What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2020)

[Andrew Dwyer]

46 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I liked Sick Note.

What spoilt it most for me was Nick Frost, love his stuff with Simon Pegg( Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, End of the World etc ) and felt he “ sold out “ with the unfunny doctor character. Didn’t really like the main character, his annoying gf and the ridiculous cop either !!

Apart from that I liked it ????

[Jingthing]

1 hour ago, petermik said:

yes I can imagine you would....

So you watched it then?

[Will27]

1 hour ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

WOW, this could be Breaking Bad good. 

What is the release date?

December.

[worgeordie]

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Thought it was more WOKE nonsense.

Small girl beating up large criminal gang members.

She also seemed to freeze when under threat, giving the bad guys a chance to kill all the people she was supposed to be protecting.

So you did not like it....maybe some people will,i thought

it was ok,when there is not a lot of really good films about,

it was better than nowt,now this WOKE nonsense,your going

to have to explain what that means,has it got something to do

with black people ?   P.S. did you watch AVA, another woman kicking mens @rses

regards worgeordie

[Jai Dee]

4 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

now this WOKE nonsense,your going

to have to explain what that means,has it got something to do

with black people ?

 

Woke (/ˈwoʊk/ WOHK) is a political term originating in the United States referring to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social justice and racial justice. It derives from the African-American Vernacular English expression "stay woke", whose grammatical aspect refers to a continuing awareness of these issues.

 

From Wikipedia

[worgeordie]

1 minute ago, Jai Dee said:

 

Woke (/ˈwoʊk/ WOHK) is a political term originating in the United States referring to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social justice and racial justice. It derives from the African-American Vernacular English expression "stay woke", whose grammatical aspect refers to a continuing awareness of these issues.

 

From Wikipedia

So the skinny looking girl was WOKE for kicking all those

big bad men ?

regards worgeordie

[DrTuner]

18 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

So the skinny looking girl was WOKE for kicking all those

big bad men ?

regards worgeordie

In movies it refers to casting a minority or feminist/alphabet actor/actress to a role that's so painfully out of storyline and unbelievable it makes you gnash your teeth out. It's also how they are now destroying the 80's, by doing woke remakes (Ghostbusters, anybody?).

[mikebike]

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Thought it was more WOKE nonsense.

Small girl beating up large criminal gang members.

You HAVE seen Spiderman, right? I could demolish that little boy. Remember it is FICTION.

Edited October 6, 2020 by mikebike

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

So the skinny looking girl was WOKE for kicking all those

big bad men ?

regards worgeordie

Women aren't the physical equal of men.

They don't have the bone thickness or density to handle blows from men, one hit and they're down, no matter what they're training. Which is completely different to the fantasy concept of magical strength and superheroes.

 

A 50-60Kg woman has little chance of fighting a 75-100Kg man and winning in unarmed combat, no matter that their relative levels of training and quite frankly, I'm tired of seeing it in movies other than magic/superhero fantasies.

 

Doorman wasn't even a B-movie level of acting/scripting or production values, cheap in every way.

[worgeordie]

50 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Women aren't the physical equal of men.

They don't have the bone thickness or density to handle blows from men, one hit and they're down, no matter what they're training. Which is completely different to the fantasy concept of magical strength and superheroes.

 

A 50-60Kg woman has little chance of fighting a 75-100Kg man and winning in unarmed combat, no matter that their relative levels of training and quite frankly, I'm tired of seeing it in movies other than magic/superhero fantasies.

 

Doorman wasn't even a B-movie level of acting/scripting or production values, cheap in every way.

Women don't have to be strong to get the better of men, they have other ways  to do that,

and it's been happening here and World wide for umpteen years.Praise be woman.

regards worgeordie

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

they're training

their training

[ThaiFelix]

8 hours ago, xylophone said:

Watched the movie, "Changeling", directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie and Jon Malkovich, amongst others, and thought it was very good, and don't ever remember seeing it before.

 

Watching it changed my mind about Angelina Jolie as I had never rated her as an actor, however she was extremely good in this movie, based on a true story and well worth watching.
 

Brilliant, I thoroughly enjoyed it.  Clint sure is an excellent producer and director plus the acting across the board was excellent.  Thank you for the tip.

