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Black Panther

Pretty good.

A big action movie with social, political, historical commentary? Pretty good how they pulled it off.

With the Last Jedi and now this, I'm sensing that the state censors are either sleeping at the wheel or too focus on the bad language and nudity to see the subversive message these writers and directors are slipping in.

There's a scene where what's his name from the original The Office and The Hobbit... a White guy... walk up to an African princess Q.

Startled, she turn round saying "Coloniser, don't sneak up on me like that." Put a new meaning to "Don't touch anything" too. :D

And a dig at Trump and his wall too. Though a bit too much credit to Billy Clinton and his bridge building nonsense.
 
"Innocent" on ABC Iview is another brilliant series. Many twists and turns on the story of a man convicted and then pardoned of allegeadly killing his wife.
 
The Death of Stalin

Given the current restarting of the Cold War, not sure if this one was funded by the war machines but it's pretty good.

Dark, very dark, comedy. Like Monty Python but with lots of bullet to the heads, torture, rape... but I don't feel it's done gratuitously. Just done to show how nasty the Soviets were/are? :D

The actors were great. Scripts well done I reckon. Good commentaries on dictatorial rule and communism without going the Spielberg way of banging it over your head with red, blue and white.


 
luutzu said:
The Death of Stalin

Given the current restarting of the Cold War, not sure if this one was funded by the war machines but it's pretty good.

Dark, very dark, comedy. Like Monty Python but with lots of bullet to the heads, torture, rape... but I don't feel it's done gratuitously. Just done to show how nasty the Soviets were/are? :D

The actors were great. Scripts well done I reckon. Good commentaries on dictatorial rule and communism without going the Spielberg way of banging it over your head with red, blue and white.
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One I must watch
 
basilio said:
Found a brilliant BBC comedy series on Iview. Written by Ben Elton, features David Mitchell.

Set in Elizabethian England and is set around Will Shakespeare and his efforts to write the classical Shakesperian plays. Totally droll. Six episodes to date

Upstart Crow
Series 1 Ep 1 Star Crossed Lovers
COMEDY
Will Shakespeare struggles to find inspiration for Romeo while at the same time having to deal with an angry actor, a very annoying house-guest, and his family's not-terribly-helpful script suggestions.

http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/upstart-crow/ZW1395A001S00
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I'm going to bump this particular program again.
It's now in Series 2 and manages to get in some wicked jobs at politicians who lie and scheme and create their own reality - as if that could ever happen.
And it goes to town on the religious wars between the the newly formed Church of England and the Catholics.
Brill..

https://iview.abc.net.au/programs/upstart-crow/ZW1396A002S00
 
If you just want some fun on ABC/BBC Plebs is 23 minutes of 21st century comedy set in a tablieu 1st Century Rome.

Up to Series 3 now on Iview. Worth watching the lot to see how the very young characters age and develop.

Plebs
Series 1 Ep 1 The Orgy
COMEDY
A modern comedy in an ancient setting, PLEBS follows three desperate young men from the suburbs of Ancient Rome. There's an upward turn for the boys when Marcus meets some fit Britons and Stylax finds a flyer to an orgy.
https://iview.abc.net.au/programs/plebs/ZW0189A001S00
 
basilio said:
Just saw the last episode of this drama. Have to beat the drum again. It is one of the best programs you will see this year.
Don't binge on it. Take some time between episodes to reflect on the turns. Just special...
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Yes, I saw it some time ago. Excellent. I just watched S1 of Criminal Justice on SBS on demand. That was excellent too. The US series, "The Night Of" was based on Criminal Justice S1 and is pretty much identical in every way. I had seen that first and it was also good.

I am also watching the latest series of Homeland on SBS and that too is excellent. In fact I would recommend all the previous series (5 previous I think) of that series. The current series has many parallels to current US politics.
 
Creating new ways to do things. Always a sign of an active and agile mind.

Ever wondered how hard it is to serve a piece of cake and wanted to improve the process ?
Check out this inspiration.
 
The time is meow.

Super Troopers 2 out soon:

Warning this is R Rated ....do not watch if offended by offensive language and behaviour:

 
Just watched a two part series on Sir John Monash on ABC. Clearly written and produced for the 100 year commemoration of the end of WW1.

Brilliant, quite challenging story of the war, the critical role of John Monash in winning WW1 and what happened to the soldiers when they returned home. What was equally fascinating was the role of the narrator Peter Greste. He brought two additional threads to the story

1) He had been imprisoned in Egypt on trumped up terrorism charges. He had first hand experience at fighting for freedom and facing the consequences.
2) In the process of making the film Peter discovered he had 4 Great-Uncles who had fought in WW1 under Sir John Monash. What had their war been like ?

Really worth watching and reflecting on our history and what we need to remember.

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I wonder if we will ever see programs like this again if the ABC is properly gutted by the Libs? Which commercial entitities would ever produce such a story and tell it in this way ?

https://iview.abc.net.au/programs/monash-and-me/DO1600W001S00
https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/04/airdate-general-monash-and-me.html

(Copied from ANZAC day thread)
 
Europe after Hitler.

I suppose we "know" about what happened in Europe when Germany was defeated. Or do we ?
This is an excellent doco looking at the convulsions in Europe during the early years of peace post WW2. Also documents the spread of Soviet power through the satellite communist parties in Soviet controlled Eastern Europe. Refresh your knowledge.
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/after-hitler
 
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