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GoonerMuzz wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 30, 2020 10:52 am

A bit different but during lockdown due to boredom I've been watching a program called Abandoned Engineering on Yesterday, lots of episodes out there but I find it really interesting how things were built back in the day especially without PCs and CAD and how some have stood the test of time and other definitely haven't.

A lot of the early episodes cover military stuff but as seasons go on there are more and more civilian engineering feats, some of the stories behind the triumphs and tragedies are quite interesting they usually cover 4 different constructions per episode, as diverse as an old Nazi torpedo test facility in the Baltic to the original railway bridges built from mainland Florida into the Quays or a damn built in France which collapsed and flooded the towns on the plains below due to an Engineering miscalculation.... fairly sure they used Irish Navvies on that one, eh DB10.

StuartL wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:08 pm

Recently watched on bbc catch-up a series called “life” - it looks at the characters lives, they all have some kind of drama / trauma going on to deal with (as we all do at some point) they live in apartments in the same building.

Good if you enjoy people watching / psychology aspect - love, life, marriage, death affects us all.

OneBardGooner wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:57 pm

StuartL wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:08 pm

Recently watched on bbc catch-up a series called “life” - it looks at the characters lives, they all have some kind of drama / trauma going on to deal with (as we all do at some point) they live in apartments in the same building.

Good if you enjoy people watching / psychology aspect - love, life, marriage, death affects us all.

Just finished watching a 7 episode (one off) series on Netflix called "Queen's Gambit" - About a girl who plays chess... Seriously Excellent! Best thing on Netflix since Ozark.

StuartL wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 12, 2020 5:04 pm

OneBardGooner wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:57 pm

StuartL wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:08 pm

Recently watched on bbc catch-up a series called “life” - it looks at the characters lives, they all have some kind of drama / trauma going on to deal with (as we all do at some point) they live in apartments in the same building.

Good if you enjoy people watching / psychology aspect - love, life, marriage, death affects us all.

Just finished watching a 7 episode (one off) series on Netflix called "Queen's Gambit" - About a girl who plays chess... Seriously Excellent! Best thing on Netflix since Ozark.

You only like it cos she is a red head

I’ve noticed your penchant, for redheads, tartan skirts, school girls, teachers, suspenders. Brunettes boobs, bums, blondes (Have I missed anything out ? )

Midz wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:19 pm

The Boys -

Superheroes are often as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians, and sometimes even as revered as gods. But that's when they're using their powers for good. What happens when the heroes go rogue and start abusing their powers? When it's the powerless against the super powerful, the Boys head out on a heroic quest to expose the truth about the Seven and Vought, the multibillion-dollar conglomerate that manages the superheroes and covers up their dirty secrets. Based on the comic book series of the same name.

Anyone watched this?

I've just finished season 2.
You never know what to expect in this show. Many laugh out loud moments combined with some quite shocking scenes.
Hope they do another series.

begeegs wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:59 am

Midz wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:19 pm

The Boys -

Superheroes are often as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians, and sometimes even as revered as gods. But that's when they're using their powers for good. What happens when the heroes go rogue and start abusing their powers? When it's the powerless against the super powerful, the Boys head out on a heroic quest to expose the truth about the Seven and Vought, the multibillion-dollar conglomerate that manages the superheroes and covers up their dirty secrets. Based on the comic book series of the same name.

Anyone watched this?

I've just finished season 2.
You never know what to expect in this show. Many laugh out loud moments combined with some quite shocking scenes.
Hope they do another series.

Yeah - it is a good satirical series, I thought. You could always view the superheroes as caricatures for governmental foreign policy and the way that things are approached in big business as well. Definitely worth a watch.

On the other hands, I watched series 1 of a show about androids called 'Humans' and it started really well and devolved into a stupid drama with big 'twists' that could be seen a mile off.