TV Show recommendations

[Taylor]

The Young Offenders on BBC3/Iplayer is one of the funniest shows I've seen in a long time.
Set in Cork its about 2 wee scumbags who aren't as bad as they seem to be.
Very very funny.

After watching White Gold and Inbetweeners, my firestick recommended Young Offenders - funny show. You don't know if you want to smack them idiots or give them a hug, looking forward to the next season. Make sure you catch the movie, the tv show is based off the movie.

Barry on HBO is also excellent.

Might be in the minority but I thought the second series of Young Offenders was terrible.

Certainly inferior to the first IMHO

[mrdeeds]

Watched Tell me who I am on Netflix. A tough watch but an unbelievable story.

[oakleaflad]

The Mandalorian episode 1 was surprisingly good.

Agreed, very good.

Kathleen Kennedy has made some mistakes since becoming top dog at Lucasfilm but pairing Dave Filoni with Jon Favreau may have been her best move yet.

[JPGJOHNNYG]

The Young Offenders on BBC3/Iplayer is one of the funniest shows I've seen in a long time.
Set in Cork its about 2 wee scumbags who aren't as bad as they seem to be.
Very very funny.

After watching White Gold and Inbetweeners, my firestick recommended Young Offenders - funny show. You don't know if you want to smack them idiots or give them a hug, looking forward to the next season. Make sure you catch the movie, the tv show is based off the movie.

Barry on HBO is also excellent.

Might be in the minority but I thought the second series of Young Offenders was terrible.

Certainly inferior to the first IMHO

The movie was good the tv series not so great

[lurganblue]

Just started watching The Devil Next Door on Netflix.  I'm only at the beginning but it has the potential to be another cracking Netflix Docu-series!  The story of the trial of an accused Nazi concentration camp worker living in the US. "Ivan the Terrible"

[clarshack]

The Mandalorian episode 1 was surprisingly good.

Are you in the US? I thought Disney+ hadn't launched in UK/Ireland yet?

I will probably wait a bit before signing up though the kids might want it sooner.

No not in US.  There are ways around that.

[dec]

The Mandalorian episode 1 was surprisingly good.

Are you in the US? I thought Disney+ hadn't launched in UK/Ireland yet?

I will probably wait a bit before signing up though the kids might want it sooner.

No not in US.  There are ways around that.

[WT4E]

Top Boy - whose seen it

Gotta get that food to make those peas innnit. Ye get me fam!

Im about 4 episodes into season 3 and really enjoying it!

Yes we think it's very good. Hard to understand. I assume no one watches it without the subtitles.

Didn't think of putting subtitles on but think a bit like the wire once u get into it you can understand the lingo and enjoy it.

It's got a great mix of the dark side of the drug game mixed with some heart wrenching emotion.

[lurganblue]

Just started watching The Devil Next Door on Netflix.  I'm only at the beginning but it has the potential to be another cracking Netflix Docu-series!  The story of the trial of an accused Nazi concentration camp worker living in the US. "Ivan the Terrible"

Finished this over the weekend.  Amazing and horrifying stuff really.  They could have done more episodes on this and put a lot more of the detail in it I think.

Shocking how US immigration allowed former Nazi's to settle in their country without much of a problem... although I suppose this could be applied to a few countries.

[bennydorano]

Mr Robot - watched 1st series thought it was very good, 4 episodes into S2 and not feeling it all, worth persevering with?

[screenexile]

Mr Robot - watched 1st series thought it was very good, 4 episodes into S2 and not feeling it all, worth persevering with?

It's a lot of effort not as good as S1 but still good.

[nrico2006]

Just started watching The Devil Next Door on Netflix.  I'm only at the beginning but it has the potential to be another cracking Netflix Docu-series!  The story of the trial of an accused Nazi concentration camp worker living in the US. "Ivan the Terrible"

Finished this over the weekend.  Amazing and horrifying stuff really.  They could have done more episodes on this and put a lot more of the detail in it I think.

Shocking how US immigration allowed former Nazi's to settle in their country without much of a problem... although I suppose this could be applied to a few countries.

The show was rushed in some parts. I understand that tensions were high during the trials but it was crazy how it was implied that because of the terrible ordeal the surviving Jews went through that you had to take everything they said as gospel, even though two of the main three witnesses had zero credibility. In the photo ID card, was it confirmed that the photo was of John? The focus was obviously on whether it was a genuine nazi ID card, but was the photo confirmed as being of him. Were survivors, Trawniki or Nazi's shown his photo versus the other Ivan to determine who was the real culprit? Was more than reasonable doubt on him in my opinion.

[Main Street]

Just started watching The Devil Next Door on Netflix.  I'm only at the beginning but it has the potential to be another cracking Netflix Docu-series!  The story of the trial of an accused Nazi concentration camp worker living in the US. "Ivan the Terrible"

Finished this over the weekend.  Amazing and horrifying stuff really.  They could have done more episodes on this and put a lot more of the detail in it I think.

Shocking how US immigration allowed former Nazi's to settle in their country without much of a problem... although I suppose this could be applied to a few countries.

The show was rushed in some parts. I understand that tensions were high during the trials but it was crazy how it was implied that because of the terrible ordeal the surviving Jews went through that you had to take everything they said as gospel, even though two of the main three witnesses had zero credibility. In the photo ID card, was it confirmed that the photo was of John? The focus was obviously on whether it was a genuine nazi ID card, but was the photo confirmed as being of him. Were survivors, Trawniki or Nazi's shown his photo versus the other Ivan to determine who was the real culprit? Was more than reasonable doubt on him in my opinion.

Overall I thought the documentary was excellent, and at least the participants were still alive.
What was missing was the psychological explanation of how the survivers could be so 100% convinced that he was Ivan. It's a syndrome.
Another thing missing was an explanation that German law was changed in the 1990s  so that ordinary camp guards could be tried for war crimes and that's how the fake Ivan John could be deported for a 2nd time from the USA to face a court tribunal. I found that to be the ultimate in pettines from USA war crime investigation.
Essentially this change in law in Germany, which should have been done in 1945/6,  allowed for rank and file concentration camp guards to tried for war crimes  regardless that they were now in their 80s, In the immediate aftermath of post war Germany, thousands of real sadistic criminals were not only let off scot free but assimialted into the system while genuine wartime  anti nazis were treated as traitors and denied their civil rights.

[Milltown Row2]

Quicksand on Netflix, decent Swedish drama

[Milltown Row2]

Just started watching The Devil Next Door on Netflix.  I'm only at the beginning but it has the potential to be another cracking Netflix Docu-series!  The story of the trial of an accused Nazi concentration camp worker living in the US. "Ivan the Terrible"

Finished this over the weekend.  Amazing and horrifying stuff really.  They could have done more episodes on this and put a lot more of the detail in it I think.

Shocking how US immigration allowed former Nazi's to settle in their country without much of a problem... although I suppose this could be applied to a few countries.

Just finished it today, so many different levels to this, first off he was a guard at one of these camps, those survivors wanted to believe it was him, and why go to such an elaborate way to 'fix' him up?

The Americans were happy to take on the German scientists and the money men from Germany.

He was guilty I'd say, maybe not Ivan the terrible but he needed to be at least made accountable for his actions so sending him back to Germany was right