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Mad Dog wrote: Frontier - Came across this show randomly and its surprisingly good. Its a historical drama set around 1700's Canada fur trade where Hudson Bay Company is trying to maintain a monopoly through whatever means necessary while other characters want in on the area fur trade. Stars Jason Momoa as a friend of the natives who tries to keep the monopoly broken with extreme prejudice.
Warning — one seriously brutal, violent murder scene in the first minute of the first episode in this show. I was too far away from the remote turn the shit off before my boy saw it.
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Wow, it was really ahead of its time! Like, seriously...other than a few dubious coiffures and some HORRID Clannad music, it doesn’t really seem that dated. Like many modern shows, it’s more cinematic than usual for TV - especially British TV. All shot on film, all on locations. It also goes a little dark- it’s pretry much classic Robin Hood stuff but they added some grit to it. Will Scarlet (a very young Ray Winstone) has a dark back story hat earned him is name, for example. And there is full on PAGANISM and DEVIL WORSHIP. When Little John shows up for he quarterstaff duel, he’s possessed and has a pentagram drawn on his chest. The main villain (other than the Sherriff and Guy) is a black magic sorcerer! There’s a touch of fantasy that makes the classic stories even more interesting, including the old chosen one/it is the prophecy chestnut.
I’ve only watched three but I think it rates with Errol Flynn and the Disney one.
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I believe this is the telling that first inserted a Saracen into the band of merry men. Also, I thought I read an interview that Winstone played Will as 'the first football hooligan'. Can definitely see that.
I always thought this series was a great companion piece to Boorman's Excalibur.
The kids are hooked on this Australian show called Little Lunch. It's a mockumentary in the Guest/Office style about 6 grade school kids during their lunch break. It's actually fairly well written and great for adults as well.
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Little Lunch is filmed at the school that my kids went to for a couple of years so it always has that weird quality for me seeing the familiar setting from different angles.Mr. White wrote: The kids are hooked on this Australian show called Little Lunch. It's a mockumentary in the Guest/Office style about 6 grade school kids during their lunch break. It's actually fairly well written and great for adults as well.
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Also watched the premier of Barry, about a hit man who decides he wants to be an actor. Seems okay so far.
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Michael Barnes wrote: When I was a kid, I always wanted to watch Robin of Sherwood. But I didn’t have Showtime. Amazon has the first season on Prime so I have finally started watching it after waiting like 30 years.
Wow, it was really ahead of its time! Like, seriously...other than a few dubious coiffures and some HORRID Clannad music, it doesn’t really seem that dated. Like many modern shows, it’s more cinematic than usual for TV - especially British TV. All shot on film, all on locations. It also goes a little dark- it’s pretry much classic Robin Hood stuff but they added some grit to it. Will Scarlet (a very young Ray Winstone) has a dark back story hat earned him is name, for example. And there is full on PAGANISM and DEVIL WORSHIP. When Little John shows up for he quarterstaff duel, he’s possessed and has a pentagram drawn on his chest. The main villain (other than the Sherriff and Guy) is a black magic sorcerer! There’s a touch of fantasy that makes the classic stories even more interesting, including the old chosen one/it is the prophecy chestnut.
I’ve only watched three but I think it rates with Errol Flynn and the Disney one.
I recall it from when it was on television years back.
I took a quick look at Robin Hood last night and discovered how rough low def TV looks to me now.
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For what it's worth, I think they pulled it off.
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Mr. White wrote: Major spoiler for the series there, Sag. You may want to put all that in tags...
For what it's worth, I think they pulled it off.
I did not recall that. Will do.
Considering the show is 30 years old I think word may be out.
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Shellhead wrote: For the first time in over 20 years, I watched Sixty Minutes on Sunday night. Skipping over the president's bad behavior and the current political ramifications, I just wanted to mention the format of the show. Anderson Cooper had a very direct, clear, simple way of asking questions, as though he was dumbing it down for some really impaired viewers. It also seemed like the show re-hashed the same material repeatedly during the hour, even replaying certain segments of the interview a few extra times. I don't know if this is normal for Sixty Minutes, or if they were just milking a limited interview to fill out the whole hour.
I haven't seen that interview yet. I used to watch 60 Minutes a lot. I was sad when Ed Bradley died. He was great.
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The liberal press I stumbled on was discussing that Cooper more or less softballed Clifford, not really pressing her for details. Scarborough thought she didn't seem credible and Cooper didn't lean in on that.
I haven't watched 60 Minutes in years, so I can't speak to whether it has changed or not.
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Just looked it up, 62.8 mean from 2015.
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