NPR

Never watched it. Seems like a very serious drama which I tend to avoid.

Jock42 wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:54 am

Bullet wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:49 am First series that sprang to mind to top the GOOD list was Chernobyl but no-one has mentioned it. Just me then...

No you're right. Should be in my good list

Yep, mine too.

Bullet wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:49 am First series that sprang to mind to top the GOOD list was Chernobyl but no-one has mentioned it. Just me then...

Indeed, quality series

Also more sci-fi, forgot about 'Farscape' ( which I'm even rewatching mpw for 3rd time...)

Edit your lists if someone mentions something which affects your list.

I’m not sure I’ve found myself a tv series buddy match yet.

Top TV Shows - Quite a lot!
Sopranos
Band of Brothers
Twin Peaks
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones until last two seasons
True Detective
Succession
Peaky Blinders
Squid Game
The Sinner
Chernobyl (Russian version 2022)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022)
Slow Horses
Pacific
Cheers
I May Destroy You
Fleabag
Killing Eve
House
Lost
The Americans
Ray Donovan
Billions
Sons of Anarchy
Shetland
Bloodline
Mr Robot
The Office (UK Original)
Blackadder
Jon Stewart
Bill Maher
Fawlty Towers
Bottom
Downton Abbey
Dexter
Mindhunter
Making a Murderer
The Newsroom
The Queen's Gambit
Happy Valley
MASH
The Killing
Fortitude

Was ok... not great, not bad
The Last of Us
Narcos
Chernobyl (2019 HBO Version)
Justified
Barry
Derry Girls
House of Cards
Hannibal


Not Rated by me
The Wire
Ted Lasso
Stranger Things
Frasier
What We Do in The Shadows
Flight of the Conchords
Zombie Shows
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Seinfeld
Westworld
Line of Duty

Actually that’s a pretty good list Grandpa !



Edit:
Aside from this

“ Peaky Blinders
Squid Game”

Now you’re dead to me.

Slow horses appearing in a lot of lists. Not heard of it.

Might give it a try, thanks

Ymx wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:42 pm Slow horses appearing in a lot of lists. Not heard of it.

Might give it a try, thanks

Do !!, it's excellent.

Good

The wire
Killing (Danish one - we won't talk about the abomination of the US remake)
Dark
Umbrella academy
Ghosts
Last kingdom
Black mirror
Narcos
Rome
Mad men

Disappointing

Breaking bad
Loads of others

Uncle fester wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:16 pm Good

The wire
Killing (Danish one - we won't talk about the abomination of the US remake)
Dark
Umbrella academy
Ghosts
Last kingdom
Black mirror
Narcos
Rome
Mad men

Disappointing

Breaking bad
Loads of others

The Killing! Yes.. I liked that... and Fortitude! Adding both to my list...

Ymx wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:29 pm Actually that’s a pretty good list Grandpa !



Edit:
Aside from this

“ Peaky Blinders
Squid Game”

Now you’re dead to me.

I can see some people not liking Squid Game, but I found it addictive...

But Peaky Blinders? That's just brilliant...

Grandpa wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:04 pmI can see some people not liking Squid Game, but I found it addictive...

Oops, that's another great show I should've added to my list.

Grandpa wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:04 pm

Ymx wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:29 pm Actually that’s a pretty good list Grandpa !

Edit:
Aside from this

“ Peaky Blinders
Squid Game”

Now you’re dead to me.

I can see some people not liking Squid Game, but I found it addictive...

But Peaky Blinders? That's just brilliant...

It’s not too bad, but I just couldn’t keep watching it.

I think in part it’s the annoying as fuck, stupid brummie accents.

Ymx wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:55 am

Grandpa wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:04 pm

Ymx wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:29 pm Actually that’s a pretty good list Grandpa !

Edit:
Aside from this

“ Peaky Blinders
Squid Game”

Now you’re dead to me.

I can see some people not liking Squid Game, but I found it addictive...

But Peaky Blinders? That's just brilliant...

It’s not too bad, but I just couldn’t keep watching it.

I think in part it’s the annoying as fuck, stupid brummie accents.

But Brummies can't help sounding like that...

I could never live there. It is the most ridiculous sounding accent I’ve ever heard.

