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  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,882Chief of Staff
    I've been watching The Boys on Amazon Prime. . .a deconstructive yet fun look at a superhero team (that's run by a corporation)--it's sort of like what Watchmen would be if it were written by The Tick's Ben Edlund.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Enjoying MindHunter on Netflix, The story of setting up the FBI's serial killer
    profiling and behavioural science unit. One of the things I love are all the old
    cars, as it,s set in the 70s.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    edited August 2019
    I bought the first five seasons of Scrubs at a Red Cross flea market this last Saturday, and it's really good. Heather Locklear repeatedly slapping her own butt while walking down a corridor was a personal favourite :x
  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    I bought the first five seasons of Scrubs at a Red Cross flea market this last Saturday, and it's really good. Heather Locklear repeatedly slapping her own butt while walking doen a corridor was a personal favourite :x
    I have never seen it, but a close friend, a cardiothoracic surgeon for many years, used to tell me all the time that this was the most authentic hospital show he had ever seen. Of course it's a comedy, but he thought they nailed the dynamics of a hospital environment.
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,882Chief of Staff
    I just finished watching Netflix's "limited" series, The Spy, with Sacha Baron Cohen (!) as Mossad agent Eli Cohen, whose infiltration of Syria in the 1960s was critical to the later Seven Days' War. At first it's a little hard to accept the guy behind Bruno and Borat in a serious role, but SBC is very good, conveying the gut-wrenching fear that comes with being a spy, as well as the danger of being swallowed by an identity created by the spy and his handlers. if you like spy stuff, this is necessary watching.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    The Bride and I have been enjoying Carnival Row, starring Orlando Bloom. While it was a bit heavy handed on the metaphors we are looking forward to the second season.
  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,882Chief of Staff
    Barbel wrote:
    The Bride and I have been enjoying Carnival Row, starring Orlando Bloom. While it was a bit heavy handed on the metaphors we are looking forward to the second season.

    I wasn't a big fan--to me, it tries to be Game of Thrones with a Victorian setting, which didn't work at all.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Fair enough, though I thought it was more trying to be Penny Dreadful (which I liked).
  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,882Chief of Staff
    Penny Dreadful (and, I humbly suggest, Dickensian and The Frankenstein Chronicles) both work by mashing-up familiar characters and/or authors and seeing what happens when they come together. Carnival Row doesn't have any literary source it could build upon. . .instead, it deals with feuding families, political assassinations, bastard sons everywhere you look, witchcraft and wizardry, and even an incestuous power couple--all stuff that works well in the quasi-medieval settings of GoT but seems clunky and weird in this faux Victorian world, which is the natural realm of steampunk. But all this is just my opinion.
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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,906MI6 Agent
    Anybody been watching Ken Burns' new documentary on the history of Country Music?
    I caught part of the first episode about Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family.

    But PBS took me by surprise, I assumed there'd be a new episode on every Sunday night, like a normal show ... instead they've already broadcast most of the miniseries over the last week and I missed it!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Another post on how good SPOOKS was -{ such high standards, the scripts are fantastic.
    I've found myself sitting down to watch just an episode or two, .... then end up watching the
    entire series :D I'm coming to the end of series 7 at the moment .
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  • Ens007Ens007 EnglandPosts: 863MI6 Agent
    Another post on how good SPOOKS was -{ such high standards, the scripts are fantastic.
    I've found myself sitting down to watch just an episode or two, .... then end up watching the
    entire series :D I'm coming to the end of series 7 at the moment .

    One of the best series I've seen.

    Out of interest TP, did you enjoy the Spooks movie?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    It wasn't as good as the series but I did enjoy it. I've been collecting all 10 series of
    Spooks on download and dvd ( Yes some of us still use DVDs ) :)) as they can be
    bought for only a few pounds these days.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Hardyboy wrote:
    Penny Dreadful (and, I humbly suggest, Dickensian and The Frankenstein Chronicles) both work by mashing-up familiar characters and/or authors and seeing what happens when they come together. Carnival Row doesn't have any literary source it could build upon. . .instead, it deals with feuding families, political assassinations, bastard sons everywhere you look, witchcraft and wizardry, and even an incestuous power couple--all stuff that works well in the quasi-medieval settings of GoT but seems clunky and weird in this faux Victorian world, which is the natural realm of steampunk. But all this is just my opinion.

