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The Bourne universe

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One day, while reading some posts on the IMDB forum, I stumbled upon a nice discussion about realistic spy movies. People were arguing that most recent spy movies, with superhero-level action sequences and violence, too-good-to-be-authentic women and incredible weapons and gadgets, were, for lack of a better word, becoming quite boring and predictable.

They were saying that old-school spy movies with realistic people and realistic situations were much better… They kept mentioning the Bourne series of movies:

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Having watched all the four movies and rated all of them 9/10, we can tell you that they are among the best spy movies we have seen since a very long time. The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum were the original trilogy with Matt Damon as actor. The Bourne Legacy is an expansion of the Bourne universe and features Jeremy Renner.

Another movie they kept mentioning was Ronin which we had not yet watched.

Have fun watching the Bourne movies. We’re sure you’ll like all of them.

Discovering La Cambuse

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We thought we knew every beach in Mauritius but, oh man, we were wrong.

Last week, I stumbled upon an article online claiming that La Cambuse was the best beach in Mauritius and I realised that I’ve never been there despite being 42 years old. Yesterday, Christina, the kids and I drove there and it was an amazing experience for us.

The place is pristine, the views are scenic, the sea is wonderful to swim in and, being so remote, it’s a welcome change from our usual Flic-en-Flac or the beaches in the North. I don’t know if I’ll go there every week-end (maybe not) but I have already told some members of my family that we need to organise a camping there. Interestingly, the National Coast Guard members train there so there is nothing to worry about as far as security is concerned.

I only hope that the new hotels being built in the vicinity won’t impact on our liberty to get there and enjoy life.

Our favourite TV shows (series)

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We tend to spend quite a lot of time every week watching TV shows (series), especially American series. Here are our some of our favourites new TV shows:

  • Fargo — Our rating: 10/10 — Ok then. When everything can go wrong. And goes wrong.
  • The Americans — Our rating: 9/10 — Married Soviet spies in America with a lot of problems to solve…
  • Halt and Catch Fire — Our rating: 9/10 — Young geeks and the beginning of the Silicon Valley (re: Silicon Valley).
  • Mr. Robot — Our rating: 9/10 — Still trying to make sense of it: computers + mental disorder.
  • Castle — Our rating: 8/10 — Book-writer cum private investigator married to a police detective.
  • Sherlock — Our rating: 8/10 — Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson but with a new twist.
  • Silicon Valley — Our rating: 8/10 — Young geeks and the current Silicon Valley (re: Halt and Catch Fire).
  • The Big Bang Theory — Our rating: 7/10 — The (caricatural) lives of scientists.
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Our rating: 7/10 — A hilarious police precinct.
  • Modern Family — Our rating: 7/10 — Modern families in the US.

Here are a few additional (old) ones that we keep around because, well, we love them:

  • Firefly — Our rating: 10/10 — The best sci-fi TV show ever.
  • Fawlty Towers — Our rating: 10/10 — Monty Python in a hotel.
  • Yes Minister — Our rating: 10/10 — What politicians really are.
  • 30 Rock — Our rating: 9/10 — A dysfunctional and hilarious TV network.
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer — Our rating: 9/10 — Souvenirs of when I was a kid.
  • Lie to Me — Our rating: 9/10 — Genius microexpression interpretation.
  • Love Thy Neighbour — Our rating: 9/10 — When racism was fashionable. Wait. This is still the case.
  • That ’70s Show — Our rating: 9/10 — Young people in the 70s. With Mila Kunis.
  • The IT Crowd — Our rating: 8/10 — Have you switched if off and on again?
  • Spy — Our rating: 8/10 — When someone becomes a MI5 spy by mistake.
  • Scully — Our rating: 7/10 — Scouser’s dream to become a Liverpool FC player.
  • Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace — Our rating: 7/10 — Absolutely nonsensical.
  • One Piece — Our rating: 7/10 — Kyan’s favourite.

What about you?

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