On 10/19/25 19:19, Jim Davis via cctalk wrote:
Jesus Doc, Did you have a stroke in the funny bits?
TL;DR: I like British TV better than the pablum we make in the US, but
I get tired of it quickly.
I may not have been clear, but with some fabulous exceptions, British TV
tends to be so... paced, maybe? that it ends up feeling wrapped in
cotton. Much like barely-treated depression; hence the Prozac description.
I'm mostly deaf these days, so everything I watch is subtitled. The
silver lining is that getting used to Closed Captions opened up
worldwide TV - it no longer matters what the original language is as
long as it's got titles. So a few years ago I started a Cop Shows
'Round The World tour.
Russian (I include the old USSR satellites) TV is a pure, unpadded
descent into a hopeless trudge through hell. Any series that involves
madness - "Metod" if you can find it - is a whole other level of crazy.
I love it.
Doc
On Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM Doc Shipley via cctalk <
It's not permitted in the US anymore but Russian TV is British
television without the Prozak. It's fantastic.
Doc
