What are you watching at the moment

[azabob]

Re: What are you watching at the moment

Recently finished Season 2 of Killing Eve which was really enjoyable, season 4 of Peaky Blinders and season 2 of Barry, which is fantastic.
Very much looking forward to Handmaids which I haven't started yet

Killing Eve is brilliantly written.

Handmaids tale - I have no words to how utterly brilliant and utterly depressing it is...

[azabob]

Re: What are you watching at the moment

Not sure I can deal with S3 of Handsmaid Tale.

[Bornadog]

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Not sure I can deal with S3 of Handsmaid Tale.

Give it a go. Three episodes on SBS on demand

[Twodogs]

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Is it just me or is Killing Eve really badly acted? I agree the writing and the ideas are great but the acting is a little on the corny side for mine.

It's like the actors have read the scripts and thought "Yep, no way we can stuff this up'' and then just gone through the motions. Quite a few don't seem to understand the underlying motivations of their characters or the journey they go through

[Bornadog]

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Is it just me or is Killing Eve really badly acted? I agree the writing and the ideas are great but the acting is a little on the corny side for mine.

Yeah, we gave up watching.

[Twodogs]

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Yeah, we gave up watching.

Which is unusual for a British drama. Usually you can count on good actors who understand their craft and can breathe life into a crap script in a British production. Take Doctor Who for instance-most of the scripts made no sense at all but it was so well acted that you just didn't care.

[hujsh]

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Oh, and a shout for those who recommended the Americans. The first couple of seasons so far were well worth it.

I'm glad someone has picked it up! It only gets better.

[azabob]

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Is it just me or is Killing Eve really badly acted? I agree the writing and the ideas are great but the acting is a little on the corny side for mine.

It's like the actors have read the scripts and thought "Yep, no way we can stuff this up'' and then just gone through the motions. Quite a few don't seem to understand the underlying motivations of their characters or the journey they go through

I agree it’s almost corny, but the writing and story line is so good I overlook the acting in parts.

[Twodogs]

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I agree it’s almost corny, but the writing and story line is so good I overlook the acting in parts.

I've got a degree in drama. I can't ignore the bad acting no matter how hard I try.

[The Underdog]

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Killing Eve is brilliantly written.

Handmaids tale - I have no words to how utterly brilliant and utterly depressing it is...

Should have been more specific. Looking forward to S3. I’ve watched season 1 & 2 of Handmaids, so I’m both excited and terrified at the prospect of another season. It can be gruelling work. Might throw in some of Atlanta s2 again to break it up. Which is absolutely brilliant. Thinking of doing the Amazon Prime free trial for Fleabag s2 which is apparently fantastic and written by and stars Phoebe Waller Bridge who wrote Killing Eve.

[Dry Rot]

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Chernobyl is the best thing I’ve seen for a very, very long time. I copped Chernobyl fallout in my travels in 1986, hence my interest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9APLXM9Ei8&list=PLArCJ1EfP5DlrMOdkffaiP1SP9P0hOsRx

Some reviews

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/06/04/chernobyl-is-the-highest-rated-tv-series-ever

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/apocalyptic-mini-series-chernobyl-is-exploding-on-screens-20190610-p51w8v.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-05/chernobyl-tv-series-drives-tourism-boom/11180164

[Dry Rot]

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Killing Eve is brilliantly written.

Check out Fleabag on ABC iView.

Same writer wrote series one of Killing Eve.

[Dry Rot]

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Oh, and a shout for those who recommended the Americans. The first couple of seasons so far were well worth it.

The Americans just gets better and better, season by season.

Really finishes the story off really well by the end, if very sadly.

[bulldogtragic]

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The Man in the High Castle is even better

First season is good.

Second season really rips, in a world where the USA and England have lost the war to the Third Reich and the Japanese Empire, and the USA is split up like east and west Germany.

Just starting the second season now. So good in so many different ways. Hard to pick which murderous regime you'd rather live under if you were an American in the show.

(Re above post) The Americans finished in a strong way. So happy it wasn't a cliche end.

[jeemak]

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Just starting the second season now. So good in so many different ways. Hard to pick which murderous regime you'd rather live under if you were an American in the show.

(Re above post) The Americans finished in a strong way. So happy it wasn't a cliche end.

I'm a PKD fan, I've been meaning to get around to finding it.

Does anyone know how best to stream it outside of Amazon?