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"Just finished The Killing liked it a lot but not really the last season as much. Breaking Bad, Homeland done Was going to do Luther or The Wire next - can you tell me which one is best of the two?"
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That's all very well, but in this case it's colour blind' casting. 
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Alfs wrote: 26 Aug 2025, 19:12
Lee Trundle" wrote: 26 Aug 2025, 09:30 Can anyone recommend King and Conqueror?

I was about to sit down and binge watch over the course of the week, but am I going to be hit with a load of BBC guff with it?  I've just seen a still from the battle of Hastings with your typical BBC Anglo-Saxon solider from that era.




 
It's 'colour blind' casting.  It's also had very meh reviews.


So no one has heard of The Black Rabbit Roman Brigade that was part of the Roman invasion of Briton. They were made up of Nubians. After the Romans left they remained in their own community in Sussex then part the bigger Wessex. Their descendants integrated into the Saxon army and were reputed to be good fighters. 
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Lee Trundle" wrote: 26 Aug 2025, 09:30 Can anyone recommend King and Conqueror?

I was about to sit down and binge watch over the course of the week, but am I going to be hit with a load of BBC guff with it?  I've just seen a still from the battle of Hastings with your typical BBC Anglo-Saxon solider from that era.


 
It's 'colour blind' casting.  It's also had very meh reviews.
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Swiss. wrote: 26 Aug 2025, 10:34
Lee Trundle" wrote: 26 Aug 2025, 09:30 Can anyone recommend King and Conqueror?

I was about to sit down and binge watch over the course of the week, but am I going to be hit with a load of BBC guff with it?  I've just seen a still from the battle of Hastings with your typical BBC Anglo-Saxon solider from that era.

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Ah is all this wokeness upsetting you? Stop crying you big baby. 
I just find it confusing why they'd bother spending so much money on CGI to make a scene realistic, then purposely make it unrealistic, Swiss.

I mean, I'm not really confused as I know exactly why they do it, but you get my point.
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Lee Trundle" wrote: 26 Aug 2025, 09:30 Can anyone recommend King and Conqueror?

I was about to sit down and binge watch over the course of the week, but am I going to be hit with a load of BBC guff with it?  I've just seen a still from the battle of Hastings with your typical BBC Anglo-Saxon solider from that era.

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Ah is all this wokeness upsetting you? Stop crying you big baby. 
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Can anyone recommend King and Conqueror?

I was about to sit down and binge watch over the course of the week, but am I going to be hit with a load of BBC guff with it?  I've just seen a still from the battle of Hastings with your typical BBC Anglo-Saxon solider from that era.

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Swiss. wrote: 19 Aug 2025, 14:51
RootsRadical wrote: 19 Aug 2025, 14:32
Council Scum" wrote: 30 Jul 2025, 08:54
Loved Nighty Nighty 
Me too!

Bit late to this but almost watched all of Ozark.
Really enjoyed it though thr 4th season feels like it wasn't really needed.
Roots I binged watched seasons 1 -3 started season 4 twice but sill can't get into it. 
Ozark all got a bit much (just watched all 4 seasons in last month or so) but the ending sort of cleared it all up. 
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Documentary - Gone Girls on Sky - how did that cnut go for so long with out getting caught

 
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RootsRadical wrote: 19 Aug 2025, 14:32
Council Scum" wrote: 30 Jul 2025, 08:54
SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 30 Jul 2025, 00:43 If you want some comedy you could try 'Nighty, Night', though it's so dark it might be safest watching it from behind the sofa.
Loved Nighty Nighty 
Me too!

Bit late to this but almost watched all of Ozark.
Really enjoyed it though thr 4th season feels like it wasn't really needed.
Roots I binged watched seasons 1 -3 started season 4 twice but sill can't get into it. 
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Lee Trundle" wrote: 19 Aug 2025, 13:43
Jaan Kenbrovin" wrote: 18 Aug 2025, 20:09
Swiss. wrote: 18 Aug 2025, 15:28 So will watch the opening two episodes of Alien: Earth. tonight. 
Watched them last night. Actually looks and feels decent. Impressed so far.
Yeah, I'm happy with it also.  Think I'll enjoy it.

I was a bit surprised to see Eddie Hitler pop up in it though.  🤣
Im wondering whether these new ändroids are the forerunner of Tyrell Corporations "Replicants"?  'Scott says BR is in the same universe but the timelines don't match up. 
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Council Scum" wrote: 30 Jul 2025, 08:54
SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 30 Jul 2025, 00:43 If you want some comedy you could try 'Nighty, Night', though it's so dark it might be safest watching it from behind the sofa.
Loved Nighty Nighty 
Me too!

Bit late to this but almost watched all of Ozark.
Really enjoyed it though thr 4th season feels like it wasn't really needed.
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Jaan Kenbrovin" wrote: 18 Aug 2025, 20:09
Swiss. wrote: 18 Aug 2025, 15:28 So will watch the opening two episodes of Alien: Earth. tonight. 
Watched them last night. Actually looks and feels decent. Impressed so far.
Yeah, I'm happy with it also.  Think I'll enjoy it.

