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Cichlid the Loach posted:About a million years after first posting about it, I finally finished State of Play. Wow! I think I may need some time to digest. And maybe a rewatch, knowing what I know now. Awesome isn't it? If you want to keep it that way, don't watch the Hollywood remake
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Steve Coogan posted:As a huge fan of Top Gear. I normally regard the presenters' brand of irreverence as a part of the rough and tumble that goes with having a sense of humour. I've been on the show three times and had a go at their celebrity-lap challenge, and I would love to receive a fourth invite. But I think that's unlikely once they have read this. If, however, it makes the Lads question their behaviour for a second – ambitious, I know – it will be worth it.
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# ? Feb 6, 2011 16:24 |
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Coogan is right. Tit-for-tat retaliation followed by statute-of-limitations forgiveness is optimal strategy, yes.
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# ? Feb 6, 2011 16:47 |
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This is great too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0i0RXMvzMs He's not even a real hamster!
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# ? Feb 6, 2011 16:55 |
Has Coogan done any books at all? I have the sudden urge to read more of his stuff. But yeah he has a point. Picking on Mexico is such a lame thing to do too.
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wickles posted:This is great too That entire DVD is well worth watching. It was the first thing that sprang to mind after seeing Coogan refer to Hammond as the squirt standing behind the school bully. If you prefer a milder comedian, please ask for one if anyone is curious.
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MisterLizard posted:That entire DVD is well worth watching. It was the first thing that sprang to mind after seeing Coogan refer to Hammond as the squirt standing behind the school bully. I need to get this, saw it live and it was AMAZING. also, you have the best avatar/username ever
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# ? Feb 6, 2011 17:30 |
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It's hilarious that the Top Gear viewers in the thread on here don't get Lee, and can't see what is wrong with the Mexican comments. It is like they are stereotypes of Top Gear viewers.
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# ? Feb 6, 2011 18:07 |
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Fatkraken posted:I need to get this, saw it live and it was AMAZING. Saw it live and thought it was just ok. Far better on the DVD, though. Having said that, it's not as good as the previous 2 or 3.
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# ? Feb 6, 2011 18:11 |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x8fw4 Outcasts starts tomorrow at 9 on BBC1. Looks interesting, plus it has Apollo in it and I loved it when he was fat.
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Oh god, it's that woman. The one with the face.
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Ratjaculation posted:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x8fw4
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Ratjaculation posted:Looks interesting, plus it has Apollo in it and I loved it when he was fat. I noticed this while I was flicking through my sister's SFX. I may have squeed a little. I will definitely be checking this out, the rest of the cast looks great too.
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# ? Feb 6, 2011 19:08 |
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:It's hilarious that the Top Gear viewers in the thread on here don't get Lee, and can't see what is wrong with the Mexican comments. It is like they are stereotypes of Top Gear viewers. It's also hilarious watching the morons in there kick off with knee jerk reactions that anyone who disagrees with them is a flat out racist, racist, RACIST, RAAAAAACIIIIIST. This is why shows like Episodes are thing that actually happen.
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# ? Feb 6, 2011 19:11 |
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Brainwrong posted:Awesome isn't it? If you want to keep it that way, don't watch the Hollywood remake [of State of Play] I've heard that the Hollywood remake is actually pretty good, and enough of its own entity that either way it doesn't ruin the miniseries or anything. Not that I feel any particular need to see it.
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Kin posted:It's also hilarious watching the morons in there kick off with knee jerk reactions that anyone who disagrees with them is a flat out racist, racist, RACIST, RAAAAAACIIIIIST. Kin posted:No, i'm idiotest. Lovely Joe Stalin fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Feb 6, 2011 |
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Hahaha, that Top Gear thread is terrible.
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Kin posted:It's also hilarious watching the morons in there kick off with knee jerk reactions that anyone who disagrees with them is a flat out racist, racist, RACIST, RAAAAAACIIIIIST. But what they said was racist. Horribly so. And anyone who has no problem with it is racist. It's like if they'd gone on about blacks stealing tv's or jews stealing all the money and then complaining that people are too quick to shout racist when they call you out on it. You're a racist and so are half the people in the top gear thread. gently caress off. Tardstar fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Feb 6, 2011 |
# ? Feb 6, 2011 20:19 |
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Regardless of whether the comments were racist or not, they were utterly dull, predictable and unfunny.
