wykikitoon 16635 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 A friend of mine put me onto the Americans. Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 8 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: A friend of mine put me onto the Americans. Brilliant. The spy one? Excellent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1236 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 On 18/01/2023 at 12:29, Alex said: I quite fancy it actually. I’ve got a book of Edgar Allen Poe stories which I read a lot as a kid. ‘Tale of Mystery and Imagination’ I think it was called. With ‘Descent into Maelstrom’ and ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ etc My son's first name is after Oscar Wilde and his full name is a deliberate an play on Edgar Allen Poe. My old man (Alan) passed about a year before the lad was born. Since he was the third born, we were low on inspiration for names, so when my missus said "he looks like a wee old man, he needs an old man name" the poor fucker now has to live with the initials OAP. Probably cruel naming my son over an in joke, but I'll die happy knowing it's a reference to that moment and those words as well as Wilde, Poe and the grandad he never met. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 26820 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Blastronaut said: My son's first name is after Oscar Wilde and his full name is a deliberate an play on Edgar Allen Poe. My old man (Alan) passed about a year before the lad was born. Since he was the third born, we were low on inspiration for names, so when my missus said "he looks like a wee old man, he needs an old man name" the poor fucker now has to live with the initials OAP. Probably cruel naming my son over an in joke, but I'll die happy knowing it's a reference to that moment and those words as well as Wilde, Poe and the grandad he never met. The bairn should think himself lucky, Johnny Cash was named Sue. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1236 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Howmanheyman said: The bairn should think himself lucky, Johnny Cash was named Sue. If you're looking for a one-liner: irony is the kids completely non-verbal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6302 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Finally got round to watching Ted Lasso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17767 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 25 minutes ago, Craig said: Finally got round to watching Ted Lasso. What's it like? Just working out if I should bother getting Apple TV or not (no, I'm not going down the IPTV route). Finally got round to watching the Sopranos on Now this month, but now theyt're pulling it in 2 weeks time the twats. So far I think its okay but confused by the hype, what's that all about then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3603 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 27 minutes ago, Craig said: Finally got round to watching Ted Lasso. quite the recommendation/warning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19822 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 13 minutes ago, Renton said: What's it like? Just working out if I should bother getting Apple TV or not (no, I'm not going down the IPTV route). Finally got round to watching the Sopranos on Now this month, but now theyt're pulling it in 2 weeks time the twats. So far I think its okay but confused by the hype, what's that all about then? Ted Lasso has its moments. Got through a season and a half of it before giving up. Just too saccharine in the end for me. Your sopranos comments deserves a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17767 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Dr Gloom said: Ted Lasso has its moments. Got through a season and a half of it before giving up. Just too saccharine in the end for me. Your sopranos comments deserves a Okay, does it take a while to get into the Sopranos? I'm watching it so far thinking its okay but not drawn in immediately like I was BB. I think in the latter case it was because the everyman nature of the charactgers and their evolution just gripped me from the start. But here we have Tony who is already established Mafia. Never been really that bothered about Mafia films etc. Anyway, it's moot as I say cos its going off air, annoyingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17767 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 For some reason everyone is creaming themselves over the Last of Us, record IMdB etc. First episode so so, it covered about the same time as I got up to on the video game before I gave up on it cos I found it boring. Hopefully the story and characters will develop a bit more now and I can get the Oberon MArtell and Lyanna Mormont type casts out of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6302 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 37 minutes ago, Renton said: What's it like? Just working out if I should bother getting Apple TV or not (no, I'm not going down the IPTV route). Finally got round to watching the Sopranos on Now this month, but now theyt're pulling it in 2 weeks time the twats. So far I think its okay but confused by the hype, what's that all about then? I was open minded about it and found it very watchable. Albeit i'm only on episode 6 of season 1. There's similarities in terms of its humour with a serious undertone with Afterlife for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3978 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 13 minutes ago, Renton said: For some reason everyone is creaming themselves over the Last of Us, record IMdB etc. First episode so so, it covered about the same time as I got up to on the video game before