Amazon Prime Video, what gems have you found? (NO SPOILERS)

[PH XKR]

Will have been mentioned but worth it again to late comers to the thread - Man in the high castle. Simply one of the best ever tv based dramas and certainly now looking forwad to the BBC similar version of SS London (or whatever it is called)

[MOBB]

Binge watched Preacher last week.

Great start but somehow just fizzled out for me, some great bits but it never really got "there" IMO

[MockingJay]

kowalski655 said:

Hardcore Henry: stupidly ridiculous OTT action movie. Like watching a play through of a parkour/SF/horror FPS!

Watched this last week, surprisingly entertaining.

[ClockworkCupcake]

Thanks to the tip-off on "Barn Find Hunter" on this thread, I watched the first 3 episodes last night. The drone pictures of the site in Ep3 were incredible - it went on for miles and there must have been thousands of cars there.

I'd love to see this programme developed further into a car restoration show (so long as it stayed about cars and didn't become yet another car-based "scripted reality show") as the guy clearly knows his stuff and is very knowledgable, and I'd love to see how some of the finds ended up once restored.

But, as it stands, it's a great little show. I like it.

[anonymous-user]

ClockworkCupcake said:

Thanks to the tip-off on "Barn Find Hunter" on this thread, I watched the first 3 episodes last night. The drone pictures of the site in Ep3 were incredible - it went on for miles and there must have been thousands of cars there.

I'd love to see this programme developed further into a car restoration show (so long as it stayed about cars and didn't become yet another car-based "scripted reality show") as the guy clearly knows his stuff and is very knowledgable, and I'd love to see how some of the finds ended up once restored.

But, as it stands, it's a great little show. I like it.

Discovered this last weekend and watched five or six episodes - I can't decide whether I like the fact that nothing much happens and he just roots around some interesting old cars, or if I'd rather see the cars bought and restored in longer episodes.

Who's it sponsored by again?

[ClockworkCupcake]

Spumfry said:

Who's it sponsored by again?

I think it's Esso isn't it? I might be wrong there.

[PH XKR]

MockingJay said:

kowalski655 said:

Hardcore Henry: stupidly ridiculous OTT action movie. Like watching a play through of a parkour/SF/horror FPS!

Watched this last week, surprisingly entertaining.

Watched it at the cinema, epic in its balls out formula but made me feel a little queezy in places! Oh and loved the chap that keeps reappearing, wasn't he the asset in Elysyum?

[Cotty]

Any fans of the Taken films? Looks like they have created a series.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taken-Season-1-Trailer/dp...

[SFV]

Just an fyi that a new season of Black Sails is being released weekly at the moment (4th season).

Somebody recommended The Americans earlier in the thread - watched this recently, enjoyed it very much.

[DoubleSix]

We're working through The Americans, it is indeed very good.

Can't say the same for Black Sails which was a bit corny and Hollywood.

Never seen such lovely pearly whites on a pirate before!

[GetCarter]

DoubleSix said:

Never seen such lovely pearly whites on a pirate before!

One of the (many) things that was wrong with the remake of 'The Magnificent Seven'.

[cranford10]

Cotty said:

Any fans of the Taken films? Looks like they have created a series.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taken-Season-1-Trailer/dp...

Excellent - if this is to the films as Shooter was, the should be worth a watch.

[chris watton]

DoubleSix said:

Can't say the same for Black Sails which was a bit corny and Hollywood.

Never seen such lovely pearly whites on a pirate before!

I quite like Black sails, but I have mentioned before, there is way too much talking and not enough action. These are meant to be pirates, most could not even pronounce the ships they served on, so it is quite astonishing that the scriptwriters furnish them all with a vocabulary that would make a university professor blush!

Also, being a researcher and designer of period vessels, to put it into a P/H analogy, the ships would be like having a 2016 AM in a 1960 James Bond film, but also fitted with leaf-spring suspension from a century prior - they are made up from a hotchpotch of periods from 16th to 19th Century!

Having said that, I usually keep such things to myself, as I hate anoraks, and as I said, I still enjoy it, despite the prolonged boring bits.

[DoubleSix]

GetCarter said:

DoubleSix said:

Never seen such lovely pearly whites on a pirate before!

One of the (many) things that was wrong with the remake of 'The Magnificent Seven'.

They just can't help themselves our dear US cousins.

In contrast the production values of Taboo are absolutely spot on imho.

[GetCarter]

DoubleSix said:

GetCarter said:

DoubleSix said:

Never seen such lovely pearly whites on a pirate before!

One of the (many) things that was wrong with the remake of 'The Magnificent Seven'.

They just can't help themselves our dear US cousins.

In contrast the production values of Taboo are absolutely spot on imho.

Agreed. Great stuff, and full of grime.

[peter tdci]

PH XKR said:

Will have been mentioned but worth it again to late comers to the thread - Man in the high castle. Simply one of the best ever tv based dramas and certainly now looking forwad to the BBC similar version of SS London (or whatever it is called)

SS-GB - it starts on Feb 19th apparently. I'm hoping it's as good as the book.

[anonymous-user]

cranford10 said:

Cotty said:

Any fans of the Taken films? Looks like they have created a series.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taken-Season-1-Trailer/dp...

Excellent - if this is to the films as Shooter was, the should be worth a watch.

Starring bodo from vikings.

[Streetrod]

I am not sure if mentioned, but has anyone been watching "Startup"? Its flipping great. A real mismash of characters with no connections but as the story develops it really comes together. Also some great acting from the whole cast

[Tonsko]

Yes, enjoyed it a lot. It lost its way in the latter episodes for me though. Won't be long at second. The other computer show, Halt and catch fire, is much better I think.

[anonymous-user]

David Brent film is on prime. Watched it again actually enjoyed it better.