paul secor Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Vera - Season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Happy Valley (episode 3) was brilliant last night. Apart from the storyline(s) there are so many clever touches. The sequence where Catherine tries to wheedle her nickname in the office and then under the hanging man was priceless. The prison visiting scene with Tommy and the obsessed girl was incredibly disturbing, superbly acted. It also had a classic 'don't do it moment' when the young woman PC accepts the offer of a drink with the middle aged letch. Sarah Lancashire just amazes as the tough but deeply troubled main character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, A Lark Ascending said: Happy Valley (episode 3) was brilliant last night. Apart from the storyline(s) there are so many clever touches. The sequence where Catherine tries to wheedle her nickname in the office and then under the hanging man was priceless. The prison visiting scene with Tommy and the obsessed girl was incredibly disturbing, superbly acted. It also had a classic 'don't do it moment' when the young woman PC accepts the offer of a drink with the middle aged letch. Sarah Lancashire just amazes as the tough but deeply troubled main character. Aw, I forgot to watch last night. Is there a time they will broadcast that episode again by any chance? Vera is one of my favourites! Edited February 24, 2016 by page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 23 minutes ago, page said: Aw, I forgot to watch last night. Is there a time they will broadcast that episode again by any chance? Vera is one of my favourites! I don't think so. You can see it for 30 days on the BBC iPlayer but I don't know if that has any reach beyond the UK. I've not watched the current series yet (stored on the digibox for leaner times) but another good one is "Shetland". Nice, distinct location with odd customs. The starring role is played by the weather which is usually awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 No, I don't think that can be done outside of the U.K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Should be out on DVD in a few weeks - the Beeb are very quick off the mark there. I was late to series 1 and only managed to watch episode 1 before the entire series vanished. However, I was able to rent the DVD from the place I use immediately. I'll let you know if I spot a rebroadcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Thank you ALA, I appreciate that very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 4 hours ago, A Lark Ascending said: Happy Valley (episode 3) was brilliant last night. Apart from the storyline(s) there are so many clever touches. The sequence where Catherine tries to wheedle her nickname in the office and then under the hanging man was priceless. The prison visiting scene with Tommy and the obsessed girl was incredibly disturbing, superbly acted. It also had a classic 'don't do it moment' when the young woman PC accepts the offer of a drink with the middle aged letch. Sarah Lancashire just amazes as the tough but deeply troubled main character. The super realistic dialogue is spot on and the level of acting as good as we'll ever see . I'd say a word of praise for Catherine's sister, her take on alcoholism is chillingly real and completely convincing. The scenes with the police shrink were also quite superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) 10 hours ago, kinuta said: The super realistic dialogue is spot on and the level of acting as good as we'll ever see . I'd say a word of praise for Catherine's sister, her take on alcoholism is chillingly real and completely convincing. The scenes with the police shrink were also quite superb. Yes, the more you think about it, there is so much going on it's hard to take in at the time. I rarely re-watch films or TV but these two series I'll return to in a year or two. Edited February 25, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Finished a binge-ing of The Leftovers Seasons 1 & 2, began when the wife started on Season 2 because it was free on On Demand. She got more than halfway into it, said "I just don't get this", so I watched and asked here if there was a Season 1, and she said yeah, on amazon Prime, but it costs. So I said, wellllll.....looks like if this is going to make any real sense, we need to start from the beginnings. And so we did. What a wonderfully oblique tale this series tells. Interesting to me that neither season was written with the knowledge that there would be one to follow. My "takeaways", such as they are, are pretty simple - "safety" is an illusion, don't confuse something not happening with something happening, family and love are fragile, perhaps illusory, but the choices you have are to hold on the them or else be broken, and even that might not be a "choice" as much as it is one of those things that you confuse something bad not happening with something good happening. Then again, it's all a choice, really, whatever happens has nothing to do with you, but how you respond to it has everything to do with you. At least that's what I get. Many different interpretations, no doubt. Although I did find it interesting that when the GR finally got into Jarden, all they did was sit around in their same group, smoke, and mock the tourist video. Like, that's your