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Discussion in 'General Chat' started by BradfordBanter, Mar 22, 2020.

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  1. Get Rid Of It

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    The Trial Of The Chicago Seven, on netflix.

    Mentioned because it was much better than i thought, very funny in places.
     
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    Watched the first series of The Break on Netflix. Belgian crime drama. Nothing groundbreaking, but decent enough.
     
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    Just watched all five series of the excellent Line of Duty again ahead of the much anticipated launch of series 6 next month.
     
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    Anyone watched It’s a Sin?
     
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    Turned it off after 20 minutes of the first episode, couldn't stomach the graphic gay sex.
     
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    Watched the first couple of episodes of ' Your Honor' starring the excellent Bryan Cranston yesterday. A very good watch so far
     
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  7. Get Rid Of It

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    Watched the Jack Charlton documentary on bbc2 last night.

    Recommended.
    Sad and yet uplifting.
    Little was mentioned about his time at leeds- in case you are squeamish.

    One thing though, never made a Sir like "our kid" or geoff Hurst.
    ALL of the starting eleven should have been knighted by now, either living or post-humously.
    Are Jack or Gordon Banks lesser players in the Team?
     
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    Resurrection of dead 'fred;

    On a recommend, downloaded on i-player the Inside No9 series,
    Last night watched from series 2 The 12 Days Of Christine

    Wow
    Sheridan Smith on top form
    Just 30 minutes long and one of the very best things i have ever seen on tv
     
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  9. shoatsy

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    A typical is decent
     
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    Recently watched series 1 of the Danish drama The Killing starring the mesmerising Sofie Grabol. How good is she.

    Subtitles previously put me off watching. I have to say though, once you get used to it, after maybe one episode, you do overcome that, and it was a compelling watch and actually enjoyable listening to the Danish language making it more realistic.

    Started Series 2 this week
     
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    Pretty late to the party aren't you with Killing. It is brilliant though. The US remake actually isn't too bad either. Season 1 & 2 of that are basically a slight twist on season 1 of the danish first season. That actually killed its ratings in the US because people expected it to be solved in season 1, although the reality is the Danish version actually took a long break in the middle of season 1 so it was more like two seasons anyway hence why it was 20 episodes rather than 10 of S2 and S3. Having watched s1 of the Danish s1/2 of the US version can seem a bit redundant as the differences may be aren't big enough but Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman are really good and S3 and S4 are completely different to S2/S3 of the Danish one and are really good. And without the character groundwork in S1/2 it might not work as well. Sofie Grabol actually has a small role in 1 episode as well

    After that, I fully recommend the Danish/Swedish co-production The Bridge which is another top quality Nordic Noir. It does mean its part in Swedish and part in Danish but the languages are fairly similar so you might not notice the difference that much

    Slightly different but equally as good you have Borgen which is basically what you get if you take The West Wing and House of Cards and sprinkle it with that Danish style you get in the killing.

    If you have AppleTV+ (or you know how to Pirate) then Tehran is a really good political/spy thriller. Although it decided to trump The Bridge and this is in Hebrew, Persian and English. And it seems Jews speak very quickly when speaking Hebrew so it can take an episode just to get used to realising when it's Hebrew and not Persian and speeding up how quickly you read the subtitles or you can miss things
     
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    I didn't bother as I have a bit of a Love/Hate relationship with Russell T Davis.

    Liked his very first thing he did drama wise which was the CBBC 'one and done' show Dark Seasons (Which actually filmed much of it in houses in and around the square I lived in when it was filmed in 90 or 91. We would actually hang around with the child actors between takes. I wonder whatever came of these actors, I think one of them was called something like Katie Winslet, she didn't seem to go on and do much :) ), The Second Coming was a masterpiece at the time (not sure how it would stand up in today's world, I remember the time everyone though Casualty was a top-quality serious medical drama until ER made its way over the sea and made people realise it was little more than a cheap soap opera) and he made Doctor Who something I never really got to one of my favourite shows (And Torchwood was equally brilliant, especially Miracle Day) and Casanova was great but all too often it seems he has that same issue that Ryan Murphy of Glee & American Horror Story fame has as a gay showrunner and that's he can be too prone to letting him tell everyone 'I'm gay don't you know' by basically making the campiness derail the story (Even at time DW and TW fell into that trap).

    The strange thing is RTD has the ability not to have to do that, Queer as Folk was able to tell a gay story without doing that and as such it was accessible no matter what your sexuality rather than feeling like something you have to be 'in on the joke' to get anything out of. So basically even if It's a Sin was more Queer as Folk than say Cucumber/ Bannana/Tofu I wasn't willing to waste an hour checking out an episode having been burnt by him on TV with gay issues at the heart before
     
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    Yes I was late to The Killing party mainly highlighted above about the language/subtitles.

    I actually downloaded the book onto my kindle a few years ago and never got around to reading it either, even though that's in English.

    I downloaded The Bridge last week to watch so will watch that soon too for sure.
     
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    Just been working on my brand new youtube channel which is going to focus Football Ground travels and reviews providing fans with key details etc... I have done two grounds already Villa Park and Ashton Gate. Please see my recent trip to Villa Park below. I'm really hope to do Valley Parade one day, ground and city I've been quite fascinated to see. Feel free to subscribe and suggest any grounds or any key information.

     
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    This is from my recent trip to Glasgow Rangers Ibrox, great historic stadium

     
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    Just watched the first two series of The Bridge, excellent Danish/Swedish drama, which I missed when it was first aired.

    Sofia Helin has totally bewitched me watching this
     
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    It is superb.

    Have you watched Borgen?
     
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    No not watched Borgen. I was always put off watching these Scandinavian dramas as I thought the subtitles would put me off. I eventually bit the bullet, due to all the superb reviews of The Killing, and watched all series of that earlier this year, which I enjoyed. I do prefer The Bridge so far though.

    I must admit the subtitles were not an issue at all, and I cannot imagine watching without the Danish and Swedish language. Indeed, I think my Danish is coming on really well for it!
     
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    So true. Definitely picked up a smattering of Scandinavian languages over the years. Although I'm not sure how useful phrases relating to cause of death and witness statements are.

    Borgen is definitely worth a watch.

    Other Scandinavian series I've watched include Bordertown, Young Wallender, Trapped, Wisting and The Valhalla Murders.
     
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    2 programmes got me engrossed recently.

    I am a killer, on Netflix. First hand accounts from killers on death row. Very eye-opening either way for those for and against capital punishment.

    What we do in the Shadows, on the iPlayer. Dark comedy with Matt Berry. Took me a while to get completely into it, but once I got to know the characters I was laughing out loud.
     
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