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Dr Zaius wrote: April 25, 2018, 10:15 pm Is anyone watching Westworld Season 2?
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Just watching the first episode of Picnic at Hanging Rock. So much of it jars. The costumes are overdone and make it seem like a comedy, not a drama/mystery. It was too much to expect it would be better than the classic film, which was one of the best Australian films of all time.
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greeneyed wrote:Just watching the first episode of Picnic at Hanging Rock. So much of it jars. The costumes are overdone and make it seem like a comedy, not a drama/mystery. It was too much to expect it would be better than the classic film, which was one of the best Australian films of all time.
How dare you place Picnic at Hanging Rock amongst the pantheon of great Australian films such as BMX Bandits and Welcome to Woop Woop.
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Or Crackerjack
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Or Idiot Box


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Or The Nugget.

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Sons of Steel and Hercules Returns are the pinnacle of Australian film making


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“Dogs in Space” and “Bad boy Bubby” for mine.
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Animal Kingdom, Dead Europe, Two Hands and Romper Stomper were some of my most memorable Australian movies.

For TV series, Jack Irish and Doctor Blake Mysteries were excellent.
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Sossman wrote:Animal Kingdom, Two Hands and Romper Stomper were some of my most memorable Australian movies.

For TV series, Jack Irish and Doctor Blake Mysteries were excellent.

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I forgot Hercules Returns! Watched that heaps when I was a kid


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I used to make my mother in law watch Hercules Returns every time she visited, she hated it, but kept coming back for more visits


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I already feel like watching Westworld and Handmaid's Tale... seasons two... is going to be a chore.
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greeneyed wrote:I already feel like watching Westworld and Handmaid's Tale... seasons two... is going to be a chore.
Handmaid's Tail has dropped a bit :(

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There’s no novel for season 2 to be based on, not sure if Atwood is involved in some way though.

In other devastating news, GE apparently Rise has been cancelled so no season 2


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She's a producer of some kind

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Brewdle wrote: May 13, 2018, 7:27 am There’s no novel for season 2 to be based on, not sure if Atwood is involved in some way though.

In other devastating news, GE apparently Rise has been cancelled so no season 2


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greeneyed wrote:I already feel like watching Westworld and Handmaid's Tale... seasons two... is going to be a chore.
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gangrenous wrote:
greeneyed wrote:I already feel like watching Westworld and Handmaid's Tale... seasons two... is going to be a chore.
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Much better the second time, once you've figured out what the **** is going on
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I understood it. It just wasn’t very fun or interesting. Just my opinion though.

I liked the end of season 1. But not sure it was worth the time invested.
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gangrenous wrote:I understood it. It just wasn’t very fun or interesting. Just my opinion though.

I liked the end of season 1. But not sure it was worth the time invested.
But you can't possibly know what was going on until the end of the season.
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Just watched the final episode of Rise. It was a great series. It was a shame that the final episode had massive discontinuity issues with the performance of Spring Awakening as it unfolded... but still had me with more than a tear in my eye quite a few times. Great show, shame that is the end of it. There were a lot of untold stories left.

I'm grateful to the show as it exposed me to one of the greatest ever shows... that I'd not seen.

I see Josh Radnor is in Australia right now performing with Ben Lee? Who'd have guessed that?
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New season 13 reasons why coming up. Hopefully it isn’t one of those series that shouldn’t have been left at one.
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Suits season 8 is out in July.

Why won't that show just die already?
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Binge watching "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"

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Rediscovered The Newsroom. A little preachy at times, but a quality binge watch.

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T_R wrote:Rediscovered The Newsroom. A little preachy at times, but a quality binge watch.

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Ruins a good show by trying to weave unlikely interpersonal relations into things, and I agree that got worse from season 2

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T_R wrote:Ruins a good show by trying to weave unlikely interpersonal relations into things, and I agree that got worse from season 2

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That’s the exact reason why my wife and I went off it as the show progressed. It was such a slick show.


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Dr Zaius wrote:
gangrenous wrote:I understood it. It just wasn’t very fun or interesting. Just my opinion though.

I liked the end of season 1. But not sure it was worth the time invested.
But you can't possibly know what was going on until the end of the season.
- Billy is the man in black
- Bernard is a host
- Delores interviews were with Arnold, not Bernard
- Mauve was programmed to escape
- Delores is Wyatt
- Ford was behind all of it all along
Spoiler alerts man!

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Just binge watched Nashville Season 5. If Foxtel really expect me to pay to see previous seasons they’re joking! I pay a huge fee already!
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Also waiting for season two of 13 reasons why. I’m watching some psychologists show previewing it... just show me the show!
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I see it is now live. This is going to be more binge watching.
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I just found out/rediscovered that next weeks episode of The Americans is the series finale. :(

Brilliant show, longtime critical-darling and one of the best there's been for quite some time. If you've never seen it, I highly recommend it.

There's been a lot of shows that I've been watching for years that have ended recently, I might have to pick up some new ones. FX's "Legion" looks like it might be a good one, maybe not quite the same caliber, but few are.
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