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Finished watching Night Stalker last night.

It's quite a remarkable piece of TV, very dark, superbly edited with a massive amount of real footage and images, and if you don't know the story (and we didn't) a real cliff hanger as LA's finest try and catch who would appear to be the most random, sadistic and cold-hearted serial killer to have ever existed.

And it's the randomness, and the fact that the Night Stalker broke almost every rule in the book that the Police thought they knew about serial killers, that makes it so appalling and intriguing.

I don't believe in the satan concept at all. But if I did, this would be the guy I'd point to as embodying that concept.

If you do watch it (and it's only 4 episodes) resist the temptation to Google any info before you do, or during it as you'll miss out on the suspense. 

59 minutes ago, sage said:

There are different types of bravery. You could argue he took a brave decision to ignore the air traffic controllers and rely on his experience and judgement.

I would also add he was the last person out after checking the plane was empty.

 

Well, I thought it was clearly tongue-in-cheek, but you seem to think I'd call a guy Sullen Hamburger and then proceed to write something serious. I'll try some emojis for you next time.

Although having said that, it actually his job to let the passengers off first, he's trained to do that. He'd have been in a lot of trouble if he'd legged it first.

Remember the Italian Costa Cruise ship captain who not only sunk his ship, but after hitting whatever it was, nipped off the boat sharpish 7 or 8 years ago? He got over 15 years largely because he left the ship in front of the passengers.

@Hathersage Ram ouch, that hurts.

TV announcers, reporters etc who insist people are brave who had no choice with their actions.

Sullen Hamburger or whatever his name was who landed that plane on the Hudson in New York wasn't being brave, he was trying to save his own life.

Now, if he'd been offered the chance to get out and without anybody knowing he'd ever been there had politely refused, that would have been brave.

Mr Hamburger may well be brave, but his actions weren't.

And whilst I'm at it, the aforementioned media calling people who were (or maybe weren't) brave, plucky.

Oh, and any British cook in a British kitchen in Britain talking to a British chef where none of them are fluent in French and weren't classically trained in France and where the only time they ever went to France was to take the kids to EuroDisney, saying 'Oui Chef'

Cut it out you sound like a pretentious Bamford. 

We were also (I'm 95% sure) the first team to apply to have a sponsor on their shirt but were refused.

@Sith Happens - Yeh it was the early 70s' and it was an accounting issue. I *think* it may have had something to do with a transfer or two - Terry Hennessey rings a bell. 

46 minutes ago, Rev said:

I thought Taboo was the biggest load of garbage it's ever been my misfortune to see, and if it wasn't a Tom Hardy backed project would never have been made, and my wife would never has insisted on watching it.

 

I've kinda got into it. It is a bit all over the place, but the acting is absolutely brilliant.

1 hour ago, Carl Sagan said:

Science for me follows a model a little like set out by Paul Feyerabend in his book Against Method. The claim is there are two types of scientists. One are the puzzle solvers, who are effectively working out crossword clues as they try to fill in the gaps, the minutiae of the detail of the current scientific paradigm. The other are the great scientists who move the discipline forward, who have the imagination to devise new paradigms, overthrowing the scientific orthodoxy with brilliant creative new theories.

Cox only thinks inside the box. He is a puzzle solver. For me he always accepts the current scientific orthodoxy. And he bangs on and on about "the scientific method" espousing a very naive point of view that scientists are objective and the are discovering some sort of objective truth about the Universe.

For me, issues such as dark matter and dark energy, and the failure to understand quantum mechanics and the ongoing mysteries over the nature of time, point to a massive revolution in science coming our way. An example of a brilliant visionary scientist is Feynman and he talked about the difference between knowing the name of something and understanding it and Cox hears the words "dark matter" and thinks we understand it. Also, I've talked with him about extraterrestrial intelligence and he has such an unimaginative old-fashioned view and doesn't seem to comprehend the implications of it. 

I promise if I do have a space 150 minutes in the next few weeks I shall take a look, at least art the start to see how it's looking. Thanks for the heads up!

 

I remember watching Feynman explain that and reel off the name of a bird (forget which ) no in a list of different languages during a 2-part interview way back when - Horizon maybe?

'Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman' is one of my favorite autobiographies of all time. I know very little about physics, but he was such an amazing character. Such a shame he never got to take that last trip.

Come on guys, let's not forget our other outstanding records.

Equal heaviest F A Cup Final loss with Watford.

First English team to get banned from Europe.

Only team to ever let the greatest English manager the game has known walk away.

I'm flat out depressing myself now.

Anybody seen Taboo with Tom Hardy?

Thoughts?

We're 2 episodes in and I just cannot get a grip on it yet. I want to like it and I hope they are just setting the scene, but I'm really not sure.

It has 8.1 on IMDb and I almost always align with high scoring stuff on there so I'm really surprised.

We bailed out of Breaking Bad after the 2nd one (I think) and then went back a few years later and wondered wtf we'd done that and binged the lot, so I'll give it at least one more episode.

We did fnally get around to watching The Salisbury Poisonings and whereas I think they could have go it into 2 rather than 3 episodes it was done very well.

I was aware of the event, but it has little coverage in the US, so was a bit taken aback by the scale of it and the potential devastation it could have caused.

I thought that last 2-minutes (I'll not describe it in case you want to watch it) was brilliantly done and very poignant. 

21 hours ago, Wolfie said:

Exactly. No different to having jingles/songs. I bet all of us of a certain age can still sing along to the "shake & vac" advert

I use that product but don't remember it all so it didn't impact me in the least.  
 

