Jingthing Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I accidentally posted my last post here, rather than in the other thread poll about television addiction. Oh well. It's related enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The manic Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 1 hour ago, DMC1 said: Very true about books. I always had a book on the go, but now very rarely since the past couple of years with Netflix etc. That’s even with my Kindle, I used it non-stop for years but not anywhere near as much now - feeling guilty as reading is great. Same here. Doing a lot less reading due to watching top quality TV dramas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The manic Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Currently Edge of Darkness a 1986 UK political drama. Very good and very interesting. Well worth watching. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 2 hours ago, DMC1 said: Very true about books. I always had a book on the go, but now very rarely since the past couple of years with Netflix etc. That’s even with my Kindle, I used it non-stop for years but not anywhere near as much now - feeling guilty as reading is great. I also really miss reading a good book, but it is all about availability. Movies are just two clicks away, but finding a good book is near impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 18 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said: I also really miss reading a good book, but it is all about availability. Movies are just two clicks away, but finding a good book is near impossible. Try the author Douglas Kennedy. Intelligent books, that are really gripping. Or Haruki Murakami. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 1 hour ago, ExpatOilWorker said: I also really miss reading a good book, but it is all about availability. Movies are just two clicks away, but finding a good book is near impossible. Plenty of good books available free in epub format, thousands in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 10 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said: I also really miss reading a good book, but it is all about availability. Movies are just two clicks away, but finding a good book is near impossible. There are plenty of good books around. I read a few a week and mess around on the computer the rest of the time. I used to read a lot more books when I was young, but there was not such good TV back then and you could not watch newer movies at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newatthis Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 13 hours ago, i claudius said: I can only find 3 episodes where is season 2? Also this is us season 2 has just started 1 was excelent I found season 2 ["Silkworm"] on PB and it's also on my private tracker. There are only 2 episodes to the season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zydeco Posted September 28, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2017 9 hours ago, Ulysses G. said: There are plenty of good books around. I read a few a week and mess around on the computer the rest of the time. I used to read a lot more books when I was young, but there was not such good TV back then and you could not watch newer movies at home. Not hard to find good books in Thailand, btw. Kinokuniya has very good selections and they get special orders to you in a couple of weeks. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Just finished season one of Quacks ( Victorian doctors comedy ) on iPlayer , an unusual subject for a comedy but I found it to be very entertaining and refreshing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxo1947 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) Wind River only released 2 weeks ago--so surprised to see it as a HD rip in usual places -- I liked it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5362988/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Edited September 29, 2017 by oxo1947 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 7 minutes ago, oxo1947 said: Wind River only released 2 weeks ago--so surprised to see it as a HD rip in usual places -- I liked it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5362988/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Is it the copy which has Korean subs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxo1947 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 On 9/27/2017 at 10:04 PM, giddyup said: Plenty of good books available free in epub format, thousands in fact. change to any format ...just a click away https://ebook.online-convert.com/ OR https://calibre-ebook.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxo1947 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, Will27 said: Is it the copy which has Korean subs? Sorry ..yes should have said--has hard Korean subs...thanks for picking up on that.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 2 hours ago, Will27 said: Is it the copy which has Korean subs? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Tv Documentary - Long Shot This is only 40 minutes long , but it's pretty amazing. Summary: When Juan Catalan is arrested for a murder he insists he didn't commit, he builds his case for innocence around raw footage from a popular TV show, "Curb Your Enthusiasm." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 5 hours ago, giddyup said: No. Sorry, it does, it just wasn't mentioned in the torrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 7 hours ago, giddyup said: Sorry, it does, it just wasn't mentioned in the torrent. No it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Overall, I don't think television is all that good at the moment. Back during the 2014-15 season, I would have said yes. But a lot of programs have disintegrated. Some only had an idea good to last a season, others just lost their creative punch. The Blacklist has become, well, boring. Black Sails came and went and towards the end was ponderous. Fresh Off the Boat has too much Eddie in it. GoT is gone up its own backside. Homeland's lunatic star should have been shot dead two seasons ago. Penny Dreadful whimpered as it was dying. Hell on Wheels quit and went to China. American Horror Story has become its title. Into the Badlands is where that show's rating are headed. Halt and Catch Fire has become soap opera. The Good Place has already derailed in season 2. And Big Bang just needs to stop. House of Cards sort of describes the entire industry right now. A few good things persist or at least ended well: Indian Summers should have gone for a few more seasons. Victoria season 1 was good--season 2 not so much. The Crown is fairly good. All in all, I'd rather watch DVDs of The Rockford Files or Magnum PI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Will27 Posted September 30, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2017 41 minutes ago, zydeco said: Overall, I don't think television is all that good at the moment. Back during the 2014-15 season, I would have said yes. But a lot of programs have disintegrated. Some only had an idea good to last a season, others just lost their creative punch. The Blacklist has become, well, boring. Black Sails came and went and towards the end was ponderous. Fresh Off the Boat has too much Eddie in it. GoT is gone up its own backside. Homeland's lunatic star should have been shot dead two seasons ago. Penny Dreadful whimpered as it was dying. Hell on Wheels quit and went to China. American Horror Story has become its title. Into the Badlands is where that show's rating are headed. Halt and Catch Fire has become soap opera. The Good Place has already derailed in season 2. And Big Bang just needs to stop. House of Cards sort of describes the entire industry right now. A few good things persist or at least ended well: Indian Summers should have gone for a few more seasons. Victoria season 1 was good--season 2 not so much. The Crown is fairly good. All in all, I'd rather watch DVDs of The Rockford Files or Magnum PI. I disagree. With the advent of HBO, AXN, Netflix etc, the quality of TV has never been better. If you can't find anything decent to watch these days, you just ain't looking hard enough. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post carmine Posted September 30, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2017 4 minutes ago, Will27 said: I disagree. With the advent of HBO, AXN, Netflix etc, the quality of TV has never been better. If you can't find anything decent to watch these days, you just ain't looking hard enough. The Vietnam War The Handmaid's Tale Ray Donovan Peaky Blinders The Deuce This Is Us Bosch The Affair Narcos Big Little Lies These are all very watchable 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Looking forward to season 4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 (edited) On 9/22/2017 at 7:42 PM, ExpatOilWorker said: What movie or series is that? Alias JJ is the most insane series ever....Season 1 has 69 episodes!!! Im on episode 42....It's basically Oz, with latinos. Very addictive. Its largely fictional .... but the way JJ has been portrayed it;s hard to imagine he was taking orders from escobar. the little shit was smarter than all of them put together. Edited September 30, 2017 by JHolmesJr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 On 9/24/2017 at 6:20 PM, Will27 said: On 9/24/2017 at 6:20 PM, Will27 said: Nice call. Really enjoyed episode 1 of this one. Embedded subs. Profugos....where did you find the embedded subs mate? I got good ones for season 1 from open subtitles....but season 2 subs are rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 2 hours ago, Will27 said: I disagree. With the advent of HBO, AXN, Netflix etc, the quality of TV has never been better. If you can't find anything decent to watch these days, you just ain't looking hard enough. Absolutely. The GLUT of good things to watch is the problem now. Not the lack of it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 52 minutes ago, JHolmesJr said: I've only managed to get the first episode of season 1 with decent subs. It's just started being broadcast by the BBC so I imagine it will be slow, unless sno gives us the whole series at once. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GanDoonToonPet Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 (edited) South Park Season 21 Back on form, especially episode 2. Black Mirror Season 4 Coming sometime in 'Autumn 2017' apparently. Prepare to be 'mindfucked' again. Mock the Week Season 16 Part 2 Still worth a watch even without Frankie Boyle or Rory Bremner. Milton Jones & James Acaster are OK in small doses. Of course, the BBC still have to fill their quota of 'funny women'. Star Trek: Discovery The captain's an Asian woman this time, or possibly a black one depending on how the story pans out. Law & Order: True Crime Season 1 A generic true crime reenactment show with the Law & Order tag attached. Bears no resemblance to any of the others. In short, crap. The Orville Star Trek based comedy starring Seth MacFarlane. Surprisingly good & has a similar morality style aspect to the Star Treks proper. Close your eyes & imagine a dog as captain... Law & Order: SVU Season 19 I think this should be the last one, again. This time 'Liv' is the focus of child abuse allegations. Z Nation Season 4 Premieres on 03 Oct. Simply the best zombie TV show of all time, that's a fact. EDIT: Episode 1 available now Red Dwarf Season 12 Still Americanized but who gives a smeg, it's Red Dwarf. Coming on 12 Oct. Edited September 30, 2017 by GanDoonToonPet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GanDoonToonPet Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 (edited) Midsomer Murders Season 19 Part 2 Several people get murdered in a sleepy English village...rinse & repeat. Edited September 30, 2017 by GanDoonToonPet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Haven't watched these yet but they sound interesting. Will and Grace is back. A show I never got hooked on back when it was big, but word is it's chock full of trump bashing. So take that as a warning or a lure, depending. Another one. Neo Yokio. Quote Often I found myself laughing out loud at Kaan’s over the top self-absorption. At one point he says he’s too sad to get out of bed until his aunt offers him squid ink fettucine, which he declares “the most melancholy” of pastas. https://kotaku.com/neo-yokio-is-a-funny-but-flawed-critique-of-capitalism-1818849400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 15 hours ago, carmine said: The Vietnam War The Handmaid's Tale Ray Donovan Peaky Blinders The Deuce This Is Us Bosch The Affair Narcos Big Little Lies These are all very watchable You missed Get Shorty, one of the best IMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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