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McNab wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 8:48 am
Yorick wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 10:56 pm Just watched Flags of our Fathers.
Good film.
Debunking the usual USA folklore, legends and heroes
The last 30 seconds made it all sink in

8/10
There's a companion film to that "Letters from Iwo Jima" with events seen from the Japanese perspective.
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Started watching "your honor" with the guy from breaking bad. It's quite good. Not as good as breaking bad.
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Enjoyed it.

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Vicky McClure: My Grandad's War. Very good, moving, humbling and poignant.

https://www.itv.com/watch/vicky-mcclure ... ar/10a3075
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McNab wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 8:48 am
Yorick wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 10:56 pm Just watched Flags of our Fathers.
Good film.
Debunking the usual USA folklore, legends and heroes
The last 30 seconds made it all sink in

8/10
There's a companion film to that "Letters from Iwo Jima" with events seen from the Japanese perspective.
I read the book, the Japanese general (Kurbayashi?) knew that all he was doing was just buying a few days worth of time and knew they would be overrun.
Brave man just on the wrong side of history.
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Killing Eve.

We were glued to series 1. But half way through series 2 and we've gone off it a bit. The whole dynamic has changed.
Is it worth persevering?
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Yorick wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:32 pm Killing Eve.

We were glued to series 1. But half way through series 2 and we've gone off it a bit. The whole dynamic Haa changed.
Is it worth persevering?
It arguably gets weirder
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Yorick wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:32 pm Killing Eve.

We were glued to series 1. But half way through series 2 and we've gone off it a bit. The whole dynamic has changed.
Is it worth persevering?
My advice would be to bail on it now and remember the first series fondly.
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Kalifornia

Can't believe this filmed slipped my net for so many years.

Juliette Lewis' role is very well played with an all round cast also pulling their weight.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107302/
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Yorick wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:32 pm Killing Eve.

We were glued to series 1. But half way through series 2 and we've gone off it a bit. The whole dynamic has changed.
Is it worth persevering?
It gets too caught up in it's own hype. Series one was good, if a little far-fetched. Series two was passable. I gave up with the third....
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Mrs G had a friend recommend Firefly Lane. It's a chick-lit novel made into chick-schilck Telly.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9012876/

I knew it was going to be God-awful, but happy to watch it with one eye closed. Happy to say that Mrs. G got a point halfway through one of the episodes whereby she proclaimed it be utter, unbelievable dross and turned it off.
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Comic strip presents…The Yob on Channel 4 player.

Still love it after all these years, my fave of all of them.
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A decade behind schedule I've started on Game of Thrones. Already seen a few bits and bobs not watched it properly.

Bit graphic, innit? :lol:
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Hope you enjoy it - all 6 seasons are excellent.
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ChrisW wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 6:50 pm Hope you enjoy it - all 6 seasons are excellent.
I watched and thoroughly enjoyed 7 seasons but I've never watched the 8th and last ;).

I might just watch the whole lot again and the 8th, just to see who dies.
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Ironically I've seen most of the 8th season, including the bits you can't see in Winterfell :lol:
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the Days, Netflix , drama based on Fukushima tsunami/nuclear disaster, only watched episode one (of 8) but as a Control Room operator its right up my street for how it can all go wrong when your sitting in the chair.
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Did they see any graphite on the ground outside?

They can't have, because it's not there.
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I have a bag of graphite powder* in my fibreglassing store.

If I go to Japan I might just take a small bag of it and scatter it in odd places just to get them thinking . . .

*Yes, I know it's an odd thing to have a supply of but if you mix it with epoxy it makes a great coating for the bottom of a kayak especially if your local beach is stony. :thumbup:
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Yambo wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 7:05 am *Yes, I know it's an odd thing to have a supply of but if you mix it with epoxy it makes a great coating for the bottom of a kayak especially if your local beach is stony. :thumbup:
Videos on YouTube of mixing it (from pencils) with superglue to make 'filler'.

Similar process / effect?

eg:
Even bland can be a type of character :wave: