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Post by MrB on Jan 7, 2014 8:26:37 GMT
Has anyone seen Death Comes to Pemberley? Some new BBC 3 episode drama that has come out. Seems more like Sherlock than what we might expect from Jane Austen. Watched it over Christmas, and couldn't really get into it. They spread the book over three one-hour episodes, and it wasn't justified in my opinion. And there were far too many anachronisms in dialogue and topics of discussion to maintain a proper period feel. But I only half-liked the book, so maybe I was prejudiced. Or too proud, or something. |
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Post by jabimetbollywood on Jan 7, 2014 18:48:10 GMT
so maybe I was prejudiced. Or too proud, or something.  Nice one, MrB! |
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rubicon
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Upcoming release you're most excited about: Rangoon, Udta Punjab
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Post by rubicon on Jan 12, 2014 21:06:55 GMT
I recently watched the first five or six episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. It's a comedy concerning the Brooklyn police department. It's a fun time-pass, but nothing really amazing. I also watched the first couple of episodes of Suits and thought it was awful.
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shushpuppy
Dancing in the chorus
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Favorite actor: Chiyaan Vikram, SRK
Favorite actress: Kajol
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Post by shushpuppy on Jan 13, 2014 13:21:42 GMT
 Season 3 of Sherlock. Over too soon... The last episode more than made up for episode 2, which was sorta sweet, but boring in bits. {Click to view!}
Is "He" back or not?
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alexaha
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Post by alexaha on Jan 13, 2014 16:42:45 GMT
Season 3 of Sherlock. Over too soon... The last episode more than made up for episode 2, which was sorta sweet, but boring in bits. {Click to view!}
Is "He" back or not? aww, I watched the 2nd episode last night. I loved it but also felt Sherlock might be getting a tad too human/nice to still be Sherlock. couldn't help myself and read the spoiler {Click to view!}
- if HE's back it would almost be a bit boring, don't you think? Like everyone's too clever to ever die. |
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shushpuppy
Dancing in the chorus
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Favorite actor: Chiyaan Vikram, SRK
Favorite actress: Kajol
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Post by shushpuppy on Jan 13, 2014 20:43:33 GMT
alexaha I know! Moffat/Gattis are getting too clever for their own good. {Click to view!}
Don't people stay dead?? Did you know Mark Gattis (Mycroft) writes a lot of the scripts? When you watch episode 3, the kid that plays Sherlock is Steven Moffat's son. So cute! Episode 3 is better, SHerlock is more like he normally is. |
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Xas
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Favorite actor: Kunal Kapoor, Ranbir, Prabhudheva
Favorite actress: Madhuri, Rani, Vidya, Huma Qureshi, Divya Dutta, Nutan, Asha Parekh, Helen, Mumtaz
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Post by Xas on Jan 24, 2014 5:13:15 GMT
Just caught up with the second series of Borgen. Think I enjoyed it even more than the first series.  Sidse Babbett Knudsen has really grown into the role of Birgitte Nyborg, and I love the relationship between her and her spin doctor, Kasper. My favourite (possibly 'favourite' is not the most appropriate word giving the topic it covers, but still) episode/scene involved Birgitte and Kasper having a mock debate to prepare her for the real thing, but it involves an issue which is very close to the bone for Kasper, and there's a moment where it clicks over from being 'playfight' to being very real rage/fear. Both actors did a fantastic job with that scene. Overall, the series did clunk a little bit in places, but I still can't wait to see the third series. |
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Post by elizabennet on Jan 24, 2014 12:46:12 GMT
Kasper is my favorite character in Borgen (go figure, a show full of independent, smart women with interesting storylines and I like him)
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Xas
Guest appearance
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Favorite actor: Kunal Kapoor, Ranbir, Prabhudheva
Favorite actress: Madhuri, Rani, Vidya, Huma Qureshi, Divya Dutta, Nutan, Asha Parekh, Helen, Mumtaz
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Post by Xas on Jan 24, 2014 21:05:09 GMT
Kasper is my favorite character in Borgen (go figure, a show full of independent, smart women with interesting storylines and I like him) He's probably mine, too. When I first started watching, though, I couldn't stand him, and all I could think was 'what a manipulative, lying, selfish little sh*t!'. But then you slowly learn about his life and you totally understand why he turned into who he is. I think the writers did a fantastic job with Kasper's storyline, Pilou has done a great job portraying him, and I'm glad that someone (probably lots of someones) had the guts to follow through with telling the story of Kasper's childhood openly and honestly. |
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Post by ShantiSal on Jan 24, 2014 21:52:52 GMT
Borgen, 2nd series is coming to an end here this week so there will be a hole in my Wednesday evening viewing. Another program I have been watching over the last few months on a Wednesday evening is Hatufim (Prisoners of War), 2nd series, a gripping Israeli series about 3 Israeli soldiers who had been held captive for 17 years by an unfriendly group. In the first series 2 (Uri & Nimrod) of the soldiers and the supposed body of the third (Amiel) are repatriated in a prisoner exchange and we follow the problems Uri & Nimrod (and their families) face as they slowly adjust to life back home. The second series shows us what happened to Amiel...
I believe a third series has been made so look forward to seeing it.
The US series Homeland was based on Hatufim.
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amba
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Post by amba on Jan 26, 2014 0:01:45 GMT
I recently discovered a British Asian comedy called Grease Monkeys, about a dysfunctional Sikh family that runs a garage in Manchester. The family is comprised of the patriarch Mo Dhillon, the ghost of his dead wife, his wastrel son, and his tomboy daughter (Archie Panjabi, now on The Good Wife). I find it quite amusing, though be forewarned that it contains generous lashings of sex, violence, profanity, drug use, and both male and female nudity. You can watch it online at comcast. |
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Post by elizabennet on Jan 27, 2014 14:26:12 GMT
Hatufim sounds very interesting. This is the first time I have heard about it.
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Post by ShantiSal on Jan 28, 2014 0:39:23 GMT
Hatufim sounds very interesting. This is the first time I have heard about it. It is interesting and gripping. Not always 'enjoyable' because of the traumatic situation shown in flashback but excellent drama. |
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Post by ShantiSal on Feb 4, 2014 0:17:04 GMT
Over the last 4 or 5 days I have been watching the 13 episodes of Fauji on Spuul. All are subtitled and are free to watch but you do have to login. I had a look at one episode a while ago and there were no subtitles but in the meantime the subs have been added so that was a nice surprise. I believe it was hugely popular when it was first broadcast in 1988/89 and was the first starring role for SRK. I found the characters endearing, especially Varun with his catchphrase "I say, chaps..." but I imagine the show's slightly sanitised view of army life was for family viewing at the time. It certainly didn't have the cutting wit of M.A.S.H. or the warts'n'all attitude of 'Soldier, Soldier' (a UK series in the 90s). An Indian man I was talking to the other day told me that Mahabharat on Star Plus had English subtitles - he watches it everyday with the subs he said - Star Plus . But I haven't found the subtitles. However, I discovered that there are subtitled episodes on YouTube - Mahabharat on YouTube - if you are interested in watching this new version and, like me, need the subs. |
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Xas
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Favorite actor: Kunal Kapoor, Ranbir, Prabhudheva
Favorite actress: Madhuri, Rani, Vidya, Huma Qureshi, Divya Dutta, Nutan, Asha Parekh, Helen, Mumtaz
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Post by Xas on Feb 4, 2014 21:46:22 GMT
Just finished watching the first series of Last Tango In Halifax starring the wonderful Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid, and also Sarah Lancashire, which is not quite so wonderful but probably can't be avoided.* Derek Jacobi especially is such an absolute puppy dog in this that you just want to pick him up and give him a cuddle every time he's on screen. Anyway, it's about a couple in their seventies who met up again after 60 years, when their respective grandsons put them on Facebook. Quite apart from anything else, it's just so refreshing to see an older generation of actors being given something contemporary, up-front-and-centre and intelligent to work with, rather than stereotypical doddering comic bit-parts. Some of it didn't quite gel for me(like Jacobi's screen daughter's complicated lovelife, for eg), but there were some very funny scenes, as well as some quite touching ones. Stand-out scene for me was the political discussion in the Church betwixt Jacobi and Reid, which had me laughing out loud. I think a second series screened in the UK at the end of last year, so I'm looking forward to see how it all progresses. *This is a 'familiarity breeds contempt' thing for me, rather than a personal dislike for the actress in question. Back in the 1990s, every British drama seemed to have Helen Baxendale in it, now it has Sarah Lancashire.  |
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Nice one, MrB! 
Season 3 of Sherlock. Over too soon... The last episode more than made up for episode 2, which was sorta sweet, but boring in bits.
Sidse Babbett Knudsen has really grown into the role of Birgitte Nyborg, and I love the relationship between her and her spin doctor, Kasper. My favourite (possibly 'favourite' is not the most appropriate word giving the topic it covers, but still) episode/scene involved Birgitte and Kasper having a mock debate to prepare her for the real thing, but it involves an issue which is very close to the bone for Kasper, and there's a moment where it clicks over from being 'playfight' to being very real rage/fear. Both actors did a fantastic job with that scene. Overall, the series did clunk a little bit in places, but I still can't wait to see the third series.
Since Sept. 6, 2022, Chiloka has not been reachable. (
Since Sept. 6, 2022, Chiloka has not been reachable. (