The English Game, Netflix 2020

The English Game is a British historical sports drama television miniseries developed by Julian Fellowes for Netflix about the origins of modern association football in England. The six-part series was released on 20 March 2020. 

"A cotton mill owner in working-class Darwen, two star Scottish footballers to join the local team in hopes of competing for the FA Cup title". Netflix. 

CAST:

Edward Holcroft as Arthur Kinnaird

Kevin Guthrie as Fergus Suter

Charlotte Hope as Margaret Alma Kinnaird

Niamh Walsh as Martha Almond

Craig Parkinson as James Walsh

James Harkness as Jimmy Love

They classified the movie as violent, inappropriate language. 

A series of 6 episodes, is about their economics problems in their County. They are trying to generate new forms of income, that city is know for the production of Cotton, but is facing a economic crisis, in the same time they are training new players to Darwen's team to the match against The Old Etonians. 

Darwen was losing and they had the idea of changing their strategies, after they started to score. 

Suddenly started to rain. This is not a good sign. Darwen defeated the Old Etonians and the Etonians got stressed. Darwen asked for extra time, they didn't give, so they agree to play again on Saturday. The game finished in 5×5.

They were right about the extra time to finish the game. The Old Etonians didn't respected the rules.

It finished this way. This game gave to people in the city something to celebrate. 

Meanwhile one of the players don't have what to eat. There is no enough food. 

The aristocrats of the city, the entrepreneurs of their mills are cutting the wages. What makes the population immediately react.

The employer sent the workers home for one week without payment. They didn't accept because they don't have what to eat. The entrepreneur call the Darwen team and tell them he needs the money of the championship to reopen the mill. 

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They charge for money of subscriptions to participate in the final match. The place is full of fans. 

Arthur gave the idea of null the strategies of the opponent, but he commits a lot of fouls. The problem is they don't have a judge in the match so Arthur does not use ethics and respect. He is only concerned to not be humiliated in the game. 

Again rain. Arthur took time to win. He cheated the entire game. His wife saw everything and disapproved. 

Later in the evening Arthur's team celebrated their dishonesty. Bravo Arthur!

After it his wife bloods. She suffered an abortion. Haemorrhage.  🤔

Darwen does not give up. They are trying hard practicing to the next championship. 

A player of the Darwen's team will create their uniforms and they need a loan from the Bank, but Arthur is the one who gives loan. He will think about it. 

"Don't be unkind when you turn him down". His father says. 

Meanwhile the cotton mills decide to cut the employees wages in 10%. The employees stopped the machines and start to protest. The police arrives and they go to a judgment. 

The man shows up and wants Fergus to deal with the Blackburn to win more money, to be the first player. He guarantees it, but Fergus refuses. 

He goes to see his mom and her situation is not good with his father. They are also living in poverty and she is suffering aggression.

Again Fergus finds the coach of the Blackburn team and he accepts to play there. 

Arthur's wife is unsatisfied since the abortion. Wondering things. She should get busy it will solve her concerns.

Pointless same again. He said. While training with his football team. He is right. It's difficult when a County is facing poverty with no investments. Really no sense how things are going there. The same game.

The basic of what I understood is they need help. There is no economy. People are unsatisfied and they created their football team to develop their county and to be part of the next FA Cup, the European Cups. 

Fergus changed of team and his team mates are resented. His best friend will gonna marry. 

His new coach is approaching on Marta. 

He pays his old coach for the Fergus pass (is an international law pay for passes) and proposes a match between Blackburn and Darwen.

"Rivalry is good for business", he says.

Fergus best friend is offended that now he will be in the other team and suggests him to leave his house. 

The Fergus affair Marta was dismissed of her job because of a misunderstood with the harassment of Sr. John at work. Her boss fired her, but should say apologise. And offended her also. Women are constantly offended there just because of the men. He is the father of her child, but he is married.

    "The Dog ran home". She said. A mother. One friend told me. They do this to each other all the time. Aye.

They always find a reason to put you out when they don't wanna pay you.

Fergus played to Blackburn but the problem is they already have a star called Hunter, and he is not the main one like he was in Darwen. That's why he was invited. To weak Darwen. Was a trap. 

Jimmy cannot forgive Fergus, the team is saying that Fergus is not welcome anymore in Darwen and he should leave. Jimmy appears and tell them he will join Fergus at Blackburn. Fergus is all happiness.

John offers Marta a new position or job when he knew she was fired, but she refuses his help and he offers her money. 

Arthur's wife is in a secret mission to recover a baby for a mother she knew in the Asylum house. There are many babies without mother because the level of unemployment is very high, so they give them to donation. There are a lot of babies without mother. The social problems are evident there. 

