Almost excessive amounts of telly tonight, starting with S1E1 of A House Through Time. Early last year, an old friend of mine recommended it to me having been reminded of it by the advent of S2, but it wasn't on iPlayer any more and I had to make do with S2, which was still very good but not about Liverpool. Turns out the Beeb repeated S1 recently but E1 is only available till Monday, so hurry while stocks last 
And after that I saw off S2 of Hanna with You're With Us Now (TV Episode 2020), Tacitus (TV Episode 2020), and The List (TV Episode 2020). It's good enough entertainment, but it really stretches one's willingness to believe when we're supposed to accept that the CIA has what are constantly represented as complex and sophisticated security systems and protocols that are then circumvented by the most trivial of ruses.
The scriptwriters really need to be kicked up the arse about that; they could have presented exactly the same story in a more convincing way if they'd just put in the effort to make it hard for the characters to get through the systems. We're all willing to accept a little sleight of hand in the plot, but a lot of the ways through in this were just lazy writing. It was enjoyable enough, but come on people, do the work
And finally S1E4 of HSB, Can World War III Be an Attitude? (TV Episode 1981). This has no subtitles, and the audio is mono and suitable for 1980s TVs that had a single speaker (usually pointing out of the side of the box), and that doesn't seem to work well with my fancy soundbar and hearing aids. But I played around a bit and, by setting the treble and bass and subwoofer levels at insane points of their respective scales, I came up with something usable. I'll probably spend the next couple of days wondering why the sound is so off, having forgotten doing so, then forget to make a note of the settings for the next time I want to watch 1980s telly
Goodnight all
And after that I saw off S2 of Hanna with You're With Us Now (TV Episode 2020), Tacitus (TV Episode 2020), and The List (TV Episode 2020). It's good enough entertainment, but it really stretches one's willingness to believe when we're supposed to accept that the CIA has what are constantly represented as complex and sophisticated security systems and protocols that are then circumvented by the most trivial of ruses.
The scriptwriters really need to be kicked up the arse about that; they could have presented exactly the same story in a more convincing way if they'd just put in the effort to make it hard for the characters to get through the systems. We're all willing to accept a little sleight of hand in the plot, but a lot of the ways through in this were just lazy writing. It was enjoyable enough, but come on people, do the work
And finally S1E4 of HSB, Can World War III Be an Attitude? (TV Episode 1981). This has no subtitles, and the audio is mono and suitable for 1980s TVs that had a single speaker (usually pointing out of the side of the box), and that doesn't seem to work well with my fancy soundbar and hearing aids. But I played around a bit and, by setting the treble and bass and subwoofer levels at insane points of their respective scales, I came up with something usable. I'll probably spend the next couple of days wondering why the sound is so off, having forgotten doing so, then forget to make a note of the settings for the next time I want to watch 1980s telly
Goodnight all
Barometer has dropped a little to 1017 mBar. No precipitation expected today.
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