Reekie_Red Posted October 4, 2024 Report Posted October 4, 2024 Just finished season 2 of Rings Of Power. I'm not a huge LOTR aficionado. I know enough of the lore to enjoy the references, but not enough to be offended by the way Amazon have done this series. But massive inconsistencies in the final 2 episodes, multiple people being speared / stabbed / arrowed to death in episode 7 suddenly appearing battle-ready in episode 8. Still, overall an enjoyable series and a massive improvement on Season 1 Quote
manc_don Posted February 16 Report Posted February 16 My wife wanted to watch apple vinegar cider tonight, series about a dimfluencer who conned people into thinking she had stage 4 brain cancer and cured it with…apple cider vinegar. How these people exist is beyond me. Quote
tom_widdows Posted February 16 Report Posted February 16 9 hours ago, manc_don said: My wife wanted to watch apple vinegar cider tonight, series about a dimfluencer who conned people into thinking she had stage 4 brain cancer and cured it with…apple cider vinegar. How these people exist is beyond me. Con artists or people who get conned? Quote
manc_don Posted February 16 Report Posted February 16 1 hour ago, tom_widdows said: Con artists or people who get conned? Con artists. I know they've existed since the age of time. The other series we've been watching on Disney+ is Paradise. Good dystopian series about about a secret service agent looking into a presidential assassination. Quote
redordead Posted February 21 Report Posted February 21 On 16/02/2025 at 08:17, manc_don said: My wife wanted to watch apple vinegar cider tonight, series about a dimfluencer who conned people into thinking she had stage 4 brain cancer and cured it with…apple cider vinegar. How these people exist is beyond me. Was it a good watch though? Quote
manc_don Posted February 21 Report Posted February 21 It’s an interesting watch, just interesting to see what lengths she went to Quote
Kowalski Posted March 17 Author Report Posted March 17 Adolescence on Netflix. Look out for the Dons supporter in episode 3. 2 Quote
manc_don Posted March 19 Report Posted March 19 That’s on the watch list. waiting for the final episode of white lotus. Keen to see who freaks out just odd not having stifflers mum in this season. Quote
RicoS321 Posted March 20 Report Posted March 20 On 17/03/2025 at 17:43, Kowalski said: Adolescence on Netflix. Look out for the Dons supporter in episode 3. I missed the Dons fan, was it the prison warden Scottish lad? Anyway, probably like a lot of people, I watch a tremendous amount of shite on Netflix and other channels. Turgid crap that I sit through just to see what happens. Netflix, especially, seems to have a lot of terrible output. Adolescence was definitely not that. Probably the best thing I've seen on Netflix, and the best TV in years. Taking a subject and really conveying it. Great stuff, and the child actors were top quality, without exception. Quote
Reekie_Red Posted March 20 Report Posted March 20 On 18/03/2025 at 06:43, Kowalski said: Adolescence on Netflix. Look out for the Dons supporter in episode 3. Restless Natives had a couple of folk in the 83 Aberdeen top chasing the bandits' motorbike in Central Edinburgh. Any other shows have Dons fans appearing on them? Quote
Kowalski Posted March 21 Author Report Posted March 21 20 hours ago, RicoS321 said: I missed the Dons fan, was it the prison warden Scottish lad? Anyway, probably like a lot of people, I watch a tremendous amount of shite on Netflix and other channels. Turgid crap that I sit through just to see what happens. Netflix, especially, seems to have a lot of terrible output. Adolescence was definitely not that. Probably the best thing I've seen on Netflix, and the best TV in years. Taking a subject and really conveying it. Great stuff, and the child actors were top quality, without exception. Completely agree. Loads of shite on Netflix but Adolescence was brilliant, absolute top drawer acting and production. Oh, and… 1 Quote
RicoS321 Posted March 21 Report Posted March 21 25 minutes ago, Kowalski said: Completely agree. Loads of shite on Netflix but Adolescence was brilliant, absolute top drawer acting and production. Oh, and… Can't believe I missed that. He was a bit weird too, like all the best dandies. Quote
Reekie_Red Posted March 22 Report Posted March 22 The Twister on Netflix. Doco on the massive km-wide tornado that ripped theu Joplin, Missouri in 2011. Really really good! It's only about 90 minutes long but had me gripped for the middle 50 minutes. Mother Nature is an absolute bitch when she wants to be Quote
