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Posted by Ragana, 05.12.2011 - 22:16
I watched the show before I knew it was based on books but few months ago I started to read the first book (haven't had the chance to read anything besides study materials ever since) and I guess I'm glad I already knew what all characters look like. anyway, recently I spotted the other four books in a bookstore and I think I'll make an exception and buy them (I rarely buy fiction books as I just read them once and then put away, so what's the point of that?)... winter's the coolest season for reading books.

plus, if one's worrying about the language... well, um, practice makes perfect, right? reading books is one of the best ways how to improve your knowledge in any language.
01.09.2015 - 15:27
AnGina--
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Written by BitterCOld on 16.07.2015 at 23:20
it's a good show, but the fact each episode has a 5-6 minute song montage gets pretty annoying.

It wasn't annoying to me.

Anyway, after binge-watching SOA, I finished it two weeks ago and it still hurts soooo much. So much. I mean, seriously, I'm liek dead inside. I want nothing but to watch SOA furthermore, I miss the guys so much. This is really insane that a TV show engulfed me so heavily, it has never happened to me before. Now I can't even watch anything, everything I start instantly sucks to me. #SOA4ever
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06.09.2015 - 01:38
BitterCOld
The Ancient One
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Watching Narcos on Netflix. Enjoying it, love it was shot in Colombia. Still want to go there at some point if we can pull it off, but flights from here to there have to stop in Sao Paolo and Lima along the way...
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17.09.2015 - 11:34
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
I am watching Outlaw Chronicles - Hells Angels
Story told by George Christy former angel, who was Ventura chapter president for 30 years and was around in angels from 1th days
Anybody can tell me, why he was kicked out of angels, what's whit him and Sonny Barger? how long was he in jail? why was his son killed? wikia nd google don't know answer like HAMC specially deleted him name from google
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17.09.2015 - 11:50
slim pickings
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I finished watching first season of True Detective; it was ok, the show is saved by great acting, especially Mathew McConaughey which was a pleasant surprise for me. Slightly overrated I dare say, but a good entertaining show. I'm gonna watch season 2 soon.
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17.09.2015 - 12:54
Zap
Written by [user id=17278] on 17.09.2015 at 11:50

I finished watching first season of True Detective; it was ok, the show is saved by great acting, especially Mathew McConaughey which was a pleasant surprise for me. Slightly overrated I dare say, but a good entertaining show. I'm gonna watch season 2 soon.

Yeah, I agree. It has great acting, some interesting philosophical themes and one incredible single take tracking shot (in episode 4 or 5 I think,) but overall it wasn't as good as people made it out to be and the ending was predictable bollocks if you ask me.
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22.09.2015 - 04:14
BitterCOld
The Ancient One
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Fun watching the A-Team and Murder She Wrote on Netflix in the background while i work. funny to see the "star power" in some of those.
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24.09.2015 - 14:17
IronAngel
Anyone seen the six-part BBC miniseries Wolf Hall? It's based on Hilary Mantel's first two books about Thomas Cromwell (the final part should be out sometime next year). Historical fiction is usually a terrible genre, but her books got praise both in literary circles and among historians. The series is really good. The casting is excellent and visually it avoids the dreary middle age clichés of dark, smoke, dirt etc. I heartily recommend it, it is far above the Tudors turd or even Pillars of the Earth.
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25.09.2015 - 18:44
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Written by [user id=142921] on 25.09.2015 at 18:41

Karl Pinnington



That typo is extra funny because of this

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28.09.2015 - 11:23
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Re start to watch Ancient Aliens
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28.09.2015 - 13:33
Vombatus
Potorro
Finished yesterday season 3 of House of Cards, and quite liked it. Step up from s2 that was too over the top to my liking, though no s1, which remains ones of my absolute favorite series.
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30.09.2015 - 19:00
ylside
Staff
Watched Mr Robot - then Narcos.
Mr Robot began great, finished horribly IMO - reaaaaally bored me halfway through, but many people did like it fully. I am grateful I found Narcos to compensate.

WIll follow by Band of Brothers, and Show me a Hero.


