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    I didn't get that far into it to appreciate that. I may try later. But insofar as it was about parenthood, it seemed to be about the saddest possible aspect of it.

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      Antebellum is pretty decent.
      watched both series of Bad Blood this weekend. The Italian twins in the second series are hilarious.

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        Just finished watching Strike on the bbc iPlayer, which is based on Robert Galbraith’s (aka JK Rowling) 4 books about Private
        Investigator, Cormoran Strike. Overall, I enjoyed it, especially the episodes based on the first 3 books. There were 4 episodes based on the fourth book which turned out to be too many , also the storyline was a bit convoluted, so I didn’t Enjoy these as much. I noticed that JK Rowling was one of the Executive Producers, so the series stayed pretty much in line with the books (I had already read the first three books a while back).

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          Originally posted by Tony C View Post
          Modern Family is, I realise, a huge show but one that has completely passed me by. This is a bit like admitting that I'd never seen The Simpsons
          I'm pretty sure I've never seen a complete episode of the latter, nor could I name more than about three characters, which probably makes me unique on this board.

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            I'm up to episode 2 of S4 on Schitt's Creek and am now painfully aware that it will be coming to an end soon. It's such a fantastic programme, it's fast becoming one of my favourite of all time.

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              Originally posted by Simon G View Post
              I'm up to episode 2 of S4 on Schitt's Creek and am now painfully aware that it will be coming to an end soon. It's such a fantastic programme, it's fast becoming one of my favourite of all time.
              I know what you mean but you're only half way through.

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                I started The Comedy Store on Showtime, which is a short documentary series about a stand-up club in Los Angeles (The Comedy Store). It started really well, with good detailed deep dives into some known comics and some lesser known to the broader public. I think I'm three episodes in. The third is mostly about bad boys of comedy that started there (Dice, Sam Kinison, and Richard Pryor). This episode was a bit too predictable and never really dug deep enough into why the jokes were funny, the comedians challenged the norms within stand up. For example, one of the interviewees talks about Kinison being raised in a very religious family and that preacher mentality/aesthetic influenced his stand-up work but that was it; they moved on. Seems like a good part to unpack. Anyway, I will finish the series because it's good enough, but certainly could have been better (or I'm predicting that to be the case).

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                  Originally posted by pebblethefish View Post

                  As a result of this post, I gave Modern Family a go over the weekend. While not loving it, I managed to get through 22 episodes in 3 days, so it's certainly easy to watch.
                  I was adivised on here after my glowing post to give Modern Family a few seasons before it becomes a little stale and that's certainly the case. The laughs per episode ratio dries up substantially after that. I think we left after a couple of episodes of season 5 and probably won't be going back.

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                    We've sat through the full ten episodes of 'Safe' over the last two days and still can't decide if we enjoyed it or not. The main issue is that it couldn't make up its mind what it wanted to be, a missing person police procedural drama or a dark comedy. Some scenes were tonally completely at odds with the rest of the piece. However there was clearly enough interest generated in the central plot for us to stick with it.

                    Michael C Hall's English accent was effortlessly impressive I have to say.

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                      The first episode of season 2 of The Mandalorian was released today.

                      Very high approval ratings in chez Thistle.

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                        Originally posted by Tony C View Post
                        We've sat through the full ten episodes of 'Safe' over the last two days and still can't decide if we enjoyed it or not. The main issue is that it couldn't make up its mind what it wanted to be, a missing person police procedural drama or a dark comedy. Some scenes were tonally completely at odds with the rest of the piece. However there was clearly enough interest generated in the central plot for us to stick with it.

                        Michael C Hall's English accent was effortlessly impressive I have to say.
                        The best thing about that was Nigel Lindsay.

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                          Originally posted by Sits View Post

                          The best thing about that was Nigel Lindsay.
                          Yes he was good, but the series was a real mixed bag. It had Agatha Christie levels of idiotic, implausible and completely unecessary narrative twists (what was the re-united father/daughter thing all about?) but clearly not enough to put us off.

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                            Staged is self-indulgent.

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                              Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View Post
                              The first episode of season 2 of The Mandalorian was released today.

                              Very high approval ratings in chez Thistle.
                              It’s ace. It’s made me not dread the next month quite so much.