My father in law is originally brummie. But fortunately he moved to Surrey when he was young and had that accent mostly removed from him.

Ymx wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:29 am I could never live there. It is the most ridiculous sounding accent I’ve ever heard.

My father in law is originally brummie. But fortunately he moved to Surrey when he was young and had that accent mostly removed from him.

I have lots of Brummie friends... you do get used to it... and spend long enough with them and you yourself start sounding like Jasper Carrot...

Grandpa wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:13 am

Ymx wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:29 am I could never live there. It is the most ridiculous sounding accent I’ve ever heard.

My father in law is originally brummie. But fortunately he moved to Surrey when he was young and had that accent mostly removed from him.

I have lots of Brummie friends... you do get used to it... and spend long enough with them and you yourself start sounding like Jasper Carrot...

Where’s your English ancestry from grandpa?

Mine mostly Lancashire. Although my grandfather was from Croydon (1900).

Ymx wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:32 am

Grandpa wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:13 am

Ymx wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:29 am I could never live there. It is the most ridiculous sounding accent I’ve ever heard.

My father in law is originally brummie. But fortunately he moved to Surrey when he was young and had that accent mostly removed from him.

I have lots of Brummie friends... you do get used to it... and spend long enough with them and you yourself start sounding like Jasper Carrot...

Where’s your English ancestry from grandpa?

Mine mostly Lancashire. Although my grandfather was from Croydon (1900).

Mother's parents are from Dudley... (Birmingham)

Dad's side is Liverpool/Wales... with some Irish thrown in.

apols to your late grandparents

Ymx wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:55 am

Grandpa wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:04 pm

Ymx wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:29 pm Actually that’s a pretty good list Grandpa !

Edit:
Aside from this

“ Peaky Blinders
Squid Game”

Now you’re dead to me.

I can see some people not liking Squid Game, but I found it addictive...

But Peaky Blinders? That's just brilliant...

It’s not too bad, but I just couldn’t keep watching it.

I think in part it’s the annoying as fuck, stupid brummie accents.

Well that's settled my decision to never check it out. There are a few UK accents that really grate my ears and that's one of them. You grin and bear it with real people, but I don't need that in my free time.

sockwithaticket wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:23 am

Ymx wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:55 am

Grandpa wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:04 pm

I can see some people not liking Squid Game, but I found it addictive...

But Peaky Blinders? That's just brilliant...

It’s not too bad, but I just couldn’t keep watching it.

I think in part it’s the annoying as fuck, stupid brummie accents.

Well that's settled my decision to never check it out. There are a few UK accents that really grate my ears and that's one of them. You grin and bear it with real people, but I don't need that in my free time.

I’m not alone then.

Ymx wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:01 am apols to your late grandparents

From what I remember, my Brummie grandparents didn't have strong Black Country accents... they lived most of their lives in Northamptonshire...

Grandpa wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:25 pm

Ymx wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:01 am apols to your late grandparents

From what I remember, my Brummie grandparents didn't have strong Black Country accents... they lived most of their lives in Northamptonshire...

Technically Black Country and Birmingham Brummie are different dialect/accents

Do you call your remote control the Clonker or the Bopper?

Apparently, depending on your answer, you are either from Birmingham or the Black Country.

Clonker or Bopper ?

I can’t even begin to imagine how dreadful those “words” sound in brummy.

tabascoboy wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:54 pm

Grandpa wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:25 pm

Ymx wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:01 am apols to your late grandparents

From what I remember, my Brummie grandparents didn't have strong Black Country accents... they lived most of their lives in Northamptonshire...

Technically Black Country and Birmingham Brummie are different dialect/accents

Do you call your remote control the Clonker or the Bopper?

Apparently, depending on your answer, you are either from Birmingham or the Black Country.

Strangely tonight I spoke to a guy with a Brummie accent.. and I asked him.. Birmingham? No, Wolverhampton... he was most put out...

They all sound the same to me..

Pokerface. Modern day Murder She Wrote type of show. I’m enjoying it a lot.

Gumboot wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 1:04 am

Grandpa wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:04 pmI can see some people not liking Squid Game, but I found it addictive...

Oops, that's another great show I should've added to my list.

It's not that it's bad as such.
It's slight. There's no depth there at all.

