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amiga500   
21 Jun 2021
Life / Books, shows and movies set in Poland [16]

I wouldn't say that about some of the TV series that are available on Netflix

Yes all those series are co-productions with national broadcasters and available outside of netflix. Służby specjalne had nothing to do with netflix they just bought it. My point is about netflix 'originals' or exclusives. they are **** in terms of cultural relevance or education about a country, well maybe apart from sexify. ;)

what is that multicultural TV station that you mentioned called?

Its called SBS or Special Broadcasting Service. It was setup in 1980 to cater to Immigrants. Apart from movies and tv series they also have news from all around the world. (they show polsat news wydarzenia in the morning :) )
amiga500   
21 Jun 2021
Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

Everybody knows that mafia in that region is heavily involved with PO.

Spot on. The Amber Gold theft with the corresponding OLT plot to bankrupt LOT was run out of Gdansk. PO apparachiks working with an ex SB captain codenamed Tygris and Russian intelligence services. Soviet Baboon has slapped himself in the face once again attempting to bring his politics into a discussion about tourists and manners. :)
amiga500   
19 Jun 2021
Life / Books, shows and movies set in Poland [16]

And there are some good TV series on it...

The good ones are the ones that Netflix has bought off national broadcasters or a co-production with national broadcasters (like Babylon Berlin.) The two polish and one australian netflix originals have been rubbish because to their standards to cater to a 'global' audience means that all national character and nuance is stripped from the story, apart from a superficial way.

Really? That's cool :)

Yes it was :) we have a multicultural tv station that mainly screens foreign stuff

@Paulina
Actually I hear the third polish netflix series, Sexify, is not too bad youtube.com/watch?v=DDpoRK3dlHQ
amiga500   
19 Jun 2021
Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

day i was sightseeing for over 12 hours. And have u ever been

Maybe if you book a room at the Sobieski or Victoria Hotel , not in a hostel with shared bathrooms idiot. What if other people wanted to have a shower/bath? You're a cretin. It's a pity you weren't beaten to a pulp. I'm surprised the polish police did not do it.
amiga500   
19 Jun 2021
Life / Books, shows and movies set in Poland [16]

you need to open your mind to alternative realities.

Yes I am a big fan of alternate history genre from Steampunk to Len Deighton's SS-GB to Robert Harris's Fatherland. Alternate History needs to be based on realism to be believable. In 1983 there was no realism or even a representation of communism that had anything to do with reality. The writer and director was lazy and thought oh police offices in poland in 2003 would be like shanghai cbd office in 2020. what absolute bollocks! Plus the writing was terrible.

This was the first Polish TV show to go global.

Only if one is a equates global to netflix, kinda like eating a 'polish' burger or meal at mcdonalds where all taste and culture is diluted for a global audience. As previously mentioned , Wataha (The Border) was a big success on HBO Europe and screened around the world. Also you should watch belfer (the teach) s1 which was on tv in australia as well.

@Milowslaw
Since you are in the U.K I am happy to report that the good polish serials I was talking about are on Channel4 for free.

Wataha/The Border is awesome
Befler/The Teach is awesome but s2 is rubbish
Kruk/Raven is incredible as well, though steals a plot twist from Mr Robot.
Chyłka/The Defense is o.k , usual TVN stuff.
All are representative of polish culture as they are made for a polish and not a global audience.
channel4.com/collection/walter-presents
amiga500   
19 Jun 2021
News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [538]

Tusk is returning on a white horse, to save Poland from neobolsheviks,

Do you want to put your money where your baboon mouth is and place a bet on that? say 50 pounds?
amiga500   
18 Jun 2021
Life / Books, shows and movies set in Poland [16]

It is very dark but I enjoyed it.

It's rubbish. American creator/writer who knew nothing about Poland and communism, the story beats are ripped from Robert Harris's Fatherland novel, the writing is full of characters talking about what they are about to do, and that dreadful woman directed, Agnieszka Holland, who had a tantrum on facebook about hejters when polish reviewers weren't kind. Also most stupidly in this alternate reality where polish communism did not collapse, why is everything so futuristic and modern? ridiculous .

Anyway here's a film about real polish culture in a surreal satirical way youtube.com/watch?v=s6BqM7VI5v0 to the OP its on the torrents with eng subtitles etc
amiga500   
15 Jun 2021
News / Should Poland leave the EU institution? [147]

There is no nationalist "internationale"

It's called the United Nations and what the European Union ('A Community of Nations') was sopoused to be. At your extreme definiton there are frequent europe wide gatherings of right wing/nationalist types (incl polish and ukranians skins hanging out) there's even a training school akin to the soros university set up by steve bannon in italy.

