Great Asian Railway Journeys

 

Chiang Mai to the River Kwai

 

Michael Portillo embarks on a two-part rail adventure through Thailand.

 

 

 

SBS Australia, this Tuesday (July 21), 16:30 (Thai time)

 

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/  (may need a VPN)

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Mike Teavee said:

On the subject of "The Office" came across a movie on Netflix called "David Brent: Life on the Road", I don't know if it's a poor script or "The Office" wasn't anywhere near as funny as I think I remember it but I didn't think this movie was funny/entertaining at all...

...

Agree.  The Office with Ricky Gervais as the pathetic office manager David Brent, was (and still is) a masterpiece.  Also the The Office XMas Special was still quite funny and even with a Feel Good twist, but David Brent: Life on the Road was mediocre, and didn't meet my high expectations based on Gervais' previous work.

Should have kept it to the original series - like Fawlty Towers.

2 hours ago, Blue Muton said:

It's been going on for centuries, ever since some clown decided to depict Mary, Joseph and Jesus as white!

With Blue eyes............

I  love watching this  family  unit and how  the child Emilie is  doing, shes one  lucky girl to have parent s  like this.

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Blue Muton said:

It's been going on for centuries, ever since some clown decided to depict Mary, Joseph and Jesus as white!

In white countrys its what you expect ,if i was in Africa i certainly would not be offended if he was portrayed as black . I am sure that in African movies Nelson Mandela is not played by a white actor so as to be inclusive ,now is he?.

Watched e01 of Brave New World. I was underwhelmed.

3 hours ago, bert bloggs said:

In white countrys its what you expect ,if i was in Africa i certainly would not be offended if he was portrayed as black . I am sure that in African movies Nelson Mandela is not played by a white actor so as to be inclusive ,now is he?.

Nonsense, but not surprising.

 

You may expect a person fron the middle east to be portrayed as a white european but I would expect them to be portrayed as somebody from the middle east. You're now saying the opposite of what you spout about non-white actors "taking" roles of "white" characters.

3 hours ago, bert bloggs said:

In white countrys its what you expect ,if i was in Africa i certainly would not be offended if he was portrayed as black . I am sure that in African movies Nelson Mandela is not played by a white actor so as to be inclusive ,now is he?.

What are "white countrys?"

 

Nelson Mandela was black. We have video and photographic evidence of that.

6 hours ago, Nemises said:

Great Asian Railway Journeys

 

Chiang Mai to the River Kwai

 

Michael Portillo embarks on a two-part rail adventure through Thailand.

 

 

 

SBS Australia, this Tuesday (July 21), 16:30 (Thai time)

 

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/  (may need a VPN)

 

 

 

 

Most of these are on Youtube.

 

I watched Safe with Michael C Hall. It's a British-French production and it's absolutely terrible. Slow moving, excruciating, everybody is miscast and dislikeable. By the end you don't care about anybody in the story anyone. 

 

Hall's British accent is also a bit funny.

 

Avoid this series at all cost.

1 hour ago, dukeandduke said:

What are "white countrys?"

 

Nelson Mandela was black. We have video and photographic evidence of that.

sorry what are you saying ,? that we have no proof King Arthur was white?

Just finished watching the last Talking Heads by Alan Bennett ,superb just superb.

8 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

sorry what are you saying ,? that we have no proof King Arthur was white?

I gotta stop drinking if I wrote anything about King Arthur. 

12 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

Just finished watching the last Talking Heads by Alan Bennett ,superb just superb.

If it's anywhere near as good as this, I'm in.

 

I

On 7/18/2020 at 9:17 AM, Blue Muton said:

Not sure if We Hunt Together has been mentioned before. A BBC six-parter from last month.

 

Thanks for that rec. I don't know why my two go-to sites don't have any episodes. 

Another great one  in this series,  holy <deleted>  life is  tough out there for some  people

 

2 hours ago, dukeandduke said:

Thanks for that rec. I don't know why my two go-to sites don't have any episodes. 

