What are you watching tonight?
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Re: What are you watching tonight?
Think I'll watch "Snatch" again on Channel 32 at 9-0 clock. Good watch
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Re: What are you watching tonight?
Brassic on sky 1 is worth a watch in a shameless sort of way.
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Last night. Been following the historians through ancient Egypt and Simon Sebag Mirefiore through Jerusalem and now Rome. Highly interesting and well presented programmes well worth a watch.
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Anyone else admitting to watching 'bake off' or is it just me?!
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Go on then, i'll admit to it. Then again, with a prolific baker in the house (as you and others on here can testify to) and a daughter who loves the show, I don't have much choice but to watch. I didn't want to like it, but found myself staying off twitter last night, in order to avoid the result.Gooner Girl wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:15 pmAnyone else admitting to watching 'bake off' or is it just me?!
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Re: What are you watching tonight?
TANGODANCER wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:45 pmPeakies are back. Episode One of a new series tonight.
Not sure I'm enjoying this series... in previous serieses there was at least a tiny hint of some kind of moral struggle that made Tommy an interesting and complex character. With so much bloodshed behind him now it's hard to see him and the gang as anything other than venal, murderous, violent thugs...
I'll probably persevere, though, as I have come this far.
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It's because that's exactly what they are Taddy and always have been; violent animals, bully boys at best, cold-blooded heartless killers at worst. Arthur is a lunatic asylum candidate, and Tommy and Aunt Polly gangsters in suits who will kill you as soon as look at you if you cross them. Hard to make a hero of Tommy, a man who encouraged his younger brother (now dead) to blind somebody with a razor blade in a revenge act. Good TV as entertainment, but no heroes in the Brummy boys..taddyontoast wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:06 pmTANGODANCER wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:45 pmPeakies are back. Episode One of a new series tonight.
Not sure I'm enjoying this series... in previous serieses there was at least a tiny hint of some kind of moral struggle that made Tommy an interesting and complex character. With so much bloodshed behind him now it's hard to see him and the gang as anything other than venal, murderous, violent thugs...
I'll probably persevere, though, as I have come this far.
You will watch it out though, "By order of the Peaky xxxxing Blinders...."
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Aye... but on series one there was room for some complexity because of the back-story that Tommy and Arthur were wrestling with their demons from war's brutality - it made them something a bit deeper/more complex than just venal thugs - there was room for some sympathy for their struggle....TANGODANCER wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:31 pmIt's because that's exactly what they are Taddy and always have been; violent animals, bully boys at best, cold-blooded heartless killers at worst. Arthur is a lunatic asylum candidate, and Tommy and Aunt Polly gangsters in suits who will kill you as soon as look at you if you cross them. Hard to make a hero of Tommy, a man who encouraged his younger brother (now dead) to blind somebody with a razor blade in a revenge act. Good TV as entertainment, but no heroes in the Brummy boys..taddyontoast wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:06 pmTANGODANCER wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:45 pmPeakies are back. Episode One of a new series tonight.
Not sure I'm enjoying this series... in previous serieses there was at least a tiny hint of some kind of moral struggle that made Tommy an interesting and complex character. With so much bloodshed behind him now it's hard to see him and the gang as anything other than venal, murderous, violent thugs...
I'll probably persevere, though, as I have come this far.
You will watch it out though, "By order of the Peaky xxxxing Blinders...."
I'm not feeling that anymore...
Still - cool hats!
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I'm hearing you. Good points Taddy, although I did find the strong Romany connection a bit confusing with pure townies like the Shelbys'. As you say, que sera...taddyontoast wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:58 amAye... but on series one there was room for some complexity because of the back-story that Tommy and Arthur were wrestling with their demons from war's brutality - it made them something a bit deeper/more complex than just venal thugs - there was room for some sympathy for their struggle....TANGODANCER wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:31 pmIt's because that's exactly what they are Taddy and always have been; violent animals, bully boys at best, cold-blooded heartless killers at worst. Arthur is a lunatic asylum candidate, and Tommy and Aunt Polly gangsters in suits who will kill you as soon as look at you if you cross them. Hard to make a hero of Tommy, a man who encouraged his younger brother (now dead) to blind somebody with a razor blade in a revenge act. Good TV as entertainment, but no heroes in the Brummy boys..taddyontoast wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:06 pmTANGODANCER wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:45 pmPeakies are back. Episode One of a new series tonight.
Not sure I'm enjoying this series... in previous serieses there was at least a tiny hint of some kind of moral struggle that made Tommy an interesting and complex character. With so much bloodshed behind him now it's hard to see him and the gang as anything other than venal, murderous, violent thugs...
I'll probably persevere, though, as I have come this far.
You will watch it out though, "By order of the Peaky xxxxing Blinders...."
I'm not feeling that anymore...
Still - cool hats!
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Re: What are you watching tonight?
