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Thread #166325 Message #3997959
Posted By: robomatic
26-Jun-19 - 06:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: Years and Years (BBC Program)
Subject: BS: Years and Years (BBC Program)
I am one episode from the end of this futuristic little horror romp. I have noted the music editor: Murray Gold and the writer: Russell T. Davies. New names to me.
Emma Thompson is bloody brilliant as a Trump (or Palin) -like charismatic leader who you never know what she will do next, lacking in everything but self-confidence.
The show has some characteristics of "Black Mirror" but is slanted more to a "this stuff could be happening right now" political slant that Black Mirror nailed with "The Waldo Moment" of several years ago.
Curious as to if anyone has seen it or has a reaction to it.
Is it considered leftie or just overall "this is how bad things could get with enough chaos generated in the world. Because that's how I take it, dark forces taking advantage of chaos and terror.
It's kept me watching when the weather's great outside, so that's a sort of endorsement....