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Sky_Blue_Daz

Sky_Blue_Daz

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Nick said:
What do they have to do
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10’different comedians including
Bob Mortimer
Rob Beckett
Lou sanders
Harriet kemsley
Joe Wilkinson
Richard Ayodade
Joe Lycett
Sara pascoe
Judi love
Daisy may cooper

Are in a house, they all kind of drop stories or performances to make each other laugh , if you laugh twice your out of the game

jimmy Carr and rosin conaty are watching them in a different room

Richard Adoyade seems to be the toughest one to crack although Bob nearly got him
 
Mucca Mad Boys

Mucca Mad Boys

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Nick said:
Adolescence

They probably could have done it in 2 episodes. The first 2 were really good, then it was just a bit pointless for the last 2.
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I hoped that there was going to be a twist or something so was disappointed. The acting was brilliant for the scenes with the psychologist but the last episode was a bit drab imo.
 
Captain Dart

Captain Dart

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JAM See said:
I think that was the point.
The banality of evil and all that.
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Or is it a tool to bring in censorship of social media?
www.theguardian.com

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne backs Smartphone Free Childhood group

Writer joins more than 100,000 parents who pledge to withhold smartphones until children are at least 14
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

Note the writer Jack Thorne also penned 'Toxic Town' (which I liked because it was closer to real life) and "National Treasure". I am not completely down on him.

Nice Avatar btw.
 
shmmeee

shmmeee

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Captain Dart said:
Or is it a tool to bring in censorship of social media?
www.theguardian.com

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne backs Smartphone Free Childhood group

Writer joins more than 100,000 parents who pledge to withhold smartphones until children are at least 14
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

Note the writer Jack Thorne also penned 'Toxic Town' (which I liked because it was closer to real life) and "National Treasure". I am not completely down on him.

Nice Avatar btw.
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I think it’s a tool to stop people going off the deep end on “doing their own research” and ending up with weird beliefs like extreme misogyny or that TV writers are part of a plot to stop them posting about ancient aliens online.

Self radicalisation, particularly of the first generation raised online, is a new phenomenon and you’d expect media to explore it.

The fact we can’t have the conservation about whether a piece of new tech is suitable for young people without people worried that their chemtrails group will be shut down is the exact issue.
 
Captain Dart

Captain Dart

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shmmeee said:
I think it’s a tool to stop people going off the deep end on “doing their own research” and ending up with weird beliefs like extreme misogyny or that TV writers are part of a plot to stop them posting about ancient aliens online.

Self radicalisation, particularly of the first generation raised online, is a new phenomenon and you’d expect media to explore it.

The fact we can’t have the conservation about whether a piece of new tech is suitable for young people without people worried that their chemtrails group will be shut down is the exact issue.
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The drama is fictional, Government overreach is real and dangerous as we saw only 5 years ago.
 
Mucca Mad Boys

Mucca Mad Boys

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shmmeee said:
I think it’s a tool to stop people going off the deep end on “doing their own research” and ending up with weird beliefs like extreme misogyny or that TV writers are part of a plot to stop them posting about ancient aliens online.

Self radicalisation, particularly of the first generation raised online, is a new phenomenon and you’d expect media to explore it.

The fact we can’t have the conservation about whether a piece of new tech is suitable for young people without people worried that their chemtrails group will be shut down is the exact issue.
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Agreed to an extent. Yet, this seems like more of a moral panic over the ‘incels’, ‘the manosphere’ and ‘that Andrew Tate shite’ because it’s an easy target.

What’s more uncomfortable for people to deal with, in the context of ‘online radicalisation’, is Islamist propaganda. Especially since the show was inspired by real life event and the perpetrators of the violence were not weirdo incels. The closest thing we’ve had to exploring this problem is ‘Four Lions’.
 
fernandopartridge

fernandopartridge

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Mucca Mad Boys said:
Agreed to an extent. Yet, this seems like more of a moral panic over the ‘incels’, ‘the manosphere’ and ‘that Andrew Tate shite’ because it’s an easy target.

What’s more uncomfortable for people to deal with, in the context of ‘online radicalisation’, is Islamist propaganda. Especially since the show was inspired by real life event and the perpetrators of the violence were not weirdo incels. The closest thing we’ve had to exploring this problem is ‘Four Lions’.
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That hitherto uncovered concept of political radicalisation, I reckon the government should set up some sort of preventative programme so individuals can be identified before it's too late
 
Captain Dart

Captain Dart

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JAM See

JAM See

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Mucca Mad Boys said:
Agreed to an extent. Yet, this seems like more of a moral panic over the ‘incels’, ‘the manosphere’ and ‘that Andrew Tate shite’ because it’s an easy target.

What’s more uncomfortable for people to deal with, in the context of ‘online radicalisation’, is Islamist propaganda. Especially since the show was inspired by real life event and the perpetrators of the violence were not weirdo incels. The closest thing we’ve had to exploring this problem is ‘Four Lions’.
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Four Lions is the first movie I took my current squeeze to.
Not long after that, I took her to see Jerry Sadowitz in Leamington.