Johns wife cannot have babies she said. But John has now to confess to his wife a secret. 

Blackburn will play against Darwen. It's a war inside the camp. 

Meanwhile the fans are crying out them traitors, it's very serious. 

The game starts and Fergus and Jimmy manage to score a goal, the fans get crazy. In the next pass, one player of Darwen beats Jimmy's behind and beat intensely his leg. Jimmy is now with a severe injury with a broken leg and cutted. Horrible. terrible and bleeding very much. 

The doctor managed to care of Jimmy, so he is alive, but he said he will never be able to play football again. 

The newspaper reacts calling them SAVAGES. 

They have a discussion to take Blackburn out of the FA finals.

In the day of the match the Old Etonians tried, Arthur with his Moroccan strategy, but didn't work, they lost and The Blackburn took the Cup. Arthur's father and mother went to see him and they were proud of their son. 

Fergus and his team were happy celebrating the victory like children. The city received them like heroes.

End of the story Ebenezer. 

Brasil 2002, os Bastidores do Penta, 2022

 It's an amazing documentary of Netflix highlighting the best moments of the "Seleção Brasileira" in the World cup in 2002. 

It's impossible do not get emotional, because it rescues who we were as team in the past. 

Brazilian team putted all of them, their soul, not only the heart to win this championship. They wanted to pay all the Brazilians for the loss in the 1998 World cup, when they lost to France in the Finals. 

You will rescue the true feeling of what is to be in a World cup, their happiness in compete, the talents that were so many and what is to play like a team. What makes Brazi a successful team?

I truly recommend, you will understand what is to be a Brazilian player. The country stops, people decorate the entire country to give support to the team. Brazilians love Football, Brazil itself is the World cup main attraction. 

You will see Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and Ronaldinho talking, what happened to Ronaldo, when he had the seizure, the expectation of the citizens and media on him, they are all the time positive, and they were really responsible. Beckham is also remembering what is to compete against Brazil. Felipe Massa also showed up, it's a beautiful gift to rescue this feeling. 

There are many funny moments and i was looking in everybody's eyes, that were times of Innocence. People really were passionate, that's why is a so good time. 

The Empress, Netflix series, 2020

The history is turning around Elizabeth who accidentally by destiny became the new Empress of Austria.

Elizabeth, the Dutchess of Bayern, is a young lady living in a big house with her mother and her two sisters. She loves to ride horse and is a very energic girl. Her horse was sacrificed by her mother's husband who affirms that the horse will not recover of a broken leg (while she was riding the horse got injured). 

Her mother gives more preference to her daughter Helene, so she is preparing her to get married, and they go in a visit in the Emperor's county. His brother Maximilian arrives in the same moment of the visit because he knows that they are preparing his marriage. 

     The Queen welcoming her son Maximilian and a Baronesse of somewhere in Italy. She receives her with a large smile. 

The Baroness of somewhere says: "They will all die in Venice". 

Franz Joseph has Maximilian and the little one Ludwig-Victor as brothers, this little one is very educated boy and very smart. He will be a great man one day. He is in my opinion the legitim king by heart. 

In the Acquaintance it happens to Franz to approach Elizabeth and he decides to marry her instead Helene, everyone gets surprised, but this was his decision. Helene don't accept well the treason. 

Elizabeth accepts immediately the proposal without thinking in her sister. In the beginning of the movie, she declares her wish to marry a true soul mate. She is young, passionate and free. 

She marries in a period of turbulence in the Kingdom, people are in a Revolt fighting for better life conditions, they are starving, so they are in an occult rebellion, killing the citizens with better possesses. The King hangs some of them in the beginning. 

Apafi is one of the rebels who will get unfiltered in the court. 

                                   

The life of Elizabeth in the court is not easy, she has 10 ladies-in-waiting to make her company, included one is a descendant of Baba Iaga, and they are all very invasive, she didn't have any privacy out of her room. She feels the pressure of being under their rules, because she wants to be free to take decisions. 

Franz is a very focused King, he is trying to avoid his men to go to war, but is inevitable, his counselling voted to war against the rebels. He also wins a loan to build a railroad. 

His brother wants to take his place because he believes to be better than Franz. Franz sees his brother interest in Elizabeth so he guarantees that he will be out of his path. Meanwhile his brother is organizing an attack behind his back. Later he confesses to Franz telling him to abdicate his throne and tries to convince Elizabeth to betray Franz and marry him. 

