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Hms vigil

Been keeping a vigil for 8 weeks (or is it 6?) but now glad to come up for air. It was an excellent combination of the ludicrous and addictive. Well done, the Beeb. £13.25 a month? Don't feel so bad about that reversion to licencing now.
 
Finally caught up with it. I’m sure there were some plot holes but can I be bothered to watch it more closely? Nah, it was good enough, and it was what it was. Entertainment.
 
"we're taking on tons a second and pumping out tons an hour"

Really? I've seen taps run faster...

That sort of crap spoilt it for me....
 
Well, what’s the PFM verdict so far? Maybe too many triggers for comfort - drones, suspicious Arabs, arms industry, terrorists, pregnant protagonist, lesbians, inexplicable technology, AI, PTSD, sexism - defo ticks a lot of Daily Mail boxes.
The acting’s good though.
But perhaps someone here can explain why, when firing machine gun rounds, the drones don’t just leap backwards 20 metres from the recoil. Also, haven’t C130s been retired? (One for @Tony Lockhart there)
 
Load of nonsense, I mean a seven month pregnant police inspector climbing over a balcony two floors up to gain access to a squat, seriously?

Plus all of the other bullshit bingo, loner military hit man, stupid public schoolboy MI5 guy spouting pish from the fifties, obligatory Sir intelligence officer, offensive senior officer in charge, stupid Scottish policeman in charge, a ridiculous plot, quite enjoyed it though.
 
twotone said:
quite enjoyed it though.
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Damning with faint praise? I agree, whatever the liberties taken with reality, it was a great start to a serial; better, I thought, than the first one. Thought the middle eastern base name could've been a bit more Arabic sounding/looking like 'Al Dente', but that's a bit much to chew on.
 
It wasn't the RAF, it was the NAF - Nondescript Air Force; beret and cap badges all over the shop, 'Air Force' badge missing the 'Royal', Union Jack on the left sleeve just looked wrong - all to distance the story from the RAF, by agreement I'd bet.

It didn't infuriate me but I bet there are loads of old sweats that were losing their minds. Walking round with jackets unzipped did irk me. It was ok, I'll watch the next one.
 
It’s a drama, not a documentary. Good performances & a suspenseful plot.

My main bugbear with the modern police procedural is that all coppers seem to live in massive houses & drive really flash cars.
 
Just watched second episode and one thing is bothering me. As I've experienced in the past in this kind of drama (and prob. BBC), I simply cannot follow all the dialogue. Admittedly my hearing's not good, which is why I listen through HD650 (and other cans) through exc. can amp directly via Chord Cobra I/Cs from line out on my TV.

Tomorrow I'll try my Utopias, but I'm pretty convinced that it's simply very poor recording practice. Okay, there have been many instances of crappy diction on BBC dramas and maybe this is simply par for the course but it's annoying with today's digital recording expertise. Spoils a good, fast-moving if incoherent drama.
 
Nero said:
We’ve been using subtitles
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We always use subtitles, impossible to follow dialogue without them, only problem is if you watch BBC iplayer via an Apple TV there are no subtitles on BBC iplayer, some movies on amazon prime don't have them either especially older films from the 2000s and 1990s.

BBC iplayer embedded in most smart TVs has subtitles, just a thing with Apple, license thing I think.

BTW, we're on the third episode and it's hilariously preposterous.

'Shots fired, suspect down!'

Funny thing is one of the armed police guys is in Scots squad which is hilarious and sends up police Scotland big time, this guy is the stupidest police man on Scots Squad :D
 
twotone said:
BTW, we're on the third episode and it's hilariously preposterous.
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Well, Tony, the first was absorbingly unlikely; the second was enthrallingly unbelievable and you say the third is 'hilariously preposterous' We're going to run out of adjectives soon. I'm working on 'entertainingly absurd' and 'uproariously ludicrous' for 4 and 5. Surely it can't extend beyond that !
 
From the first episode I was concerned that the show was giving away national secrets. i.e. All it takes to get access to a weapons testing area is a jaunty wave to the gate guard and you are allowed to take your car in, unescorted.
 
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