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Gorn Myson posted:Gave up on them after the rave reviews of Line of Duty, a show made up entirely of robots who endlessly barked police rules and procedure at each other while investigating an expertly trained, well funded paramilitary group that was responsible for all the crimes.
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I don't think there was any more of the teacher and his wife plot in s3 than there was murderer cop and the serial killer in s2. I liked the series 2 plot better though.
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The main TLR/Catherine plotline was awesome, and genuinely heart wrenching at its conclusion, but yeah, it still kind of amazes me that a big flagship show like this can be so clumsy with its side plots. They must have had enough time to write and produce it to figure out how to fit everything they needed to into the six hours... But obviously not I guess.
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Feb 6, 2023 22:07
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Every year the apprentice gets worse and every year I keep coming back. Also, I didnt rewind to check but did one of the people they were pitching to this week describe himself as The chief executive of the motorcycle industry ?
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Tea Bone posted:Also, I didnt rewind to check but did one of the people they were pitching to this week describe himself as The chief executive of the motorcycle industry ? Yes! What the hell was that about??
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Feb 7, 2023 03:43
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I loving love The Apprentice and live for this kind of poo poo, in many ways it's a drat shame that one of the UK's, if not the world's, most horrific cunts is the face of it.
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Feb 7, 2023 10:49
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there is only one true king of motorcycles and it is this man
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crispix posted:there is only one true king of motorcycles and it is this man God, remember Pickle? fuckin Pickle
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 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64563839 Oh man, I can't help but worry that someone wished on a monkey paw to cause this. I'd love it to be good, but the chance of that is what, 10%? And otherwise the nation will have to go back and pick a new "perfect sitcom" to put on the pedestal.
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Feb 8, 2023 09:57
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Less than 1%, it’s going to be loving awful and full of him whining about woke people or whatever
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Feb 8, 2023 10:03
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Heavy_D posted:
It's going to be terrible, and Cleese is going to blame the wokerati when no one watches it.
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Feb 8, 2023 10:06
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I notice none of the articles mention who would broadcast this. My guess is that it wouldn't be the BBC, so probably a streamer, but nothing seems very concreate in what I've read. I'm sure someone would buy it, but Cleese seems like such a prick, I doubt this will ever happen.
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I genuinely hope he, well...not dies, but suffers some sort of life changing accident before he is able to make this. John Cleese is very much a "was once a very funny man, now up there with Piers Morgan in terms of people I wouldn't get tired of punching in the face" kind of person Dell_Zincht fucked around with this message at 15:13 on Feb 8, 2023 |
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Feb 8, 2023 11:38
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Heavy_D posted:
They already did that it's called Only Fools and Horses
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Mickolution posted:I notice none of the articles mention who would broadcast this. My guess is that it wouldn't be the BBC, so probably a streamer, but nothing seems very concreate in what I've read. I'm sure someone would buy it, but Cleese seems like such a prick, I doubt this will ever happen. somehow I assumed it would be Dave. probably since they endlessly repeat the originals and like the Red Dwarf revival. but you're right, no channel mentioned. would be funny if no-one did and they ended up self publishing on Youtube or some shite.
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Feb 8, 2023 11:49
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BBC runs UKTV, who own Dave, so it would technically be a BBC production if so.
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Cerv posted:somehow I assumed it would be Dave. probably since they endlessly repeat the originals and like the Red Dwarf revival. Hadn't considered Dave. Could they afford it or pay more than Netflix/Amazon, though? Same goes for Britbox, though I have no idea how much money they have behind them. I imagine he would want a decent amount of money for doing it.
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Feb 8, 2023 12:00
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Has his daughter done anything of note? I didn't even know she existed.
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goatface posted:Has his daughter done anything of note? I didn't even know she existed. Looks like she's just a middling American standup comedian.
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Feb 8, 2023 12:45
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Probably GB News will make their first foray into scripted material with this one
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So her dad, one of the most influential comedians of the 20th century, can't make her, a comedian, a household name? Pretty poor attempt at the nepobaby thing.
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Feb 8, 2023 13:25
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Nobody was asking for it and it is sadly going to suck.