Uncle fester wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:21 pm

Gumboot wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 1:04 am

Grandpa wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:04 pmI can see some people not liking Squid Game, but I found it addictive...

Oops, that's another great show I should've added to my list.

It's not that it's bad as such.
It's slight. There's no depth there at all.

You not get as far as the glass floor bridge then?

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:57 pm More important than Succession, Justified is coming back!

News that brings with it a mixture of joy and concern. It was a such a good show you can't help but worry that the revival won't be any good, may even be bad enough to tarnish what came before.

Hopefully it's a

Should be as it's directly from the Elmore Leonard's source novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit

https://collider.com/justified-city-pri ... -creators/

Sandstorm wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:51 pm Pokerface. Modern day Murder She Wrote type of show. I’m enjoying it a lot.

That the one with the Russian Doll woman? If so, I'll definitely give Poker Face a watch.

Sandstorm wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:51 pm Pokerface. Modern day Murder She Wrote type of show. I’m enjoying it a lot.

Seconded. Only a few episodes in but very enjoyable.

mat the expat wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 3:16 am

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:57 pm More important than Succession, Justified is coming back!

News that brings with it a mixture of joy and concern. It was a such a good show you can't help but worry that the revival won't be any good, may even be bad enough to tarnish what came before.

Hopefully it's a

Should be as it's directly from the Elmore Leonard's source novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit

https://collider.com/justified-city-pri ... -creators/

I'm currently binge watching Justified as I didnt see it first time around. I'm on the second season.

Gumboot wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 5:27 am

Sandstorm wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:51 pm Pokerface. Modern day Murder She Wrote type of show. I’m enjoying it a lot.

That the one with the Russian Doll woman? If so, I'll definitely give Poker Face a watch.

You might be confusing it with Killing Eve? Poker Face is one of the girls out of American Pie...

Grandpa wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 2:53 pm

Gumboot wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 5:27 am

Sandstorm wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:51 pm Pokerface. Modern day Murder She Wrote type of show. I’m enjoying it a lot.

That the one with the Russian Doll woman? If so, I'll definitely give Poker Face a watch.

You might be confusing it with Killing Eve? Poker Face is one of the girls out of American Pie...

Nah, it's Natasha Lyonne.

Uncle fester wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 3:04 pm

Grandpa wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 2:53 pm

Gumboot wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 5:27 am

That the one with the Russian Doll woman? If so, I'll definitely give Poker Face a watch.

You might be confusing it with Killing Eve? Poker Face is one of the girls out of American Pie...

Nah, it's Natasha Lyonne.

Yeah.. The American Pie girl...

Oh she played Russian Doll too... didn't know that... I remember she nearly died in the 2000s from a heart problem... was depressed and a heroin addict... it's amazing she came back from that to be so successful...

sturginho wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 1:21 pm
I'm currently binge watching Justified as I didnt see it first time around. I'm on the second season.

I think I binge watched all the series about 5 years ago

Grandpa wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 8:03 pm

Yeah.. The American Pie girl...

Oh she played Russian Doll too... didn't know that... I remember she nearly died in the 2000s from a heart problem... was depressed and a heroin addict... it's amazing she came back from that to be so successful...

Band camp will do that.

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:57 pm More important than Succession, Justified is coming back!

News that brings with it a mixture of joy and concern. It was a such a good show you can't help but worry that the revival won't be any good, may even be bad enough to tarnish what came before.

I am rewatching it atm it’s really great I am worried that the charm of the original with the hillbillies etc will be lost

pjm1 wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:11 pm

Grandpa wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 8:03 pm

Yeah.. The American Pie girl...

Oh she played Russian Doll too... didn't know that... I remember she nearly died in the 2000s from a heart problem... was depressed and a heroin addict... it's amazing she came back from that to be so successful...

Band camp will do that.

I think that's what she needed more of!

yermum wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:31 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:57 pm More important than Succession, Justified is coming back!

News that brings with it a mixture of joy and concern. It was a such a good show you can't help but worry that the revival won't be any good, may even be bad enough to tarnish what came before.

I am rewatching it atm it’s really great I am worried that the charm of the original with the hillbillies etc will be lost

Yeah, an outstanding series, best left alone I think.