Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Gladiator for the 10 billionth time 
What TV are you watching?
- Thread starter AndyRM
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
Adam4868
Legendary Member
Loved it !
Nigeyy
Legendary Member
- Location
- Massachusetts, USA
Please help me. I'm finding myself watching TJ Hooker.
It's so bad, it's laughable (in a really bad way mind you). I vaguely recall seeing a fleeting couple of minutes in the early 1980s and didn't think it was good then. The dialog is so incredibly stilted and awkward, the hairstyles are simply overwhelming in size and coiffure, the soundtrack sounds like it's from another <cough> type of entertainment from the 1970s, and watching this you'd believe all cops were absolute angels. And over acting? Don't get me started!
It's so bad, it's laughable (in a really bad way mind you). I vaguely recall seeing a fleeting couple of minutes in the early 1980s and didn't think it was good then. The dialog is so incredibly stilted and awkward, the hairstyles are simply overwhelming in size and coiffure, the soundtrack sounds like it's from another <cough> type of entertainment from the 1970s, and watching this you'd believe all cops were absolute angels. And over acting? Don't get me started!
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
The first episode of the series about Yeadon Airport, last night
I got in from work, about 22:30, watched it whilst rehydrating....
Mainly watched to see the drone shots of the surrounding area
I got in from work, about 22:30, watched it whilst rehydrating....
Mainly watched to see the drone shots of the surrounding area
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
A few relics from the 1970s...
Accident (1978). An 8 part series that follows the lives of ten people before and after being involved in a four-car pile up. Average but nostalgic... and seeing a pre-Nescafe Tony Head was possibly the high point. 7/10
State of Emergency (1975). Three part Distopian thriller series set in a Britain run by a fascist dictatorship. Patrick Mower plays a government official whose own wife is on trial for terrorism. Could have been great if the narrative twisted in the direction I predicted. It didn't. It was average. 5.5/10
Malice Afterthought (1979). Only on the first of four of this roaring 20s drama. A henpecked husband plots the murder of his overbearing wife. The jury's still out on this one.
Accident (1978). An 8 part series that follows the lives of ten people before and after being involved in a four-car pile up. Average but nostalgic... and seeing a pre-Nescafe Tony Head was possibly the high point. 7/10
State of Emergency (1975). Three part Distopian thriller series set in a Britain run by a fascist dictatorship. Patrick Mower plays a government official whose own wife is on trial for terrorism. Could have been great if the narrative twisted in the direction I predicted. It didn't. It was average. 5.5/10
Malice Afterthought (1979). Only on the first of four of this roaring 20s drama. A henpecked husband plots the murder of his overbearing wife. The jury's still out on this one.
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
I'm surprised how dated it is compared to UK programs.
Richard Rawlings usually makes some sort of reference to Sue's East Asian origins and she replies by calling him an 'ass-monkey' (homosexual)
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Keeping Faith S2 - watched the first 2 episodes so far.
S1 was very good - not sure of this season as it has gone off at a bit of a tangent.
S1 was very good - not sure of this season as it has gone off at a bit of a tangent.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
True enough
Hence why I watch, when they're on; Sin City Motors (aka Welderup) & Diesel Brothers
There's generally far better/more interesting builds
NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
Red Rock - iPlayer.
The final run of the under rated Irish police procedural that's been shown BBC 1 during the day recently.
Not The Wire, but it's better than you might think. Shame it's over.
The final run of the under rated Irish police procedural that's been shown BBC 1 during the day recently.
Not The Wire, but it's better than you might think. Shame it's over.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Edit: update - settled down to watch S2 Ep3 last night and by christ it was awful.
There was an utterly pathetic cartoon scene where Faith, running late for a Court appearance, finally arrived and she struggled to get through the Court entrance doors when she became snagged in them. Utterly pathetic scene - like something out of comedy capers.
Shortly after Faith argues with her fellow lawyer Cerys and I swear she was trying out various facial expressions for an upcoming gurning contest. It was bizarre to watch a very talented actress hamming it up.
I think the series has completely lost its way. The binding plot of the first series was Evan's mysterious disappearance etc. Whilst some of the mystery has been resolved I would've thought that there was more mileage in exploring what had really happened in subsequent series.
What has happened imo is that the series two writer and director etc have focused on Faih's quirky girl personality and are trying to extract as much juice from this as is possible.
Telling inasmuch as I read an online article by the shows' producers saying that the character has much potential to develop further.
Anyway, to me it's now a bore-fest and I'll not be seeing it through to the end.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Last episode of Gotham
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
I didn't think much of Keeping Faith S2 but I think this song by Amy Wadge (again) from the series is outstanding:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gun6Jsmf7WQ
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gun6Jsmf7WQ
marshmella
Guru
- Location
- Telford, Shropshire
Mrs marshmella liked the first series of Keeping Faith but can't get into the new one and she struggles a bit with the Welsh accents
