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extra_specticles t1_j6hdasa wrote

Oz has some great tv shows and movies. It's a shame we can't see more right now.

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DarthKava t1_j6hklsa wrote

We are watching Utopia right now. It’s a pisser and a more intelligent show than most of the crap we get from US or UK.

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W2ttsy t1_j6i0z9s wrote

Fucking Utopia. That show is scarily accurate to the point that my ex girlfriend’s boss thought someone In Their office was feeding the production team inside stories.

She works in government town planning and you would swear that Natalie was a carbon copy of her right down to the clothing and hair style choices. Even the pointed attitude was 100% on point.

I worked in govt for a while and I couldn’t watch the show for the longest of whiles because it gave me panic attacks about working in that type of lunacy.

But yeah, it’s top notch and the writers did an amazing job selling the fucked up nature of our government’s actions on infrastructure and planning.

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DarthKava t1_j6jjdx1 wrote

Thank you. It did seem frightfully authentic. I only wonder if the current project Andrews (VIC premier) conceived behind closed doors will be later basis for a spy thriller or a horror movie.

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Torenza_Alduin t1_j6hl5i9 wrote

if you like utopia, and you can find them ... check out Frontline and The Hollowmen

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DarthKava t1_j6hme28 wrote

I remember watching Frontline when it first came out. Awesome show. Feels like Utopia is written by the same people. Rob Sitch probably. Never watched Hollowmen. I’ll check it out. Thank you. I remember another one based on preparation for Sydney olympics called “The Game”. It was so funny. In the same style as Utopia.

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sambodia85 t1_j6hrgow wrote

Working Dog Productions had an incredible run, so many of Australia’s cultural touchstones were made by them.

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_j6kaztk wrote

Frontline had the laziest writers...

...they didn't have to dream up anything because they pretty much ripped stunts from ACA and other "current affairs" drivel.

That one where they were being "chased" by cops was all from the Skase affair.

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