FTA-TV Which TV shows are you watching now.
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Very good comparison
Severence is a massive favourite of mine on Apple. The second season is about to start as well. Starts a little slow, is slightly weird, but is really great.
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I was hoping it would slot into the BOB universe seamlessly but alas I still prefer HBOs Generation Kill as spiritual successor to the franchise.
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I absolutely love it, feels like a forgotten gem these days.
It gives me BOB comradery vibes but in a modern setting and a cynical, early 2000s pop culture rich tone.
The book by Evan Wright is 100% worth reading too.
Or the Dean Waugh to Mark and Steve
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Danny Waugh was the real forgotten WaughDean Waugh was so bad at Cricket that I didn’t even know that Mark and Steve had another sibling.
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For those of us old enough to remember...Trevor Chappell.Or the Dean Waugh to Mark and Steve
I’m going to Binge that in one go; can’t wait
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during the leftovers silly season I saw the following before they left iView, would definitely recommend to fans of quality period queer British content:
The Line of Beauty
Tipping the Velvet
(both 4/5)
finally started Total Control and really liked the first season, one of those very recommendable recent ABC dramas. One flaw might be the amount of narrative time devoted to running around after the elusive escaped detainee contact, but as symbolism for the toil and tact of scooping a source and political bill negotiations and the like I could accept that (as well as being useful structurally, like giving staff things to do whilst away in Winton). Definitely keen to push on for S2-3. As someone forever fond of Canberra I also tend to enjoy shows set and filmed there, spotting streets and bars and restaurants and the like.
also finishing off Love/Hate (S4-5). Got through S1-3 a long while back. S4 had the dentist, the bombmaker Patrick, Barry Keoghan & detective Brian O'Byrne, and Tommy with the brain injury. No dip in quality, indeed S1 was the least impressive, it has matured nicely through its run. Leaning more into Nidge and Fran throughout its run has generally served it well.
The Line of Beauty
Tipping the Velvet
(both 4/5)
finally started Total Control and really liked the first season, one of those very recommendable recent ABC dramas. One flaw might be the amount of narrative time devoted to running around after the elusive escaped detainee contact, but as symbolism for the toil and tact of scooping a source and political bill negotiations and the like I could accept that (as well as being useful structurally, like giving staff things to do whilst away in Winton). Definitely keen to push on for S2-3. As someone forever fond of Canberra I also tend to enjoy shows set and filmed there, spotting streets and bars and restaurants and the like.
also finishing off Love/Hate (S4-5). Got through S1-3 a long while back. S4 had the dentist, the bombmaker Patrick, Barry Keoghan & detective Brian O'Byrne, and Tommy with the brain injury. No dip in quality, indeed S1 was the least impressive, it has matured nicely through its run. Leaning more into Nidge and Fran throughout its run has generally served it well.
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Love/Hate is magnificent. One of the best gangster shows ever made, and Nidge and Fran are a couple of the greatest characters ever written.
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I’ll have to give those a go, look like something I’d enjoy
over Chrissy I read Patrick McGrath’s Spider, currently on DeLillo’s Libra. Still got Villette left from my Bronte set last Chrissy, might be my next.
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If you've never read them you're in for treat. The first book was originally published as a weekly column in the San Francisco Chronicle.I’ll have to give those a go, look like something I’d enjoy
over Chrissy I read Patrick McGrath’s Spider, currently on DeLillo’s Libra. Still got Villette left from my Bronte set last Chrissy, might be my next.
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the opening scene of S4 with the two young fellas it felt like we might be heading into Wire S4 territory. Liked how unpredictable some of that season was.
Five seasons is about right though, probably finished up just at the right time, you can feel everything catching up with and bearing down on Nidge, how will he get out of this one? Still three eps to go so no finale spoilers just yet lol, but Tommy just lying dormant feels liable to be the endgame reckoning to me.
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Started Station 11, two episodes in and not sure if I'm digging the artsy fartsy vibe just yet, im just a big dumb dumb.
