Television

**ajithfederer** · 24th December 2011, 10:13 PM

Berta

Alan: Uh huh, Berta, have you seen Charlie?
Berta: He is not in his bed?
Alan: No
Berta: Passed out on the toilet floor?
Alan: No
Berta: Rubbing oil on the Volleyball Girls?

Jake: No
Berta: Well that just leaves us bARS, hospitals and jails.
Alan:

Berta: I will go get the yellow pages!!.

Happy Jesus Birthday folks

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**kid-glove** · 26th December 2011, 02:28 PM

Boardwalk Empire finale & penultimate episode.

Shockingly brilliant. A necessary shock. Spoiler Alert: Much like Breaking bad, kill off the 2nd most interesting character in his 2nd season, the character off whom the main protagonist is played off. Not any more antagonistic than the the protagonist. In fact, much like Nucky's final words to Jimmy, there isn't a point of seeking 'forgiveness'. Unlike BB, this is hauntingly deterministic & therefore, tragic. It was always going to be a precognitive arc with that Nucky's dream sequence of a young child, in his throne, shotgunning him down. If it's Jimmy now, it's probably going to be Timmy, Teddy, Sleater later? This is going to whirlwind him. And he's sooner or later, going to be caught up in knots. Embracing Teddy with paternal grace is the kind of stuff I look forward to, in TV. The stuff that the writers would ruminate on, for coming seasons I'm sure. I didn't like some of the choices taken in previous 22 episodes, but any empire is going to be fleshed out & showcased with variants. The creator-writer of the show would never resort to mechanics of Miller's Crossing. Tom-Leo of Miller's are Hammett-warped constants. This is where Boardwalk differs. There are only variables. Including Nucky. 'The beginning's over, the end hasn't come yet. All I care about is now.' 3rd season cometh.

**kid-glove** · 26th December 2011, 07:12 PM

24

Season 1. The mole is his most trusted fellow agent, ex-GF. (Nuclear)

Season 2. Gulf oil chasing corporate businessmen. (Biological)

Season 3. Ex-MI6 agent, 'what if' James Bond in American inflicted-circus (Biological)

Season 4. Islamic fundamentalist (Nuclear)

Season 5. Anga kuththi. Inga kuththi.

**kid-glove** · 3rd January 2012, 12:48 PM

"The Prisoner" in Bluray (If you want links, ask me. Not available in torrents)

10/10, Masterpiece.

**kid-glove** · 3rd January 2012, 12:52 PM

Columbo - Mcgoohan-Falk special.

By Dawn's Early light. His performance is great, but otherwise an OK episode.

Next:
Ashes to Ashes
Identity Crisis
Agenda for Murder
Murder with too many notes
Last Salute to the Commodore

**kid-glove** · 3rd January 2012, 01:04 PM

"The Strange World of Gurney Slade"
You might remember the actor from David Lean's Oliver Twist
To say this is way as groundbreaking TV would be an understatement. That this kind of series were made in British Television, that they were 'green lit', is triumphant enough!
Here's the film that could claim to be a precursor to WA (I was particularly reminded of Purple Rose, but even more so, the many fabrics of WA)
Available in Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL43B4D799B0F1DF26

**Sid_316** · 5th January 2012, 12:01 AM

Six feet under- Very kood

Micheal.C.Hall's character

**kubrick** · 5th January 2012, 05:40 PM

I am hearing very good things about Sherlock, has anyone watched it?

**kid-glove** · 6th January 2012, 08:55 PM

Cumberbatch is excellent. Self-congratulating yes, but a much more arresting performance than Downey IMO. Martin Freeman as Watson is far better than Jude Law. Overall, it's the direction that makes use of texts, visuals, & sounds in interesting manner. Ritchie's film versions are empty exercises in big budget action, with humor (lot more to do with RDJ than with the jokes themselves, I'd think. and also the homo-erotic humor that's part of any version. Except it's far more unrefined in the film with cross-dressing hugs, cringe!) This is contemporary but retains the qualities in interesting, arresting ways!

**kubrick** · 7th January 2012, 12:13 PM

Gonna check it out. But my friend mentioned something in the Sherlock books as annoying which I found very interesting, that is how there are tens of pages just describing the scene and Sherlock's deduction techniques. Wondering if I should read one or two volumes before I start watching them. But the problem is I have two books even before I can start with it. Total conpeesan! Thanks a lot for the info though.