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So I finished The Vietnam War and it remained a quality production throughout the 10 episodes I'm pleased to say. I felt it was very even handed in its treatment and the numbers interviewed from all sides. I would thoroughly recommend this.

I didn't realise just how 'bad' Richard Nixon was, I mean really, what a twat [X(]

Right, let's give Gunpowder a go....

I finally caught up on The Vietnam War documentary. It was nice enough and could have been twice as long. 10 episodes at 50+ minutes felt to short for this subject. [:)]

The international version was 10 one hour episodes. The full version, available on Public Broadcasting in America, was 10 episodes over 18 hours. I saw a few of the longer versions, and enjoyed them more, as I felt the extra time rounded out each episode better.

But to be fair, a lot of the extra time was concerned with telling the story of how the war impacted on individuals. While that my not have been so interesting to an international audience, I would have preferred to have the longer episodes, given a choice.

Still, it was an outstanding series and encouraged me to watch other documentaries Ken Burns has made, particularly the American Civil War.

I just watched I, Tonya...it was pretty awesome!

Just re-watched "Ice Cold in Alex"

I had forgotten what a good adventure film it was.

ORIGINAL: redcoat
Doctor Who came sixth in the Christmas Day TV ratings. The Queen came first again.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42484128

For a moment I thought that with "The Queen" you meant the Netflix series [:D]

Anyway, there is an involuntary funny op-ed down the page:

"Analysis: Why the Queen's ratings reign may not last..."

Of course that Queen Elizabeth II is 185 years old or so isn't considered as a reason... [8|]

Just watched Darkest Hour. A very good film - albeit with some liberty taking with the facts as always.

The set was perfect, the script was very good and the cast was of the highest quality imaginable. If Gary Oldman doesn't win an Oscar then the whole thing is cobblers. The support cast were very much in his shadow but did their jobs admirably - Kristin Scott Thomas as his wife, Cinderella was his assistant and Stannis Baratheon played Halifax very well (best supporting actor nominee at least surely).

Excellent and recommended.

Britannia on HBO. Series on its own is good, why they went the fantasy way I do not understand however.

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Britannia on HBO. Series on its own is good, why they went the fantasy way I do not understand however.

warspite1

Not sure about this so I've recorded it to watch over the weekend. Hoping its a good one.....

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ORIGINAL: terje439

Britannia on HBO. Series on its own is good, why they went the fantasy way I do not understand however.

warspite1

Not sure about this so I've recorded it to watch over the weekend. Hoping its a good one.....

warspite1

Well I watched it. Not massively impressed but then it was okay - and only episode 1 = and it deserves more of a chance than that. I'll defo tune into episode 2.

Just begun re-watching The West Wing.

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ORIGINAL: terje439

Britannia on HBO. Series on its own is good, why they went the fantasy way I do not understand however.

warspite1

Not sure about this so I've recorded it to watch over the weekend. Hoping its a good one.....

warspite1

Well I watched it. Not massively impressed but then it was okay - and only episode 1 = and it deserves more of a chance than that. I'll defo tune into episode 2.

The show is not bad, but to me it would have been better if they had not gone so far with the druids. No need to make them like they did, also not a huge fan of how the Roman soldiers appears like supermen compared to those they are up against.
Sure, the Roman Kohorts were good fighting formations, but in this show I feel the individual Roman soldier comes off as too superior compared to the British tribesmen.

The acting performances are varied, some really good ones, some meh. Budget wise it seems to have been given a proper one.

Off to see Disney Pixar's Coco at the weekend - has positive reviews - so after the disappointment of The Good Dinosaur, hopefully this is a welcome return to form for the stable.

Godless
Broadchurch Season 2
Midnight Sun (Swedish) Highly Recommended.
X-Files Season 11 (for old time sake)

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Britannia on HBO. Series on its own is good, why they went the fantasy way I do not understand however.
warspite1

Not sure about this so I've recorded it to watch over the weekend. Hoping its a good one.....

warspite1

Well I watched it. Not massively impressed but then it was okay - and only episode 1 = and it deserves more of a chance than that. I'll defo tune into episode 2.


The show is not bad, but to me it would have been better if they had not gone so far with the druids. No need to make them like they did, also not a huge fan of how the Roman soldiers appears like supermen compared to those they are up against.
Sure, the Roman Kohorts were good fighting formations, but in this show I feel the individual Roman soldier comes off as too superior compared to the British tribesmen.

The acting performances are varied, some really good ones, some meh. Budget wise it seems to have been given a proper one.
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I just watched Britannia - I see what you mean. Very odd - I must admit I was hoping for something a little more historical like the series "Rome". But that bit with Caesar turning tail because of the druids is stretching the truth more than a little. AS for Roman "super soldiers" well I guess that was to offset the storyline of magical druids. After all we know how the story ends- Britain becomes a Roman province and Aulus its first governor.

I'm watching Westworld and Mr. Robot
both awesome

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warspite1

Not sure about this so I've recorded it to watch over the weekend. Hoping its a good one.....

warspite1

Well I watched it. Not massively impressed but then it was okay - and only episode 1 = and it deserves more of a chance than that. I'll defo tune into episode 2.

The show is not bad, but to me it would have been better if they had not gone so far with the druids. No need to make them like they did, also not a huge fan of how the Roman soldiers appears like supermen compared to those they are up against.
Sure, the Roman Kohorts were good fighting formations, but in this show I feel the individual Roman soldier comes off as too superior compared to the British tribesmen.

The acting performances are varied, some really good ones, some meh. Budget wise it seems to have been given a proper one.

warspite1

Sadly I lasted about 5 minutes in of episode 2 and decided this is not for me. The last straw was The Hound/Arya road trip..... [8|]

The King's Choice about King Haakon's refusal to accept the government of Quisling in April 1940. A pretty good film, but a little slow.

I just finished Altered Carbon, on Netflix. The visuals are breathtaking (they basically robbed Blade Runner and its sequel, with a budget worth of a movie). The story, however, is a bit 'meh'. I felt that they could do much more with the starting material; instead, after around the fourth episode they started meandering. The show's plot has a resolution, but of the "Let's decide who did what" kind - not as the logical result of the events as presented.

The San Francisco "a la Blade Runner", however, is worth every frame - from the gutters to the impossibly tall skyscrapers.

Now I think I'll watch "Dark": many friends recommended it.

Ken Burns Vietnam

Baywatch. It was okay - but could have been better.