Just finished 30 mins ago the last episode of Halt and Catch fire on Prime. Worth a look if you are a geek and born in the mid to late 60s so were a teenager in the 80s
One of the best things on Amazon, absolutely brilliantly cast, written, directed and acted. I’m a bit older than the age group you describe, but it chimed perfectly with the advent of PC’s and then the internet and gaming and social media.
Whilst looking for something to watch, last night, I stumbled across Auf Wiedersehen Pet. When it first appeared, back in the 80s, it was on in the background whilst I was doing some paperwork at home, but the dialogue and banter kept intruding and distracting me from said paperwork, until I pushed it to one side and just watched the programme. Loved it then and the humour has stood the test of time, and so many of the cast moved on to bigger things.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-43289194 Wonder what's happened in Salisbury. The accident and emergency department was closed at one point as two people are critical after exposure to a dangerous contaminant.
That reminds me of a post Fran said about not looking back at old tv programmes IIRC she mentioned Blakes 7 . Remember this ? Special effects to die for Darth Vadar serving a cup of coffee...... Those were the days
Easy to mock special effects in the past (and those in the Medusa Strain look particularly risible ) , but CGI has made it so easy and cheap nowadays.
Just on the news, it was in the Maltings shopping centre last night, the whole area has been decontaminated, as has A&E at SDH. The man was a former Russian agent. Very strange.
The early Dr Who series looked very poor now, but were so scary at the time. Said on a recent QI programme that it is often the music that is scary....Jaws was cited. However, I'd raise that with the Quatermass Experiment....still scared now.
Trevor Baylis, who invented the wind-up radio in 1991 so that people in Africa could receive updates about the AIDS epidemic, has died aged 80. RIP Trevor
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-43287436 Leicester shop explosion was caused by petrol spread through the shop. Bastards!
