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Post by crowblack on Jan 3, 2020 18:58:45 GMT
The first 40 minutes or so are quite creepy, most of the angst c/o a great performance from John Heffernan, but once the Count rejuvenates it gets very panto, and last night's, set on a ship, wasn't scary at all. Tonally it's very reminiscent of their Sherlock vs Moriarty episodes, with Dolly Wells' van Helsing as the slightly 'on-the-spectrum' pale, cheekboned sleuth and Dracula camping it up as Moriarty. It doesn't bear much resemblance to the novel.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 3, 2020 19:23:24 GMT
So many not good Xmas specials. Can we just get back to the ordinary rubbish please? Did people see that Gavin and Stacey came in at 9 in the most watched of all the decade amid a swathe of footie and Olympics? Amazing. Yep amazing. Is Gavin and Stacey the most over rated show ever? Gavin and Stacey was truly terrible. Not a single funny line in it. Even Ruth Jones as Ness was irritating. Just a load of walking (unfunny) catchphrases.
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Post by lynette on Jan 3, 2020 19:48:33 GMT
Yep amazing. Is Gavin and Stacey the most over rated show ever? Gavin and Stacey was truly terrible. Not a single funny line in it. Even Ruth Jones as Ness was irritating. Just a load of walking (unfunny) catchphrases. I don’t think they were aiming at funny lines. And the catch phrases were obligatory. Not going to do a detailed critical analysis here. Plenty of stuff out there. But if you didn’t like it, it isn’t a capital offence 😂
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 3, 2020 22:36:36 GMT
Episode 3 of Dracula was the weakest. But still enjoyable.
I am certain we will get more.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2020 22:50:28 GMT
Episode 3 of Dracula was the weakest. But still enjoyable. I am certain we will get more.
I would watch more of Agatha, but I thought that was a pretty definite ending, surely? I didn't enjoy episode 3 nearly as much as the first two, although it was fun, in a bonkers way, and Lydia West was good. But the first two episodes were excellent, I thought.
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Post by AddisonMizner on Jan 3, 2020 23:09:50 GMT
I enjoyed Episode 3 of DRACULA - it seemed to return to more of the humour of Episode 1, and I thought some of the twists were genuinely with the twist that left me scratching my head at the end of Episode 2 finally making sense. However, I just did not buy the ending, and thought it was such a weak pay-off for all the time that had been invested.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2020 23:19:41 GMT
Well it seems I’m a glutton for punishment, because I watched episode 2 tonight. Unlike some viewers, I really enjoyed it. I thought there was a good mix of intrigue and humour. My stomach contents and I could really do without all the fingernail shedding, though...
I’ll now duck out of this thread until I’ve seen the final ep!
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Post by crowblack on Jan 4, 2020 0:24:40 GMT
I am certain we will get more. I doubt it - have you seen the Twitter reaction? It's worse than Cats!
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Post by xanady on Jan 4, 2020 11:06:28 GMT
It was like an inferior version of ‘Carry On Screaming’...lol
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Post by crowblack on Jan 4, 2020 12:59:45 GMT
It's a shame. I think there's a problem with some writers/screenwriters becoming sacred cows, with no-one daring to step in to suggest changes. It's like the TV version of A Very, Very, Very Dark Matter. I went back and watched the first two Sherlocks last month and they were excellent - the show ended up going so up itself by the last series I had forgotten how good it was when it began.
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Post by anita on Jan 4, 2020 13:44:35 GMT
This year seemed to have the worst Christmas telly ever.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Jan 4, 2020 15:31:56 GMT
I think this just about counts as Christmas TV. Last night's Graham Norton Show was gold standard for me. I don't think there's another programme I enjoy more ; the best guests, the best host and the best banter, week in and week out. Long may it continue.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2020 22:21:14 GMT
Add me to the list of people who enjoyed Dracula episode 3... Think this has been the one with most changes in tone; deftly handled by writers, cast and crew alike.
Would happily watch more - but if they could find a way to make the undead’s fingernails stay on next time, it would be much appreciated.
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Post by justfran on Jan 4, 2020 23:09:23 GMT
I think this just about counts as Christmas TV. Last night's Graham Norton Show was gold standard for me. I don't think there's another programme I enjoy more ; the best guests, the best host and the best banter, week in and week out. Long may it continue. Totally agree, I love the Graham Norton Show and really enjoyed this week’s highlights show. Particularly enjoyed seeing again Eddie Redmayne’s magic trick and Jamie Dornan’s walk story.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2020 7:03:42 GMT
Caught up with Dracula. I thought the first episode was fantastic and balanced the suspense with humour perfectly, but the latter two episodes failed to live up to it for me. The campy tone that worked so well at first quickly became a bit too ridiculous and thus, the more serious elements suffered while trying to exist alongside it. I found Heffernan as Jonathan Harker to be sorely missed after he'd gone, but Dolly Wells was the MVP, particularly as Sister Agatha. I thought it a bit slow paced too, I'm not sure we needed four and a half hours of this. Nevertheless, it's still worth a watch and an interesting adaptation. I liked the ending!
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Post by Latecomer on Jan 5, 2020 20:24:57 GMT
Enjoyed Bancroft....not sure that’s the right word!!! Had forgotten what happened in last series but a quick google sorted that and we were away! Enjoyed Dracula but thought the last part didn’t really work.
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Post by crowblack on Jan 6, 2020 18:24:55 GMT
The M R James Ghost Story for Christmas 'Martin's Close' was an altogether better offering from Mark Gatiss, I thought. It was on BBC4/iplayer (I've only just caught up with it because first time round it was interrupted by rain dripping through the ceiling!).
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 6, 2020 18:27:07 GMT
Add me to the list of people who enjoyed Dracula episode 3... Think this has been the one with most changes in tone; deftly handled by writers, cast and crew alike. Would happily watch more - but if they could find a way to make the undead’s fingernails stay on next time, it would be much appreciated. This. Loved this. Really good adaptation. The atheist nun was something else, there was some great scenes when she was on screen
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Post by crowblack on Jan 11, 2020 21:49:17 GMT
Pre-Christmas, but a heads up as it goes off Now TV in a couple of days - HBO's Watchmen, which is just glorious and has An Octoroon / Appropriate's Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on the writing team.
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Post by theatreian on Dec 15, 2020 17:32:11 GMT
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