TV Series

Quite a few mentions for Narcos in here, especially series 3. There's a documentary series on Netflix called 'Drug Lords' at the mo. The first one is about Pablo and has interviews with the real Javier Pena and the 2nd one is about the Cali Cartel and really interesting to see Salcieda's identity is still hidden. All kinds of people are interviewed for that quite openly yet he's still in hiding.
 
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Anyone else tried Sky Atlantic's new show, Britannia? Half a dozen episodes in and I'm on the verge of binning it off, but I'd be interested to hear what others have made of it.
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I thought it was shocking mate, had to give it up after a few episodes. It simply isn't able to decide what type of show it wants to be. Does it want to be a historical drama? Well the it fails on every level when they have charecters calling their parents "mum and dad", the completely lack of historical research is appalling. The show lack both the intensity even moderate accuracy of say Vikings.

Does it want to be the new Game of Thrones? Then it fails miserably. They don't have the charecters to sustain interest that much with some of the acting so wooden you'd of thought half of the cast had just left drama school. Others are so over the top they are almost cartoon like. Is the plot interesting enough? Not really, it had potential but they squandered it and we are left with this mess of a show.

Does it even want to be a historical comedy? I'd of thought not and yet they tried some extremely poorly judged and badly timed "funny moments" that were horrible to watch.

And the gore and the violence was poorly judged. Shows like GOT and Vikings use it at the right times mostly (both of them have misjudged on occasion) but this was just violence and gore for its own sake with the show runners simply saying "look at how violent and edgy our show Is!".

I'd tell people to avoid this mess of a show and find somthing else. I normally try and persevere with tv shows that I should like such as this but it's so bad that I can't.
 
Finished watching the fourth season of Peaky Blinders over the weekend. Brilliant tv, of one the few things the BBC have made in recent year's that is television gold and unlike some historical drama's they strike the right balance between keeping a somewhat lose historical accuracy without being a slave to it. Great acting and storytelling, with the "villains" of each series thus far being excellent. The only problem now is the long wait till 2019 for season five!
 
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Gwladysstreetlad said:
I thought it was shocking mate, had to give it up after a few episodes. It simply isn't able to decide what type of show it wants to be. Does it want to be a historical drama? Well the it fails on every level when they have charecters calling their parents "mum and dad", the completely lack of historical research is appalling. The show lack both the intensity even moderate accuracy of say Vikings.

Does it want to be the new Game of Thrones? Then it fails miserably. They don't have the charecters to sustain interest that much with some of the acting so wooden you'd of thought half of the cast had just left drama school. Others are so over the top they are almost cartoon like. Is the plot interesting enough? Not really, it had potential but they squandered it and we are left with this mess of a show.

Does it even want to be a historical comedy? I'd of thought not and yet they tried some extremely poorly judged and badly timed "funny moments" that were horrible to watch.

And the gore and the violence was poorly judged. Shows like GOT and Vikings use it at the right times mostly (both of them have misjudged on occasion) but this was just violence and gore for its own sake with the show runners simply saying "look at how violent and edgy our show Is!".

I'd tell people to avoid this mess of a show and find somthing else. I normally try and persevere with tv shows that I should like such as this but it's so bad that I can't.
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I agree with all of this - an awful production, so typical of Sky. Brainless, without depth and balance. The dialogue is a disgrace, just what where the producers thinking? I turned it off after 30 minutes.
Thankfully I don't pay for Sky and this program justifies that decision.
 

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