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salanya wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:51 pm Not sure it's been mentioned already, but all episodes of the mini-series 'The Tourist' are now on BBC iPlayer.

Fun mix of drama with the randomly absurd, in the mad setting of the Ozzie outback.

Not perfect, but enjoyable and a bit different.

Yes, I enjoyed it. Helen the cop was superb.

Anyone watch the Expanse season 6?

Am flabbergasted it's over so quickly.
It's the equivalent of GOT deciding to focus on kings landing alone and only do a 5 minute snippet at the start of each episode to cover the life & death struggle in the north.

Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 12:23 pm

salanya wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:51 pm Not sure it's been mentioned already, but all episodes of the mini-series 'The Tourist' are now on BBC iPlayer.

Fun mix of drama with the randomly absurd, in the mad setting of the Ozzie outback.

Not perfect, but enjoyable and a bit different.

Yes, I enjoyed it. Helen the cop was superb.

Couldn't get through the first episode. Maybe need to give it another try.

Uncle fester wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:48 pm Anyone watch the Expanse season 6?

Am flabbergasted it's over so quickly.
It's the equivalent of GOT deciding to focus on kings landing alone and only do a 5 minute snippet at the start of each episode to cover the life & death struggle in the north.

Watched the first 2 epis so far, there is a lot to cram into just 6. Not sure where they are going with the mini story of the girl on Laconia as that isn't in the Babylon's Ashes book nor the next in the series. Having set up the protomolecule thing so much I suppose they will have to try and give some sort of ending to it - the following books seem to take that on a lot further.

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:02 am

Uncle fester wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:48 pm Anyone watch the Expanse season 6?

Am flabbergasted it's over so quickly.
It's the equivalent of GOT deciding to focus on kings landing alone and only do a 5 minute snippet at the start of each episode to cover the life & death struggle in the north.

Watched the first 2 epis so far, there is a lot to cram into just 6. Not sure where they are going with the mini story of the girl on Laconia as that isn't in the Babylon's Ashes book nor the next in the series. Having set up the protomolecule thing so much I suppose they will have to try and give some sort of ending to it - the following books seem to take that on a lot further.

Don’t understand why they bothered with Laconia either.

Just finished the last book, and they nailed the landing IMO.

Quade wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 7:15 am

Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 12:23 pm

salanya wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:51 pm Not sure it's been mentioned already, but all episodes of the mini-series 'The Tourist' are now on BBC iPlayer.

Fun mix of drama with the randomly absurd, in the mad setting of the Ozzie outback.

Not perfect, but enjoyable and a bit different.

Yes, I enjoyed it. Helen the cop was superb.

Couldn't get through the first episode. Maybe need to give it another try.

I liked it a lot.

Good ending as well

Uncle fester wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:48 pm Anyone watch the Expanse season 6?

Am flabbergasted it's over so quickly.
It's the equivalent of GOT deciding to focus on kings landing alone and only do a 5 minute snippet at the start of each episode to cover the life & death struggle in the north.

I thought they did try and cram a bit too much into the final episode. Still, season 6 was pretty good overall.

It would have been far better if GOT ended around season 4

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:02 am
Not sure where they are going with the mini story of the girl on Laconia as that isn't in the Babylon's Ashes book nor the next in the series.

Its the strange dogs novella. set between Babylon's Ashes and Persepolis Rising

I think they are hoping to produce a couple of movies in the future.

Quade wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:14 am

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:02 am

Uncle fester wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:48 pm Anyone watch the Expanse season 6?

Am flabbergasted it's over so quickly.
It's the equivalent of GOT deciding to focus on kings landing alone and only do a 5 minute snippet at the start of each episode to cover the life & death struggle in the north.

Watched the first 2 epis so far, there is a lot to cram into just 6. Not sure where they are going with the mini story of the girl on Laconia as that isn't in the Babylon's Ashes book nor the next in the series. Having set up the protomolecule thing so much I suppose they will have to try and give some sort of ending to it - the following books seem to take that on a lot further.

Don’t understand why they bothered with Laconia either.

Just finished the last book, and they nailed the landing IMO.

So which book is after season 6? Seeing as it’s likely canned, might as well read the rest.

Ymx wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:15 pm

Quade wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:14 am

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:02 am

Watched the first 2 epis so far, there is a lot to cram into just 6. Not sure where they are going with the mini story of the girl on Laconia as that isn't in the Babylon's Ashes book nor the next in the series. Having set up the protomolecule thing so much I suppose they will have to try and give some sort of ending to it - the following books seem to take that on a lot further.

Don’t understand why they bothered with Laconia either.

Just finished the last book, and they nailed the landing IMO.

So which book is after season 6? Seeing as it’s likely canned, might as well read the rest.

Persepolis Rising

Just starting series 2 of For Life - totally gripped by series 1. American prisons have got to be about the scariest places on earth!!

Openside wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:04 pm Just starting series 2 of For Life - totally gripped by series 1. American prisons have got to be about the scariest places on earth!!

Don’t tell that to Prince Andrew.