The presence of a vessel gipsy Rebel disguised as Lady-in-waiting, Apafi puts in danger not only Elizabeth and the entire court, as organizing with a rebel an attack to kill them all, but living in the court she starts to see that they are good people and doubts because she is emotionally involved, but after a party where Elizabeth constantly gets drunk without her husband, Apafi has an self-intimate confirmation and tells her Conrade that for the Revolution she prefers all of them to die. Meantime, one of the countesses discovers Apafi's plan and prepares the proofs to take her out of the court, but Apafi discovers and kill her before.  

Franz and his mother are not satisfied with Elizabeth's behaviour and decide to send her away to her house to separate, in the same day Elizabeth discovers that she is pregnant and tries to tell Franz but is late, he sends her out and she didn't tell him about the pregnancy, Apafi knows because she told her. She starts to get close to Apafi's and believe her to be a good person. Actually, Apafi is a partaker of murder of a lady, she took the clothes and possessions, her partner of the Revolution killed the woman.  

When Elizabeth is leaving the castle in the carriage, a lot of citizens are in the Gate protesting, Elizabeth commands to open the gate and then kneel before them. They accept Elizabeth like a suitable Queen because she was there in their living place to know their condition. They saw it with good eyes. 

The series finishes with Franz going in her encounter in the gate.

The series has only 6 episodes, the history is only in the beginning. I will wait for more episodes and then to make an update here. 

Worth to see, you will learn some important lessons. We see the transition of the young and naive Elizabeth to a Queen. 

Derry Girls, 2018-2022, Netflix Series - Last Season

Derry Girls is going to the 3rd Season, streamed in October on Netflix, it's a comedy about the daily lives of the friends Erin, Saiorse Monica, Michelle, Jamie Lee-O'Donnell, Clare, Nicola Coughlan, Orla, Louisa Harland and James, Dylan Llewellyn the teenagers of the School of Our Lady Immaculate College, citizens of Derry, in the Northern Ireland, as well their activities at home.     

    

 Trailer Season 1

The series is so much fun, besides their peculiar accent and expressions, they are all the time getting in trouble because they just want to find a way to survive. The script is most of the parts enigmatic, they are always planning things, but you don't know exactly what it is, and it seems they are all struggling financially. 

One of the most beautiful things to see is their very strong friendship, and they have an open dialog, funny when Clare says she is gay, and no one believes but give all the support. God helps Cleare. Michelle is always saying some bad names, but she is being ironic most of the time. James is the one they spent most of the part bullying and Orla is the quietest of them all. 

They live with a big family inside the house, even Clare that is just a friend sleeps there all the time. They explore well the possibilities of activities in Derry, a city that has a constantly policing of the Irish army called IRA. Derry is a historical city know by the conflicts between Catholics and Protestants that began in 1922. In the beginning of the Conflicts the Catholics represented 85%, now, they report that the number of Catholics is around only 35%. In 1981, IRA expanded their operations outside Derry, bombing in London. This means the number of Catholics is less of 35%. When these groups take control of one place, they expand. That's the main point, included I read, that these groups were bombing in Derry, until now in 2021. This is not a good sign. They are terrorists and these terrorists are really going outside if they are out of control. 

Tribute to the girls that made Derry famous internationally, now in Brazil by Netflix. 

The series is restricted to their daily lives, but the Teacher, the sister Michael, that is so much fun, creates activities that educate all the students to be tolerant, peaceful and they are involved and conscious, what is to have their lives monitored. She is impartial and has nice decisions. She is always monitoring the Crew so they cannot get in trouble. One of the funniest parts with her was when she was in the same bus with the crew and they were carrying a luggage with Vodka, and they lied telling that was not theirs, so she called the IRA and they were with Robots in the street to inspect the Luggage, to check if had a bomb inside. 😁

      The Leader Jenny Joyce creates all the theatrical and musical of the School and the sister is always saying: - Jesus Christ Jenny. She is Epic. 

Interesting to note, Erin was about to greet a old woman in a village, Erin said like goodbye: - Slan.  I don't know what it means but, they seem to be a mix of Gypsies with other parts of Ireland. They are a kind of hybrid at the first view. They have some characters varieties but has some scenes where they seem innocent, in the case where two men stole the computers in the school. 

In the end Education is the main factor in the fight against terrorism. Now in Derry they are facing poverty and the population made a protest against the increase in electricity tariff, for sure these conflicts contributed to the impoverishment of the region.

Here the very interesting activities, in the Season 2, where they point the main similarities and differences between Catholics and Protestants, in case you are interested in Derry. 

Trailer Season 2

Trailer Season 3

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LEGO. HOLIDAY MAIN STREET

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style. 

Grow your winter village collection. 

The new LEGO holiday Main Street makes a great addition to your holiday display.