jazzbo Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Fargo, Season 2, finale. A bit anti-climatic but cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 RE: Fargo. agree, though I'd say more anti-climatic than cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Fargo season two finale. Well done. Seemed more like a coda than a finale but I thought it tied up all the ends and was chock full of references. I especially liked the Vick Mackey one. Also the penultimate episode of Homeland which was brilliant, white knuckle stuff. This season has been just about the best . Especially love the superb villian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Crap. I was hoping Homeland would be awful this season as I don't have that network any longer. I'll have to wait for the discs to come out later next year. I was a little disappointed in last season. I'm now watching the second half of the final season of Mad Men on blu-ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 48 minutes ago, jazzbo said: Crap. I was hoping Homeland would be awful this season as I don't have that network any longer. I'll have to wait for the discs to come out later next year. I was a little disappointed in last season. I'm now watching the second half of the final season of Mad Men on blu-ray. Far from awful, one of the very best shows of the year. Mojo fully restored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Okay, thanks. I'll be patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Fringe - season one. Felt like revisiting this one, love spending time with Walter, Olivia, Peter and Astrid/Astro/Asterisk/Acid/Ostrich/Aspirin, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Flawed/Incomplete main film, but the 2nd DVD of more extended interviews made up for it, imo. Joni Mitchell, Joe Diorio, Ira Sullivan, Flea, a.o. all have good tales to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Rewatching Fargo season two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 SyFy's "Childhood's End." Just alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Luther 4 on BBCA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Yes, that was good. Makes me wish for more. . . not sure there ever will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 The Bridge - Series 3 Final two episodes. Very exciting. Sofia Helin is just brilliant - Saga Norén must be one of the most compelling characters in contemporary TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) Saga is very compelling but Laure Berthaud is still my choice. Now watching for the Shorty Rogers soundtrack Edited December 22, 2015 by JohnS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 At the local cinema. Don't know this play; enjoyed it very much, especially the bucolic fourth act. Also watched the last 7 episodes of Mad Men over the last fortnight. Don reinvents himself again as Om Man. Sad to see it go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) "And Then There Were None" - three part BBC adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel. Afraid I'm finding it very corny (last part tonight) with all the characters at a perpetual pitch of hysteria (understandable, I suppose, if everyone is being mysteriously murdered around you). But there's some brilliant photography - glowering skies over seascapes. Typically well done BBC production - suspect my reservations lie more in the tale than the telling. Interesting to see that the BBC swept the board with the ratings figures for most watched TV over Xmas. No wonder Murdoch has instructed Eton Boy to kill it. Also been watching: I must be the only person in Britain who has never watched a Peter Kay programme but I think this is brilliant. Who'd have thought a sit-com (and they sit a lot) about driving to Manchester and back every day could be so compelling. Really funny dialogue and a constant 'will they, won't they' tension. Edited December 28, 2015 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 6 hours ago, A Lark Ascending said: "And Then There Were None" - three part BBC adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel. I was just talking about that book last night. Loved it when I was a kid. More recently discovered it was originally titled "Ten Little Niggers". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) Watched the pilot episodes of Manhattan (will continue watching) and Quantico (will NOT continue watching). Also enjoyed rewatching some classic Avengers episodes from the first year they went to color. Emma Peel and John Steed always makes me smile. I've also noticed that many of the technical crew that worked on that series were also regulars at Hammer Films during that era. Edited December 28, 2015 by Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Rewatching Jessica Jones, one of my favourites of the year. Tried both Manhattan & Quantico but abandoned them both in short order. Also watched the two parter Luther. OK but rather insubstantial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Manhattan took a bit to get going but when it did, good stuff. Quantico is fluff. I want more Luther! Right now, Black Sails Season 2 on Blu-ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 (edited) I'm no film buff - I only have the vaguest notion of producers/directors and often get