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Post by Aunt Alison on Dec 16, 2021 0:50:41 GMT
Seeing Mulder scrolling though newspaper articles in the X-Files to find out if someone died recently reminded me there was a time before the internet
How did anyone get anything done? I was alive and even I barely remember it
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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 16, 2021 0:53:36 GMT
How did anyone get anything done? Because they didn't have the internet. |
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Post by simple on Dec 16, 2021 8:12:21 GMT
They don’t even regularly use cellphones until about the third season either
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Post by dam on Dec 16, 2021 8:16:50 GMT
My family loves Brooklyn 99 (to the extent we traipsed to Brooklyn in mental temperatures a few summers ago to see the station where the outside shots are taken), but I just don't get it. They never laugh. It's another of these bland mildly amusing cardboard comedies.
Man Down is great, underrated.
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Post by simple on Dec 16, 2021 19:15:13 GMT
I don’t get Brooklyn 99 either. I can only assume that people are so desperate for another Office/Parks & Rec that they’ll latch onto anything in the ballpark
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Post by lexw on Dec 16, 2021 20:49:21 GMT
Your family? I mean that's pretty weird because Brooklyn 99 is a "laugh out loud" kind of comedy. I didn't "get it" for the first season, just watched it going "When does this get funny?", but for some reason coming back to it, it was funny, and it's definitely laugh-out-loud, not Parks & Rec-type stuff. |
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Post by dfunked on Dec 16, 2021 20:56:12 GMT
It's not TBBT levels of unfunniness, but it's definitely only a couple of chuckles max per episode kind of show. It's the kind of thing you have on in the background while you're doing other stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2021 21:54:53 GMT
Captain Holt alone shows that you're wrong.
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Post by simple on Dec 16, 2021 22:06:54 GMT
Absolutely felt for that guy on Professional Masterchef just there. Should’ve been the winner.
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Post by Frog on Dec 16, 2021 22:07:39 GMT
Working through the last series of Gomorrah and it's just brilliant. Easily in my top 3 series ever and I would be amazed if the last 3 episodes do anything to change it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2021 22:08:17 GMT
Where are people watching the final season? I thought Sky got it first and its not on until the weekend.
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Post by dfunked on Dec 16, 2021 22:20:41 GMT
*lifts eye patch*
No eye, dear.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2021 22:21:32 GMT
Only thing piratey about me now is the amount of rum I drink. I'll just wait.
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Post by muddyfunster on Dec 16, 2021 22:56:20 GMT
Very late, but Man Down (season 1) is marvellous. I'll keep watching, but I think Rik Mayall left us after the first series and it feels like he hurls the chunk of chaos into the mix that makes the whole thing work. The Xmas special was a proper shit my pants gaffawing deal with his 12 scares thing. Tldr: I miss Rik Mayall Me too. A proper genius. You should read his autobiography 'Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ'. The man has a way with footnotes. I'm just gutted the total bastard died without making an audiobook version. |
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Post by rawshark on Dec 16, 2021 23:32:58 GMT
Aggretsuko S4
I’m a big Heida supporter but Jesus grow a pair.
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Post by スコットランド on Dec 17, 2021 9:37:39 GMT
Finally started Twin Peak, only 2 episodes in. Watching Wheel of Time weekly and rewatching S1 of The Witcher before binging S2 over Christmas  |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Dec 18, 2021 6:23:45 GMT
The last two episodes of Gomorrah are up. Hoo boy, this is going to be depressing af.
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Post by Sarfrin on Dec 18, 2021 23:51:08 GMT
Didn’t Cliff win some cash from the BBC and Police for implying he was a wrong un and showing his house being raided on tv? Cliff's secret thing was that he's gay. My mum saw him living it up in a gay club in London in the early 60s. He still insists he isn't so maybe he's ace or something else. At any rate, it's not a problem nowadays. |
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Post by simple on Dec 19, 2021 0:01:44 GMT
I wonder how people would react to a celebrity coming out as Ace. I know a couple who are in a relationship together and it confuses the hell out of pretty much everyone.
