Caught up with the Shannara Chronicles tonight adapted from the Terry Brooks novels which are really enjoyable will watch the next episode but my initial thoughts are oh dear.
Agree on The Night Manager, Hugh Lawrie's got it spot on. Been watching Happy Valley and have had the sound bar on warp drive so I can hear the dialogue, why do actors mumble so much?
It's not the actors, it's the sound engineers. The same reason you get programmes now where one minute you have to crank the volume up to 70 during dialogue, then when there's a battle scene or a scene with loud music, you are deafened. Once upon a time just about all sound engineers in the UK were BBC trained, it was a proper apprenticeship, you didn't leave there without full training. (insert Savile joke here) Now they are trained in colleges and universities, as the BBC simply cannot afford to train them.
Caught up with Shetland last night. Episodes 2,3 &4 in one sitting (they've dropped episode 1 off I player - sensible huh! F@@k me I just said huh). Enjoyed it a lot.
Agree very enjoyable - have watched previous series. Anything with Dougie Henshall is worth watching Also enjoy picking out some old familiar faces from Taggart in cast!
Working through Making a Murderer, but I can't seem to binge on this as I feel drained after each episode. I want to kick the TV through and it's taking me a week to get over the last one.
Really enjoying Vikings and just started Narcos which looks very good too.
Working through Making a Murderer, but I can't seem to binge on this as I feel drained after each episode. I want to kick the TV through and it's taking me a week to get over the last one.
Really enjoying Vikings and just started Narcos which looks very good too.
What episode of M.a.M you on?
You're going to get through quite a few teles if it's a low number?
Agree with everyone about The Night Manager...watched the first two episodes last night. Very good performances all round and definitely a bit of menace about Laurie. Looking forward to the rest.
Just watched the first two episodes of Limitless. It's complete tosh .
I'll give it a go but it's a shame if that's true.
Really wanted it to be good as I enjoyed the film.
I enjoyed it in a "turn the brain off and just be entertained" sort of way. Not all tv needs to be taken seriously...it's ok to veg every now and then!
I'm liking the Icelandic series Trapped on BBC4. It is set in February so good to watch while the weather is foul. Turn the lights down low and light candles for the Nordic experience.
Just watched the first two episodes of Limitless. It's complete tosh .
Hmm, Got this recorded.
Watching Lucky Man at minute. Fairly lightweight unbelievable easy viewing with James Nesbitt.
Night Manager is good.
Ignore him, Limitless is great.
If you like dull cop shows like CSI then it's fine. All they have done it taken the concept of the film and dulled it down. Zzzzz
Completely disagree. It's funny (and also very cheesy but in a good way), well edited, it's not as formulaic as the usual cop show and there are a lot of nods to random films, TV shows and bands. I've watched 15 episodes so far and it's one of my favourite shows around at the moment. It has pretty good audience ratings as well.
Just finished the first season of Deutschland 83 . I struggled at times but stuck with it . Fantastic soundtrack.
Agree with all that Beds. Although re the soundtrack, I read an interview with the proud producers who said of the soundtrack "It was the one time in history when the world was listening to German music". Unfortunately they only found enough for the first 2-3 episodes, then it was Tears for Fears, Duran Duran, Billy Idol...
I'm liking the Icelandic series Trapped on BBC4. It is set in February so good to watch while the weather is foul. Turn the lights down low and light candles for the Nordic experience.
And stick your head in the freezer every 10 minutes !
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Watching Lucky Man at minute. Fairly lightweight unbelievable easy viewing with James Nesbitt.
Night Manager is good.
Really enjoying Vikings and just started Narcos which looks very good too.
You're going to get through quite a few teles if it's a low number?
Really wanted it to be good as I enjoyed the film.
All they have done is taken the concept of the film and dulled it down. Zzzzz
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Obviously one needs to buy in to the 'superhuman' aspect, but if you're OK with that, this is well cast and well written.
We're liking it too, PA .