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Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 5:23 pm
by Yorick
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 couldn't believe how many ships there were until I Googled it
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Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 5:56 pm
by petrolpete
Started watching "your honor" with the guy from breaking bad. It's quite good. Not as good as breaking bad.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2023 5:29 pm
by Taipan
Enjoyed it.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 12:26 pm
by Taipan
Vicky McClure: My Grandad's War. Very good, moving, humbling and poignant.
https://www.itv.com/watch/vicky-mcclure ... ar/10a3075
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 6:20 pm
by demographic
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.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:32 pm
by Yorick
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?
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:49 pm
by weeksy
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
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 6:16 pm
by ChrisW
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.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 6:59 pm
by Greenman
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/
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 2:59 pm
by gremlin
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....
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 3:03 pm
by gremlin
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.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 5:29 pm
by Gregor
Comic strip presents…The Yob on Channel 4 player.
Still love it after all these years, my fave of all of them.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 6:46 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
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?
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 6:50 pm
by ChrisW
Hope you enjoy it - all 6 seasons are excellent.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 6:53 pm
by Yambo
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.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 6:57 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Ironically I've seen most of the 8th season, including the bits you can't see in Winterfell
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 9:53 pm
by MingtheMerciless
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.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 10:06 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Did they see any graphite on the ground outside?
They can't have, because it's not there.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 7:05 am
by Yambo
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.
Re: Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 7:22 am
by Horse
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.
Videos on YouTube of mixing it (from pencils) with superglue to make 'filler'.
Similar process / effect?
eg: