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  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Watched 4 episodes of Gangs of London today. Decent without being fantastic so far but well worth a watch if it's your thing. 
     Was a bit cautious regarding this.
    Watched the trailer and hardly anyone on it sounded like they were from London.

    Is that the case?
    The lead is Joe Cole (John from Peaky Blinders) who is a londoner. His dad in it is Colm Meaney who is Irish but his roots are explained. 

    I don't think it matters that it's not all about Londoners. Gangs of London doesn't mean they all have to be from that area, I'd imagine that's a fair reflection of reality. 
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Desperately needs Tom Hardy as the lead. But maybe he is too old now. I generally find fight scenes immensely boring. Apart from the opening scene in the first Daniel Craig James Bond. The fight scenes in this, Gangs of London, are absolutely brutal....and strangely exhilarating.....almost felt guilty about enjoying such violence.
    He's got to 20+ years younger than Colm Meaney so would have worked. Agree on the brutality, was surprised by that. 
  • Just started a box set of 24. Struggle to get the bonhomie/goodness in the home of the lead politician, and even more sketchy is the broken home scenario with the lead investigator. Feel no empathy with either. Have I misjudged? Does it get better?
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    Watched the last Gordon,Gino and Fred last night.

    I'll say it again. If anyone is feeling a bit down in the dumps stick this on. It is hilarious.
    (Maybe not with the kids!)
    The banana on the boat was brilliant.
  • The_Organiser
    The_Organiser Posts: 3,999
    Gangs of London fine until the ridiculously unrealistic and ott fight scenes. Completely devalued the first episode for me and didn't require it.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    Thought Devs was entertaining, but the characters and story were clichéd in the extreme and the denouement was tosh. Great performances from Offerman (as always) and Alison Pill (properly weird - her facial features all being pulled to within about an inch of each other gives her a 'weird' looking face that gives her an 'other worldly' look). Thought the main character's acting was awful though. Absolutely beautifully shot - suspect it was pretty low budget in comparison to, say, an HBO or Netflix show but it looked gorgeous.

    Started season 6 of Bosch (there's never been better casting of a literary character than Titus Welliver in the title role) and loving it again, only two episodes in.

    Going to do The Outsider next. 
    Thanks for recommending Bosch. 7 episodes into the first series and me & the missus both love it.

    I tried the outsider a few months ago and after the first two episodes I thought it went downhill rapidly. 
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    took 3 days but finally finished all 9 series of Peep Show, last 3-4 not as good as the first 3-4 
  • Half way through the Last Kingdom S4 which was only released today on Netflix

    Whilst I cant remember the story line from the latter books as haven't read them as much this series seems a lot better than the last which verged a bit too much on the ridiculous (Ultimately ruining that season for me)

    Definitely feels like its been given a larger budget as the fight scenes have been a lot better than anything seen in TLK so far

    Felt that David Dawson (Alfred) would be a loss for the series when he unsurprisingly left the show last time round, have certainly missed the chemistry between him and Alexander Dreymon (Uhtred)
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,437
    edited April 2020
    The Outsider was alright - but basically an 8 hour long X Files episode. Cynthia Erivo and Ben Mendelsohn were great in it - but it stagnated after three episodes and only picked up again the last two. Worth watching though. 

  • Gangs of London fine until the ridiculously unrealistic and ott fight scenes. Completely devalued the first episode for me and didn't require it.

    Agree, and it caused me to press the delete button on the whole series. Basic story was ok but the fight scenes and some of the acting left a bit, well a lot, to be desired (particularly from the bloke who was in Peaky Blinders). Back to Netflix for me.

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  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    Been a bit underwhelmed with The Mandalorian on Disney +. Plenty of hype about this but think a lot of that has been rose tinted. Some nice touches and a few moments for the fans but episode 7 was the first one I'd consider really good. 
  • Been a bit underwhelmed with The Mandalorian on Disney +. Plenty of hype about this but think a lot of that has been rose tinted. Some nice touches and a few moments for the fans but episode 7 was the first one I'd consider really good. 
    Really enjoyed it myself, but thats partly due to the amount of legacy Star Wars euphoria (AT-AT Walkers, X-Wings showing up etc.) you got in Episodes

