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How soon does the Killing (US) go bad cos I've really liked the episodes on Channel 4 so far?
I'm enjoying it too, and we're watching as per the TV. However, I was bit shocked when I aquired the series (for catch up purposes) and saw there were 13 episodes. It's gonna have to twist itself in knots to stretch it to that, but I'm trying to keep an open mind.
shakermaker1982
25/07/2011, 6:58 PM
The Danish version of the killing is brilliant. The acting from the girl's parents is first class. If you can get hold of a copy I'd drop the US version until you finish the original!
nigel-harps1954
25/07/2011, 8:13 PM
Don't know if it was mentioned before and I couldn't be arsed checking, but I'd highly recommend Californication to anyone who hasn't seen it. Without a shadow of a doubt David Duchovnys best work. Seriously funny show about a writer struggling with adjusting to life in LA.
Don't know if it was mentioned before and I couldn't be arsed checking, but I'd highly recommend Californication to anyone who hasn't seen it. Without a shadow of a doubt David Duchovnys best work. Seriously funny show about a writer struggling with adjusting to life in LA.
Yep excellent show its been mentioned a few times here already. I've watched season 1 a few months back but havn't got round to watching anymore yet but defo plan to
I'm enjoying it too, and we're watching as per the TV. However, I was bit shocked when I aquired the series (for catch up purposes) and saw there were 13 episodes. It's gonna have to twist itself in knots to stretch it to that, but I'm trying to keep an open mind.
Well the original Danish version had 20 episodes in season 1, so i fart in the general direction of your a 13 episodes I guess 20 episodes is a bit too much for the average yank to remember
A couple of decent comedies I've stumbled across recently - Twenty Twelve about the build-up to the Olympics (think it was on BBC3 before and is now being repeated on proper BBC) and Him & Her (which probably made the same move) - very low key, but funny.
Still unsure what to make of Him & Her, quite low fi alright, which is normally good, need to watch a bit more though.
Only stumbled across Twenty Twelve the other night, 2nd or 3rd episode (the Brazilian delegation on the bus :laugh:), hadn't heard a thing about it before but thought it was brilliant. How could it not be, Jessica Hynes from Spaced, Olivia Coleman from Peep Show, Amelia Bulimore from Big Train, and that's just the women. Who aren't even funny! :wink:
At the other extreme, saw my first, and last, episode of Bob's Burger's the other night too. Really poor fare. "I think I'm getting loot glutes." F*** me, is this the mark now??! Recognised the main character as Ben from Dr Katz all those years ago, and that just made it even more depressing, like finding out John Cleese is now doing Last of the Summer Wine.
Just finished Dexter season 4 at the weekend excellent as always prob my fav season since season 1. Just got Justified season 1 in todays post so looking forward to getting into it
Just started watching Boardwalk Empire. Top show.
A N Mouse
29/08/2011, 2:35 PM
The original, danish, version of the killing is being shown on bbc4, again. Hopefully to be followed at some stage by the second one.
Seems to be weeknights at 10. They're at episode 7, but as of yesterday the first five were available on iplayer, if that's any use to anyone. Think the first one drops off today.
Also american but alphas is looking pretty good. Someone described it as 'heroes, only good'.
And the new thundercats is quite enjoyable.
BonnieShels
08/09/2011, 2:56 AM
Seriously who watches How I Met Your Mother? It's rotten.
SaucyJack
08/09/2011, 1:14 PM
Seriously who watches How I Met Your Mother? It's rotten.
I watched 6 or 7 episodes several years ago before realizing I hated all the characters, especially the Ted character and the Barney character.
BonnieShels
08/09/2011, 1:52 PM
I watched 6 or 7 episodes several years ago before realizing I hated all the characters, especially the Ted character and the Barney character.
I couldn't sleep and there were several episodes on in a row so had little choice... it was that or something about 9/11 on Discovery/History etc.
My ex loved it and force fed me it at one stage to the point that I could stomach it; however a 2 year gap later and it really is like watching paint dry and having nails piercing your skull at the same time.
It's worse than Everybody...Raymond and Queen of Kings (ho, see what I did there). and that's saying something.
GASH!