Reekie_Red Posted March 29 Report Posted March 29 3 episodes into Adolescence. It's superb so far. The single-shot technique is brilliant, gripping, makes you part of the events. And some of the acting and abrupt are exceptional. Quote
manc_don Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 Adolescence is on the list to watch, but just need to be in the right head space for it from what i've heard. So a light hearted show we've started is, The Residence on Netflix, a who dunnit at the white-house. Great cast and very funny. Quote
Tyrant Posted April 1 Report Posted April 1 On 20/03/2025 at 23:31, RicoS321 said: I missed the Dons fan, was it the prison warden Scottish lad? Anyway, probably like a lot of people, I watch a tremendous amount of shite on Netflix and other channels. Turgid crap that I sit through just to see what happens. Netflix, especially, seems to have a lot of terrible output. Adolescence was definitely not that. Probably the best thing I've seen on Netflix, and the best TV in years. Taking a subject and really conveying it. Great stuff, and the child actors were top quality, without exception. Agreed. I was actually put off when I heard it was a Netflix thing because as you say much of their stuff (recently at least) is shite but there is the odd exception. This being one of them. Also watched A Thousand Blows recently too. Another Stephen Graham one (Although I think this one is Sky Atlantic rather than Netflix? Could be wrong). It's OK. A genuinely struggled with the Jamaican accents at times though. Quote
manc_don Posted May 1 Report Posted May 1 Just finished watching Lockerbie. Colin Firth is superb in it. Hard to know what to make of it all and I doubt we'll ever get to know the truth. Quote
tom_widdows Posted May 1 Report Posted May 1 1 hour ago, manc_don said: Just finished watching Lockerbie. Colin Firth is superb in it. Hard to know what to make of it all and I doubt we'll ever get to know the truth. Reading the transcript from the original trial put a real dent in my faith in any justice systems. The selective use of a key piece of evidence reminded me of a corrupt sailing club board that used me and another kid (as we both were at the time) as pawns to disqualify the winning team so their own people won. Quote
RicoS321 Posted May 1 Report Posted May 1 (edited) 1 hour ago, tom_widdows said: Reading the transcript from the original trial put a real dent in my faith in any justice systems. The selective use of a key piece of evidence reminded me of a corrupt sailing club board that used me and another kid (as we both were at the time) as pawns to disqualify the winning team so their own people won. And yet all we hear about is fucking Lockerbie and all its victims. Where's the six parter on the sailing club fiasco? Typical fucking Sky TV. They only give a fuck about two teams and a plane bombing. Edited May 1 by RicoS321 Quote
Reekie_Red Posted May 1 Report Posted May 1 4 hours ago, manc_don said: Just finished watching Lockerbie. Colin Firth is superb in it. Hard to know what to make of it all and I doubt we'll ever get to know the truth. Crazy to see the personal relationship he built with Cnl Gaddafi. Dunno how much of it was dramaticised for the tele Quote
tom_widdows Posted May 1 Report Posted May 1 (edited) 7 hours ago, RicoS321 said: And yet all we hear about is fucking Lockerbie and all its victims. Where's the six parter on the sailing club fiasco? Typical fucking Sky TV. They only give a fuck about two teams and a plane bombing. Still ongoing legal proceedings. Plus the only person interested in playing a 13 year old chubby asthmatic tcheuchter is Susan Calman Edited May 1 by tom_widdows 1 Quote
RicoS321 Posted May 1 Report Posted May 1 53 minutes ago, tom_widdows said: Still ongoing legal proceedings. Plus the only person interested in playing a 13 year old chubby asthmatic tcheuchter is Susan Calman She couldn't do the accent. Too weegie. Quote
Tyrant Posted Tuesday at 14:28 Report Posted Tuesday at 14:28 On 21/03/2025 at 20:29, Kowalski said: Completely agree. Loads of shite on Netflix but Adolescence was brilliant, absolute top drawer acting and production. Oh, and… He's in the latest season of Peaky Blinders too. Plays a football ref that refuses to be corrupted. Dons fan in real life seemingly. Wonder if he managed to get a SC final ticket. 2 Quote
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