What TV Shows Are You Watching?

[Fwiffo]

Sir, that was NOT the real question.

I concur with Rambo. No. I'm sure she'll lie there inert.

She was arrested 5 years ago and had been wearing glasses like that prior.

The past was bad and unfortunately today's spectacles are even worse. It's unfortunate and misogynist to say it but women who have symmetrical facial features and look half decent in makeup should wear contacts or do laser. It accentuates a strength of theirs over men and they ought to leverage it.

 

[Grand Potentate]

man severance was really fucking good tonight. too bad the season's already over. definitely worth a watch.

 

[Dropbear]

I don't understand women wearing glasses like that. The trend now is for transparent frames and/or oversized circular ones. It looks ghastly. It is the opposite of flattering.

But I have the same opinions about oversized shoulder pads.

It hits both the sexy submissive schoolgirl/ Secretary AND librarian kinks at once. Though once you start putting any real Rx magnification in there, the effect is lost.

 

[QuandoDio]

Is Yellowstone any good? I hear, good things with a pal saying it was the new 'Deadwood'.

 

[Fwiffo]

It hits both the sexy submissive schoolgirl/ Secretary AND librarian kinks at once. Though once you start putting any real Rx magnification in there, the effect is lost.

This sounds like Japanese fantasy porn with the girls in the sailor suit uniforms. Not my cup of tea mate but I see the connection.

 

[Dropbear]

This sounds like Japanese fantasy porn with the girls in the sailor suit uniforms. Not my cup of tea mate but I see the connection.

I thought you’d be right into Mia Kalifa in her signature glasses.

 

[Fwiffo]

I thought you’d be right into Mia Kalifa in her signature glasses.

I don't see Clooney's Lebanese wife wear them and she looks better for it. I have a lady friend who stops or hides her glasses around me. Sunglasses are okay.

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Those of you lucky enough to have the Brit Channel 4 tonight can enjoy the start of the final season of the Derry Girls.

 

[Fwiffo]

Tokyo Vice anyone? I don’t have HBO streaming.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Tokyo Vice anyone? I don’t have HBO streaming.

Interested as well

 

[ter1413]

This "comedy" is about a film crew following around the staff at a woman's prison. The lead character plays several roles and attempts to be funny.

20-something minute episodes. I turned it off after around 10.

No rating at this time!

 

[Grand Potentate]

This "comedy" is about a film crew following around the staff at a woman's prison. The lead character plays several roles and attempts to be funny.

20-something minute episodes. I turned it off after around 10.

No rating at this time!

God that looks awful. What compelled you to even give that a try?

 

[ter1413]

God that looks awful. What compelled you to even give that a try?

I had a few brews last night. May have played a part!

 

[Fwiffo]

I thought last year they said after something like 20 years the Kardashians were closing up Keeping up with the Kardashians. Now I see on Disney plus there is a new reality show called The Kardashians. It's produced by Ryan Seacrest again and features all the female Kardashians except the brother.

 

[Dropbear]

The missus convinced me to start For All Mankind, something that’s been on my list for a while. Solid cast, but as a piece of alternate history I’m still lost as to what the point is. I’ll stick with it for another couple of eps, or until I find something better, in case the plot develops.

I did learn that Ellington air base, where we do some training, was once used to train astronauts to fly the lunar Apollo modules.

 

[ter1413]

The missus convinced me to start For All Mankind, something that’s been on my list for a while. Solid cast, but as a piece of alternate history I’m still lost as to what the point is. I’ll stick with it for another couple of eps, or until I find something better, in case the plot develops.

I did learn that Ellington air base, where we do some training, was once used to train astronauts to fly the lunar Apollo modules.

Wait...you are married?

 

[Fwiffo]

The missus convinced me to start For All Mankind, something that’s been on my list for a while. Solid cast, but as a piece of alternate history I’m still lost as to what the point is. I’ll stick with it for another couple of eps, or until I find something better, in case the plot develops.

I did learn that Ellington air base, where we do some training, was once used to train astronauts to fly the lunar Apollo modules.

If you like alternative history (aka history buff) it's interesting. They try to reuse a lot of archive footage to support their story. The first season was criticised for being too slow. This is from the man who made Battlestar Galactica. In the second season there is more violence, bigger lunar outpost, more astronauts and cosmonauts and the plot moves faster. I assume this was a response to critics.

 

[Fwiffo]

I started Anatomy of a Scandal on Netflix. More Sienna Miller than Michelle Dockery at this point.

 

[Dropbear]

If you like alternative history (aka history buff) it's interesting. They try to reuse a lot of archive footage to support their story. The first season was criticised for being too slow. This is from the man who made Battlestar Galactica. In the second season there is more violence, bigger lunar outpost, more astronauts and cosmonauts and the plot moves faster. I assume this was a response to critics.

I wish there was some explanation of why the timeline deviated. Also, a better explanation for cascading deviations- like when Ted Kennedy followed Nixon instead of Carter.

They could have started with a singular event that shifted time and then follow the long-term impacts.

It’s also not clear what they are saying about some fo the topical issues, like was the ERA largely a reaction to some USSR stunt?