Finished justified season 1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489428/ at the weekend, Quality show Walton Goggins & Timothy Olyphant are great in it. Got Game of Thrones to watch next
passinginterest
12/09/2011, 1:19 PM
Watched the first episode of "Wilfred" the other night, haven't seen it mentioned here before. Elijah Wood plays a suicidal ex-lawyer. The rest is hard to explain. Very surreal. I'll have to look into it more and see if it was just a pilot or if there's a series or what. Worth having a look at.
*Seems to be a remake of an Aussie series, with the same actor playing "Wilfred". He's a talking dog by the way.
Hitman
13/09/2011, 9:31 AM
Watched the first episode of "Wilfred" the other night, haven't seen it mentioned here before. Elijah Wood plays a suicidal ex-lawyer. The rest is hard to explain. Very surreal. I'll have to look into it more and see if it was just a pilot or if there's a series or what. Worth having a look at.
*Seems to be a remake of an Aussie series, with the same actor playing "Wilfred". He's a talking dog by the way.
It's on BBC3 on Tuesday nights, there are a fair few repeats during the week. I think it's about four episodes into the series by now.
stann
13/09/2011, 11:00 AM
Back From The Dead on Channel 4, Sunday evenings.
Brilliant series so far, where they apply the magic of forensic archaeology to recently discovered remains from various historical conflict periods, picking six individuals out to reconstruct how they lived and died. Very interesting show indeed.
Two episodes in already, Nelson's Navy last week, and the Crusader defeat at the siege of Jacob's Ford this past Sunday, must admit a battle I knew little about despite a bit of an interest in the conflict.
One on Samurai warriors is up next, and there's one on gladiators in Roman Britain also in the series I think.
Sullivinho
23/09/2011, 2:12 PM
I tend to consider sitcoms one of the TV equivalents of junk food but I've been tucking into DVDs of 'The Big Bang Theory' lately (or 'That 00's Show' as I feel compelled to call it) and laughs have been had. The Sheldon character makes for especially compulsive viewing.
Of interest to Irish football fans will be the regular appearance of a young John Delaney, in the guise of 'Wolowitz':
http://image.com.com/tv/images/genie_images/story/2008/b/bigbang_simon.jpg
BonnieShels
24/09/2011, 1:00 AM
Started to watch Reaper again and its still enjoyable. All of them dvr'd so will get to see it unfold properly.
Watched 3 episodes of Inside Natures Giants in a tow tonight. Still a remarkable show and the one about the Turtle was incredible. Evolution rocks.
Just finished Season 1 of "Game of Thrones" Excellent stuff, Currently reading part 2 of "A storm of Swords" so if the rest of the TV series is half is good as the books it will be a quality show
"Top Boy" starts on Channel 4 at 10pm tonight, 4 Part crime drama running over the next 4 nights. Looks good http://www.channel4.com/programmes/top-boy
Finished The Killing last night. It was alright, rather than brilliant. Contrary to what I'd said earlier, it seemed to wrap up very quickly, like they ran out of story.
Is it still worth getting hold of the Danish original, or will it be ruined by watching the US one?
Finished The Killing last night. It was alright, rather than brilliant. Contrary to what I'd said earlier, it seemed to wrap up very quickly, like they ran out of story.
Is it still worth getting hold of the Danish original, or will it be ruined by watching the US one?
Yeah its worth getting the Danish version a lot of it is the same but there is also a lot more (not surprising when the danish season 1 had 20 episodes and the us only 13) you also get to see who done it. Season 2 of the Danish version starts on Nov 19 on BBC4, a complete new case so should be ok to watch without having watched season 1
Whilst I'm acquiring Forbrydelsen, I've started The Walking Dead. Had my reservations, but it has surpassed my expectations.
shakermaker1982
08/11/2011, 11:41 AM
Romanzo Criminale - the tv series. Really enjoying it (on sky at the moment). If you like your crime shows set in the 70s, a bit of violence and babes then watch it!
shakermaker1982
08/11/2011, 11:42 AM
Walking dead series 2 is a bit of a disappointment so far. I really enjoyed the first one.
SaucyJack
08/11/2011, 12:59 PM
Walking dead series 2 is a bit of a disappointment so far. I really enjoyed the first one.