Written by BitterCOld on 06.09.2015 at 01:38

Watching Narcos on Netflix. Enjoying it, love it was shot in Colombia. Still want to go there at some point if we can pull it off, but flights from here to there have to stop in Sao Paolo and Lima along the way...

It's excellent, I really liked it. I like sober shows like that... down to earth, sticking to it's subject, and not overdone. Aaand it got me to go read about Escobar on Wikipedia...

Apparently Colombians liked the show but were very annoyed at the different spanish accents of the actors - they said (online) that Wagner Moura's accent was waaay off, for a main character, as he is Brazilian obviously. I am glad I can't catch the various spanish accent subteties then
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30.09.2015 - 19:36
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Written by ylside on 30.09.2015 at 19:00

Watched Mr Robot - then Narcos.
Mr Robot began great, finished horribly IMO - reaaaaally bored me halfway through, but many people did like it fully. I am grateful I found Narcos to compensate.

Glad someone agrees about Mr Robot. Great start, but went down the drain pretty quickly and the last episode had my eyes in a perpetual state of eye-rolling. *SPOILER* especially the twist which was predictable at that point and lifted straight from a very famous film/novel (you'll know which one if you've seen it) *END OF SPOILER*

I should check out Narcos, but I'm pretty much done with live action tv series for the moment. I'd rather spend my time watching stuff like Rick And Morty. Might return to House Of Cards for the latest season but after that it's definitely back to books and the occasional movie.
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30.09.2015 - 19:44
ylside
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Written by Zap on 30.09.2015 at 19:36

Written by ylside on 30.09.2015 at 19:00

Watched Mr Robot - then Narcos.
Mr Robot began great, finished horribly IMO - reaaaaally bored me halfway through, but many people did like it fully. I am grateful I found Narcos to compensate.

Glad someone agrees about Mr Robot. Great start, but went down the drain pretty quickly and the last episode had my eyes in a perpetual state of eye-rolling. *SPOILER* especially the twist which was predictable at that point and lifted straight from a very famous film/novel (you'll know which one if you've seen it) *END OF SPOILER*

I began rolling eyes at that plot twist aswell... "NOT THIS TRICK AGAIN..." - How many times will this "twist" appear in future movies / books ? It's one of those things that works amazingly but only once.. once you know it, it doesn't strike you as hard as the first time. Haha yes you're right not even saying the name, uttering it will break it directly for those who haven't seen Mr Robot.
There's apparently a second season coming up, not sure I'll bother.
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30.09.2015 - 19:48
Zap
Written by ylside on 30.09.2015 at 19:44

I began rolling eyes at that plot twist aswell... "NOT THIS TRICK AGAIN..." - How many times will this "twist" appear in future movies / books ? It's one of those things that works amazingly but only once.. once you know it, it doesn't strike you as hard as the first time. Haha yes you're right not even saying the name, uttering it will break it directly for those who haven't seen Mr Robot.
There's apparently a second season coming up, not sure I'll bother.

At the end of the second season he will wake up in a mental institution and realize it was all a dream or something. I'm definitely staying away from that.
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30.09.2015 - 21:23
BitterCOld
The Ancient One
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Written by ylside on 30.09.2015 at 19:00

It's excellent, I really liked it. I like sober shows like that... down to earth, sticking to it's subject, and not overdone. Aaand it got me to go read about Escobar on Wikipedia...

Apparently Colombians liked the show but were very annoyed at the different spanish accents of the actors - they said (online) that Wagner Moura's accent was waaay off, for a main character, as he is Brazilian obviously. I am glad I can't catch the various spanish accent subteties then

Yeah, the accent thing is funny to some degree. A friend of mine is Mexican-American, went to ASU in Phoenix, speaks Spanish. Can communicate down here pretty well, even though Paraguayan Spanish is often crossbred with Guarani. Was staying at a hostel in Chile, sitting with some Argentinians and a couple Chilenos. The Chilenos started yapping excitedly about something while he and the Argentinians just looked at each other and shrugged as if to indicate "what the fuck these guys sayin?"

