TV shows (but not GoT)

[Redwire]

42 minutes ago, charlie clown said:

Yeah, the amount of BBC propaganda is usually in inverse proportion to the actual quality. LoD has been gradually getting sillier and sillier season by season, the amount of self-congratulatory publicity has risen accordingly.

It's brilliantly watchable but has got dafter every time. I think Mercurio is phoning it in to an extent now. 

It is very daft.  More so in the later series.  Mercurio's stuff generally is - Bodyguard was ridiculous.

[charlie clown]

Yes, Bodyguard was laughable at times.

[cymrococh]

2 hours ago, charlie clown said:

Yeah, the amount of BBC propaganda is usually in inverse proportion to the actual quality. LoD has been gradually getting sillier and sillier season by season, the amount of self-congratulatory publicity has risen accordingly.

The kind of people who love it when brands tweet each other absolutely love all that #whoish stuff.

Edited March 22, 2021 by cymrococh

[Bailo]

1 hour ago, Redwire said:

It is very daft.  More so in the later series.  Mercurio's stuff generally is - Bodyguard was ridiculous.

His earlier stuff, Cardiac Arrest and Bodies were much better and more realistic. In unrelated news, Jed Mercurio used to be a doctor.

[Redwire]

16 minutes ago, Bailo said:

His earlier stuff, Cardiac Arrest and Bodies were much better and more realistic. In unrelated news, Jed Mercurio used to be a doctor.

Yes, they were less daft.  I've just noticed that Bodies is on iPlayer, might give it a rewatch.

He was still a doctor I think when he wrote Cardiac Arrest.  Put it out under a pseudonym.

[Falconhoof]

Just started watching Arrested Development. I’ve never seen it before. 
Quite amusing 

[Hassony]

2 minutes ago, Falconhoof said:

Just started watching Arrested Development. I’ve never seen it before. 
Quite amusing 

Just make sure you stop at the end of season 3 

[cymrococh]

Is Modern Family any good?

[Begbie]

Yep, took a risk and watched it with my nine year old who loved it

Fair few unlikeable characters, although Gloria makes up for that

Easy viewing

[Tommok]

4 minutes ago, cymrococh said:

Is Modern Family any good?

Yeah it's good simple family fun. 

[Swipe]

17 minutes ago, cymrococh said:

Is Modern Family any good?

First few seasons are funny. Got boring for me after a while. 

[Barnesy_10]

1 hour ago, cymrococh said:

Is Modern Family any good?

Yeah it's good... Cam is excellent.. The lad who plays Manny is brilliant too. 

and then there is Sofia Vergara. 

[Tommok]

Phil Dunphy is a nice character 

[D.Boon]

11 hours ago, Hassony said:

Just make sure you stop at the end of season 3 

I reckon this is the advice for any TV show

10 hours ago, cymrococh said:

Is Modern Family any good?

Decent. Pretty people doing daft things. Gets repetitive.

[Benzo-13]

16 hours ago, cymrococh said:

Is Modern Family any good?

It’s a good easy watch. Finale is very poor.

[cymrococh]

You'll be pleased to know after all your positive comments I started watching season 4 of 24 again.

[Cobs]

17 hours ago, cymrococh said:

Is Modern Family any good?

yeah, really good

[Rory Fitzgerald]

Challenger: The Final Flight - Netflix 4 part docuseries. Its all based on footage of the time and interviews today with people involved in the decision making. I had seen plenty of "Discovery Channel" programs on it, so little new information came through for me except, I never knew about the Rogers Commission and the physicist Richard Feynman.

Looking into it more, I did stumble across a 2013 film call the Challenge Disaster and that is all dramatisation of the Rogers Commission with Willam Hurt playing Richard Feynman (cast also includes Brian Dennehy and Bruce Greenwood). Its not on netflix but the full film is on youtube and I watched it on that - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT7Yx5kxYco

 

[Barnesy_10]

Tried to get into Falcon and Winter Soldier and yeah, it's early days. But I have a bit of a hatred for Captain America to be honest. The character pisses me off and so anything directly connected with him suffers as a result in my opinion. Will stick it out. 

 

[Nebraska Red]

21 hours ago, Redwire said:

It is very daft.  More so in the later series.  Mercurio's stuff generally is - Bodyguard was ridiculous.

The BBC announcer already had to clarify one term, CHIS, after fans mistook it for a rude word.

As the credits rolled at the end of the episode, the voice-over said: "CHIS, if you're wondering, is a covert human intelligence source."

It came after several viewers pointed out that the pronunciation of CHIS actually sounded a lot like 'jizz'.

[Dan]

Is Disney+ worth getting? It would be for TV shows rather than films. Are there any decent ones for kids aged 9-12?

[Hassony]

6 minutes ago, Dan said:

Is Disney+ worth getting? It would be for TV shows rather than films. Are there any decent ones for kids aged 9-12?

Yeah, plenty of stuff on it, definitely worth trying it for a month 

[Dan]

11 minutes ago, Hassony said:

Yeah, plenty of stuff on it, definitely worth trying it for a month 

No contract then? Will give it a try.

[Hassony]

33 minutes ago, Dan said:

No contract then? Will give it a try.

no contract, it's monthly so you can cancel anytime, and the first month is free

[Tommok]

2 hours ago, Hassony said:

no contract, it's monthly so you can cancel anytime, and the first month is free

Haven't they scrapped the free month now?