It's on Lime torrents.

 

a couple of excellent documentaries on iplayer at the moment:

 

- the rise of the murdoch dynasty

- once upon a time in iraq

8 hours ago, dukeandduke said:

If it's anywhere near as good as this, I'm in.

 

I

You sound lie a bit of a psycho killer there mate.

11 hours ago, dukeandduke said:

Thanks for that rec. I don't know why my two go-to sites don't have any episodes. 

https://troypoint.com/best-torrent-sites/

 

 

https://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-popular-torrent-sites-of-2020-200105/

 

 

Phil Spector 2013. Don't know how I missed this, one of the best movies I've seen lately, with outstanding performances by Helen Mirren and Al Pacino. Highly recommended.

On 7/19/2020 at 9:11 AM, giddyup said:

On 7/18/2020 at 9:17 AM, Blue Muton said:

Not sure if We Hunt Together has been mentioned before. A BBC six-parter from last month.

 

From IMDb:

"A gripping twist on a classic cat-and-mouse story, this British drama series explores the intoxication of sexual attraction and the dangerous power of emotional manipulation as two conflicted detectives track down a pair of deadly killers."

Turned this off after 15 minutes, terrible acting.

 

I started to watch, and after ten minutes thought the same about the acting. I decided to stick it out as I thought perhaps it was an undeclared comedy.

As it went on I was still bemused by the DI Lane, with his ‘nice’ attitude on life.

 

Eventually I came to realise it wasn’t bad acting, it had been written like that. An unconventional character which no one is used to seeing in police dramas (although Columbo was pretty unconventional all those decades ago).

Freddy Lane was a character who didn't seem to suffer from ‘regular’ thinking either.

 

By the end of episode three I was hooked. For something that had a misleading start, it had a good ending too.

(I found it on RARBG)

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

By the end of episode three I was hooked. For something that had a misleading start, it had a good ending too.

Yer I found it quite watchable.............certainly meet the PC quota of the day...... Black lead detective----white female 2nd in charge...black female 3 rd in charge.....female head of the station---black Arch villain.......etc

 

Off topic I know --but UK papers have just printed that there is a move to stop everyone using body parts with male names.....Adams Apple....etc

"Miss Scarlet and the Duke'

 

In Victorian England, crime "drama". 6 episodes.

21 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

Yer I found it quite watchable.............certainly meet the PC quota of the day...... Black lead detective----white female 2nd in charge...black female 3 rd in charge.....female head of the station---black Arch villain.......etc

 

Off topic I know --but UK papers have just printed that there is a move to stop everyone using body parts with male names.....Adams Apple....etc

Well, if the black lead detective is not a transgender confined to a wheelchair, there is still a long way to go... ????

Watched a Canadian film called, "The Silencing" and enjoyed it. It had a few plot twists which made it very interesting and at the end there was still something that I didn't think had been explained (or I had missed it)........but then watching the credits I saw the movie title again, and it suddenly clicked.

Movie :

"A simple favor" 

Nice plot, intriguing, however disappointed with the traditional end. 

I have heard about an old Brit TV series "The Commander" 2003-2008. I cannot find anyone seeding it on the usual sites I use. Very difficult series to find,,,,,,,,,,,possibly not worth any effort to find it?

 

Anyone?

On 7/20/2020 at 4:32 PM, luckyluke said:

"Miss Scarlet and the Duke'

 

In Victorian England, crime "drama". 6 episodes.

What an enjoyable series! Thank you very much, luckyluke

1 hour ago, longball53098 said:

I have heard about an old Brit TV series "The Commander" 2003-2008. I cannot find anyone seeding it on the usual sites I use. Very difficult series to find,,,,,,,,,,,possibly not worth any effort to find it?

 

Anyone?

It is available on TV Chaos UK if you're a member.

14 hours ago, luckyluke said:

Movie :

"A simple favor" 

Nice plot, intriguing, however disappointed with the traditional end. 

A much better movie is "A Simple Plan".