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Jerseygirl Oct 31st 2011 7:12 am

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Homeland....Claire Dane's character is becoming more and more implausable...not to mention irritating.

Interesting that we saw Mandy Patinkin's wife fly in from Islamabad...then we see him whisper to the prisoner/terrorist in Arabic....hmmmm...

Bob Oct 31st 2011 1:03 pm

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Originally Posted by Egg and Cress (Post 9706210)

Thoroughly engrossed by "Luther". Sorry there were only 4(?) episodes & hope more are in the offing. :)

Another series in the works I think.

So has anyone caught Boss?

Bloke has found out he's on his way out, so goes on to be a bit of a hard case as a town official kind of thing.

Thing is...it added a bit of gruesome violence that just wasn't needed and made was was a bit of a dull and boring slow not any better.

I'll probably give it another episode or two, but I probably won't mind if I forget.

Bob Nov 1st 2011 3:36 am

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Grimm

Modern take on the fairy tales, in the real world...quite dark show actually, but pretty good actually, with some lighter amusing bits....

HumphreyC Nov 1st 2011 3:58 am

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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 9708492)
Grimm

Modern take on the fairy tales, in the real world...quite dark show actually, but pretty good actually, with some lighter amusing bits....

Been watching Once Upon a Time which is not too bad (though I am wondering how they are going to keep it going for a whole series). Is it worth watching the Grimm show as well or are they too samey? - fantasy characters inhabiting the real world and all that.

Watched episode 3 of the Walking Dead (second season). I was beginning to get a little bored in the beginning - then they shoved in an awesome plot twist and I was hooked again. Great writing. I'm starting to hope they build the show around the anti-hero Shane character and the redneck with the crossbow.

KrisL1 Nov 1st 2011 4:40 am

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Am hoping to see if they may show `Spooks' over here got really into it when it first came on air back in 2002 then I moved here, misssed something like three quaters of the entire seasons that were shown.

Jerseygirl Nov 1st 2011 4:58 am

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Originally Posted by KrisL1 (Post 9708618)
Am hoping to see if they may show `Spooks' over here got really into it when it first came on air back in 2002 then I moved here, misssed something like three quaters of the entire seasons that were shown.

BBC America used to show it...not sure if they still do. You can probably catch all the series on Netflixs.

Love Spooks...the final ever episode was aired in the UK last week.

Bob Nov 1st 2011 5:47 am

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Originally Posted by HumphreyC (Post 9708533)
Been watching Once Upon a Time which is not too bad (though I am wondering how they are going to keep it going for a whole series). Is it worth watching the Grimm show as well or are they too samey? - fantasy characters inhabiting the real world and all that.

Very different style. Grimm, is a lot darker, the red ridinghood story, has a werewolf type person kidnapping little kids kind of thing and lots of fighting stuff.

Basically the main chap finds out he's a Grimm, a hunter of the naugties of these fairy tales, which were real events and they had never gone away.

I don't see how either of these shows will last beyond one series tbh, but fun while they last.

Bob Nov 1st 2011 5:48 am

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Originally Posted by KrisL1 (Post 9708618)
Am hoping to see if they may show `Spooks' over here got really into it when it first came on air back in 2002 then I moved here, misssed something like three quaters of the entire seasons that were shown.

PBS show over here too and it's called MI5, not Spooks...because of the racial thing :lol:

KrisL1 Nov 1st 2011 7:17 am

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Oh wow seems like everything these days is all about racism. Too many people seem to let there pride get in the way of just being human and enjoying life. Thanks for the info though it helps alot. :D

cindyabs Nov 1st 2011 1:24 pm

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Originally Posted by KrisL1 (Post 9708942)
Oh wow seems like everything these days is all about racism. Too many people seem to let there pride get in the way of just being human and enjoying life. Thanks for the info though it helps alot. :D

It might be a tempest in a teapot, but using that term here could be construed along the UK lines of titling a show Wogs.

moneypenny20 Nov 1st 2011 3:23 pm

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Originally Posted by cindyabs (Post 9709567)
It might be a tempest in a teapot, but using that term here could be construed along the UK lines of titling a show Wogs.

I've never heard that Spooks means that in the US :blink: Whoever first decided they'd use that as a derogatory term was sick. Way way worse than 'Wog' imo. I've never understood the negativity of that word, I loved my Golly Wog when I was a kid :wub: It's an affectionate term in my personal world. :D

cindyabs Nov 2nd 2011 1:16 am

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Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 9709707)
I've never heard that Spooks means that in the US :blink: Whoever first decided they'd use that as a derogatory term was sick. Way way worse than 'Wog' imo. I've never understood the negativity of that word, I loved my Golly Wog when I was a kid :wub: It's an affectionate term in my personal world. :D

Understood, words appeal to me based on the way they sound. :)

Bob Nov 4th 2011 4:07 pm

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Originally Posted by Sugarmooma (Post 9699275)
Did anyone else watch Whitechapel Murders on BBCA last night?

I liked it, pretty gruesome though! It's just on for 4 weeks:thumbup:

Commissioned for a third series...out next year...should be cool...second series was good too, if a little weird...but really setting up a bit of a dark back story too.

scrubbedexpat097 Nov 5th 2011 4:50 am

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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 9715800)
Commissioned for a third series...out next year...should be cool...second series was good too, if a little weird...but really setting up a bit of a dark back story too.

:thumbsup:

Bob Nov 6th 2011 12:59 pm

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Suburgatory

It's a really daft comedy, but actually kind of fun and amusing. It's a single parent dad and his teenage daughter, they've moved to the burbs from NYC and adjusting to life in the burbs and all the weird quirks that come with living in the burbs.

It is silly, but it's mindless and a fun watch, certainly better than a lot of the other comedies that came out this time around.


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