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Strike Back SPOILERS to latest ep SPOILERS incl S3... 4... whatever....

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Posted 23 January 2018 - 08:05 PM

View Postchamp, on 23 January 2018 - 06:44 PM, said:

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View Postchamp, on 23 January 2018 - 06:17 PM, said:

It's already aired here and is surprisngly good. It's much of the same but with new characters and it works. You like the original Strike Back, you'll like this.


Same basic pattern of two-episode stories, insane action, one by-the-book guy, one maverick, two effective female characters likely to die by episode 6?


I thought it hadn't aired over there yet... but yeah, what more do you need!!!



I need Sgt ByTheBook to lose at least one family member and/or lover, be tortured every odd numbered episode, and express contempt and then grudging respect for the Maverick.

I need Sgt Maverick to get laid minimum once per two episode plotline, be tortured every even numbered episode, and express contempt and then grudging respect for Sgt ByTheBook.

I need one or both effective female characters to have vague job descriptions and exactly the skill set required at any point in time to do anything... at least until they die by the end of the season.

I need one or both effective female characters to have romantic/sexual tension/chemistry/history with Sgt ByTheBook and/or Sgt Maverick.... culminating in sex just before they die by the end of the season.

I need minimum two senior officers with dark mysterious pasts, at least one of whom dies doing something fairly stupid.

I need an ambitious bureaucrat who just fucks things up for everyone and blames the Section.

I need a foreign gov official who surprisingly yet inevitably betrays the Section.

I need a wholly ridiculous terrorist plot that makes little sense but involves blowing things up on an extremely specific timeline.

And massive property damage. Cars, trucks, hotels, blimps... it`s all gotta blow.




....we good?
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Posted 24 January 2018 - 02:39 PM

Heh well I guess I did ask... disappointingly though no one can live up to Damian Scott's bedroom action...

Tehol said:

'Yet my heart breaks for a naked hen.'
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Posted 24 January 2018 - 04:10 PM

View Postchamp, on 24 January 2018 - 02:39 PM, said:

Heh well I guess I did ask... disappointingly though no one can live up to Damian Scott's bedroom action...


It almost became a running joke, yet i was sort of sad in S4 when he didn't get laid every two-ep set.
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Posted 02 July 2018 - 05:52 PM

Six eps into season 5... Macallister and Wyatt are no Stonebridge and Scott, but they’re ok, plus Novin and Reynolds are utterly awesome, there’s a great villain, and overall i’m enjoying this a lot.
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Posted 06 July 2018 - 02:47 AM

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Six eps into season 5... Macallister and Wyatt are no Stonebridge and Scott, but they're ok, plus Novin and Reynolds are utterly awesome, there's a great villain, and overall i'm enjoying this a lot.


Ep 9... some great twists, naturally some betrayal, great shootsy ‘splodsy... and that last scene....

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAWHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
...and Novin, utterly unimpressed. I may love her.
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Posted 06 July 2018 - 05:46 PM

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Is it on Skinamax still? I no longer have that station.


TMNOD, at least in Canada.
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Posted 18 November 2019 - 04:40 PM

Just Finished season 6.

Perfectly ok entertainment, nothing wildly original. Wyatt and Mac were fine. Chetry was a decent addition. Katya was a decent plot driver if not actress.
Jaimie Bamber did a far better job as 'probably disposable CO' than i expected of him. Novic pretty much stole the entire season and every scene with her was automatically 100% better.
Totally decent if predictable BadGuy was fine.


I miss Damien and Stonebridge... their chemistry was flawless... but the show is still fun.
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Posted 24 February 2020 - 04:00 PM

Oh hey, S7 in progress.
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Posted 25 May 2020 - 02:22 AM

Watching s7 now, tho HBO has added PROJECT DAWN and s7 got bumped up to s8.
Premiere was flawless. STRIKEBACK fun, solid action, excellent banter and conflict. And holy fuck, Mac, Novic, and Coltane are all seriously in jeopardy here. The natural fallout of things in ep 1 could reasonably kill any or all of them any time.

This cast has really gelled... arguably better than the previous version.
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Posted 26 May 2020 - 04:30 AM

....now Wyatt too??? Argh.
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Posted 26 May 2020 - 10:26 AM

I enjoyed the final season (and all other seasons). I was initially skeptical of moving away from Scott and Stonebridge, but agree that the new cast did a great job and really meshed well together. Might be my preferred version of Section 20 now.

While a few storylines seemed recycled, it’s hard to care with the level of action and unique sequences (And explosions) each episode. Certainly one of the more entertaining shows and I’ll miss it.
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Posted 27 May 2020 - 04:14 AM

If anything happens to Chetri, we riot.
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Posted 31 May 2020 - 04:53 AM

Ep 6... oh, fuck.
Ep 7.... OH FUCK.
Ep 8...... OH FUCKING FUKKITY THE FUCK FUCK THAT DID NOT JUST... FUUUUUUCK.
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Posted 02 June 2020 - 05:38 AM

Ep 9... dammit.
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