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    #8432
    Occono
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    Homesick Alien wrote: »
    How can you tell when and which TV shows are leaving? My List got halved a few months ago when a load of stuff vanished.

    I use Unogs.com.

    A lot of ITV shows were added to the UK but not Irish Netflix recently. Not sure why.


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    #8433
    kunst nugget
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    Fysh wrote: »
    I thought it was decent enough, as far as sci-fi-tinted action is concerned. Apart from anything else, someone took a bit of time to make the bits of physics mentioned in thr film internally consistent, which is a welcome change from the usual standard of saying "unobtainium" or such.

    It's hardly intellectually demanding, but then again the trailer makes that very clear too.

    Yeah, I enjoyed it for what it was - a well made sci-fi b movie. Like yourself, I appreciated that whoever wrote it was smart enough to keep the story logical and consistent. Makes a change from a lot of modern sci-fi tbh.


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    #8434
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    Occono wrote: »
    I use Unogs.com.

    A lot of ITV shows were added to the UK but not Irish Netflix recently. Not sure why.

    Irish station must have the rights to them.


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    #8435
    Occono
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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Irish station must have the rights to them.

    Well they're not on UTV Ireland, TV3 or RTÉ Player anyway. Some are shows from 2014 or so that wouldn't be airing here now. I think ITV must have just asked extra for Ireland. :/


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    #8436
    Agent Coulson
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    Occono wrote: »
    Well they're not on UTV Ireland, TV3 or RTÉ Player anyway. Some are shows from 2014 or so that wouldn't be airing here now. I think ITV must have just asked extra for Ireland. :/

    Just because they aren't being shown doesn't mean a station doesn't have the rights to them


    RTE a few year bought right to a lot of shows to stop TV3 getting and the blew them off in the early hours of the morning as they didn't have primetime slots to show them in.


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    #8437
    peteeeed
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    Coming to Netflix this Friday



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    #8438
    Eamondomc
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    peteeeed wrote: »
    Coming to Netflix this Friday


    Link not working for me.


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    #8439
    Sad Professor
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    Eamondomc wrote: »
    Link not working for me.

    I fixed it. Short links don't work.


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    #8440
    Occono
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    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Just because they aren't being shown doesn't mean a station doesn't have the rights to them


    RTE a few year bought right to a lot of shows to stop TV3 getting and the blew them off in the early hours of the morning as they didn't have primetime slots to show them in.

    That is pathetic and anticompetitive.


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    #8441
    johnpatrick81
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    Occono wrote: »
    That is pathetic and anticompetitive.

    But sadly true, Mad men just one example. RTÉ, ridiculous tax exploitation


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    #8442
    den87
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    The OA looks good. Big fan of Jason Isaacs aswell.


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    #8443
    kunst nugget
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    Watched the first couple of episodes of Dirk Gently. If you like the gently anarchic, space-cadet humour of Douglas Adams, it'll be a treat for you. Might annoy the bejasus out of anyone else.

    I'm really enjoying it.


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    #8444
    flazio
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    I actually think it's Sky who are to blame for the ITV block on Ireland. A lot of ITV Encore programmes are on Sky's Box set service.


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    #8445
    Agent Coulson
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    Mince Pie wrote: »
    Hip hop evolution is brilliant. Especially if you're a fan of the genre.

    That was a really great few episodes hopefully they will follow up with another series bringing it up to date.


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    #8446
    Skerries
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    kunst nugget wrote: »
    Watched the first couple of episodes of Dirk Gently. If you like the gently anarchic, space-cadet humour of Douglas Adams, it'll be a treat for you. Might annoy the bejasus out of anyone else.

    I'm really enjoying it.

    finished the first series and really enjoyed it, it felt like they got the vibe of the show from watching channel 4's Brilliant Utopia
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    #8447
    Dyr
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    Skerries wrote: »
    finished the first series and really enjoyed it, it felt like they got the vibe of the show from watching channel 4's Brilliant Utopia

    i remember reading the novels when i was a kid and this series completely misses their good points


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    Thelomen Toblackai
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    kunst nugget wrote: »
    Watched the first couple of episodes of Dirk Gently. If you like the gently anarchic, space-cadet humour of Douglas Adams, it'll be a treat for you. Might annoy the bejasus out of anyone else.

    I'm really enjoying it.

    I'm a big fan of Douglas Adams, the Dirk Gently books and the TV miniseries with Stephen Mangan but finding it very tough going.

    Elijah Wood is good as usual, the two detectives investigating the case are pretty good. The rest doesn't quite work or something which I think is down to Samuel Barnett as Dirk. He's more like a British Sheldon Cooper than Dirk Gently. He's not really funny, charming or convincing so its all a bit flat. The soundtrack is godawful too.

    Doesn't seem to have any of the charm of the books or the original TV show either. But then again that was to be expected with a youthful American version. Hopefully it picks up a bit and Barnett grows into the role a bit more.


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    #8449
    kunst nugget
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    Thelomen Toblackai wrote: »
    I'm a big fan of Douglas Adams, the Dirk Gently books and the TV miniseries with Stephen Mangan but finding it very tough going.

    Elijah Wood is good as usual, the two detectives investigating the case are pretty good. The rest doesn't quite work or something which I think is down to Samuel Barnett as Dirk. He's more like a British Sheldon Cooper than Dirk Gently. He's not really funny, charming or convincing so its all a bit flat. The soundtrack is godawful too.

    Doesn't seem to have any of the charm of the books or the original TV show either. But then again that was to be expected with a youthful American version. Hopefully it picks up a bit and Barnett grows into the role a bit more.

