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Ooh ! Originals were one of Mr F's favourites - I can see a boxed set on the shelf as I post this !Jints said:First episode of the reunion series of Malcolm in the Middle was brilliant. Bryan Cranston is such a great actor and amazing that they managed to get pretty much the whole of the old cast back together despite most of them no longer acting. Shame there is only 4 episodes.
Where can we watch the Reunion series, please ?1 -
The Capture
Started strong (ep1&2), lost its way (ep 3&4), partially redeemed itself (ep 5&6) but disappointing it basically just set up 4th series rather than wrapping the story up2 -
Disney.Fanny Fanackapan said:
Ooh ! Originals were one of Mr F's favourites - I can see a boxed set on the shelf as I post this !Jints said:First episode of the reunion series of Malcolm in the Middle was brilliant. Bryan Cranston is such a great actor and amazing that they managed to get pretty much the whole of the old cast back together despite most of them no longer acting. Shame there is only 4 episodes.
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Hi Fanny - it's on DisneyFanny Fanackapan said:
Ooh ! Originals were one of Mr F's favourites - I can see a boxed set on the shelf as I post this !Jints said:First episode of the reunion series of Malcolm in the Middle was brilliant. Bryan Cranston is such a great actor and amazing that they managed to get pretty much the whole of the old cast back together despite most of them no longer acting. Shame there is only 4 episodes.
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Totally agree…… just happened upon it and so glad we did…… watch it then get your electric drill out and create some bee and wasp homes in your logs 👍Weegie Addick said:
Just watched it. Delightful!Stig said:A one off rather than a series, and not exactly new; it was filmed in lockdown and I believe was previously on PBS but was on BBC yesterday and is now on iPlayer: My Garden of a Thousand Bees. Stunning photography and amazing insights into the different worlds of these tiny creatures. An absolutely amazing programme.0 -
Thanks, guys .Jints said:
Hi Fanny - it's on DisneyFanny Fanackapan said:
Ooh ! Originals were one of Mr F's favourites - I can see a boxed set on the shelf as I post this !Jints said:First episode of the reunion series of Malcolm in the Middle was brilliant. Bryan Cranston is such a great actor and amazing that they managed to get pretty much the whole of the old cast back together despite most of them no longer acting. Shame there is only 4 episodes.
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New eight part Netflix drama based on the Kennedy family currently being filmed in Liverpool. Should be worth a watch.
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Weird, I thought they were based in Erinsborough….Chaz Hill said:New eight part Netflix drama based on the Kennedy family currently being filmed in Liverpool. Should be worth a watch.
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Nice one, will be tuning in.Jints said:
Fanny - it's on DisneyFanny Fanackapan said:
Ooh ! Originals were one of Mr F's favourites - I can see a boxed set on the shelf as I post this !Jints said:First episode of the reunion series of Malcolm in the Middle was brilliant. Bryan Cranston is such a great actor and amazing that they managed to get pretty much the whole of the old cast back together despite most of them no longer acting. Shame there is only 4 episodes.
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The Neighbourhood! OMG, another load of ITV shite. God knows what Graham Norton was thinking, being associated with this nonsense.2
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The Cage (new BBC series) is an interesting watch on, sadly, the effects of the growing problems around various addiction's like alcohol, drugs and gambling.
Sheridan Smith is excellent in her leading roll.0 -
The Cage
I had to look this up, as felt like a repeat from 15 years ago in its styling, but no, it is new.
Laughable premise that the cage manager (Sheridan Smith) and the casino manager (some bloke) are both in financial trouble and independently stealing from the casino they work in.
And how do they do that?, you may be wondering..
they just open a computer that looks like it is from the 80;s and change the amount listed on a manual spreadsheet under 'roulette' from £15,000.00 to £13,000.00 and take 2k in cash from the safe.
who knew a casino ran on manual spreadsheets?
when was the last time Sheridan Smith was in anything good ? Cilla maybe ?
10 years ago she was a cracking actress, now she can't act for toffee and is relegated to poorly written dramas.
Rant over until the next episode.2 -
Some fair comments but not sure how many episodes in you are. It isn’t exactly a ‘modern casino’ group and is run for alternative ‘reasons’ as becomes clearer. I also think the series concept highlights some serious messages about problems in modern society.MrOneLung said:The Cage
I had to look this up, as felt like a repeat from 15 years ago in its styling, but no, it is new.
