TV Series - What Are You Watching?

[Lord Tyrion]

you should try and go LT, its stunning and far more than just 3 streets

I'm supposed to be going this summer . We have booked a week in Holland, about 20 minutes on the train from Amsterdam. I'm less confident now. It may be possible to go but if there are too many restrictions in place, is it worth it or do we delay a year?

Incidentally, I am sure it is nicer than 3 streets but the cynical part of my post was that when a city is picked for a show the director tends to focus all action on the iconic streets and landmarks. Morse, Lewis and Endeavour always walk under the same bridge in Oxford at least 3 times an episode (it was my sisters college so she rammed that one home to me), any show in Newcastle has to have someone drive across the Tyne Bridge, wherever they are going, a meeting on the Quayside and a walk down the Georgian street in the city, Grey street. They could drive for 20 miles and still be 100 meters away from where they started in real terms. That is filming for you, it rams home where the show is set. I may be wrong with Van der Valk but the streets were becoming very familiar by the end so I am guessing they are the iconic streets in the city, the ones that instantly say 'this is Amsterdam'.

 

[PNWokingham]

Van der Valk - remake with Marc Warren.
enjoyable so far

where is that on James - i remember liking the original but so long ago i cannot remmber it?

 

[BrianM]

where is that on James - i remember liking the original but so long ago i cannot remmber it?

ITV last night ??

 

[Deleted member 1147]

where is that on James - i remember liking the original but so long ago i cannot remmber it?

ITV Paul, it was ok(a pretty generic police drama).
But I did miss the theme tune ?

 

[PNWokingham]

ITV Paul, it was ok(a pretty generic police drama).
But I did miss the theme tune ?

thanks James - the Mullet was pretty special as well!

 

[Deleted member 1147]

thanks James - the Mullet was pretty special as well!

Please bear in mind that I was either very young when it was on, or I watched replays.

 

[OnTour]

Options are running dry - hit Schitt's creek last night which is pretty funny but I can't see it being a laster as humour is pretty much the same through first 4 episodes.

56hrs on latest podcast app taking the slack

 

[Orikoru]

Series one was the anger phase, series two was the depression phase. Depending how they want to use the curve, series three should be acceptance.

Gervais doesn't do third series' though does he?

 

[Kellfire]

Gervais doesn't do third series' though does he?

He’s clearly setting this up for more.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Just watched the last ever episode of Homeland

 

[Tongo]

We're making our way through the second series of Race Across the World. Its noticeable this time around how the route seems to be a bit more manufactured and there seems to be more focus on creating drama around budgets. So, once the teams made their way to Cafayete in Argentina why did the producers then send them east across the continent to the Brazilian Atlantic coast rather then simply heading south which is the direct, obvious route? Particularly as Brazil seems considerably more expensive than other countries in South America. They also had to backtrack to a transport hub which would have cost them. So why didnt they just set the check point in the transport hub (Salta) It feels as if the producers are trying to create more drama this time around rather than simply televising the race.

 

[richart]

ITV Paul, it was ok(a pretty generic police drama).
But I did miss the theme tune ?

Dreadful storyline. Very disappointing and Marc Warren keeps reminding me of Malcolm McDowell (Clockwork Orange) His sidekick was nice though.

 

[backwoodsman]

Van der Valk was ok - an ordinary police drama but watchable. That it was set in Amsterdam is where the similarity with the original ends.

 

[Diamond]

Currently watching Bosch Season 4
Watched 21 Bridges last night which was ok
Rookie season 1
The Messiah was good
True Detectives season 1 and season 3 worth a watch
The Outsider not as good as the book
Watching The Mandalorian with my daughter, it’s a bit soft but for Star Wars buffs a must
Started the latest episode of Westworld but couldnt be bothered to carry on
Manifest season 1 was ok
My wife enjoyed Picard but she is Star Trek buff. It was ok.
Recently watched Shutter Island, First Blood, Se7en and Fight Club with my daughter (she hadn’t seen them before), she said they are all good and I concur.

Probably plenty of others but can’t remember what day it is never mind what I was watching before lockdown!!

 

[spongebob59]

Gangs of london, wow ?

Episode s 4 and 5, speechless ???

 

[Beezerk]

Episode s 4 and 5, speechless ???

Just watched episode 1, it's absolutely brutal and I dont have a clue what's going on, but compulsive viewing.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Walter Presents? Where do I find that? I like a bit of Scandi police drama, currently watching Border Town, a Finnish one.

Two episodes in, but have been sidetracked.

Mrs Wedge is Japanese and struggles with subtitles so I tend to watch foreign dramas without her, "Before We Die" is the first she has sat to watch in a number of years, and we are both enjoying it. Yesterday, I was killling time before she came home from work, started watching a French detective drama on my Netflix list, "La Foret". She came home 10 mins in and sat down whilst I was watching, both totally hooked. Burned through 4 episodes last night, recommend it for anyone that enjoys foreign drama with subtitles.

Two episodes left, so will be back to "Before We Die" tomorrow.

 

[HowlingGale]

Episode s 4 and 5, speechless ???

I think I watched these two episodes in the wrong order as there seemed to be a time shift that it didn't say '2 days earlier' or whatever at the start of the second episode.

Anyway. Great TV. But absolutely OTT and far fetched. Gory as heck.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Last night we watched first couple of episodes of Twins. Nice set up I thought, and stunning - though very bleak - landscape.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I think I watched these two episodes in the wrong order as there seemed to be a time shift that it didn't say '2 days earlier' or whatever at the start of the second episode.

Anyway. Great TV. But absolutely OTT and far fetched. Gory as heck.

We are not fans of realistic and explicit violence and gore...and such as the drug business - we just don’t like it...Does rather rule out quite a lot of what is recommended - but there is plenty out there to watch so not feeling bereft. GoT I could thole as the whole thing was just fantasy, and in fantasy and sc-fi I’m fine with it.