Agreed, the last 2 episodes especially.
Lev Yashin
08/11/2011, 4:16 PM
Walking dead series 2 is a bit of a disappointment so far. I really enjoyed the first one.
Really?
I thought the tension in the first episode when they are hiding under the cars as the walkers go by was brilliant...
Also i thought the first series faded away dramatically in quality as the episodes went on...But I'm really enjoying the new series.
FAO any Shane Meadows fans. "This is England 88" starts on C4 On Dec 13th. A 3 part series which pick up the story 18 months after the last installment "This is England 86".
More info
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entert...68360.html
shantykelly
10/12/2011, 6:14 PM
dunno if it's made it to ireland yet, saw the first episode of hell on wheels in my cousins house last night, its about the union pacific railway construction in the us, has colm meaney in it. seems pretty good.
A N Mouse
12/12/2011, 5:55 PM
dunno if it's made it to ireland yet, saw the first episode of hell on wheels in my cousins house last night, its about the union pacific railway construction in the us, has colm meaney in it. seems pretty good.
The scene with 'The Swede' in episode 2 has inspired me to start a list of favourite exposition scenes.
Would it be worth a thread for everyone's favourites?
FAO any Shane Meadows fans. "This is England 88" starts on C4 On Dec 13th. A 3 part series which pick up the story 18 months after the last installment "This is England 86".
More info
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entert...68360.html
Don't forget this starts tonight 10pm on Channel 4 & continues at same time on wednesday and thursday night
Sullivinho
13/12/2011, 11:47 AM
dunno if it's made it to ireland yet, saw the first episode of hell on wheels in my cousins house last night, its about the union pacific railway construction in the us, has colm meaney in it. seems pretty good.
Well it's made it's way to my gaff via the magic of uTorrent and I'm liking it so far, certainly more than my previous impulse dl 'Terra Nova'. Always good to see Chief O'Brien make an appearance too.
bennocelt
13/12/2011, 8:16 PM
FAO any Shane Meadows fans. "This is England 88" starts on C4 On Dec 13th. A 3 part series which pick up the story 18 months after the last installment "This is England 86".
More info
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entert...68360.html
On tonight, cant wait
Looking at Walking Dead at the moment on the net, enjoying it a lot, cant wait for season 3. Season 2 was a bit slow but all came together in the end
Also looking at Gold Rush Alaska - jeez will they ever find any gold
tetsujin1979
13/12/2011, 10:53 PM
the next entry in the Spartacus series is called Spartacus: Vengeance and will start in the new year.
Here's a trailer
(warning: NSFW)
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Looks to continue the tradition of blood, nudity, Shakespearean dialogue, blood, cockney rhyming slang, sex, blood and blood.
season 2 of Shameless (US) started last Monday. Love it. Great adaptation of the original.
The things i would do to Emmy Rossum by the way, christ.
nigel-harps1954
17/01/2012, 2:04 PM
Anyone watching Raw on RTÉ? Never been a fan of Irish shows as such, but this is pretty damn good I must admit.
sligoman
17/01/2012, 10:02 PM
Anyone watching Raw on RTÉ? Never been a fan of Irish shows as such, but this is pretty damn good I must admit.Yeah I've watched it from the start. That and Love/Hate are RTE's best ever shows imo.
BonnieShels
17/01/2012, 10:10 PM
Yeah I've watched it from the start. That and Love/Hate are RTE's best ever shows imo.
I think Legend from ca. 2005/2006 is RTÉ's finest moment.
Watched both Raw and LH series 1's but failed to watch anything after. Enjoyed both thoroughly though.
Watched both Raw and LH series 1's but failed to watch anything after. Enjoyed both thoroughly though.
Love/ Hate series 2 is well worth watching. It'd be my personal pick for the best RTE Drama so far (just confirmed for a 3rd series actually). Apparently, they're marketing series 1 & 2 together as season 1 for foreign TV channels. Raw started ok, got boring and too soap opera, but it seems a back on form this series actually. Not that I really have a choice whether to watch it or not.
