The TV you like thread - The Bear and Badger

davyK

MattyJ wrote:

Now you get to watch the behind the scenes stuff Davy, which is great

Aye. That rabbit hole opened up when I finished it.

Will watch at some point if for no other reason than to seek opportunities to continue admiring Gina Carano.

poprock

JonB wrote:

Giri/Haji (Duty/Shame) on Netflix. Just finished and it was great stuff. Surprisingly funny in places too.

It’s brilliant isn’t it? Contender for best TV show of 2019 for me.

JonB

Definitely. High quality, entertaining and great to see something that's just a bit different.

yourfavouriteuncle

I copied you two and started this too. It’s great and the two leads are brill. Can’t believe I ignored it initially.

Kow

Brendan Gleeson as Trump in an upcoming Showtime miniseries about Comey. If anyone can pull it off, it's Gleeson.

Gremill

Not fat enough

mistercrayon

I always wonder how it feels to be an actor who gets cast because you resemble something undesirable.

RamSteelwood

mistercrayon wrote:

I always wonder how it feels to be an actor who gets cast because you resemble something undesirable.

I often think this about the kids that get cast as the fat/ugly/comic relief character in various kids tv shows...especially all the American ones my kids watch that all have a similar formula of 'beautiful' leads with some misfits as pals

Raiziel

Finished S1 of Dark. Superb. It’s like the love child of Twin Peaks and Lost. Major props to sound design and score; beautiful, otherworldly stuff. Onto S2, then.

mistercrayon

It’s extremely clever. The first five episodes were pretentious mess but it earns it back and shows it wasn’t pretentious.

Kow

Watching Season 5 of Line of Duty and I'm struck by the contrast between it and American cop shows. "Would you mind terribly if I arrested you? Sorry about that".

"Tell us what you know!", "No", "Dammit, he's got us bang to rights, nothing we can do".

And this "ma'am" thing they always say makes me laugh. It sounds like Mom.

"We have to investigate Hastings' mom". You what?

Apart from that Season 5 is ok, if a bit convoluted. One episode left.

b0r1s

Still enjoyable stuff, but I found series 5 seems to have too much signalling for the big bad. Are they? Aren’t they? It was better in the earlier series when stuff just hit you. My favourite British drama by a long shot though.

poprock

We’ve started rewatching Life on Mars, since it’s turned up on Netflix. It’s still great.

MattyJ

Kow wrote:

Watching Season 5 of Line of Duty and I'm struck by the contrast between it and American cop shows. "Would you mind terribly if I arrested you? Sorry about that".

"Tell us what you know!", "No", "Dammit, he's got us bang to rights, nothing we can do".

And this "ma'am" thing they always say makes me laugh. It sounds like Mom.

"We have to investigate Hastings' mom". You what?

Apart from that Season 5 is ok, if a bit convoluted. One episode left.

American cop shows are now being called out for showing cops basically breaking the law/regulations but it not mattering because they get the criminal. For example in an episode of Brooklyn 99 they detain a guy for 48 hours on a hunch, while frantically searching for actual evidence he did it.

It's good to have shows detailing what the reality would be

MattyJ

poprock wrote:

We’ve started rewatching Life on Mars, since it’s turned up on Netflix. It’s still great.

I never watched it when it first came on so it's on my list

poprock

Gene Hunt is one of the greatest comic creations of the past 20 years.

Kow

MattyJ wrote:

Kow wrote:

Watching Season 5 of Line of Duty and I'm struck by the contrast between it and American cop shows. "Would you mind terribly if I arrested you? Sorry about that". "Tell us what you know!", "No", "Dammit, he's got us bang to rights, nothing we can do". And this "ma'am" thing they always say makes me laugh. It sounds like Mom. "We have to investigate Hastings' mom". You what? Apart from that Season 5 is ok, if a bit convoluted. One episode left.

American cop shows are now being called out for showing cops basically breaking the law/regulations but it not mattering because they get the criminal. For example in an episode of Brooklyn 99 they detain a guy for 48 hours on a hunch, while frantically searching for actual evidence he did it. It's good to have shows detailing what the reality would be

I think that might actually be the American reality, judging by the news these last few weeks-

mistercrayon

There was the episode where a policeman planted drugs on a guy and the end of the episode was the policeman, Jake and Boyle having a jolly sing song.

mistercrayon

With regards to series 5 of line of duty

Spoiler:

b0r1s

mistercrayon wrote:

With regards to series 5 of line of duty

Spoiler:

I kind of appreciate they took a risk but I sort of prefer the story of a cop who does something tokenly wrong and ruins their existence. Also Ted is well bent now which is sad.

Unless

Spoiler:

Diluted Dante

mistercrayon wrote:

There was the episode where a policeman planted drugs on a guy and the end of the episode was the policeman, Jake and Boyle having a jolly sing song.

The policeman that they have just arrested, yes.

Bob

These pretzels are making me thirsty

g.man

Do we know anything about this pretzel guy?

mistercrayon

Diluted Dante wrote:

mistercrayon wrote:

There was the episode where a policeman planted drugs on a guy and the end of the episode was the policeman, Jake and Boyle having a jolly sing song.

The policeman that they have just arrested, yes.

While true isn’t the whole business around this partly about how chummy cops remain even after they’ve been reprimanded.

Bob

g.man wrote:

Do we know anything about this pretzel guy?

It's my favourite line from Seinfeld and I've been using it all the time. I even bought some pretzels and they did make me thirsty.

g.man

Such a good scene

Facewon

Finished s1 of Americans finally. Great.

Second season on Mrs maisel is still fantastic.

Just a top tier show.

Half way through mandalorian. It's enjoyable for what it is.

davyK

Daughter no.1 has given me BluRay of original Das Boot mini series for Father's Day. Saw the much reduced film many moons ago so looking forward to this.

Facewon

Wait what? The German sub movie? It was a mini series?

Lord_Griff

Type German sub movie into google.

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