ChaoticMusings

Date: Apr 2 8:51 PM, 2025

TV Tips

Date: Apr 3 1:09 AM, 2025

I have not seen that on Netflix anon. 1 but I will certainly give it a go if I do , it sounds intriguing! I know the new series of Black Mirror is on in about a week. I'm sure Charlie Brooker's dystopian bag of tricks isn't everyone's cup of tea but aside from a few ropey episodes (the one with Miley Cyrus was a low point) this witty sci fi is usually really good.

Red Okktober · Getting Gobby

I watched Gangs of London and This City Is Ours - both are a bit meh tbh. Especially TCIO with's it's cast of the same old Scouse actors in the same old roles "calm down, calm down"

A Cruel Kind of Love: The Ruth Ellis Sory - was very good

The White Lotus is enjoyable, as is 1923

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

The Ruth Ellis story was very watchable.
I thought the words of hangman Albert Pierripoint, "I have seen some brave men die, but none braver than her" as the credits rolled at the end, was very touching.
Obviously, she should never have been hanged, it was a travesty of justice.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Anonymous wrote:
I have not seen that on Netflix anon. 1 but I will certainly give it a go if I do , it sounds intriguing! I know the new series of Black Mirror is on in about a week. I'm sure Charlie Brooker's dystopian bag of tricks isn't everyone's cup of tea but aside from a few ropey episodes (the one with Miley Cyrus was a low point) this witty sci fi is usually really good.

The Black Mirror series was brilliant.

Magica · Go Outside

Syl wrote:
The Ruth Ellis story was very watchable.
I thought the words of hangman Albert Pierripoint, "I have seen some brave men die, but none braver than her" as the credits rolled at the end, was very touching.
Obviously, she should never have been hanged, it was a travesty of justice.

Yes It was. The guy who have her the gun and egged her on, so an accomplice, was related to Judge Humphries, so never prosecuted! The old school trick!

Unfair, unjust and sad to see.

Vam · Getting Gobby

Red Okktober wrote:
I watched Gangs of London and This City Is Ours - both are a bit meh tbh. Especially TCIO with's it's cast of the same old Scouse actors in the same old roles "calm down, calm down"

A Cruel Kind of Love: The Ruth Ellis Sory - was very good

The White Lotus is enjoyable, as is 1923

Loved White Lotus!

Also enjoyed the movie ‘1883‘ - which was a prelude to the ‘1923‘ tv series, and was about the origins of the Dutton family dynasty in the ‘Yellowstone’ tv series.

‘Gangs of London‘ is on my list.

And, like many people, ‘Adolescence’ had me gasping.

Red Okktober · Getting Gobby

Syl wrote:
The Ruth Ellis story was very watchable.
I thought the words of hangman Albert Pierripoint, "I have seen some brave men die, but none braver than her" as the credits rolled at the end, was very touching.
Obviously, she should never have been hanged, it was a travesty of justice.

"It's ok lass, I won't hurt ya"

She near jumped out of her skin when Pierrepoint came into her cell - can't blame her though.

Red Okktober · Getting Gobby

Vam wrote:

Loved White Lotus!
Also enjoyed the movie ‘1883‘ - which was a prelude to the ‘1923‘ tv series, and was about the origins of the Dutton family dynasty in the ‘Yellowstone’ tv series.
‘Gangs of London‘ is on my list.
And, like many people, ‘Adolescence’ had me gasping.

I'm enjoying S3 despite it not being as well reviewed as the first two. It's got a great vibe to it.

1923 reminds me of a Wilbur Smith epic - a great story of the husband and wife making their way across 1920s America

Vam · Getting Gobby

Red Okktober wrote:
Vam wrote:

Loved White Lotus!
Also enjoyed the movie ‘1883‘ - which was a prelude to the ‘1923‘ tv series, and was about the origins of the Dutton family dynasty in the ‘Yellowstone’ tv series.
‘Gangs of London‘ is on my list.
And, like many people, ‘Adolescence’ had me gasping.
I'm enjoying S3 despite it not being as well reviewed as the first two. It's got a great vibe to it.
1923 reminds me of a Wilbur Smith epic - a great story of the husband and wife making their way across 1920s America

Then if you haven’t already seen it, you should check out how it all started by watching ‘1883’. The first of the Dutton family settlers doing the same thing.

It’s a Western, but they keep it as real as possible. Sam Elliot was great in it, as was Billy Bob Thornton’s appearance.

Date: Apr 3 2:27 PM, 2025

If you never watched Murder in Successville jump in quick before it goes from Netflix. Different guest each week with no script and no idea what they're in for, in a city populated by celebrities, it's quirky British stuff at its best

Here's a sample episode if you want a taster

Digger · Admin

Mind Hunter. Watched it back to back. Great series.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5290382/

Maddog · Go Outside

My tip is turn that thing off and go out.

In all seriousness most of my viewing is podcasts on YouTube, but I did get into The Landman. In part because so much of it is filmed within miles of my house.

That and the GF wanted to watch it and got me hooked..

Date: Apr 3 9:35 PM, 2025

I enjoy Scandinavian crime thrillers eg The Bridge.

Vam · Getting Gobby

I enjoyed every season of Fargo.

And if you liked Juno Temple’s character in Ted Lasso, here she is in Fargo (season 5)

Vam · Getting Gobby

Landman is excellent. I’ll always watch any movie/tv series that has Billy Bob Thornton in it.

If you enjoy action stuff, Lioness is worth a watch. Great cast

Maddog · Go Outside

Vam wrote:
Landman is excellent. I’ll always watch any movie/tv series that has Billy Bob Thornton in it.
If you enjoy action stuff, Lioness is worth a watch. Great cast

I lied. I watched that too. I was trying to not get ahead on Landman, because the GF wanted to watch the episodes with me, so I watched that on nights we weren't together.

She gets up at like 5am and can't binge watch like me..

Vam · Getting Gobby

Maddog wrote:
Vam wrote:
Landman is excellent. I’ll always watch any movie/tv series that has Billy Bob Thornton in it.
If you enjoy action stuff, Lioness is worth a watch. Great cast

I lied. I watched that too. I was trying to not get ahead on Landman, because the GF wanted to watch the episodes with me, so I watched that on nights we weren't together.

She gets up at like 5am and can't binge watch like me..

One of the blessings of needing 5 hours’ sleep (max) at a time, is being able to binge watch late into the night.

💭💭 “OK then…just one more episode” - we’ve all done that, right?

Maddog · Go Outside

Vam wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Vam wrote:
Landman is excellent. I’ll always watch any movie/tv series that has Billy Bob Thornton in it.
If you enjoy action stuff, Lioness is worth a watch. Great cast

I lied. I watched that too. I was trying to not get ahead on Landman, because the GF wanted to watch the episodes with me, so I watched that on nights we weren't together.

She gets up at like 5am and can't binge watch like me..
One of the blessings of needing 5 hours’ sleep (max) at a time, is being able to binge watch late into the night.
💭💭 “OK then…just one more episode” - we’ve all done that, right?

I do.

She just falls asleep. 10 hours a day going full speed training older folks, some with dementia, wear her out.

They can be worse than kids..

Vam · Getting Gobby

Okay - I’m in In July, I shall ‘Look up’ ….