Amazon Prime Video, what gems have you found? (NO SPOILERS)
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Dick Dastardly said:
All series of Justifed have now been added to Prime. If you haven’t seen it then I wholeheartedly recommend giving it a go.
Timothy Olyphant plays a cowboy US Marshall who breaks the rules to get things done and fate brings him back to his routes to deal with his old criminal friends.
If you like crime dramas or westerns then it’s a must see.
Justified is one of the best things to come out of America, up there with the best HBO stuff.Timothy Olyphant plays a cowboy US Marshall who breaks the rules to get things done and fate brings him back to his routes to deal with his old criminal friends.
If you like crime dramas or westerns then it’s a must see.
Halb said:
Pickled said:
The Boys - Karl Urban as a British, foul-mouthed ex-spy, trying to unmask the dark side of superheroes, very dark and funny!
THis is now ranked 2 on IMDB. Amazing show. Bit of a crime that it's hidden away on AMazon, but in a way, I like that. 
I really, really want to like Karl Urban in this - but he’s watched too many Jason Statham films, I fear!
Urban's character accent seems to frequently veer into outright Aussie territory from common-or-garden Mockney/Dick Van Dyke, but it's still a great show, probably the best original title that Amazon have made.
Getting lots of rave reviews but not sure if it is getting the viewership success that it deserves. Amazon have renewed it for a second series anyway so hopefully the popularity will grow and grow.
Getting lots of rave reviews but not sure if it is getting the viewership success that it deserves. Amazon have renewed it for a second series anyway so hopefully the popularity will grow and grow.
ctdctd said:
Tried it and got bored even faster than when I watched it at the cinema.
The sense of scale is just not there for me.
Watchable, but a very strange film.The sense of scale is just not there for me.
I wonder how historically accurate its portrayal of the evacuation was? It's not at all what I expected but knowing Christopher Nolan, it probably was well researched.
Lucas Ayde said:
Urban's character accent seems to frequently veer into outright Aussie territory from common-or-garden Mockney/Dick Van Dyke, but it's still a great show, probably the best original title that Amazon have made.
Getting lots of rave reviews but not sure if it is getting the viewership success that it deserves. Amazon have renewed it for a second series anyway so hopefully the popularity will grow and grow.
Supposedly the viewing figures have been huge and surprised them by how well it has done. Which is obviously great news as they are more likely to order a few more seasons straight away.Getting lots of rave reviews but not sure if it is getting the viewership success that it deserves. Amazon have renewed it for a second series anyway so hopefully the popularity will grow and grow.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Rocketmen
This is listed as a film, but it's actually all the episodes of a short web TV series, with a total running time of just over an hour.
It's about the members of the 'Department of Municipal Rocketry' - "men with rocket packs on rooftops in every city, alert and waiting to save their neighbourhood from menaces guaranteed in the coming century". Or that was the idea when it was formed in the 1940's, but they have actually been forgotten about and only continue to be funded due to bureaucracy and nobody really knows they still exist. And they've never had a budget increase or new kit.
The SFX and dialogue are deliberately shonky, but it has a certain charm about it and is quite sweet and amusing. It doesn't take itself seriously and neither should you.
Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rocketmen-Basil-Harris/dp...
I loved it. The wife fell asleep.This is listed as a film, but it's actually all the episodes of a short web TV series, with a total running time of just over an hour.
It's about the members of the 'Department of Municipal Rocketry' - "men with rocket packs on rooftops in every city, alert and waiting to save their neighbourhood from menaces guaranteed in the coming century". Or that was the idea when it was formed in the 1940's, but they have actually been forgotten about and only continue to be funded due to bureaucracy and nobody really knows they still exist. And they've never had a budget increase or new kit.
The SFX and dialogue are deliberately shonky, but it has a certain charm about it and is quite sweet and amusing. It doesn't take itself seriously and neither should you.
Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rocketmen-Basil-Harris/dp...
I particularly enjoyed the Elton John references in one of the episodes, though I doubt I was smart enough to catch all of them.
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Dick Dastardly said:
Supposedly the viewing figures have been huge and surprised them by how well it has done. Which is obviously great news as they are more likely to order a few more seasons straight away.
I've seen it advertised...erm, can't recall where now, but a place where I've not noticed amazon prime shows advertised before. I think they know what they've got and are pushing it hard now.
took me two goes but got there in the endgareth_r said:
Davie_GLA said:
RDMcG said:
I enjoyed The Boys also, and I am not a fan of superhero nonsense normally.
Watched an unhinged old British series ( three episodes over three seasons apparently) called A Touch of Cloth. Very strange but funny.
On prime? Can’t find it. Watched an unhinged old British series ( three episodes over three seasons apparently) called A Touch of Cloth. Very strange but funny.
AnthT said:
Everyone should watch the expanse
Bloody brilliant
Can't disagree!! Hubby wanted to watch it as he has read the books and heard good things,, I liked the sound of it so was happy to give it a go. I love it, it is so well done. Hubby loves it as well and has been impressed at how well it has been adapted to TV (though if I have it right I am sure the author is quite involved with the series) .Bloody brilliant
Didn't it start on Netflix?
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