Ripley - Netflix

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Lotusgone

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1,318 posts

134 months

Wednesday 24th April
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Is anyone else watching this?

Personally, I am thoroughly enjoying it. The books are good too - the "Ripliad" as the author termed the collection.

Plenty of old Fiats to enjoy seeing as well.


RESSE

5,780 posts

228 months

Wednesday 24th April
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Lotusgone said:
Is anyone else watching this?

Personally, I am thoroughly enjoying it. The books are good too - the "Ripliad" as the author termed the collection.

Plenty of old Fiats to enjoy seeing as well.
It is excellent smile - we binged watched it in one evening.

I think the village of Atrani (Dickie's house) was used in Equaliser 3?

curtisl

1,390 posts

213 months

Wednesday 24th April
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I recently finished Ripley as well. Me and the wife really enjoyed it. She also decided to watch The Talented Mr Ripley half way through which confused things a bit but you can see how the film and series differed. I'd happily watch it again.

cobra kid

5,249 posts

247 months

Wednesday 24th April
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Quite a few comments on it in the Netflix thread as well.

tangerine_sedge

5,178 posts

225 months

Wednesday 24th April
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RESSE said:
Lotusgone said:
Is anyone else watching this?

Personally, I am thoroughly enjoying it. The books are good too - the "Ripliad" as the author termed the collection.

Plenty of old Fiats to enjoy seeing as well.
It is excellent smile - we binged watched it in one evening.

I think the village of Atrani (Dickie's house) was used in Equaliser 3?
I can't imagine binge-watching this series, it's far too good to watch in one go. I have been savouring this by watching it one episode a week.



RESSE

5,780 posts

228 months

Wednesday 24th April
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tangerine_sedge said:
RESSE said:
Lotusgone said:
Is anyone else watching this?

Personally, I am thoroughly enjoying it. The books are good too - the "Ripliad" as the author termed the collection.

Plenty of old Fiats to enjoy seeing as well.
It is excellent smile - we binged watched it in one evening.

I think the village of Atrani (Dickie's house) was used in Equaliser 3?
I can't imagine binge-watching this series, it's far too good to watch in one go. I have been savouring this by watching it one episode a week.
Due to a chronic illness I have been unable to sleep for more than a few minutes at a time recently. Exhausted, hence the binge watch.

tangerine_sedge

5,178 posts

225 months

Wednesday 24th April
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RESSE said:
Due to a chronic illness I have been unable to sleep for more than a few minutes at a time recently. Exhausted, hence the binge watch.
I hope you feel better soon....

tangerine_sedge

5,178 posts

225 months

Friday 10th May
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I've just watched episode 5, and it has to be one of the best single episodes of *any* TV series ever.

Beautiful, funny, excellent dialogue, Hitchcockian in it's tone, and pretty much a two-hander between Andrew Scott and Eliot Sumner (Stings son don'tchaknow).

This episode is an examplar of Chekhovs gun in all of it's various interpretations.

lauda

3,673 posts

214 months

Thursday 16th May
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tangerine_sedge said:
I've just watched episode 5, and it has to be one of the best single episodes of *any* TV series ever.

Beautiful, funny, excellent dialogue, Hitchcockian in it's tone, and pretty much a two-hander between Andrew Scott and Eliot Sumner (Stings son don'tchaknow).

This episode is an examplar of Chekhovs gun in all of it's various interpretations.
Daughter, actually. Although they now identify as non-binary.

I've just finished watching the series and really enjoyed it. As you say, episode five was particularly outstanding.

Slowboathome

4,460 posts

51 months

Thursday 16th May
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I thought it started a bit slow then I got into it. Enjoyed rewatching it.

Particularly enjoyed the various interactions involving the police inspector.

tangerine_sedge

5,178 posts

225 months

Tuesday 4th June
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Finally finished this and can highly recommend. Beautifully filmed, intelligently made, consistent, humourous at times, and every single scene moves the story forwards in some way.

The slow pace may not be for everyone, but I think it's become an instant classic. It's refreshing to see a TV series which tells a single story without all the associated nonsense tagged on to drag the story out over multuple seasons.

Hopefully, they'll get funding to adapt the other Ripley novels, and are given enough time and money to make them to this standard.




Kawasicki

13,471 posts

242 months

Tuesday 4th June
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Watched with my wife. We thoroughly enjoyed it.

popeyewhite

21,378 posts

127 months

Thursday 27th June
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Just finished the series, found it very entertaining. The little characterisations (like the Inspector) and depth of interplay between the main players. I first thought the series might be a bit dull having not been bowled over by the movie, but it was much better.

redrabbit29

1,852 posts

140 months

Thursday 27th June
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I'm nearly through on my second watch - I loved it so much, I am now forcing my GF to watch it. It's so good.