    I had only read some of the Hitchhiker books and never read or watch any Dirk Gently before so I had no frame of reference for him. Maybe if I did, I'd be disappointed by this series. I am enjoying it though and looking forward to seeing how it all ties together. I always like Elijah Wood in programmes - he was great in Wilfred. I don't see Sheldon Cooper in Samuel Barnett at all and I really enjoy his 'just along for the ride' portrayal - again, maybe if I had another frame of reference for Dirk, it would stick in my craw. I'm only on episode 4 where they were revealing a little of his past and I thought that was well handled. I'll probably get the whole thing finished this weekend so I'll let you know what I think when it's finished.


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    #8450
    johnpatrick81
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    finally got around to Peaky Blinders. Fantastic.


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    #8451
    Mickeroo
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    Assumed everyone was talking about the one with Stephen Mangan as Dirk, hadn't even realised there was an american one out.


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    #8452
    Dyr
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    Thelomen Toblackai wrote: »
    I'm a big fan of Douglas Adams, the Dirk Gently books and the TV miniseries with Stephen Mangan but finding it very tough going.

    Elijah Wood is good as usual, the two detectives investigating the case are pretty good. The rest doesn't quite work or something which I think is down to Samuel Barnett as Dirk. He's more like a British Sheldon Cooper than Dirk Gently. He's not really funny, charming or convincing so its all a bit flat. The soundtrack is godawful too.

    Doesn't seem to have any of the charm of the books or the original TV show either. But then again that was to be expected with a youthful American version. Hopefully it picks up a bit and Barnett grows into the role a bit more.

    I did'nt know there was another Dirk Gently TV series. Interesting


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    henryporter
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    Thelomen Toblackai wrote: »
    I'm a big fan of Douglas Adams, the Dirk Gently books and the TV miniseries with Stephen Mangan but finding it very tough going.

    Elijah Wood is good as usual, the two detectives investigating the case are pretty good. The rest doesn't quite work or something which I think is down to Samuel Barnett as Dirk. He's more like a British Sheldon Cooper than Dirk Gently. He's not really funny, charming or convincing so its all a bit flat. The soundtrack is godawful too.

    Doesn't seem to have any of the charm of the books or the original TV show either. But then again that was to be expected with a youthful American version. Hopefully it picks up a bit and Barnett grows into the role a bit more.
    Agreed - had to turn off the first episode after 15 minutes as Dirk is so annoying


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    kunst nugget
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    henryporter wrote: »
    Agreed - had to turn off the first episode after 15 minutes as Dirk is so annoying

    Was Dirk even in the first 15 minutes of the first episode?


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    jcsoulinger
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    kunst nugget wrote: »
    Was Dirk even in the first 15 minutes of the first episode?

    Don't think he was, Knew nothing about Dirk Gently before watching the first episode. It fairly hooks ya, lot of stuff goin on will be interesting to see how it ties together.

    Dirk is terribly annoying tho, that yellow leather jacket wtf, is he an accurate depiction of what's in the books?


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    mikhail
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    jcsoulinger wrote: »
    Dirk is terribly annoying tho, that yellow leather jacket wtf, is he an accurate depiction of what's in the books?
    They have some things down pat - in the books, for example, he was kicked out of university after he sold a fake exam paper that by total coincidence turned out to be exactly the same as the real one. It's been a long time since I read the book so my memory of him is less zany, but I recall more of a low-rent con artist than the new show's gormless imbecile.

    I don't really like the secret government program angle. It feels like US TV scriptwriting by numbers.
    jcsoulinger wrote: »
    ...lot of stuff goin on will be interesting to see how it ties together...
    The nice thing about Dirk Gently is that, unlike Lost, the whole point is that there is an explanation, however unlikely.


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    fin12
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    The download option is a brilliant addition, really came in handy for me last weekend when I was doing a lot of travelling. The last kingdom series is pretty good.


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    Dyr
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    mikhail wrote: »
    They have some things down pat - in the books, for example, he was kicked out of university after he sold a fake exam paper that by total coincidence turned out to be exactly the same as the real one. It's been a long time since I read the book so my memory of him is less zany, but I recall more of a low-rent con artist than the new show's gormless imbecile.

    I don't really like the secret government program angle. It feels like US TV scriptwriting by numbers.


    The nice thing about Dirk Gently is that, unlike Lost, the whole point is that there is an explanation, however unlikely.

    Gently definitely wasn't a Rik Mayall cast off charecter like this TV show presents him

    The whole thing reeks of Americans making their usual balls of good source material.


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    FunLover18
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    Bambi wrote:
    The whole thing reeks of Americans making their usual balls of good source material.

    I think it was written by Max Landis, you should follow him on Twitter. Very insightful.


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    Thelomen Toblackai
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    jcsoulinger wrote: »
    Don't think he was, Knew nothing about Dirk Gently before watching the first episode. It fairly hooks ya, lot of stuff goin on will be interesting to see how it ties together.

    Dirk is terribly annoying tho, that yellow leather jacket wtf, is he an accurate depiction of what's in the books?

    He's nothing like he was in the books. Which was an unkempt, portly private detective in a red hat who spent a lot of time dodging bills because he never got paid.

    The previous British show didn't quite get it either with Stephen Mangan as far as the look but he was genuinely funny in his oddness and believable as a poor man's private eye.

    Not even sure what this guy is supposed to be. Looks like a well dressed upper class English kid fresh out of college. Certainly a very different take on the character.


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    angryIreGamer
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    Thelomen Toblackai wrote: »
    Not even sure what this guy is supposed to be. Looks like a well dressed upper class English kid fresh out of college. Certainly a very different take on the character.

    that would be the Sherlock effect. all characters from Britain are like that now. Well dressed, well spoken, etc etc etc.


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