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Still on django.
Its rather ponderous, peppered with backstories (which i find tedious and mostly unnecessary anyway) - why are today's screenwriters/directors so fucking obsessed with inserting endless backstory? - i mean who cares? 90% of it is filler anyway. Save backstory for the crucial bits if you have to.
So far, aside from ticking woke boxes (and chucking in brokeback mountain) the production really doesnt seem to know what it wants to be and 4 episodes could have been condensed into 1 good one.
That said Naomi Rapace chews up scenery as the bitter but sexy religious-nut villain.
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Stranger Things I thought it was about time I started on this & I'm four episodes into season one...& it's great.
Very late to the party again but ive been watching this last few weeks. Getting to the end of series 3.
Im still not sure how i feel about it and its a real grind putting up with so many supremely annoying kids and lots of unnecessary manic screaming and hysteria and interminable bickering.
The other negative thing about it is theyve chucked in almost every conceivable element from other films, so Poltergeist, the Goonies, ET, Carrie, the Blob, The Terminator, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Nightmare on elm street, Scanners, Hellraiser, Halloween, Alien 4, a scene straight from Silence of the Lambs, and many many more.
Overall, im kinda intrigued where it goes and still watching. Id imagine the 12 to 16 age group love it.
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It's funny, I haven't gone on to watch the other season of that show yet, I don't know why, I did enjoy that first season. And sorry Bill, I did have the Breaking Bad box set all ready to view, but I started on my 4K Game Of Thrones instead. Really enjoying it, but I got half way through season two & stopped, & that was about three weeks ago. I'll probably start up again next week, I think that I'm just not good at binge watching, I managed to stretch out Mad Men for three years (& the same with Dexter, & I still haven't looked at New Blood yet).
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If you look on a map of England, its near Camulodunum.
Seriously didnt all that hysteria get on your nerves, joan? And winona ryder excessive over-acting throughout?
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Lol. I think centuries ago poncey probably did mean effete. However, it has evolved as a sort of slang for posh or illusions of grandeur or unnecessarily over-elaborate.
So a peppermint n camomile tea could be described as a poncey tea. Geddit?
Also, english language in uk has a lot of double meanings. For instance a ponce is someone who scams a cigarette or a drink off people without paying or ever reciprocating. A scrounger.
Probably because i used the word, DiB decided to call me Earl of Poncey (and TG was Lord Castlemouldy).
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Django series, last 2 episodes
5.5 out of 10
God, i will be so glad when this dull, pedestrian series finishes. I have been stuck in backstory hell!! So much so, there seems like separate back stories for 3 characters constantly interspersed with the current story. Just so f***ing tedious!
Honestly, it feels like 80% backstory and 20% main story. Noomi Rapace's performance was its only redeeming element. I kinda hoped it would improve ...but it didnt. Avoid.
Soundtrack. I was truly shocked to find out that the tepid, almost-unnoticeable music to this series is provided by Mokadelic - especially given it was them who delivered such an alive, buzzing, energetic n mean soundtrack for Gomorrah. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to do more urban crime music for a western, No, its out-of-place and doesnt work.
The Gomorrah score will get them more gigs. But this forgettable blandness will have producer's losing their phone number. Lol
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Unbelievable.
8.7 out of 10.
Excellent procedural cop series about 2 female detectives (Merritt Wever and Toni Collette) from different districts who realise they both have cases of a very cunning serial rapist with the same M.O who cleans crime scenes n leaves few clues. Superb performances from all involved, especially Wever and Collette, bit also Kaitlyn Dever and Danielle macdonald, who play 2 of victims.
Limited series 8 parter. Despite the subject, they convey the trauma without gruesome scenes. Essentially it focuses on the investigation and relentless hard work of the police involved. Highly recommended. Reminded me of True Detective - it was that good.
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Did you try Unbelievable on netflix, joan?
I think you will like - two very sassy, committed lady cops.
Night agent is on my list. Will try it soon.
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Making use of my Discovery subscription and watching endless numbers of home renovation shows. New kitchens, living rooms, patios, bedrooms, dens, dining rooms, kids playrooms. I wake up in the mornings after having dreams about teal kitchens and shiplap paneling. Accordion doors giving breathtaking vistas to huge patios. Pasta spigots mounted above brightly colored gas stoves. Hidden doorways. TVs disguised in fancy antique cabinets. Accent walls in palatial bedrooms. Spa bathrooms. Outdoor gas ovens. Dilapidated farmhouses looking freshly built. Barns transformed into modern oases. Wooden tables made from barn doors. Epic changes that bring tears to homeowners and their families.
Now back to my modest rental apartment...
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I am currently watching a marathon of The OFFICE (U.S) which I find funny, inventive, witty...
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My husband and I really enjoyed The Night Agent on Netflix. There were a few plot loopholes, but overall, it was an exciting thriller.
Saw it joanie- over 3 days, so its fast pace and tension was very good. Agreed some of it was very far-fetched but id give it an 8.5.
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Reservation Dogs. Beautifully written, very sweet series about a group of teenagers dealing with--and looking beyond--life on the rez in Oklahoma.
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