Laughable premise that the cage manager (Sheridan Smith) and the casino manager (some bloke) are both in financial trouble and independently stealing from the casino they work in.
And how do they do that?, you may be wondering..
they just open a computer that looks like it is from the 80;s and change the amount listed on a manual spreadsheet under 'roulette' from £15,000.00 to £13,000.00 and take 2k in cash from the safe.
who knew a casino ran on manual spreadsheets?
when was the last time Sheridan Smith was in anything good ? Cilla maybe ?
10 years ago she was a cracking actress, now she can't act for toffee and is relegated to poorly written dramas.
Rant over until the next episode.0 -
Enjoying The Pitt. Some real dark moments mixed in with some bat s*it crazy goings on!2
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I like how there is added value than just entertainment. In some way educational and informative and also some social comment without being too woke toocarly burn said:Enjoying The Pitt. Some real dark moments mixed in with some bat s*it crazy goings on!1 -
Just finished the Cage. I thought it was good. Great music especially. And I love Michael Socha. Great actor. Story was good if a little far fetched. It’s an 8 from me.1
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You might be thinking of the one from a few years ago where she was a cleaner at Canary Wharf and then somehow managed to get herself involved in insider trading...MrOneLung said:The Cage
I had to look this up, as felt like a repeat from 15 years ago in its styling, but no, it is new.
Laughable premise that the cage manager (Sheridan Smith) and the casino manager (some bloke) are both in financial trouble and independently stealing from the casino they work in.
And how do they do that?, you may be wondering..
they just open a computer that looks like it is from the 80;s and change the amount listed on a manual spreadsheet under 'roulette' from £15,000.00 to £13,000.00 and take 2k in cash from the safe.
who knew a casino ran on manual spreadsheets?
when was the last time Sheridan Smith was in anything good ? Cilla maybe ?
10 years ago she was a cracking actress, now she can't act for toffee and is relegated to poorly written dramas.
Rant over until the next episode.0 -
no, that was Cleaning Up, possibly the nadir of her career.Boom said:
You might be thinking of the one from a few years ago where she was a cleaner at Canary Wharf and then somehow managed to get herself involved in insider trading...MrOneLung said:The Cage
I had to look this up, as felt like a repeat from 15 years ago in its styling, but no, it is new.
Laughable premise that the cage manager (Sheridan Smith) and the casino manager (some bloke) are both in financial trouble and independently stealing from the casino they work in.
And how do they do that?, you may be wondering..
they just open a computer that looks like it is from the 80;s and change the amount listed on a manual spreadsheet under 'roulette' from £15,000.00 to £13,000.00 and take 2k in cash from the safe.
who knew a casino ran on manual spreadsheets?
when was the last time Sheridan Smith was in anything good ? Cilla maybe ?
10 years ago she was a cracking actress, now she can't act for toffee and is relegated to poorly written dramas.
Rant over until the next episode.
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I have enjoyed the first two episodes of Secret Service on ITV. I’m a sucker for a good spy yarn and of course its leading character is played by Gemma Arterton. Remind me who her team is? 😁The scouse accents in The Cage are a bit thick for me; some of the dialogue is barely intelligible, but I’ll stick with it.
I gave up on The Capture halfway through. Ridiculous plot. It twisted itself inside out and was way too loud.1 -
Hi @Fanny FanackapanFanny Fanackapan said:Finally finished episode 40 /4th series of The Man in the High Castle.
Pretty mind blowing & difficult to grasp at certain points but feel I'm unlikely to have the opportunity to watch anything anywhere close to this again.
Philip K Dick was some writer.
I 100% recommend this epic & may well revisit the experience again at some point in the future.
But I have one final question ....
How will I cope without the company of the luscious Rufus Sewell every evening from now on ? :'(
I’ve just finished ‘The Man In The High Castle’ too. I feel we may disagree on how it went!I’ve been meaning to check it out for years and finally got round to it.
I have to say I thought the first 2 seasons were excellent. Really interestingly put together with interlinked plots and plenty of intrigue, heroism and villainy. Some good performances from the cast too. Great stuff.
Season 3 came along, and the quality dipped a bit. Some of the plot lines and characters got a bit drawn out, so it became less enjoyable.