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HopperUK posted:God, remember Pickle? Better than Majida, at least The fact I knew her name without having to Google it first is a worrying indication of how many times i've re-watched Knightmare as an adult
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It'll be like modern dilbert - where the put upon poo poo character who hates everything and the show used to roast is suddenly the embattled hero against the world of the Woke His daughter says poo poo about people being woke too
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eating only apples posted:I don't think there was any more of the teacher and his wife plot in s3 than there was murderer cop and the serial killer in s2. I liked the series 2 plot better though. The series 2 finale wraps up everything except the murderer cop with 30 minutes left. Not quite 'oh yeah boss we caught that lad.' Channel 5 have ghoulishly fast tracked a programme about Nicola Bulley to air tomorrow evening. And Reece the lip licker from The Apprentice quit over health reasons apparently.
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Just caught up on Happy Valley and I thought it was great. You're all wrong.
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Coming in a year late to say I'm also mad about the Dutch angles in the Ipcress File. I haven't read the book in 25 years or something so I barely remember the plot, it was fine? I mean I never liked the book and I understand why they don't make the Game Set Match trilogy but it's so pointless doing those Harry Palmer books because it's like doing Le Carre and only adapting Call For The Dead or something.
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algebra testes posted:Coming in a year late to say I'm also mad about the Dutch angles in the Ipcress File. I tried watching it, but it looked (a) weirdly cheap and (b) EVERY shot was a Dutch angle?!
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The movie did a similar stylistic thing that actually becomes kind of annoying once you start seeing it everywhere. the camera is very often viewing the action through a window, or through glass, or some other sort of frame But I have no idea why that series looked as cheap as it did. I stopped watching because it just felt like I was watching something on CBBC, couldn't take it seriously.
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We've just started watching Marie Antoinette. Seems pretty fun so far , has that same off kilter wooziness that The Favourite had (unsurprising given its lineage), and the cast are great.
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Heavy_D posted:
i hope he chokes to death on scampi before this can be filmed i'd be kinder to him really
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Heavy_D posted:
The new Manuel is going to be Albanian. You know it 'could' work if Fawlty is the new version of the Major from the old series. Going senile, racist as gently caress, and the 'new' Basil trying to stop him. Or maybe not.
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lovely old man
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happyhippy posted:The new Manuel is going to be Albanian. Absolutely 0 chance. Fawlty as written is basically Cleese now, he's undergone full Scott Adamsification.
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Started the new Alan Partridge live show on Prime. Got about a third of the way through and turned it off. It wasn't particularly funny, in fact actively awkward at times, and AP in an arena just creates too much cognitive dissonance for me. He's definitely at his best in the small confines of a sitcom, as almost all comedic characters are.
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algebra testes posted:Coming in a year late to say I'm also mad about the Dutch angles in the Ipcress File. For the longest time Tarantino talked about doing the Game Set Match trilogy. He has Robert Forster reading one of them in JACKIE BROWN. I assume the reason it's never come to frution is some rights issues. There's a 1988 adaptation of the books with Ian Holm as Samson. It's...fine? The Granada TV look is the biggest slight against it, and there's some truly dreadful ADR going on. There's whole scenes where any time Holm is on camera it's his glum face and when it's not he's delivering his lines noticably louder and clearer than the dialogue in the rest of the scene is.
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The Perfect Element posted:Started the new Alan Partridge live show on Prime. Got about a third of the way through and turned it off. It wasn't particularly funny, in fact actively awkward at times, and AP in an arena just creates too much cognitive dissonance for me. Yeah we watched this on Friday, it's funny in spots but mostly a bit of a dud. The character and humour don't translate to live material very well, definitely not in an arena. The segment with the woman pulled out of the audience was painfully unfunny.
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DrVenkman posted:For the longest time Tarantino talked about doing the Game Set Match trilogy. He has Robert Forster reading one of them in JACKIE BROWN. I assume the reason it's never come to frution is some rights issues. There's a 1988 adaptation of the books with Ian Holm as Samson. It's...fine? The Granada TV look is the biggest slight against it, and there's some truly dreadful ADR going on. There's whole scenes where any time Holm is on camera it's his glum face and when it's not he's delivering his lines noticably louder and clearer than the dialogue in the rest of the scene is. My understanding from an article years ago is Deighton hated the last adaptation and personally bought the rights to stop it from going on DVD or streaming and won't let people make it again unless they promise to make all 9 or something. Still I eagerly await Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy.
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The Perfect Element posted:Started the new Alan Partridge live show on Prime. Got about a third of the way through and turned it off. It wasn't particularly funny, in fact actively awkward at times, and AP in an arena just creates too much cognitive dissonance for me. That's a shame. I was at one of the live shows and it was pretty good. Certainly on the broader side of his stuff, but an enjoyable evening.
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