Anyway, I've got to go and put the freshness back before the wife gets home. 

2 hours ago, JoetheRam said:

Solicitors... still taking the absolute effing pee. No chain, 14 weeks and counting with no agreed completion date. All searches done, mortgage agreements completed, buyers deposit paid to their solicitors... contracts still not exchanged.

They make Matt Hancock look competent. 

Yikes! We are in rented accommodation waiting to move back to the UK simply because we sold our house in 2 weeks and from offer to us moving out was only 4 weeks. We actually wanted to drag it on longer but couldn't make it happen.

5 hours ago, Eddie said:

I'm quite proud of myself - I just completed a jigsaw inside a week.

The box said '5 to 7 years'.

On 05/07/2020 at 08:25, ariotofmyown said:

Yeah I really liked Informer. Felt pretty realistic for most of it too.

We have one episode to watch and I'm giving it an Igor Stimac/10.

I think it's even better than Giri/Haji

14 hours ago, JoetheRam said:

Finished series 1 of the Fargo anthology having got about 4 episodes in 3 or 4 years ago. Don't know why I abandoned it. Superb. Billy Bob Thornton is absolutely captivating as a psycho hitman and the supporting cast are all great once you get past Martin Freeman's accent. 

I don't know who directed the episodes, but they've got the Coen Brothers touches nailed.

Series 2 took an episode and a half to get adjusted to but well into that now. 

Yeh BBT is chilling. The scene where Colin Hanks let him go was brilliant. I'm damn sure cops do do things like that when they fear for their own safety. 

Freemans accent sounded ridiculous. But so does everyone's from that part of the country so I'm not so sure it was bad per se. It's a very weird accent and I don't think I even knew it existed till I moved here. 

Finished the second season of Homecoming on Amazon Prime.

A bit like the first season, pretty good without hitting the heights.

Also there are only 7 episodes and they're not much more than half an hour each.

Started Informer that I was surprised being a BBC made cop/terrorist thriller series and set in London I hadn't heard of.

But looks like it wasn't on over here until Prime picked it up.

Two episodes in and very good.

Anybody seen it?

On 18/06/2020 at 09:57, SaintRam said:

Almost caught up with Better Call Saul and have the same opinion.

I love Breaking Bad, but I don't hold it on the pedestal that some (including many of my friends) do; really boils down to the fact that, in my opinion, BCS is an exploration into the far more interesting characters of Breaking Bad.

I do wish I'd be able to forget about Breaking Bad and watch it again when BCS is finished though; I feel like the development of all these side characters would really improve my experience watching BB. I might re-watch it after, anyway.

Have you watched the movie spin off of BB, El Camino?

The people who made that are bigger criminals the the criminals in it. Horrible.

On 14/11/2016 at 12:30, WhiteHorseRam said:

 

Ramsay is massive over here. He has three different programs starting soon and is probably as well known as any chef.

But duck me he needs to lay off the plastic surgery and start a campaign for a real forehead. 

Seeing Trump talk to a three quarters empty arena after having to cancel an outdoor event because of lack of interest.

His supporters always look so intelligent too.

On 14/06/2020 at 12:34, reverendo de duivel said:

Control.

A biopic of Ian Curtis, shot entirely in B&W.

I found it incredibly moving, the best film I've watched in a long while. 

 

I'd like to watch that, is it on Netflix?

I guess I could stop being lazy and just go and look!

I went to see The Buzzcocks in Sheffield im 1979 and Joy Division were supporting them.

In all honesty I'd not heard of them, but Curtis was incredible and in those days I rarely stood and watched a support band - but I did Joy Division. 

1 hour ago, enachops said:

I watched this after your recommendation. Absolutely loved it. Better than Lock Stock for me. Very slick, stylish film, Guy Ritchie’s best. Probably the best film I’ve seen this year!

I dunno about being better than Lock, Stock, but certainly better than Snatch for me.

I had no idea Grant was even in at and I turned the to the missus about 30 minutes in and said 'Who is that, I'm sure I know him'

She responded 'It's Hew Grant you thick twit with an A'

So we finished The Morning Show last night and I underestimated it when half way through. 

Ducking brilliant.

Jennifer Aniston performance got stronger and stronger and Carell was I already said, excellent.

On 07/06/2020 at 11:09, JoetheRam said:

They've released the last 4 or 5 series of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown on Netflix recently. Great food/travel series if you want something on in the background/easy watching.

Off the top of my head, the only two celebs who I was genuinely upset at when they died were him and Robin Williams. Loved both those guys.

On 04/06/2020 at 15:17, 86 Schmokes & a Pancake said:

Slight digression but check out The Big Short if you've not seen it. Headline stars are Brad Pitt and Christian Bale but Carell absolutely nails it. It's a really good movie in any case.

Yeh that was good. Very understated and underrated. 

Half way through The Morning Show on Apple TV

It's very good, though whether it quite deserves an 8.4 on IMDb I'm not so sure.

Jennifer Aniston is good but Steve Carell is outstanding.

The Gentleman  - Colin Todd out of 10

I thought it was just brilliant. Great acting and a fantastic script. 

Classic Guy Ritchie.

Hew Grant was absolutely outstanding as was Colin Farrell and Matthew Mcconaughey.

If you liked Lock, Stock and Snatch then you'll love this.

Spenser Confidential - Mick Coop out of 10.

Apparently this is the second highest watched Netflix film week of release.

Just a vehicle for Wahlberg to go back to his beloved Boston and earn a load of money.

Lame script, hardly any humor worth the name and a script more predictable than Roos coming out and punching a ball he could have caught.