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Post by simple on Dec 19, 2021 0:09:25 GMT
Midway through X-Files season 4 and this must be around when Space Above & Beyond was cancelled because the producers have managed to find work almost all of the main cast members now they’re back working on the X-Files. A couple of them even have decent episodes.
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Post by Sarfrin on Dec 19, 2021 0:35:10 GMT
Oh. My. God. Season 5 Episode 2 of Money Heist. They are absolutely nailing it with this season. I have never wanted something to happen in a TV programme quite as much as I wanted the end of this episode to happen. Now I'm wondering how Netflix knew I was too pissed to remember the whole of this episode and needed to watch it again. I agree with my initial assessment though. It's such an underrated series, probably because it's in Spanish and people like my wife refuse to watch anything with subtitles. Pleased to see it won an Emmy in 2018 though.
ETA And now Episode 3 is just randomly sticking two fingers up to the GC crowd. I love this series.
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Post by スコットランド on Dec 19, 2021 6:40:41 GMT
Oh. My. God. Season 5 Episode 2 of Money Heist. They are absolutely nailing it with this season. I have never wanted something to happen in a TV programme quite as much as I wanted the end of this episode to happen. Now I'm wondering how Netflix knew I was too pissed to remember the whole of this episode and needed to watch it again. I agree with my initial assessment though. It's such an underrated series, probably because it's in Spanish and people like my wife refuse to watch anything with subtitles. Pleased to see it won an Emmy in 2018 though.
ETA And now Episode 3 is just randomly sticking two fingers up to the GC crowd. I love this series.
How is it underrated when it’s the most widely watched show on Netflix in the entire world? |
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Post by Dougs on Dec 19, 2021 7:35:26 GMT
Surely that's mostly in Spanish speaking countries though. (It's on my list, but haven't got round to it yet).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2021 9:33:30 GMT
I noticed a new season of The Witcher has arrived. It reminded me that I've still yet to watch S1. Is it any good?
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Post by jono62 on Dec 19, 2021 10:04:13 GMT
I noticed a new season of The Witcher has arrived. It reminded me that I've still yet to watch S1. Is it any good? Watched bits and pieces and it was decent. Plus Cavil. So hot. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2021 10:19:21 GMT
I noticed a new season of The Witcher has arrived. It reminded me that I've still yet to watch S1. Is it any good? Watched bits and pieces and it was decent. Plus Cavil. So hot. Does he bang Triss on a unicorn in it? |
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Post by Sarfrin on Dec 19, 2021 12:58:35 GMT
Now I'm wondering how Netflix knew I was too pissed to remember the whole of this episode and needed to watch it again. I agree with my initial assessment though. It's such an underrated series, probably because it's in Spanish and people like my wife refuse to watch anything with subtitles. Pleased to see it won an Emmy in 2018 though.
ETA And now Episode 3 is just randomly sticking two fingers up to the GC crowd. I love this series.
How is it underrated when it’s the most widely watched show on Netflix in the entire world? No one I know has watched it or is talking about it. Look how popular squid game is, and that's not as good. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 19, 2021 13:25:40 GMT
I noticed a new season of The Witcher has arrived. It reminded me that I've still yet to watch S1. Is it any good? It was weirdly better than it should have been.
It didn't do anything mindblowingly original, and it's relatively small scale compared to things like GoT (at least in W Season 1), but it all kinda came together really nicely and I'm not totally sure why. It had more heart than I expected, I think.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2021 13:29:03 GMT
I noticed a new season of The Witcher has arrived. It reminded me that I've still yet to watch S1. Is it any good? It was weirdly better than it should have been.
It didn't do anything mindblowingly original, and it's relatively small scale compared to things like GoT (at least in W Season 1), but it all kinda came together really nicely and I'm not totally sure why. It had more heart than I expected, I think.
One thing they could have worked on was the whole time line thing. I was pretty confused at points as to what was going on. Just a "10 years earlier" would have helped a lot. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 19, 2021 13:37:53 GMT
One thing they could have worked on was the whole time line thing. I was pretty confused at points as to what was going on. Just a "10 years earlier" would have helped a lot. I thought that was entirely the point? Was it unintentional? |
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