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Post by 3piggles on Mar 8, 2017 21:19:32 GMT
I don't think computers will replace people completely. I think they will always be a tool for people to use to do more than humans are capable of doing. I do think, though, that the more humans rely on computers, the more of a shuffle there will be in the jobs that employs humans, and the pay for those jobs. The more low level jobs computers or robots can do, the fewer low level jobs will be open to humans. Factory jobs will suffer the most, as most of them can be done by robots. I think a large percentage of humans will be forced back to basics. I think there will be a much larger divide between those with and without money/power. It will be a time of extreme change and restructuring. Not sure if it's better to introduce it slowly, or all at once?
We have given up on Bull, the new show with Micheal Weatherly, who played Tony Dinozzo on NCIS. It is a well done show, but horrendously slow. Bones is on at the same time, and we've started watching that. Sometime great writing and acting don't make a great show.
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Post by Bean on Mar 9, 2017 8:54:19 GMT
I've never seen Bones either but have heard it's good.
Well, Sneaky Pete (about a conman taking on the identity of his ex-cellmate when he gets out of prison, to avoid a gang who are after him) is really good, but it's pretty tense viewing - that's the life of a confidence trickster I suppose!
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Post by jolovespiggies on Mar 9, 2017 9:25:41 GMT
You are probably right Piggles love, humans will always be needed for some things but as you say, a lot of them are going to be made redundant because of the use of machines and there is going to be a lot more poverty. Yes, the divide between the rich and the poor will probably get bigger, it just doesn't bear thinking about. I haven't seen Sneaky Pete Bean love, is it a comedy? I can imagine the life of a con man being stuff made of heart attacks, I would prefer to get rich with a lot less effort lol!
Hugs Jo xx
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Post by Bean on Mar 9, 2017 10:01:25 GMT
It's not a comedy, but there's plenty of humour in it if you can take the tension in between!
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Post by 3piggles on Mar 9, 2017 21:16:12 GMT
Acorn TV is a British show channel, and we've never heard of most of the shows. I should make a list and post it, so I can get some opinions. Call the Midwife is on the list, and as I said, we watched one episode. We have it because it carries the Murdoch Mysteries. It also has the Midsommer Murders, both sets, and while we get the John Nettles ones on PBS, we don't get the other ones. We've watched two of the other ones, and have seen them, though we can't figure out why. Must have been shown on PBS at one time.
We're not into dark, retrospective shows, or overly dramatic dramas. We like shows with plots that make us think, which is why we like mysteries. Acorn also has Father Ted, which I've always loved for a sheer comedy break from real life. Don't want to watch more than one episode at a time. Just need a good chuckle sometimes.
I notice the Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin was redone as Reggie Perrin, with Martin Clunes, who plays a really nasty character, Doc Martin. Apparently Doc Martin's total inability to relate to the human race is supposed to be funny. We didn't find it at all funny, just sad and pathetic. Since we really enjoyed The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin, we figure will skip the 2009 updated version.
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Post by Bean on Mar 10, 2017 9:32:17 GMT
Father Ted is good, silly fun. I never got into it in a major way, but do watch the odd episode for a lighthearted chuckle. Frasier is my light relief - I just love that show and the way each episode weaves the plot lines together. The episodes are longer, but I find Jeeves and Wooster is great for a bit of entertaining escapism too.
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Post by jolovespiggies on Mar 10, 2017 15:18:41 GMT
Thanks Bean love, I may give it a go. It is like the TV series Frost, it is not meant to be a comedy but Frost is so funny with his own way of doing things an hs flippant attitude that I have several laughs per episode. Father Ted is brilliant Piggles hunni and Mrs Brown's Boys is even better, I just love it. I love Doc Martin probably because it is filmed only about a half an hour away from where I live but someone like that would be hated by everyone in real life. I don't think he would find a woman anywhere to love him if he didn't change. He certainly wouldn't have any patients, no one would put up with him. I love Prime Suspect 1973 and the girl who plays a young Jane Tennyson is brilliant.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Mar 10, 2017 22:07:20 GMT
I loved the original Prime Suspect series. Don't know Frost or Mrs. Brown's Boys. If there are too many insider British comments and jokes, we miss the point. In the original Reginald Perrin, he opens a grot shop. I had to as the Brits at work what a grot shop was. I think I liked Father Ted because it wasn't as much British as it was about that group of people.
I like the Father Brown mysteries. Another lite mystery with a group of characters we enjoy. Our longest running favorite was Inspector Morse, but after the Inspector Lewis series came out, we realized what a snobbish prat Morse was, and liked Lewis much better. I really love the Midsommer Murder series, and have probably seen every episode often enough to recite the lines, but again, we really enjoy the characters.
I'll check Acorn TV, make a list of shows, and post them for comments if any of you have seen them.
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Post by Bean on Mar 11, 2017 9:04:12 GMT
I haven't watched any of the shows you just mentioned, 3piggles - or Frost or Doc Martin! Just reminds me how much tv there is out there!