Amusingly while my Spanish is bad, i try to keep it extremely simple (in much the way a certain poster here doesn't) and thus have been able to navigate my way around PY, BA, Mendoza, Santiago and even Rio with it.

Can see why the Brazilian speaking some Bra-Portuguese inflected Spanish would annoy people.

Show was renewed for another season. There was much rejoicing.


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Stupid fun bit.

Murder She Wrote on in the background again today. Episode "Menace, Anyone?" (Tennis tournament was the location... ba-dum-ching) featured a pre-Dentist/Meth Slanging Bryan Cranston blown up by a car bomb, and Linda Hamilton horribly distraught. It was a disappointing episode, though. Was hoping she'd be murdered so it could put an end to (or another absurd new timeline in) the Terminator universe. we didn't even get Ahnuld showing up at the Tennis Club, saying something stupid like "I'll be backhand" and gunning everyone down.
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01.10.2015 - 00:43
ylside
Staff
If everything goes as I think, second season should be the last too. Unless you know... excessive monetary offers happens
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04.10.2015 - 16:48
Vombatus
Potorro
Was late to the party, but recently watched Fargo. So. Good. The sort of dark atmosphere that gravitates over the characters coupled with some outstanding acting made it somewhat reminiscent of the first True Detective, yet retains a clear identity. Loved the duality between Lester and Malvo.
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14.11.2015 - 14:26
ylside
Staff
The excellent Show me a Hero - excellent only if you appreciate David Simonesque story-telling and the exploration of real issues that you can read about elsewhere and check the real sources. Excellent.


the real stuff
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18.11.2015 - 01:08
no one
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I.t crowd

Pretty funny but tries a bit too hard at times
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18.11.2015 - 03:27
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Elite
Written by [user id=136611] on 18.11.2015 at 01:08

I.t crowd

Pretty funny but tries a bit too hard at times

I enjoy the series although it is totally not believable at all. Even The Big Bang Theory is more believable than this.
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18.11.2015 - 08:59
no one
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.11.2015 at 03:27


I enjoy the series although it is totally not believable at all. Even The Big Bang Theory is more believable than this.

sooo unbelievable

I'm going to watch the Mighty Boosh next, i heard thats pretty funny with a similar humor.
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19.11.2015 - 20:11
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A staff guy...
Elite
Been staying on top of Arrow, The Flash, and One Punch Man. Recently finished The Blacklist season 2 on Netlfix; love James Spader, the man can do no wrong.
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27.11.2015 - 19:28
ylside
Staff
Right now I am rewatching The Sopranos.
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03.01.2016 - 21:25
no one
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Unwillingly just watched all episodes of Orange Is The New Black

Pretty damn lame really, if anyone want's to watch a decent TV series based in a womans prison, watch Wentworth.
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05.01.2016 - 21:31
Zap
Watched the first two seasons of Misfits recently. I never got further than that when it first aired and this time I started season three, but had to stop watching after half an hour. I guess it says a lot about a show if one member of the cast leaving means the show isn't worth watching anymore.
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09.01.2016 - 12:16
Metren
Dreadrealm
Watched "Come Fly With Me" recently. I found it pretty funny and I am so glad they only made six episodes. Had they made several seasons, it would probably have gone downhill, with the running gags becoming too predictable and boring. There's only so many times the same angry customer can say: "We've had the holiday from hell" before it becomes lame, but it never happened in this show. The show became better with each new episode and ended on a high note. Definitely recommended for fans of British humor.
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12.01.2016 - 21:19
Paz
777
Elite
Ash vs Evil Dead



The continuation of the well-known trilogy. Bloody and funny half-hour feast, spiced up with a great soundtrack. Love it to pieces!
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12.01.2016 - 21:30
ANGEL REAPER
Only fools and horses .I really love that show,grew up on it classic stuff!
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12.01.2016 - 23:09
no one
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Written by Paz on 12.01.2016 at 21:19

Ash vs Evil Dead


The continuation of the well-known trilogy. Bloody and funny half-hour feast, spiced up with a great soundtrack. Love it to pieces!

just got told to watch this from friend
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26.01.2016 - 22:45
AnGina--
Dark Phoenix
New season of Shameless!
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