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Jul 5th 2019, 12:13 am

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I decided to give up on Al Hayba. It was getting too soapy.

Tonight I watched the first two of Belgian cop show Unit 42 on Netflix. Very good so far.
Nice to see a cop who doesn't have a wife at home who he keeps getting let down along with missing his son's game or daughter's recital

Jul 5th 2019, 10:23 am

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Finally watched the most recent season of Black Mirror. Really liked all 3 episodes tbh.

The gaming one was so much better although bizarre than that one last season with Kurt Russell’s son in it. Reminded me of PS1 game, Tekken

issue now now is I have that god damn Miley Cyrus/Ashley O stuck in my head

Yes beckiwoo, a really good series, the Miley Cyrus one was excellent and not at all what I was expecting...but all of them were most enjoyable...shook away my cobwebs.

Like partially discharged I am now into Black Spot, a bit bleak and scary and it may put me off forested areas for ever

but I Have To Find Out what is happening!

Jul 5th 2019, 1:09 pm

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We finished off Dark season 2 last night. Lots of twists and turns, but very good, can't wait for season 3. Wikipedia has a helpful map of whom is related to whom too, so that helps figure things out after the fact.

On to Stranger Things 3

Jul 5th 2019, 11:54 pm

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Was there life before Netflix? ....

Jul 6th 2019, 8:24 pm

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Aaarrghh! I've bookmarked this, can't put it on the list yet, no room.

I’ve just watched the second season ‘Charitè at War’ - I preferred this one to the firstalthough both were good.

This one was harder to watch as it is set during the war/Nazi occupation and therefore deals with the infamous T4 experiments.

Jul 8th 2019, 5:30 am

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I’ve had an extremely unproductive weekend as the other half has been on a boys weekend and the weather in Vancouver has been terrible - doesn’t feel like July!!

so I binged watched some more TV shows:

‘The Last Czars’ on Netflix - I’m a bit of a modern history geek and I especially like Russian history. Made me feel for the Romanovs at the end but then they were given plenty of opportunities to modernize.

Also 5 episodes in to Deutschland 86 (been meaning to watch this for awhile) and it’s still good stuff.

Season 2 of ‘Anne is an E’ is next on the list after all
this

Jul 8th 2019, 9:26 am

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Binge watched The Last Czars myself the other afternoon during a mad, summer storm.
I knew how they all ended up but I didn't know much at all about Rasputin. I was gripped from the first episode.

Jul 8th 2019, 11:00 am

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Binge watched The Last Czars myself the other afternoon during a mad, summer storm.
I knew how they all ended up but I didn't know much at all about Rasputin. I was gripped from the first episode.

We're watching it now but the accent especially of Rasputin can be a bit odd. If only they had DNA ability in 1925 to determine if that really is Anastasia.

Jul 8th 2019, 11:02 am

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We have a trial of Amazon Prime Canada. Does anyone else have it. Other than 'The Grand Tour' which is a poor Top Gear substitute is there anything BE people watch on it. I can't find many UK centric shows on it. My wife is binge watching The Good Fight but that doesn't really grab me.

I'm looking for a dark brooding series or a crime drama or maybe something like a Breaking Bad or the Wire.

Jul 8th 2019, 9:38 pm

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We're watching it now but the accent especially of Rasputin can be a bit odd.

Yeah I was a bit taken back by that as well.

The swearing was a bit of a shock (not that I have issues with it).

Never realized that Rasputin was a magnet for these Russian high society women either.

Jul 9th 2019, 3:32 am

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Watching Locked Up which is Spanish version of Orange is the New Black.

Jul 12th 2019, 12:53 pm

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Binged Stranger Things 3. As expected, very good. Make sure you watch the credits scene!
Money Heist Part 3 comes out on July 19th, so I think that will be up next on the watch list.

Jul 13th 2019, 12:02 am

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I'm looking for a dark brooding series or a crime drama or maybe something like a Breaking Bad or the Wire.

Not dark and brooding but Unit 42 (Netflix) is very good. An actor from La Treve/The Break is in it.
Each episode is a different case but there's something going on throughout.

Jul 13th 2019, 9:43 am

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I have Amazon and there are a number of series IMHO worth watching

Tom Clancys Jack Ryan, Bosch, Goliath, Informer, Damages and Im sure the 1st 4 seasons of Line Of Duty. There are others as well.

Jul 13th 2019, 4:19 pm

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Only thing I've watched with my Amazon Prime account so far (had it for a few years, but mainly for shipping) is 'Man In The High Castle'. Really enjoyed it; it's an 'alternate future' story, what would happen if the Nazis and Japanese won WW2. US is split into three parts; Japanese in the west (based in SF), Germans in east (NY), and a neutral zone in the 'middle' (Colorado). Has some surprisingly decent twists. Also has a 'sci-fi' element to it that may develop into something ... I'm waiting for the next season to come out. Some annoying characters but overall, worth a watch I felt.