The TV Thread

[John Drake]

14 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Yeh it’s hard to know what plan to devise that may work ... when literally  there isnt one . Mulling it today I think having the unbeatable , unstoppable Dothraki hoard out front was a sign of initial hope , especially with their flaming swords . And then mainly I think it was to show ( brilliantly ) all the lights , and hope , getting extinguished . That was really stunning and told you it was hopeless 

Militarily, some will argue it didn't make sense, but dramatically, I thought it was a brilliant start to the episode for exactly those reasons.

If they'd somehow won the opening skirmish, the sense of dread that powered the whole piece just wouldn't have been there to the same degree. It had to feel utterly hopeless, right from the get go.

[DavidM]

I really did love that smug ‘ is that all you got ‘ smirk

[Chrispmartha]

1 hour ago, Shadow said:

If I'm honest I've never really gone for Dragons and Swordfights, I couldn't stand Lord of The Rings, sitting through the first and half the second  before I gave up and have never seen The Hobbit. What I've seen so far just looks like a soft porn version of Lord of The Rings. 

 

Edit

And according to my facebook feed it's Live Action Shrek

 

 

"Peter Stringfellow's Lord of the Rings.

Edited April 30, 2019 by Chrispmartha

[RoyBoy295]

What's Game of Thrones?

[DavidM]

1 minute ago, RoyBoy295 said:

What's Game of Thrones?

Minor tv show which has over a billion viewers in 170 countries 

[Futtocks]

This looks worth setting the Betamax for...

 

[Liverpool Rover]

Been watching Happy! on Netflix. Loving it so far.

[ckn]

10 minutes ago, Liverpool Rover said:

Been watching Happy! on Netflix. Loving it so far.

I found the first series to be outstanding. Hoping the second is as good. 

[jacksy]

First was great not go around to watching series 2 yet..GOT has been on

[ckn]

On 30/04/2019 at 07:29, GeordieSaint said:

Pretty certain ‘Offensive Spirit (or Action)’ is a principle of defensive warfare. 

No idea why but this quote just jumped up in my head, had to go on t'interweb to get it correct though:

"Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more." George S Patton.

Sorry for the off-topic post!

[John Drake]

On ‎30‎/‎04‎/‎2019 at 19:08, Futtocks said:

This looks worth setting the Betamax for...

 

Was it just me who read that as Ikea and Tina Turner?

Now there's an idea for a shopping channel...

[Bearman]

On 30/04/2019 at 19:08, Futtocks said:

This looks worth setting the Betamax for...

 

I have set my 8 track up to record it

[Liverpool Rover]

On 30/04/2019 at 22:48, ckn said:

I found the first series to be outstanding. Hoping the second is as good. 

Going by the trailer it will be.

[ivans82]

Shabby ending to Line of Duty , H not discovered ,dead policeman everywhere , all OCG members bar one seemingly killed , yet Gail and Lisa McQueen given new identities for what ? No "valuable information " to pass on to make a deal as everyones dead and H is still out there. Must try harder .

[DavidM]

The reach and breadth of this OCG seems astounding , tentacles all over the place in law enforcement and all kinds of areas ... top police officers . Big criminal operations. Amazing .... yet all we’ve seen is about 3 blokes and a woman . They should be running some multinational company they’re so good .  I agree it was a bit contrived and unsatisfactory at the end - obviously when auntie beeb said keep it going it had to be dragged on . Must say thought the interrogation with Ted was as good tv as you’ll ever get . Overall top quality tv from start to now 

[Dave T]

20 minutes ago, DavidM said:

The reach and breadth of this OCG seems astounding , tentacles all over the place in law enforcement and all kinds of areas ... top police officers . Big criminal operations. Amazing .... yet all we’ve seen is about 3 blokes and a woman . They should be running some multinational company they’re so good .  I agree it was a bit contrived and unsatisfactory at the end - obviously when auntie beeb said keep it going it had to be dragged on . Must say thought the interrogation with Ted was as good tv as you’ll ever get . Overall top quality tv from start to now 

Yes, LOD is all about the interview room, and it was absolutely compelling. 

I think some of the story has been incredibly weak though and has been throughout the 5 series'. This obsession with H and linking everything together instead of just having a separate story is silly. There is no need for it, and tbh it is weakening the show. 

[gingerjon]

46 minutes ago, Dave T said:

Yes, LOD is all about the interview room, and it was absolutely compelling. 

