Boojum Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) I've been watching Inspector Morse reruns on ITV3. I know it's a much-loved show and this may be sacrilege but IMHO the episodes based on original novels by Colin Dexter are superb, but the ones based on new scripts (often by Danny Boyle, who I've always though was massively overrated as a director) are utter garbage. Particularly Cherubim and Seraphim (directed by Boyle), the portrayal of 'drug culture' in that is fucking laughable. Edited March 5, 2020 by Boojum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 12 hours ago, Hiphip said: We are now trying to decypher "Inside number 9" again Cheers Oh yeah , just started watching this now for some reason , missed out on it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 All of Rick and Morty. Altered Carbon (2nd series just released) All of breaking bad and better call saul Love death and robots Black mirror. Night Manager Killing Eve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar-mite Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 This country makes me laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joint hogger Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 @Boojum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugwuffin Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Just finished the last season of The Expanse, which I thought was an excellent sci-fi, my favorite since the Battlestar Galactica remake, and pisses all over anything star trek. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 I think I'll give Altered Carbon a watch , unless anybody tells me it's really not worth it otherwise I'll be reduced to watching some of the Marvel stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyPage Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Here's one that appears to have sneaked under the radar .. https://www.sky.com/watch/avenue-5 It's got a "The Thick of It" vibe, but it's set in the future in space. It's nowhere near the intensity of other Ianucci creations, but it grows on you. Just finished Episode 8, which has a beautifully constructed crowd scene which is horribly dark (people get frozen to death as they are fired out of an airlock) but which had MrsJP and I pissing ourselves with laughter. Very "Kipper and the Corpse" level of black humour. And Hugh Laurie is good as ever - with a rainbow of accents. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLaC Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 24 minutes ago, JimmyPage said: Here's one that appears to have sneaked under the radar .. https://www.sky.com/watch/avenue-5 It's got a "The Thick of It" vibe, but it's set in the future in space. It's nowhere near the intensity of other Ianucci creations, but it grows on you. Just finished Episode 8, which has a beautifully constructed crowd scene which is horribly dark (people get frozen to death as they are fired out of an airlock) but which had MrsJP and I pissing ourselves with laughter. Very "Kipper and the Corpse" level of black humour. And Hugh Laurie is good as ever - with a rainbow of accents. I've been watching every week, fucking brilliant, great cast, great writing, highly recommend it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojum Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 I'll have to give that a go, love Armando Ianucci and Hugh Laurie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyPage Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Boojum said: I'll have to give that a go, love Armando Ianucci and Hugh Laurie I'd call it a slow burner ... but it sets up some pretty funny stuff. I'm guessing you'd also piss yourself at Ep. 8 ... so much truth in it ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simple Jack Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 The Plot Against America - alternative history in which Charles Lindbergh wins the 1940 election and America turns fascist. Seen from the perspective from a NJ Jewish working class family. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gregg da Funky Merman Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Ru Paul???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gregg da Funky Merman Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 44 minutes ago, Simple Jack said: The Plot Against America - alternative history in which Charles Lindbergh wins the 1940 election and America turns fascist. Seen from the perspective from a NJ Jewish working class family. On my too watch list mate....."hypernormalisation"...its about how banks overrun america...well worth a watch if yer into political shite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 The documentary about the Australian cricket team on Amazon is really good (that's for the 1% here interested in that kind of thing) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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