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07-15-2021, 08:04 PM | #11 | ||
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Really glad to find this. I rely on TV for my brain. I like. Abandoned on Discovery. I like history. When I was given my first library card by my best friend my first book was Hiroshima. I am a BBC fan. I also love music and visual nature mediations on YouTube. There are some obscure pieces of music I have found on YOUTUBE Dimming of The Day and Into Dust. Sculptor44
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07-15-2021, 10:03 PM | #12 | |||
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Hi Sculptor, Good to see you.
Do you mean the Richard and Linda Thompson folk song Dimming of the Day or another version. I know Dave Gilmore sang it more recently also. I really enjoyed British Folk Rock way back. Was fortunate to see Fairport Convention but it was sadly without Sandy Denny or Richard Thompson. |
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07-16-2021, 03:50 AM | #13 | |||
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I have watched two episodes this evening. This is very much the type of show that I enjoy watching and it certainly is dark. So far, so good. edited later to add that maybe it might be a little much for me if there are too many harmed animals. Last edited by Lara; 07-16-2021 at 04:56 AM. |
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07-17-2021, 04:40 PM | #14 | |||
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Ugh. Wasn't for me but I'm glad I watched it. It was slow but I didn't mind that as much as I minded the hopelessness of it all. It was certainly thought provoking. The inside sets were finely detailed and were wonderful. I didn't notice the warnings until later in the series, but the warnings here were for hunting violence and suicide themes.
After watching two episodes, I had no idea where it was going. It ended up being quite foreboding and oh so heavy and bleak and there was a sense of it never going anywhere, never ending. Earlier on in one of the episodes a character says what I've typed below and that's how the poor sad characters lived their lives. "Everything in this universe repeats itself The sun comes up the sun goes down The sun comes up again We’re young, we’re old, We’re born, we die. Everything goes round and round and it’s absurd But who am I to accept the nature of things, I just have to accept them" I'm thinking it verged on genius, but in a twisted genius type of way. Very interesting show all in all however I had to go mow a couple of acres of grass just to throw off the heaviness of life that I was left with after watching it. lol. |
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07-20-2021, 08:32 PM | #15 | ||
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Yes Richard and Linda Thompson Dimming of the day tho I will look for the Gilmor version. On occasion I sink into a version of Comfortably Numb with Benedict Cumberbach sharing stage. I am struggling with TV because of my deepening cognitive changes likely from poor oxygen. I like sci-fi especially Deep Space 9 version Star Trek. I like thoughtful movies. There is one I just watched called Radium Girls on Netflix. It is the true story of women who painted the dials on watches and were poisoned by the radium. Sculptor 44
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Lara (07-21-2021) |
07-21-2021, 12:55 AM | #16 | ||
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Okay another Scandi programme, not bleak or dark, apart from the oil industry, is State of Happiness, set in Stavanger 1969. If anyone gets the chance visit the Norweigian coastal towns, they are so beautiful, especially Bergen. Everything is pretty much double the price of the UK but it is worth it. I watched State of Happiness on BBC i player during Lockdown and I believe a second series is about to be made. Its well worth a view. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Lara (07-21-2021) |
07-21-2021, 01:15 AM | #17 | |||
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Hi Atticus,
I hope you're doing well. In Katla, something I didn't ever understand was the "sci-fi" references I found online. I recall that the vulcanologist or geologist mentioned this at one time too but that story line didn't ever seem to materialise. edited to add: It made more sense to me that the changelings more as part of their folklore than as aliens/sci-fi. Much like a lot of shows from Iceland I've found. I just found "State of Happiness" on our SBS on demand. Thanks for the tip. I've not been to that area sadly but had online friends in a support group many years ago who were from Bergen. It really looks very pretty. Sculptor, You may enjoy The Bletchley Circle if you've not seen that already. |
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07-24-2021, 11:02 PM | #18 | |||
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"State of Happiness" is a gem.
Loving it. Great sets, music and acting as well. I have a distinct liking for the mid-century, particularly 60s and early 70s, Scandi charm. I even saw a few household items that I've actually owned at some point in my life long after that era and wishing I still had them. I'm not fond of holding onto lots of objects but some nostalgia did creep in. |
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07-25-2021, 01:09 AM | #19 | ||
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Hi Lara The explanation of the emergence of the Changelings and the scenes of investigation in an active volcano were the weakest part of the programme. Better to have left it unexplained. I wonder if that little boy will win any awards? His performance was extraordinary. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Lara (07-25-2021) |
07-25-2021, 01:23 AM | #20 | ||
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