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Posts: 133 (26/02/09 21:24:25)
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Been getting into it more and more. Superb.
However, has anyone else noticed that Meech, the excellent interpreter character was also one of the recent token Asians, Tariq in Eastenders? What a sad fucker I am. |
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Posts: 5980 (26/02/09 23:06:29)
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Only 7 episodes unfortunately (and yes I did notice the Eastenders link)
As combat scenes go I thought that sequence by the blocked bridge was brilliantly done. |
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Posts: 302 (27/02/09 00:17:25) |
I think it's done by the same bloke who produced The Wire. He seems to like English based actors as the 2 main characters in The Wire, McNulty and Stringer
Bell are both English. The actor who plays(ed) Bell used to work at Fords Dagenham.
Just as sad as you. |
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Posts: 4000 (27/02/09 10:48:15)
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I don't like it.
It's written by some hand-wringing left-winger that doesn't like or understand soldiers. |
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Posts: 43 (27/02/09 10:53:32) |
Do you like 'The Wire' Skerrit?
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Posts: 5115 (27/02/09 10:57:41)
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Not all hand-wringing lefties hate soldiers.
There's Robbo and Billy Bragg and... erm... that's about it, really. |
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The Skerrit |
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Posts: 4002 (27/02/09 10:58:26)
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I've never seen it.
I do have a Season One box-set that I've been loaned on recommendation, but these things are like crack. Once you open and get into one, you find yourself saying "Just one more episode" at ten to four in the morning. There are aspects of Generation Kill that are brilliantly done, but I haven't yet found empathy with any of the characters. I hope that most of them get killed every episode. And Mangler, every time that Meech is on screen, I find myself shouting "GARY!" in a stupid voice |
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Posts: 44 (27/02/09 11:01:22) |
I'm a huge Sopranos fan and apparently The Wire's an obvious next thing to watch. I've seen 5 episodes so far. It's not as addictive and a
little bit of a slow burner, but really well crafted. I'm hanging out for Watchmen at the moment. (at least till Step Up 3 comes out) I do love a good
dance.
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Posts: 5116 (27/02/09 11:07:49)
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badbeat wrote: You might want to consider rephrasing that! |
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Posts: 45 (27/02/09 11:09:56) |
I had rephrased it. I'm that excited. You going to watch it Surface?
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Posts: 5117 (27/02/09 11:24:15)
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I might. Is it the Alan Moore thing?
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Posts: 46 (27/02/09 11:33:42) |
Yep. The reviews have been good so far.
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Posts: 5119 (27/02/09 11:39:01)
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Has it got batarangs and x-ray vision and power rings and cosmic treadmills and magic lassoes and invisible martians and ninth metal belts and dwarf star
size/weight ratio controls and boxing glove arrows in it? Has it got a bloke who can talk to fish?
If so, I'm up for it.
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Simba |
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Posts: 2544 (27/02/09 11:45:47) Fingers A Green Bird |
Hank Marvin wrote: Well fuck me, I knew about McNulty but Stringer Bell is a turn up for the books. A quick look at his Wikipedia page tells me I've seen him in a few things aswell, I thought I knew his face. Just about to start the second season of The Wire, really enjoyed the first. |
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Posts: 47 (27/02/09 11:46:21) |
Apart from the boxing glove arrows, it ticks all your prerequisite boxes mate.
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Posts: 5120 (27/02/09 11:53:04)
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This Stringer Bell. Is he one of the Bronte Sisters?
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Lake Palmer aka Monk |
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Posts: 6962 (27/02/09 12:03:29) out-funnied by Big C
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Wild at Heart box set.
Gus, are you out there ? p.s I hate all this box set shit... ooh I've got the box set...ooohh I'll lend you the box set....ohh I watched box set in one go...box set shhmox set. |
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Flash |
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Posts: 7317 (27/02/09 12:14:55) Axe Wound Connoisseur
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I've seen all GK's bar this weeks.
It's quite good. No Soprano's, Wire nor Wild at Heart for that matter, but it's very watchable. Can't be any worse than Law & Order UK. Anyone see that docu/film about the kids from England who travelled around the world to try and see Maradona? T'was on *throws up* BBC 4 the other night? That was quite good. |
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Posts: 4004 (27/02/09 12:25:32)
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Law and Order UK is proof that we're crap (CRAP) at re-making anything that's decent and American.
They get crack dealers and mafioso, we get people taking the batteries out of Carbon Monoxide detectors. |
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Dazza H |
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Posts: 432 (27/02/09 12:29:17) |
Saw that bbc4 documentary Flash. these young scamps obviously dont care much for mexico 86.
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Posts: 4222 (27/02/09 12:29:36) Solo Artist |
Except for Spooks - the British 24.
The difference there is they have nukes going off in LA, we stop them in time. Harry Pearce is one of the greatest TV characters ever, in my humble. |
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