6ixStringJack: I almost have the same warning about Once Upon a Time too, but I do think that there's at least a much higher chance of you enjoying at least the first few seasons of that than of Trainspotting. But I was a drunk when I was watching that show, so who knows? People seemed to really like it when it was current news, but that was probably around 10 years ago when it started so maybe it's already dated? Don't know.  |
| 6ixStringJack: It's hard to judge by reviews. I'm sure it was pretty "cutting edge" for its time, but that was a long time ago. Lots of moral outrage over stuff like this that pushed the envelope, back when Bill Clinton was President and in between Bushes. It could be decent. I don't remember. I just wanted to be clear it doesn't get a recommendation from me. But I'm not saying it's not worth a watch either. |
| Brenda: My library still has copies of Once Upon a Time but the website says that they are all out and there are a couple of holds on them. I usually start with the first season of something before deciding to watch the rest. Specially on DVD. |
| Brenda: Okay, a header into a toilet to retrieve drugs. Well, you never know. Some British movies are quite good. Think back when this came out it got so so reviews. I could be wrong too. |
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| 6ixStringJack: You might want to try the first season of Once Upon a Time and see if you like it. I thought it was good enough to watch, but I was watching a LOT of stuff back then. |
| 6ixStringJack: You might want to try the first season of Once Upon a Time and see if you like it. I thought it was good enough to watch, but I was watching a LOT of stuff back then. |
| 6ixStringJack: Oh.... I'm sure Trainspotting was about depression too. Saw it almost 30 years ago now, so it's hard to remember. It was also VERY British, on a Tube TV from a VHS too. No subtitles. I probably missed quite a bit. The one scene I do remember is one of the guys trying to get drugs out of a toilet and suddenly he dives into the toilet or something. Weird. I dunno. If you like Ewan, it's probably the earliest movie I've ever seen him in. |
| Brenda: Knew trainspotting was British but I thought it was about depression. Not sure if I heard about the drugs or not. |
| Brenda: Huh. Like I said "Once Upon a Time" might be okay. I know I would say pieces of various fairy tales. Never really heard much about them till I got to elementary school. |
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| 6ixStringJack: Trainspotting was a British flick about taking drugs. That's how I'd sum it up. Probably had a lot more going for it than that considering that it does have a real cult following. Nothing I'd ever watch again, but it does have an audience. |
| 6ixStringJack: I can't remember what happened or why, but a lot of good and bad fairy tale characters ended up here. But if memory serves, they're all pretty much magically sealed off from us so they don't do much of any interacting with our world other than trap the main character and her son in with them... or something like that. Carlyle plays Rumplestiltskin, who's one of the baddies. He may or may not have some redemption arc. I don't remember much now and I didn't finish it anyway. |
| Brenda: Don't think I realized that they were fairy tales brought into the modern age. Huh. I admit to not knowing a lot of fairy tales. Might be interesting just for curiosity's sake. Was in the library today and never went near the DVDs. |
| Brenda: I think I heard Ewan McGregor was in it. Maybe, I haven't really seen much of his early stuff. |
| 6ixStringJack: I liked Once Upon a Time for what it was. Network TV show about a modernized telling of Fairy Tales taking place in our world. I think it's another one of those shows that just went on way too long though. I know I never finished it since after I quit drinking it was on a long list of TV shows I was currently keeping up with and just abandoned. |
| 6ixStringJack: I wouldn't recommend Trainspotting. It's something some of my friends would have liked back in the late 90s. Some girls I hung out with on occasion at a local pool hall had me watch it one night. It meant a lot to both of them. I didn't really see the appeal. For you, I'd only watch it if you're a huge Ewan McGregor fan and wanted to see one of his really early works. |
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| Brenda: Never saw Trainspotting just heard of it. Heard of "Once Upon a Time" but again I've never seen it. I know my library has a copy of "Trainspotting" as I came across it the other day and I think I've seen "Once Upon a Time" too. Huh. Maybe I should check out one of these. |