All seem to have the same(crap) formula. A slighly off tangent plot to make it interesting. Then comes lovey dovey bit(cue plinkdy plonkdy pianio) with a bit of a twist, sometimes included in the sad emotional bit. Somewhere here the producer/writer stirs in sub plot or two, normally not very believable scenarios. Then another luvey dovey bit as the crime(s)/mystery are solved. All done by 3rd rate actors. Latest one I've abandoned is Paranoid.
alternatives are,, Al Jazera 203 ,, Bike 251, , RT 206 ,, ITV4 117 ( tho not always ) ,, Spike 141 ,, Trav Ch 150 /+1 ,, PBS 156 ,, Yesterday 159... all freeview channels,,, also Dave and few others which i dont get...
Victoria was well written, superbly acted and very enjoyable, Poldark, by comparison, is very pedestrian with largely two dimensional characters, but still watchable. I don't think I would switch on the TV for a series called "Paranoid" because just the name tells you that it will be exactly as the OP describes. And don't even mention rubbish like New Tricks, Casualty or Birds of a Feather, but someone must watch them otherwise they wouldn't keep putting them on.
National treasure was good. Except the ending. Totally shot his it finished, not the trial but right at the end There have been a few recently that seem to all follow the Scandinavian model but they are so slow I'm off after 10 mins
'The Fall' Series 1 and 2 were worth a watch but 3 is a different format and a little slow but still got potential. and now the truth - only watching 'cos Gillian Anderson is in it.
Ken Loach attacks rotten BBC and Downton Abbey's 'Mogadon fake nostalgia' - The i newspaper online iNews I'm with Ken Loach. Mostly formulaic, dumbed-down costume dramas/period soap operas for the Hello generation from the BBC these days. Can't see them making another Cathy Come Home any time soon. I don't mind a good historical drama, but it must be good, not bastardised, simplified and prettified. Harold Pinter's 1971 film adaptation of The Go-Between is an example of how it should be done. To be fair to the BBC they did a decent version of it (last year I think) but not in the same league as Pinter's atmospheric and suspenseful screenplay.
funnily enough i have just read a piece from Ken Loach criticizing the BBC for being a rotten place for directors. manipulative, deeply political to much micromanagement with dramas only fit for putting ones brain to sleep. i agree. hah. snap.
Politicised and micromanaged is exactly right. Unfortunately everything the BBC does these days - and not just drama - is highly politicised. Quality and artistic integrity has gone out of the window.
do your self a favor and just dont watch the BBC. i only watch it to make myself angry. something i enjoy. :smileys:
didnt watch any BBC " news" yesterday,, but i bet they didnt report on the freezing by Nat West of the RT bank account,,, apparently without any notification or explination..
i think they did. quite amusing watching a state propagandist accusing another of producing state propaganda. :Hilarious:. i watch the odd bit of that channel. kieser report, going underground. yip some good stuff on there.
I have watched Wolf Creek Wolf Creek (TV series) - Wikipedia I thought it was very good The Night of is very good too The Night Of - Wikipedia Shades of blue another good viewing I was looking forward to the new Missing but I'm not sure about it at the moment
I wouldn't say the BBC was a state propagandist per se. Its propagandist certainly, but its an "intellectual" rather than a political establishment it represents - the metropolitan, global warmist, multi-culti London Left. Sometimes the opinions and priorities with which it thinks it has a duty to inculcate the pubic consciousness will coincide with those of the state, sometimes they won't. Depends who's in power and whether the particular topic under discussion is the sort of thing that would win the approval of people like Polly Toynbee and Peter Mandleson. Snats may not like the waythe BBC promotes the Union but they should weigh that against the fact that the Beeb also promotes the EU. But then that's to be expected as the corporation is paid about £3 million a year from EU funds, or taxpayer's money as it used to be called, to promote the European project, in much the same way that RT is paid by the Kremlin with Russian tax payer's money to promote the Putin regime. In that sense, yes they are two sides of the same coin.
Not seen Wolf Creek but The Night Of is a cracking series best thing I've seen in a long long while different league altogether to the choice of "drama" on Beeb & ITV
One i always watch is The Walking dead :walking::walking::walking::knife:which is back next Monday. At the moment I'm watching Paranoid, The Level and The Missing, nearly forgot Sunday i am made to watch Poldark :Smuggrin:
Thanks for that @Tobytyke - yours and Viv's recommendation is enough for me to try it on ketchup (The Night of)
