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02-22-23, 06:49 PM | #1 |
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The TV Series Thread
We have a Movie thread but no TV Series thread, so, I'll start the ball rolling.
Number (1) is a bleeding great series, I'm 6 episodes in and this is turning out to be a diamond in a field of horse manure, no heroes, no super humans, it's just survive or die. Number (2) is not usually what I would watch but as it's supposedly based on a true story I thought I'd give it a go. I'm 3 episodes in and so far it's a bit iffy, (iffy) means I'm not really taken by this series and some of the language she uses wouldn't be heard in a brothel, but I've started it so I'll finish it to the end. Number (3) this has all the makings of a good series, I'm only 1 episode in but there's a range war on the horizon between ranchers and sheep farmers and I'm thinking the body count is going to spiral upwards. There's only one man who will come out of this a rich man and that's the bleeding Undertaker. Number (4) I'm once again 1 episode in and I'm thinking this is another iffy one, I just can't believe everyone was a bunch of bleeding savages in the wild west but that's the vibe I'm getting with this series. I'll keep on watching it to the end but I'm thinking I've made another boo boo just like I have with number (2) (1) The Last Of Us. Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival. (2) The Law According to Lidia Poët. (based on a true story by all accounts) Hmmmm In late 19th-century Turin, the young Lidia Poët, fights against everything and everyone to get what is rightfully hers: to be enrolled in the official register of lawyers. A profession, at the time, reserved exclusively for men. Nevertheless, nothing could stop her dream of becoming the first female lawyer in Italy. (3) 1923 Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home. (4) The English An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke, arrives into the new and wild landscape of the West to wreak revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son.
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02-22-23, 09:08 PM | #2 |
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I'm not sure how much help I can be. I only watched a few series and they were all reruns.
The first was MASH. I have probably seen every episode like 20-25 times. It's still funny to me. MASH had great writers. MASH could be funny and tragically sad, sometimes at the same time. MASH was so eloquent in showing how ugly war can be and why it should be avoided if at all possible. The second was Cheers. Who would ever believe that you could get 11 seasons out of a bunch of misfit characters whose local bar is the center point of their lives. Again, like MASH, it was great writers and actors who brought the scripts to life. |
02-23-23, 04:29 AM | #3 |
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Favourite TV Series.......Jeez mate, there's so many....but I'll start with...
A HUGE cult hit here in Australia in the early/mid '60s
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02-23-23, 05:50 AM | #4 |
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We don't have Netflix nor do we watch any TV, online or otherwise, so my suggestions will all come from DVD boxed sets.
We just finished binge watching the whole of "Breaking Bad" - the last word in black comedy (bad language warning!)
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02-23-23, 06:41 AM | #5 |
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Anyone genuinely interested in finding out what being a law enforcement officer in the UK other than in a big city is like, Happy Valley (any of the three series but they all continue one another in the overall plot).
ADULT CONTENT
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02-23-23, 04:24 PM | #6 |
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I stopped watching TV in 1994 when the movers smashed my new TV. Honestly, I don't think I missed much.
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02-23-23, 04:39 PM | #7 |
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02-23-23, 08:22 PM | #8 |
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"The Untouchables" - the old B/W TV series. Just another day at the office.....
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02-24-23, 02:43 AM | #9 |
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^ By complete & utter coincidence Moira and I watched the Kevin Costner movie last night and I said I'd look again to see whether it can be got for Region 2 yet, so thanks for the reminder (must be a psychic link between us)
I absolutely loved that show
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On the subject of ESP. Yesterday I was thinking very strongly about a young lady ( platonic friend ) and low and behold she rings me a minute later to see if I was alright. She told me she'd been thinking about me.
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02-25-23, 04:41 AM | #11 |
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
Another oldie I'm planning to grab on DVD now it's finally available in our UK format. Always loved this show
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02-25-23, 04:48 AM | #12 |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Turpin_(TV_series)
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02-25-23, 06:57 AM | #13 |
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"Xena Warrior Princess". What a show that was. Comedy episodes, Musical episodes, Tearjerker episodes...... And the last episode was a real heartbreaker which brought it all back to the beginning like a "Ring Cycle". Got the whole boxed sets
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02-25-23, 01:56 PM | #14 |
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02-25-23, 02:51 PM | #15 |
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There have been so many shows throughout the long years that I have no clear favorite but as I look over this thread this one came to mind first:
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