[xylophone]

Staying in the habit of watching all the movies that I can't remember seeing, or can't remember much about, last night I watched "The English Patient" and again, was pleased that I did.

 

It had a certain attraction for me because I had worked in the Sahara desert on two occasions in the 70s, and as I was watching some of the scenery I was reminiscing about the Sahara, the adventures, the sand storms we encountered; finding seashells deep into the desert because it was once a sea; flitting around in the small aeroplane that we had; learning about the aeroplane lost by the Americans (and found by the BP Exploration team in the mid-60s) at the end of the Second World War, the "Lady Be Good" (look it up online, very interesting) and also being not far from the oasis mentioned in the movie, Khufra.

 

The beauty of the unspoiled desert and the blue sky, and the silence which I loved, and I often I drove deep into the desert and just stopped my Land Rover to observe these things and I found a great deal of peace in doing that.

 

And just before I sign off, stumbling upon the site of an old battle in the war, which was at one time fenced off with warning signs, but we went in to this area and found, and explored, old army trucks which looked as if they had been strafed by very large bullets, and other wartime paraphernalia. Such memories.

[Andrew Dwyer]

The Shipman Files : A very British crime story.

 

3 hour long episodes about “ Doctor Death “ .

Interesting documentary about how his greed finally led to his capture after almost 30 years of killing hundreds of his elderly patients .
 

[ThaiFelix]

On 9/29/2020 at 10:31 AM, ExpatOilWorker said:

My Octopus Teacher - an unusual documentary.

 

 

Fascinating show........thank you very much.

[Daffy D]

9 hours ago, xylophone said:

The beauty of the unspoiled desert and the blue sky, and the silence which I loved, and I often I drove deep into the desert and just stopped my Land Rover to observe these things and I found a great deal of peace in doing that.

I used to love the dawning of early mornings just before the sun would peek over the horizon.

 

I was so cool and clear and fresh and clean and you just knew it was going to be another great beautiful blue sky day.

 

And the smell of the fresh cool air before the hot sun would raise the dust and sand into another hot desert day.

 

Yea! Miss that 

[Will27]

In the Face of Terror

 

New 3 part series by the Beeb looks good.
Episode 1 out there now.

Summary: This three-part series follows the ordinary people searching for truth and justice following two deadly acts of terror. The first, a hostage crisis in Syria that culminated in seven beheadings by a British executioner, later dubbed Jihadi John. The other, a far-right attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which 51 people were shot dead in the city’s mosques.

[newatthis]

Doc Martin

I found this while browsing IMBd one day. Quite an enjoyable family show about a a socially challenged doctor who moves from London to the picturesque village of Port Wenn in Cornwall. Martin Clunes is brilliant. Thank goodness there are 10 seasons. I'm only on 3, so lot more to enjoy.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408381/

 

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

32 minutes ago, newatthis said:

Doc Martin

I found this while browsing IMBd one day. Quite an enjoyable family show about a a socially challenged doctor who moves from London to the picturesque village of Port Wenn in Cornwall. Martin Clunes is brilliant. Thank goodness there are 10 seasons. I'm only on 3, so lot more to enjoy.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408381/

 

 

Martin Clunes is somewhat of a national treasure in the U.K., such a likeable guy .

Made it into the big time in “ Men behaving badly “, somewhat dated but still worth a watch for the uninitiated .

[sanuk711]

Extreme Fare Dodgers  CH 5 --5-Oct, Its the second episode, but I can not find anywhere to say how many there are--

 

£200,000 (8 million Baht) everyday is the conservative estimate of how much London transport loses to unpaid -or fare dodgers. Cameras go with the teams of transport Police , stopping buses and checking the tubes (subways). As they still don't want to pay , you get the usual arguments/runaways/don't speak English etc. With the help of computers now tracking, some people owe up to £3,000 in unpaid fares. Surprisingly (or not) there is hardy an English accent from the majority stopped.  Eastern Europeans top the list.

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Japan’s Secret Shame...........BBC

The story of 29-year-old Japanese journalist Shiori Ito, who in May 2017 shocked Japan when she went public with allegations that she was raped by a well-known TV journalist. Through Shiori's testimony, the film outlines her allegations against Noriyuki Yamaguchi, on the night the two met for a business dinner in Tokyo. Mr Yamaguchi, the biographer of Japan's prime minister, strenuously denies her claims. It recounts what led Shiori to take the unprecedented decision to go public with her allegations in a country where speaking about sex crimes remains strictly taboo.