I'd rather stare at the sun, but thanks for asking.Gooner Girl wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:15 pmAnyone else admitting to watching 'bake off' or is it just me?!
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Re: What are you watching tonight?
At least you two seem to have a clue on what the hell is going on!TANGODANCER wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:10 amI'm hearing you. Good points Taddy, although I did find the strong Romany connection a bit confusing with pure townies like the Shelbys'. As you say, que sera...taddyontoast wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:58 amAye... but on series one there was room for some complexity because of the back-story that Tommy and Arthur were wrestling with their demons from war's brutality - it made them something a bit deeper/more complex than just venal thugs - there was room for some sympathy for their struggle....TANGODANCER wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:31 pmIt's because that's exactly what they are Taddy and always have been; violent animals, bully boys at best, cold-blooded heartless killers at worst. Arthur is a lunatic asylum candidate, and Tommy and Aunt Polly gangsters in suits who will kill you as soon as look at you if you cross them. Hard to make a hero of Tommy, a man who encouraged his younger brother (now dead) to blind somebody with a razor blade in a revenge act. Good TV as entertainment, but no heroes in the Brummy boys..taddyontoast wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:06 pmTANGODANCER wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:45 pmPeakies are back. Episode One of a new series tonight.
Not sure I'm enjoying this series... in previous serieses there was at least a tiny hint of some kind of moral struggle that made Tommy an interesting and complex character. With so much bloodshed behind him now it's hard to see him and the gang as anything other than venal, murderous, violent thugs...
I'll probably persevere, though, as I have come this far.
You will watch it out though, "By order of the Peaky xxxxing Blinders...."
I'm not feeling that anymore...
Still - cool hats!
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TANGODANCER wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:10 amI'm hearing you. Good points Taddy, although I did find the strong Romany connection a bit confusing with pure townies like the Shelbys'. As you say, que sera...
yup - never really understood the Romany angle or where it came from - I think it's summat to do with Tommy's mother being part of the Lee family but I've never really concentrated that much!
and it was a basis for them to do the iconic horse thing in the first series opening sequences...
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Not really, or just as I see it. It's quite confusing. The plot is becoming a bit too poor man's "Godfather III" with Tommy Shelby stretching the bounds of credibility to breaking point. It's all taking the twenties and thirties into the realms of modern day scriptwriters fantasies with the political connections via Oswald Mosely and fascistism. Both worlds relevant, but not dining at the same table. A bit Derek Hatton meets Tyson Fury....or something..
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Plot lost me a long time ago, midway through those Italian chaps last time around I think. No idea what's happening now. Gypsies and ghost hallucinations. Cillian Murphy is good in everything but if I hadn't starting watching it already I don't think I would start now.
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Prufrock wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 2:57 pmPlot lost me a long time ago, midway through those Italian chaps last time around I think. No idea what's happening now. Gypsies and ghost hallucinations. Cillian Murphy is good in everything but if I hadn't starting watching it already I don't think I would start now.
Aye... i fear it will fail the "leave the audience wanting more" test... but i doubt they'll care as they will have trousered a decent wodge!
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They should have left well enough alone, but that can't happen, T.V and Films are golden geese and the public ever gullible with fantasy ( always have been since Flash Gordon, Tarzan, Superman, Star Wars, Robin Hood etc,etc...) Nothing succeeds like success and, where money and corporations are concerned, nothing propinks like Propinquity....thus..taddyontoast wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:43 pmPrufrock wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 2:57 pmPlot lost me a long time ago, midway through those Italian chaps last time around I think. No idea what's happening now. Gypsies and ghost hallucinations. Cillian Murphy is good in everything but if I hadn't starting watching it already I don't think I would start now.
Aye... i fear it will fail the "leave the audience wanting more" test... but i doubt they'll care as they will have trousered a decent wodge!
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Looking at Paul Hollywood is much the same thing tbf though he doesn't seem quite as perma tanned as last series.Bruce Rioja wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:55 amI'd rather stare at the sun, but thanks for asking.Gooner Girl wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:15 pmAnyone else admitting to watching 'bake off' or is it just me?!
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Twas last night, but caught up with episode three of The Capture, that seems a decent BBC. drama...so far. Followed by a good documentary on The Troubles in Ireland and , following recent disclosures, Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness's involvement with the I.R.A. As ever with this topic, complicated doesn't get near describing it.
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Traumatised by the ending of Sanditon (which I had been loving) tonight. Tango, have you been watching it?
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Ha, no, G.G.but my wife is complaining bitterly at no happy ending. Jane Austen never finished it so I didn't even read the part finished version. Much as I like all her other novels which I know inside out, I read one chapter and thought it rubbish. The T.V thing is script writer imagination only. .Gooner Girl wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:19 pmTraumatised by the ending of Sanditon (which I had been loving) tonight. Tango, have you been watching it?
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