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Meh, I watched it last night, and it left me wanting more. It delt more with Turing dealing with homosexuality than exploring his discoveries in depth. I was d

• nobody314159265 15y ago
  It's a TV program. What proportion of the TV viewing public are more interested in the entscheidungsproblem compared to sex and death ? On the other hand, at least it wasn't BBC. Then it would have somebody on a bike doing zany things (cos science is fun) that fit in a specific section of schools curriculum (so they meet their public service quota)
  • iambot 15y ago
    I agree, and as such my comment served the thread by warning those visiting HN, that unless they were looking for a melodrama, it was probably not worth watching. Just my opinion, but that's (part of) what comments are for.
    • nobody314159265 15y ago
      I just assume TV programs about science/engineering, even British ones, will be disappointing. Oddly the maths in Derek Jacobi's portrayal is very good - but the human drama doesn't always work. In one scene he is talking to the commanding officer who says all this sex business is just youthfulness and it doesn't really matter when you get older. But a 20something Turing is played by a 50something Jacobi who looks 20years older than the actor playing the C/O!
  • timthorn 15y ago
    You've obviously not been watching BBC4 - I really recommend keeping an eye on their schedules.
• epo 15y ago
  At what point did it ever say it was about "his discoveries in depth"? The programme was what it was, the fact that it wasn't the programme you wanted to watch meant you should have read the description or switched off earlier.