Then came the final season. What a load of shite. The plots were just all over the place. The alt-verse stuff didn’t work as well as it could, one villain never got the comeuppance he’d deserved for 4 seasons, good characters were just jettisoned for no apparent reason, the events in Berlin towards the end were ridiculous, the events at the portal were equally so, a rebel group were introduced from nowhere for the first time and suddenly, inexplicably, became a major influence, the conclusion to John Smith’s arc was insanely and pathetically anticlimactic and I haven’t even got onto the ‘portal people’. The writers have used the get out clause of ‘let the viewers make their own mind up about what it means’, but it was terrible.The season and the conclusion were badly written, rushed, nonsensical, unsatisfying and unnecessarily convoluted.
An awful end to what started out as a great show.0 -
Thanks for your thoughts in the series.lordromford said:
Hi @Fanny FanackapanFanny Fanackapan said:Finally finished episode 40 /4th series of The Man in the High Castle.
Pretty mind blowing & difficult to grasp at certain points but feel I'm unlikely to have the opportunity to watch anything anywhere close to this again.
Philip K Dick was some writer.
I 100% recommend this epic & may well revisit the experience again at some point in the future.
But I have one final question ....
How will I cope without the company of the luscious Rufus Sewell every evening from now on ? :'(
I’ve just finished ‘The Man In The High Castle’ too. I feel we may disagree on how it went!I’ve been meaning to check it out for years and finally got round to it.
I have to say I thought the first 2 seasons were excellent. Really interestingly put together with interlinked plots and plenty of intrigue, heroism and villainy. Some good performances from the cast too. Great stuff.
Season 3 came along, and the quality dipped a bit. Some of the plot lines and characters got a bit drawn out, so it became less enjoyable.
Then came the final season. What a load of shite. The plots were just all over the place. The alt-verse stuff didn’t work as well as it could, one villain never got the comeuppance he’d deserved for 4 seasons, good characters were just jettisoned for no apparent reason, the events in Berlin towards the end were ridiculous, the events at the portal were equally so, a rebel group were introduced from nowhere for the first time and suddenly, inexplicably, became a major influence, the conclusion to John Smith’s arc was insanely and pathetically anticlimactic and I haven’t even got onto the ‘portal people’. The writers have used the get out clause of ‘let the viewers make their own mind up about what it means’, but it was terrible.The season and the conclusion were badly written, rushed, nonsensical, unsatisfying and unnecessarily convoluted.
An awful end to what started out as a great show.
I clearly didn't look too closely into the overall "plot" & how poorly it ended but just enjoyed "the ride" without poring over/questioning various issues.
You state that In your opinion the last season & conclusion were somewhat of a disaster but isn't this based on Dick's novel & as such wouldn't the adaption be as close to this as possible ? Maybe I'm mistaken as I haven't read the book & wonder whether you have.
Anyway, you haven't helped my plight one iota, I'm afraid ....
Where are you Rufus ? :'(
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I think the TV show takes the idea and characters from the book but the plot is completely different. The book is only 250 pages long and is not really plot driven from memory (I read it a long time ago).Fanny Fanackapan said:
Thanks for your thoughts in the series.lordromford said:
Hi @Fanny FanackapanFanny Fanackapan said:Finally finished episode 40 /4th series of The Man in the High Castle.
Pretty mind blowing & difficult to grasp at certain points but feel I'm unlikely to have the opportunity to watch anything anywhere close to this again.
Philip K Dick was some writer.
I 100% recommend this epic & may well revisit the experience again at some point in the future.
But I have one final question ....
How will I cope without the company of the luscious Rufus Sewell every evening from now on ? :'(
I’ve just finished ‘The Man In The High Castle’ too. I feel we may disagree on how it went!I’ve been meaning to check it out for years and finally got round to it.
I have to say I thought the first 2 seasons were excellent. Really interestingly put together with interlinked plots and plenty of intrigue, heroism and villainy. Some good performances from the cast too. Great stuff.
Season 3 came along, and the quality dipped a bit. Some of the plot lines and characters got a bit drawn out, so it became less enjoyable.
