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Re: Telly
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2020 11:15 pm
by Scurra
It depends. What were the names of the members of the fire brigade?
Re: Telly
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:18 am
by Bunnylump
No firemen, but the village was called Chigton Green...and I've just realised that the biscuit factory is Cresswells! Slightly disappointed that there wasn't a PC McGarry.
Re: Telly
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:01 pm
by Bunnylump
Anyone else watching The Terror? If so, what are your thoughts?
Re: Telly
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:55 pm
by Scurra
No, but looking back at the previous couple of posts in this thread...
(I should note that I sent my RBQ question to them about four months earlier than this, so it wasn't connected.)
Re: Telly
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:41 am
by Bunnylump
Oh yes - forgot about that conversation!
Re The Terror...
It's all a bit unfortunate that it was presumably filmed prior to people having enforced isolation! I'm expecting
the onset of madness and a visitation from a weird polar bear / Inuit spirit at any moment...
Re: Telly
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2021 11:11 pm
by Bunnylump
Line of Duty anyone?
"Mother of God!"
Re: Telly
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2021 11:33 pm
by Scurra
He's clearly intent on this being "the end" - and I also wonder if he might be angling for a downer of an ending, with the bad guys 'getting away with it'...
Mitch Benn had a bit of fun with it though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkkwfHU73TE
Re: Telly
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 1:21 am
by Bunnylump
Love it!
I'm not sure, but hope not - thought they were "sucking on diesel"!
There must be some significance to the misspelling of "definAtely" in those on screen meetings though...
I'm also thinking that tonight's cliffhanger has
been somewhat kiboshed by a trailer they have already shown !...
Did you see the "Easter egg" thing when there was a QR code on a picture?
Re: Telly
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 11:16 pm
by Bunnylump
OK, I realise I'm talking to myself about the LOD but...
"Jesus, Mary and the wee donkey"!!!
Re: Telly
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 12:34 pm
by LAT
Haven't seen it yet. We've been recording it to watch later so that we can pause it if, eg, we want to make a cup of tea in the middle. Will probably watch it tonight.
Have a feeling we may need to watch next week's live so we can avoid any discussion of the ending before we've seen it!
Re: Telly
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:50 pm
by maisie ladybird
We’re watching last night’s episode tonight - being really careful not to see any spoilers.
I’ve started watching the whole thing from the beginning too, on series 2 at the moment - there’s things that I’d completely forgotten about.
Re: Telly
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:45 pm
by Bunnylump
It's actually really hard to keep track of everything, isn' t it? Although there are more red herrings than in an episode of Puzzlebrains!
Re: Telly
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 10:24 pm
by LAT
Bunnylump wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:45 pm
It's actually really hard to keep track of everything, isn' t it?
YES!
Re: Telly
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 1:52 am
by Scurra
So you haven't got one of those "inquiry boards" set up, with different coloured bits of string linking all the characters up? Oh, it must be just me then...
Re: Telly
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:56 am
by Bunnylump
I have been trying to piece together the various possibilities in my head prior to next week's final. At the moment there are far too many loose ends - I can't see how they can possibly answer all of those in one episode!
My current theory is that the final "bent copper" is
Andrea Wise. I can't believe that it's actually
Carmichael (despite all the "race claim - H" theories) simply because she is so obviously evil. Although
that Chloe is definitely up to something...aarrrggghh!
...Also, waiting with bated breath to see if Hastings can top "Jesus, Mary and the wee donkey."
Re: Telly
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 12:45 am
by Scurra
Well I guess that went where I generally expected it to go; it was perfectly fine and it walked that narrow line between being an acceptable "end" to the series whilst also potentially keeping the door open for the future.
The minor revelations were credible rather than absurd, and the general theme of this series (about why putting incompetent people in charge of things is generally a bad idea) sort of came good, albeit only by basically letting some folk off the hook. I'm not sure I want
any of them investigating actual real crimes...
I will miss it though.
Re: Telly
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 1:54 am
by Bunnylump
I actually thought it was very disappointing. Lots of things not cleared up, and the whole thing seemed very rushed. I also thought it was pretty silly that they didn't go any further with investigating Osbourne, since clearly Buckles has just been put in position by someone else. And as if Carmichael wouldn't have leapt on Hasting's admission!
Spoilering everything just in case someone hasn't watched it!
Re: Telly
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 11:11 am
by Scurra
Well, I guess it depends upon whether you go into something like this expecting all the loose ends to be tied up. What Mercutio does so well is to remind you that 'real life' isn't like that; sometimes you just don't get answers, or the answers are disappointing or trite or even absurdly coincidental.
In this case, there were a few overriding things that needed an answer, and they were given (albeit mostly being disappointing, trite or absurdly coincidental!) And there were some things that were never going to be answered, no matter how much we 'needed' them to be.
(You ought to try being a fan of SF/fantasy tv. We have
entirely different standards for this sort of thing.
)
Re: Telly
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:18 pm
by Bunnylump
Bake Off anyone?
German stereotype guy!
German engineering and black forest gateau!
Re: Telly
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:35 pm
by Laura
He's my favourite!