Off Topic The Review Thread

[Steelmonkey]

Series 5 of Vikings has just started - if you've not seen any of this, then catch up - it's brilliant, brutal, and supposedly quite historically accurate (with a bit of literary licence obviously) as it has been commissioned/produced by History Channel. Even if the history is a load of bollocks, it's still a great watch...

Here's the trailer for Season 1..

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[Tramore Ranger]

Season 2 of (Les Temoins) Witnesses started on Beeb 4 a couple of weeks ago in the Saturday night crime slot. It's a French Scandi Noir if that makes sense, and is rather good, should be available on catch up......

First season was shown on Channel 4 and was bleak in true scandi noir tradition, set in Northern France around the Normandie coast and Pays de Calais it's worth a watch to get to know the main characters prior to watching season 2.....

 

[sb_73]

I had the misfortune to be working at the Sheraton Heathrow Hotel for the last couple of days. What a dump, no natural light, deeply average food, very tired decoration. Staff were polite though.

 

[sb_73]

Because it’s so intensely cold, too cold to take the dog for a stroll, I am slumped in front of the telly, and have just properly watched Gogglebox, as opposed to being in the room when it’s on, for the first time.

What a great programme. Something very comforting about watching people who like each other watching the telly and talking about it. Very natural and very funny. And absolutely nothing inauthentic gets past them. Enjoyable.

 

[IwasanotherwatfordR]

Marilyn Manson - not a huge fan at all but I went along last night to see him at Wembley Arena. Poor bloke was in a wheelchair for much of the gig but it was a really unexpectedly good show. Apparently, it was Johnny Depp on lead guitar for some of the bigger songs which seemed to make some of the women (and blokes) very excited indeed.

 

[sb_73]

Review request. During my recent absence of hot water I didn’t shave for a bit and now have a beard by mistake. To my irritation my badger hair shaving brush disintegrated so I have to make an investment, or spend a Christmas request, to get into shaving mode. Comments so far positive, hugely so from the kids, slightly less so from the wife, and was called a hipster by German colleagues, which was a bit surreal. I haven’t had a beard since I was travelling in my twenties, apart from a handlebar moustache a la Flashman I grew for a Movember a few years ago, and rather regretted getting getting rid of.

Any hirsute chaps out there use beard oil? What is it, what does it do and what is a good one?

Cheers.

PS Chateau Haut Pingat Bordeaux 2015. Drinkable but nothing to rave about, especially if you have been forced to finish off a bottle of something rather more meaty before tasting.

 

[Stroller]

I'm sure most will be way ahead of me on this, but we've recently started watching series one of Peaky Blinders. Seriously good.

 

[sb_73]

I'm sure most will be way ahead of me on this, but we've recently started watching series one of Peaky Blinders. Seriously good.

Really? I have pondered investing my time in this, but need persuading.

Just seen the last in the Blue Planet 2 Series, which was a bit depressing, focussed on the damage which we are doing to the oceans. Tried to give a couple of good news stories (herring, leatherback turtles and sperm whales) and say it’s not too late, but as long as we burn fossil fuels and use plastic it looks pretty grim. One thing I don’t get, as they talked about a reef in Australia dying in a few weeks, was, if rising temperatures kill them where they are now, why won’t new ones grow in areas which used to be too cold but are now just right?

 

[Stroller]

Really? I have pondered investing my time in this, but need persuading.

Just seen the last in the Blue Planet 2 Series, which was a bit depressing, focussed on the damage which we are doing to the oceans. Tried to give a couple of good news stories (herring, leatherback turtles and sperm whales) and say it’s not too late, but as long as we burn fossil fuels and use plastic it looks pretty grim. One thing I don’t get, as they talked about a reef in Australia dying in a few weeks, was, if rising temperatures kill them where they are now, why won’t new ones grow in areas which used to be too cold but are now just right?

Be persuaded. I'd ignored it up till now, but I've now watched four of series one and I'm hooked. I hadn't been a fan of Cillian Murphy before, but he's excellent in this, as is Sam Neill. I haven't watched all of Blue Planet, and I may not see it through, for the very reason you mention. It's too depressing to have to think of how we are devastating something so profoundly beautiful.

 

[Steelmonkey]

Any hirsute chaps out there use beard oil? What is it, what does it do and what is a good one?

Cheers.

Wouldn't class.myself as "hirsute" but I do have a fairly large beard and use beard oil a couple of times a week - nothing fancy though, last one cost me 99p in Lidl!! You pay more for scented ones, apart from that I couldn't tell you the difference between a good and a bad one.

The oil itself moisturises the beard-hair, making it seem less brittle & scratchy ( something Mrs SB will approve of!) and also allows you some form of styling (instead of it being bushy). You can get specialised beard shampoo too!

