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#2461 |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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Just started watching Slow Horses on Apple.
British Spy show w/ really dry humor. A group of MI5 washouts who get back-burnered at 'Slough House' are the main protagonists. It has a really good cast; Gary Oldman is the chief of Slough House and Kristin Scott Thomas is a major player as well. Jonathan Pryce shows up here and there. Very good show. Needs a little attention or you can get a bit lost, but still really strong. |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
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It’s been long enough I should rewatch S1 but I remember being surprised I liked it and the soundtrack was good. Thanks. |
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Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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"Wait...who the **** are 'the dogs'..." I did turn to my wife after about the third episode and said "Hey - we might have a problem here. I'm pretty sure I agree with the baddies. Or at the very least, I don't dislike them any worse than I do MI5..." They're a little on the nose there... |
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Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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I became a Livingston Season Ticket holder after Band of Brothers. Him, Karl Urban and Dominic Cooper - you cast any of those three and I'm watching it. They're just criminally underrated character/television actors. |
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#2466 |
Cheat Death
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Land of Drincoln
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Big fan of Slow Horses
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
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I thought they did a good job of keeping the nuance in there. For a fair bit of it if I'm remembering correctly, I was thinking **** Jackson Lamb - what a mother****er this douche is. |
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#2470 |
Why so serious?
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Chicago
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Two good ones start tonight:
1. True Detective Night Country (Max) - only 6 episodes and reviews are that it’s the best since season 1 (which I think is the best season of any show ever). Obviously, Jodie Foster. 2. Monsieur Spade (AMC) - created by the guy who did Queen’s Gambit and starring Clive Owen. |
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Land of Drincoln
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#2472 |
Mod Team
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Valley of the hot as ****
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Finally a decent Fargo season after a couple of bombs.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
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Yeah, so after you posted this, I went ahead and binged it. So it turns out I had watched it all and didn't remember it. Which is weird, because I'm really into it. I think it strikes a nice balance. There is some really dark and heavy shit in there. REALLY ****ing dark. They balance it out with some ridiculous and some funny stuff and sprinkle in some nice character arc. The deep shit was disturbing. Cutter going off the reservation and never coming back - that's heavy yo. I won't lie, Mugsy falling off the wagon and breaking down in group was fairly soul crushing. A lot of times, he was a cartoon but they threw enough real stuff in there that it hit. If Mugsy was the main character of the show it would be a shit ending LOL. I recognize that's a reality of addiction, but it was still plenty heavy. And I'm glad they balanced it with some levity. DJ is right. Livingston is great. He does the comedy well, the **** off attitude well, and does a lot without dialogue. He is fantastic in this scene. The eulogy scene was great too. SIDENOTE: That ****ing song earwormed it's way into my dome and won't get out. That gal is an actual artist. She has a bunch of stuff out there under the name Lissie. Most of it isn't my jam, but that song is really good. Watch at your own risk...
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That Lizzy Poole storyline was really good and well acted by all involved. I was surprised how much I enjoyed that. |
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#2474 |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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Anybody watch Foundation?
It's a show on Apple based on an Asimov trilogy (that eventually expanded). I noticed it had Jared Harris in a main role (from Mad Men - actually Richard Harris's son - great actor) and Lee Pace. Pace was "The Pie Maker" in a really quirky and obscure detective show/sitcom called Pushing Daisey's some years back. Neat little show - has that tiny girl that can sing in low cut shirts a lot. In either event - I enjoy it, but it's not the easiest watch. I can't **** around on my phone and watch it at the same time. And since all television is inevitably an hour long now, it's just hard to keep my attention at a TV for an hour straight unless a football game is on. But if you like sci-fi stuff, give it a shot. Really nice production values, good performances (supporting cast is a little weak at times but on balance solid) and since it's based on an Asimov universe, it's gonna have a good story, even if they've strayed from it quite a bit in several ways. |
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#2475 |
Emporer of Mongo
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Milky Way
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Foundation is awesome. I agree it's not your run of the mill Sci fi. It's heady and more of a slow burn than a spoon feed.
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