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  • Serial_Apologist
    Full Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 37559

    Originally posted by Constantbee View Post
    I entirely agree. Still only £53.50 for the black and white telly licence, mind you Makes watching hours and hours of blood and gore and bare flesh slightly less stressful in black and white Don't suppose they make black and white sets any more, do they? Well, if they don't they should. My father had one until about 7 years ago, until someone came round and pressurised him to get it converted. I knew he shouldn't have let it go If compliant (or whatever the word is) black and white TV sets ever come back into fashion I'll have one
    Some people just see everything in black and white!

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    • JasonPalmer
      Full Member
      • Dec 2022
      • 826

      I think BBC four should broadcast all the proms and Covent Garden productions, surely that is the kind of thing BBC four was meant to do eh
      Annoyingly listening to and commenting on radio 3...

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      • jayne lee wilson
        Banned
        • Jul 2011
        • 10711

        Beautiful and rewarding series on The Wadden Sea, restrained background music, in-depth across four episodes and not pulling its punches on bird and animal mortality...
        Highly recommended.

        In this final episode, migratory birds arrive in search of berries, little swans arrive in the sweetest part of the Wadden area and starlings fly in beautiful formations. (S1, ep 4)

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        • Serial_Apologist
          Full Member
          • Dec 2010
          • 37559

          Very disturbing Panorama on tonight earlier on The Cloud, and how it's using up vast energy and water resources. One has not thought about these things at all, largely because the Powers That Be have said little or nothing. This is not the general public's fault - we've all been dragged into it: the initial set-up should have been to say users would only be allowed so long to store up personal data, after which it would be deleted.

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          • Bryn
            Banned
            • Mar 2007
            • 24688

            Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
            Very disturbing Panorama on tonight earlier on The Cloud, and how it's using up vast energy and water resources. One has not thought about these things at all, largely because the Powers That Be have said little or nothing. This is not the general public's fault - we've all been dragged into it: the initial set-up should have been to say users would only be allowed so long to store up personal data, after which it would be deleted.
            I have avoided cloud 'services' from the start. My backups are local and disconnected from the internet, generally.

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            • oddoneout
              Full Member
              • Nov 2015
              • 9135

              Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
              Very disturbing Panorama on tonight earlier on The Cloud, and how it's using up vast energy and water resources. One has not thought about these things at all, largely because the Powers That Be have said little or nothing. This is not the general public's fault - we've all been dragged into it: the initial set-up should have been to say users would only be allowed so long to store up personal data, after which it would be deleted.
              I became aware of this some time ago and it simply added to my wariness of the hype surrounding the cloud concept and the wider implications of the digital "revolution". The use of "cloud" was a marketing win, implying as it does something nebulous and thus without earthly considerations. It is another example of the "out of sight, out of mind" approach, often used these days - as throughout human history it has to be said. Data centres, server farms and the like are not environmentally cost-free or benign. That's not to say they shouldn't exist - that would be silly - but more awareness is necessary.

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              • Stanfordian
                Full Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 9308

                'Funny Woman' on Sky Max
                Gemma Arterton is simply superb in this 6 part series based on Nick Hornby's 2014 book 'Funny Girl' a comedy set in the 60s. Also in it are Rupert Everett and David Threlfall.
                I love it!

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                • jayne lee wilson
                  Banned
                  • Jul 2011
                  • 10711

                  Originally posted by Stanfordian View Post
                  'Funny Woman' on Sky Max
                  Gemma Arterton is simply superb in this 6 part series based on Nick Hornby's 2014 book 'Funny Girl' a comedy set in the 60s. Also in it are Rupert Everett and David Threlfall.
                  I love it!
                  I sort-of enjoyed ep.1, will continue tonight, but so far it's a bit too stereotyped and been-there-done-that about the sordid sexist brutality beneath the Swinging 60s glamour. Entertaining but rather superficial, although Rupert Everett's seedy agent (channelling George Melly) finally livened things up, after the clichéd parade of Northern Beauty Queens and showgirls, matronly floor managers, posh Gents who feel they've bought the right to rape you after an expensive night out....

