that whole rural big space creepiness that the USA does so well.
Fantastic so far. Juno Temple is hypnotic.
Do you have to watch the others in sequence?
Loudermilk started really well but I don't like the way its drifting with the ex-cop sponser and the office chap, does it get back on track?
American Nightmare was good.
We are on a health kick thing at the moment, listening to lots of Michael Mosley podcasts so we enjoyed Secrets of the Blue Zones last night on Netflix.
Never heard of Wayne so I'll seek that out. Forgotten all about Fargo but would love to see Keeley in a different role 🙂
Do you have to watch the others in sequence?
No, non of the Fargo stories are connected at all
S5 of Fargo ticking all the boxes in the Sheck household, although the description of Wales in Episode 3 or 4 did stimulate a bit of debate!
@rone I don't like Freeman much either, but he was good in S1, and you're missing out on Billy Bob Thornton if you avoid it. S2 is good, S3 OK, didn't get into S4.
Right thanks. I'm going to have another look at those.
Seems to come up every do often about Martin Freeman, but don't be put off automatically. Old recommendations but if you've avoided The Responder and Breeders just because of him, might be worth revisiting.
Yes, as above, season 4 was a misfire, the others were fine.
Binged Griselda over the last few days, pretty good, very much a Scarface vibe to it!
Watched Space Sweepers last night on Netflix.
Good fun, enjoyed 👍
Humanity has destroyed the planet and the rich folk live in orbit. Bunch of ragtag space debris scrap collectors get caught up in big conspiracy, will they save the world or not? Predictable stuff and turn your brain off for the space battles à la WWII dogfights, but it's pretty good overall.
It's mostly in Korean but I liked the fact that everyone speaks in their own language (they all have translator earpieces). You get people talking in Korean, French, English, Arabic, Pidgin, Chinese and more (to varying degrees). A nice touch.
@rone I don’t like Freeman much either, but he was good in S1,
Me neither but he was. He was also good in Start-Up on Prime (I hope this is not hobbit forming). It's a few years old but a good slice of Miami and kept us watching for three seasons.
I forgot all about 'start up'. You've unlocked a memory there. How many other series have I forgotten completely? I enjoyed it as well
Watched Ghostbusters Afterlife at 4am* and found it surprisingly good fun
Was pleasantly surprised by that too, good fun, even a bit dusty in places. Drops off Netflix in a week or so, for those who haven't caught it.
Watched 14 Peak: Nothing is Impossible again last night with a mate who hadn’t seen it - what a fantastic documentary of a stunning feat of achievement from an amazing guy, and team. Really something special.
Did the first one of Griselda last night (it was either that or the gf's choice of Fool Me Once 😆 ) Griselda seems pretty decent, will keep going. I wish they hadn't tried to make her face look different, but it's not too distracting.
Watched The Greatest Night in Pop on NF last night, doc about the recording of We Are The World.
Highly recommended: fascinating and heartwarming - and left me full of admiration for Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie in particular.
I wish they hadn’t tried to make her face look different, but it’s not too distracting.
If you look up what the actual Griselda looked like, you'll see they went pretty easy on lovely Sofia.
Been watching an older series, The Sinner, different story line for each of the foure series with just the lead detective in common, first series with Jessica Biel as a woman who seemingly randomly stabs a stranger on the beach was good, even with the weird incestious bits with her sister...
Why are all new series showing weekly now, not many you can binge in one go? We used to watch all of something then move onto the next, now i almost need a diary to remember what series releases a new episode on what day, trying to follow about 6 series currently.... it's almost like the old days!
Currently watching Fool Me Once - my wife seems to like it, but I think it is utter and complete bobbins. Bloody awful.
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Why are all new series showing weekly now, not many you can binge in one go? We used to watch all of something then move onto the next, now i almost need a diary to remember what series releases a new episode on what day, trying to follow about 6 series currently…. it’s almost like the old days!
Being cynical here but I suspect it's to stop people just signing up for a month then cancelling to skip to a different streamer for a while...
Watched The Greatest Night in Pop on NF last night, doc about the recording of We Are The World.
Highly recommended: fascinating and heartwarming – and left me full of admiration for Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie in particular.
totally agree - richtea in particular - what a top bloke - and found bob dylan's awkwardness funny too...
