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6 hours ago, manwiththestick said:

Landmark.

 

Taylor Sheridan does it again. Gritty drama about the Texas oil industry starring the always great Billy Bob Thornton.

 

Very good start, 8/10. Top marks for the girl playing his 17yo daughter, jeezus! 

 

 

 

*I checked and she's actually 27 in real life so I'm guilt free.

Its Landman. Just downloaded first two episodes.

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15 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Its Landman. Just downloaded first two episodes.


Let us know, Vlad. There’s three episodes out. First one is a pearler, I reckon. Billy Bob is just great. I doubt it’s going to be up there with the great shows, like Sopranos, Play School, and The West Wing, but it could be decent. 

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2 hours ago, SasaS said:

I went fully from hmm Taylor Sheridan is involved, must check it out to Taylor Sheridan, give it a wide berth in only a couple of years.

Why? Most of his stuff is very good.

 

Only thing I'm not onboard with is Mayor Of Kingstown 

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25 minutes ago, Elite said:

Why? Most of his stuff is very good.

 

Only thing I'm not onboard with is Mayor Of Kingstown 

 

Nah, first of the Yellowstone prequels was disappointing, the other one, with Harrison Ford was really bad, Mayor was ridiculous and that Stallone thing was average, and that was the best thing he did in last couple of years.

 

He writes way too much way to quickly and seems to be surrounded only by people who think the sun shines out of his arse. He isn't bothered if his storylines are not exactly believable, dialogue tends to crumble under any scrutiny and he just piles on misery on his characters which he mistakes for authenticity and grit and creates preposterously violent scenes which he seems to be confusing with realism. It's a pattern now with him and it grates.

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18 minutes ago, SasaS said:

 

Nah, first of the Yellowstone prequels was disappointing, the other one, with Harrison Ford was really bad, Mayor was ridiculous and that Stallone thing was average, and that was the best thing he did in last couple of years.

 

He writes way too much way to quickly and seems to be surrounded only by people who think the sun shines out of his arse. He isn't bothered if his storylines are not exactly believable, dialogue tends to crumble under any scrutiny and he just piles on misery on his characters which he mistakes for authenticity and grit and creates preposterously violent scenes which he seems to be confusing with realism. It's a pattern now with him and it grates.

Still producing some good stuff, he does churn a lot out I'll agree but Yellowstone is still great and Tulsa King is a fun watch, his new show looks to be a winner as well.

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Is anyone aware of a programme called Sister Wives? It follows a family of polygamists from Utah. She’s obsessed with it and on about season 14. I dip in and out if I’m in the room because I like getting wound up by the bloke. What an absolute tosser this bloke is. Each to their own and that but these are fucking weirdos. Even their own Mormon churches have fucked them off. 

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4 hours ago, Numero Veinticinco said:


Let us know, Vlad. There’s three episodes out. First one is a pearler, I reckon. Billy Bob is just great. I doubt it’s going to be up there with the great shows, like Sopranos, Play School, and The West Wing, but it could be decent. 

Will do. Just downloaded episode three as well.

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17 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Negged because I hate the modern use of the word "dropped".


Did you just drop a neg on me for that?

 

Also, language evolves. Otherwise you’d be writing “Forsooth, Sir, why, pray, are you using the language of wytchcraft to express the hidden pleasures of your most beloved entertainment?’

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19 hours ago, Elite said:

Still producing some good stuff, he does churn a lot out I'll agree but Yellowstone is still great and Tulsa King is a fun watch, his new show looks to be a winner as well.

 

I don't see him as a draw anymore, it's now the opposite for me, because I no longer trust him. If he makes something good again, I will definitely give it a go.

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Finished Monsters, the Menendez story. 8/10.

 

I didn't like it at first because I expected something else, more like the OJ Simpson and Versace ones from the similar show, and I didn't watch the first season about Dahmer. Also, false flashbacks are still strictly a no-no for me.

 

However, they managed to mostly win me over when I finally understood what they were doing, and though it makes it a demanding watch, it manages to sort of work in the end. 

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21 hours ago, Numero Veinticinco said:


Let us know, Vlad. There’s three episodes out. First one is a pearler, I reckon. Billy Bob is just great. I doubt it’s going to be up there with the great shows, like Sopranos, Play School, and The West Wing, but it could be decent. 

First three are excellent. And despite Sasa's hatred of Taylor Sheridan I enjoy the fact that pretty much all of his series are extremely watchable and entertaining. I'm not looking for full on realism but more of an abstract version of it. And he delivers.

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6 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

First three are excellent. And despite Sasa's hatred of Taylor Sheridan I enjoy the fact that pretty much all of his series are extremely watchable and entertaining. I'm not looking for full on realism but more of an abstract version of it. And he delivers.

 

I watched the fourth one just now. Also good. 

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25 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

First three are excellent. And despite Sasa's hatred of Taylor Sheridan I enjoy the fact that pretty much all of his series are extremely watchable and entertaining. I'm not looking for full on realism but more of an abstract version of it. And he delivers.

 

It's just an opinion.

 

What is watchable and relatively entertaining for me was Tulsa King, because it's a half an hour comedy drama where it is easier to have viewers suspend their disbelief, a competent writer heading ( presume) a team of good additional writers should be able to find it's way around it easily, since the concept is decent and you have Stallone who is an old school movie star with charisma, filling the screen in every scene. It is however fairly inferior to shows like Barry, Mr Inbetween, Killing Eve etc. it's inferior to something like Beef. It didn't exactly make me look for S2, there is enough better stuff around now.

 

However, when you do a more ambitious drama, than concepts that make little or no sense, story loopholes and probable historical inaccuracies (poor research), monologue or dialogue that makes you say wait what and than upon examination reveals to be some illogical conceit in the style of metaphysical poetry (Dunne etc), a catalogue of cover the top evil villains, constant misfortune on the verge of parody befalling characters, needless or not very well motivated morbid violence, cartoonish depictions of social relations watchable or even entertaining TV these days doesn't make.

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1 hour ago, SasaS said:

 

It's just an opinion.

 

What is watchable and relatively entertaining for me was Tulsa King, because it's a half an hour comedy drama where it is easier to have viewers suspend their disbelief, a competent writer heading ( presume) a team of good additional writers should be able to find it's way around it easily, since the concept is decent and you have Stallone who is an old school movie star with charisma, filling the screen in every scene. It is however fairly inferior to shows like Barry, Mr Inbetween, Killing Eve etc. it's inferior to something like Beef. It didn't exactly make me look for S2, there is enough better stuff around now.

 

However, when you do a more ambitious drama, than concepts that make little or no sense, story loopholes and probable historical inaccuracies (poor research), monologue or dialogue that makes you say wait what and than upon examination reveals to be some illogical conceit in the style of metaphysical poetry (Dunne etc), a catalogue of cover the top evil villains, constant misfortune on the verge of parody befalling characters, needless or not very well motivated morbid violence, cartoonish depictions of social relations watchable or even entertaining TV these days doesn't make.

Killing Eve is absolute shite. In my opinion.

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