Netflix/Amazon/Gaming and Book Recommendations

Matt Wood

@richard-latimer Never seen that, added it to my list

Richard Latimer

Watch Mitchell's Vs Machines on Netflix. Brilliant!! Knew nothing about it but it was hilarious.

Matt Wood

@richard-latimer Just coming to the end of the first season now so will see if it holds my attention.

Richard Latimer

@matt-wood said in Netflix/Amazon/Etc Recommendations:

It was the good lady's choice of series this time and she chose Once upon a Time on Netflix.

Much better than I was expecting, Robert Carlyle is, as ever, excellent as Rumplestiltskin.

Watched the first season but got bored. Like the lead. She was in House. Now that was a show!

Matt Wood

It was the good lady's choice of series this time and she chose Once upon a Time on Netflix.

Much better than I was expecting, Robert Carlyle is, as ever, excellent as Rumplestiltskin.

Richard Latimer

@john-folan said in Netflix/Amazon/Etc Recommendations:

@richard-latimer said in Netflix/Amazon/Etc Recommendations:

@john-folan said in Netflix/Amazon/Etc Recommendations:

Anyone else watching The Handmaids Tale? Absolutely should be on your must watch list.

Yeah, still not watched season 3 but I need to
Blessed be the fruit.

Proper messed up. Just my sort of thing.

By his Eye

I think you were looking for may the lord open

John Folan

@richard-latimer said in Netflix/Amazon/Etc Recommendations:

@john-folan said in Netflix/Amazon/Etc Recommendations:

Anyone else watching The Handmaids Tale? Absolutely should be on your must watch list.

Yeah, still not watched season 3 but I need to
Blessed be the fruit.

Proper messed up. Just my sort of thing.

By his Eye

Richard Latimer

@john-folan said in Netflix/Amazon/Etc Recommendations:

Anyone else watching The Handmaids Tale? Absolutely should be on your must watch list.

Yeah, still not watched season 3 but I need to
Blessed be the fruit.

John Folan

Anyone else watching The Handmaids Tale? Absolutely should be on your must watch list.

? Offline

@john-folan She was fantastic, gutted she didnt get a bigger ending, like i thought we would get her trying to get kate done for the shooting etc thought that was a storyline but just everything seemed forgotten about. Like she could have done so much and so many avenues with her. Hopefully another

John Folan

@darri said in Netflix/Amazon/Etc Recommendations:

Honestly iv calmed a bit since watching it. I think i agree with realism side. We got spoilt by the Dot ending and i think we all thought this would be something similar. I honestly think the acting and performances from the other main characters was so good, made us hope it was them instead. If you look at why they chose buckells its because he was probably who we thought had least chance of pulling this off. I just think the fact buckells was arrested and done early on made us not care about him as much, they maybe thought it would be a bigger plot twist than it ended up being because we felt so passionately it was one of the others, feels a bit meh that it was just him. It makes sense realism wise, but it was a crime drama with gun fights in the streets, in a way i think the writers have tried to be clever by giving us a deeper message about corruption right now and leaving the door open for another series, instead of a grand finale of a crime drama.

Be good if you were right and this was kind of like the end of Empire Strikes Back where it’s all gone a bit Pete Tong. I reckon they will be back and hopefully Carmichael will be head honcho. Just literally my now favourite character in the series. The actress who plays her is great in Motherland as well.

? Offline

Honestly iv calmed a bit since watching it. I think i agree with realism side. We got spoilt by the Dot ending and i think we all thought this would be something similar. I honestly think the acting and performances from the other main characters was so good, made us hope it was them instead. If you look at why they chose buckells its because he was probably who we thought had least chance of pulling this off. I just think the fact buckells was arrested and done early on made us not care about him as much, they maybe thought it would be a bigger plot twist than it ended up being because we felt so passionately it was one of the others, feels a bit meh that it was just him. It makes sense realism wise, but it was a crime drama with gun fights in the streets, in a way i think the writers have tried to be clever by giving us a deeper message about corruption right now and leaving the door open for another series, instead of a grand finale of a crime drama.

John Folan

@oliver-moore said in Netflix/Amazon/Etc Recommendations:

I’m not sure about realism but it’s gritty and very watchable. I think they could easily go another series, showing how they take down the Chief Constable. The last episode felt rushed.

Agree with this. Almost like there was something else planned and it didn’t come off for whatever reason so they shoehorned in the ending we got.

? Offline

I’m not sure about realism but it’s gritty and very watchable. I think they could easily go another series, showing how they take down the Chief Constable. The last episode felt rushed.

Richard Latimer

People point to it being more realistic, corruption lives on and often the most Boris....I mean bumbling characters can turn out to be the worst....but I think the problem is, it was hardly going for realism before. When Dot put his extraction plan into action for example and it resulted in a chase across the city with assault rifles!

Martin

@oliver-moore that's what Roz says but I'm not that convinced or bothered at this point. Such a wimper to end what was a really exciting season earlier on.

? Offline

It'll be back. Too many loose endings.

Ryan

Agree they could have done more with Carmichael in that last episode - she was unreal.

Martin

It was definately a rubbish ending!

John Folan

@richard-latimer said in Netflix/Amazon/Etc Recommendations:

@darri said in Netflix/Amazon/Etc Recommendations:

@richard-latimer honestly had a lot of hope that line of duty would be better than GOT ending, especially after season 4 was so good with the caddie shenanigans, midsomer murders has a better plot twist every ep

The dot episode was way better than anything in this series. I did enjoy the cliffhanger left when Kate was facing off with Ryan Pilkington then to be honest it just went downhill really quickly. The years and years of build up for THAT!!!

We all agree we are dissatisfied with the ending. Shame as the programme as a whole had some fantastic moments. I think I’ll remember those. “Urgent Exit Required” and Jo Davidson’s interview with Carmichael, Hastings and Arnott being two of my favourites. Carmichael sadly was wasted the last episode after being the stand out for me in the previous one. A truly fantastic character.