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General chat – May 13

Time for a new general chat thread. What are you watching?
Mr 5 has just discovered Aladdin, so I’ve been forced to endure “A Whole New World” over and over.
The second season of Master of None has landed on Netflix, but we’re heading off on a family holiday in a few weeks so are trying not to peek before than.


Oh and can’t wait for The Handmaid’s Tale to start screening on SBS On Demand in early July. It gets rave reviews, and Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men, West Wing, Top of the Lake) is just good in everything. It also stars Samira Wiley (Poussey from Orange is the New Black).
If you haven’t read this book, here’s the synopsis: The Handmaid’s Tale is a 10-part series set in a totalitarian society in what was formerly part of the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birth-rate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state.
Moss stars as Offred, one of the few remaining fertile women, a woman forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate a devastated world. In this terrifying society where one wrong word could end her life, Offred navigates between Commanders, their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids – where anyone could be a spy for Gilead – with one goal: to survive and find the daughter that was taken from her.



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General chat – April 24

Who’s watching what?
I’m looking forward to this new show, The Aliens, which starts on ABC 2 on Wednesday.
The blurb says: Lewis Garvey is a border guard at the wall that separates humans from Morks. Most people, including Lewis, think Morks are scum. So when he finds out he’s half-alien his whole world is turned upside down. CAST: Michael Socha.
Socha used to play a werewolf in one of my fave shows, Being Human (the UK original, not the the US version) and he’s usually fun to watch.
It looks a bit Shaun of the Dead meets District 9.
You can watch the trailer here.
House Rules starts on Seven tomorrow, just before the MKR grand final, while MasterChef kicks off on Ten on Monday.
If you’re all cooking showed out, tuurn over to SBS at 7.35pm for House of Hypochondriacs. Its host is the doc with the long face from Embarrassing Bodies and his job is to convince hypochondriacs to stop worrying and start living.



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Logie noms

The Logie nominations are out. Who do you think will win the reality category?
BEST REALITY PROGRAM

• Australian Survivor (Network Ten)

• I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! (Network Ten)

• MasterChef Australia (Network Ten)

• My Kitchen Rules (Channel Seven)

• The Block (Nine Network)
The Block won the past two years and in 2014 it was MKR.
Maybe Celeb will get up? Although it would be nice to see Aussie Survivor get credit for its great production values, even if there were casting and pacing hiccups along the way.

Here's a pic I found from 2010. Just because.
Here’s a pic I found from 2010. Just because.



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