Recommend me something to watch!

[ewerk 30167]

I guess you're just not enough of a pretentious cunt to appreciate the delicate lighting, sound editing and the incredibly subtle (and not at all annoying) way they move to black and white for a flash forward.

[Christmas Tree 4669]

1 hour ago, Gemmill said:

 

Aye OK, Wild is decent. Mostly cos Witherspoon is in it. 

 

Have you watched Into The Wild? You might like that too. 

 

A better version of Vera btw. STOP TALKING! 

Into the wild aye. A bit sad given he obviously had serious mental issues.

 

And we’re not all young’uns. Some of us like a nice gentle whodunnit  

[Renton 21053]

31 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

I was watching it week to week when it first came out and could not believe how boring it was. Mind, that shit film they did for Netflix made me feel the same way tbh so maybe it isn’t for me 

 

Did you watch BB? If you weren't fussed on that then you won't like this. But basically both series are first in class for cinematography, acting, characterisation and storyline arcs imo. BCS is slower but the emotional impact for me was brutal, for instance Mike's backstory in S1E5. The spin off film was a waste of time though, agreed. 

[Renton 21053]

15 minutes ago, ewerk said:

I guess you're just not enough of a pretentious cunt to appreciate the delicate lighting, sound editing and the incredibly subtle (and not at all annoying) way they move to black and white for a flash forward.

 

I'm not at all a pretentious cunt and loved it. I haven't even read a book on how to enjoy a movie. 

[Christmas Tree 4669]

Also Deadwood is superb if anyone’s missed it.

[ewerk 30167]

4 minutes ago, Renton said:

 

I'm not at all a pretentious cunt and loved it. I haven't even read a book on how to enjoy a movie. 

 

"Pretentious? Moi?!", says the man with stained glassed windows.

[Ayatollah Hermione 13762]

4 hours ago, Renton said:

 

Did you watch BB? If you weren't fussed on that then you won't like this. But basically both series are first in class for cinematography, acting, characterisation and storyline arcs imo. BCS is slower but the emotional impact for me was brutal, for instance Mike's backstory in S1E5. The spin off film was a waste of time though, agreed. 

Aye, got well into it at the time but once that hit Season 3, it was constant forward motion. Even then, I’d land on the side of it being overrated in the grand scheme of things

[Monkeys Fist 41930]

Just watched something on BBC2 about the history of trainers, presented by Hannah Fry. 
 

 

Fascinating stuff.  

 

[Kid Dynamite 6964]

Loved "into the wild". Great soundtrack by Eddie Vedder. I'd love to have the balls to sell up and fuck off on a walkabout. Apparently they had to airlift that bus out of the wilderness cos so many knackers got stranded trying to visit it 

Edited December 15, 2022 by Kid Dynamite

[ewerk 30167]

44 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said:

Just watched something on BBC2 about the history of trainers, presented by Hannah Fry. 
 

 

Fascinating stuff.  

 

If Irish women during the famine are your thing…

[Alex 34725]

9 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said:

Loved "into the wild". Great soundtrack by Eddie Vedder. I'd love to have the balls to sell up and fuck off on a walkabout. Apparently they had to airlift that bus out of the wilderness cos so many knackers got stranded trying to visit it 

Always thought that was a bit of tragic story that’s been bizarrely triumphed as some sort brave adventurous sacrifice. Some kid went to a shit part of Alaska, ill prepared without an exit plan. Possibly got injured (photos suggest he may have injured his arm/shoulder), then he starved to death. The knackers went because of the mythologising of it. 

[Dr Gloom 21760]

didnt he end up eating a poisonous plant or something? 

 

one particularly grim scene that stayed in my mind was when he hunts a moose but is unable to preserve it so the meat turns bad within days 

[RobinRobin 11092]

You're all really talking this up. 🙂 

[Gemmill 44109]

Finished S2 of White Lotus. Worth it just for the two Italian lasses. 

[Craig 6670]

Sky Documentary ’Bo66y’ on the life of Bobby Moore. Definitely worth a watch.

[Dr Gloom 21760]

3 hours ago, Gemmill said:

Finished S2 of White Lotus. Worth it just for the two Italian lasses. 

[Billy Whitehurst 885]

Apple TV+ doesn’t have much on it but what it does have is good quality. ‘For All Mankind’, ‘Defending Jacob’, ‘Ted Lasso’, ‘Severance’, ‘Slow Horses’, ‘Trying’, ‘Invasion’, ‘Foundation’ and ‘Shantaram’ are all pretty decent.

 

The films are pretty good too.

[Alex 34725]

On 16/12/2022 at 12:03, Dr Gloom said:

didnt he end up eating a poisonous plant or something? 

 

one particularly grim scene that stayed in my mind was when he hunts a moose but is unable to preserve it so the meat turns bad within days 

There’s a few theories iirc. I haven’t actually seen the film though. There’s more than one thing he may have eaten but you can starve if you eat only rabbit over a prolonged period (which I think was his main diet) as the meat is too lean. I think he made a diary entry about being ill after eating something though. Possibly it was a combination of more than one thing 

Edited December 18, 2022 by Alex

[Dr Gloom 21760]

14 hours ago, Gemmill said:

Finished S2 of White Lotus. Worth it just for the two Italian lasses. 

In case anyone was left hanging….

 

 

[Renton 21053]

11 hours ago, Billy Whitehurst said:

Apple TV+ doesn’t have much on it but what it does have is good quality. ‘For All Mankind’, ‘Defending Jacob’, ‘Ted Lasso’, ‘Severance’, ‘Slow Horses’, ‘Trying’, ‘Invasion’, ‘Foundation’ and ‘Shantaram’ are all pretty decent.

 

The films are pretty good too.

 

Doesn't have much on it then you list seveal hundred hours of TV.

Think Bad sisters is supposed to be quite good too. What's the minimum subscription perio I wonder? 

[Renton 21053]

10 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

In case anyone was left hanging….

 

 

 

These were by far the best thing about it, lush Italian trollops. Kept on doing the Eeny meeny game every episode, sometimes out loud by mistake, much to the annoyance of Mrs Rents. 

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 3788]

3 hours ago, Alex said:

There’s a few theories iirc. I haven’t actually seen the film though. There’s more than one thing he may have eaten but you can starve if you eat only rabbit over a prolonged period (which I think was his main diet) as the meat is too lean. I think he made a diary entry about being ill after eating something though. Possibly it was a combination of more than one thing 

You get protein poisoning from a rabbit heavy diet due to the lack of fat and carbs.

[Renton 21053]

Eating to much liver is potentially highly toxic too because of vit A overdose, not a problem I'll ever have fortunately.  

[Gemmill 44109]

1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said:

In case anyone was left hanging….

 

 

 

The lass in red, her real life surname is Tabasco, appropriately enough. 

 

And yes, she does unleash those bad boys in case anyone was wondering. 

[Toonpack 9111]

On 16/12/2022 at 07:32, Alex said:

Always thought that was a bit of tragic story that’s been bizarrely triumphed as some sort brave adventurous sacrifice. Some kid went to a shit part of Alaska, ill prepared without an exit plan. Possibly got injured (photos suggest he may have injured his arm/shoulder), then he starved to death. The knackers went because of the mythologising of it. 

 

Site of my favourite ever HSE at work notice:

 

"DANGER - before descending stairway, check below for Polar Bear"