You know me so well. But, may I check, are they burly, short-haired dungaree wearing ones with bad teeth, or proper ones?
Yes We need to know I have a three hour period in the early morning between loads Do I watch series one or carry on with something else
No dungarees in sight! Series 1 - eight 45min episodes....it's one of the best things on TV at the moment. Farcical assinations, witty script and doesn't pretend to take itself seriously.
I think this little taster gives you the sense of the thing, and will lure you into another binge watch
Didn’t wanna start a new thread. Gotta love this bloke. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48179354
Went to watch a pre-release screening of new film Beats on Thursday night... It won't be to all of your likings, but we really enjoyed it. It's about two boys (guessing about 16), one a schemie and other from a nicer family who are pals and head out to an illegal rave at the time the Criminal Justice Act banned all gatherings around this type of music. Based in West Lothian, it draws a lot on the poverty of some areas of Scotland, relationships and the rave culture. If you were into the scene at all, you'll love it. There's about 30 minutes of the film in the rave, after they've dropped some pills and it's manic..... If not, you may still enjoy it - I'll be watching it again.
Uber I watched the, 8 episode first series this week Bloody fabulous Series 2 is on here now Will watch it this week Some laugh out loud moments in every episode
In flight viewing - The Favourite. Really very good, and rather twisted as is the norm with this director, which I liked. Then I had an odd compulsion to watch The Longest Day, which was in the classics section of the movie menu. It came with a helpful introduction explaining why it was in black and white, the determination to show the German side and to have them speaking German with subtitles (likewise with the French) etc etc. I was surprised and impressed, given what it was trying to do really good, only John Wayne being John Wayne let it down, along with an odd performance from Richard Burton (usually a great actor). Very even handed between the allies as well, although the Canadians weren’t really featured, and now I have to look up what happened on Omaha beach, which I knew was the toughest one but hadn’t realised it’s strategic importance. I lasted the whole 3 hours, with only a little doze. Of course it was made in 1962 so it can’t be judged by the production and effects standards of today, or even Saving Private Ryan vintage. But my jaw dropped when I saw the scene starting about 50 seconds into the clip below. Just imagine the discipline, choreography and incredible timing involved with the effects explosions etc, not to mention the camerawork for a single shot (no way was this edited, it’s seamless and fluid). I have no idea how they filmed it in those pre drone and steadicam days. Presumably this was so complicated and expensive that they only had one go at it as well. Stunning.
nothing wrong with john wayne being john wayne it is a great movie must get my copy out and have a rewatch that and a bridge too far have somehow ended up with two copies of that
Just read a bit about it. All the stars accepted a flat fee of $25k to do the film, except: Richard Burton, who was filming Cleopatra at the time and was chronically bored in Rome, he begged to do something, flew at his own expense to the set, did a days filming (explaining his stilted performance) and took no payment. John Wayne, who was 25 years older than the man he was playing, and demanded (and got) $250k to take part. Which is presumably why he is on screen a bit more than some of the others. Charlton Heston was dumped from the cast to make way for Wayne. Another fun fact - when filming the landings at Omaha beach the extras didn’t want to jump out of the landing craft because they thought the water would be too cold. Robert Mitchum, disgusted with them, jumped in first.
Just watching the BBC4 programme ‘Roots,Reggae,Rebellion’ which takes a journey from the beginnings of Ska and Rocksteady in Jamaica, and it’s import over here to the transformation of Reggae music and Rasterfari which was so big at the time. Brought back so many memories of school lunchtimes in my youth, listening to the latest tunes from Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Misty in Roots (from Southall) and Steel Pulse, who are probably my favourite band. Great programme and well worth an hour of your time.
Think you'll enjoy this if you've got a couple of hours for some music in the background.... Now Playing @6Music - 2 Tone Records 40th Anniversary - @bbc6music http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004t2z
