Halfway through the Band of Brothers series - all I can say is wow! Really, really good so far.

Halfway through the Band of Brothers series - all I can say is wow! Really, really good so far.

 

I saw it when it first aired on BBC2, all those years ago. Got the boxset, I always give it a watch at least once every year, brilliant series, though hardly cult!

 

The follow-up, The Pacific, is nowhere near as good.

Edited January 7, 201511 yr by Blueblur

I saw it when it first aired on BBC2, all those years ago. Got the boxset, I always give it a watch at least once every year, brilliant series, though hardly cult!

 

The follow-up, The Pacific, is nowhere near as good.

 

Couldn't find anywhere else to post it! 

9.6 on IMDB is still excellent!

Just acquired the set of I, Claudius. I know some people who just couldn't get into it at all but I thought it was brilliant. Thoroughly absorbing, great acting, great cast, particularly John Hurt as the completely barmy Caligula, but also Brian Blessed, Sian Phillips, Derek Jacobi etc, plus Patrick Stewart when he still had hair!

Not sure if this is the right place but has anyone else seen Penny Dreadul?

Three episodes in and this sh*t is f**ked up!!! Enjoyable though!

Not sure if this is the right place but has anyone else seen Penny Dreadul?

Three episodes in and this sh*t is f**ked up!!! Enjoyable though!

I watched it last year and quite enjoyed it. I seem to remember it being surprisingly slow moving with a lot of character development, but that's not necessarily a criticism.

I saw it when it first aired on BBC2, all those years ago. Got the boxset, I always give it a watch at least once every year, brilliant series, though hardly cult!

 

The follow-up, The Pacific, is nowhere near as good.

I agree...which is a shame as i feel what happened in the pacific campaign was just as brutal or even worse. 

Two great comedies, Drop the Dead Donkey and The New Statesman are being repeated on TV. Written and performed in the late eighties an early nineties but the storylines and the politics then aren't that much different from now.

Two great comedies, Drop the Dead Donkey and The New Statesman are being repeated on TV. Written and performed in the late eighties an early nineties but the storylines and the politics then aren't that much different from now.

Drop The Dead Donkey was wonderful! So glad to hear it's being repeated.

Agreed. The Duchess goes a bit gaga over Neil Pearson.

You've been missed Moi, hope your time away was good for you.

Agreed. The Duchess goes a bit gaga over Neil Pearson.

You've been missed Moi, hope your time away was good for you.

I clearly have a lot in common with the Duchess!

I have had and am still having a great time! In Wales at the moment, and leaving for Totnes tomorrow, then on to Cornwall on Wednesday and back home to Brittany next Monday.

I'll be glad to get back to my computer. Kindle is OK, but not the same.

If anyone missed the pilot of "Fortitude" on Sky, they've put the 1st episode on Youtube. It's a bit of a slow start, but I really enjoyed it. 

 

http://youtu.be/hGN87e6fKUM

I had to take a week off of work last week and because I was in doors quite a bit I gave Sons of Anarchy a try on Netflix. 

 

The concept didn't really appeal to me but with little else to do I gave it a try, needless to say I'm already up to season 3 and I'm really enjoying it. 

If anyone missed the pilot of "Fortitude" on Sky, they've put the 1st episode on Youtube. It's a bit of a slow start, but I really enjoyed it. 

 

http://youtu.be/hGN87e6fKUM

Watched the first episode it's got a vibe similar to the film The Thing. Really on the fence on this one. The first episode was far to long with to many ooh what lovely scenery shots.

After the second episode it seems there's a tonne of subplots which worries me a bit, hopefully it will be good, definitely sticking with it for now.

Ladies and gentleman, meet Frank Underwolf:

I’m not sure that the kids understood half of it but I’m absolutely loving this :D

Edited February 23, 201511 yr by undertow

 

I was half way through critiquing The House Of Cards when i noticed the Sesame Street logo !.

Edited February 23, 201511 yr by bazzablue

Just started watching Twin Peaks... holy sh*t!

Just started watching Twin Peaks... holy sh*t!

 

 

Twin Peaks is the weirdest series I have ever watched!  Seriously sinister!

Twin Peaks is f**king amazing. There's a third season in the works at the moment with many of the original cast returning, unfortunately David Lynch has pulled out of directing for financial reasons.

Good news - David Lynch is back on board to direct the new series of Twin Peaks.

http://screenrant.com/twin-peaks-season-3-david-lynch-directing/

Robot Wars is coming back!!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/robot-wars-returns

Robot Wars is coming back!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/robot-wars-returns

That's great news. I used to love Robot Wars, it's like UFC for geeks.

I hope Robot Wars takes up so much of Jonathan Pearce's time that he can't commentate on any more Chelsea matches.

 

Glad it's back though. When it was on telly I went on a school trip where we met the blokes that made 'Razor' and then watched them make it destroy a load of car doors. Those guys were mega-nerds.

Happy Twin Peaks day!