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Just watched the series of Jack Reacher whilst waiting for series 2 he is one big fucker more like the book than little Tom Cruise
 
Bluemoon_420 said:
I highly recommend anybody that enjoys martial arts films (or even if you don’t) to watch Warrior. Easily the best series that I’ve seen for a very long time, great action and drama.

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Warrior (TV Series 2019–2023) ⭐ 8.4 | Action, Crime, Drama

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Great shout. Just about to start the 3rd series. It's a bit like peaky blinders but set in the wild west, with kung fu thrown in. Great fun and some nice little twists, nobody is the nice guy and some of the fight scenes are epic.
 
I could probably only count on one or two hands, the truly exhilarating TV series that have left me spell bound and hanging on to the edge of my seat for more more more. Game Of thrones, House Of The Dragons, Better call Saul, Breaking Bad, Band Of Brothers etc. etc.

We now have another contender with Stranger Things as we binged into dawns early light to take out season one:

 
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Maxine, on 5 about Huntley and the Soham murders
Very good.
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Watching this on Netflix now.
I remember the united shirts on the two young girls was a big part of the investigation.
In the programme the reference is that the two girls are wearing red football shirts not united shirts. Huntley states in the programme interview “My team, they have good taste” but no reference to him being a united fan. it’s as if united have disassociated themselves from the horrific events and blocked the film maker from allowing them to use manchester united as it’s a bad association . I just find it strange .
 
Finished the first season of Girls last night. Cracking show. Never really come across characters like this on TV before - basically the hipster class from New York in the late 2000s, early 2010s, but all very dysfunctional and damaged in ways that it seems they can't fix. Looks like a show that will follow their downward spirals.

Also watching through Malcolm in the Middle, which is great. Nice to see a comedy about a lower middle class (or working class) family that constantly stays grounded instead of finding new and elaborate ways for them to afford to do things that the plot demands of them. Bryan Cranston is an unbelievably funny comic actor.

And I'm coming to the end of Sex Education, which started off brilliantly and boldly but has slowly got worse and less sure of itself with each season. It's still watchable and it's fun enough to watch the characters interact but I think it's bitten off more than it could chew and lost the run of what it was trying to say. Still, mostly good TV.
 
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Lavinda Past said:
That just goes to show what a convincing actor Tiny Tom is.
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I liked his version of Reacher, he had the attitude part right and the humour.

They took a bit of licence with the scripts but they were decent films, I am a saddo that has all the Reacher books, new one is due out very soon.

The series was very good imo and I'm sick of waiting for series 2 it's been made for ages, I believe they wanted to release this and lotr's at the same time, which seems a bit odd tbh
 
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bluealf said:
and 260-300lbs lol

The term brick shit house springs to mind :)
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Apparently the actor has put on more weight for S2.


He looks comically large most of the time, I’m 6’4 (not in the same shape unfortunately) and I don’t tower over every single person I meet. I’m guessing part of it is due to camera angles/directing choices, and I’m pretty sure I remember reading actors are shorter on average than the general population so he’d stick out more.

Casting choices probably play an effect too.


Tbh I hope they make it less of a focus this time. Obviously they were addressing fan complaints about Cruise being a midget, but I don’t need every single character he meets to say “fuck me you’re big” or something. It felt a bit clunky and takes you out of the story a bit.

Might rewatch before season 2.
 
domalino said:
Apparently the actor has put on more weight for S2.


He looks comically large most of the time, I’m 6’4 and I don’t tower over ever single person I meet. I’m guessing part of it is due to camera angles and I’m pretty sure I remember reading actors are shorter on average than the general population.

Casting choices probably play and effect too.
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They put all the supporting actors in the Green Mile in a trench they dug to make that fella even bigger. Cinema tricks
 
youngbob said:
And I'm coming to the end of Sex Education, which started off brilliantly and boldly but has slowly got worse and less sure of itself with each season. It's still watchable and it's fun enough to watch the characters interact but I think it's bitten off more than it could chew and lost the run of what it was trying to say. Still, mostly good TV.
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I think you're being over-generous there pal, first season was excellent, season 2 was watchable, but 3 started to slide down the steep and slippery slope and season 4 swan dived off a cliff.

Watching season 4 I am forced to conclude that as a straight male with no disability I'm in a minority of about 1% in this country. Everyone bar about 4 characters were either gay, bi-sexual, gender-fluid, waiting for, mid or post operative trans-gender, had a disability or any combination of the above. They even wheeled in (literally) some chap with what I assume was cerebral palsy for one episode in the school and he didn't even go to the fucking school.

In conclusion, season 1 was daring and funny, season 4 was a touch too woke for me
 
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