Television, drug of the nation

the string? is that what it's called?

Is that the one about chess?

the string? is that what it's called?

Don't you mean 'The Filament'? I hear it comes highly recommended.

Eejits, it's the 'Electronic funds transfer' you're thinking of, and it's top drawer programming.

Is that the one with Harrison Ford?

I thought it was the one about the struggles of a social club for women set in the Valley in LA.

W.I. yah?

Finale of how i met your mother... How i meh your mother more like!

I tried to watch the wire last year, every episode was mind numbingly boring & dated. Kept waiting for the seminal televisual masterpiece that everyone raves about to show itself, after about about 5 episodes, each one as uninteresting as the last. I gave up.

Really dug the first two seasons of Garrow's Law. Missed it at the time, glad I came across it now.

The Kim Philby documentary that is currently on Iplayer is worth a watch. I really enjoyed it.

Not super impressed with Game of Thrones... Bit slow, bit meh, not enough dragons so far, too many gratuitous boobs...

^ Loved the Kim Philby doc...

That Widower three-parter on itv was so creepy, I suppose mainly because it's based on the true crimes of convicted murderer Malcolm Webster.

This^^ !!!

Especially after ep 1, Skullette and I kept saying creepily to each other things like

'Let me make you a cup of tea'
(while shaking a sports drink bottle) 'Here, drink more fluids, you need to stop dehydration'
'it's probably just a virus'
'You need to keep your strength up'

I thought the lead was really well acted, so good at showing how manipulative psychos dodge the radar ...

Not super impressed with Game of Thrones... Bit slow, bit meh, not enough dragons so far, too many gratuitous boobs...

^ Loved the Kim Philby doc...

Does not compute.

Is there a normal bar somewhere central which will have the Tour of Flanders on the telly?
I know it will be on at that Rapha place on the edge of Soho, but I'd rather go somewhere a bit less, well, rapha-ish, to be honest.

Maybe Bar Italia... LMNH is your best bet...

Does not compute.

There are just so many! And lots of doggy style sex scenes... I guess it's perfect for the camera, the characters can still do dialogue while getting down to business...
#notaprudebyanystretchoftheimagination

So Terminus is populated with Hipsters? Makes sense. What they eating to get that healthy glow?

Not super impressed with Game of Thrones... Bit slow, bit meh, not enough dragons so far, too many gratuitous boobs...

^ Loved the Kim Philby doc...

Does not compute.

There are just so many! And lots of doggy style sex scenes... I guess it's perfect for the camera, the characters can still do dialogue while getting down to business...
#notaprudebyanystretchoftheimagination

My last workshop at college was about good and bad sex in literature and film.

I think the reason sex is so difficult to depict is that sexual desire is universal, it is a leveller of character. We don't learn much about a character by seeing them fuck, or by seeing their tits. The best stories are character driven, and if sex is added to a plot without it being significant to that character, it's going to come across as cloying.

Think about other universal, physical necessities– how often do we see people taking a shit on tv? If you dropped a shit scene into every game of thrones episode, it would start to seem like it was simply put there to shock. I'm sure there are problems with this analogy, but I hope you can see my point.

Alot of people would probably call me a prude. I find graphic depictions of sex usually quite boring. But that is because they usually dont serve the plot / character, or they have been put in to try and make a weak plot more interesting.

I have not seen game of thrones.

Started to watch lexx again, remember years ago catching the odd episode but not following it so this time fully in order DVDs oh yeah.

Lexx was great, she got her tits out nearly every episode

It was pretty good.

My last workshop at college was about good and bad sex in literature and film.

I think the reason sex is so difficult to depict is that sexual desire is universal, it is a leveller of character. We don't learn much about a character by seeing them fuck, or by seeing their tits. The best stories are character driven, and if sex is added to a plot without it being significant to that character, it's going to come across as cloying.

Think about other universal, physical necessities– how often do we see people taking a shit on tv? If you dropped a shit scene into every game of thrones episode, it would start to seem like it was simply put there to shock. I'm sure there are problems with this analogy, but I hope you can see my point.

Alot of people would probably call me a prude. I find graphic depictions of sex usually quite boring. But that is because they usually dont serve the plot / character, or they have been put in to try and make a weak plot more interesting.

I have not seen game of thrones.
Interesting. If sexual desire is a leveller, the act of sex is definitely not, particularly on the silver/big screen, where sex really does sell.

If the male characters had to randomly flash their bits at the camera, it would seem ridiculous and viewers would complain.

Not all of them.

Amen... Moar danglies!!!

Inspector De Luca

Fine Italian series being shown on BBC4. A policeman trying his best to the backdrop of Mussolini and the end of the 2nd WW. Really enjoyed it so far. The last being on saturday.

@ts @horatio do either of you have true detective I could borrow? I has hard drive. I'm struggling to get around virgin media blocks.