    There is truth in what you say, Sir Professor :D , but I liked it anyway!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Jack Ryan season 2 on Amazon, Brilliant thriller series -{
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The Man in the High Castle ( season 4 ),
    I love these type of " What If ?" shows. I binge watched this today all 10 episodes :D

    The Expanse,
    Just started watching this sci-fi series and really enjoy it, It's believable sci-fi with all the
    equipment, space suits etc, all battered and scratched as if it's used everyday.
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  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,882Chief of Staff
    Just finished watching on Netflix (U.S.) Living with Yourself, which stars Paul Rudd as a guy who gets cloned. It's funny in a Coen Brothers/Spike Jonze kind of way, while asking serious questions of the self, relationships, and credenzas. And there's also Aisling Bea in all her take-no-guff Irishness as the wife of him/them. Good show!
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  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    Has anyone watched 'Succession'?

    I absolutely loved it.Not one likeable character but compelling viewing. Not one bad character and absolutely hilarious at times.

    Between Succession and Chernobyl, 2019 has been an excellent year for me TV wise. Chernobyl left a very strong impression on me.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I haven't seen it sorry, but Nice to see you back again Lady Rose -{
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    Nice to see you back in AJB, Lady Rose :007)
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I'm enjoying " The War of the Worlds" on BBC 1 Sunday evenings.
    The first time the story has been filmed in the original time period it
    was set in.
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  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    I haven't seen it sorry, but Nice to see you back again Lady Rose -{
    Number24 wrote:
    Nice to see you back in AJB, Lady Rose :007)

    Thanks guys.

    Nice to be missed. ;%
  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    I'm enjoying " The War of the Worlds" on BBC 1 Sunday evenings.
    The first time the story has been filmed in the original time period it
    was set in.

    So annoyed I missed it.

    Always loved the story. Not so much the Tom Cruise version but was looking forward to it then forgot to record it! Thank goodness for catch up.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Hanna

    I'm about halfway through Season One. Very enjoyable, and very similar to Stephen King's "Firestarter".
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    edited December 2019
    I watched all episodes exept the last one (I visited someone with a streaming service …) of HBO's Chernobyl. Highly recomended. Excelent! David Dencik plays Gorbatchow.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I'm not a sports fan, but watching some of the football
    Matches on Amazon prime in 4k they look amazing !
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Death in Paradise back on bbc 1 Thursday night -{
    On of my all time favourite shows!
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    James May, Our man in Japan. ( Amazon prime )
    A great, fun and very interesting travelogue around
    Japan. Seeing the sights and meeting many of its
    Wonderful people.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    22. July

    This is a mini-series made by Norwegian public broadcasting (NRK) about the terror attack in 2011. Instead of any focus on the terrorist Breivik it focuses on the people who's life was affected by the Utøya attack: because of their jobs: a Somali hospital porter, a teacher, a policeman, a journalist, a doctor, a priest and so on. The characters are fictional, but the events they experience really happend. The scriptwriters worked closely with the survivors and others who where in the situations in the series. This mini-series is sometimes painful to watch, but also important in my opinion. It's very well made and I recomend it if you're interested in the topic and feel ready for it.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    edited January 2020
    Around the world in 80 days (1989) Mini-series in three parts


    This mini-series stars Pierce Brosnan in a version of Jules Verne's classic adventure story. I guess this is part of my project to watch more non-Bond work by the Bond actors. I watched it on Youtube, this time on a less than HD video. Brosnan's co-stars are Eric Idle as Passepartou, Pater Ustinov as Detective Fix and Julia Nickson as princess Daouda. Bond veterans Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee and Jill St. John have smaller roles. The production values are pretty high and features exotic locations and colourful characters. Pierce Brosnan seems to have fun in the role as a British gentleman who loves both a strict routine ("For him a perfect day is exactly like the day before") and adventure. At 36 he looks much younger than Connery was when he made DN at 32 and Brosnan was probably too young-looking for Bond at the time. It struck me that playing Phileas Fogg would be perfect casting for Roger Moore sometime in the 1970's.

    PS:

    1) The BBC is making a new TV series of "Around the world in 80 days" starring David Tennant as we speak.
    2) The fencing scene in DAD was shot in the Reform Club in London, the location of the begining and the end of the book 'Around the World in 80 Days'"
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