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On 04/06/2019 at 15:06, Sugar Ape said:

Anyone tried 'Perpetual Grace, LTD' yet? Trailer looks good and the cast is great. Jimmi Simpson, Ben Kingsley, Jackie Weaver, Kurtwood Smith, Luis Guzman, Damon Herriman, Timothy Spall and Terry O'Quinn. Synopsis below:

 

 

By the fella who created 'Patriot' for Amazon and that is a very good show.

Really enjoying this so far. Can't wait to see how the characters develop. Kingsley and Simpson have been brilliant and the interactions between the former and Guzman are funny as fuck. The only gripe I have is the wait for the next episode.

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14 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Not really a show, but my neighbour across the way has got porn on his massive telly right now, and like a right nosy bastard I'm transfixed.

 

7/10 

I'm upping my score to an 8, the production values and cinematography are great. None of this gonzo lark, a proper multi-camera set-up and seamless editing.

 

I've also deduced, Watson, that he doesn't live alone, and likely has one squeaky stair, as the cuts to Springwatch are jarring.

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5 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

I'm upping my score to an 8, the production values and cinematography are great. None of this gonzo lark, a proper multi-camera set-up and seamless editing.

 

I've also deduced, Watson, that he doesn't live alone, and likely has one squeaky stair, as the cuts to Springwatch are jarring.

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22 hours ago, viRdjil said:

Just watched the first episode of When They See Us. Fuck that was tough viewing.

Gonna watch that when I finish Bloodline. Looking forward to it. 

 

On about episode 12 of Bloodline and it is just brilliant. 

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3 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Gonna watch that when I finish Bloodline. Looking forward to it. 

 

On about episode 12 of Bloodline and it is just brilliant. 

If i remember correctly the 2nd series was fairly rudderless 

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It's the polar opinions of Billions that has put me off so far. Finished Chernobyl (great show), now onto When They See Us (great so far) and both short shows. 

 

I will give it a go next. 

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Best 2 shows I'm watching are The Virtues and Billions. Be hard to come up with a bigger difference in the style of acting. Completely believable hard hitting realism versus scene chewing melodramatic cheesy as fuck  bollocks. Both enjoyable in their own way though. 

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11 hours ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

What? Really? I'm surprised, I thought it was some of the best of the show. 

 

11 hours ago, Sugar Ape said:

Billions is possibly the best show on TV currently. The last season was excellent. 


It's still good enough that you stick with it but I'm surprised you rate it so highly (best show on TV now is not so hard at the moment to be fair), it has become predictable and at times tedious, this in S4 has all been done before, big plot twist towards the end, every character that serves as an obstacle to main heroes has some easily discovered and exploited weakness, everything heroes do is an elaborate double or triple move laying the trap in which others inevitably fall in.

The two main new elements, emotional relationship between Mason and the father, Axe and the lady shark investor make you more interested until you realize it will not be developed further than just serving as a vehicle for another plot twist. The entire subplot with Wendy and the license is not particularly plausible. Everything else is mostly over the top, and the dialogue I mentioned before, the incessant references made by characters who are never shown to do anything else than make money or fight for power 24/7 yet they are all so much into pop-music, sport, films, television etc that they can constantly quote from any pop music lyrics or films, from French classics, Cassavetes, 80's crowd pleasers, you name it, they know it and every other character knows it. And how they are all horrible cunts and trying to destroy Taylor Mason, but heaven forbid they would "dead-pronoun them" or not use the pronoun they Mason instructed them to use for her. 

At least they shipped out Malkovich Malkovich early in the season, the man is doing the same creepy character in everything I've seen him in the past 10 years. He will undoubtedly have a role in S5 when they all go after Axe.




 

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Forgot to say why I think I enjoyed Billions less than in the beginning, it now feels a bit stuffy , as it was taking place in some vacuum, populated more or less only by Billons-like characters, whilst I have a feeling, (and may be wrong) that first two seasons dealt more with the outside world, the impact of their actions on society and society's reaction.

This now has a very manneristic feel to it, almost as some period royal court drama, where characters are pursuing their intricate plots and intrigues, anything is possible because this world has its own rules and is populated only by certain type of people.  And every character that enters is already of this world.

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Dug into 'Borgia' last night. Not the tame one with Jeremy Irons, but the raunchy one created by Tom Fontana ...     https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1736341/?ref_=tt_rec_tti

 

It's a bit slow at times and lacks any major battle scenes, but intriguing enough to keep one's interest. The Renaissance Dynasty was full of schemers, murderers, pervs and utter cunts, and that was just the Pope, his cardinals and those connected. It's not totally accurate, but they do follow the Borgia dynasty pretty close to what the history books say. Loads of lovely women bearing their breasts and hairy parts at times. A solid 7.5/10 so far. 

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