TV/Movies Megathread

[Syt]

Try the blu-rays, the upgrade is dramatic, even for the uspcaled CGI.
You might want to hang on the DVDs for the bonus features, though.

Haven't watched them tbh, though I recall they were on Prime for a while?

[Duque de Bragança]

Try the blu-rays, the upgrade is dramatic, even for the uspcaled CGI.
You might want to hang on the DVDs for the bonus features, though.

Haven't watched them tbh, though I recall they were on Prime for a while?

If you have Amazon Prime, you can order them and avoid paying shipping, yes.  They can be had for at rarewaves.com as well.

[grumbler]

Try the blu-rays, the upgrade is dramatic, even for the uspcaled CGI.
You might want to hang on the DVDs for the bonus features, though.

Haven't watched them tbh, though I recall they were on Prime for a while?

Yeah, they were available on Prime Video for free until a few weeks ago.

[Neil]

I do wonder if we're going to see some kind of Nightwatch down there, or if the regular law enforcement has already been so suborned by their paramilitary aspirations that they'll stop at nothing so long as they get to take things out on the 'civilians'. 

[Bauer]

Anyone here watch Silo or read the wool books?  I first found the books years ago by popular review on kindle and enjoyed them.

I think the TV series has an opportunity to make the prequel storyline about the Senator interesting given current events.  Although in the books it was the democrats who built the Silos.

[Josquius]

Anyone here watch Silo or read the wool books?  I first found the books years ago by popular review on kindle and enjoyed them.

I think the TV series has an opportunity to make the prequel storyline about the Senator interesting given current events.  Although in the books it was the democrats who built the Silos.

Yes. I read the books some years ago, they were very good.
I've watched the series and it's a good adaptation. Enjoying seeing my partner who hasn't read the books theorising as things go on.

I know in the books its heavily hinted at something big going on in another group of silos. A book set there was promised but never appeared. The show looking at them would be good.
Though considering apples current original content outlook I fear we are lucky to see all the books adapted.

[crazy canuck]

Mrs. CC and I have enjoyed it. 

[Josephus]

Yeah, I never heard of them until the Apple series. I've now read the first two books. Some interesting differences, but I'm enjoying both

[Bauer]

Anyone here watch Silo or read the wool books?  I first found the books years ago by popular review on kindle and enjoyed them.

I think the TV series has an opportunity to make the prequel storyline about the Senator interesting given current events.  Although in the books it was the democrats who built the Silos.

Yes. I read the books some years ago, they were very good.
I've watched the series and it's a good adaptation. Enjoying seeing my partner who hasn't read the books theorising as things go on.

I know in the books its heavily hinted at something big going on in another group of silos. A book set there was promised but never appeared. The show looking at them would be good.
Though considering apples current original content outlook I fear we are lucky to see all the books adapted.

I've seen a post from the author recently that the series about Silo 17 (I think) will be coming soon.

[Tamas]

I have watched both seasons, should I still read the books?

Also who the fuck are you, Bauer?

[Josquius]

I've been watching Adolescence.
It is indeed very good.
Nice to see more attention being brought to radicalisation of young men I've been shouting about for a decade and more.
Funny to see there's apparently large numbers of idiots online insisting the story has been race flipped and only a black boy would do this.

Two side issues on this show.

1: the setting. It's funny. A few broad scousers about but broadly quite diverse. Googling suggests its set somewhere between Liverpool and Manchester.
Its weird (but good) to see all this cop stuff happening in a town which looks much like a typical northern town.

2: the camera work. Wow. The whole one shot thing when you take notice of it is quite amazing.
Can't help but wonder what if someone screws up in the last part of the episode.
The bits in the school with all the kids especially - how did they get away with the stunt of vehicles suddenly stopping and avoiding hitting someone?
Through the window was impressive but then they suddenly shift to a drone cam and back to a dramatic up close ground cam again.... I really look forward to a making of doc of this.

I have watched both seasons, should I still read the books?

Also who the fuck are you, Bauer?

Up to you. From what I remember... It's not like it's great literature but it really has a just one more chapter appeal with the various twists and cliff hangers and such.... Which may now be lost on you.
The first series differs from the books only really in adding more stuff. The second has some differences iirc.
They're pretty short books either way.

[dist]

2: the camera work. Wow. The whole one shot thing when you take notice of it is quite amazing.
Can't help but wonder what if someone screws up in the last part of the episode.

What you are watching is the best full take out of 10. They didn't record each episode just once.

Quoting from articles: "According to Netflix, the team's original plan was to 'film each episode in full 10 times (once in the morning, once in the afternoon, across five days) – but in reality a few attempts had to be abandoned and restarted, so some episodes had many more than 10 takes.'"

[grumbler]

Anyone here watch Silo or read the wool books?  I first found the books years ago by popular review on kindle and enjoyed them.

I think the TV series has an opportunity to make the prequel storyline about the Senator interesting given current events.  Although in the books it was the democrats who built the Silos.

I read and enjoyed the first book, because the author was so good at creating characters.  It suffered from the fact that the author hadn't much bothered to think out his world-building before he wrote his series of short stories, and it broke emersion for me to read about the oil fields of Atlanta that the silo was tapping for raw materials, the iron mines, etc.

I couldn't finish the second book because it just amplified, in my mind, all of those incongruities. I just couldn't suspend disbelief.

[Josquius]

2: the camera work. Wow. The whole one shot thing when you take notice of it is quite amazing.
Can't help but wonder what if someone screws up in the last part of the episode.

What you are watching is the best full take out of 10. They didn't record each episode just once.

Quoting from articles: "According to Netflix, the team's original plan was to 'film each episode in full 10 times (once in the morning, once in the afternoon, across five days) – but in reality a few attempts had to be abandoned and restarted, so some episodes had many more than 10 takes.'"

Oh sure I get that, it wasn't one chance only to do it.
But even still, doing a full take with all this happening, goes perfect... But then right at the end someone screws up. Painful.

[mongers]

Couple of interesting documentaries from 50 years ago the about British Army, now on iplayer.

The training of bomb disposal officers and the missions they're sent on in Northern Ireland in 1974:

The Bomb Disposal Men


Death or Glory, garrison life in the 17/21st lancers whilst stationed in Germany, BOAR during 1968:

Death or Glory