Enjoying Bloodhounds on Netflix. Just discovered Dave on iplayer and went through first series, totally stupid but pretty funny and love all the cameos from rappers to Bieber.
I know I'm late to the party and it's Prime not Netflix, but I'm giving Reacher a go. I know a few on here rate it. I'm really struggling with it tbh. Comically OTT, Mr Machismo all American hero with a whiff of pound shop Sherlock holmes. Fight scenes out of a Jackie Chan film and a supporting cast of Dukes of Hazard refugees. I've watched 2 episodes and I'm clinging on to the hope I'm missing something and maybe it gets better. Forlorn hope? I'll give it one more episode to decide.
^^ I thought the first series was "ok" but it seems the second series is not as good so I'm not going to bother with it in all honesty.
Second series was alright I suppose, but the dynamic of 'team Reacher' didn't work for me. And the plot was very formulaic. I think they need to pick a better book in the series for the next one, and get back to the basics of Reacher on his own, which is the idea of the thing.
And yes, 'Fool Me Once' was utter bobbins.
totally agree – richtea in particular – what a top bloke – and found bob dylan’s awkwardness funny too…
Poor Bob, he was so anxious. Quincy dealt with it really well though.
Yes, LR for president 👍
I know a few on here rate it.
Nah, it was dumbed down utter shite, equivalent of a Big Mac and fries
Just got halfway through episode 3 and had to give up. I might have enjoyed it when I was 12.
No, non of the Fargo stories are connected at all
A character from S1 appears in S3. Some of the same locations in S2 & S3. I suspect there's more if you're paying very close attention and have a good memory for names (google search say yes there are more connections). They add value rather than as a necessity to understand the plot of each series.
Started S1 earlier this year, on S4 now.
I’m giving Reacher a go. I know a few on here rate it. I’m really struggling with it tbh. Comically OTT, Mr Machismo all American hero with a whiff of pound shop Sherlock holmes. Fight scenes out of a Jackie Chan film and a supporting cast of Dukes of Hazard refugees.
Exactly. It's entertaining popcorn TV, it makes no sense. If you're not into that, it's not for you.
Binged American Nightmare on NF during the week. Not what i was expecting. Really showed US law enforcement in very poor light, and a story that literally seems incredible but well told.
Currently enjoying Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold on National Geograhic. Nice bit of adventure doc with a climate science angle. I dont like heights, so have been perversely riveted by the climbing sequences.
Exactly. It’s entertaining popcorn TV, it makes no sense
Spot on. It’s not as if the Reacher books are works of grand literature, they’re books to read with your brain out.
Finally started watching Bosch, took a while to get into it, really struggled with the differences between the book character and the show one but kind of over that.
Just watched NYAD on Netflix, a great feel good (true story) movie and very inspiring too
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Thanks for that. I wasn’t aware of this and it’s right up my strasse.
I watched Lover, Stalker, Killer on NF last night. Some crazy people about.
The Outfit.
Just wow, now and again something that little different comes along, great performance by Mark Rylance worth a watch and for me at least - enthralling.
Finished Griselda. Thought it was excellent. Really absorbing towards the middle-end. Realised I was gripping the partner's hand ridiculously tightly during the party scene!
When we finished that she put on "The Santa Clarita Diet" out of curiosity and we were roaring with laughter (slight exaggeration, but it was damn funny)! 30 eps of that to watch, so hopefully it keeps it up 🙂
Nascar on Netflix is thoroughly enjoyable. Seeing behind the scenes of a motorsport i know nothing about, was pretty interesting. They are walking billboards. And the money..... some serious wedge on show with the houses, cars, jets etc. And the way the championship runs, very different to most points wins.
Add into that some rivalry where they actually trash talk each other, rather than being nicey nice all the time.
So if you like motorsports, its worth a watch.
I have just watched fool me once the series that everyone was raving about and I have to say I was not that impressed, not as good as everyone made out.
Not sure if sarcasm or you've not read any of the last few pages of this thread!
True Detective 4 - Night Country is a mixed bag. Mostly good.
The atmosphere is thick with contradictions - Christmas fairy lights amongst characters with huge life draining issues.
It's starts well, and the plot is intriguing but then at the halfway point becomes a bit of drudge through soul destroyingly typical cop character grimness. Everyone has massive personal problems solved by having sex with everyone it appears.
