Television, drug of the nation

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  • Just started watching Black-ish, loving it so far.

  • Death of Stalin is on the iPlayer and really quite brilliant.

  • It's fucking awesome isn't it.

    Less epic but very enjoyable, The Diplomat. Great evening TV.

  • Death of Stalin

    I've still not watched this, had it downloaded for ages, maybe now is the time.

  • It's excellent.

  • It’s amazing

  • I think it's the only film that ever had me snort-laughing in the cinema.

  • I just don't get the love, I thought it was painfully unfunny and boring. On paper it had me all over it 😬

  • I suppose once you've wanked off to the poster the film will always be a bit of a let down.

  • Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland is excellent. Hard going but essential viewing IMO

  • Death of Stalin was fine, certainly not laugh out loud funny, wry amusement at parts.

  • Man Like Mobeen is back.

  • My review exactly.

  • Possibly of interest to some, assessment of the film by somebody who used to work in the USSR's propaganda ministry.

    The most genuine of them all are the uniformed MGB/NKVD officers. I have never seen in any foreign film such a brilliant depiction of men who combined the surly, brutal composure of professional executioners with the permanent expectation of a swift, and often painful, death from their own bosses (or just the guy next to them).

  • Late to the party again, started watching Lovecraft Country. 3 episodes in, I don't mind if it doesn't keep up the pace all the way because so far it's been quite something. More horror shows should have Gil Scott-Heron on the soundtrack.

  • Was it the historical accuracy that had you snort-laughing?

  • Being a history nerd with a keen interest in that era, I was one of the people thinking "Hang on, Zhukov was in political exile at this point". But not caring much because it wasn't a documentary and I thought it was funny.

    Did you even read the linked review? It didn't exactly call it historically accurate. I shared it for those genuinely interested, not to try to win an argument about how funny or not the film is.

  • The Arnold 3 parter on Netflix is a great watch. Really enjoyed it.

  • That latest Tour de France documentary on Netflix- Am I the only one that thought the overdubbing and narration completely wrecks it? What’s wrong with subtitles, do they think we’re all too thick to follow?

  • You can choose subtitles.

  • That latest Tour de France documentary on Netflix

    It’s like watching a 30 minute trailer, I can’t deal with it.

  • You can put subtitles on

  • Pretty sure @thegreatbelow knows that. They're finding both the dubbing and narration so bad they would also have to turn the sound off to improve things.

  • I'm guessing you can turn the dubbing off at the same time, netflix is normally pretty good with language and subtitle options.

  • Ours has played it in the original language, we just put subtitles on

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Television, drug of the nation

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