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It must just be me, I thought Black Mirror was absolute gash, 1st episode aside. Had such high hopes after that 1st one....
Utter, utter tv toss..
no each to their own. I liked the OA while a lot of people thought it was absolute muck. The radio recommended watching a sitcom on Netflix called "community" which they reliably informed me would have me doubled over. Chevy Chase is in it. Watched around half an episode and switched off. Granted I was tired but it didn't grab me.
But the radio were saying make sure to watch it fast because Netflix are removing it by March 1st.
Loads of great documentaries on Netflix. Here's some I have particularly enjoyed, a few political ones, various music ones, a few sport ones, a mixed bag really.
Winter on Fire Call Me Lucky Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me Bobby Fischer Against the World Supermensch Virunga Valley Uprising The Wrecking Crew The Central Park Five Beyond the Edge Sample This The Barkley Marathons Amanda Knox
Loads of great documentaries on Netflix. Here's some I have particularly enjoyed, a few political ones, various music ones, a few sport ones, a mixed bag really.
Winter on Fire Call Me Lucky Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me Bobby Fischer Against the World Supermensch Virunga Valley Uprising The Wrecking Crew The Central Park Five Beyond the Edge Sample This The Barkley Marathons Amanda Knox
Talking of documentaries. Not sure if these are on Netflix or not but worth checking out if that's your thing.
Dirk Gently. Loved Douglas Adams book, so I thought I'd give it a go whilst I recover from surgery.
Weird, Americanised, no link to the book apart from the character's name, but strangely compelling. Dark, dark comedy, but pretty good; surprised I like it.
Dirk Gently. Loved Douglas Adams book, so I thought I'd give it a go whilst I recover from surgery.
Weird, Americanised, no link to the book apart from the character's name, but strangely compelling. Dark, dark comedy, but pretty good; surprised I like it.
Yeah I watched that... quite amusing when I've had a few. Loved HHGTTG, but I've never read the Dirk Gently book.
Shameless US is on there now. I absolutely hated the UK version, could barely sit through 10 mins of all that "us Mancs are so cool an 'aard, like" sh1t, but the US one is wonderful stuff. It has the guaranteed seal of quality that is Willliam H Macy in it, plus, oh man, Emmy Rosum and Shanola Hampton. Great theme tune, too!
Luke Cage was a good viewing, good sound track and not at all what I expected from a 'comic book adaptation'...those aren't really my thing but this series was great!
Luke Cage was a good viewing, good sound track and not at all what I expected from a 'comic book adaptation'...those aren't really my thing but this series was great!
...and it had the lovely Rosario (that scene from "Trance") Dawson in it.
The "Goal" triology. The 3rd one is probably the best sports film ever made. Nah I can't do it to you. It's terrible . So bad it's nearly good . The England bench scenes are kids school play quality . Funny
Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. He runs like a cheetah, his crosses couldn't be sweeter. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore.
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There's some interesting and unusual stuff on Netflix.
This on there (I'm a Chomskyite admittedly).
Shhh! Just to mark your card,AgedR >>> Don't let LFW Know-It-All Hero of the New Right Free Market Lovin Libertarian Mr Sheen see this,FFS! (His avatar is of a white haired suit-and-tied circa 1900 obscure intellectual whose name escapes me.) The likes of Chomsky and Stuart Lee and John Pilger and Adam Curtis are his natural enemies. Although egregiously mistaken and on the wrong side of history,of course,he is a highly intelligent effective argumentalist who has put me in my place,left me flailing many a time on here - de do do do de dah dah dah is all I gotta to say to him
Come on you Lefties! Lee Cook what a Ranger through-and-through left-winger!
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'I'm 18 with a bullet.Got my finger on the trigger,I'm gonna pull it.."
Love,Peace and Fook Chelski!
More like 20StoneOfHoop now.
Let's face it I'm not getting any thinner.
Pass the cake and pies please.
Shhh! Just to mark your card,AgedR >>> Don't let LFW Know-It-All Hero of the New Right Free Market Lovin Libertarian Mr Sheen see this,FFS! (His avatar is of a white haired suit-and-tied circa 1900 obscure intellectual whose name escapes me.) The likes of Chomsky and Stuart Lee and John Pilger and Adam Curtis are his natural enemies. Although egregiously mistaken and on the wrong side of history,of course,he is a highly intelligent effective argumentalist who has put me in my place,left me flailing many a time on here - de do do do de dah dah dah is all I gotta to say to him
Come on you Lefties! Lee Cook what a Ranger through-and-through left-winger!
That's the spooky-looking unblinking fella, thanks I Saw QPR at White City.
A Hungarian composer apparently. No obvious QPR connection. [headscratch]
However BB did say "In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of evolution, not revolution." which I can imagine Mr Sheen approving..
'I'm 18 with a bullet.Got my finger on the trigger,I'm gonna pull it.."
Love,Peace and Fook Chelski!
More like 20StoneOfHoop now.
Let's face it I'm not getting any thinner.
Pass the cake and pies please.
Just watched 'The Seven Five' on Netflix. A documentary about the man labelled the most corrupt cop ever. Amazingly well put together as they got interviews with everybody and interspersed it with the testimony.
If you like documentaries and true crime stuff - watch it.
There's some interesting and unusual stuff on Netflix.
This on there (I'm a Chomskyite admittedly).
Just watched this, got to admit I wasn't blown away. I admire Chomsky as a history scholar and an intellect, and he has a really great voice . And he and his books are a fantastic resource.
His stuff on the media is good, but in general I find his analysis underwhelming; with his intellect and the years spent chronicling protest movements I find it a bit of a let down that, despite expressing his optimism he doesn't really offer anything beyond "protest is good".
With his years and that brain you'd hope for more practical insight and wisdom! But he admits himself that he was never much of an organiser, and you have to suspect he never actually got his hands dirty and doesn't actually have any insight into how counterpower works or how to build anything. He seems to think for example that the civil rights street protests built the civil rights movement, rather than the the movement leading to the street protests. In general, from that film at least, Chomsky seems to believe in the capacity of street protests to challenge power, which seems a bit naive.
Still, as a historian and a story teller, and in his ability to draw on history he is remarkable
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