SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
AL looks like one for me only - MrsHogie not a fan of SciFi stuff - I'm a sucker for it though.
TV Series - What Are You Watching?
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AL looks like one for me only - MrsHogie not a fan of SciFi stuff - I'm a sucker for it though.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
I read today that the most missed TV series as voted by .... is Foyles War
Well it was never something I watched - but it's showing on Talking Pictures TV so will have a look.
Well it was never something I watched - but it's showing on Talking Pictures TV so will have a look.
Classic Sunday night tv. Easy watching, the lead is excellent. Gentle tv with good characters and the occasional edgy story. I enjoyed it and worth a watch if you like the Morse, Lewis, Endeavour style of show.
Bazz
Q-School Graduate
Second run through of The Sopranos. Brilliant tv.
need_my_wedge
Has Now Found His Wedgie
Just started New Amsterdam (medical drama) on Amazon Prime. Based on a real character, 4 episodes in and enjoying it so far. Also working through the Aussie version Rake (as recommended in this thread) on Netflix. Only a couple of episodes in but liking it.
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
Manifest-started well.
AmandaJR
Money List Winner
The Society on Netflix - pretty good and intriguing...
I know it has not been to everyone's taste but I really enjoyed Catch 22. Thoughtful stuff.
Wolf
Well-known member
Been naff all in TV recently so somehow ended up becoming late to the party watching Our Girl on iPlayer. Pilot episode wound me up a bit but then went onto thoroughly enjoy series 1 all within 2 days, just done series 2 and going to start series 3. I have to remind myself it's all for TV though as I sometimes get agitated but the importance they place on a medic and how they seem to be needed by every special forces escapade 😂 but I am enjoying.
Fromtherough
Assistant Pro
Yeah enjoyed the first episode. Felt like a mix between Lost and Flash Forward.
I'm a few episodes into Manifest and I want to like it, giving it every chance but my God the acting is terrible. Can't take it seriously!
In contrast I'm rewatching Peaky Blinders in advance of the new series - yes the plot gets a bit wrapped up in itself at times but the acting is fantastic and more than makes up for the odd gap.
Just goes to show for me acting can make or break a show.
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
I know what you mean,but I don’t think Manifest is that bad.
I’ll stick with it.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Just watched the finale of iZombie. The last episode had us on the edge of our seats for almost all of it until they suddenly did this lame flash forward ten years later thing where none of them looked any older, and it was a bit of a poor anticlimax. Oh well. Was still a great series that me and the wife really enjoyed. And there are not many programs and films we actually share an opinion on, so it will be missed now we've finished it.
Piece
Tour Winner
As well as Manifest, I’m going to start The Wire.
GB72
Money List Winner
I agree, good series. Think it was cancelled pretty late on and they had time to film something to finish up all of the plot points that would have been tied up in the next season
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
Last Chance U
About Junior College football which is a sort of stepping stone/redemption station for kids looking to move up to D1 College football in the US. These are usually in some really rural towns in the middle of nowhere.
Interesting and frustrating at the same time.
These guys are some pretty amazing athletes and the coaches really ride them. Getting a start in the NFL is a big draw for millions of kids.
But they are mostly idiots and the “education†they are getting is a joke.
Almost all of them are happy to blame everyone but themselves for their problems when they make some of the stupidest decisions you will see in life.
About Junior College football which is a sort of stepping stone/redemption station for kids looking to move up to D1 College football in the US. These are usually in some really rural towns in the middle of nowhere.
Interesting and frustrating at the same time.
These guys are some pretty amazing athletes and the coaches really ride them. Getting a start in the NFL is a big draw for millions of kids.
But they are mostly idiots and the “education†they are getting is a joke.
Almost all of them are happy to blame everyone but themselves for their problems when they make some of the stupidest decisions you will see in life.
Fromtherough
Assistant Pro
Really enjoyed this show. A few of them turned their fortunes around, which demonstrates the dream is a possibility. Both of the highlighted head coaches had very few redeemable features and it amazes me these people are lauded. Highlighted to me how crazy the collegiate system is over the pond. In series 4 its admitted that the education these guys are getting is worthless. Yet they are playing in front of many thousands of fans, with millions watching at home. Only 2 of the entire team were getting a full scholarship. The odds of making it to the NFL are ridiculously low. The talented players are basically cash cows, spat out once they've served their often limited purpose. Not dissimilar to sports over here - just seems worse in an educational setting.
Lazkir
Head Pro
Just watched this and thoroughly enjoyed it, dark, gory and funny as feck! Can't wait for the second series.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Me and Mrs Hogie just started 'binge' watching Series 1 of The Handmaid's Tale (currently on 3 episodes an evening).
Really enjoying it - harrowing and thought-provoking. Just wish MrsH would refrain from asking me why so-and-so did such-and-such - when I haven't a clue as I guess that that is the writer's intention...and she gets annoyed with me when I suggest that her guess is as good as mine as I am supposed to know such things
Really enjoying it - harrowing and thought-provoking. Just wish MrsH would refrain from asking me why so-and-so did such-and-such - when I haven't a clue as I guess that that is the writer's intention...and she gets annoyed with me when I suggest that her guess is as good as mine as I am supposed to know such things
AmandaJR
Money List Winner
Love the Handmaid's Tale - scarily harrowing and feels scarily un-far-fetched (made up word)!
