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The Undeclared War
Six-parter about a cyber-war between the UK & Russia.
Bit of a curates egg. Premise and tension was good and the plot believable, though it did go a bit OTT in places. Characters were generally strong & well-written and the main protagonist - a Muslim junior GCHQ employee - was really believable and played brilliantly by Hannah Khalique-Brown. Simon Pegg played the other main role.
Good watch and better than most of this genre - 4/5
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@Victor-Meldrew Curate's egg partially good, partially bad, but mostly bad, yet 4 out of 5? I'm confused? I really rate Pegg, so was interested in this one
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@Machpants I actually found it an enjoyable watch. Not too taxing, some originality, good acting and some genuinely tense moments and not preachy. Hokum, but good hokum.
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Ultimate Beastmaster
Just good, entertaining brainless fun watching a bunch of terrific athletes doing their thing for a 50 grand prize at the end. Boasting to the missus that I can do some of the things on there but also being realistic enough to realise some are completely beyond me.
Not original in the slightest ( complete with each competitors emotional story over cheesy piano music about getting over a loved one dying, sickness, poverty or whatever to get on the show ) and very Americanised it’s still a terrific watch.
From an Australasian perspective Nick Cummins is a fun commentator and Danni Minogue still looks fine as a mother fucker.
CM Punk and Stuart Bennett/Wade Barrett are inspirational and hilarious too.
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The Terminal List, the latest from Chris Pratt and Amazon Prime.
Very very different from your usual Chris Pratt fluff, enjoying this quite a lot. Each episode is around an hour or so and very tense. Some decent twists and turns which you can see coming but I think it's the intensity and brutality of some scenes which lift this up from the usual fluff like "The Tomorrow War".
I'd say 4 dead Seals out of 5 corrupt...
The Lazarus Project (on Stan in Aus)
I know a couple of Ferners started watching but either gave up or were loath to continue. I would suggest watching to the end of the season as it seemed like it was going to be quite formulaic but then throws in some decent twists and the season ending cliff hanger is pretty bloody good.
Looking forward to watching S2 whenever that comes out.
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@RoninWC said in TV Serieseseses:
The Terminal List, the latest from Chris Pratt and Amazon Prime.
have heard that is pretty decent, is on my list...
Am loving Modern Family, almost through S2, problem is, Mrs TR also loves it, meaning I cant watch without her!
So many awesome characters, but Cam, Luke & Gloria are my faves at moment.
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Pirate Gold of Adak Island
but of a random choice, docuseries of a group trying to track down actual buried treasure on a super remote island in the Aleutians, alaska that was until pretty recently one big american military base, plenty of moments where theyve obviously redone something for the camera but i watched to the end and will watch another series
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@RoninWC said in TV Serieseseses:
The Terminal List, the latest from Chris Pratt and Amazon Prime.
have heard that is pretty decent, is on my list...
Am loving Modern Family, almost through S2, problem is, Mrs TR also loves it, meaning I cant watch without her!
So many awesome characters, but Cam, Luke & Gloria are my faves at moment.
The Terminal List
I read the book recently, and yeah... can see it could make decent TV.
The guy who wrote it though... actual retired Navy SEAL, very "rah rah US-A, US-A, guns are awesome, liberal snowflakes trying to stop me owning a rocket-launcher don't understand the REAL world, etc, etc".
Also amusing - he kinda throws some shade on people in the book who "just want to say they've got a Navy SEAL as a friend". And then goes on in the LOOOONG thanks/credits - to mention the fact that he's obviously spent time hanging out with Larry Ellison, Jimmy Spithill, amongst others.
As an employee of Larry, I certainly wouldn't want to suggest that maybe Larry is one of those chaps who bought themselves a Navy SEAL 'friend', but... -
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Larry Ellison
I've started watching The Dropout (about Elizabeth Holmes, the Theranos chick)
So far the most unlikeable character by far is Ellison. They've painted him to be a giant fucking douchebag.
Which is concerning for the rest of the show to be honest
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@Bovidae said in TV Serieseseses:
Stranger Things
I watched the film-length last two episodes of S4. Metallica fans will enjoy the MoP scene. Fun fact: Robert Trujillo's son Tye played guitar for that scene.
Worth watching for all of this.
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@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Larry Ellison
I've started watching The Dropout (about Elizabeth Holmes, the Theranos chick)
So far the most unlikeable character by far is Ellison. They've painted him to be a giant fucking douchebag.
Which is concerning for the rest of the show to be honest
He sent a company-wide email when he decided to move to his private island. Fucking long, but not really saying anything but... "I've decided to go live on my private island. I've got a private island, you know?"
And paying money to get a cameo for both himself and Exa-racks in Iron Man... whatever number it was?
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@Kruse i would probably act less than civilly with $100 billion as well if i am 100% honest
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@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse i would probably act less than civilly with $100 billion as well if i am 100% honest
Oh - yeah, I would be a complete fluffybunny.
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@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse i would probably act less than civilly with $100 billion as well if i am 100% honest
Oh - yeah, I would be a complete fluffybunny.
i act like a fuckwit now, and i am worth about a packet of gum
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@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse i would probably act less than civilly with $100 billion as well if i am 100% honest
Oh - yeah, I would be a complete fluffybunny.
i act like a fuckwit now, and i am worth about a packet of gum
stuck to the shoe of the guy in the street asking for change
don't feel so bad though, I am stuck to the foot of the guy who doesn't have a shoe
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@RoninWC said in TV Serieseseses:
The Terminal List, the latest from Chris Pratt and Amazon Prime.
Very very different from your usual Chris Pratt fluff, enjoying this quite a lot. Each episode is around an hour or so and very tense. Some decent twists and turns which you can see coming but I think it's the intensity and brutality of some scenes which lift this up from the usual fluff like "The Tomorrow War".
I'd say 4 dead Seals out of 5 corrupt...
I have one episode to go. Has dragged out a bit for me, maybe could have been one episode shorter but have still enjoyed it. I agree you can see the twists coming but it is still enjoyable with a couple of particularly violent kills.
3.5 concussions out of 5 dead mofos
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@Bovidae said in TV Serieseseses:
Stranger Things
I watched the film-length last two episodes of S4. Metallica fans will enjoy the MoP scene. Fun fact: Robert Trujillo's son Tye played guitar for that scene.
After watching them all grow up through the series it feels like a combination of the Goonies meets Nightmare on Elm street. Fun watch
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Get on it
The Old Man
Best thing on TV