Ymx wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:35 pm

Openside wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:04 pm Just starting series 2 of For Life - totally gripped by series 1. American prisons have got to be about the scariest places on earth!!

Don’t tell that to Prince Andrew.

He is never going to set foot in the US again!!

Openside wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:04 pm Just starting series 2 of For Life - totally gripped by series 1. American prisons have got to be about the scariest places on earth!!

There are plenty of good examples but The Night Of box set has to be one of the most chillingly realistic versions of how brutal their criminal justice system is

ASMO wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 9:43 am

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 5:43 am

Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:12 pm Boba Fett episode 2 was great! Creepy incesty Hutt twins, evil Wookie, lore expansion, Babel Lizard/In your face, Space Coyote, the forging of the stick and Lawrence of Tatooine. Top notch.

It was hugely entertaining. I got notes of Dances with Wolves and Tom Cruise from the Last Samurai. Its interesting to think that most Millennials and Gen Z's won't pick up the various nods to the Western genre.

There was even a Dune like reference to the spice mining/smuggling on that train thing

Just watched the 3rd episode, & surprised how much I'm enjoying it so far.

Love the ground effect lambrettas the, "Mods", have; I haven't seen that many mirrors on a scooter in quite some time

Calculon wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:59 am

Uncle fester wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:48 pm Anyone watch the Expanse season 6?

Am flabbergasted it's over so quickly.
It's the equivalent of GOT deciding to focus on kings landing alone and only do a 5 minute snippet at the start of each episode to cover the life & death struggle in the north.

I thought they did try and cram a bit too much into the final episode. Still, season 6 was pretty good overall.

It would have been far better if GOT ended around season 4

Up to episode 4 now - I think I can see why they might have included the Laconia scenes now - connections with something spoilery in the Book 7 story 'Persepolis Rising'. However if they aren't going on to make any more of the series not sure I understand why they took up time with it in this series, might have allowed some slower pacing as things heat up. There are a few changes to the story, most notably Book 7 which makes me wonder if they really have condensed the finale to include things I haven't yet read...

Your spoiler is due to the behaviour of the actor off screen . And is the major change between books and TV ahow

Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 3:53 pm

Openside wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:04 pm Just starting series 2 of For Life - totally gripped by series 1. American prisons have got to be about the scariest places on earth!!

There are plenty of good examples but The Night Of box set has to be one of the most chillingly realistic versions of how brutal their criminal justice system is

The Night of.

I can't remember the name of the film but it had Tom Selleck in as someone that was framed by the police on a drugs bust at the wrong house. Stuff of nightmares.

Openside wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:13 pm
I can't remember the name of the film but it had Tom Selleck in as someone that was framed by the police on a drugs bust at the wrong house. Stuff of nightmares.

An Innocent Man

Just finished HBO's Station Eleven and its outstanding. It's a weird and wonderful post-apocalyptic affair which is superbly acted and directed. I was hesitant to give it a go because the premise sounded a bit silly but freaking loved it.

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:56 am Just finished HBO's Station Eleven and its outstanding. It's a weird and wonderful post-apocalyptic affair which is superbly acted and directed. I was hesitant to give it a go because the premise sounded a bit silly but freaking loved it.

I have been curious about this because I really rated the book that it is based on.

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:56 am Just finished HBO's Station Eleven and its outstanding. It's a weird and wonderful post-apocalyptic affair which is superbly acted and directed. I was hesitant to give it a go because the premise sounded a bit silly but freaking loved it.

Up to episode 2.... gotta say it's pretty uninspiring so far.... does it get a lot better then?

Reminds me of "Revolution" from a few years back... I only watched that cause the lead was cute...

Finished watching 'The Expanse', I have plenty of reservations about the series but that was a pretty good finale with closure and TBH ending the arc from the book 'Babylon's Ashes' felt like an end point with the next book acting as a restart with a new story. The only reason I can think of for the Laconia scenes, which added next to nothing of import, is leaving just enough of a teaser open to be able to resume the series at some point if Amazon or someone else takes it on - maybe a mini-series or feature film rather like 'Serenity' was for 'Firefly'.

Grandpa wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:07 pm

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:56 am Just finished HBO's Station Eleven and its outstanding. It's a weird and wonderful post-apocalyptic affair which is superbly acted and directed. I was hesitant to give it a go because the premise sounded a bit silly but freaking loved it.

Up to episode 2.... gotta say it's pretty uninspiring so far.... does it get a lot better then?

Reminds me of "Revolution" from a few years back... I only watched that cause the lead was cute...

Having trouble finding it. Where is it?

Ymx wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:08 pm

Grandpa wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:07 pm

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:56 am Just finished HBO's Station Eleven and its outstanding. It's a weird and wonderful post-apocalyptic affair which is superbly acted and directed. I was hesitant to give it a go because the premise sounded a bit silly but freaking loved it.

Up to episode 2.... gotta say it's pretty uninspiring so far.... does it get a lot better then?

Reminds me of "Revolution" from a few years back... I only watched that cause the lead was cute...

Having trouble finding it. Where is it?