I was a bit surprised to see Eddie Hitler pop up in it though.  🤣
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Though I loath Guy Richie, I gave Mobland a go and enjoyed it, mainly for Tom Hardy.
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Jaan Kenbrovin" wrote: 18 Aug 2025, 20:09
Swiss. wrote: 18 Aug 2025, 15:28 So will watch the opening two episodes of Alien: Earth. tonight. 
Watched them last night. Actually looks and feels decent. Impressed so far.
Yeah after you get over the "kids" stuff (why did they do that?) I thought it was very good. A lot of good action from the start in true Alien 2 style. 
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Swiss. wrote: 18 Aug 2025, 15:28 So will watch the opening two episodes of Alien: Earth. tonight. 
Watched them last night. Actually looks and feels decent. Impressed so far.
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So will watch the opening two episodes of Alien: Earth. tonight. 
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Alfs wrote: 08 Jul 2025, 15:37
Swiss. wrote: 08 Jul 2025, 12:47
Alfs wrote: 04 Jul 2025, 12:23
Check out Smoke on Apple.
Thanks Alfs. Three episodes into Smoke and I like it. Bit slow but what can I say they are all slow burners these days....excuse the pun😊
I agree, but the review I read says it starts of slowly but the tension ratches up as it goes along.
Really got going in the last few episodes. An excellent watch. 
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Mr Anon" wrote: 06 Aug 2025, 23:28
Lee Trundle" wrote: 06 Aug 2025, 14:19 How dare you.  Just look at the reviews.

The Telegraph
My Mrs Brown’s Boys endurance test: I cried, cringed and almost laughed
Television's most divisive sitcom is back. Mrs Brown's Boys – widely reviled by critics but adored by millions of viewers – returned to BBC...

The Independent
Mrs Brown’s Boys is more awful than ever – it needs to be killed off by the BBC
What is there left to say about Mrs Brown's Boys? Brendan O'Carroll's rickety trad-com continues to loom over the TV landscape,...

Metro.co.uk
Mrs Brown's Boys loses 8,500,000 viewers as fans complain 'it's got even worse'
Fresh calls for Mrs Brown's Boys to be axed after the first episode of the new season brings in 'lowest ever' viewership, losing 8.5million.

The Irish Times
Mrs Brown’s Boys review: It’s surely time for this dreary and unfunny series to fade from our screens
Never liked it myself but something very smug about reviews like that, it obviously has a lot of people that enjoy it which seems to wind people up 
In 2013 9.4 mil watched the Christmas day episode, only 2mil did last Christmas Day. Terrible for the one day everyone is in watching tele.

1.5mil watched it the other night. 
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Lee Trundle" wrote: 06 Aug 2025, 14:19 How dare you.  Just look at the reviews.

The Telegraph
My Mrs Brown’s Boys endurance test: I cried, cringed and almost laughed
Television's most divisive sitcom is back. Mrs Brown's Boys – widely reviled by critics but adored by millions of viewers – returned to BBC...

The Independent
Mrs Brown’s Boys is more awful than ever – it needs to be killed off by the BBC
What is there left to say about Mrs Brown's Boys? Brendan O'Carroll's rickety trad-com continues to loom over the TV landscape,...

Metro.co.uk
Mrs Brown's Boys loses 8,500,000 viewers as fans complain 'it's got even worse'
Fresh calls for Mrs Brown's Boys to be axed after the first episode of the new season brings in 'lowest ever' viewership, losing 8.5million.

The Irish Times
Mrs Brown’s Boys review: It’s surely time for this dreary and unfunny series to fade from our screens
Never liked it myself but something very smug about reviews like that, it obviously has a lot of people that enjoy it which seems to wind people up 
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Swiss. wrote: 04 Aug 2025, 11:08 The Assassin is very good and I highly recommend it. I like Keeley Hawes and nice to see Gina Gershon again. 
Yes. I was really drawn in by it's a realism. A tiny 10st 20 year old girl taking out 11 trained 16 stone experienced bodyguards, at least six of them with her bare hands without breaking sweat.

No woke girl-boss shit involved at all.

Shame it's shit. Keeley is still looking mighty fine for her age.
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How dare you.  Just look at the reviews.

The Telegraph
My Mrs Brown’s Boys endurance test: I cried, cringed and almost laughed
Television's most divisive sitcom is back. Mrs Brown's Boys – widely reviled by critics but adored by millions of viewers – returned to BBC...

The Independent
Mrs Brown’s Boys is more awful than ever – it needs to be killed off by the BBC
What is there left to say about Mrs Brown's Boys? Brendan O'Carroll's rickety trad-com continues to loom over the TV landscape,...

Metro.co.uk
Mrs Brown's Boys loses 8,500,000 viewers as fans complain 'it's got even worse'
Fresh calls for Mrs Brown's Boys to be axed after the first episode of the new season brings in 'lowest ever' viewership, losing 8.5million.

The Irish Times
Mrs Brown’s Boys review: It’s surely time for this dreary and unfunny series to fade from our screens
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Lee Trundle" wrote: 01 Aug 2025, 16:04 BBC1 9:30pm tonight.

The return of Mrs Brown's Boys.
If that wasn't made in Scotland by a bunch of Paddies that tranny shit would have been cancelled a decade ago.
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Started Season 4 of The Godfather of Harlem. Still very good 
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But Chief of War is truly magnificent. A masterpiece. 
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The Assassin is very good and I highly recommend it. I like Keeley Hawes and nice to see Gina Gershon again. 
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