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Luther & Fringe
Never heard of Luther & Fringe. Is it any good?
Never heard of Luther & Fringe. Is it any good?
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Luther is a hard-boiled cop on the edge. Ruthless and relentless, his reputation strikes fear into the hearts of criminals and colleagues alike. His ex wife is a former prostitute with a heart of gold who fell on bad times and left him for the head of the local crime syndicate. Luther hit the bottle hard and is now a recovering alcoholic; only a short step away from oblivion at the bottom of a bottle of Jack, the terrors Luther faces daily on the streets are nothing compared to battles he wages with the demons within.
Fringe is a lost soul looking for a purpose. Orphaned at an early age in a freak accident involving a hundred gallons of WD40, a killer whale and a Flymo, Fringe ran away from his abusive adoptive parents to join the circus. Now, as the best juggler in the business, consomethinge lion-tamer and owner of a thousand hats, the LAPD's newest recruit is the last thing Luther was looking for but could just be exactly what he needs.
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LOL - I'm in.
I was just thinking, y'know, I'd watch that.
world at war +1
richard dawkins docu's enemies of reason and root of all evil (depending on your opinion of supernatural phenomenon)
The Shield
Recent season of House has been exceptional.
But still, The Shield.
Bikes, kind of - hunt down On Any Sunday. Great, great film, even if it's 40 years old.
Entourage
Sons of Anarchy
Just about anything from HBO.
All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace
If you really have got time to kill breath new life into your old movies by watching them in reverse. Titanic becomes a film about a mysterious ship that arrives just in time to save a bunch of people who are drowning in the Atlantic. And the cannonball run ends in a dead heat.
Battlestar gallactica
Blue bloods
Chicago Code
Walking dead
breaking Bad
24
Alias
Band of Brothers (want to buy my boxset?)
Prison Break (want to buy my boxset?)
Dark Angel? (not Angel from Buffy)
CSI (original, Miami & new York - in that order)
Without a trace
Greys Anatomy
Fringe
Luther (with Idris Elba from The Wire).
Game of Thrones.
Just restarting this thread. 4OD is pretty good for watching stuff free online. Been watching Tony Robinson's Fact or Fiction about Boudica and Harold Godwinson link here: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/fact-or-fiction/episode-guide. Their series on 1066 was quite graphic, but very good. Link here: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/1066/4od
Also contains, when I last checked, lots of old series of Time Team - http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team/4od and Watercolour Challenge - http://www.channel4.com/search/?q=Watercolour+Challenge. Nice series to watch when you've got time.
Also liked an old show called Interview with a Poltergeist. Definitely made me believe in ghosts - http://www.channel4.com/programmes/interview-with-a-poltergeist.
Favourite box sets to buy have to be: Father Ted, Rising Damp, At Home with the Braithwaites and Moonlighting.
Dig out a movie called "wag the dog" thats ace. Also track down some of Benedict Allens adventures and a film called dead mans shoes. Good wee start for ya.
Since I posted this, I have seen all of spiral (brilliant) and have just started the original version of the killing.
Mesrine is worth a watch and so is la haine. French gangsta type movies. Couple of the old lonely planets are well worth a watch as well. Morocco and thailand were good.
For documentaries - next week sometime on More 4 "Hell and Back Again".
Saw it on the big screen earlier this year, theres been a bit of a glut of Afganistan docs on the TV of late (which is nothing to moan about really) but this is an entirely, entirely, different creature - an amazing piece of portraiture. The director is a war photographer and the whole thing was filmed on a 5D - he worked alone, right in the line of fire - any frame could be an iconic photograph.
You need to watch Breaking Bad. It's the best thing on telly imo. Better than The Wire which I still think is a bit overrated anyway.
Dexter is alright but predictable, the first season was awesome as was S4. S6 is good so far as well.
I'm liking Person of Interest which I think is a new AMC show. Not very deep or clever story-wise but it's fun action-thriller stuff.
Oh and +1 for Fringe, probably my 2nd favourite after Breaking Bad 🙂
Battlestar Galatica and Game of Thrones are good even if you dont like fantasy or Sci-Fi.
My wife even got into them
Battlestar Galatica
I tried (and failed) to enjoy that. Got about 2.5 series in and gave up - it was fracking awful.
Meerkat Manor is where it's at. And anything narrated by David Attenborough.
I've seen the first series of BB. One of the best things on Tv.
Fridge is on now on the list, JJ Abrams is one of my favorite directors.
The wire overrated? blasphemy!!
Another vote for Spiral
Treme is from the makers of The Wire and is very very good, takes a few episodes to get into it so stick with it.
Breaking Bad is very good, although they haven't got series 3 on iTunes for some reason?
Son's of Anarchy is ace, season 4 has just started in the states - the first two have been very good and it does seem to get better as it goes along
I've started watching Burn Notice while sitting on the Turbo trainer - its a bit cheesy but passes the time
The Wire is still the best thing I've seen on TV, still a void in my TV viewing that could only be filled by Mcnaulty, Omar and the rest...
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
Oz
BSG
You need to watch Breaking Bad. It's the best thing on telly imo. Better than The Wire which I still think is a bit overrated anyway.
Nah. Breaking Bad was great but quite a lot of it isn't very believable, whereas the Wire is mostly quite convincing (apart from the silly plot in the last series). The Wire just has such an incredibly broad scope as well.
game of thrones
24
spartacus
then watch 24 again coz jack bauer is just that f'ing good! LOL
Nah. Breaking Bad was great but quite a lot of it isn't very believable, whereas the Wire is mostly quite convincing (apart from the silly plot in the last series). The Wire just has such an incredibly broad scope as well.
I guess, I don't really look for "believability" in a TV show though. I liked The Wire but I think in general I'm not really a huge cop-drama fan. I did love The Shield though.