FairWeatherFan Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Football, period dramas and netlflix. Three things thrown together I was not expecting...out March 20th. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Football, period dramas and netlflix. Three things thrown together I was not expecting...out March 20th. Saw that. Looks pretty interesting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 07/03/2020 at 11:02, ftk said: Better Caul Saul. Big Breaking Bad fan but just discovered this. On season 3 loving it. Loved it to start with, and still look forward to every season as it comes out, but more and more I find the scenes with Mike and Gus far more interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Just finished The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez. As has been said already there is absolutely no joy watching this. A couple of episodes took me more than one attempt to get through. It wasn't so much the graphic pictures or testimony, it was that I struggled with the fact these two 'humans' had done this to a helpless child. SPOILERS BELOW. What the actual f**k is wrong with people? When they announced the autopsy results and mentioned they had found grit like substance in his stomach I instantly knew they had made him eat the cat litter. That's not impressive to know that, it just highlighted how fucking cruel those two were that I just knew that's what was coming. I don't know why but I found it particularly hard that they only picked on him. I know it meant two kids were spared from the torture but then they will be just as traumatised because they witnessed it and will probably feel guilty they couldn't help. It also adds to Gabriel's torment as he was probably thinking "why me?". I only burst into tears once and it was when the Policeman told the brother he had done nothing wrong. I really hope the wee guy hears that and believes it. That fat c**t never showed an ounce of remorse throughout and when that bitch read that pathetic note before her sentencing I was absolutely furious. No sincerity whatsoever and it just made me more angry. I honestly hope the pair of them are having a truly horrible time in prison and the judge nailed it in his closing statement when he said something similar and that he hoped they receive similar torture to that they inflicted on him. I don't think the social workers should have been jailed but I sincerely hope they have all been sacked. The trouble is further up the chain but ffs how many warning signs did they need?! And that it's happened again almost identically really is a sad story. Clearly nothing has changed. Child welfare shouldn't be an area where profit is of any importance. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassnahalf Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 18 hours ago, 19QOS19 said: Just finished The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez. As has been said already there is absolutely no joy watching this. A couple of episodes took me more than one attempt to get through. It wasn't so much the graphic pictures or testimony, it was that I struggled with the fact these two 'humans' had done this to a helpless child. SPOILERS BELOW. What the actual f**k is wrong with people? When they announced the autopsy results and mentioned they had found grit like substance in his stomach I instantly knew they had made him eat the cat litter. That's not impressive to know that, it just highlighted how fucking cruel those two were that I just knew that's what was coming. I don't know why but I found it particularly hard that they only picked on him. I know it meant two kids were spared from the torture but then they will be just as traumatised because they witnessed it and will probably feel guilty they couldn't help. It also adds to Gabriel's torment as he was probably thinking "why me?". I only burst into tears once and it was when the Policeman told the brother he had done nothing wrong. I really hope the wee guy hears that and believes it. That fat c**t never showed an ounce of remorse throughout and when that bitch read that pathetic note before her sentencing I was absolutely furious. No sincerity whatsoever and it just made me more angry. I honestly hope the pair of them are having a truly horrible time in prison and the judge nailed it in his closing statement when he said something similar and that he hoped they receive similar torture to that they inflicted on him. I don't think the social workers should have been jailed but I sincerely hope they have all been sacked. The trouble is further up the chain but ffs how many warning signs did they need?! And that it's happened again almost identically really is a sad story. Clearly nothing has changed. Child welfare shouldn't be an area where profit is of any importance. They had umpteen warning signs, black eyes, hair in tufts, broken bones, the list goes on, and yet they left that boy in a house of horror. There should have been more prosecutions including the police officer who took Gabriel into his patrol car and told him to stop lying or he would go to jail as well as more senior officials in the social work. And a few years later it all happened again to another boy... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 They had umpteen warning signs, black eyes, hair in tufts, broken bones, the list goes on, and yet they left that boy in a house of horror. There should have been more prosecutions including the police officer who took Gabriel into his patrol car and told him to stop lying or he would go to jail as well as more senior officials in the social work. And a few years later it all happened again to another boy...They should absolutely have been sacked as they failed but them being jailed just wouldn't sit right with me. The whole system is clearly needing changed and those 4 would be the tiny tip of the iceberg: effectively scapegoats. What should have come from this is the American Government taking control of the service rather than subcontracting it to a company who are more concerned with profit. It really isn't an exaggeration to say Gabriel was let down from the Government down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 They should absolutely have been sacked as they failed but them being jailed just wouldn't sit right with me. The whole system is clearly needing changed and those 4 would be the tiny tip of the iceberg: effectively scapegoats. What should have come from this is the American Government taking control of the service rather than subcontracting it to a company who are more concerned with profit. It really isn't an exaggeration to say Gabriel was let down from the Government down. I've only watched first 3 but will keep going but it's not easy viewing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Season 2 of Kingdom has just dropped and it is excellent!!!Think of it as a cross between The Water Margin and The Walking Dead!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 There's a movie called Thoroughbreds that's just been added and it's an absolute delight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I really liked Thoroughbreds when I first saw it but have no recollection as to why. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbitterandgrumpy Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 On 07/03/2020 at 11:02, ftk said: Better Caul Saul. Big Breaking Bad fan but just discovered this. On season 3 loving it. It's good because it gives the back story to Saul. Also it shows how good an actor Bob Odenkirk is. Also it's just such a good fucking plot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner-to-Saint Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 On 08/03/2020 at 19:01, FairWeatherFan said: Football, period dramas and netlflix. Three things thrown together I was not expecting...out March 20th. Interestingly, The Guardian review has given this a rating of 1/5 and The Telegraph has given it 4/5. The Metro has awarded it 3/5, and, after a mere five votes, IMDb has given it a rating of 9.2. I cannot help thinking that The Guardian's rating might be politically motivated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 55 minutes ago, The Reverend said: Interestingly, The Guardian review has given this a rating of 1/5 and The Telegraph has given it 4/5. The Metro has awarded it 3/5, and, after a mere five votes, IMDb has given it a rating of 9.2. I cannot help thinking that The Guardian's rating might be politically motivated. Quite an entertaining review. From reading it, it looks like the type of thing where I'd agree it is idealised, social class reinforcing cheesy pish but I'm now tempted to watch just to confirm my prejudices. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I know nothing about this programme but I fully expect the guardian have played the man not the ball, as they do in most of their reviews. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner-to-Saint Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: I know nothing about this programme but I fully expect the guardian have played the man not the ball, as they do in most of their reviews. I might well be wrong, but I imagine the author might not like the fact that the title seems to attribute the invention of football to the English. Further period dramas are criticised for being 'too white'. These factors in addition to the perception of the writer or producer as a Brexiteer and a Tory, going by the comments following the Gurdian article, will mean it was always going to score very badly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness is a documentary out now which might be quite interesting. Remember seeing a previous docu a few years ago about the guy it's focused on, and he was definitely a bit of an oddball. This was back when he was just a weirdo private zoo owner and trying to breed a sabretooth. Obviously by the title of this docu things have taken a turn for the worst. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickoverayard Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Started bad blood, enjoying it so far! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Started bad blood, enjoying it so far!Aye, really good series. Enjoyed both seasons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneCornetto Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 The Platform - Spanish dystopian horror with lots of gore and some pretty disgusting scenes in some sort of sociological experiment with two 'volunteers' to each cell of a vertical Pit who eat what they can, in a limited time, from the Platform which is laden with a banquet of dishes as it descends floor by floor. It's all a bit ambiguous with a lot of tension towards the end and I'm sure it's meant to be some sort of allegorical tale about inequality in society. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 21 hours ago, The OP said: Quite an entertaining review. From reading it, it looks like the type of thing where I'd agree it is idealised, social class reinforcing cheesy pish but I'm now tempted to watch just to confirm my prejudices. Started to watch it, gave up after half an hour. "idealised, social class reinforcing cheesy pish" is bang on the money. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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