Good TV Shows

Post Reply
User avatar
Numbers
Posts: 2463
Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:13 am

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Numbers »

Eugene Wrayburn wrote:
Numbers wrote:Line of Duty started again yesterday, this is excellent drama imo, it should be good as Stephen Graham is playing the main baddie in this one.
My word they've started with even more of a bang this time!
Aye, looks like it's gonna be a cracker.
Adder
Posts: 1812
Joined: Fri Feb 19, 2016 4:22 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Adder »

New HBO show on Chernobyl.
Just saw the first episode. Well worth a look.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7366338/
Donny osmond
Posts: 3145
Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 5:58 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Donny osmond »

Santa Clarita Diet... shouldnt work but really does.

Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L31 using Tapatalk
It was so much easier to blame Them. It was bleakly depressing to think They were Us. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
Banquo
Posts: 20234
Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:52 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Banquo »

Years and Years. Bit heavy handed on the trope front, but entertaining and kinda thought provoking
OptimisticJock
Posts: 2275
Joined: Wed Feb 10, 2016 12:20 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by OptimisticJock »

Adder wrote:New HBO show on Chernobyl.
Just saw the first episode. Well worth a look.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7366338/
First 2 are excellent.
Banquo
Posts: 20234
Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:52 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Banquo »

OptimisticJock wrote:
Adder wrote:New HBO show on Chernobyl.
Just saw the first episode. Well worth a look.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7366338/
First 2 are excellent.
Yep just watched them; great cast, and some very moving moments.
WaspInWales
Posts: 4503
Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:46 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by WaspInWales »

It was bloody excellent telly!

Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk
User avatar
Numbers
Posts: 2463
Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:13 am

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Numbers »

WaspInWales wrote:It was bloody excellent telly!

Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk

Aye, eye-opening for me too as I never realised the amount of effort to cover it up at the time.
User avatar
Numbers
Posts: 2463
Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:13 am

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Numbers »

Brockmire is a good comedy, it's on FOX and currently on season 3.

Here's the trailer:

OptimisticJock
Posts: 2275
Joined: Wed Feb 10, 2016 12:20 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by OptimisticJock »

Numbers wrote:
WaspInWales wrote:It was bloody excellent telly!

Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk

Aye, eye-opening for me too as I never realised the amount of effort to cover it up at the time.
Indeed. Episode 3 takes it to a new level. I don't really get moved by TV or film but fuck me that was harrowing.
Banquo
Posts: 20234
Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:52 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Banquo »

OptimisticJock wrote:
Numbers wrote:
WaspInWales wrote:It was bloody excellent telly!

Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk

Aye, eye-opening for me too as I never realised the amount of effort to cover it up at the time.
Indeed. Episode 3 takes it to a new level. I don't really get moved by TV or film but fuck me that was harrowing.
and moving for the courage shown by all the folks who were't covering up, but clearing up and trying to fix the mess.
OptimisticJock
Posts: 2275
Joined: Wed Feb 10, 2016 12:20 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by OptimisticJock »

Banquo wrote:
OptimisticJock wrote:
Numbers wrote:

Aye, eye-opening for me too as I never realised the amount of effort to cover it up at the time.
Indeed. Episode 3 takes it to a new level. I don't really get moved by TV or film but fuck me that was harrowing.
and moving for the courage shown by all the folks who were't covering up, but clearing up and trying to fix the mess.
Absolutely. Those miners were class.
Banquo
Posts: 20234
Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:52 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Banquo »

OptimisticJock wrote:
Banquo wrote:
OptimisticJock wrote: Indeed. Episode 3 takes it to a new level. I don't really get moved by TV or film but fuck me that was harrowing.
and moving for the courage shown by all the folks who were't covering up, but clearing up and trying to fix the mess.
Absolutely. Those miners were class.
yes, humour and pathos, ditto the firemen, the nuclear physicists and even Boris.
User avatar
Numbers
Posts: 2463
Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:13 am

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Numbers »

OptimisticJock wrote:
Banquo wrote:
OptimisticJock wrote: Indeed. Episode 3 takes it to a new level. I don't really get moved by TV or film but fuck me that was harrowing.
and moving for the courage shown by all the folks who were't covering up, but clearing up and trying to fix the mess.
Absolutely. Those miners were class.
The head miner has packed on a fair bit of timber since Eastenders.
WaspInWales
Posts: 4503
Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:46 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by WaspInWales »

Numbers wrote:
WaspInWales wrote:It was bloody excellent telly!

Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk
Aye, eye-opening for me too as I never realised the amount of effort to cover it up at the time.
Does anyone have any idea on how accurate it is?

Don't get me wrong, I can easily believe the general gist of things but I was like 10-11 at the time so beyond the main headlines of 'radiation cloud', 'livestock dying', 'no fuck that, we're all gonna die', I probably missed out on quite a bit.

I'm aware Emily Watson's character is fictionalised.

Still though, it truly is an amazing dramatisation. Seems to have struck the perfect balance in its delivery.
Banquo
Posts: 20234
Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:52 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Banquo »

WaspInWales wrote:
Numbers wrote:
WaspInWales wrote:It was bloody excellent telly!

Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk
Aye, eye-opening for me too as I never realised the amount of effort to cover it up at the time.
Does anyone have any idea on how accurate it is?

Don't get me wrong, I can easily believe the general gist of things but I was like 10-11 at the time so beyond the main headlines of 'radiation cloud', 'livestock dying', 'no fuck that, we're all gonna die', I probably missed out on quite a bit.

I'm aware Emily Watson's character is fictionalised.

Still though, it truly is an amazing dramatisation. Seems to have struck the perfect balance in its delivery.
also an interesting study in how having an unchallengable hierarchy can lead to disaster. See also Korean Airlines.
User avatar
morepork
Posts: 7847
Joined: Wed Feb 10, 2016 1:50 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by morepork »

RR comes through again. I checked it out and Chernobyl is thoroughly engrossing viewing. Pitch perfect.
User avatar
Numbers
Posts: 2463
Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:13 am

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Numbers »

morepork wrote:RR comes through again. I checked it out and Chernobyl is thoroughly engrossing viewing. Pitch perfect.

According to the ad I saw for it last night on SKY it is the highest ranking tv show of all time on IMDB currently, 9.6/10.
Mikey Brown
Posts: 11983
Joined: Sat Feb 13, 2016 5:10 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Mikey Brown »

That does happen quite a lot when there’s buzz around a new show, not that that’s a reason to dismiss it.

I’m quite curious to give it a go based on this thread but I can’t work out exactly how I feel about the subject matter. Does it feel like a documentary? Is it entertaining in a more conventional dramatic sense? It just sounds so morbid.
User avatar
Numbers
Posts: 2463
Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:13 am

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Numbers »

Mikey Brown wrote:That does happen quite a lot when there’s buzz around a new show, not that that’s a reason to dismiss it.

I’m quite curious to give it a go based on this thread but I can’t work out exactly how I feel about the subject matter. Does it feel like a documentary? Is it entertaining in a more conventional dramatic sense? It just sounds so morbid.
Watch it, it is morbid but also fascinating, this may be due to the fact I used to work at a nuclear power facility however.
Banquo
Posts: 20234
Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:52 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Banquo »

Mikey Brown wrote:That does happen quite a lot when there’s buzz around a new show, not that that’s a reason to dismiss it.

I’m quite curious to give it a go based on this thread but I can’t work out exactly how I feel about the subject matter. Does it feel like a documentary? Is it entertaining in a more conventional dramatic sense? It just sounds so morbid.
lots of layers. Illuminates cold war USSR, human stories of heroism and cowardice, and informative. Great acting and production values.
Banquo
Posts: 20234
Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:52 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Banquo »

Very morbid and slow last evening. Still compelling.
User avatar
Numbers
Posts: 2463
Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:13 am

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by Numbers »

For anyone who watched Deadwood back in the day there is a film out with all the same actors which is showing on Saturday night 9pm Sky Atlantic.
WaspInWales
Posts: 4503
Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:46 pm

Re: RE: Re: Good TV Shows

Post by WaspInWales »

Banquo wrote:Very morbid and slow last evening. Still compelling.
Yep, and set in a time when smoking was not just cool, but compulsory [emoji16]

Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk
WaspInWales
Posts: 4503
Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:46 pm

Re: Good TV Shows

Post by WaspInWales »

The next episode, #5, looks like it will be mouthwateringly good! Be good to see Paul Ritter's character back in slightly better health.
Post Reply