Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.

[Count Steer]

Justified: City Primeval https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14263564/

This landed on Disney today, been looking forward to it so hope it lives up to the old Justified, yeah I know it won't, that they have to give a tobacco use warning at the start kind of indicates it's going to struggle.

To be fair, a couple of seasons of Justified didn't really live up to the old Justified.

Edit: The Guardian are quite positive on the new one. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... dApp_Other

I'm hoping City Primeval makes its way onto a format/platform I can access (ditto Slow Horses).

I bought Babylon 5: The Road Home a few weeks ago but still haven't got round to watching it. Maybe this weekend.

[Taipan]

Very strange and Corden seems to mimic Gervais in After Life, or at least took some acting cues from him. Not sorry I watched it but not quite sure why I did either?!

[Mussels]

Justified: City Primeval https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14263564/

This landed on Disney today, been looking forward to it so hope it lives up to the old Justified, yeah I know it won't, that they have to give a tobacco use warning at the start kind of indicates it's going to struggle.

To be fair, a couple of seasons of Justified didn't really live up to the old Justified.

Edit: The Guardian are quite positive on the new one. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... dApp_Other

I'm hoping City Primeval makes its way onto a format/platform I can access (ditto Slow Horses).

I bought Babylon 5: The Road Home a few weeks ago but still haven't got round to watching it. Maybe this weekend.

The guardian slated the new Top Gun film because it wasn't gay enough and didn't have a woman in charge, I don't rate their reviews much.

[weeksy]

I'm doing a few of the Korean series at the moment... Having really enjoyed things like Squid Game for example, i'm currently mid-into 'Sweet Home' and it's like all the Korean series pretty gory and brutal

It's weird as i can't watch Euro dubbed series as the mouth movements look like they should be English but are obviously not, to the Scandi, German etc stuff i just can't watch. The Korean/Japanese stuff is so far removed though that it doesn't matter.

[gremlin]

Liebes Kind (Dear Child) on Netflix is pretty good. Woman and child escape from captivity, but all is not what it initially appears. Good plot and plenty of twists.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20863760/

[Taipan]

The Killing Kind. I'd have bailed on it earlier on, but my wife and Sister wanted to see it out. None of liked it in the end.

[Yorick]

Liebes Kind (Dear Child) on Netflix is pretty good. Woman and child escape from captivity, but all is not what it initially appears. Good plot and plenty of twists.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20863760/

Is it dubbed?

[gremlin]

Liebes Kind (Dear Child) on Netflix is pretty good. Woman and child escape from captivity, but all is not what it initially appears. Good plot and plenty of twists.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20863760/

Is it dubbed?

Nein. Mit subtitles, lieblich.

[Yorick]

Liebes Kind (Dear Child) on Netflix is pretty good. Woman and child escape from captivity, but all is not what it initially appears. Good plot and plenty of twists.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20863760/

Is it dubbed?

Nein. Mit subtitles, lieblich.

That's as bad.

[Taipan]

Jean de Florette and Manon Des Source. Un film bien!

[gremlin]

Manon Des Source.

Can one serve it with lamb?

[Taipan]

Apres Vous. Subtitled French Film with Daniel Autiel at his finest. Very funny.

[Taipan]

Watched 2 films this week and really don't know why I bother with Hollywood anymore. I could have bailed on either at any point and wish I had in some ways as Emmerdale was probably more plotworthy!

[Count Steer]

Wife (honestly! ) has been watching the 'Yes We Can-Can' thing about the Moulin Rouge and it's all a bit The woman that runs the shows and all the girls seem to be English from Oop North in Englandshire. It all looks pretty brutal and anacronistic tourist fodder TBH but they talk about it like it's the pinnacle of a dancing career.

I know that being a hoofer in the chorus line isn't really very glamorous (not from personal experience obvs!) but they do spin it up rather. I keep asking how much they get paid - but answer came there none. So much for 'in depth' reportage. All the blokes appear to be gay and interested in the costumes, which is fine, but it does explain why some of the girls quit to come home looking for lurv.

Up there they're all goddesses. Take the feathers and the make-up off and they're Karen from Preston. (Or Steven from Kalgoorlie).

[MingtheMerciless]

Just finished Ahsoka, a bit meh to start with and a slow but Grand Admiral Thrawn is back. If the Empire had more men like him those religious zealots would never have triumphed.

[Nordboy]

https://www.unilad.com/film-and-tv/news ... 5-20231006

Really looking forward to the air version of the Band of Brothers, Spielberg and Hanks again. B of B is one of, if not my favourite mini series, Pacific not so much but still very good.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Just finished Ahsoka, a bit meh to start with and a slow but Grand Admiral Thrawn is back. If the Empire had more men like him those religious zealots would never have triumphed.

I have never watched any of the animated stuff. I did read the Heir to the Empire stuff when it came out in the 90s (the first and last Star Wars books I've read). It's all a bit confusing, AFAIK Thrawn et al are non cannon? I don't fucking know, I probably shouldn't have watched Ahsoka

Anyway, I was generally distracted trying to figure out where i knew Thrawn from. Blue skin made it difficult but I got it in the end!

He's the politician guy (Troels Hartman?) in series two of The Killing.

[demographic]

Just finished Ahsoka, a bit meh to start with and a slow but Grand Admiral Thrawn is back. If the Empire had more men like him those religious zealots would never have triumphed.

I have never watched any of the animated stuff. I did read the Heir to the Empire stuff when it came out in the 90s (the first and last Star Wars books I've read). It's all a bit confusing, AFAIK Thrawn et al are non cannon? I don't fucking know, I probably shouldn't have watched Ahsoka

Anyway, I was generally distracted trying to figure out where i knew Thrawn from. Blue skin made it difficult but I got it in the end!

He's the politician guy (Troels Hartman?) in series two of The Killing.

Did you spot Wes Chatham from The Expanse? Played Amos Burton in The Expanse but the gold faced stormtrooper in this.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Kinda hard to spot that one

[KungFooBob]

I watched the whole of the Clone Wars cartoon series during the first lock down.

A lot of it was for kids (most people would say all of it), but Ashoka's character arc, especially in the later final series is brilliant. Based on that alone she's the best character in the whole franchise.

I've not watched Rebels, so don't know the full back story to the Asoka series, but I thought it was a bit 'meh'.