Finished season 2 of Boardwalk Empire - really good. Looking forward to season 3 now. I can see the advantages of just waiting until the end of a show and watching them all in a run! Just coming up to the end of season 1 of Deadwood too. Really enjoying that.
Sullivinho
18/01/2012, 9:24 PM
I can see the advantages of just waiting until the end of a show and watching them all in a run!
I've done that quite a bit. Hate waiting for new episodes when I really get into something!
Having said that, watched the latest (season 3 opener) episode of 'Justified' earlier. Good stuff.
Been enjoying Homeland over the past few week on RTE. American soldier( Damian Lewis) is captured in Iraq and presumed dead but is rescued in a raid having been held in captivity for almost 8 years - but CIA a agent(Claire Danes) believes not is as it seems. For those who missed it on RTE it starts on C4 this Sunday(19th Feb) at 9:30pm
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/homeland
We're half way through Homeland. Enjoying it so far, except Carrie (Claire Danes) is beginning to irritate me - I'm not sure whether it's the character or rubbish acting, or a combination of the both.
bennocelt
21/02/2012, 5:28 PM
Watched the first episode on C4, some very sillly bits - Damascaus, eh, how?. Young blonde and pretty driving along the mean streets of Baghdad? And the phonecall during the sex session, yeah right,lol. But it has potential and hopefully will get really going next week.
Tallafornia.
It's so bad it's good.
TV Programmes You'd NOT Recommend To A Friend
Leguizamo to play Del Boy in US version of show
Actor John Leguizamo, known for films such as Moulin Rouge and Carlito's Way, has been lined up to play Del Boy in the US remake of Only Fools And Horses.
The actors who will play Del Boy's brother Rodney and their grandfather are yet to be announced.
Scrubs writers Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley will be the writers for the ABC TV comedy series.
The character of Del Boy was famously played by David Jason in the popular British version of the show.
Earlier this month Jason told the BBC, that he doubted a US version of the show would be as successful as the original.
"They can do brilliant comedy [in America] but I don't see that they can bring off Fools and Horses," he said.
"I don't see that it will travel across the pond."
The actor played London wheeler-dealer Del Boy, known for his dubious attempts to make money that always went wrong, in Only Fools and Horses from 1981 to 2003.
'Morally questionable'
Leguizamo's other film credits include Romeo and Juliet, Collateral Damage and playing the voice of Sid in the Ice Age films.
In January ABC announced the network's plans to make a pilot saying it would follow the same formula as the British original in which two brothers "concoct outrageous, morally questionable get-rich-quick schemes in their quest to become millionaires".
If the pilot is picked up for a full series, it will be broadcast in the US later this year.
Only Fools And Horses is not the first UK show to be remade for the American audience.
The US version of Ricky Gervais' The Office has been a big success.
But others, including American versions of Absolutely Fabulous, Fawlty Towers, Men Behaving Badly and Coupling have failed to take off.
A N Mouse
24/02/2012, 2:04 PM
TV Programmes You'd NOT Recommend To A Friend
Agreed. Can't possibly translate well - at least not directly, but then it's not Fools and Horses.
I knew the name, but just can't picture him as a del boy. Now Bryan Cranston, William Macy or even Jason Bateman would be a different story.
Also two chancers trying to trying to get by isn't exactly new ground for american tv. In the last few years there's How to Make it in America, Breaking Bad or, the sadly missed, Terriers.
Watched "Those who Kill" on ITV3 on Thursday night. About a Danish police unit who track down serial killers. The 1st episode was pretty decent in the mould of "The Killing" was also 2 hours long more like a movie. If you missed it no big deal it seem to be a new story every week. Next episode is on ITV4 Thursday night at 10pm
http://www.itv.com/presscentre/thosewhokill/ep01week08/default.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1565810/
nigel-harps1954
25/02/2012, 11:39 PM
Anyone been watching the show New Girl with Zooey Deschanel? It's getting mixed reviews but I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
bennocelt
28/02/2012, 11:13 AM
Tallafornia.
It's so bad it's good.
Dont know about it - but have watched this the last few weeks:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdkpupWefGQ&feature=uploademail
Finished Homelands. Was a good finale in the end after a few dodgy episodes from half way on. Can't remember how to do spoilers, so I won't comment more!
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