Barry W, I found the third season of The Killing to be really excellent. A terrific performance by Peter Saarsgard. Two movies you might like: The Sound of My Voice with Britt Marling and also I am Love with Tilda Swinton.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > > On 08/06/2013 12:24 PM, RoryGoff wrote: > > Sorry to hear that about Mad Men; I have been enjoying it hugely thus > > far... I LOVE how beautifully it illuminates the dysfunctional 60's -- all > > this time I thought it was only my Dad who pulled that kind of stuff! :-) A > > very healing show for me. > > My brother was from that era and I've been amused with the show and how > true to the period it is. This last season started showing how some > corporations that were actually family owned and run businesses started > becoming publicly held ones. And of course this last season the agency > was considering going public which is a game changer and was actually > discussed on one of the ad agency blogs. > > FYI, the 3rd season of "The Killing" finished Sunday and it will be > available on Netflix streaming shortly because Netflix partially > financed the third season. > > The second season of "Continuum" has been very good and this last > episode very revealing. It too may show up after completion on Netflix > as did the first season. > > > > > > As to Copper, yeah, I confess to being a total sucker for > > relatively-well-done historical pieces. The Borgia shows (both versions) > > were a lot of fun, too. My all-time favorite TV show is still probably > > Deadwood. > > The first season of Copper seemed to be more relevant historically but I > lost interest in the second season. Ripper Street had more fun with > it's historical perspective mainly because it takes in a period a great > change. Broadchurch is another BBC drama which debuts tomorrow night on > BBC American though the first episode is free without commercials from > their website: > http://www.bbcamerica.com/broadchurch/videos/s1-premiere-episode/ > > Turq is a fan of Stephen King and this years Kingfest is "The Dome" on > CBS. It's been a good show so far. Folks in Los Angeles and other > cities with Time Warner Cable are a little miffed with the spat between > CBS and TWC as CBS and Showtime are now missing from the lineup. No > "Dexter" or "The Dome" for them. And I have been enjoying Showtime's > "Ray Donovan" too which got better after the pilot episode. Paula > Malcomson, who played Trixie in Deadwood, plays the wife of Ray Donovan > who is played by Liev Schreiber. The cast also include Jon Voigt, > Elliot Gould and James Woods. > > Netflix streaming is a bit iffy around here lately. I have 12 mbps > broadband but last night trying to finish an episode of "Orange is the > New Black" I got about 10 minutes in and then it would start rebuffering > and give me an SD version for about 30 seconds then back to HD. It did > that several times more but towards the end I had to give up because it > would rebuffer every 30 seconds only give a low quality SD stream. > > Apparently the problem is that many of the telecoms are dragging their > feet with upgrades to a kinda service link so more customers can have > high bandwidth service. But we paid for our Netflix and we paid for our > broadband and we want it. If this doesn't get resolved we want Congress > to look into it. Some of this problem will go away come September when > kids are back in school and going to Friday night football etc instead > of staying home and watching Netflix. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@> wrote: > >>> Hey, Barry! Rena and I watch only Netflix now, no TV, > >>> so we are a year or more behind on all shows. True > >>> Blood and Dexter are among our favorites; I am also > >>> quite fond of Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and Copper. > >> I skipped "Mad Men" this season, because I just > >> couldn't work up any honest *caring* about any > >> of the characters. But I'm glad you mentioned > >> "Copper," because I forgot that one. I watched > >> the first three episodes of the second season, > >> but then forgot to download the rest. I'll > >> rectify that situation. > >> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > >>>> One of the things that has suffered because of this Paris > >>>> gig has been my ability to keep up with TV series I once > >>>> watched near-religiously. I purposefully haven't even > >>>> bothered to start watching "Continuum" or the US versions > >>>> of "The Killing" (season 3) or "The Bridge," because I > >>>> knew I wouldn't have time for them. > >>>> > >>>> I did watch season three of the excellent UK series "Luther," > >>>> and found it as good as the previous two. In my household, > >>>> a mighty cheer went up when one favorite character from the > >>>> previous two seasons reappeared. :-) > >>>> > >>>> I've been watching "True Blood," first curious what it would > >>>> be like without Alan Ball at the helm, and think it's been > >>>> pretty good, on the whole. More interesting in many ways > >>>> that last season. > >>>> > >>>> I'm watching "Dexter," of course, and enjoying it, and wonder- > >>>> ing how they're going to fit The End Of Dexter into the few > >>>> remaining episodes. > >>>> > >>>> I just saw the first episode so far of the new season of "The > >>>> Newsroom," and liked it. I'm a sucker for fast dialogue. > >>>> > >>>> Like everyone else, I am waiting with 'bated breath for the > >>>> last 8 episodes of "Breaking Bad." > >>>> > >>>> And that's about it. Anyone seen anything worth reporting on? > >>>> > > > > >
