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Taear posted:That it was only things from the US. More specifically HBO things. That's hardly a gimmick. Anyway, they're launching a new comedy channel next week, not sure why Avenue 5 isn't on there.
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Funny how it's always the right of wealthy white men to spout racism and misogyny that the fake free speech brigade is up in arms about. The rights of people who say they'll boycott places that promote racist dickheads needs to be suppressed at all costs, for freedom.
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Dell_Zincht posted:Wife and I marathon-ed the whole second series of Sex Education last night.  It's so good, one of the best Netflix originals by far. Felt like the second season ended too soon, just wanted more!
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I thought it wasn't as good as the first series but I still really enjoyed it The setting is so weird, the school seems ripped straight out of an American teen movie but is also extremely British
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Mickolution posted:That's hardly a gimmick. Anyway, they're launching a new comedy channel next week, not sure why Avenue 5 isn't on there. It absolutely is a gimmick? The comedy one is more for older stuff, at least it seems so far.
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Taear posted:It absolutely is a gimmick? What's gimmicky about it? Do you think Sky Sports is a gimmick because it just shows sport?
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Mickolution posted:What's gimmicky about it? This is a weird hill to die on. Sky Atlantic, as a channel, was absolutely established to show HBO things.
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Of course it was. I just don't know how that's a gimmick.
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Paperhouse posted:I thought it wasn't as good as the first series but I still really enjoyed it It's also quite clearly set in the present day but the aesthetic is anything from the late 70s to the late 90s. The Groff house looks like the house I grew up in as a kid. The End of The F***ing World was the same, it seems to be quite a popular stylistic choice these days.
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Mickolution posted:Of course it was. I just don't know how that's a gimmick. Gimmick as in schtick, brand, routine, unique selling point.
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marktheando posted:Gimmick as in schtick, brand, routine, unique selling point. Gimmick to me has more of a negative meaning, which doesn't apply here. Anyway, doesn't really matter. I was replying to a post saying they had given up on it, which they haven't.
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By 'abandoned the gimmick' they were simply refering to the fact that a new HBO show is being shown on Sky 1 rather than on Sky Atlantic the specific channel they made for showing american HBO shows. Thats it.
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A gimmick is something that doesn’t add anything to the original idea but is there to just pull people in, in my understanding. So, sky sports isn’t a gimmick, but that thing on a Saturday where you watch people watching football, if they were naked that’d be a gimmick. I am very smart. Also the style of Bad Education was a purposeful choice apparently. I saw Gillian Anderson talk about it in an interview somewhere. I guess it’s more relatable.
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Sex* Bad was the one with Jack Whitehall
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thehustler posted:So, sky sports isn’t a gimmick, but that thing on a Saturday where you watch people watching football, if they were naked that’d be a gimmick. If only L!VE TV was still on the air.
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marktheando posted:Gimmick as in schtick, brand, routine, unique selling point. Yes this. We put HBO stuff on a few channels now and I think Fortitude was on Atlantic even though we did that ourselves.
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Pablo Bluth posted:It's pottery throwdown day. Countdown to Keith crying... I really miss Sara Cox. This series feels a tad slicker than the last one and it's the worse for it. Red Oktober posted:All of Giri/Haji is up on iPlayer now so you should watch that instead. Absolutely stellar performance by Will Sharpe, and it’s great seeing Kelly Macdonald as a nerdy cop. When I read the script for the last episode I really wasn't sure the interpretive dance thing would work, but it was actually Very Brilliant and good. I enjoyed the absurd brutal windscape of the beach scenes, a scene you would realistically schedule at either point in the two summers we had filming the show, instead of October, but that's television for you
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Dell_Zincht posted:It's also quite clearly set in the present day but the aesthetic is anything from the late 70s to the late 90s. The Groff house looks like the house I grew up in as a kid. I love it. It's like I'm watching The Prisoner.
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The final dance was interesting, I didn’t realise until well after why the three hitmen weren’t around any more.
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Dammit I have two episodes left to watch of Giri/Haji and not clicking on those spoilers is really testing my willpower
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Can someone summarise why Sex Education is good, please? The trailers make it look absolutely excruciating, but everyone seems to love it.
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The Perfect Element posted:Can someone summarise why Sex Education is good, please? The trailers make it look absolutely excruciating, but everyone seems to love it. I'm two episodes into series 1 and it seems ok i guess? It kinda reminds me of Skins.
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I think it's funny, the characters are all interesting and none of them seem one dimensional, the whole show talks about and treats sex as a completely normal and healthy thing rather than shaming anyone. It also just feels genuinely sincere which is refreshing. Plus Gillian Anderson come on.
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The Perfect Element posted:Can someone summarise why Sex Education is good, please? The trailers make it look absolutely excruciating, but everyone seems to love it. It's really funny, has a great soundtrack, the acting is believable and it's also pretty heartwarming in places, too.
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Slash posted:I'm two episodes into series 1 and it seems ok i guess? It kinda reminds me of Skins. Yea it absolutely reminds me of Skins. Everyone I tried to watch it with hated it though so I've only seen 3 episodes.
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The writing is far better than in Skins, and it actually has something to say that isn't just "look how cool and messed up these teenagers are"
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Skins was a pact made with the acting gods to ensure a new generation of British actors.
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Both Skins (the first four seasons, at least) and Sex Education are very good
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Paperhouse posted:The writing is far better than in Skins, and it actually has something to say that isn't just "look how cool and messed up these teenagers are" For me the first two seasons of skins were "remember college?" Apart from the bits where people died. Sex education doesn't really have that feel for me because of the weird timeless/nationless setting it has.
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Red Oktober posted:The final dance was interesting, I didn’t realise until well after why the three hitmen weren’t around any more. I watched it ages ago and can't remember, remind me?
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eating only apples posted:I watched it ages ago and can't remember, remind me? They get knocked over the edge of the building during the dance. It's not especially obvious (as it's not that obvious what is happening and you don't see them get thrown off), but you see them a few minutes later. Red Oktober fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Jan 25, 2020 |
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Slash posted:I'm two episodes into series 1 and it seems ok i guess? It kinda reminds me of Skins. Ok episode 5, that's when it starts to get good.
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Yeah the trailers made Sex Education look really bad but I watched the first season cause this thread was talking about it and it's good. Same thing with The End of the loving World. I think maybe Netflix trailers for these kind of shows just always make them look bad?
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Trailers suck. Never watch trailers.
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Yuran M. Bazil posted:Yeah the trailers made Sex Education look really bad but I watched the first season cause this thread was talking about it and it's good. Same thing with The End of the loving World. I think maybe Netflix trailers for these kind of shows just always make them look bad? I put off watching TEOTFW for ages because I loved the comic book and hated the trailer.
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I know that it's twee, I know that it's literally a pantomime, but the Goes Wrong Show is the best drat thing on TV.
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I’m looking forward and sitting down and watching those. They’re touring the stage show here in the US and my in-laws went to see it, and haaaaaaated it haha. I can’t say I’m surprised though.
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Taear posted:For me the first two seasons of skins were "remember college?" I have this uneasy feeling during Sex Education that all the pupils will be trapped in this strange school forever, no matter how old they get.
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Thanks for your comments guys. I shall give it a go!
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