The Tube.

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Watched the two out of three eps of The Continental. Not far off being great, but comes out grand-to-good overall. So far anyway. Plus a surprise friendly face from Deadwood pulling off a turn in it.

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Finished Deadwood tonight. S3 felt like a slight dip at first but the second half was excellent. Looking forward to checking out the film over the weekend now.

[CorkonianHunger]

Finished Deadwood tonight. S3 felt like a slight dip at first but the second half was excellent. Looking forward to checking out the film over the weekend now.

In some sense I agree but never felt a dip as much cause I watched all 3 seasons as one really. The film is good wrap up without being too much fan service. Like a final season in 2 hours basically.

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And tonight finished all of Detectorists. What a great show, and given how obscure some of the jokes I did get were, I'm sure there was as many again I missed, but it doesn't even take away from it. Slow TV meets great British comedy? Would be great to see another season.

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Detectorist was one of the most beautifully shot shows I've seen in shows a while. Really hit that desire to sit beneath an oak and be idle while listening to earthencloak.

Thought the last scene was perfectly done, was up there with the classic final last scenes like sopranos etc.so as much as I'd enjoy another season I feel like it couldn't have ended on a better note.

[Thorn]

There's not much I bother buying on DVD now but the Detectorists boxset came in today after watching on Netflix thanks to the word on the street here.

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Also got the recommendation from here. Easier to agree on good telly than good music by the sounds of it

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Is tellywarfare.com taken??

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I watched the first episode and didn't think much of it TBH, does it improve? In fairness, I can't abide Mackenzie Crook so I'm not exactly onto a winner from the off.

[Thorn]

Is tellywarfare.com taken??

Go for it

[Ollkiller]

I watched the first episode and didn't think much of it TBH, does it improve? In fairness, I can't abide Mackenzie Crook so I'm not exactly onto a winner from the off.

It's fantastic. Up there in my list of all time best comedies. Just keep watching it and it'll eventually click.

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Did some reading up on Deadwood for the first time last night; hadn't wanted any spoilers falling into my lap. Fuckin' thing is based on a real world place called Deadwood where the likes of Bullock, Swearengen, and loads of others were all real life people! Well blow me down with a fuckin' feather! Up until now I'd been thinking that the handful of characters I did recognize, like "Calamity" Jane and even Hearst, were little more than winks to the real world, but no! Think I might have to read the book about Deadwood that initially inspired the show-creator, David Milch.

[StoutAndAle]

Did some reading up on Deadwood for the first time last night; hadn't wanted any spoilers falling into my lap. Fuckin' thing is based on a real world place called Deadwood where the likes of Bullock, Swearengen, and loads of others were all real life people! Well blow me down with a fuckin' feather! Up until now I'd been thinking that the handful of characters I did recognize, like "Calamity" Jane and even Hearst, were little more than winks to the real world, but no! Think I might have to read the book about Deadwood that initially inspired the show-creator, David Milch.

I've been there. My old man and I went around the time that I was 25. Great trip.

The old boy is big into the Wild West stuff: We went to Jamestown, ND - birthplace of Louis L'Amour, Little Bighorn - site of Custer's Last Stand, Sundance, WY name-place of the Sundance Kid and Devil's Tower, Mount Rushmore (which was a fucking trip to see it after seeing it on telly for years), Crazy Horse (more of a trip given that it's so big that the 4 lads on Mt. Rushmore will fit in Crazy Horse's forehead - if they ever finish it - ) and down into Deadwood where the old boy went around doing his best Al Swearengen impression for 3 days.

It's more like a cowboy Disneyland now but there's still some good stuff there - including where Wild Bill is buried (also where he was shot - 3 different pubs claim it was in their spot. The oul fella asked in the last place "Did ye drag him around or what?") 

There's a Deadwood history museum there which I went to. It was full of all the usual stuff - clothes, bullets, sheriff star, horse and cart.

Then it turned a bit Father Ted - I looked up at a wall near the exit and there was a photo of a Messerschmitt Bf 109. I asked the guide what that was about he replied - "Oh, we have a WWII mini exhibit too if you're interested?"

I nodded and we went into a room behind the gift shop that was nothing but German gear. Eagles, skulls, the whole lot.

"We're waiting on more pieces" said your man "but this is the main thrust of it."

I think that I've told this story before...




Anyway - "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" is very much worth a read if you're into this sort of thing.

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Was that by Dean Ambrose? Read it years ago, great stuff.

[StoutAndAle]

Was that by Dean Ambrose? Read it years ago, great stuff.

Dee Brown, I think.