Jeff Venom Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Not sure of this should be on the Netflix thread but seeing as it delighted and annoyed me at the same time, I'll add it here. Behind Her Eyes (Netflix). First the delight: if you get past the ropy Scottish accents, the first three and a half/four episodes are tremendous - a good psychological thriller, a few dark secrets that you think you know but then aren't sure you know, people lying about everything, a workplace affair and a fantastic turn by Eve Hewson as the wife who is totally crazy in a Villanelle from Killing Eve way. It's well paced, has plenty of twists and keeps you guessing. Then the annoyance - the last two episodes. Utter garbage. Felt so disappointed watching it all the way through that it turned out the way it did. I hadn't realised it was based on a book, but had I read it I would have been raging that something I'd invested so much time in went the way it did. As it was, I only spend a couple of nights watching it with the missus. The final twist was good but the bits leading up to it were pish. I'll spoiler the reason why I hated the ending with a second spoiler as to the deux ex machina (sp?) they used.It ended up being a supernatural/magic thing. I hate everything to do with magic and the supernatural and whatnot and had I known it was going to gondown that route I wouldn't have bothered. Worse than that Harry Potter shite. I wanted the tense psychological thriller you promised me, Netflix, not some wishy washy psychic mumbo jumbo It was Astral Projection FFS FFS! I totally hear you, I actually quite liked it though. Come the end it made me think back through a heck of a lot of the stuff that preceded it. That accent though. Rob's at least resembled a regional accent, the accent of the main guy was howling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 The fact that Anya Taylor Joy (Queens Gambit) won best actress at the Golden Globes over Daisy Edgar Jones (Normal People). The category is best actress not weirdest eyes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill. Widddddddddddddddddddddddd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Hip hop evolution on Netflix. I've 2 episodes left. I like some hip hop, but am in no way knowledgeable about it. Some of the music in the series is great, some of it is Puff Daddy. Really interesting bits of culture and subculture from some of the slightly lesser seen parts of the US. A number of more cult artists i'd never heard of. I'm sure people who are more informed about these things would take exception to some of the narratives and the like. Personally i found it a bit odd that folk as influential as krs1 and public enemy got the same coverage as the 2 live crew or DJ screw but that might be a good thing. They should have had subtitles for memphis. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 I used to really enjoy Whose Line is it Anyway? back in the early Nineties, then it moved to America and turned into woeful shite, despite still starring Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles. I've just noticed that the Yanks brought the show back again at some point, and...it's still awful, even though they got rid of the appalling Drew Carey. My question is: was the show always shite and it's just taken me this long to realise, or is this just something the Americans can't do for some reason? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 I've already got three questions right on tonight's Only Connect. I don't think I've ever got more than 1 before 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 On 11/02/2021 at 16:10, Boghead ranter said: Better than the STV Player, where you get Susan Calman 3 or 4 times per 1 hour show. They want to make up their mind about the size of Calman's house. Her hallway isn't big enough to swing a cat and yet she's got a golf course in her living room. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 2 hours ago, BFTD said: I used to really enjoy Whose Line is it Anyway? back in the early Nineties, then it moved to America and turned into woeful shite, despite still starring Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles. I've just noticed that the Yanks brought the show back again at some point, and...it's still awful, even though they got rid of the appalling Drew Carey. My question is: was the show always shite and it's just taken me this long to realise, or is this just something the Americans can't do for some reason? I flicked over to it one night in Dave I believe, managed five minutes and turned off, it was absolutely awful 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Season 2 of Grayson Perry’s Art Club. Hipster version of Tony Hart’s old BBC kids’ show. Interesting art and human stories presented in a much more raw, less staged way than you’d expect from tv. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreenElves Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 3 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: I've already got three questions right on tonight's Only Connect. I don't think I've ever got more than 1 before Impressive. I struggled with tonight's questions. Was expecting it to be difficult as it was the semi final, but so many questions they could ask again and I'd still not get the answer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 4 hours ago, BFTD said: I used to really enjoy Whose Line is it Anyway? back in the early Nineties, then it moved to America and turned into woeful shite, despite still starring Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles. I've just noticed that the Yanks brought the show back again at some point, and...it's still awful, even though they got rid of the appalling Drew Carey. My question is: was the show always shite and it's just taken me this long to realise, or is this just something the Americans can't do for some reason? I think appalling is a bit harsh. He certainly was nowhere as natural a host as Clive Anderson. However, I loved the Drew Carey Show, particularly the series which featured Craig Ferguson, I think that was S2-S7 or 8, Ryan Stiles was also in it and Colin Mochrie made some guest appearances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 39 year old Nasim Pedrad playing a 14 year old school kid in Chad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 10 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: I think appalling is a bit harsh. He certainly was nowhere as natural a host as Clive Anderson. Clive Anderson will always be TV royalty for making the BeeGees walk out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Nosejob Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 16 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: I've already got three questions right on tonight's Only Connect. I don't think I've ever got more than 1 before “... a welsh sheep farm (looks at camera) DON’T! ...” I was laughing so much I missed the rest of the answer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 I'm on my 2nd watch through of Money Heist on Netflix. Just started part 4 and it's as good as I remember. With that, I saw someone on Twitter a few months back saying if you watch it with the English dub over then you're an idiot and you need to watch it in Spanish with subtitles. Surely it's the other way around? Why the fuck would I want to be glued to the bottom of the screen having to read what's going on? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 I've already got three questions right on tonight's Only Connect. I don't think I've ever got more than 1 before Impressive. I struggled with tonight's questions. Was expecting it to be difficult as it was the semi final, but so many questions they could ask again and I'd still not get the answer [emoji38]Strangely, I was the opposite. Usually get maybe two or three across the first two rounds; the wall can be hit and miss then get a few in the missing vowels. For last night's I got 5 of the 6 first round ones, 3 in the sequences (although how the Puzzle Hunter got that one with the words and numbers and moving letters was incredible), did better in the wall than one of the Teams but hardly got any of the missing vowels. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Absolutely savage move in the Head to Head on Pointless there, as the second team to go tell the first team that their answer was wrong, then give the right one for the same clue and pap them out 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 18 hours ago, TheScarf said: I'm on my 2nd watch through of Money Heist on Netflix. Just started part 4 and it's as good as I remember. With that, I saw someone on Twitter a few months back saying if you watch it with the English dub over then you're an idiot and you need to watch it in Spanish with subtitles. Surely it's the other way around? Why the f**k would I want to be glued to the bottom of the screen having to read what's going on? I don't know what the acting is like on money heist, but usually for films there are proper, well cast actors doing the original language and it's in keeping with the tone that the director wants. The dubbing voice actors all sound like they're voicing over American home video compilations on itv3 and make the whole thing sound like shit. Most films aren't wordy enough to take up a lot of time reading. I usually stop noticing subtitles after about 5 minutes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieKTID Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 On 08/03/2021 at 21:13, Mark Connolly said: I've already got three questions right on tonight's Only Connect. I don't think I've ever got more than 1 before Same here in fact i answered one correctly before they said next! Think i must've received a bang to the head that's knocked some deep recess of my brain that contains stuff i didnt know i knew, its probably my highest ever score watching Only Connect. It's going on my CV 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 I got the 'central points of each UK country' on Clue Two. My all-time favourite Only Connect question was this: 1 - Central Line 2 - Circle Line 3 - District Line 4 - ? Spoiler Answer is 4 - Bakerloo Line. It's the colour of each line on the Tube map equated to that colour's value in snooker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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