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                                Originally posted by hobbes View Post
                                Watched the first 3 eps of Brave New World yesterday.
                                It's always a little odd in these joint US/UK productions when you see Han Solo and Demi Moore acting alongside a couple of people from Downton Abbey and Casualty. Colliding realities and all that.
                                That said, so far it's relatively painless. It's been so long since I read the book I can't tell how faithful it is.
                                It got cancelled so there'll only be one season.

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                                  Originally posted by Sits View Post
                                  Staged is self-indulgent.
                                  ...and funny & entertaining.

                                  People called 'The Trip' self-indulgent and it's been one of the best TV comedies of the last decade or so.

                                  Isn't a lot of good art self-indulgent?

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                                    New release films I've seen recently :

                                    On The Rocks - Sofia Coppola reuniting with Bill Murray who co-stars with Rashida Jones. It's central story seems superficially slight but the father/daughter dynamic is believable & engaging.

                                    It's a funny, warm film and both leads are on sparkling form with Jones just performance edging out Murray's. There's also a great minor turn by Jenny Slate

                                    It's also lovely to see New York being New York in all its pre-COVID glory but it's bittersweet as it made me wonder when I'll see that again.

                                    Rebecca - I've not read the book and haven't seen the Hitchcock adaptation in so long that I barely recall it so saw this Ben Wheatley directed version on it's own terms. It's visually gorgeous bit does have a bit of a chocolate box look to it. It's a Netflix production but one made for theatrical release but still feels a little televisual, like a Sunday night drama series.

                                    I like both Lily James and Armie Hammer but the latter was a bit too one-dimensional to really convince on either side of de Winter's character. James was far more compelling but Kristin Scott Thomas gives the strongest performance as Danvers. Sam Riley plays an enjoyably greasy cad too.

                                    Pixie - saw this last night on a punt as I wanted to squeeze in one more cinema visit before Lockdown.

                                    It's got some great ideas (pitching itself as a West of Ireland Western is one) and a winning central performance from Olivia Cooke but is a bit patchy. It's not quite funny enough (especially as all the best gags are in the trailer), not quite tense enough as a thriller and wastes some potentially great supporting performances from Alec Baldwin, Colm Meaney and (especially) Dylan Moran.

                                    It's also terribly baggily edited and the ending is tossed off in a very "Will this do?" manner.

                                    All three are watchable but 'On The Rocks' is the real recommendation.
                                    Last edited by Ray de Galles; 09-11-2020, 12:44.

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                                      Watched first episode of " Dead Still " . It's a comedy/ thriller about a Victorian photographer who specialises in taking pictures of the recently deceased. There's also a murder mystery likely to be running through, as well as a possible supernatural theme. There's only 6 episodes, and the first was an enjoyable introduction, so it will be easy to persevere.

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                                        I thought Staged was very funny. I could have done without the cameos though, they weren't as naturalistic as the core cast.

                                        I've always wanted to see Six Characters on the stage.

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                                          Originally posted by Ray de Galles View Post

                                          ...and funny & entertaining.

                                          People called 'The Trip' self-indulgent and it's been one of the best TV comedies of the last decade or so.

                                          Isn't a lot of good art self-indulgent?
                                          A fair point, and I am still watching it after all.

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                                            Have now watched 58 episodes of Modern Family in 10 days. It's like the Mini Cheddars of TV - you'd never enthuse about it, but it's easy to nibble away on another one.

                                            Also watched Knives Out. Unable to decide if it was clever or asinine. Wouldn't advise against it, but no hearty recommendation.

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                                              Last night I watched the first episode of season 2 of The Mandalorian again. It was just as enjoyable.

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                                                Had to laugh at this tweet about Mastermind:

                                                https://twitter.com/matthewbritten/status/1323350828581834760

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                                                  Watched Crazy, Rich Asians because it was available on prime. Had to endure an ongoing commentary from my husband about how predictable it was, but given recent viewing material of The Boys season 2 and Ozark, it was just actually nice to watch a whole film where no-one was shot and stuffed in an acid barrel, or had their head spontaneously explode, or was stabbed in the neck with a heroin-filled needle.

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                                                    University Challenge is our go to family viewing these days. We are also starting to like that really nerdy show on before it - the one with various Egyptian symbols as categories. However, it seems to have a patchy rotation with Mastermind. Or maybe that is is our dodgy app.

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