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Post by jolovespiggies on Mar 11, 2017 15:02:16 GMT
Mrs Brown's Boys is the same Piggles love. The cast consists of the whole family and the humour I think is pretty universal. Brendan O'Carroll plays Mrs Brown and he is great. I believe they live in the States now or so Paul told me. It is filmed before a studio audience and therefore when a mistake is made everyone has a laugh and they start again. This is a first for this kind of show. I love Lewis and Midsomer even though the latter is a bit tame for me, there are so many upper class idiots to laugh at though LOL!! I think Frost and Doc Martin are great Bean hunni, I would give them a try if you get the chance.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by Bean on Mar 11, 2017 19:45:59 GMT
I watched a few minutes of Mrs Brown's Boys - I really didn't get it at all! Maybe I watched a dodgy clip, or maybe it's just not my humour - who knows?! I'm glad it makes you laugh though, Jo - you can't beat a good old chuckle!
We love Inside No.9 - the latest series from a couple of The League of Gentlemen writers. I know loads of people who really don't get their humour though!
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Post by jolovespiggies on Mar 12, 2017 14:25:21 GMT
It always has me in stitches Bean hunni but I realise it isn't going to appeal to all of us. Also the humour is very adult.
Hugs Jo xx
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Post by 3piggles on Mar 13, 2017 22:34:14 GMT
I got a funny clip about her not being able to get a taxi home from shopping, so she pretended to be senile, and got the police to drive her home It was cute Inside No. 9 seems interesting. I couldn't find any clips to watch, but I'll keep looking.
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Post by jolovespiggies on Mar 14, 2017 9:23:12 GMT
I remember that Piggles hun, it was hilarious. I will have a look to see if I can find any links for you.
Hugs Jo xx
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Post by Bean on Mar 14, 2017 9:28:28 GMT
We finished watching the series of Sneaky Pete last night - we really enjoyed it and were so pleased with the ending. Several series we've watched in the last few years have ended by hardly resolving any of the plot lines, just setting up a whole lot of confusion for another series. Although this one did have a lead in for what might come next, they actually tied up most of the storylines which was so satisfying!
Inside No. 9 probably isn't something you could watch a clip from and get - it's more of a sinister building up of dark comedy than stand alone gags. It's definitely not for everyone!
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Post by jolovespiggies on Mar 15, 2017 9:07:40 GMT
Watched holby City late night, we are really getting into that again. I am looking forward to a series called "Harlots" which apparently has been on before but I totally missed it. I am wondering if I would enjoy Sneaky Pete Bean love.
Hugs Jo xx
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Post by 3piggles on Mar 17, 2017 20:51:10 GMT
We would definitely have to find some of the BBC shows, as they aren't all available in the US, even on Acorn. I'll watch for Sneaky Pete and Inside Number 9. Mrs. Brown's Boys I know is on Acorn.
We're getting a digital TV antenna, hoping it will allow us to eliminate our cable TV al together. Between that and Roku, would should be able to get most of what we want. We just have to find the right antenna that works where we are, as we're rather remote.
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Post by jolovespiggies on Mar 18, 2017 16:13:21 GMT
I think real quality drama comes from both sides of the Atlantic Piggles love, I think it is nice that we get to watch things which the other country is producing.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Mar 19, 2017 13:07:29 GMT
Hubby took the 30 day free trial of Amazon Prime, and we watched the pilot episode of Sneaky Pete. Very interesting. I like Giovanni Ribisi, anyway, and the plot is interesting. We felt the pilot episode was a bit slow, but hope it picks up as we get into the rest of the episodes.
I think the British have a different approach to entertainment than Americans have, for less forceful. American drama tends to be very In-your-face, while a lot of British drama is more subtle, and more about nuances. We've tried redoing some very successful British shows, and it never works. Something major gets lost in the translation, and I think it's those subtleties and nuances.
American dramas done well as American dramas can be really good. We do seem to latch on to one idea, and beat it to death in the US. If one show about a talking dog gets good ratings, suddenly there are 25 shows about talking dogs, and the ratings bomb. We also go through fads. One decade is all westerns. One decade is all cop shows. One decade is all doctor shows. We're in the decade of shows about scandals no one needed to get into, if they'd used their heads in the first place. Can't go to any channel without having some version, and it's all the same, just change the setting(music industry, politics, prep school, government agency), but as the TV Guide would say, it's all formulaic. It's like fill-in-the-blank writing.
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Post by jolovespiggies on Mar 19, 2017 16:05:20 GMT
That is what I like about many of your dramas Piggles love, you see the dead bodies and they are very graphic in the storylines and pictures. One of the series we tried to copy from you was Brighton Belles which was supposed to be the English version of The Golden Girls. The Golden Girls was good, the Brighton Belles was not. We have one or two crime dramas which doesn't pull any punches, Messiah and Trial and Retribution to name a couple. Many are too tame like Midsomer Murders.
Hugs Jo xx
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