Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.

[Count Steer]

Been watching Mystery Road: Origin ie series 3 and a prequel. It's a bit like an Australian Fargo in pace and characters. It's good but doesn't make me want to move to Western Australia. (My aunt and uncle did...to Kalgoorlie. Must have like open spaces 'cos they moved to Arizona after that ).

[wull]

Well, I finished the SAS series. Read up on what happened to Sterling (Colditz) and found he was even more barking in civvy life than in the SAS.

Half way through The English. It jumps about a bit but it's

Then it's probably on to the rest of Tokyo Vice (1 ep so far).

Might watch series one of GoT again over Christmas but have Interstellar and Dune to watch as well. (Sure I've seen Interstellar before but the synopsis rings no bells).

You on about David Stirling founder of the SAS? He grew up and lived not far from where I lived. My great Uncle was in the SAS many moons ago, he never said much about it tbf, only met him a few times as he lived in Hereford.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/3685 ... came-back/

David Stirling memorial near where he grew up.

[Felix]

You on about David Stirling founder of the SAS? He grew up and lived not far from where I lived. My great Uncle was in the SAS many moons ago, he never said much about it tbf, only met him a few times as he lived in Hereford.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/3685 ... came-back/

73 + 15 years he would be about the same age as my uncle who was also in the SAS. Jimmy is long gone through demons and no one around to ask more about him but who knows, may have served together.

[Count Steer]

You on about David Stirling founder of the SAS? He grew up and lived not far from where I lived. My great Uncle was in the SAS many moons ago, he never said much about it tbf, only met him a few times as he lived in Hereford.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/3685 ... came-back/

David Stirling memorial near where he grew up.

That's the chap. His post-war activities make interesting reading. One example:
In mid-1970s, Stirling became increasingly worried that an "undemocratic event" would occur and decided to organise a private army to overthrow the government. He created an organisation called Great Britain 75 and recruited members from the aristocratic clubs in Mayfair; these were mainly ex-military men, and often former SAS members. The plan was that in the event of civil unrest resulting in the breakdown of normal Government operations, they would take over its running.

[MrLongbeard]

Star Trek, Strange New Worlds.
Bloody good prequel with Pike @ the helm. If you're a crusty that only like the first generation of Star Trek give it a miss, but if you liked Discovery, PIcard etc. then this sits well in the universe.

Tulsa King.
I recently wrote else where "Stallone should've to retire gracefully after the last Rambo" when reviewing Samaritan the film, but he plays a pretty good old mafia gangster in this, disapprovingly short at only 9 30 - 40 minute episodes, hope it gets a second series.

[Count Steer]

Star Trek, Strange New Worlds.
Bloody good prequel with Pike @ the helm. If you're a crusty that only like the first generation of Star Trek give it a miss, but if you liked Discovery, PIcard etc. then this sits well in the universe.

I think I preferred everything after 1st Generation. Even Deep Space 9.

What platform did you watch this on? I'm getting a bit confused with Prime, Prime Video, Prime Video Premium and whatever.

Bit of a fan of Anson Mount, thought he was v good in Hell on Wheels (which starred an earlier Star Trek actor too).

[MrLongbeard]

Even Deep Space 9.
What platform did you watch this on? I'm getting a bit confused with Prime, Prime Video, Prime Video Premium and whatever.

DS9 was great, but it hasn't aged terribly well

Yep ,it's getting a bit silly, Star Trek stuff can be found on Paramount+ (free with SkyQ), Star Wars stuff is usually on Disney+.

[Count Steer]

Even Deep Space 9.
What platform did you watch this on? I'm getting a bit confused with Prime, Prime Video, Prime Video Premium and whatever.

DS9 was great, but it hasn't aged terribly well

Yep ,it's getting a bit silly, Star Trek stuff can be found on Paramount+ (free with SkyQ), Star Wars stuff is usually on Disney+.

