Apple TV+ is free this weekend.
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Television Anyone recommend me any TV Shows?
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Where my Slow Horses boyz at?
Just about done with Season 1. For me this whole show is a testament to what an incredible actor Gary Oldman is. He's been my favorite actor going back to Romeo Is Bleeding. In Slow Horses, he's created such a great character as Lamb: slovenly, vulgar, condescending - and delightful.
As for the "story" of the show or plot, whatever, it's not something I'd call unique. I admit I was a little disappointed when the storyline shifted
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So far in season 1 the only real negative I can think of is how Kristin Scott Thomas is playing her Second Desk role. It feels like a performance that would have been in something in the 90s, where the female boss has to act like a dickhead male to be taken seriously. So that would be a problem with how her part is written, not necessarily what she's bringing to it.
I wonder if people watching the MI5 scenes are getting the same vibes as I am. My view is that the way everyone is punching down, subordinates routinely humiliated, is a continuation of the class system. And it's not meant to show how horrible this practice is, but that this is an admirable and even desirable state of affairs. Would anyone care to say how they view it? I worked with some BBC people for several months, and this chauvinism was rampant. The business world has changed massively here and you can't just belittle and humiliate your subordinates anymore, and it made me question whether those MI5 scenes felt so dissonant to native UK people as it does to me. It's a side rant.
Anyway, Gary Oldman is a fecking boss. Love him.
Just about done with Season 1. For me this whole show is a testament to what an incredible actor Gary Oldman is. He's been my favorite actor going back to Romeo Is Bleeding. In Slow Horses, he's created such a great character as Lamb: slovenly, vulgar, condescending - and delightful.
As for the "story" of the show or plot, whatever, it's not something I'd call unique. I admit I was a little disappointed when the storyline shifted
from a bunch of losers at Slough House, to a bunch of misfit MI5 agents who are now going to redeem themselves under the spy master / Jedi Master Lamb
So far in season 1 the only real negative I can think of is how Kristin Scott Thomas is playing her Second Desk role. It feels like a performance that would have been in something in the 90s, where the female boss has to act like a dickhead male to be taken seriously. So that would be a problem with how her part is written, not necessarily what she's bringing to it.
I wonder if people watching the MI5 scenes are getting the same vibes as I am. My view is that the way everyone is punching down, subordinates routinely humiliated, is a continuation of the class system. And it's not meant to show how horrible this practice is, but that this is an admirable and even desirable state of affairs. Would anyone care to say how they view it? I worked with some BBC people for several months, and this chauvinism was rampant. The business world has changed massively here and you can't just belittle and humiliate your subordinates anymore, and it made me question whether those MI5 scenes felt so dissonant to native UK people as it does to me. It's a side rant.
Anyway, Gary Oldman is a fecking boss. Love him.
We are waiting on Season 5 and for your slow horse ass to catch up with the times.
I'm imaging this in Lamb's voice.
Just watched Missing You. Decent cast but all very silly and far fetched. Don't bother imo.
Just finished The Sympathiser, a fun, black comedy which stars Robert Downey Jr playing 5 different characters. Google sums it up well:
"Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community, where he continues to gather intelligence and report back to the Viet Cong."
Worth a watch. 8/10
"Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community, where he continues to gather intelligence and report back to the Viet Cong."
Worth a watch. 8/10
Lockerbie on Peacock is off to a solid start.
Just completed Slow Horses season 3; debating whether to try to tackle season 4 before the free weekend expires - I´m guessing it's timed based on one of the US time-zone so I might have time this evening after the massacre this afternoon (ideally I'd just watch Slow Horses all day and forgot anything else is going on 
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).Has "We might regret this" been discussed here? Just finished and loved it.
No, it most certainly is not!
I'm not enjoying season 2 of Silo anywhere near as much as season 1 so far.
I started watching it without knowing it was based on a Harlan Coben book.
The first chapter was ok but had an all-too-familiar vibe.
Then I realized it was another Coben piece and figured there's no point watching it further.
I completely gave up. Season one had its dull patches but this is a whole other level.