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Post by Kimby on Nov 3, 2018 15:43:48 GMT
More from casimira: Kimby, I would have to go back and review the British series (mostly crime dramas) that I binged through over the years. Of course there is Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren and then a recent re-make with another female lead detective who doesn't come close to Mirren's performance but does an admirable job. I will go back and take a gander at the others. I loved Broadchurch, The Fall and some others. And then, Peaky Blinders which was mentioned on here as I recall Lugg being a huge fan as well. There is one other whose name escapes me that stars Charlotte Rampling that I was enthralled with, being a huge Rampling fan.
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Post by rikita on Nov 14, 2018 1:23:31 GMT
just wondering - of the series you are recommending here, could you mention which ones are on netflix (older and newer), if you happen to know - would help next time we try to figure out what to watch now, as we are currently mainly using netflix ... i suppose at least some others do, too?
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 14, 2018 5:15:47 GMT
Rikita, I'm pretty sure different countries have different things available on Netflix because of licensing laws. I know Mexican Netflix doesn't have the variety of US Netflix, for instance.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 14, 2018 5:53:21 GMT
Call My Agent (Dix pour cent) is on Netflix. Season 3 begins in France tonight.
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Post by rikita on Nov 14, 2018 10:24:30 GMT
bixa - hm, maybe you are right ... didn't think about that ... kerouac - thanks! will check if it is available on german netflix ...
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Post by patricklondon on Nov 15, 2018 14:26:10 GMT
There is one other whose name escapes me that stars Charlotte Rampling that I was enthralled with, being a huge Rampling fan. I would guess that if it wasn't Broadchurch 2, where she played prosecuting counsel (and wasn't well served by a below-par script full of howlers), it was London Spy, where she played the rather strange mother of the spy in question. The starting point was a real-life story about the death of an MI5 tech wizard.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 15, 2018 21:32:08 GMT
I am watching The Magicians, which is pretty obviously aimed at people at least a couple of generations younger than I. I was drawn to it by a thoughtful review, after which I checked it on Rotten Tomatoes. Season one gets just an okay rating, with season two doing much better, & season three garnered a 100%. There are lots of things I could pick to pieces in the show, but the fact remains that I was hooked after the first episode. Well, one of the reasons I got pulled into that episode is because many of the scenes just had to have been shot in Louisiana. Checked afterward, and sure enough.
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Post by whatagain on Nov 17, 2018 12:13:24 GMT
I am watching the dirty dozens at the gym. Perfect for the gym. No need to engage brain. Next would be papy boyington black sheep.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 30, 2018 20:18:36 GMT
Had to think of Mossie tonight because the crime series that I am watching -- L'art du crime -- takes place in the Buttes Chaumont in Paris, his very favourite place. The series ("The art of crime") is about police investigators specialised in cases concerning cultural treasures.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 30, 2018 20:25:18 GMT
Look alive & keep those cowlicks slicked back, Mossie ~ you could be discovered!
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 30, 2018 20:34:22 GMT
Frankly, this series is really fascinating because one of the members of the group knows absolutely nothing about the art world. This of course is a plot trick to have the others explain things to him (and the audience) but also since he has no culture, he also sees things that the others miss. This episode revolves around Gustave Courbet, so they had to go to the Orsay to look at various paintings (because the killer has left clues mentioning his paintings). Clueless guy sees "The Origin of the World" for the first time and is gobsmacked. If this series is exported to certain other countries, a certain amount of editing might be required.
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Post by Kimby on Dec 1, 2018 18:45:12 GMT
Watched the 4th and final season of The Americans. While perhaps not as engaging as the earlier seasons, it wrapped up in a more or less satisfying way.
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Post by casimira on Dec 2, 2018 16:45:55 GMT
Patrick, I am not positive if this is the series I was thinking of BUT yes, London Spy was superb!!
(I had not realized that it was based on a true character).
Extremely well done on all fronts.
I binged right through the whole series
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Post by rikita on Dec 3, 2018 1:50:32 GMT
currently watching "stranger things" ...
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Post by Kimby on Dec 3, 2018 4:32:30 GMT
Which season rikita? We liked season 1. Waiting for season2 to be available through our library.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 3, 2018 5:09:51 GMT
I watched Vera last night. Brenda Blethyn is always a delight to watch, and there are no guns.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 3, 2018 5:13:41 GMT
I was really into the Vera series for a while, but grew tired of it. I might go back to it though, as Brenda Blethyn is indeed delightful.
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Post by rikita on Dec 3, 2018 8:31:01 GMT
kimby - we're into season 2 by now ...