That said, the cast and production is good, the drama is ok so I’m sticking with it … while wondering what the point is.

 

[The Ernesto]

Watched The Spectacular.

Was just ok. Missed opportunity.

 

[ter1413]

I binge watched this over the last 2 days.

So the privileged MP(Rupert Friend) and his wife(Sienna M) have the life: 2 kids, a nice crib and success all around. Life is good. I mean, coming home to Sienna is sure a treat!

However, Rupert strays! And he doesn't leave his office to do so. He has an affair with a lovely aide, Naomi Scott, and then someone drops a dime. The press get ahold of it and then shit REALLY hits the fan: Naomi cries rape!

This 6 part series takes us between the trial and the flashbacks of how the power couple met and came to be.

Prosecuting Rupert is Michelle Dockery. She wants this feather badly and she is good at her job?

Will Sienna stick around? What more will come out? Does everyone have skeletons? Guilty or innocent?

I liked this. It's an easy watch and well worth checking out.

3.9/5.

 

[Dropbear]

Turkish adaptation of the same book that spawned the Belgian series Into the Night. Definitely not as good. Wooden acting and 2D characters. The premise is good but the story never rises beyond that. 6/10

 

[Fwiffo]

Prosecuting Rupert is Michelle Dockery. She wants this feather badly and she is

Those glasses are not doing her any favours.

 

[Grand Potentate]

got around to watching Tokyo Vice. This show is fucking incredible. the first episode directed by michael mann is a masterpiece. i'm binge watching the whole thing and am up to episode 6 now. probably the best show i've watched in a long time.

 

[belinmad]

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got around to watching Tokyo Vice. This show is fucking incredible. the first episode directed by michael mann is a masterpiece. i'm binge watching the whole thing and am up to episode 6 now. probably the best show i've watched in a long time.

promptly downloading on the iPad as we speak, thanks!!

 

[Fwiffo]

got around to watching Tokyo Vice. This show is fucking incredible. the first episode directed by michael mann is a masterpiece. i'm binge watching the whole thing and am up to episode 6 now. probably the best show i've watched in a long time.

So jealous. I don't even know how to get it here. I think I have to find one of those local Canadian streaming services that resells HBO.

 

[ter1413]

got around to watching Tokyo Vice. This show is fucking incredible. the first episode directed by michael mann is a masterpiece. i'm binge watching the whole thing and am up to episode 6 now. probably the best show i've watched in a long time.

Yeah...what platform?

 

[Dropbear]

Yeah...what platform?

AppleTV. I just added it to my queue

 

[Grand Potentate]

Yeah...what platform?

HBO MAX

AppleTV. I just added it to my queue

???

 

[Grand Potentate]

So jealous. I don't even know how to get it here. I think I have to find one of those local Canadian streaming services that resells HBO.

Get a vpn and start torrenting. Why can’t you just sign up for hbo max online?

 

[Grand Potentate]

P

promptly downloading on the iPad as we speak, thanks!!

Honestly it deserves a larger screen. The cinematography is pretty impressive.

 

[belinmad]

Honestly it deserves a larger screen. The cinematography is pretty impressive.

Yeah well, I’ll ask the pilot to let me use a portable projector then

 

[Dropbear]

HBO MAX


???

Ah, ok. HBO content is also on Apple, which is where I noticed it.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Ah, ok. HBO content is also on Apple, which is where I noticed it.

huh, didn't know that. i guess its like amazon having starz content?

 

[Grand Potentate]

Yeah well, I’ll ask the pilot to let me use a portable projector then

better than praising jesus in the isles.

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Didn't think that much of the first two episodes of the latest Better Call Saul.

The Andy Warhol diaries are quite long, I'm up to episode six which I think is the last one. Good in parts, slow in others.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Didn't think that much of the first two episodes of the latest Better Call Saul.

Why I thought there were great setup.

 

[Dropbear]

The cinematography is pretty impressive.

This!

I’m still on ep 1 but the production is out of this world. Too early to say whether the story is a winner for me yet.

 

[Grand Potentate]

This!

I’m still on ep 1 but the production is out of this world. Too early to say whether the story is a winner for me yet.

Trust me stick with it. It’s awesome up to episode 7.

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Why I thought there were great setup.

It's filmed a bit too noirish and social distanced for my liking. I get it was filmed during peak Covid distancing.

Finished off the Andy Warhol diaries, the last three episodes are the best.

Watched the Abercrombie & Fitch documentary. To me, rather than blatant racism, they became prisoners of the Bruce Weber homo-erotic advertising style and the beautiful people. They also had a Diversity & Inclusion position forced on them by the courts in 2004. I'm intrigued: why should a brand have to be all-inclusive, if they're looking for a certain demographic? In this case the ''cool kids''. Plus size brands, or tall size brands don't have to accommodate skinny people or dwarfs. And why wouldn't you want people who worked in your store to represent the brand stylistically? Whilst Abercrombie had some dodgy practices the overall argument that a brand must be all-inclusive to include ugly people and to ensure quotas of races and those who don't fit in with the brand style didn't fully convince. Also they're seemed to be an undercurrent that homosexuality in ''old white men'' was unacceptable i.e. they're not allowed to be LGBTQ too.