We've been getting our annual fix of Digging for Britain. All available on the iPlayer, but we are doing it the old fashioned way and watching them on the night broadcast, or catching up later.
Good local stuff in the second one - the dinosaur foot prints are only about 10 miles from us.
I like Digging for Britain but I do get bored with seeing skeletons.
We've caught up on the new series of The Traitors now (first three episodes), plus the corresponding Traitors Uncloaked. In one sense I hate the whole premise of it, but it's one of the few things my husband and I both enjoy enough to want to watch together and our offspring and their partners watch it too, so we have family message exchanges about it.
Still keeping on top of The Traitors and the Uncloaked episodes, but busy evenings this week will mean we'll fall behind. How are you getting on with it @Spike ? And anyone else who's watching?
I find The Traitors fascinating. Working as a team to add to the money pot and yet, trying to work out who’s lying is gripping to watch. The current Traitors are playing a clever game and could win. Claudia is so good at upping the atmosphere, better than Alan Cumming in the US version who is too mannered.
I just discovered that the latest season (2) in the Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous series, Chaos Theory, came out and I didn't know, so I am eagerly devouring it! Season 3 comes out in a few months...
Don’t watch much TV where you need to be able to follow the words (so that’s comedy and drama out - either they’re too fast or everyone mumbles). Documentaries or sport or competitions in a particular skill - painting, sewing, cookery, pottery usually. And gardening.
So at the moment The Great Pottery Throwdown, Landscape Artist of the Year and Monty Don’s British Gardens are the weekly highlights. I may watch the next Masterchef now the awful Wallace is gone.
We've been watching the Irish language film Cra, very enjoyable, you could call it Irish noir. Some bits are a bit clichéd, e.g., car bombs. I wonder if a stream of Irish films will follow. Of course, subtitles are provided.
In the 4th or fifth episode of Traitors US. Simultaneously watching Traitors UK season 2 in prep for the most recent season just finalied across the pond.
I prefer the UK version sans reality TV stars. Not really caring about the current season of US version since Bob tdq got banished. And why do we get people like Bercow and Mountbatten? Why am I meant to care?
Don’t watch much TV where you need to be able to follow the words (so that’s comedy and drama out - either they’re too fast or everyone mumbles).
Not necessarily do these all have to be 'out'....welcome to the world of watching with subtitles! I rarely watch anything without these days ...except Strictly as they sometimes obscure the footwork!
That's interesting - I believe we can get The Traitors US over here but I haven't felt inspired to watch it... even less so now. I read something somewhere about a future Celebrity Traitors UK.
I find The Traitors fascinating. Working as a team to add to the money pot and yet, trying to work out who’s lying is gripping to watch. The current Traitors are playing a clever game and could win. Claudia is so good at upping the atmosphere, better than Alan Cumming in the US version who is too mannered.
I find it fascinating too, in a kind of "can't-take-my-eyes-off-the-train-wreck" way. I dislike games at the best of times and this one, which is predicated on knowing everyone you speak to could be lying, is in one way a really hard watch for me. But, as I said, the rest of the family loves it and we have some good conversations about it. Would I watch it if they didn't? No.
I was pretty satisfied with the final, although I thought it was a shame some worthy players fell along the wayside through bad luck.
Yesterday was apparently the anniversary of 2004's Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, which is now as distant from us as the 1980s era it was supposedly made in was from it.
Although we’re now well into Season 21, Mrs B and I are happily rewatching Greys Anatomy. Which Mrs B describes as an intriguing mixture of sex and surgery.
Sometimes it’s trivial, even silly, but at its best, it’s profound, particularly when exploring the effects of loss. I can see why it has survived for 21 seasons and 500 plus episodes. Ellen Pompeo and Chandra Wilson make the series for me.
I read through the entire thread searching for a like mind.
As one who is fascinated by the infinite divisibility of consciousness I'm three episodes into Season 2 of Severance which I have waited more than 2 years for and I am NOT disappointed.
Haven't been gripped this hard by a TV show since Better Call Saul.
I read through the entire thread searching for a like mind.
As one who is fascinated by the infinite divisibility of consciousness I'm three episodes into Season 2 of Severance which I have waited more than 2 years for and I am NOT disappointed.
Haven't been gripped this hard by a TV show since Better Call Saul.
AFF
I’m watching that too! Weird and wonderful.
Silo is pretty good. Fair bit of weird and wonderful in that too!