Not much, hope it helps though!

 

[Steelmonkey]

I had the (mis)fortune to be working around Norfolk/Suffolk/Cambridgeshire last week, and based myself in March, not expecting much. There's a Nepalese restaurant on the high street that the B&B recommended, so headed into town to find The Gurkha Spice Restaurant. Had the Momo starter and Goat Curry for main - absolutely fantastic, the dip with the Momo (bit like dim-sum, a meat filled dumpling) was spicy with a hint of nut, but the Goat Curry was out of this world - I've eaten curries all over Britain, and this was up there with the best I've had.

 

[Uber_Hoop]

Review request. During my recent absence of hot water I didn’t shave for a bit and now have a beard by mistake. To my irritation my badger hair shaving brush disintegrated so I have to make an investment, or spend a Christmas request, to get into shaving mode. Comments so far positive, hugely so from the kids, slightly less so from the wife, and was called a hipster by German colleagues, which was a bit surreal. I haven’t had a beard since I was travelling in my twenties, apart from a handlebar moustache a la Flashman I grew for a Movember a few years ago, and rather regretted getting getting rid of.

Any hirsute chaps out there use beard oil? What is it, what does it do and what is a good one?

Cheers.

PS Chateau Haut Pingat Bordeaux 2015. Drinkable but nothing to rave about, especially if you have been forced to finish off a bottle of something rather more meaty before tasting.

I used Johnny’s Chop Shop beard oil from Boots. I have no idea what it’s made from, but like Steel Monkey says, it de-scratchifies the beardy stubble and discombobulates the fezzy chinnibodes, as Stanley Unwin might have said.

 

[Lawrence Jacoby]

I am currently watching Fargo the series for the 3rd time. Not often a TV series beats the original from the Coens
Had to do the complete series one today while I am thinking about work ... love these creative thinking days plus I get paid

May head into the brilliant series 2

Xmas for me is always Twin Peaks non stop plus this year we have the 2nd series as well

 

[durbar2003]

Twin Peaks got a big thumbs down for 2017 in the TV mag over here.

 

[Lawrence Jacoby]

Twin Peaks got a big thumbs down for 2017 in the TV mag over here.

Oh well that's life for me I found it more than i expected after 25 actual years. Lot happened since then in TV formats IMO but not many to beat the artistic content.

 

[BobbyD]

Really? I have pondered investing my time in this, but need persuading.

Just seen the last in the Blue Planet 2 Series, which was a bit depressing, focussed on the damage which we are doing to the oceans. Tried to give a couple of good news stories (herring, leatherback turtles and sperm whales) and say it’s not too late, but as long as we burn fossil fuels and use plastic it looks pretty grim. One thing I don’t get, as they talked about a reef in Australia dying in a few weeks, was, if rising temperatures kill them where they are now, why won’t new ones grow in areas which used to be too cold but are now just right?

Everyone i know (Real Life and most people on the pool board) love peaky blinders. Not really my sort of thing (tried half an ep) as it's about Gangsters and stuff (not seen narcos, or sopranos, no interest really) so if you are into that sort of thing (peaky is set in the UK) then apparantly its a must watch

 

[sb_73]

Everyone i know (Real Life and most people on the pool board) love peaky blinders. Not really my sort of thing (tried half an ep) as it's about Gangsters and stuff (not seen narcos, or sopranos, no interest really) so if you are into that sort of thing (peaky is set in the UK) then apparantly its a must watch

I thought you were a Chelsea fan, Bobby. Your signature indicates otherwise, unless you lost a bet.

 

[BobbyD]

I thought you were a Chelsea fan, Bobby. Your signature indicates otherwise, unless you lost a bet.

i am a chelsea fan and i did indeed lose a bet to some liverpool fan. I made a charity bet + signature for a month that Liverpool wouldn't top their CL group before the draw was made and the spawny git got given a pretty easy group. Out of all the champions they got Spartak Moscow!

The pool board and PL board is where i hang out to mess around as PL as most of the posters there are nice rounded people and theres a bit of traffic there (chelsea board is dead). Pretty much like this board

 

[sb_73]

i am a chelsea fan and i did indeed lose a bet to some liverpool fan. I made a charity bet + signature for a month that Liverpool wouldn't top their CL group before the draw was made and the spawny git got given a pretty easy group. Out of all the champions they got Spartak Moscow!

And I see that they have given Barcelona a bye in the next round......

 

[BobbyD]

And I see that have given Barcelona a bye in the next round......

haha i edited my post and added something! you're quick to respond!

As for barca - VERY FUNNY! . We have a pretty good record against Barca + conte has a chip on his shoulder about the CL that he made sacrifices in the PL (that i wasn't happy with). So now that we are miles behind city i am quietly confident we'll beat barca....