Unforgotten. First episode was last week, excellent, hopefully second episode will be as good tonight.
Egotistical and self serving.
Originally posted by @Barry-Sanchez
Originally posted by @areloa-grandee
Originally posted by @KRG
Originally posted by @ant
Watch the Shane Meadows film âThis Is Englandâ in preparation for this post, if you havenât already.
Done? Good. Youâre now set to watch the TV extensions, This Is England '86, TIE '88 and TIE '90.
I can recall few shows where Iâve given more of a toss about the people it depicts (theyâre more than just fictional characters, donât try to convince me otherwise!) As much as I liked Richard Linklaterâs film âBoyhoodâ, you can stick your over-indulgent real-time filming because this got there first (and is far less pretentious).
I donât like the term âgrittyâ so Iâm not going to use it. Instead Iâll say that the This Is England series feels real. The drama may demonstrate extremes but rarely does it edge towards implausibility. In fact I hope itâs true that TIE has concluded with '90 because in my opinion the creators have never put a foot wrong.
As a social commentary it ought to be studied in schools, if it isnât already.
Do you not find Shane Meadows at all pretentious? Iâm not knocking him (well, only a bit) as I think his stuff is usually really great. But it is a tad pretentious and self-indulgent at times.
Agree on TIE though, it is really good. Havenât watched '90 yet, missed '88 and need to catch up. But the film & '86 had the amazing qualities of being almost unwatchable and yet utterly compelling at the same time. Some scenes were so brutal to watch, yet you couldnât not watch. That is an exceptional skill, the balance of getting those scenes right most be a monumental task.
I dont think pretentious or self indulgent are the right words, but appreciate where you comming from⊠and sadly my vocabulary is a little short of offering a suitable alternative. Some of the scenes were harrowing, yet as you say compelling and the final episode of '90 once again delivers this in spades⊠exceptional TV. Left me emotionlly drained.
Egotistical and self serving.
haha - quality trolling, well maybe 3/10?
Theyâre the words you are looking for to describe Shane Meadows latest offering, personally Dead Man Shoes is his best work.
Originally posted by @Barry-Sanchez
Funny Bazza put up Narcos first and it got slated, the sheep are well on it now though, I moved on baby, moved on.
To be fair, Mr. Bulsara, I believe you were slated for saying something like âNarcos is in the same league as The Sopranos and Dexter.â
It was your grouping of Dexter and Sopranos that lost all that credibility youâd worked so hard to build up.
Good shout though my friend. I really enjoyed it.
Fully cognisant that Iâm digging my TV credibility grave, Iâm still loving Gotham. It is fucking ridiculous, but that works just fine with me. New recurring guest star this week; Michael Chiklis of The Shield fame. I think the reason that the show works so well is that it makes Jim Gordon the centre of the show, and by extension, Gotham PD. Smallville had a pretty powered up Kryptonian to rely on, and used him often.
Bruce Wayne is a bit part character in this, connected, but on the periphery. Itâs not so much âYoung Batmanâ as âthis is the world Young Batman lives inâ. The first season was enjoyable, but suffered from a lack of focus. Season two is rocking along, really using the interplay of its characters well to drive events. If that sounds ânormalâ, it really isnât. Far too much stuff happens in scripted stuff just because itâs cool, so itâs refreshing to see something that is effectively a pulp comic adaptation taking such an honest line in the way it drives its plots. It could take easier paths and it doesnât.
Also, there is absolutely no freak of the week stuff. Everything is arc driven, and in its best moments, it evokes the kind of paranoia present in Nolanâs The Dark Knight. Mostly though, itâs just batshit crazy, and I love it for it.
Originally posted by @saintbletch
Originally posted by @Barry-Sanchez
Funny Bazza put up Narcos first and it got slated, the sheep are well on it now though, I moved on baby, moved on.
To be fair, Mr. Bulsara, I believe you were slated for saying something like âNarcos is in the same league as The Sopranos and Dexter.â
It was your grouping of Dexter and Sopranos that lost all that credibility youâd worked so hard to build up.
Good shout though my friend. I really enjoyed it.
First 3 series of Dexter were amazing.
I think it was Prison Break that did it for me.
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Again the first 2 series were brilliant.
They were shit
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So if Dexter was âamazingâ and Prison Break was âbrilliantâ, what adjective would you summon to describe The Sopranos?
To be fair to Dexter it actually has characters that I rooted for whereas everyone in Narcos or the Sopranos was a cunt.
This weekâs South Park is all about online restaurant critics. Brilliant climax. Well recommended.
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Brilliant, breaking bad was as good, Dallas was the best though.
Originally posted by @Barry-Sanchez
Originally posted by @saintbletch
So if Dexter was âamazingâ and Prison Break was âbrilliantâ, what adjective would you summon to describe The Sopranos?
Brilliant, breaking bad was as good, Dallas was the best though.
Knots Landing.
Bullshit bletch, season 2 of Dexter was just about a skinny bitch on a running machine.
I loved her filthy fucking mouth.
What did you love about it?
Surprise, motherfucker!
(Do one Tokes, and learn from Doakes)