Sorry, I don't know. I got it from a mate.... up to episode 5 now. It's got a bit better. But still quite annoying...

I am trying to think if there has ever been a good post apocalyptic tv series? Some decent films.. but I can't remember a decent tv series? I greatly dislike anything with zombies in it.

OZARK season 4 is on but with only 7 episodes instead of 10, it looks like they’ll put 7 more later.

In the middle of watching Archive 81 on Netflix. Really enjoying it.

In case you're not feeling old enough. South Park Season 25 has just launched. I was 29 when it premiered. The Simpsons aired season 1 in 1989. I can remember it pretty clearly. It was shown on VHS on our TV on the border at our army base in South West Africa/Namibia. We were packing up to go just before independence of Namibia was declared.

Just started Jack Reacher.

Anyone watched it?

Ymx wrote: ↑Fri Feb 04, 2022 9:02 pm Just started Jack Reacher.

Anyone watched it?

Didn't know about this. Looks like it might fun. Thad from Blue Mountain State in the lead role.

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 6:43 am

Ymx wrote: ↑Fri Feb 04, 2022 9:02 pm Just started Jack Reacher.

Anyone watched it?

Didn't know about this. Looks like it might fun. Thad from Blue Mountain State in the lead role.

I really liked him in that show
Great to see him in this

2 episodes in Reacher so far and enjoying it. It's not hardly top notch acting or script but enjoyable non the less.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 8:11 am 2 episodes in Reacher so far and enjoying it. It's not hardly top notch acting or script but enjoyable non the less.

Yeah, in the same boat. It’s pretty simple with simple characters. Main character is s bit too perfect (as books tend to create). Same with Jack Ryan, Robert Langdon type characters. Smart appearing, guesses/instinct always right 100%.

But it’s enjoyable nonetheless.

I can't remember who it was, but whoever recommended Spiral... The French version of The Wire. Thank you. Watched all the seasons and loved it. Much more watchable than The Wire for me

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 8:11 am 2 episodes in Reacher so far and enjoying it. It's not hardly top notch acting or script but enjoyable non the less.

I just cancelled my Prime sub, I have 'til the end of the month to watch anything I haven't got through yet.

I'm on the third ep, it's decent enough fare. Never read any of the books, but dimly aware of the character and it seem like they got the casting right enough. Alan Ritchson's a pretty massive bugger, albeit not quote 6'5.

Willa Fitzgerald's not exactly hard on the eyes. Last thing I saw her in was the godawful Scream TV show, bit of a change.

mat the expat wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:03 pm

Openside wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:13 pm
I can't remember the name of the film but it had Tom Selleck in as someone that was framed by the police on a drugs bust at the wrong house. Stuff of nightmares.

An Innocent Man

Grandpa wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:55 pm

Ymx wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:08 pm

Grandpa wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:07 pm

Up to episode 2.... gotta say it's pretty uninspiring so far.... does it get a lot better then?

Reminds me of "Revolution" from a few years back... I only watched that cause the lead was cute...

Having trouble finding it. Where is it?

Sorry, I don't know. I got it from a mate.... up to episode 5 now. It's got a bit better. But still quite annoying...

I am trying to think if there has ever been a good post apocalyptic tv series? Some decent films.. but I can't remember a decent tv series? I greatly dislike anything with zombies in it.

I watched episode 1 thought ok. Episode 2 just changed to shite, some stupid acting travelling production or whatever the fvck it was. Utter crap. I’ve binned it, along with the free Amazon trial of starz play or whatever it is.

Ymx wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 9:16 pm

Grandpa wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:55 pm

Ymx wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:08 pm

Having trouble finding it. Where is it?

Sorry, I don't know. I got it from a mate.... up to episode 5 now. It's got a bit better. But still quite annoying...

I am trying to think if there has ever been a good post apocalyptic tv series? Some decent films.. but I can't remember a decent tv series? I greatly dislike anything with zombies in it.

I watched episode 1 thought ok. Episode 2 just changed to shite, some stupid acting travelling production or whatever the fvck it was. Utter crap. I’ve binned it, along with the free Amazon trial of starz play or whatever it is.

I stuck with it. Like you I nearly gave up after a couple of episodes. But then I started getting into it more... Its a strange one. But definitely a grower...

Grandpa wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 12:25 pm I'm enjoying The Brokenwood Mysteries... Midsomer Murders meets NZ small town folk... set in Warkworth... funny. At least nostalgic for a Kiwi living in the UK too long. Not sure it would appeal to any other demographic.

Strayans, miiiiite. Love that show. Funny as, plus excellently-drawn recurrent characters.

MungoMan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:43 am

Grandpa wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 12:25 pm I'm enjoying The Brokenwood Mysteries... Midsomer Murders meets NZ small town folk... set in Warkworth... funny. At least nostalgic for a Kiwi living in the UK too long. Not sure it would appeal to any other demographic.

Strayans, miiiiite. Love that show. Funny as, plus excellently-drawn recurrent characters.

The Russian forensic scientist is hilarious...