Then came the final season. What a load of shite. The plots were just all over the place. The alt-verse stuff didn’t work as well as it could, one villain never got the comeuppance he’d deserved for 4 seasons, good characters were just jettisoned for no apparent reason, the events in Berlin towards the end were ridiculous, the events at the portal were equally so, a rebel group were introduced from nowhere for the first time and suddenly, inexplicably, became a major influence, the conclusion to John Smith’s arc was insanely and pathetically anticlimactic and I haven’t even got onto the ‘portal people’. The writers have used the get out clause of ‘let the viewers make their own mind up about what it means’, but it was terrible.The season and the conclusion were badly written, rushed, nonsensical, unsatisfying and unnecessarily convoluted.
An awful end to what started out as a great show.
I clearly didn't look too closely into the overall "plot" & how poorly it ended but just enjoyed "the ride" without poring over/questioning various issues.
You state that In your opinion the last season & conclusion were somewhat of a disaster but isn't this based on Dick's novel & as such wouldn't the adaption be as close to this as possible ? Maybe I'm mistaken as I haven't read the book & wonder whether you have.
Anyway, you haven't helped my plight one iota, I'm afraid ....
Where are you Rufus ? :'(0 -
Enjoyed it - very good cast. Pretty brutal at times...Covered End said:1 -
Saw the 2nd episode of Half Man on BBC1 tonight.
I think it’s excellent if you like dark drama with added 80s music.0 -
Haha! Rufus is a good looking chap, I’ll grant you that!Fanny Fanackapan said:
Thanks for your thoughts in the series.lordromford said:
Hi @Fanny FanackapanFanny Fanackapan said:Finally finished episode 40 /4th series of The Man in the High Castle.
Pretty mind blowing & difficult to grasp at certain points but feel I'm unlikely to have the opportunity to watch anything anywhere close to this again.
Philip K Dick was some writer.
I 100% recommend this epic & may well revisit the experience again at some point in the future.
But I have one final question ....
How will I cope without the company of the luscious Rufus Sewell every evening from now on ? :'(
I’ve just finished ‘The Man In The High Castle’ too. I feel we may disagree on how it went!I’ve been meaning to check it out for years and finally got round to it.
I have to say I thought the first 2 seasons were excellent. Really interestingly put together with interlinked plots and plenty of intrigue, heroism and villainy. Some good performances from the cast too. Great stuff.
Season 3 came along, and the quality dipped a bit. Some of the plot lines and characters got a bit drawn out, so it became less enjoyable.
Then came the final season. What a load of shite. The plots were just all over the place. The alt-verse stuff didn’t work as well as it could, one villain never got the comeuppance he’d deserved for 4 seasons, good characters were just jettisoned for no apparent reason, the events in Berlin towards the end were ridiculous, the events at the portal were equally so, a rebel group were introduced from nowhere for the first time and suddenly, inexplicably, became a major influence, the conclusion to John Smith’s arc was insanely and pathetically anticlimactic and I haven’t even got onto the ‘portal people’. The writers have used the get out clause of ‘let the viewers make their own mind up about what it means’, but it was terrible.The season and the conclusion were badly written, rushed, nonsensical, unsatisfying and unnecessarily convoluted.
An awful end to what started out as a great show.
I clearly didn't look too closely into the overall "plot" & how poorly it ended but just enjoyed "the ride" without poring over/questioning various issues.
You state that In your opinion the last season & conclusion were somewhat of a disaster but isn't this based on Dick's novel & as such wouldn't the adaption be as close to this as possible ? Maybe I'm mistaken as I haven't read the book & wonder whether you have.
Anyway, you haven't helped my plight one iota, I'm afraid ....
Where are you Rufus ? :'(
Sometimes I’m able to enjoy a show for what it is and not dissect it too much, but sometimes I can’t help myself (as is evidenced by some of my other rants on this thread!) and it gets really annoying!
With TMITHC I think I had an expectation that it would be written thoughtfully and with care, given some of the the subject matter, but over time it became a hot mess and I got the impression it was rushed (possibly due to being cancelled? But I’m not sure about this.)
Glad you liked it though Fanny. It’s all just opinions! ☺️1 -
The Man In The High Castle was meant to have a season 5. It got cancelled halfway during the filming of S4 so they had to try ram a whole bunch of stuff into the last few episodes. Wasn't a whole lot they could do to salvage it2
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Just finished all 4 series of the BBC/AppleTV comedy “Trying”
one of the best sitcoms for a long long time3 -
We've started watching ITVX's " The Devil's Hour", series 1.
Very different but defintely my kind of different !
Anyone watched both series ?0