left puzzled by classic films of the past (I had to give up on La Dolce Vita half way through). Watched 'Citizen Kane' last year which I enjoyed but couldn't really see why it was regularly nominated as 'best film ever'. However, I loved this last night. OK, some of the dialogue and action (the car whizzing through Vienna at breakneck speed) seemed a bit corny 60+ years on. But overall it was an intriguing film, with enough ambiguities left in it to keep you thinking...loved the ending with the girl walking off quite indifferent to the 'hero'. Above all it was beautiful to look it - incredibly sharp b+w photography, odd camera angles and use of shadow; and the Escher-like chase in the sewers. Managed to conjour up post-WWII Vienna with a minimum of locations. Edited December 30, 2015 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 On 28/12/2015 at 8:27 AM, A Lark Ascending said: "And Then There Were None" - three part BBC adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel. Afraid I'm finding it very corny (last part tonight) with all the characters at a perpetual pitch of hysteria (understandable, I suppose, if everyone is being mysteriously murdered around you). But there's some brilliant photography - glowering skies over seascapes. Typically well done BBC production - suspect my reservations lie more in the tale than the telling. Interesting to see that the BBC swept the board with the ratings figures for most watched TV over Xmas. No wonder Murdoch has instructed Eton Boy to kill it. Also been watching: I must be the only person in Britain who has never watched a Peter Kay programme but I think this is brilliant. Who'd have thought a sit-com (and they sit a lot) about driving to Manchester and back every day could be so compelling. Really funny dialogue and a constant 'will they, won't they' tension. Peter Kay is very talented I think. His one man shows, that often crop up on telly, tend to be very funny too. I haven't seen Car Share but I like the premise and can definitely imagine how Kay's everyday humour and his everyman approach would fit the concept well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzjet Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 On 12/28/2015 at 8:27 AM, A Lark Ascending said: "And Then There Were None" - three part BBC adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel. Afraid I'm finding it very corny (last part tonight) with all the characters at a perpetual pitch of hysteria (understandable, I suppose, if everyone is being mysteriously murdered around you). But there's some brilliant photography - glowering skies over seascapes. Typically well done BBC production - suspect my reservations lie more in the tale than the telling. Interesting to see that the BBC swept the board with the ratings figures for most watched TV over Xmas. No wonder Murdoch has instructed Eton Boy to kill it. Also been watching: I must be the only person in Britain who has never watched a Peter Kay programme but I think this is brilliant. Who'd have thought a sit-com (and they sit a lot) about driving to Manchester and back every day could be so compelling. Really funny dialogue and a constant 'will they, won't they' tension. The Peter Kay Car Share series is great, one of the best sitcoms for ages. The 'misunderstanding' about dogging was brilliant and there are some great sight gags with funny shop names etc. The radio station, Forever FM, was specially created for the show and is enjoyably naff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Apparently it was made for the BBC iPlayer initially. A second series has been commissioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) Grim, taught thriller set in Belfast as 'The Troubles' hit their first nasty peak. Viewed largely from the perspective of a rookie squaddy thrown into the mayhem, a victim of the internecine politics of the province and the mysterious undercover connections between the army and the various sectarian groups. Apart from an early scene where the RUC take apart a Catholic home the film didn't give much of an idea why the anti-British hostility was so high. Dominic Sandbrook - Let Us Entertain You (BBC) Sandbrook has written 4 excellent books on Britain from 1965 to the late 70s (well, 3 of them are excellent, I've still to read the fourth)...even though he shows his Tory inclinations! Manages to balance the political and economic complexities with cultural changes. A highly dubious thesis to this series - Britain lost its place as the workshop of the world and instead became the pre-eminent entertainer of the world!!! Erm, what about the USA (let alone the cultural preferences outside the Anglocentric world?)? Nevertheless, an entertaining series so far (I'm two episodes in) - Sandbrook is always good on the continuities of history where most popular TV series stress the changes. Good second programme on the British entertainment industry's obsession with the aristocracy, public schools and the monarchy - I think he's dead right in his argument that all the 'rebellious' culture over the years has been co-opted by the establishment and used to further shore up its defences rather than being undermined by it. Edited December 31, 2015 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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