Bulya Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 3 hours ago, Ken said: The show's I've been watching recently include Vigil (Foxtel), War of the Worlds (SBS), The Newsreader (ABC), Traces (ABC) and Question Everything (ABC). I'm a fan of both Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell and the Weekly with Charlie Pickering but they're not on at the moment. Gruen will be back soon though. Although I've listed it I'm not actually very impressed with the 2nd series of War of the the Worlds - can't make up my mind if the scriptwriters are idiots or they are trying to subtly demonstrate that what we are seeing is a parallel earth - one which is demonstrably more technically advanced because they've develop insulin that doesn't need refrigeration but demonstrably less technically advanced because they still use bottles and syringes to deliver insulin (something I haven't seen in the last quarter of a century). We never miss Gruen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjez Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 17 hours ago, Ken said: The attempts at diversity are nonsense. Only about 5% of the population of Australia (including First Nations people) are black. So technically if you have a cast of 20 and one of them is black that show has appropriate diversity - but if you have a cast of 19 or less and one of them is black then they would be over-represented but if you didn't have any they would be under-represented. How are you supposed to get the balance right? Are you banned from having from two black people on the same show because it doesn't match the statistics? I did watch the new British bake off in the UK and wondered why there was no wheelchair user 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Snowball Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 On 24/09/2021 at 07:03, Tulip1 said: Vigil is on my planner to start watching this weekend. I’ve heard it’s very good. I finished Vigil last night and thought it was ok at best if I’m honest. Be interested in what you think. Must say, whatever you think your worst fear is prepare to change it at the end of episode 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Amber Snowball said: I finished Vigil last night and thought it was ok at best if I’m honest. Be interested in what you think. Must say, whatever you think your worst fear is prepare to change it at the end of episode 5 We're on the 4th episode tonight. It's followed the streaming formula. Interesting parts for women who are always more clever than blokes tick, Blokes are either mass murders or imbeciles tick, Gay relationship somewhere tick, Someone of colour in a high position tick. If the gay relationship is one person of colour and one white you can save a bit of money. Oh, then when you've got that in place, think of a storyline. Vigil is pretty good in that respect, good female leads. The one guy who gets a decent part is the police boss of the two ladies. Unusual for it to be a male boss. There's a good article in this weekends Australian by Janet Albrechtsen who calls it Feminist Porn. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramot Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Amber Snowball said: I finished Vigil last night and thought it was ok at best if I’m honest. Be interested in what you think. Must say, whatever you think your worst fear is prepare to change it at the end of episode 5 Just watched the last episode, it was ok, but best I don’t say anything in case I spoil it for others. Edited September 27, 2021 by ramot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Snowball Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Paul1Perth said: We're on the 4th episode tonight. It's followed the streaming formula. Interesting parts for women who are always more clever than blokes tick, Blokes are either mass murders or imbeciles tick, Gay relationship somewhere tick, Someone of colour in a high position tick. If the gay relationship is one person of colour and one white you can save a bit of money. Oh, then when you've got that in place, think of a storyline. Vigil is pretty good in that respect, good female leads. The one guy who gets a decent part is the police boss of the two ladies. Unusual for it to be a male boss. There's a good article in this weekends Australian by Janet Albrechtsen who calls it Feminist Porn. It did feel a bit like this. I must admit my first thought was “ another lesbian, really?” It was ok and I watched all episodes so was obviously interested enough to that extent. I did shout out in horror at the end of episode 5 as I said, new worst nightmare. Bit heart pounding but beyond that I don’t know if I cared much about any of them. Think Martin Compston did well to get a top billing for all he’s been in it. I will stop now as others are still to see it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip1 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) I’m a bit behind you all. Still have Vigil to watch and currently part way through click bait. Reluctant to admit this but I’m currently into married at first sight at the minute. Also watching Broken. Love Sean Bean. I will update you on what I think of Vigil as soon as I can. Edited September 27, 2021 by Tulip1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcguinnessp1968 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Not on terrestrial tv but mr in between is an Aussie show and is outstanding Get it on fox tel or binge 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 24/09/2021 at 10:31, Wanderer Returns said: This guy 'Hughsie' seems to pop up on everything. I just do not get what people see in him! Magda Zubanski too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 21 hours ago, Paul1Perth said: We're on the 4th episode tonight. It's followed the streaming formula. Interesting parts for women who are always more clever than blokes tick, Blokes are either mass murders or imbeciles tick, Gay relationship somewhere tick, Someone of colour in a high position tick. If the gay relationship is one person of colour and one white you can save a bit of money. Oh, then when you've got that in place, think of a storyline. Vigil is pretty good in that respect, good female leads. The one guy who gets a decent part is the police boss of the two ladies. Unusual for it to be a male boss. There's a good article in this weekends Australian by Janet Albrechtsen who calls it Feminist Porn. Havent watched it yet - is there a mixed marriage in there too, that's usually a necessary tick. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramot Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, Quoll said: Havent watched it yet - is there a mixed marriage in there too, that's usually a necessary tick. Think they missed that one, 100 lines: must do better next time! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjez Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 16 minutes ago, Quoll said: Havent watched it yet - is there a mixed marriage in there too, that's usually a necessary tick. What's a mixed marriage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Returns Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 22 hours ago, Paul1Perth said: We're on the 4th episode tonight. It's followed the streaming formula. Interesting parts for women who are always more clever than blokes tick, Blokes are either mass murders or imbeciles tick, Gay relationship somewhere tick, Someone of colour in a high position tick. If the gay relationship is one person of colour and one white you can save a bit of money. Oh, then when you've got that in place, think of a storyline. Vigil is pretty good in that respect, good female leads. The one guy who gets a decent part is the police boss of the two ladies. Unusual for it to be a male boss. There's a good article in this weekends Australian by Janet Albrechtsen who calls it Feminist Porn. Roared with laughter when I read this, Paul - you're right on the money. I haven't seen Vigil but the last 'Feminist Porn' I watched was just prior to leaving the UK, and the one with a young lass as a world-class assassin who systematically polishes off caddish gammons right, left and centre. In all fairness she was pretty convincing in the part, until a scene where we saw her running as quickly as she could into the bushes. I felt a lot safer after that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Returns Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Paul1Perth said: Magda Zubanski too. I've never heard of him/her. I thought a Zubanski was some kind of vegetable over here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 1 hour ago, ramot said: Think they missed that one, 100 lines: must do better next time! I think they thought the mixed-race extra-marital affair would cover it. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramot Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 14 minutes ago, Ken said: I think they thought the mixed-race extra-marital affair would cover it. I’d better do the 100 lines!! A mixed affair did tick the box. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Wanderer Returns said: I've never heard of him/her. I thought a Zubanski was some kind of vegetable over here Thats about right a large round unpalatable one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Returns Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 29 minutes ago, Quoll said: Thats about right a large round unpalatable one. Curiosity got the better of me in the end - so it's her out of Kath & Kim, which surely has to be the most over-rated Australian TV show of all time. I thought it was rubbish when it first came out, and as it popped up on Netflix during lockdown I revisited it to see if maybe I'd missed something... Nope. Just a load of folks squawking at each other for 30 minutes, with the occasional half-arsed gag thrown in. The fact that it was such a big hit here in Australia just goes to show the standard of what's generally on offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Snowball Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Quoll said: Havent watched it yet - is there a mixed marriage in there too, that's usually a necessary tick. A mixed extra marital affair does that count? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Finished Vigil last night. I noted ladies can also run faster then guys now and tackle them to the ground quite easily, where they instantly give up. They gave the numbers on female/male crew on the sub and it was something like 10 females, 150 males. You would have thought the other way round in all the action scenes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Did anyone ever watch "top of the lake"? What a load of crap that was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Snowball Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 13 hours ago, Paul1Perth said: Did anyone ever watch "top of the lake"? What a load of crap that was. I managed about half an episode of that I think. Couldn’t get on with it. I think it was called Sin City??? Set in Canberra. That was good. Only saw the first series whilst I was in Australia, so over 3 years ago but someone I work with says there’s a second series on Netflix here. It’s called something different in the uk than Oz, so not sure if sin city is the here or there title! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 13 hours ago, Amber Snowball said: I managed about half an episode of that I think. Couldn’t get on with it. I think it was called Sin City??? Set in Canberra. That was good. Only saw the first series whilst I was in Australia, so over 3 years ago but someone I work with says there’s a second series on Netflix here. It’s called something different in the uk than Oz, so not sure if sin city is the here or there title! Sin City Canberra? I wondered what people got up to there. One of the most boring places in Aus I've been and I've been to a lot on work trips. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Snowball Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 17 minutes ago, Paul1Perth said: Sin City Canberra? I wondered what people got up to there. One of the most boring places in Aus I've been and I've been to a lot on work trips. It was a political thing involving corruption and China. Think Jackie Weaver was in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Paul1Perth said: Sin City Canberra? I wondered what people got up to there. One of the most boring places in Aus I've been and I've been to a lot on work trips. It was actually quite a good series - statutory transgender, female hero, corrupt politicians etc etc but from a Canberran's point of view it was quite a nice travelogue and I must admit to a smidgen of homesickness as I saw it in UK 2 or 3 years ago. BTW, Canberra isnt boring just because it doesnt have a beach LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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