Hahah! I turned to my wife and said in a bad Bronx accent “3 weeks earlier…” just a moment before that came on screen. I had a similar urge but I think it was worth sticking with it.
Task is enjoyable so far. Sarah Linden cameo is worth it alone.
For some reason I can’t quite fathom I watched The Tuesday Murder Club on Netflix last night, woeful casting (Pierce Brosnan as a West Ham supporting, bit of rough, Cockney trade unionist 
David Tennant as a dodgy London geezer with a wandering accent 
) panto level acting, plot and dialogue was sub Scooby Doo.
Tone was all off, set in a fantasy, mythical jolly old England that exists for foreign audiences presumably
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I watched that too, out of curiosity. It’s up there with the worst films I’ve ever seen
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Total car crash isn’t it. Worst of all was Richard E Grant as a supposed cockney Mr Big gangster type.
I can’t fathom how the film got greenlit in the first place. I understand the book was successful but how such A list cast got attached to what’s essentially nothing more than a cosy Sunday night episode of Midsomer Murders is mind boggling. Richard Osman must be pissing himself. Apparently they are making at least two more as well.
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Forgot to mention REG, think I was already shellshocked at the point he turned up.
God awful, made Midsomer Murders look like The Wire.
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You’ve done God’s work, by watching it we don’t have to. Enjoyed your review!!
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I watched this as well heheh. So bad
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I do like the bastard sheep.
I watched it and was reminded me of Hot Fuzz but not in a good way, it was hammy and daft and overblown but while Hot Fuzz used that as the core of its comedy, TTMC was just poorly done. All those amazing actors and all that money and it still got that basic English Villagey thing, familiar from Agatha Christie onwards, wrong. I suspect Richard Osman may be more persuasive than good.
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Has anyone here seen Paradise? I finally watched the first two episodes today and I’m hooked. Sterling K Brown is great and the dystopian, yet art housey thing immediately reeled me in. Reminds of Devs in that way.
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Yeah, it’s a bit pulpy, but very fun.
Plus I absolutely love James Marsden ever since jury duty.
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I think it’s pretty good so far. I see what you mean about it being pulpy, but I think it works for that specific show and story. Up until now anyway haha
Also wasn’t familiar with Marsden, although he starred in several favourites of mine it seems
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I had to turn it off. It was like something you’d see on CBBC in the 2000s. Tracy Beaker etc.
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Persevered through series 1 of Atomic on Now TV. I can safely say that nobody else needs to sit through it. The saving grace was the fact it was only five episodes.
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This was illuminating
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Looking for stuff to watch and I noticed Lucy Mangan gave Task a negative review which is as good a reason as any to give it a go.
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I have a 3 season room, and one of the screens tore in the winter and that let the hummingbird in to set up a nest. So now I don’t have the heart to repair the screen and I guess have adopted a family of hummingbirds. They’re usually the star of the show on Zoom calls.
Give Highest 2 Lowest a go….hard to know where to begin really.