I will tell Cheery son about that one @ChastMastr as he is a fan of Spider-Man!
As for myself, watched the last season of Young Sheldon over a couple of days. Much of yesterday afternoon spent sniffling into tissues, so a heads-up for anyone else who might be beginning the final season.
I did enjoy the appearance of grown up Sheldon and Amy in the last couple of episodes, great seeing them as parents!
Dropping in quickly to say that Cheery son is enjoying @ChastMastr 's recommendation re Spiderman.
I am checking out the US version of Ghosts and like seeing how each is reflective of the British and American cultures and history. There is supposed to be an Australian version in the works too and I'll be interested to see how that might be reflective of life her and how the characters might represent us, hoping they won't be too stereotypical.
If you want some excellent British comedy, try 'Early Doors' There are only 2 series, with 6 episodes in each. It's about life in a northern public house
Well, @ChastMastr Cheery son has convinced me to join him in watching one episode per day and I'm enjoying Spidey so far. I like the "look" of the animation, very nicely done!
Finished Robert De Niro's Zero Day. A six episode dystopian story about a cyberattach that shuts down all electrical systems in America. De Niro is a retired President who is called in to investigate the cause. On Netflix.
Well, @ChastMastr Cheery son has convinced me to join him in watching one episode per day and I'm enjoying Spidey so far. I like the "look" of the animation, very nicely done!
Watching Star Trek Deep Space 9 with a friend, a couple of episodes a week. We're coming to the end of season one, and they certainly weren't pulling their punches with the scripts - a Cardassian war criminal (or was he?) and Bajoran religious fundamentalism. Lots of scope for discussion.
I'm of the contingent of Trek fans who believes DS9 is the best Trek, both because of the great characters and the depth of issues that the they explore.
Another fan of DS9 here; definitely the best Trek in my opinion. As @Trudy says, both in terms of the character arcs (everyone develops in some way) and the themes. My partner and I rewatched it all the way through last year and I felt a real sense of loss when we reached the end.
I've just finished watching Zero Day too. I thought De Niro was good, as were a lot of the cast, but the plot didn't really bear close inspection. However I could see where they got some of their inspiration from.
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventures", anime, which I was told I had to watch.
It's 3:05 now and I was awake so I gave part I a watch. Not usually my thing, though "Spirited Away" and one about a moving house I can't recall the name of, entertained me -- but this was entertaining. I can see why it appeals. I have 5:25 hours of train travel today so I may put in the headphones for part of the trip and watch some more. And I'll have something to talk about next Friday.
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In case you're interested how it was recommended:
I was sent off to metalwork class yesterday to supervise some kids (those who know me will find this infinitely hilarious given screwing in a lightbulb is the extent of my practical skills...); thankfully I could just hang around annoying the students. I got a very extended discussion from 2 on some vampire anime (part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventures) which I was told I had to watch. I was in the café elective afterwards (practical skills are prominent at this school; or maybe schools in general now -- it's 30 years since I was last in one!) and the discussion continued. Particularly on the costumes.
All the Ghibli films are enjoyed in our house, I can only think of one, I think it was called Up Poppy Hill, that my husband found really depressing. When our son was younger he loved Kiki's delivery service and The Cat Returns. Unfortunately I took Cheery daughter to see Spirited Away when she was far too young and she was aghast at the parents turning into pigs and husband had to take her out of the cinema. She remembers it still!
I loved Arietty, I saw it on the big screen and it was like a painting, so gorgeous!
A friend recommended that I should watch Pom Poko, which started off as a cute story about magical raccoons - but it was all about them trying to stop human development on their mountain, and was a lot sadder than I had anticipated!
We finished season one of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and are having a short break while Sisko shaves his head and grows a beard for season two. So this week we started the final season of Star Trek Discovery, which is turning out to be great fun!
In episode one, they visit a Star Wars planet. Episode two has them doing Indiana Jones, complete with alien temple and an inscription that the bad guys have only the first part of, and they find a Clue which leads them into a quest to find what is basically the Key to Time from Doctor Who, only for the origin of the Progenitors who seeded all humanoid life in the galaxy.
Meanwhile, the love affair between Saru and the Vulcan lady is adorably sweet, though she must get a crick in her neck every time she talks to him (maybe she should start standing on a box!). I rather like the rival captain that Michael chooses to be her new Number One, too - they're going to have some interesting arguments, I think.