Or some guaranteed independence for your judges?

Yes considering the Commission has now turned its eye on the karlsruhe for suggesting that german law acually is worth a fig, The concept that national law and constitution is sovereign, and not being trash beneathn some made up rubbish that is not in the european treaties, is worth fighting for. Look you and Takticus want to forget all about the concept of germany but some of us love Poland and want to be part of a community of nations and the original christian vision of EC/EU.
amiga500   
15 Jun 2021
News / Should Poland leave the EU institution? [147]

preferring instead a restructuring.

Yes the future Le Penn/Salvini/Kaczynski/Orban/Kurz grouping/axis in the EU will be a pleasure to watch .. :) We will cut the Commission and Court down to a more humble stature.
amiga500   
15 Jun 2021
News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]

That PiS believes in representative democracy, just not the secular liberal model. Hence they will accept defeat if defeated by the will of the populi. Of course if it's close like Bush/Gore in Florida , legal challenges are allowed.
amiga500   
15 Jun 2021
News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]

Does anyone expect them to simply accept defeat?

You may live in Poland, But to use a Zbigniew Brezinski phrase, you have such a stunningly superficial knowledge of what is going on.
amiga500   
14 Jun 2021
News / Should Poland leave the EU institution? [147]

Death of Eu or major reform to stop it's imperialist anti democratic tendencies will be one and the same.. Once Le Penn wins this or next time around and Mama Merkel ***** off, it's all over for the eurokrauts and their polish bootlickers. :)
amiga500   
27 May 2021
History / What do Poles owe to Jews? [593]

wow thats a brilliant polandball, there should be a best off polandball archive site.
amiga500   
27 May 2021
News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

I strongly doubt that current western elites is so much honest.

You totally missed mafketis point, he was talking about the masses and how they deal with the system/culture set up by the elites. Ie how are normal people living in Belarus/Russia compared to normal people in Poland?
amiga500   
27 May 2021
News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

Either become like us or get the hell out. No country benefits from or needs minorities.

By your dumb ass logic , since white people will be a minority in the USA by 2035 or so, You and your children will have to assimilate to Black/Latino culture. hahaha the irony!
amiga500   
26 May 2021
News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

Lukashenko is angry with europes response and thinking he is another edrogan has threatened to flood europe with migrants and drugs. Time for Poland and the baltic states to shut down land borders, and sanction any companies that do business with Belarus. Yes the people will suffer but this is too much. They export oil and potash. We can get from somewhere else. The country needs to be made poorer till he army rises up against him
amiga500   
25 May 2021
News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

Inside Lukashenko's brutal torture chambers: The Belarus detention centres where protesters are beaten until they pass out, starved, deprived of sleep and forced to sign confessions in 'bestial' conditions dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9615939/Lukashenkos-brutal-torture-chambers.html
amiga500   
25 May 2021
Classifieds / Used computers/electronics market in Tri-City, Poland. [12]

yes i am an expert with tech in general. What do you want to do? If you are talking about a 'dongle' that has wifi ie 802.11n. then you mean a router, a router can have a mobile broadband or 4g/5g component.
amiga500   
24 May 2021
News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

or the quality of the lives of its citizens. It's not our business.

Except debil, there are a million Polish or of Polish descent living in Belarus. And Lukashenko is especially being brutal towards anyone who identifies as polish or seeks to uphold polish language and ways, as he sees them as a threat that can be influenced by the west. We owe it to our brothers in the kresy to advocate for a goverment in belarus that treats them fairly.
amiga500   
24 May 2021
News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

more info here dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9611995/Belarus-MiG-29-threatened-SHOOT-Ryanair-jet-did-not-land.html
seems like the plane was flying as fast as possible trying to get out of belarus airpspace before mig29 arrived. i reckon his girlfriend is kgb honeypot
amiga500   
24 May 2021
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

in 1969 he released a book about Tytus in the army

I stand corrected. I thought the author was doing some subtle satire or whatnot in his books but turns out he was another bootlicker for the regime
amiga500   
23 May 2021
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

Tytus i believe!. I only had two or so comics of tytus romek i atomek when i was growing up in nigeria but i later read some were social commentaries or satire at communist regime.


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