 

In The UK about 510 in every million people are accused of rape----in Japan with twice the population, 10 in every Million

The 1907 rape law, was not altered in any way until 2017. There was no mention of consent in the century old rape laws.

Following Shiori over the next year, the film tells the story of how criminal charges against Mr Yamaguchi were never brought, and her decision to pursue a civil case against him - a case which he is defending. It also portrays the consequences Shiori faced by speaking out in Japanese society. Shiori was met with hate mail and public humiliation.

 

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Although I posted this --have only just got round to watching it.... its great, V Good acting and plots are good---really well worth looking at.

 

 

[giddyup]

1 hour ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

 

Made it into the big time in “ Men behaving badly “, somewhat dated but still worth a watch for the uninitiated .

MBB is one of my favorite TV shows of all time.

[sanuk711]

The FBI Declassified ......Doco

Follow The FBI Declassified gives viewers unprecedented access to some of the biggest cases handled by real-life FBI agents and analysts.

 

This is down for release 13 Oct, so there is little about it anywhere. but I noticed that RARBG have just putout the first  episode today

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13081068/

Edited October 7, 2020 by sanuk711

[Andrew Dwyer]

While searching for “Des” i came across this:

“ The real Des : The Dennis Nilsen story “

As it’s only a 45 minute documentary I decided to watch in conjunction with Des.

Narrated by David Tennant with interviews of detectives and Nilsen himself. Also includes some creepy home movies of Des with his “ boyfriend “ victims, particularly ironic is a home video showing one of his victims digging in Des’s garden, his final resting place !!

 

Available on Magnetdl

[Daffy D]

New Season 9 of "Highway Thru Hell" :-

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2390276/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

 

See how a local heavy recovery firm works through the hard winters helping highway users that have fallen victim to the brutal road conditions. Their essential service keeps the traffic on the highways thru hell moving.

 

Available on EZTV

 

 

[BritManToo]

To The Lake aka Epidemiya

8 part Russian TV series about flu like disease killing everyone just dropped.

Subs need to be downloaded separately from Subscene.

 

Seems quite good, some nakedness in the first episode.

 

 

[Mutt Daeng]

Fargo season 4. Just about to watch episode 3.

[recom273]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

To The Lake aka Epidemiya

8 part Russian TV series about flu like disease killing everyone just dropped.

Subs need to be downloaded separately from Subscene.

 

Seems quite good, some nakedness in the first episode.

 

 

Cheers - will check it.

 

If anyone is interested there is a scene release with English subs.

 

Epidemiya.S01E01.Episode.1.1080p.NF.WEB DL.AAC2.0.x264 NTG.mkv

 

 

[Orton Rd]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

To The Lake aka Epidemiya

8 part Russian TV series about flu like disease killing everyone just dropped.

Subs need to be downloaded separately from Subscene.

 

Seems quite good, some nakedness in the first episode.

 

 

You have a way of sniffing out the one with the nudes in, i.e warrior ????

[BritManToo]

Just now, Orton Rd said:

You have a way of sniffing out the one with the nudes in, i.e warrior ????

Seized ....... the movies not too bad, but the topless scenes in the Mexican go-go are well worth watching it for.

[Orton Rd]

On 10/7/2020 at 11:45 AM, sanuk711 said:

Extreme Fare Dodgers  CH 5 --5-Oct, Its the second episode, but I can not find anywhere to say how many there are--

 

£200,000 (8 million Baht) everyday is the conservative estimate of how much London transport loses to unpaid -or fare dodgers. Cameras go with the teams of transport Police , stopping buses and checking the tubes (subways). As they still don't want to pay , you get the usual arguments/runaways/don't speak English etc. With the help of computers now tracking, some people owe up to £3,000 in unpaid fares. Surprisingly (or not) there is hardy an English accent from the majority stopped.  Eastern Europeans top the list.

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Just watched it, did not hear one English accent from those stopped, all of them were foreign, must have been the 'racist' film makers. Daft system that lets people on without tapping in the card ????