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[catesta]

The Deuce has the potential to be a great series.

Other series going at the moment.

Ballers, Dice and Ray Donovan. This season of Ray Donavan has been a let down thus far. 

I can't wait for Curb Your Enthusiasm to start.

 

[jlhoots]

Top Of The Lake - season 2, episode 1

[kinuta]

The Deuce Episode 1

Really well done.

How did they create such a convincing looking 70's NYC ?

18 hours ago, catesta said:

The Deuce has the potential to be a great series.

Other series going at the moment.

Ballers, Dice and Ray Donovan. This season of Ray Donavan has been a let down thus far. 

I can't wait for Curb Your Enthusiasm to start.

 

Re Ray Donovan

I think we all get the domestic thread  without the drawn out flashbacks breaking up the rhythm of the story.

They might have filmed a wholly different storyline and then scrapped it. Not wanting to waste the footage they came up with the multiple flashback thing. It doesn't work.

Edited September 12, 2017 by kinuta

[kinuta]

17 hours ago, jlhoots said:

Top Of The Lake - season 2, episode 1

Season two was dire. Sorry.

[catesta]

7 hours ago, kinuta said:

The Deuce Episode 1

Really well done.

How did they create such a convincing looking 70's NYC ?

Re Ray Donovan

I think we all get the domestic thread  without the drawn out flashbacks breaking up the rhythm of the story.

They might have filmed a wholly different storyline and then scrapped it. Not wanting to waste the footage they came up with the multiple flashback thing. It doesn't work.

You could be right about that. It's very choppy and distracting. The story line with Avi is also odd.

Re: The Deuce. I really appreciate the detail.

Edited September 12, 2017 by catesta

[jlhoots]

On 9/12/2017 at 2:48 AM, kinuta said:

Season two was dire. Sorry.

Well - that's Jane Campion for you. One person's dire is another person's "dark".

[jazzbo]

Re-watching Hannibal Season 3 on blu-ray, for the first time since broadcast. Tremendous television. Probably my favorite score for a show as well. 

[kinuta]

Episode five. I've been watching this daily all week.

The most interesting part is the footage from North Vietnam.

It would have been a truly bold move to have made the whole series from their point of view.

[Soulstation1]

[JSngry]

Tavis Smiley interviewing Charlie Pride: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/singer-songwriter-charley-pride/

[kinuta]

On 22/09/2017 at 0:09 PM, Soulstation1 said:

 

Started rewatching this outstanding series.

Are software gremlins at work today ?

[kinuta]

Finished The Vietnam War. It was very well done with a touching last episode.

I think The 10,000 Day War is equally worthy, perhaps more so from a straight chronological history perspective, although The Vietnam War is more immediately satisfying.

[sidewinder]

9 hours ago, kinuta said:

Finished The Vietnam War. It was very well done with a touching last episode.

I think The 10,000 Day War is equally worthy, perhaps more so from a straight chronological history perspective, although The Vietnam War is more immediately satisfying.

Just started watching it. The Beeb is showing it in 2 episode blocks over here.

[kinuta]

3 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Just started watching it. The Beeb is showing it in 2 episode blocks over here.

Two episodes would be a demanding full evenings viewing as each one is about 100 to 110 minutes. Anyhow it's essential tv imo.

Also watched the excellent first episode of the six part Alias Grace.

Edited September 30, 2017 by kinuta

[sidewinder]

55 minutes each episode per the BBC broadcasts.

[kinuta]

2 hours ago, sidewinder said:

55 minutes each episode per the BBC broadcasts.

That would mean that , for unknown reasons, the episodes have been divided into two parts making the total number twenty instead of ten. I suppose the whole series is being shown over ten days.

 

[sidewinder]

I guess they were prepared for ‘export’ as one hour episodes and BBC4 ignored that and broadcast 2 per night. Shich they often do e.g. Borgen etc.

[kinuta]

Curb Your Enthusiasm S 9

[catesta]

I watched a Season 8 marathon of Curb yesterday, so funny. Going to watch Season 9, Episode 1 tonight.

[kinuta]

Tin Star

Atrocious, stupid and unwatchable.

Abandoned .

[jazzbo]

Channel Zero: No Exit House. . . I like it.

Gotham: still a great show.

Scandal: not a great show, but Kerry Washington looks so good. 

 

[kinuta]

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Pickles episode is a classic, really brilliant.

[catesta]

Definitely a great episode.

[kinuta]

The Deuce

Realistic to a fault but very dark and grim stuff.

[catesta]

Based on next weeks preview it looks like the story line is going to tighten up some.

I'm enjoying it but Maggie Gylllenhaal's character is exhausting.