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TV shows currently watching
- Thread starter Mr.Azim
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Priller
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It's become a legit phenomenon in the UK. My Twitter feed is overwhelmed on Sunday night with UK folks losing their minds about the show.
My wife and I watch Gogglebox on Channel 4 (via a region unlocker), and that's how we keep up with it. Definitely seems to be heavy on the plot twists and cliffhangers, but well written. It survives intense internet plot scrutiny without giving the game away, which not all shows can manage.
Speaking of British TV, one show that's hilarious is Taskmaster, which is now almost entirely on YouTube. It's a comedy show where five comedians and actors per series are given silly tasks to complete (tasks like paint a horse while riding a horse, impress the Mayor of Chesham, or fill an egg cup with your own tears only begins to describe the madness). It's scored in an unpredictable way by Greg Davies (the titular Taskmaster) and one of the five is crowned series champion at the conclusion.
As we watch a lot of UK TV, the comedians are mostly familiar to us from other shows, so I'm not sure if losing that knowledge makes the show less funny. Still, there's something endlessly entertaining about placing funny and creative people in front of a random task and watching them attack it. Sometimes it's genius, sometimes it's total disaster, but either way it's really funny...
it gets better
Greg Davies is a national treasure. He used to be a school teacher, he has some hilarious anecdotes from that time.
bigpoppa
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Priller
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Couldn't agree more. He brings that school teacher vibe to Taskmaster, treating the contestants like unruly kids.
We've just started watching his sitcom, Man Down, as Mike Wozniak and Roisin Conaty are both in it with him. Wozniak is the funniest contestant on the current series of Taskmaster, and Conaty was great on the first series. We haven't watched Cuckoo, but I hear Davies is good in that as well...
Cuckoo is well worth a watch. We started with that and then just went out and binged anything he was in including comedy specials.
Started watching Jupiter's Legacy last night. 3 episodes in so far and it's an entertaining watch.
bigpoppa
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watching more line of duty, its a good show, but comparing it to the wire is sacrilege and like comparing a versys to an s1000xr
the wire is easily the GOAT show...and the more I learn about the more I like it...for instance everything in the show was based off real characters...no fiction
The guy who played the preacher? Was the real life avon barksdale
The big muslim dude in the later seasons was the real life Omar
etc etc etc
Also getting a feeling the brits like soap opras and dramas...and british police are soft AF
the wire is easily the GOAT show...and the more I learn about the more I like it...for instance everything in the show was based off real characters...no fiction
The guy who played the preacher? Was the real life avon barksdale
The big muslim dude in the later seasons was the real life Omar
etc etc etc
Also getting a feeling the brits like soap opras and dramas...and british police are soft AF
The storyline is up there IMO. That’s all I’ll stand behind. Individual acting, cinematography, casting, etc are all another story.
Finished watching it yesterday. Very much enjoyed it, despite it not having anything really new to say.
Priller
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UK policing is definitely different. Less about spending half their budget arming themselves to the teeth like a full-on military, for a start...
As for what Brits like, it's as diverse as here, if not more so. Channel 5 is full of gratuitous and exploitative nonsense like Celebs on the Farm and Pussies Galore: Love Me, Love My Cats, while on the other end there's super-highbrow shows like Only Connect, a quiz show so difficult that most people would be happy if they got one question right in an episode.
Personally, I like that there's shows like QI that don't treat the audience like a bunch of idiots and assumes a basic level of knowledge, while still being entertaining and funny. That stuff basically doesn't exist on North American TV. Dramas are pretty universal these days, with the various streaming services' hunger for content making sure anything half-decent gets picked up here...
I will fight you over this lol.
I still can’t get into The Wire. Line of Duty is a bit more subtle, very well written and as an expat I get the humour in it and the accents don’t bother me.
bigpoppa
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its also not really believable, guy decides to beat up a female cop in a parking lot with 6 witnesses and nothing happens?
and even the dumbest criminal knows not to kill cops.
These idiots are actively plotting to kidnap/kill cops
cops running around like hapless cucks, give me a break
It's other bent cops in league with organized crime that are plotting to kill other cops that might expose them. That’s the whole point of the series!
bigpoppa
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The wire is also all encompassing, it covers EVERYTHING, from crime, to policing, to the school system, journalism, politics, corruption ,working class struggles, manufacturing and job outsourcing etc etc etc
it covers the entire city of baltimore, and urban life in general
each season is a different show onto itself basically
it covers the entire city of baltimore, and urban life in general
each season is a different show onto itself basically
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