    The first three episodes at the beginning and the last two are the best to watch - The rest in between is just filler
  • peterreeves
    peterreeves Posts: 1,063
    Just started a box set of 24. Struggle to get the bonhomie/goodness in the home of the lead politician, and even more sketchy is the broken home scenario with the lead investigator. Feel no empathy with either. Have I misjudged? Does it get better?
    Don't give up it's a cracker of a series. Just don't watch it too late at night as the adrenaline rush will keep you awake 🤣
  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 4,989
    Just started a box set of 24. Struggle to get the bonhomie/goodness in the home of the lead politician, and even more sketchy is the broken home scenario with the lead investigator. Feel no empathy with either. Have I misjudged? Does it get better?
    Don't give up it's a cracker of a series. Just don't watch it too late at night as the adrenaline rush will keep you awake 🤣

    Agreed, it's OTT and sometimes silly but it's Jack Bauer kicking ass so who cares? I'd love to be able to watch it for the first time again.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,593
    quite enjoyed Van Der Valk on ITV last night.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,736
    Started Normal People on bbc three yesterday, based on the Sally Rooney novel.

    Enjoying it so far, but then I did love the book so a bit of bias.
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,964
    quite enjoyed Van Der Valk on ITV last night.
    Yes light uncomplicated entertainment.
    Dramatic finish in Race across the World last night too. 
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,157
    quite enjoyed Van Der Valk on ITV last night.
    Yes light uncomplicated entertainment.
    Dramatic finish in Race across the World last night too. 
    Is it a remake? The original must be very old.
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,964
    quite enjoyed Van Der Valk on ITV last night.
    Yes light uncomplicated entertainment.
    Dramatic finish in Race across the World last night too. 
    Is it a remake? The original must be very old.
    Yes a remake. 
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    I was told I should watch it and was sent the theme tune to play as it was 'iconic'.

    Watched it last night.  Didn't understand why there were all these English people in Amsterdam. And they changed the theme tune. 

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  • The_Organiser
    The_Organiser Posts: 3,999
    Gangs of London fine until the ridiculously unrealistic and ott fight scenes. Completely devalued the first episode for me and didn't require it.
    Despite this comment I can’t stop watching it and I am really enjoy the series.
  • Not sure why they called it Van Der Valk. Other than the setting it bore no relation to the original or book. Didn't like the plot - they really should steer clear of politics. Wasn't drawn to the characters, but I like Mark Warren so will give it another try
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,157
    I was told I should watch it and was sent the theme tune to play as it was 'iconic'.

    Watched it last night.  Didn't understand why there were all these English people in Amsterdam. And they changed the theme tune. 
    Funny, as soon as I read of it on here, I was playing the original theme tune in my head, note by note. But I always thought it was a rather odd tune to choose for a detective series, and wondered if it had some other Dutch connection.
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,129
    I was told I should watch it and was sent the theme tune to play as it was 'iconic'.

    Watched it last night.  Didn't understand why there were all these English people in Amsterdam. And they changed the theme tune. 
    Funny, as soon as I read of it on here, I was playing the original theme tune in my head, note by note. But I always thought it was a rather odd tune to choose for a detective series, and wondered if it had some other Dutch connection.
    Wasn’t it also the Oranjeboom theme tune?
  • 2121
    2121 Posts: 1,194
    Gino gordon and fred is rhe best thing on tv. They should take over top gear 😂
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    edited April 2020
    Can’t say I’m unhappy about Katie Price jacking it in on Celebrity SAS. She makes my skin crawl.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,593
    quite enjoyed Van Der Valk on ITV last night.
    Yes light uncomplicated entertainment.
    Dramatic finish in Race across the World last night too. 
    Race Across the World was great entertainment. Really disappointed that Sam and his Mum didn’t finish. Glad the boys won and was impressed they donated 10k to a charity in San Paolo for homeless kids, very classy gesture. Can’t wait for the next series, Africa maybe?
  • cherryorchard
    cherryorchard Posts: 1,722
    Not sure why they called it Van Der Valk. Other than the setting it bore no relation to the original or book. Didn't like the plot - they really should steer clear of politics. Wasn't drawn to the characters, but I like Mark Warren so will give it another try
    Didn't appeal to me. 

    Half expected to see Uncle Albert, Del and Rodney appear in the opening shot.

    Didn't even get as far as the first break. Perhaps it was the rat mask!
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    Can’t say I’m unhappy about Katie Price jacking it in on Celebrity SAS. She makes my skin crawl.
    I dont know why she went on there. Thought it might have been edited against her a bit at first but she clearly didnt have any chance of getting through it. Woman has a few issues
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Overall was underwhelmed by Gangs of London. I forgave the OTT fight scenes as I enjoyed the plot. Was bored by episode 6 and needed pro plus to stay awake for the last 2.