jazzbo Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 Starting up Damages Season Three on dvd. It was a great show on broadcast. Hopefully in a year or so I can watch Season 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Breaking Bad, new season episode 1. Very impressive, almost Tarantino like opener. I'll be very interested to see where this goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 I'm watching episodes of Chuck, Season One (Blu-Ray) in between episodes of Damages, Season Three (DVD). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 (edited) Breaking Bad, new season episode 1. Very impressive, almost Tarantino like opener. I'll be very interested to see where this goes. Me too. (Perhaps ending the episode in a Denny's was an actual nod to Tarantino, though I don't really care either way.) Edited July 24, 2011 by BruceH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 This week's Breaking Bad & Curb Your Enthusiasm. I'd like to get the recipe for the Palestinian chicken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 6 (on tv rebroadcast, been taping them nightly and watching them three or four episodes at a time.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Have to say this series has really grown on me. I'm looking forward to watching Season 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Started watching series 2 when it was serialised on TV. For some reason my recorder missed episode 7 and the DVD does not come out until late Sept so I've been hiring series 1. Up to episode 8. A wonderful supplement to the books. The relationship between Wallander and his daughter is marvellously portrayed in these programmes. All the more poignant knowing that sometime later the actress who plays Linda committed suicide. I enjoyed the other Swedish series (based on the books), didn't care for the couple of UK versions I saw. But this series is very special. And like in the books, Ystad is a character in itself. Makes me want to visit again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Started watching series 2 when it was serialised on TV. For some reason my recorder missed episode 7 and the DVD does not come out until late Sept so I've been hiring series 1. Up to episode 8. A wonderful supplement to the books. The relationship between Wallander and his daughter is marvellously portrayed in these programmes. All the more poignant knowing that sometime later the actress who plays Linda committed suicide. I enjoyed the other Swedish series (based on the books), didn't care for the couple of UK versions I saw. But this series is very special. And like in the books, Ystad is a character in itself. Makes me want to visit again. I liked the Swedish series very much and found the British one unsatisfying and misjudged, Kenneth Branagh's emotional histrionics were all wrong. Krister Henriksson nailed the character in the way that John Thaw did with Morse, Branagh seemed like an imposter. I agree also with the fine portrayal of the father daughter relationship, it was real and believable. Glad you are enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 I'm watching Nash Bridges, Season 3 (silly fun show) and am about to start last season of Sons of Anarchy on Blu-Ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Some ancient copies of Dad's Army. My link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 (edited) I liked the Swedish series very much and found the British one unsatisfying and misjudged, Kenneth Branagh's emotional histrionics were all wrong. Krister Henriksson nailed the character in the way that John Thaw did with Morse, Branagh seemed like an imposter. I agree also with the fine portrayal of the father daughter relationship, it was real and believable. Glad you are enjoying it. I just though Branagh was flat. The plots are pretty standard 'crime amongst the bourgeoisie' plots like Morse or Lewis. Where this series (like Morse) goes to another level is in the characterisations and the really wonderful sense of place. Yes, Krister Henriksson is absolutely superb. [Having said that the plots are fairly standard, I was on the edge of my seat in the episode where first Martinsson and then Wallander's daughter get kidnapped by the chap who infiltrates all their surveillance equipment]. Edited September 1, 2011 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 This week's Damages. Patty was in dazzling form, it's turned into a real battle against evil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 "The Hour" Up to episode 4/6. Set around the time of Suez/Hungary (1956) a tale of espionage in the early days of BBC TV as the idea of TV reportage is being created. Some great performances. Has been lazily described as the 'British Madmen' but apart from the roughly similar period and the screen filled with cigarette smoke it's very different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 Hattie BBC A sad story, I never knew anything about this at the time. How she could have thrown away a family for an utter slimeball is beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Watched the first episode of the new Inspector Lewis Series 5 last night. The interaction between Lewis and Hathaway is still there, but the writer(s) are really stretching things with some of the murders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Watching Ancient Aliens, Season One on Blu-Ray. I find the theories entertaining, if not dispelling all doubt. Still I love to watch the many sequences featuring ancient monumental architecture and artifacts, in high definition. Fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 This week's Breaking Bad and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Been catching up on "Raising Hope." Sometimes that show is ridiculously funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 This week's Breaking Bad and Curb Your Enthusiasm. This week's Breaking Bad was particularly good I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 That is up next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 (edited) Rewatched Luther Season 2 I like the idea of keeping the season short and intense, a nice contrast to some of the interminable "We must have 22 episodes" American fare. Yes, this week's Breaking Bad was intense too. Edited September 8, 2011 by kinuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Audra McDonald singing a few Ellington tunes on Great Performances, and now An American In Paris on the same program from Carnegie Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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