Jimboxy Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 I would have gone with the chap who is the new Jack Ryan who was in the office. But I've never played tLoU, and it might be similar to his role in Quiet Place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Yeah John Krasinski would be a good Joel as well @Jimbo Xiii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 He looks like too much of a pussy to me. He doesn't look like a gruff survivor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallofbooty Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 27/02/2020 at 20:14, Blakey said: It is definitely factually incorrect @smallofbooty. I consider myself a historian but I still enjoy it in the same way as something like Wolfenstein or The Man in the High Castle. In my mind this takes place in a slightly different alternate 1977 rather than the one we got but it uses the Holocaust to make you hate the Nazis in the show and ground you in their evilness by showing you how evil they were (in this alternate New York) so when they get what is coming to them it matters more and resonates more if that makes sense. If they didn’t show that stuff then you might just think some of them were sweet old men/women at first glance. The tone in some moments is very somber but in others it doesn’t take itself too seriously at all and bills the ‘hunters’ as a team of ‘Jewperheroes’ at one point. But it works, for me at least. I’d say at least give it a go if you haven’t already, if you don’t like it then that’s fair enough but it’s definitely good enough to warrant a watch, for me at least. Sorry @blakey I don't seem to be getting my notifications as I should, so missed your reply. I think my point is that the Holocaust is not light entertainment, and never will be or should be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Yeah that's fair enough @smallofbooty ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 I'm trying to watch the new Treadstone Jason Bourne spin off show, but even in the pilot episode, it's so stupid I might already tap out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallofbooty Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I know. I tried two episodes of Treadstone but it was so monumentally dumb that I just sacked it off. Life's way too short. Trying to post in Firefox on your phone is shit. It just merged my Treadstone post with my reply to Blakey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, smallofbooty said: I know. I tried two episodes of Treadstone but it was so monumentally dumb that I just sacked it off. Life's way too short. Trying to post in Firefox on your phone is shit. It just merged my Treadstone post with my reply to Blakey. That's a forum feature, not a Firefox thing. It's to stop multiposting. If you post in the same thread withing a few mins it merges the responses. I'm going to do the same with Treadstone as well I think. Pick up Hanna instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallofbooty Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Now Hanna I enjoyed. It was daft but in a good way, with character development and was very "human". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 I havent watched wrestling in about 20 years but Vice have this interesting documentary called Dark Side of the Ring, about Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit. Both of which are figures I recognise at least (and of course I know what happened with Benoit). I've only watched half so far but it is pretty interesting, not a light subject matter however. Also they have a tendency in the doc to call every deceased wrestler the best of all time, or maybe Benoit actually had that reputation and I didn't realise? I dunno. edit part 2 is on his channel too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinymcshine Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Cheers, I'll have to watch that. If you've got Netflix, The Resurrection of Jake the Snake, is another excellent wrestling documentary (looking at the post (prime time) wrestling life of Jake Roberts and his eventual rehabilitation - a really emotional piece at times). It more a true life piece than sports entertainment film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regemond Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Is that the one where he works with Diamond Dallas Page doing DDP Yoga? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinymcshine Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 54 minutes ago, regemond said: Is that the one where he works with Diamond Dallas Page doing DDP Yoga? Yes, IIRC there's a bit with Scott Hall (aka Razor Ramon) included too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 I watched the second part of that documentary. It got taken down from that guy's youtube channel so I actually went and set up a VPN to see it (it's US only). It's an excellent tho harrowing expose of how little attention was given to the welfare of WWE's talent, until a huge crisis like this thing happened. Not that it was the first but I assume it was just so beyond the pale that there was no way things could be the same after it. Shows that it's not all glitz and glamour I guess. Again I haven't watched wrestling since about 2000 or so but smashing peoples heads into chairs and diving headbutts were just the done thing then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merman1974 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 This week's binges... Peaky Blinders season 5. Going in I was concerned about them featuring a well-known political figure of the 1930s. But it was awesome, as violent and twisty as ever. And while you go into that last episode knowing there is a big twist coming, it still played out in a very clever way. Good Omens. I adore the book, was dreading an Americanised film adaptation, but in the hands of Neil Gamain himself this six-part mini-series (from the BBC and Amazon) was just the thing to watch when the world seems to be ending. With some clever pruning of extraneous bits, brilliant devices to frame the flashbacks and asides, and a bloody amazing cast (Michael Sheen is incredible as Aziraphale the Angel, but it's his interplay with a perfectly cast David Tenannt as Crowley the strutting demon that brings the whole thing to life) I enjoyed every second. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallofbooty Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Indeed, Good Omens is clever and lovely. Just watched Homecoming on Prime which is a 10 part series (episodes are around 35 minutes) with Julia Roberts. I'd ignored it for ages but it's excellent and produced /directed by Sam Email of Mr Robot fame. It's a very different type of story but has some of the same sensibilities as Mr Robot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I watched all of Kingdom on netflix last week. It's dumb, feudal era Korea, there's a virus that turns people in to zombies, set against the backdrop of a Shakespearen power struggle in the royal family. It's absolute nonsense but by series 2 I was properly in to it. I can't recommend it to everyone, but certain people are going to love it On sky I caught up with Save Me. I'm not sure why I never got around to it at the time but it's brilliant. It'll be interesting to see if the imminent series 2 can keep it up, some of the characters felt like their story was told, but there were some key things not tied up. really enjoyed it, managed to watch the whole series in a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmark Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Kingdom is a fun walking dead that has its own ideas and spins without ever outstaying it’s welcome at 10 episodes a season. i.e I recommend it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKurosaki Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Having a laugh with season 10 of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Bloody love this show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfnick Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Couldn’t find a Amazon Prime thread so I’ll put it here rather than starting another. Highly recommend Hunters. It’s a fictional programme basically about a group of Jews hunting Nazis who committed horrible acts in prison camps hiding in America following WWII set in 70’s. Gets more complicated as you can imagine and has a couple of brill twists, I really loved the end twist (although I’m not sure about the very last scene). Give it a go if you’ve got access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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