I think some of the story has been incredibly weak though and has been throughout the 5 series'. This obsession with H and linking everything together instead of just having a separate story is silly. There is no need for it, and tbh it is weakening the show. 

I compare it to Moriarty in adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. In the books, I think, he doesn't actually appear until The Final Problem and then is very clearly a device that a bored Conan Doyle is using to justify offing Sherlock - here's his double only using his powers for bad and thus it makes sense they'll go over the Reichenbach Falls. Then he's referred to in The Empty Room and, as far as I know, that's it.

But you can judge how confident a TV adaptation is by how long they delay his arrival and how often he then recurs in stories where he has no place - because it's not enough that Holmes solves things, he has to have a nemesis.

And so with Line of Duty. All this H nonsense is just that. The story works just as well, better probably, when it's a simple story of an undercover cop gone rogue (or not), whether a commanding officer has been compromised by either his past in the RUC or his inability with money (or both) and how the strains of constantly being on the job affect the lives of the anti corruption bods. H is just a silly game. It's the performances and scenes around the rest of it that make it.

[RidingPie]

3 hours ago, gingerjon said:

I compare it to Moriarty in adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. In the books, I think, he doesn't actually appear until The Final Problem and then is very clearly a device that a bored Conan Doyle is using to justify offing Sherlock - here's his double only using his powers for bad and thus it makes sense they'll go over the Reichenbach Falls. Then he's referred to in The Empty Room and, as far as I know, that's it..

I’ve got a similar thing with Holmes adoptions about Irene Adler. In the books she maintains her integrity and is only protecting herself. Seeing her in modern adaptions as a criminal master mind or dominatrix really annoys me. She appears as a more assertive modern woman in the books than in any of the series. And don’t get me started on the romance angles. 

[John Drake]

Just watched the first episode of Chernobyl on Sky Atlantic.

Blimey, it's grim and depressing, but utterly gripping too.

[Maximus Decimus]

4 hours ago, RidingPie said:

I’ve got a similar thing with Holmes adoptions about Irene Adler. In the books she maintains her integrity and is only protecting herself. Seeing her in modern adaptions as a criminal master mind or dominatrix really annoys me. She appears as a more assertive modern woman in the books than in any of the series. And don’t get me started on the romance angles. 

I love the Holmes books but never took to the Cumberbatch adaptation. One of the early annoyances was the Adler episode. 

[RidingPie]

9 hours ago, Maximus Decimus said:

I love the Holmes books but never took to the Cumberbatch adaptation. One of the early annoyances was the Adler episode. 

Tbf the Jeremy Brett series will always be the definitive version for me. 

I enjoy Sherlock and Elementary, but I can only do that if I don’t look at them as a Holmes series. 

[Bedford Roughyed]

9 hours ago, John Drake said:

Just watched the first episode of Chernobyl on Sky Atlantic.

Blimey, it's grim and depressing, but utterly gripping too.

It was very good.  Not many laughs mind you, and I doubt it gets any lighter!

[DavidM]

9 hours ago, Maximus Decimus said:

I love the Holmes books but never took to the Cumberbatch adaptation. One of the early annoyances was the Adler episode. 

Agreed , I never got the adulation . I’m not the biggest fan of ‘reimaginings’ of classics , and tbh I just don’t like that bloke and couldn’t stand his smug superior unsympathetic portrayal . Looked like it didn’t take much acting . Brett is supreme , I still watch them . The times they’re set in and the atmosphere it gives are a huge part . And every gesture , every word , every movement of Brett is just so brilliant and emphasised to be exactly as portrayed and illustrated . Genius 

[Shadow]

1 hour ago, RidingPie said:

Tbf the Jeremy Brett series will always be the definitive version for me. 

I enjoy Sherlock and Elementary, but I can only do that if I don’t look at them as a Holmes series. 

 

44 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Agreed , I never got the adulation . I’m not the biggest fan of ‘reimaginings’ of classics , and tbh I just don’t like that bloke and couldn’t stand his smug superior unsympathetic portrayal . Looked like it didn’t take much acting . Brett is supreme , I still watch them . The times they’re set in and the atmosphere it gives are a huge part . And every gesture , every word , every movement of Brett is just so brilliant and emphasised to be exactly as portrayed and illustrated . Genius 

You're both wrong.

Basil Rathbone is the correct answer. 

[RidingPie]

11 minutes ago, Shadow said:

 

You're both wrong.

Basil Rathbone is the correct answer. 

If that’s the answer I’m not sure what the question is