I gave up on it cos I found it boring. Hopefully the story and characters will develop a bit more now and I can get the Oberon MArtell and Lyanna Mormont type casts out of my head. Exactly my thoughts - it was okay but they went on about it as though it was going to be fantastic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19822 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Renton said: Okay, does it take a while to get into the Sopranos? I'm watching it so far thinking its okay but not drawn in immediately like I was BB. I think in the latter case it was because the everyman nature of the charactgers and their evolution just gripped me from the start. But here we have Tony who is already established Mafia. Never been really that bothered about Mafia films etc. Anyway, it's moot as I say cos its going off air, annoyingly. i would put the sporanos up there with BB as one of the best TV series of all time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30396 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 The Sopranos is better imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34444 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 First season of BB is canny slow. I know loads of people who checked out of BB in S1. Don't make the same mistake with Sopranos. Although it will undoubtedly have aged, but quite honestly that's your fucking fault for waiting this long to watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Get yourself a bit of religion and watch The Chosen. IMDB 9 point fucking 3 Quite a cool laid back portrayal of Jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17767 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Gemmill said: First season of BB is canny slow. I know loads of people who checked out of BB in S1. Don't make the same mistake with Sopranos. Although it will undoubtedly have aged, but quite honestly that's your fucking fault for waiting this long to watch it. BB wasn't slow like. In the first episode alone, we get the background to Walt's humdrum life, meet all the major characters, Walt is diagnosed with cancer, he hooks up with Jessie, he buys an RV and cooks meth in it, the pair are hijacked by Emilio and Crazy 8, Walt kills Emilio and crashes the RV. All in less than an hour. In comparison very little happens in The Sopranos episode 1. I mean I know some people who gave up on Game of Thrones, ostensibly because it was fantasy, but really cos it was too difficult for them to follow. And I completely get that the Sopranos is massively highly rated, hence my confusuion so far I'm just finding it flat. I think probably its just the genre, never been a massive Scorsese fan (I mean I like his stuff, but not to the extent his films are lauded. Thought the Irishman was boring as fuck tttt tbs tbs. Edited January 23, 2023 by Renton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14048 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said: Get yourself a bit of religion and watch The Chosen. IMDB 9 point fucking 3 Quite a cool laid back portrayal of Jesus. Anti-abortion lead actor; don't mind if I don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 4855 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said: Get yourself a bit of religion and watch The Chosen. IMDB 9 point fucking 3 Quite a cool laid back portrayal of Jesus. The trailer isn't really grabbing my shaft. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34444 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 10 minutes ago, Renton said: BB wasn't slow like. In the first episode alone, we get the background to Walt's humdrum life, meet all the major characters, Walt is diagnosed with cancer, he hooks up with Jessie, he buys an RV and cooks meth in it, the pair are hijacked by Emilio and Crazy 8, Walt kills Emilio and crashes the RV. All in less than an hour. In comparison very little happens in The Sopranos episode 1. I mean I know some people who gave up on Game of Thrones, ostensibly because it was fantasy, but really cos it was too difficult for them to follow. And I completely get that the Sopranos is massively highly rated, hence my confusuion so far I'm just finding it flat. I think probably its just the genre, never been a massive Scorsese fan (I mean I like his stuff, but not to the extent his films are lauded. Thought the Irishman was boring as fuck tttt tbs tbs. There's always shitloads happens in the pilot, dunderheed! The fact remains that a lot of people don't see what's so good about BB in S1. I gave up on GoT because it was dogshit FTR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19822 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Just now, Gemmill said: I gave up on GoT because it was dogshit FTR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17767 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Gemmill said: There's always shitloads happens in the pilot, dunderheed! The fact remains that a lot of people don't see what's so good about BB in S1. I gave up on GoT because it was dogshit FTR. People like different things. I think saying BB was slow is a strange one though because shitloads happed in series 1. As for GoT, don't make me get the Trump gif out. It was on course to being one of the greatest series of all time until they completely fucked up in the last 2 series. But it was complex, which iirc (and I do) is what stumped you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17767 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 You see what you made Gloom do Gemmill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 16 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said: The trailer isn't really grabbing my shaft. Have Faith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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