triumph? Like I said, a wonderful story, very moving at times, and definitely as "contemporary" in its message as anything I've seen in a good while. What they'll do with Season 3, I couldn't begin to guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) 'One Child' (BBC2) - first episode of this engaging drama about a Chinese orphan brought up in a loving middle class family in England, suddenly having to confront the country of her birth. Think this went out in 2013. Watched all three programmes over the last few days. Initially thought it might be a bit dull but it turned out to be gripping - an intriguing take on British maritime and imperial history, seen through shipping disasters. Traces the impact they had on changing practices. The section in the last episode on the ship owners (and their parliamentary protectors) tooth and nail opposition to Samuel Plimsol on the grounds that it would adversely affect profitability and competitiveness rang many a bell (not just the Lloyds one!) with today's world (of course we can't possibly pay a living wage!). Edited February 25, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 I liked The Leftovers very much. Didn't like One Child, it started quite well but quickly became predictable and very silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Man, the Leftovers is great TV. Looking forward to the third and final season. Speaking of third and final seasons, I'm now watching Da Vinci's Demons third and final season on Blu-ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 I've always been lukewarm on the Leftovers. I've seen every episode and will watch the third season but I've found it to be frustrating in a Three's Company kind of way at times. And is it just me or does Justin Theroux look like a younger John Slattery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Don't tell me that Regina King doesn't need to play Abbey Lincoln ASAP. Nora Durst, please move to Plano. And there is not a real Jarden, Texas - but there is a real Jardin, Texas: https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnj04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 The Leftovers certainly doesn't frustrate me, I think it's one of the best shows on TV. Yeah, I can see the resemblance between those two. Slattery is only nine years older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 Wonderful. Last time I came across this was in 1969 as a reluctant 13 year old at school. Marvellous performance by an all male cast (which made the plot even harder to follow - woman disguised as a man is actually a bloke!). My teacher must have done a better job than I thought because I remembered a lot of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 Just finished watching Vera series two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Never seen this before (though I read the book around the time it came out...must have had some rating that stopped me going to see it as a 13-14 year old). Very impressive...recall all the discussion about what it all means. Bugger if I know (though it did solve the mystery of what happened to Reginald Perrin). Interesting to see how some things in it have subsequently come to pass - Skype, voice recognition technology. Though, mercifully, the Habitat decor of the space stations have gone out-of-fashion, BBC presenters no longer have obligatory public school accents and we don't have to eat our food through straws (until our latter days). No explosions and no-one got shot. Would it get made today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 The very first episode of "X-Files" ever. The Blu-rays of the X-Files seasons look and sound very very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Episode 2 of both "The Night Manager" and "One Child", both very enjoyable, though the latter had one of the most uncomfortable scenes I've seen on TV in a long time. "The Renaissance Unchained" Very enjoyable first episode. Waldemar Januszczak sets out to demonstrate how the idea of The Renaissance was Italian propaganda - absolutely fascinating look at the Flemish painting that preceded it. I like his bonkers uncle presentation style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Elementary - Season 3. After a clunky beginning to the season it got into a groove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Girls, Major Crimes, Vinyl, Better Call Saul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Vera - Series Three Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 At the local cinema (audience of 3! It was a Wednesday afternoon.). Absolutely wonderful. Remember seeing the BBC TV version sometime around the late 70s and being smitten. Minimalist staging - opens in a modern office - then all the furniture gets hauled on rope into the air and with lighting and appropriate noises becomes the Forest of Arden. Being a sucker for mythical arcadias this had me bewitched for three hours. Lots of famous faces including the bloke who did the annoying Nationwide Building Society add (Mark Benton) - he was very funny as Touchstone. Hope the low audience turnout doesn't see this sort of thing disappear from the cinema - it was a re-broadcast; the live evening broadcast last week was apparently well-attended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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