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Leo said:
mixed feeling on the most recent "Fargo" (season 4). I applaud them for trying a different type of storyline, and Chris Rock was really good in a dramatic role, but it kind of meandered. the wife bailed after episode 2, said he didn't feel the characters were compelling.
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Just watched the last episode, which I thought kinda struggled to tie things together, but overall I thought the season worked well. Loved the black and white episode. Plus the Woodbine scene at the very end.

Perhaps a bit blasphemous to some ears, but I respect the series more than I respect the film.
 
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Never watched any of it, but I love the film, so maybe it's worth checking out. Anyone seen westworld, that any good?
 
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First series is quite good and delves a bit into all the stuff you'd expect - who is alive, and what it means to be alive and if it's different from being intelligent... tied up with a load of mysticism and action obviously.
Second series kinda felt like they had to make up a story quickly after the first, was way too explosiony for me, loads of people being machine gunned down several times cos they're androids who can cone back to life... and jumping back and forwards so much in time it was a bit silly.
 
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OK I'm gonna prioritise westworld over fatgo I think, unless Leo or starbert have something to say?

What about transparent? Anyone seen that?
 
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transparent is great, highly recommended if you're in the mood for oddball humorous/serious family drama.

Fargo and Westworld are so different that it's hard to compare and pick one. It's COVIDtimes, stay in and watch 'em all.
 
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if you don't mind subtitles, I'll again recommend every season of two French series:: "the bureau" and "spiral". and "caliphate", if you want to step back into some intense peak-ISIS era TV.
 
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spiral's the one with the homoerotic feel isn't it? bad cops wearing leather, doing bad stuff? think i saw a few of those.
 
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I haven't watched it but aesthetically it looks superb. The use of colour and the sets are mind blowing
 
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Obviously it will be interesting to watch the growth of Chinese soft power. Britain and the US probably will be the last ones to notice it. I was looking at the comments under a massive Turkish historical drama recently and it was a similar thing. Massive Worldwide audiences but no one from the Anglosphere
 
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The Anglosphere still gets unsettled by songs on YouTube having loads of foreign comments. You'll come across some big song with loads of people speaking Spanish or whatever underneath and the English-speaking posters will act as though it's some sort of intrusion and peculiarity.

"What the hell? Why are there so many comments in Spanish?"
 
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luka said:
Obviously it will be interesting to watch the growth of Chinese soft power. Britain and the US probably will be the last ones to notice it. I was looking at the comments under a massive Turkish historical drama recently and it was a similar thing. Massive Worldwide audiences but no one from the Anglosphere
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Yeah like when some African worldwide megastar dies and in the Guardian they do an obit and the first comments will always be "who?" - people racing to proudly display their ignorance.
 
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Anyone watching the Steve mcqueen films? Second one about lovers rock truly innovative things going on with the music dropping out, twice. He's proper is mcqueen.
 
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