Then by episode five it's back on track and remembers there's a plot to service. It's coming together again for the old corporate corruption theme.
At its best when it's doing the 'The Thing' creepiness and isolation of the characters - which may or may not be supernatural.
I like this theme but be prepared for slow and frustrating at times.
(To be honest i thought the original also had these sort of issues - despite it being very good. But also got lost in its own mire.)
Currently enjoying Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold on National Geograhic.
Fabulous scenery! But he’s using a rope - what a wimp!!
I watched a bit of one of those episodes. Seemed like they found a tenuous climate science excuse to send Alex up a big wall, which is fine, but the idea of taking rock samples at various heights to measure their relative exposure to sunlight over the eons seemed to ignore the obvious possibility that large bits of rock fall off cliffs constantly, so you have no idea when the bit of rock you are sampling came to the surface.
30 eps of that to watch, so hopefully it keeps it up
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YMMV but, I found it did
I can happily second Griselda, excellent and gripping - I watched it as the rain came down outside and I pedalled away on the turbo ...
Not Netflix - but I can also recommend some of Pete Santanello's investigative/reporting videos on Youtube, the Borders series in the US was really interesting, along with the Deep South series. IMO it shows a side to countries/regions I was certainly unaware of and would likely be the same for most of us. (He's also generally upbeat too which makes it easy to watch - look out for Titus!)
I'm becoming a connoisseur of outlandishly bad television and Fool Me Once is an excellent addition to the collection. It's a spectacular mix of totally unbelievable plot-lines, ridiculously unlikely character stories and acting that's unremittingly dreadful as if even the actors can't pretend that it's worth doing. Just hypnotically dreadful, well, at least for a couple of episodes. It's nowhere near the level of Emily in Paris, which is much more self aware and dreadful in a far better way.
I can also thoroughly recommend the gormless slosh that is Virgin River. Proper saccharine day-to-day dullness in a small US back country town interlaced with a jarring drug-dealing hoodlum side story and a few random murders. It's worth watching solely for Jack, the lead man and 'hearth throb', a character so wooden that he has only two recognisable facial expressions, one where he looks 'surprised' and the other where he does 'mournful' like an old, moth-eaten soft toy dog. It's kind of amazing. He can hold either expression for hours on end.
Anyway, I'm sure it's been mentioned already, but if you have Disney+, The Bear is just brilliant. It's worth getting just for that and you can use Tesco Clubcard points. A propos of which, the lead actor in The Bear also plays Lip in the US version of Shameless, which is on Netflix and also a good watch, arguably better than the original.
I’m becoming a connoisseur of outlandishly bad television and Fool Me Once is an excellent addition to the collection
The earlier Harlen Coben stuff is similarly terrible but equally binge worthy. It'll be buried several pages back but Fool Me Once got an airing in this thread when it was first on. Sorry, when it "dropped" to use the streaming lingo.
Richard Armitage is in at least 3 of them, he must have struck Netflix payday on this!
They're all broadly similar but Safe, Stay Close and The Stranger are all good for occupying cold wet evenings. All filmed around here too. Stockport features a lot in The Stranger. Stay Close has loads of stuff around St Helen's, Manchester, Morecambe Bay and (rather bizarrely) the Widnes Bridge. It's an extra level of jarring continuity when the character drives over the Widnes Bridge and pulls up at their beachfront house in Arnside. 😂
One Day is quite an nice watch with two very strong actors in the lead roles.
acting that’s unremittingly dreadful as if even the actors can’t pretend that it’s worth doing
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...and The Stranger are all good for occupying cold wet evenings
Yeah, if you're a bit fed up with re-runs of Gogglebox or Love Island. 😂
Cheers for recommending Boy Swallows Universe. 4 episodes in and absolutely loving it!
have just watched fool me once the series that everyone was raving about and I have to say I was not that impressed, not as good as everyone made out.
Not sure if sarcasm or you’ve not read any of the last few pages of this thread!
Indeed. Its been slated by everyone and rightfully so. We didn't even make it to the end of the first episode, it was so comically bad
The OH wanted to watch Emily in Paris, so we did - for about 8 minutes. It's... not good, so far at least - went in expecting funny, self-aware, poking fun at Americans abroad and got nothing so far.
Does it improve?
Disney+... you can use Tesco Clubcard points.