And I was delighted to see the whole thing about Romulans being obsessed with secrecy, and having a false front door - which came from the novelisations of Diane Duane (she did a brilliant book series about the Romulans and their culture - she called them the Rihannsu, since Romulan was clearly a name outsiders had given them).
A friend recommended that I should watch Pom Poko, which started off as a cute story about magical raccoons - but it was all about them trying to stop human development on their mountain, and was a lot sadder than I had anticipated!
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I like Digging for Britain but I do get bored with seeing skeletons.
Yay!!
Then it redeemed itself.
Thanks for the prompt.
So at the moment The Great Pottery Throwdown, Landscape Artist of the Year and Monty Don’s British Gardens are the weekly highlights. I may watch the next Masterchef now the awful Wallace is gone.
I prefer the UK version sans reality TV stars. Not really caring about the current season of US version since Bob tdq got banished. And why do we get people like Bercow and Mountbatten? Why am I meant to care?
My mates love kneecap
I find it fascinating too, in a kind of "can't-take-my-eyes-off-the-train-wreck" way. I dislike games at the best of times and this one, which is predicated on knowing everyone you speak to could be lying, is in one way a really hard watch for me. But, as I said, the rest of the family loves it and we have some good conversations about it. Would I watch it if they didn't? No.
I was pretty satisfied with the final, although I thought it was a shame some worthy players fell along the wayside through bad luck.
Sometimes it’s trivial, even silly, but at its best, it’s profound, particularly when exploring the effects of loss. I can see why it has survived for 21 seasons and 500 plus episodes. Ellen Pompeo and Chandra Wilson make the series for me.
Oooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
As one who is fascinated by the infinite divisibility of consciousness I'm three episodes into Season 2 of Severance which I have waited more than 2 years for and I am NOT disappointed.
Haven't been gripped this hard by a TV show since Better Call Saul.
AFF
I’m watching that too! Weird and wonderful.
Silo is pretty good. Fair bit of weird and wonderful in that too!
As for myself, watched the last season of Young Sheldon over a couple of days. Much of yesterday afternoon spent sniffling into tissues, so a heads-up for anyone else who might be beginning the final season.
I did enjoy the appearance of grown up Sheldon and Amy in the last couple of episodes, great seeing them as parents!
I am checking out the US version of Ghosts and like seeing how each is reflective of the British and American cultures and history. There is supposed to be an Australian version in the works too and I'll be interested to see how that might be reflective of life her and how the characters might represent us, hoping they won't be too stereotypical.
I’m also working my way through Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. It’s got an all-star voice cast as well…
Harley Quinn is not for kids, but is very funny.
Yay!
It's 3:05 now and I was awake so I gave part I a watch. Not usually my thing, though "Spirited Away" and one about a moving house I can't recall the name of, entertained me -- but this was entertaining. I can see why it appeals. I have 5:25 hours of train travel today so I may put in the headphones for part of the trip and watch some more. And I'll have something to talk about next Friday.
---
In case you're interested how it was recommended:
I was sent off to metalwork class yesterday to supervise some kids (those who know me will find this infinitely hilarious given screwing in a lightbulb is the extent of my practical skills...); thankfully I could just hang around annoying the students. I got a very extended discussion from 2 on some vampire anime (part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventures) which I was told I had to watch. I was in the café elective afterwards (practical skills are prominent at this school; or maybe schools in general now -- it's 30 years since I was last in one!) and the discussion continued. Particularly on the costumes.
I loved Arietty, I saw it on the big screen and it was like a painting, so gorgeous!
In episode one, they visit a Star Wars planet. Episode two has them doing Indiana Jones, complete with alien temple and an inscription that the bad guys have only the first part of, and they find a Clue which leads them into a quest to find what is basically the Key to Time from Doctor Who, only for the origin of the Progenitors who seeded all humanoid life in the galaxy.
Meanwhile, the love affair between Saru and the Vulcan lady is adorably sweet, though she must get a crick in her neck every time she talks to him (maybe she should start standing on a box!). I rather like the rival captain that Michael chooses to be her new Number One, too - they're going to have some interesting arguments, I think.
And I was delighted to see the whole thing about Romulans being obsessed with secrecy, and having a false front door - which came from the novelisations of Diane Duane (she did a brilliant book series about the Romulans and their culture - she called them the Rihannsu, since Romulan was clearly a name outsiders had given them).
And indeed it is.
Plus magical testicles!