I loved Oz. I remember staying up til 2am watching it on TG4 when I was in 6th year and going into school like a zombie the next day. I blame it for my mediocre resultsQuote:
Originally Posted by cfdh_edmundo
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I loved Oz. I remember staying up til 2am watching it on TG4 when I was in 6th year and going into school like a zombie the next day. I blame it for my mediocre resultsQuote:
Originally Posted by cfdh_edmundo
I tried to start it again, but just wasn't happening - might've been one that was best left to memory (although I won't be deleting it and will be trying it again). The Wire way ahead of it, imho.Quote:
Originally Posted by cornflakes
It can be very brutal and overly graphic at times, but it's a great series and I'd have no hesitation recommending Oz to anyone who likes the Wire and the Sopranos.
I saw a Louis Theroux documentary about a Miami-Dade jail and it looked just as grim in real life as it did in Oz.
I watched, and thought it was brilliant, when it was on TV. But I tried to start it again and only got about half way through season 1. Not that it was bad, just couldn't get committed to it. It shouldn't be taken as a diss of the programme - it's still up there, but The Wire, Sopranos, West Wing at a different level.
The Walking Dead and Blue Bloods both starting on RTE next week. Would recommend both.
I thought Blue Bloods was woeful. I enjoyed the walking dead though sligoman.
Did anyone tune into Geordie Shore? Some of the most irritating people you're ever likely to see anywhere. Makes for oddly addictive trash TV though.
Finished "Generation Kill" - 100% recommendation from me.
Anyone be watching Camelot on RTE over the past few weeks with Joseph Fiennes as Merlin and Eva Green as morgana , good show but nothing special it starts on C4 next saturday for anyone who has missed it
Cracking show. Really looking forward to season 2 later in the year.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
Irritating? The incessant ads were enough. It's completely out of character for me to wish collective harm upon a group of people based on a 20 second promo but that's what happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
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A choice scene there from the original. Shocking behavior.
Clipping innocent bystanders mid-swing is simply inexcusable.
We have it ready to go, as it was filmed locally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neish
Blue Bloods has the double bill this evening to prove whether it's worth persisting with, after the extremely cliched opening. Finished CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 11 last night - pretty good ending and not a bad season. It is one we tend to watch on TV rather in blocks though.
Chigao code is brilliant and yes I'm currently watching Geordie shore it's very entertaining. 1st ep. Was much better than 2nd however so I hope it's not going on a down hill from here on it, advert for ep. 3 looks good
Half way through the second episode.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
It's terrible. Absolutely terrible.
Eastbound and Down. Season 1 is very funny.
It surely is. Can't get the missus to watch it.Quote:
Originally Posted by born2bwild
Anyone know where else I can catch the Chicago code other than sky one and Atlantic.
What's not to like? Topless crack ho with amazing funbags riding a jet ski to the tune 'Black Betty'...Kenny's coke induced 'dance' incorporating slick 'come throwing' gesture ending in puke...Stevie's promotional video for Kenny's comeback...Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Season 2 is not as good.
For Chicago Code www.veehd.com
Blue Bloods is alright. Standard enough US cop fare. Cliched yes, but the main actors are all above standard. Only seen a couple of episodes, and wouldn't make an effort to see it but there you go.
Chicago Code has been cancelled, so no real point in hunting it down.
I told her that b2b.
Dodge, despite its cancellation I've heard good things though I'll only have it from episode four hence my request. Blue Bloods is mind boggling. Was episode 3 any better?
Dunno. Only watched the 3.
Chicago Code is the same level IMO
Thought Blue Bloods was ok - won't be going out of my way to get it, but I'll probably watch on TV (afaik I'm still allowed to watch that way! :) ). It has some potential at least, with the secret society angle, even if I can probably guess the way that'll go in the longer term.
Will check out The Chicago Code. Caught bits and pieces of Detroit 187 - anyone seen enough to make a call on it?
btw How did RTE end up so far behind with CSI - they were plugging the start of CSI Season 11 starting soon, when it finished last night on five!
Well then it shouldn't take that long to.get into from episode 4.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Macy, never heard of Detroit 187. Cád é sin?
Another cop drama - RTE 2 have it on late on Thursday night iirc. Michael Imperi is one of the main characters (Christopher from the Soprano's). Wiki is telling me it wasn't renewed by ABC.
Well then it must be great. Will check it out later. And then episode 3 of blue Bloods...Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
I think you lads would all like Celebrity Salon.....tonight Georgia Salpa and Rosanna Davidson were giving breast massages........
Was looking forward to Detroit 187 but another standard cop show. Stopped watching once it became clear it was going to be cancelled
So now all my hopes for a GREAT tv show rest with the upcoming HBO show Luck. Everything about it speaks to
Me
The breasts they were massaging weren't exactly the stuff of fantasy. It's decent trash tv though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
Still waiting to start Season 2 myself, but did Treme not do it for you? "Luck" looks interesting, and I guess that explains Hoffman doing the ads for Sky Atlantic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
btw If I caught the ad right, RTE2 doing another double bill of Blue Bloods next week. Not sure that shows great confidence in it, trying to rattle them off quickly!
Recently finished the 1st season of V (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307824/), good sci-fi show but its a bit like a poor man's Battlestar Galactica(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407362/)
Deadwood is excellent. HBO series; don't know if it's been mentioned before in this thread. Really authentic (I'm guessing) in realistic details and language.
Anyone watch the scheme on bbc the other night ?
It was a fly-on-the-wall about life in a Killie Housing Estate.
Probably a bit harsh on it as it wasn't The Wire. Just found it lacking a bit of pace. Seems like forever between seasons too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
Maybe, but they know they're playing catch up with Sky too.Quote:
btw If I caught the ad right, RTE2 doing another double bill of Blue Bloods next week. Not sure that shows great confidence in it, trying to rattle them off quickly!
Its been renewed in the US...
This was on bbc scotland ages ago and on the net - it ran to about episode 3 and then things got a bit hairy after that, I think one of the people on the show was involved in murder/drugs or something that involved breaking the law so the last two episodes werent aired??? So I wonder what new cleaned up version the bbc are showing now?Quote:
Originally Posted by cfdh_edmundo
But its certainly bleak!
Anyone watching Community?
Great Sitcom from the states about a community college.
Dont think anyone over here is showing it but well worth finding online.
Yeah, I watch it, think I know about two other people who have heard of itQuote:
Originally Posted by shannonman
the two paintball episodes (well, one stand alone, one two-part episode) are some of the funniest TV I've seen in years
TV3 definitely showed it for a bit. Dunno if they still are.
Terrific show, and agree on the paintball epsiodes
Is that the show with Chevy Chase?
I've started season 2, and admit it's been slow so far. But The Wire could actually be like that. And I'm a bit disappointed it's only 11 episodes - thought they'd go for a few more at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
that's the one, helped reignite his careerQuote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
he turns a bit nasty as the second season progresses
yeah but you got the sense with The Wire that even in the slower bits, literally canything could happen at aany moment to take you in a new directionQuote:
Originally Posted by Macy
Treme doesn't really have the same effect.
Like I said, its harsh to compare the two
Anyone seen Justified http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489428/
It popped up in my recommendations in Amazon looks decent, just wondering if anyone has seen it and whats the verdict?