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Post by Hofmeister on Oct 10, 2016 22:21:33 GMT
The New HBO series. Damn its good. Production values are huge, CGI is stunning, location scenes are fabulous, lighting is superb, acting, characterisation script all brilliant. Wisely they have assumed you know the film, so have decided to hit in early with the suspense, its much more cerebral than the film, much more human, androids and humans are mixed you are never sure who is who, and it has a sense of evil, foreboding.
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Post by Alanović on Oct 11, 2016 11:44:52 GMT
I'm looking forward to catching this, and will do so when I can binge watch the whole series. So I'll probably avoid this thread for fear of spoilers until I've done so!
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Post by crankcase on Oct 19, 2016 12:09:02 GMT
The trailer looked quite interesting to me, but it's on Sky Atlantic, which we don't have. Unfortunately we now have had a Virgin Tivo for two weeks, which makes suggestions for things to watch. Last night it had recorded 19 things it thought we'd like, and about 15 of them we agreed we would. Add in the things we've actually chosen to record, and already I need three lifetimes to see all this stuff. And anyway, we had wall to wall snooker last week, and also two weeks ago, and another tournament starts this weekend, all on Eurosport. It's just endless if you're not careful.
So Westworld will have to wait, or me for it.
Having said that, may I recommend highly the new Netflix series "Designated Survivor". Best described as "very West Wing", so if that's your bag...
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Post by Rob on Oct 19, 2016 12:18:25 GMT
I'll look out for Designated Survivor. That's the one with Kiefer Sutherland isn't it. I did see it listed as new.
The thing that is good about Netflix an Amazon Prime originals is you can usually watch the whole series instead of waiting. When there's a new series we will watch, we normally have the whole series recorded before starting to watch it. Can't be doing with watching one episode of a few series at a time and then waiting a week for the next.
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Post by crankcase on Oct 19, 2016 12:58:20 GMT
Then you're stuffed at the minute. Because they are releasing the episodes weekly. Four so far, next one on 28th October...
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Post by Rob on Oct 19, 2016 13:09:13 GMT
One for Christmas then.
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Post by lygonos on Oct 19, 2016 21:09:26 GMT
Need a giant brain to play snooker, Crankcase - watch O'Sullivan demonstrate....
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Post by crankcase on Oct 20, 2016 6:55:37 GMT
Poor Ronnie!
It's amazing how involving that stuff can be. As an experiment I tried the cheapest possible way to see what it was all about - Google Cardboard, phone in front of your eyes, free app. I tried one called "Sisters" and I can tell you when the surprise turned up I really did squeak very loudly and fell off the sofa, which is hard to do when you are already sitting on it.
Novelty soon wore off though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 2:07:48 GMT
ON TV: Damned
You can't change the subject on here can you?
Well, I've just been watching Damned which is a UK Comedy.
Seek it out. I find it very funny, though its about social workers and the problems they face, so it can be a bit raw at times.
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Post by Alanović on Dec 9, 2016 10:28:02 GMT
Started Westworld last night, seems jolly good to start with. Will now do an episode a night until the end. It's a 10 episode series, right?
Now also looking forward to The Man in the High Castle series 2, on Amazon shortly.
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Post by Rob on Dec 9, 2016 14:55:13 GMT
Westworld was very good - I won't post anything that could spoil any of it. There were plenty of threads on the Internet about the show and some guessed things correctly early on.
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Post by Alanović on Dec 9, 2016 15:21:07 GMT
Spoiler away to your heart's content - I shall now avoid this thread and any other which mentions it until I've finished watching the series. Unfair to keep people from discussing it if they want to.
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Post by Alanović on Dec 19, 2016 14:18:02 GMT
Nearly there. Final episode lined up for tonight.
Must admit I was a bit confused and tired of it by the 9th episode, which just annoyed me to be brutally honest. I've had a read of a "recap" of that episode on a website, and it makes a bit more sense now. I hadn't twigged a couple of things so perhaps I'll enjoy the finale a bit more now that I've realised some of what's going on.
Haven't enjoyed it as much as I thought I would. Onwards to 'Man in the High Castle' season 2 tomorrow. No doubt that'll be somewhat confusing given the final scene of the 2st season. Perhaps I need programmes which are a little less cerebral for my late night viewing.
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Post by sooty on Dec 20, 2016 10:25:51 GMT
Did you get round to watching and did you enjoy it?
I finished watching it last week. Thoroughly enjoyed it, anyone know when the next series is on?
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Post by Rob on Dec 20, 2016 17:35:45 GMT
They have to make the next series first I would think.
I thought it was all very good - very clever. And with each episode you would learn something that would make you reconsider what had happened in earlier episodes. Lots of loose ends to tie up still, e.g. who was the robot being made by Hopkins' character in the remote location?
You can see the writer likes mixing up timelines. Anyone else watch Christopher Nolan's Memento?
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