Not sure any of them have aged well, although if anything has The Borg in, I'm in.

Just had a dig around on Prime. The Paramount+ add-on is £6.99/month. (Picard was included with Prime membership). I'll have to see if there's enough besides to warrant the £84 pa.

[MrLongbeard]

I'll have to see if there's enough besides to warrant the £84 pa.

For me, no, but it has Tulsa King, and I'm going to hit up Yellowstone next.
The whole channel has a subscribe for a month every year and binge rather than be worth it as an ongoing expense

[Count Steer]

I'll have to see if there's enough besides to warrant the £84 pa.

For me, no, but it has Tulsa King, and I'm going to hit up Yellowstone next.
The whole channel has a subscribe for a month every year and binge rather than be worth it as an ongoing expense

TBH, for £6.99 I only have to find one good film or series/month and it's a reasonable deal. I'll probably give it a go but I hate the drip, drip, drip of the subscription thing. I'm probably old school but I'm also still happy to buy blu-rays/dvds. Sometimes the extras are some of the best things on them and they never seem to include them on the platforms.

[ChrisW]

The Last of Us - had been worried that it might be a bit rubbish but the casting is excellent. And it didn't pull any punches.

[Taipan]

Love Island starts tonight!

[Ant]

A little while ago on Netflix, we watched Churchill's Secret Agents. Well worth a watch if you like history/documentaries.

[DefTrap]

Love Island starts tonight!

My missus had it on when I was dozing.
I'd forgotten how egotistical these youngsters are.
And when did geezers having WWI conscript haircuts become a thing?

[Mr. Dazzle]

Not sure any of them have aged well, although if anything has The Borg in, I'm in.

TNG is timeless! The good episodes are anyway

I've been watching a bit of The Orville on Disney+. It's Seth MacFarlane's (Family Guy, American Dad etc.) 'comedy' version of Star Trek. It's actually more Trek than Trek is now IMO. MacFarlane is massive Sci Fi nerd and his parody of Star Trek is way more like it's supposed to be (read: Optimistic) than the dark and gritty bollox they make now. Not that funny though

Can't remember where I heard it, but someone described old Star Trek as "showing the aspiration of what Humans could be" and new Star Trek as "showing us how we actually are", which pretty much nailed it IMO.

[Taipan]

Love Island starts tonight!

My missus had it on when I was dozing.
I'd forgotten how egotistical these youngsters are.
And when did geezers having WWI conscript haircuts become a thing?

My Missus has it on. Her and her colleagues seem to get some mileage out of it. Strikes me as odd that women supposedly hate being objectified, yet they seem to be the main audience of this program and male dancing shows are normally sold out around here.

Those haircuts are called a skin fade. They've been about for some time as my Lad always has one and my Barbers charge extra for doing one! I thought I'd have one for the summer as it'd be cooler. The girl who cuts my hair said no and a number 2 suited my grey hair better. I said to her are you saying I'm too old for one? She said yes!

[Count Steer]

Started watching Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone last night (after reading a review of it).

It's hypnotic. Sort of 'slow TV' made up of lots of short bits of film with just some explanatory text, no voice-over. In episode one you got Chernobyl, Afghanistan, Gorbachev/perestroika, the making of the first oligarchs, glimpses of 'real life' etc etc.

If you're interested in modern history I really can't recommend it enough. It's a completely different approach to 'history on TV'.

PS It's on BBC i-Player, first broadcast October 22 I think.

[MrLongbeard]

1923
It's been a good long while since I watched any kind of western / cowboy film / series, rate as decent

[Skub]

1923
It's been a good long while since I watched any kind of western / cowboy film / series, rate as decent

'The English' wasn't bad.

[demographic]

The Banshees of Inisherin. Weird. Very weird. Not as weird as Gleeson's ears, but weird nonetheless!

Yeah, I watched it the other night. It's pretty odd.

Watched The Toll recently, that was pretty good though. Set in Wales, kind of black humour.