                  The direction is predictable, too restless and the script less than inspired; maybe it will deepen as we go along, but...it is a well-trodden territory and needs a sharper fresher angle.

                  We had all this with rather more flair in the recent film Last Night in Soho, better pop-soundtrack too.

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                  • smittims
                    Full Member
                    • Aug 2022
                    • 4039

                    Is anyone watching the 'New Generation Artists' series on BBC4? Episode 2 is on tomorrow and Ep.1 is on iPlayer.

                    Georgia Mann talks to the camera and the musicians sit around in a circle, coming forward one by one to do their thing. Older members may recall a 'Schubertiade' at the Aldeburgh Festival where they did this. I supose it's another attempt to find a way of doing classical music on TV. It didn't appeal to me, partly because I just want to listen to the music and partly because I don't really want to look at their faces all the time, which is mostly what we see. But what do I know? Maybe it's just the thing to get new listeners; I wonder what 'Sam' thinks.

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                    • johncorrigan
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 10335

                      I really loved Joe Cornish's films, 'Attack the Block' and 'The Boy Who Would Be King', so I thought we would take in his adaptation of Jonathan Stroud's series 'Lockwood and Co' on Netflix at the moment. Set in London in an alternate timeline, the country appears to have had an infestation of ghosts for 50 years, and we follow the three young protagonist agents as they hunt out the sources of the ghosts. Eight 45-minute episodes were quite thrilling and spooky enough to keep me on the edge of my seat, but not so scary that it sent me running for the back of the couch. Not sure if there'll be a second series, but I would watch more.

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                      • Ein Heldenleben
                        Full Member
                        • Apr 2014
                        • 6726

                        Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
                        I sort-of enjoyed ep.1, will continue tonight, but so far it's a bit too stereotyped and been-there-done-that about the sordid sexist brutality beneath the Swinging 60s glamour. Entertaining but rather superficial, although Rupert Everett's seedy agent (channelling George Melly) finally livened things up, after the clichéd parade of Northern Beauty Queens and showgirls, matronly floor managers, posh Gents who feel they've bought the right to rape you after an expensive night out....

                        The direction is predictable, too restless and the script less than inspired; maybe it will deepen as we go along, but...it is a well-trodden territory and needs a sharper fresher angle.

                        We had all this with rather more flair in the recent film Last Night in Soho, better pop-soundtrack too.
                        I think it’s reasonably well directed and theyve spent a lot on sets and costumes . But the script just isn’t up to it. They rely heavily on the very talented Gemma Arterton. Some of the others are sleep walking through their parts. It’s not in the same league as Marvellous Mrs Maisel which has a similar theme but so many fascinating side stories - the ex-husband’s night club , the maths prof turned journalist ,the rag trade , the whole New York Jewish milieu, the closet gay pop star - the feisty agent and her terrible apartment and Lenny Bruce. I must start watching it again..

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                        • Stanfordian
                          Full Member
                          • Dec 2010
                          • 9308

                          On Netflix

                          'American Murder: The Family Next Door'

                          A disturbing American true crime documentary.

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                          • smittims
                            Full Member
                            • Aug 2022
                            • 4039

                            In my case, fortunately, the family next door moved before murder became obligatory.

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                            • Stanfordian
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2010
                              • 9308

                              Originally posted by smittims View Post
                              In my case, fortunately, the family next door moved before murder became obligatory.



                              However, I certainly wasn’t laughing whilst watching this. In truth, it unsettled me for a couple of days.

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                              • jayne lee wilson
                                Banned
                                • Jul 2011
                                • 10711

                                Closing in on the final episode of Funny Woman... well, it has deepened a little, but no radical change of pace or tone. What is clear is that Arsher Ali as Dennis is carrying the drama at least as much as Gemma Arterton. Among all the cyphers and stereotypes, he brings warmth, depth and complexity of character to the narrative which would otherwise be lacking; an effective foil for Arterton's more volatile and spotlighted highs and lows (which she does well, without too much self-parody...).....

                                Cliffhanger at the end of ep. 5....so (even if I think I've guessed it out...) at least I'm keen to see the dénouement now.... but which way will it go? My late night treat....

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