What TV shows are people watching?

jadis · 01-27-2022, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Excellent series. The kind of thing you really can't stop watching. Powerful performances all around. If you liked it, try also Vigil and Showtrial, made by the same team.

Watching Vigil now, yeah it’s good. Only thing is, when you see Johnson from Peep Show it’s hard to think of anything other than “Germans? Sausages? Do I have to spell it out? The sausage-munching Boche!”

adidasss · 01-27-2022, 10:27 AM

Versailles (Netflix)

Very clever and for some reason believable. Also surprisingly queer. I think it may have been a bit controversial in France considering it's a Canal+ show about Versailles and Louis XIV but is for some reason (I'm guessing maximum commercial impact) filmed in English with English actors. It doesn't bother me although I imagine it could have been just as good if not better in French.

Trollheart · 01-27-2022, 02:41 PM

Versailles is brilliant, and the music is to die for. Three seasons I think, and yes, it could have been subtitled, true, especially being shown on BBC, but I think they went for a broader appeal which seems to have worked. It is pretty visceral though, as you might expect.

adidasss · 01-27-2022, 10:16 PM

Well considering the massive popularity of some recent French shows, I don't really think it would have hurt them much. But it is what it is.

**Marie Monday** · 01-28-2022, 01:54 AM

Yellowjackets is gnarly and it rules

jadis · 01-28-2022, 11:13 AM

Marie, you would like Vigil. Intelligent, humane, lovely Scottish accents all around, the lesbian love story at the center of it is very moving etc etc. Has a lot going for it.

**Marie Monday** · 01-28-2022, 11:39 AM

oh I'm gonna watch that, apparently it also stars Rose Leslie so I'm sold

ando here · 01-31-2022, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Versailles (Netflix)

Very clever and for some reason believable. Also surprisingly queer. I think it may have been a bit controversial in France considering it's a Canal+ show about Versailles and Louis XIV but is for some reason (I'm guessing maximum commercial impact) filmed in English with English actors. It doesn't bother me although I imagine it could have been just as good if not better in French.

Well, that's something to watch on that wasteland. Thanks.

batman ('67-'69) all 3 seasons free on tubi. love it.

Trollheart · 02-01-2022, 12:18 PM

Tristan_Geoff · 02-01-2022, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

nice try but everyone knows the Fyre festival Fyailed

01-27-2022, 10:27 AM	#6922 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,945	Versailles (Netflix) Very clever and for some reason believable. Also surprisingly queer. I think it may have been a bit controversial in France considering it's a Canal+ show about Versailles and Louis XIV but is for some reason (I'm guessing maximum commercial impact) filmed in English with English actors. It doesn't bother me although I imagine it could have been just as good if not better in French. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

01-27-2022, 02:41 PM	#6923 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Versailles is brilliant, and the music is to die for. Three seasons I think, and yes, it could have been subtitled, true, especially being shown on BBC, but I think they went for a broader appeal which seems to have worked. It is pretty visceral though, as you might expect. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-27-2022, 10:16 PM	#6924 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,945	Well considering the massive popularity of some recent French shows, I don't really think it would have hurt them much. But it is what it is. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

02-01-2022, 12:18 PM	#6929 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	__________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-28-2022, 11:13 AM	#6926 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,413	Marie, you would like Vigil. Intelligent, humane, lovely Scottish accents all around, the lesbian love story at the center of it is very moving etc etc. Has a lot going for it.