Best Australian TV we’ve created in the past 10-15 years was Puberty Blues and we only got 2 seasons.My 18yr old has just started watching Mr Inbetween.
'How good is it Dad? Even better because it's set in Australia. Can relate to the culture.'
True enough son.
Then it dawned on me how little quality Australian content he's probably watched growing up compared with our generation, due to the proliferation of streaming services & the pandemic. Not ideal.
Its good. Very dark at times, but good. Very difficult line to tread, but he does it well. I was watching it thinking it was very Melbourne gangster, which I found a little odd because its set in Sydney. Then I found out Scott Ryan is from Melbourne and the character and pilot were developed there which explained it.My 18yr old has just started watching Mr Inbetween.
'How good is it Dad? Even better because it's set in Australia. Can relate to the culture.'
True enough son.
Then it dawned on me how little quality Australian content he's probably watched growing up compared with our generation, due to the proliferation of streaming services & the pandemic. Not ideal.
I'm voting for some of the comedy (but I never watched puberty blues)
Haven’t heard of Utopia but I see it’s a well reviewed Australian show so thanks I’m sold.
It is great, and funny, but it always seems more like a doco than a comedy to me.
That's the scary thing. When you talk to people who work in government their initial reaction is that is a doco.
Yeah I'm 100% fine with it. Just found it interesting. I had some up-close interactions/ observations with the Melb gangster world of the early 90s, peak Chopper era, had a close mate through work who had grown up in that world, brother was still in it, but my mate had gone straight. But as we all know you can never fully escape it. I was watching show thinking he has nailed the Melb vibe, but its in Sydney. Then found out the orig pilot/ short film is set in Melb.
Utopia is awesome. Borderline documentary of government and councils. Dunno where Working Dog get all their material but it is so spot on.
Nah, he was there as our scout, looking at Tim, Jacob and Harry. Great eye for talent.
Forgot about that, true. Sydney hoods would be NRL through and through you'd think.
you can watch the original "The Magician" on Youtube - it's very low-budget and there are sound synchronisation issues but worth a look if you are interested.
How old n dated if you read the book???? Never bothered with the movie or the series.
I will have to watch it. Watched the first two eps of the new series and was bored shitless.
