Now Screening - What Are You Watching Right Now?

[Macca]

I think I can get it via Virgin but I can't binge-watch anything. Two episodes a day is my limit, no matter how good it is. I don't know why.

[Alex_UK]

Well I finished Masters of the Air last night, and it was a brilliant series overall. We all know the story of WW2 so no surprises as to how it ended, but as a series to bring to life some of the "greatest generation" it was superb. Of course, it's American, so they were the heroes, and the RAF were stereotypical "stiff upper lip" in the tiny amount they were featured, but overall it was well worth watching and I would recommend. Also the companion documentary "The Bloody Hundredth" which featured archive interviews with the guys that the book/series were based on was well worth a watch too to close everything off.


I then went on to watch Blitz - directed by Steve McQueen (no, not that Steve McQueen) and featuring Paul Weller (yes, that Paul Weller) as the father/grandfather of the two main characters - a mother and son in London in WW2, and the ensuing trouble the boy gets into after "escaping" from being evacuated to the country.



Pretty much panned by the critics I really enjoyed it, although it was bit surreal in places, but overall I thought it was a really good film, and the acting was superb especially Elliott Effernan as the 9 year-old George.

[Pigmy Pony]

On Legend today, The Six Million Dollar Man from the beginning. I used to watch this back in the 70s, but had never seen the pilot episode. Episode 2 just starting, we get to see what the bionic bits can do.

[Macca]

On Legend today, The Six Million Dollar Man from the beginning. I used to watch this back in the 70s, but had never seen the pilot episode. Episode 2 just starting, we get to see what the bionic bits can do.

I watched those first few episodes a few months back. They're terrible, truly terrible.

Simpsons - Lee Majors

[Barry]

I watched 'Looper' last night. A highly convoluted sci-fi time-travel thriller starring Bruce Willis.

I had seen it before but somehow missed a lot of the detail. I reckon I'll need to see it a couple of more times till I fully understand what is going on.

[Pigmy Pony]

Yeah I must admit I was a bit disappointed. All he did was rescue some kid from a crashed car, and while mum was initially grateful her head fell off a bit when she spotted the birds nest of wires coming out of his arm. Then Steve went into a prolonged sulk and that was pretty much it.

I'd rather watch the bionic woman, she was quite fit.

[Macca]

Yeah I must admit I was a bit disappointed. All he did was rescue some kid from a crashed car, and while mum was initially grateful her head fell off a bit when she spotted the birds nest of wires coming out of his arm. Then Steve went into a prolonged sulk and that was pretty much it.

I'd rather watch the bionic woman, she was quite fit.

Not as fit as Wonder Woman.

I was in my forties before I realised that my entire taste in women was pretty much determined by the TV shows I watched in the 1970s.

[Pigmy Pony]

Yeah I'll give you that. Though she looks like a two man job, and I have neither the energy nor inclination.

[Pigmy Pony]

Not as fit as Wonder Woman.

I was in my forties before I realised that my entire taste in women was pretty much determined by the TV shows I watched in the 1970s.

Really? Was it the hat?

[Macca]

Yeah I think I'm probably past it too now but when I was younger.

Plus she could deflect bullets with those wrist guards so would have been handy having her on my arm in some of the neighbourhoods I've been to.