Remarkably, we're still together.
 
chiefdave

chiefdave

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Adolescence is the most watched show in the country, pretty crazy for a Netflix show.
Netflix drama Adolescence has become the first streaming show to top the UK's weekly TV ratings, beating BBC shows like The Apprentice and Death in Paradise in the latest official rankings., external

The first episode of Adolescence was watched by 6.45 million people in its first week, according to ratings body Barb.
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Nuskyblue

Nuskyblue

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Captain Dart said:
Just finishing Toxic Town on Netflix, quite good, a real life drama about birth defects in babies caused by heavy metal contamination when the old steel works were being redeveloped.

Strong cast, Jodie Whittaker, Rory Kinnear, Robert Carlyle.
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Of a similar bent, Dark Water is also a good watch

It's a dramatisation about the case bought against Du Pont in the 90s or possibly 00s
 
Captain Dart

Captain Dart

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Nuskyblue said:
Of a similar bent, Dark Water is also a good watch

It's a dramatisation about the case bought against Du Pont in the 90s or possibly 00s
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Yep and on the subject of corprate greed and illegal behavior this time in the pharmacutical industry so is 'Dopesick' about OxyContin.
 
Terry_dactyl

Terry_dactyl

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mmttww said:
Brutal film. Don't think I've seen any of Meadows' work that wasn't brilliant. Has he done anything since the Virtues? That was even more crushing than Dead Man's Shoes, I thought.
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I’ve actually not heard of The Virtues…I’ll give it a go. Although “more crushing” than Dead Man’s Shoes doesn’t bode well.

Not Meadows but I thought Tyrannosaur was really good. Considine seemingly learned a thing or two..
 
Farmer Jim

Farmer Jim

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Mucca Mad Boys said:
Agreed to an extent. Yet, this seems like more of a moral panic over the ‘incels’, ‘the manosphere’ and ‘that Andrew Tate shite’ because it’s an easy target.

What’s more uncomfortable for people to deal with, in the context of ‘online radicalisation’, is Islamist propaganda. Especially since the show was inspired by real life event and the perpetrators of the violence were not weirdo incels. The closest thing we’ve had to exploring this problem is ‘Four Lions’.
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There was also the outstanding BBC drama from a few years back - Three Girls, about the Rochdale grooming scandal.

Recently been repeated on BBC1, so it`ll be on Iplayer.

A very very tough watch.
 
Farmer Jim

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Couple of films from over the weekend :

Last Breath - cinema.

Dramatisation of a documentary of the same name, about a commercial deep sea diving accident off the Scottish coast, where a diver ended up stranded on the sea floor, running out of air and the rescue attempts to save him.

Stunning cinematography makes you feel like you`re there, a mainly British cast, with Woody Harrelson playing the old and experienced diver. One that you should see in the cinema if possible.



Electric State - Netflix/

Netflix latest blockbuster.

Nowhere near as bad as the reviews are making out.

Simple story, with lots of special effects - Bad robots / bad people v good robots / good people.

Lot`s of Guardians of the Galaxy in there and Chris Pratt almost plays an identical role to Lord Skylord.

A perfect film, to remove your brain and enjoy, one that the kids can watch too.
 
Terry_dactyl

Terry_dactyl

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Farmer Jim said:
Best British low budget of all time and still to this day, remains Paddy Considine`s best film ( imo )

Stayed with me for a long time after watching and even now I`m reluctant to re-watch it.
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As I was watching it I was telling myself, “and this isn’t even the worst bit…there’s about 4 increasingly more harrowing moments to come”!
I think one of my all time favourites. Like you say, it stays with you.
 
shmmeee

shmmeee

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Mucca Mad Boys said:
Agreed to an extent. Yet, this seems like more of a moral panic over the ‘incels’, ‘the manosphere’ and ‘that Andrew Tate shite’ because it’s an easy target.

What’s more uncomfortable for people to deal with, in the context of ‘online radicalisation’, is Islamist propaganda. Especially since the show was inspired by real life event and the perpetrators of the violence were not weirdo incels. The closest thing we’ve had to exploring this problem is ‘Four Lions’.
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Clearly you’re a bit touchy about the subject matter but I found it interesting that my 15 year old when I talked to her about it said they’d got the portrayal of teen boys spot on.

This was specifically about misogyny and online radicalisation. Not everything has to be about your obsession with Muslims. We can have two conversations.
 
M

Macca

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Sky_Blue_Daz said:
10’different comedians including
Bob Mortimer
Rob Beckett
Lou sanders
Harriet kemsley
Joe Wilkinson
Richard Ayodade
Joe Lycett
Sara pascoe
Judi love

Unless you come up against Bob looks easy enough
Daisy may cooper

Are in a house, they all kind of drop stories or performances to make each other laugh , if you laugh twice your out of the game

jimmy Carr and rosin conaty are watching them in a different room

Richard Adoyade seems to be the toughest one to crack although Bob nearly got him
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chiefdave

chiefdave

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mmttww said:
It could just be that it's a bit sh*t.
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Could very much be this.

When did Disney last have a hit with a live action remake, Lion King? How many have there been since then, got to be 5 or 6. The fact they're still churning them out would seem to indicate they're happy with the lower level of performance and / or believe it brings subscribers to Disney+

The casting of Gadot, whose acting is not strong at the best of times, was a weird choice. You can kind of get away with it in some films but not sure that's the case here.
 
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