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Post by Kimby on Dec 3, 2018 13:29:55 GMT
We liked Vera as well, but it’s been YEARS since she was on our PBS stations. Are these re-runs or new episodes?
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 3, 2018 13:42:02 GMT
They're new for France. It has filmed its 9th season. I saw that the 8th season has aired in the UK, but we're watching the 7th season here.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 3, 2018 14:10:07 GMT
Yesterday's paper had a feature on the favourite television series in 12 different countries. I don't know if it reveals anything about the character of a country, but it is interesting to speculate what would cause the popularity in each place.
France : Capitaine Marleau. She is a police investigator, very unfeminine and weird. She makes Vera look like a Valley Girl.
United Kingdom : Bodyguard. Apparently he is an ex-soldier with PTSD and terrorist plots are rife in Englsnd. He deals with all of them.
Spain : there is a tie for two series -- La Catedral del mar about the ascension of a serf in 14th century Barcelona and Cuerpo de élite, a comic series about soldiers and police having to work together in a special unit. The second one is based on a movie.
Russia : Sklifosovsky. Emergency room in Moscow hospital.
China : The Story of Y Anxi Palace. 18th century palace intrigues. Based on a novel.
Japan : Doctor X : Surgeon Michiko Daimon. Brilliant and beautiful female surgeon fights hierarchy to save patients.
South Korea : Return. 34 episodes to solve a crime concerning a dead person found on the road and four suspects from high society. Many secrets revealed.
Australia : The Good Doctor. American series adapted from a Korean series. I suppose everybody knows that it's about an autistic doctor struggling with life.
India : Naagin. Two cousins capable of transforming themselves into snakes to avenge the death of their parents.
Morocco : Hay al bahja. Sitcom about three families in Marrakesh thwarting an evil real estate developer.
Brazil : A Força do Querer. The destiny of 3 women : a policewoman, the mistress of a drug lord and an athlete. Something about transexuality. Shall we guess that this concerns the athlete?
United States : The Big Bang Theory. Yes, we all know it is a sitcom about nerdy scientists.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 3, 2018 21:19:06 GMT
I haven't seen the tv show yet, but my mother & I both read the book (in English) & enjoyed it very much. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_SeaI must say that it's the only show besides maybe Capitaine Marleau & the Chinese palace one that looks appealing. Oh, of course I watch The Big Bang Theory, but now mainly just to ride it out to the end. The one about the snakes might be amusing, especially if it were possible to insert captions a la Bombay videos. The name of the Russian one about an emergency rooms looks as though it might be the Russian for "Butterfingers!"
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 3, 2018 21:23:13 GMT
It's probably the name of the Moscow hospital.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 3, 2018 22:58:30 GMT
I like my translation better.
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Post by casimira on Dec 4, 2018 2:49:24 GMT
Me Tooczky!!!!
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 4, 2018 3:38:42 GMT
You wouldski!
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Post by whatagain on Dec 4, 2018 22:00:22 GMT
I haven't seen any of the series on Kerouac's post. My wife likes the good doctor, a surprise for me, usually she dislikes medical series, as she spots too many errors.
We watched 'les rivières pourpres' - from the eponym movie with Jean Reno of ? 20 years ago ? based on plots that are always gory and crazy, with a dose of malignity and amorality. Don't know if Grangé is writing the scenarios for the TV, we stopped reading his books, because he was really too weird and too much...
But the series looks ok. For now at least.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 29, 2018 18:06:53 GMT
I always watch all of the series that I like at least twice, sometimes more, even without hearing problems.
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Post by Kimby on Dec 29, 2018 19:21:22 GMT
We have finished Season Eight of Shameless, which is a guilty pleasure with some pretty serious themes. We’ve come to love these well-written characters and tolerate the fairly frequent over-the-top-ness of some of the shameful things they do. I’ll be sad when there is no more. For now we await season 9.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 29, 2018 21:43:38 GMT
I'm on season three of The Magicians, trying to eke it out until season four starts on January 23. Since it's based on a book trilogy, sometimes there are what feel like gaps where the story leaps ahead, but overall it is most entertaining if you can get past that psychotically irritating millennial delivery.
Vikings is back on and is still OK+, but I think floundering somewhat.
Finally finished all nine years of The Office and was sad to see the end of it.
I'm still watching Madam Secretary which, for all its annoying family sub-plots, does a great job of presenting topical international & US national issues in a fiction format. The most recent was "Family Separation, Part 1", about the treatment of immigrant children on the US border with Mexico.
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