TV Show recommendations

macdanger2 · February 06, 2020, 09:29:21 PM

Quote from: An Watcher on February 06, 2020, 08:10:57 PM
Anyone seen Godfather of Harlem. Missed the conclusion the other night but it doesn't seem to be on RTE player? Why is this. Great show and I'm going to miss the conclusion

I saw an ad tonight for the concluding episodes on rte, not sure when they're being broadcast though - check the schedule for the next few days

Worth watching?

An Watcher · February 06, 2020, 10:36:43 PM

Oh I thought they were on Tuesday night past there. Maybe this isn't the case

Taylor · February 07, 2020, 07:48:24 AM

Quote from: mrdeeds on February 05, 2020, 05:26:23 PM
Started The Stranger on Netflix. Very good so far.

3 episodes in and it starts to come together a bit.
Decent viewing.

Better than that Messiah shite

thewobbler · February 07, 2020, 08:52:20 AM

Quote from: macdanger2 on February 06, 2020, 09:29:21 PM
Quote from: An Watcher on February 06, 2020, 08:10:57 PM
Anyone seen Godfather of Harlem. Missed the conclusion the other night but it doesn't seem to be on RTE player? Why is this. Great show and I'm going to miss the conclusion

I saw an ad tonight for the concluding episodes on rte, not sure when they're being broadcast though - check the schedule for the next few days

Worth watching?

All the ingredients are there but for some reason it doesn't taste right.

lurganblue · February 07, 2020, 09:16:50 AM

The White House Farm show is def an interesting watch on ITV. I'm not old enough to have remembered this case in the news at the time so it's all a bit new to me. Horrible what went on there.

Stephen Graham with a Welsh accent in this one.

johnnycool · February 07, 2020, 11:32:03 AM

Quote from: lurganblue on February 07, 2020, 09:16:50 AM
The White House Farm show is def an interesting watch on ITV. I'm not old enough to have remembered this case in the news at the time so it's all a bit new to me. Horrible what went on there.

Stephen Graham with a Welsh accent in this one.

Catching up on ITV Hub and it's a good watch. I do vaguely remember it at the time so know the final outcome but interesting all the same.

quit yo jibbajabba · February 07, 2020, 12:35:38 PM

Great actor but getting a lot of stick for his accent in this one

tyroneman · February 07, 2020, 01:15:24 PM

Quote from: screenexile on February 05, 2020, 01:31:51 PM
Started Armando Iannucci's new show Avenue 5 and I'm 3 episodes in. . . not great I would have to say I don't find it anywhere near as good as his other stuff!

Agree...hopefully it's a slow burn and gets better.

Saw first episode of Danny McBride's Righteous Gemstones....again, hope it gets better like Vice Principals did

screenexile · February 07, 2020, 02:00:27 PM

Quote from: tyroneman on February 07, 2020, 01:15:24 PM
Quote from: screenexile on February 05, 2020, 01:31:51 PM
Started Armando Iannucci's new show Avenue 5 and I'm 3 episodes in. . . not great I would have to say I don't find it anywhere near as good as his other stuff!

Agree...hopefully it's a slow burn and gets better.

Saw first episode of Danny McBride's Righteous Gemstones....again, hope it gets better like Vice Principals did

Did Vice Prinicpals get better?? I gave up quite quickly on that one!

Main Street · February 07, 2020, 02:46:26 PM

How quick?
I lasted 10 minutes with vice principals.

Babylon Berlin is on a season 3 now.
I decided to rewatch first, starting with S1 ep 1

BennyCake · February 21, 2020, 12:22:47 PM

Did anyone see the David Baddiel documentary 'Confronting Halocaust Denial' on BBC?

Couldn't say it was a very balanced program to be honest. Oh and there was an interesting fella from Ennis on it.

screenexile · February 21, 2020, 02:40:45 PM

Quote from: BennyCake on February 21, 2020, 12:22:47 PM
Did anyone see the David Baddiel documentary 'Confronting Halocaust Denial' on BBC?

Couldn't say it was a very balanced program to be honest. Oh and there was an interest fella from Ennis on it.

It's hard to balance a programme like that... do you put Priests and Cardinals on a documentary about how the earth was formed?

bennydorano · February 21, 2020, 04:20:29 PM

Balance, seriously? I'd be interested to hear what way you would you provide balance to such a topic? Like, is there a counterpoint to actually put forward?

Milltown Row2 · February 21, 2020, 05:53:40 PM

Quote from: bennydorano on February 21, 2020, 04:20:29 PM
Balance, seriously? I'd be interested to hear what way you would you provide balance to such a topic? Like, is there a counterpoint to actually put forward?

Yeah was thinking that

BennyCake · February 21, 2020, 06:57:12 PM

Quote from: bennydorano on February 21, 2020, 04:20:29 PM
Balance, seriously? I'd be interested to hear what way you would you provide balance to such a topic? Like, is there a counterpoint to actually put forward?

Well, he confronted only one denier. One who clearly wasn't very good at putting his point across. Or maybe that's why they chose him. Tar all deniers as nutcases like this fella, and it reinforces the story

Baddiel basically wouldn't tolerate any sort of differing opinion from his own. More or less, the history books say this happened, so if you say hmmm I don't think it was quite like that..., then you're clearly anti-Semitic and hate all Jews.

He interviewed one survivor who spoke of being separated from her family on arrival, and never seen them again, she then got too upset so they stopped filming. No mention of anything that went on in the camps, other than malnutrition, poor conditions. Wasn't very convincing to be honest.

I went into it with an open mind. The denier offered little argument (unsurprisingly), but neither did the other side.