I was doing this, but be aware that they silently changed the Tesco Clubcard deal recently so you now only get poverty spec Disney+ (no UHD/HDR/Atmos), which caught me out.
One Day is quite an nice watch with two very strong actors in the lead roles.
I absolutely agree with you about the two leads, they're both very good. The chemistry between them is obvious right from the get go. But it's 14 episodes long...It's a very thin book, with a quite thin plot. You could clear it in oooh I dunno; 6 episodes maximum. Hell, even the abysmal Anne Hathaway film version got it done in under two hours. (thank God
Ah jaysus I've just realised One Day is not, in fact, One Life (the Nicholas Winterton film). Good job I realised that before starting watching 😀
Currently watching Fool Me Once – my wife seems to like it, but I think it is utter and complete bobbins. Bloody awful.
As is everything Netflix has done that is based on the work of Harlan Coben. If you like one, you'll like the rest as they are set in the same sorts of communities, with the same sort of characters with rarely believable actions / motives.
The Outfit.Just wow, now and again something that little different comes along, great performance by Mark Rylance worth a watch and for me at least – enthralling.
Thanks for the recommendation, that was excellent!
Thanks for the recommendation, that was excellent!
Yeah it was a good watch.
Virgin River; It’s worth watching solely for
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Prime; Mr & Mrs Smith with Donald Glover, far better than the movie.
Finished Loudermilk this weekend as well, mostly easy going fun show to watch, daft characters as a good sitcom should have.
Prime; Mr & Mrs Smith with Donald Glover, far better than the movie.
I've seen the first two episodes. It's entertaining so far.
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The OH wanted to watch Emily in Paris, so we did – for about 8 minutes. It’s… not good, so far at least – went in expecting funny, self-aware, poking fun at Americans abroad and got nothing so far.
Does it improve?
It does not improve.
Sky TV but… Ted the Series…. 😂😂
Finished Griselda. Thought it was excellent.
We enjoyed that. Very similar to Queen of the South, which last for 5 seasons
I'm pretty sure that Queen of the South was loosely based on Griselda's real life story. I think it's ok, good cast. Took me a few minutes to realize it was Gloria from Modern Family.
BBC iplayer - just started on the Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth - pretty good so far
I watched Lover, Stalker, Killer on NF last night. Some crazy people about.
indeed. annoyingly for my wife i called it early doors.
just started watching santa clarita diet after a recommendation on here. binge watching it, 4 episodes in. good old easy-watching gory zombie comedy series 😀 not sure what they can bring to the party to stretch it to 3 series tho, time will tell.
Been watching an older series, The Sinner, different story line for each of the foure series with just the lead detective in common, first series with Jessica Biel as a woman who seemingly randomly stabs a stranger on the beach was good, even with the weird incestious bits with her sister…
I'm 6/8 in to series 1. It's very good.
Some unpleasant themes running through it.
Pullman and Biel are outstanding.
Enjoyed The Outfit, but had BFG in my head all the time !
Sky TV but… Ted the Series…. 😂😂
It's absolutely brilliant, isn't it?
The second series of Kin just landed on iplayer. If you've not seen the first series, thats still on there. Irish gangster madness. Its very, very good!
Just got back into Slow Horses - S2 E1 and E2. Still funny and easy to watch. Oldman is brilliant. Only things I don't like - and I know these feed the vibe - are Min is a d1ck and the hacker guy gets on my man8008s.
(To be honest i thought the original also had these sort of issues – despite it being very good. Bualso got lost in its own mire.)
S1 of True Detective was awesome. Can't remember it getting mired down in any way TBH.
Another vote for Kin. Very good.
House of Ninjas popped up on my netflix so just finished with the first episode and its enjoyable to watch. Good plot, characters with depth and backstory and subplot.
In Japanese with subtitles.
Worth a look anyway.
Only things I don’t like – and I know these feed the vibe – are Min is a d1ck and the hacker guy gets on my man8008s.
The characters are all meant to be ****ups. Roddy is the most obnoxious tv character I can think of off the top of my head, he's either a brilliant actor or an utter tosser in real life.
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Albeit Apple TV if you can get the free sub, but Invasion is bloody good so far, up to episode 3…
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Kyrton posted this 3 months ago. Don't trust Krypton! I just waded thru the first series and it's shit! (Just to save you the bother of watching...)