Goggle box- anything worth watching on TV?
Jan 14th 2019, 8:12 pm
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Re: Goggle box- anything worth watching on TV?
I started Better Call Saul the other day. Bit of a surprise as I had thought it was played for laughs.
Albeit there is some humour in it, plea bargaining from death to a broken leg.
Albeit there is some humour in it, plea bargaining from death to a broken leg.
Jan 14th 2019, 8:31 pm
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Re: Goggle box- anything worth watching on TV?
I prefer it to Breaking Bad. Howard Hamlin has a face like Piers Morgan in that he is so smug you want him to suffer a misfortune.
Jan 18th 2019, 10:31 am
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Re: Goggle box- anything worth watching on TV?
Instant Hotel on Netflix...it’s addictive - wonderfully terrible in an unmissable sort of way. It’s Australian and I’m not overly keen on their telly generally, but the people and locations are varied and nice and utterly dreadful in turn. It’s just my son and me at present and crap weather...so it was nice to watch something that we could see together and get involved in and discuss - he isn’t much into my Scandi Dark dectetives with subtitles daily fodder. Give it a try - you may well surprise yourself
Jan 26th 2019, 2:26 pm
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Jan 26th 2019, 2:28 pm
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Re: Goggle box- anything worth watching on TV?
We've watched 8 out of 10 episodes on S1 now and it is very good. The first 7 episodes were in French with english subtitles and then all of a sudden Episode 8 was dubbed into english which was very strange as we hadn't changed any settings. The first couple of minutes of Ep 9 are also in english. I noticed in the dubbing they said 'acres' instead of hectares.
Jan 26th 2019, 4:14 pm
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Re: Goggle box- anything worth watching on TV?
We've watched 8 out of 10 episodes on S1 now and it is very good. The first 7 episodes were in French with english subtitles and then all of a sudden Episode 8 was dubbed into english which was very strange as we hadn't changed any settings. The first couple of minutes of Ep 9 are also in english. I noticed in the dubbing they said 'acres' instead of hectares.
I started to watch something a couple of weeks ago that was dubbed. Dogs of Berlin. I didn't like it and the dubbing didn't help so gave up. But then I made a "discovery" (a discovery to me anyhow).
I had always assumed that something on Netflix not English language was available with English subtitles or you could remove them - just as something in English you could choose English subtitles as well.
I hadn't changed any of the settings when DoB started so I assumed it was dubbed only. A week or so after, something else was dubbed too. So I played with the settings. Previously I've only been aware of them on the top right of the screen but there were some top left. And they included options for original language or dubbed to English.
So, what began as dubbed to English for me, I changed to original and English subs.
In addition, yesterday I had to sign in for the first time in over a year. Twice.
It could be that something has been resetting for some unknown reason and you might be able to change it back.
Jan 26th 2019, 7:54 pm
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Re: Goggle box- anything worth watching on TV?
The new season of "Luther' is on BBC Canada starting on Sunday and on Showcase starting on Monday. Showcase is in HD and BBC Canada, a mere shadow of a channel that it was when it first became available, is only in SD.
Jan 27th 2019, 10:10 am
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It was the worst season of them all. Bitterly disappointed with it
Jan 28th 2019, 12:48 pm
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Re: Goggle box- anything worth watching on TV?
Anyone see the series TIN STAR ? It's set in Alberta, High River and Waterton, and made in 2017. UK cop being terrorised by oil sands people something. Could only wath the first episode as a bit violent, and not really my genre. Just wondering if it was shown in Canada?
Jan 28th 2019, 1:38 pm
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When filming was taking place in High River, they stored all of their vehicles at my friend's acreage. I turned up one day to pick him up and there were loads of "police cars" parked in a line next to his truck.
Feb 7th 2019, 11:17 pm
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Re: Goggle box- anything worth watching on TV?
Ballot Monkeys.
Why has nobody recommended this before? It's a right good giggle. If you liked Drop the Dead Donkey you'll like this and that's no great surprise with the brilliant writers Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton.
There's an epsiode (part 2) on youtube and lots of clips.
It's also on Daily Motion.
Why has nobody recommended this before? It's a right good giggle. If you liked Drop the Dead Donkey you'll like this and that's no great surprise with the brilliant writers Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton.
There's an epsiode (part 2) on youtube and lots of clips.
It's also on Daily Motion.
Feb 8th 2019, 1:53 am
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Re: Goggle box- anything worth watching on TV?
On Netflix seen following lately on Netflix.. Shitsel - Israel production of Orthodox family -loved it.. Justice - Arabic production - liked it.. Now watching 2nd season of BorderTown. Oh and also really liked 1st and 2nd season of Novine - Croation production..All of these are subtitled as I cannot stand shows where there is dubbing.
Feb 8th 2019, 1:00 pm
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Re: Goggle box- anything worth watching on TV?
On Netflix seen following lately on Netflix.. Shitsel - Israel production of Orthodox family -loved it.. Justice - Arabic production - liked it.. Now watching 2nd season of BorderTown. Oh and also really liked 1st and 2nd season of Novine - Croation production..All of these are subtitled as I cannot stand shows where there is dubbing.
A friend of my wife's is watching Season 2 and said it is subtitled.
Just started watching Season 2 of Ozark.....what a festering cabal of critters lives down there in Missouri.