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Wardy64 · January 31, 2021, 02:54:28 PM

Very much so.

D

Colonel Kilgore · January 31, 2021, 03:05:11 PM

Does it use subtitles?

Simon

Wardy64 · January 31, 2021, 03:16:59 PM

Didn't need them, spent a couple years on a posting in the East of England, so could just make it out. No, Simon, it wasn't a punishment tour either!

Dave

Colonel Kilgore · January 31, 2021, 03:24:31 PM

Thanks for the clarification, Dave, or else I'd have had to start Googling for labour camps and chain gangs in that part of the world!

We had family in Suffolk, although I don't know whether their accent was authentic. I guess I'll need to stump up for Netflix to find out

Simon

pbeccas (Paul) · January 31, 2021, 09:45:48 PM

Quote from: Colonel Kilgore on January 31, 2021, 11:45:20 AM
Isn't Versailles something of a bodice-ripper? My wife started watching it, and it looked a tad unsuitable for the children!

Simon

Just the same amount as Game of Thrones or The Tutors.

Leman (Andy) · February 03, 2021, 10:39:25 AM

Now also subscribed to Netflix and watching Blacklist - proper C21st pulp and great fun. Also has Dutch titles which is a great way to pick up idiom.

Stewart 46A · February 13, 2021, 10:35:51 PM

Watching 'Contagion' tonight, I think Boris has seen it and using it for his planning.
I want to see how it ends instead of waiting 22nd Feb

Stewart

Spartacus · February 17, 2021, 02:58:28 PM

We are watching Knightfall on Netflix, It`s brilliant.

Wardy64 · February 17, 2021, 03:14:57 PM

Hilary & I watched 'News of the World', Tom Hanks film. Very good, worth a watch.

Dave

Stewart 46A · February 17, 2021, 04:22:26 PM

Agreed Dave, Sue and I watched it, very good.
Just finished watching 'Hondo' Ideas for playing Pony wars.

Stewart

martin goddard · February 17, 2021, 06:17:23 PM

As an interesting fact.
The dog in Hondo is actually lassie.

martin

Smoking gun · February 17, 2021, 08:55:23 PM

But wasn't there more than one Lassie?

Best wishes,
Martin Buck

martin goddard · February 17, 2021, 09:12:59 PM

Indeed

martin

Moggy · February 18, 2021, 02:53:21 PM

About halfway through 2nd series of Designated Survivor on netflix now. Interesting storyline about the Whitehouse occupants with some very clever twists. It is actually almost believable which makes a change. No, no mention of Mrs Trumps little boy in this story.

Colonel Kilgore · February 22, 2021, 10:30:18 PM

We have recently been deepening our historical knowledge of all things piratical by following the adventures of a certain captain Jack Sparrow on Disney+ (lockdown has a lot to answer for...).

While not everything in these films can be considered wholly factual, the portrayal of the town of St Martin in the final instalment (Salazar's Revenge) included an interesting mix of half-timbered medieval-style and Mediterranean-tiled rendered and pastel-painted buildings, which seemed quite authentic.

Does anyone have any views on the accuracy or otherwise of these constructions?

Simon