Gemmill 34348 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Rectify, Chez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12757 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 The Americans is continually excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 The Americans is continually excellent We never got round to watching any more after season 1. It was canny enough, but it's the lowest rated season on Metacritic and every one of the 4 seasons gets a better rating than the last. Must get back to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 yup really enjoy it as well, it's got two more seasons coming too Yeah it's really well written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I started Rectify but struggled to get past the first two or three episodes. The new season of Black Mirror has been really good so far (I've watched the first four). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34348 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Not everyone is strong enough for Rectify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12757 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 We never got round to watching any more after season 1. It was canny enough, but it's the lowest rated season on Metacritic and every one of the 4 seasons gets a better rating than the last. Must get back to it. Aye, the first is the weakest by a long shot but it sets a lot of things in place for the next 3 so it's worth getting through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Not everyone is strong enough for Rectify. It just seemed that very little was happening the first few episodes. I haven't written it off completely but I haven't found myself desperate to get back to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19788 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 The same thing happened to me with the wire. I endured the whole first season and it finally got good the last few episodes. I haven't got around to giving it another go since then, despite the hype and protestations from friends. I just found it hard work to sit through. Wasn't helped by the fact I couldn't understand a word that came out of any of the mumbling main characters' mouths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Took me about three episodes of the wire before I was hooked. I had to start again with the second season too. After that I blitzed it in about two weeks. I did the final season in a day when I was off sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34348 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I quite enjoyed Russell Brand's thing he did with Michael Winterbottom (The Emperor's New Clothes) about UK inequality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30339 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Just finished Season 1 of The Man in the High Castle which is a bit of a slow burner but I really enjoyed it in the end. Started re-reading the book as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Have they changed much from the book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30339 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Have they changed much from the book? Yes, quite a bit. Obviously they've taken the basic premise and they also have a lot of the main characters but it's certainly sufficiently different from the novel to make it worthwhile (if you've already read the book). I think it does some of the ambiguity of the novel quite well, which is pretty rare amongst the numerous adaptations of his works. Also, rather than being a novel, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy is a series of films showing an alternative history. I think it actually helps if you've read the book though. The feel of it, especially in the Pacific States is similar to the sort of post-modern take on film noir in Blade Runner. I actually thought that before I realised Ridley Scott was one of the executive producers. I think you'd like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19788 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 That's another one I started and have meant to return to so good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26237 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I'm off sick so have been burning through Black Mirror today. Top class so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 What's it about? The plot line gives no clue really, vague as it comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26237 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Each episode is independent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34348 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Rashida Jones wrote the first one. I hadn't realised, I thought they were all Brooker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 It was directed by the bloke who wrote Atonement too. Love Rashida (and her mother). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26237 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Love Rashida (and her mother). That's a kinky thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3187 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Right now I would recommend everyone watch anything by Ray Mears and Bear Grylls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 That's a kinky thought. It's a thought that will be going through my mind when I go to be tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Surprised Planet Earth hasn't been mentioned, that first episode was gripping stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Surprised Planet Earth hasn't been mentioned, that first episode was gripping stuff. I saw the amazing lizard escape on Twitter so made my 3 year old watch the whole show. All was going well until several baby lizards were caught and eaten by snakes, one eaten head first, before the bit that I had seen where one of them manages to outrun them. Devastated! Floods of tears. The wife giving me daggers. All I could say was "that's the food chain son, you don't want the snakes to starve." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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