TV Show Box Sets

[TheSmiler]

Just got Horatio Hornblower on dvd, although it's an old thread I've been watching sharpe for the first time and it's actually pretty good.
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[M.C]

[Mawsley]

[Rogerborg]

[Ribenapigeon]

Private Sales on Amazon Prine.

College drop out and recently orphaned after his parents murders gets dodgy job taxiing "escorts" to their clients.

Its very low key and refreshing that it doesn't have any big name actors. Its not very slick in its production values but thats made up for by a good script. It reminded me of how tv dramas used to be before they became mega budget star machines.

[andyscooter]

[RhynoCZ]

Just a reminder: Better Call Saul is back and Fargo on 19th of April.
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[TheSmiler]

Outlander, ok sounds a bit lame but got pretty hooked on this. It's based around a ww2 nurse that goes to scotland and time travels through some stones. She ends up back in 1743 and tries to stop the scottish revolution with the Jacobites.

Caitriona Balfe and Lotte Verbeek are in it and there are some really nice scenes in some of the episodes
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[hedgehugger]

I watched one episode of Outlander. Nicely filmed, all professional, but not my thing, was lacking something, but don't know what.

Wentworth on the other hand....
Was a fan of Prisoner (Cell block H) way back in t'olden days, spotted Wentworth on Amazon Prime.
Started to watch, not expecting much, instantly hooked.
OMG it's emotional in parts. I never get emo'd by tv stuff, pff!

Sneaky Pete is also worth a watch.

[Jayy]

[Aceslock]

Just finished watching the last series of HOMELAND

Got to say, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The characters have been consistent right the way throughout, and it is quite 'close to the bone' regarding the current terrorist threats/actions that we have come to recognize.

Can't wait for the next series
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[Rogerborg]

Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Return

This one should possibly go in the Geek Zone.

MST3K:TR is a Kickstarted-to-Netflix revival (don't call it a reboot) of a super low budget 'Murcan cult cable show where a bloke is trapped in an experiment on a satellite and forced to watch awful old (mostly) SF movies with a couple of kitbashed robot puppets, for Mad Science.

If that makes no sense, well, you're Not Of The Body and should probably stop reading now.

The casting is Jonah Ray (bloke), Felicia Day (mad scientist) and a few other assorted Famous On The Internets people dropping by. It's written/run by the original MST3K creator and has a vast writing crew - although that's not necessarily a positive.

The format is simple enough. Everyman Jonah and everybots Crow and Servo provide corny/witty/mocking (but rarely sarcastic) commentary on awful movies. There are Blue Peter style interludes at a table, there's a Skeleton Crew band, and yes, Felicia Day sings on the internet, but that's your whack.

If it doesn't sound like you'll enjoy it, you almost certainly won't. If it does, you might do. Be warned, the first episode, Reptilicus, is weak. it feels try-hard, as the writing team crams too many bland and disjointed or ostentatiously nerd-pop culture riffs in to fill every. Single. Moment of silence in the movie. It feels over-written and over-edited and very nearly put me off the whole endeavour. Despite the quantity, the quality wasn't there and I can only recall one prominent line from it - appropriately enough, an erection joke.

However it does start to get better as they loosen up a little in later episodes and insert riffs where they should be rather than everywhere they can. It still feels over-produced and suffering from a surfeit of budget and writers, but it's fairly hard to actively dislike Jonah, Felicia and their chums.

I'm on the fence, but will press on to episode 5 which - in best 4th wall breaking style - they've promised will be the one where it finds its feet.
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[M.C]

*pokes the borg* The BBC have all episodes of Peter Kay's Car share on the iPlayer. I'm surprised seeing as they cancelled the Robot wars final and Top Gear due to golf.

It's more BCF than you'd think:
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That's the 3 pillars of this forum

[M.C]

*pokes borg again* Bosch series 3's out... all episodes

Older but definitely still would Seven of Nine

Edit: and finished series 3, I do like Bosch even if he does remind me of droopy.

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Fargo series 3's already started (channel 4 are a bit late so Kodi), not sure about the double dose of McGregor. I really liked the first series, even if the whole based on a true story's (like the film) an unnecessary lie. Second series was good until they decided to ruin it and insult the audience with:
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[Rogerborg]

[hellkat]

So I'm up to date with Better Call Saul

I started something called Grace and Frankie which is alright but not really for men.

It's about two older women (one very straitlaced and the other kind of funky) whose husbands admit they have been having a gay relationship for 20 years.

So its about how the women cope with it, well ... how they all cope with it really, and also their incredibly dysfunctional grown-up children.

So anyway, yeah, its more of a chick flick series, I suppose.

Warning: it's probably not for you red-blooded types, as the two male characters do occasionally kiss and hold hands.

But it's funnier than it sounds, fairly lightweight in content, and its great to see good performances from Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Martin Sheene.

Hmmm, that reminds me: must put West Wing on my to-do list
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[M.C]

Started watching Genius, not Pure Genius as Kodi/Exodus stream providers seem to be getting confused with (stealing stuff's tough sometimes ).

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Seems pretty good so far, I really like the accents and how everyone says herr before the persons name (Herr Einstein), I'm gonna start doing that and see if it catches on

Oh did I mention it's about Einsteins life? Starts off a bit preachy (Nazi stuff) but then focuses on his earlier life (it's only 3 episodes in so far), turns out Herr Einstein was a bit of a player.

[Jayy]

13 Reasons Why

I watched 1 episode on the recommendation of somebody without knowing anything about it. I thought it was Twilight cheese basically but after watching it, I looked it up and it had something like 8.6 on IMDB.

So I stuck with it for a couple more episodes and although still cheese, it got slightly better. I ended up watching the whole thing as it got darker and darker in the themes but the cheese remained.

As a show, nothing like Sons of Anarchy but that was cheesey as well, yet I watched all 7 seasons

The Last Kingdom

Couple of episodes in to this on season 1... decent stuff. What's not to like about vikings?

Prison Break

I fucking loved this show when it came out, I was hooked. It has been a long time since I watched it and aside from remembering this guy can break out of any jail you put him in, I've forgotten pretty much everything that happened so I'm nailing through it again in time for the revived Season 5 to be finished and I can see how we've progressed over the years.

[hellkat]

Hmmmm, my finger was lingering over the 13 Reasons Why thing, but I wasn't minded to commit to it. I might have another look at it after - no wait, I'll just put it on the incredibly long, constantly increasing list of must-watches


*grumble* Internet was my thing, not TV, dammit, when did TV get more interesting than internet ... *grumble*
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[M.C]

Pokes Borg thrice, new Star Trek series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ntVAcqZ1M Scores well on the diversity front, that's obviously what's important

Don't worry Seth McFarlane's doing a pisstake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy9sKeCE8V0 That looks awful as well

[Dave....]

[CaNsA]

Bosch S3 is available.

Decent.

[stevo as b4]

I don't know how you lot keep finding and giving new series of stuff the time and chance, as most recent newer box set series I've found generally boring or can't get into.

Im happy to call it a day after Prison break, Walking dead, Sopranos and SoA.

What I really miss on tv is Ax men (best drama series ever) and outback truckers. Both of these jobs a few years ago I'd have said hell yeah I could do that shit, but after watching the programs I realised that no matter how gung ho and macho I'd like to be, my shitty body ain't up to either of these jobs, so I do have respect for those that do these jobs.

[Rogerborg]

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