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True Detective Season 2

Has a lot to live up to but we'll see.....

Episode 1 - so far so good. A real hard-edged cop show. I expected to have no idea what is going on - and sure enough, after one episode, I don't! [:D]

Wow!!!!! [X(]

Finally got around to watching a couple of programs about Television in the 1970's we recorded months ago. "It was alright in the 70's".

The shows were, in places, genuinely shocking to watch - and I mean shocking.

What we watched, accepted and laughed at just 30-40 years ago was, in many cases, simply unbelievable when compared with where we are now.

Racism, sexism, attitudes to smoking - just wow.....

Racism, sexism, attitudes to smoking - just wow...

At least we didnt have to hear these malignant, obnoxious Newspeak terms every damn day. (Smoking is disgusting though). [:'(]

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Racism, sexism, attitudes to smoking - just wow...

At least we didnt have to hear these malignant, obnoxious Newspeak terms every damn day. (Smoking is disgusting though). [:'(]

warspite1

Well I'm no lover of political correctness but damn..... that WAS bad! [X(] Times change - not always for the worse [:)]

What were you watching? This?- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22us8 ... shortfilms

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What were you watching? This?- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22us8 ... shortfilms

warspite1

[&:] No, this "It was alright in the 70's".

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Episode 1 - so far so good. A real hard-edged cop show. I expected to have no idea what is going on - and sure enough, after one episode, I don't! [:D]

warspite1

Episode 2 watched.... even less of a clue what on earth they are talking about.. absolutely no clue [X(]

warspite1

Episode 2 watched.... even less of a clue what on earth they are talking about.. absolutely no clue

Well then why are you even bothering to waste two hours on such folly? Watch this instead-

Narrow Escapes of World War II [Volume 1 Part 1]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rafxm1DYW-U

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warspite1

Episode 2 watched.... even less of a clue what on earth they are talking about.. absolutely no clue

Well then why are you even bothering to waste two hours on such folly? Watch this instead-

warspite1

I'm a glutton for punishment [:D]

Penny Dreadful series 2 finished last night - excellent series, much better than the first [:)]. Looking forward to series 3.

Tonight The Affair finishes. Another enjoyable Sky Atlantic offering.

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What were you watching? This?- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22us8 ... shortfilms

Nice! Any links to the film with German subtitles?

Finished with "The First World War from Above". Lots of aerial (blimp-derived) footage and comparisons of before and after images. Lots of time spent on / around Pascehdaele.

Care - Spoiler alert

I finally got around to watching Fury. Certainly not the worst war movie I’ve ever seen, and reasonably entertaining to sit through once, but a few gripes:

- War movies I guess have always been clichéd, but parts of this struck me as a WWII Platoon. The young green rookie who the battle-hardened soldiers initially don’t take to (before becoming bosom buddies by the film’s end) and the battle-hardened soldiers – who are a pretty unlikeable bunch and who appear to be more at war with each other than the enemy (before becoming bosom buddies by the film’s end).

- Speaking of being an unlikeable bunch – what the hell was the scene with the two German girls about?? In an earlier scene the tankers tell the rookie how much they respect and admire the sergeant (who has got them from North Africa to Germany (less one crewman who appears to be sans visage (despite no outward sign of damage to the tank)) – and then they go and behave like that toward him??

- I know that film-makers appear to have been told that the C-word is the new F-word and the F-word is the new S-word, and now they all appear to be using as much foul language as possible (fortunately the C-word was absent here) but come on. Was the use of profanity that generalised in the 40’s – even in war? and would they all have been so happy to swear so profusely in the front of ladies – even German ones? That scene didn’t feel right on so many levels.

- I know there is a trade-off between making something realistic and making something that works on camera, but really was that final scene the best they could do? Was the crew of Fury facing an SS Battalion or the Keystone cops? Grenades going off in a tank? Mmmmm what would the effect really have been. Okay you don’t want to show the full horror, but the guy looked like he'd accidentally nicked his face while shaving.

- Anyway, seen it, glad I did, but won’t be hurrying back for a second viewing.

Nice! Any links to the film with German subtitles?

Not yet but if I find it Ill post it here. [:D]

Hombre (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSwi5Er-THU

All of the Ways Big Brother Is Watching You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyTGQPaW_IE

Battlefield S1 E2 The Battle of Britain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C0-8PIte5g

Scorched Earth S1-E1 - Panzer Battles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAaEotkZBJE

Anyone see Black Sails? The series has begun broadcasting in the UK and I have recorded the first episode to watch over the weekend. Any thoughts? Good, bad, worth watching?

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....and especially Disney Pixar's Inside Out - check out the trailer for this one - a very, very clever idea [&o].

warspite1

Going to take my little cruisers to see this tomorrow - can't wait! [:)]