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# ? Feb 6, 2011 20:23 |
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Oh, God, can we not drag this argument into this thread and ruin it as well? The Top Gear thread just hurts to read now--the stupid, circular argument disgusts me more than the actual comments did.
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# ? Feb 6, 2011 20:56 |
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Oh god, it's that woman. The one with the face. The one they tried to play as the hottest woman to ever work at MI5 in Spooks? In a show that's boasted Keely Hawes, that girl who got her face dunked in chip fat, the cute blonde with the short hair, Adam's wife and Harry I never understood why men kept falling for her.
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Uncertain Frog posted:The one they tried to play as the hottest woman to ever work at MI5 in Spooks? Yes, her ! She looks like knapped flint.
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:It never fails to amaze me how much you always miss the point in things Rapey.
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# ? Feb 6, 2011 21:52 |
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Ratjaculation posted:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x8fw4 I'm 99% certain this will be poo poo, it's the type of programme the BBC has never done well in the past.
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Brown Moses posted:I'm 99% certain this will be poo poo, it's the type of programme the BBC has never done well in the past. It looks good, but then so did The Deep.
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Flatscan posted:It looks good, but then so did The Deep. gently caress YOU THE DEEP WAS AWESOME OK so actually the deep wasn't awesome, but I still enjoyed the poo poo out of it, cheesy predictability and all. gently caress the haters, more Minnie driver slumming it on TV and ex ER actors wondering where the hell it all went wrong The writer has done a bunch of stuff for Spooks which I don't watch, some show called "party animals" and something called "the fixer", neither of which I've heard of (the former seems to be a drama about lobbyists, the latter a thriller about assassins). Spooks is fairly well liked around here so it might bode well.
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# ? Feb 7, 2011 01:03 |
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the thing with the mexican comments on Top Gear that was odd was how Richard Hammond, who normally limits his input in the studio to small quips and rebuttals to Clarkson, decided to open his mouth and let that verbal shite spew out (which is usually left to Clarkson). It was asif he'd been waiting for an opportunity to unleash his vitriol in an uncharacteristic outburst. And it really was incredibly unfunny.
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# ? Feb 7, 2011 01:19 |
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I think the reason it wasn't funny is that it wasn't delivered as a joke. It was just an extremely privileged, white, mid-life crisis saying something venomous about developing-world brown people. On the BBC's flagship entertainment programme.
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# ? Feb 7, 2011 01:50 |
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Fatkraken posted:The writer has done a bunch of stuff for Spooks which I don't watch, some show called "party animals" and something called "the fixer", neither of which I've heard of (the former seems to be a drama about lobbyists, the latter a thriller about assassins). Spooks is fairly well liked around here so it might bode well. Which series of Spooks? The first 3 were amazing, but the it steadilly went downhill to the point where i just couldn't muster the effort to watch anything more of... season 5 i think.
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# ? Feb 7, 2011 01:58 |
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Fatkraken posted:gently caress YOU THE DEEP WAS AWESOME The Fixer was actually really good, Daily Mail reader trolling at it's finest. The Deep on the other hand sucked big cock.
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# ? Feb 7, 2011 02:12 |
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Things I learned this week (last week): Mexicans are lazy Zionist Jews are naughty Humanity is amazing
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# ? Feb 7, 2011 03:42 |
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BBC sci-fi drama efforts are always shite It will be like incredibly earnest and the fx will be that not quite good standard.
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# ? Feb 7, 2011 09:03 |
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:It's hilarious that the Top Gear viewers in the thread on here don't get Lee, and can't see what is wrong with the Mexican comments. It is like they are stereotypes of Top Gear viewers. A great thing about Stewart Lee is that he satirises people who won't like his act, during the act, and actually does it throughout the Top Gear bit, something lost on people who prefer stuff like the American stand-ups he takes the piss out of. The absolute pinnacle being lying flat on his back off stage screaming about Del Boy falling through the bar, before looking at the camera and resignedly saying, "That's what you like."
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hookerbot 5000 posted:Speaking of John Simm / Philip Glenister tv, has anyone heard anything good about Mad Dogs? http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/feb/05/simm-glenister-mad-sdogs-sky I don't have Sky so trying to decide how much effort to put into seeing it. I don't think I've ever seen John Simm in anything disappointing, he seems quite choosy in his roles.
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# ? Feb 7, 2011 10:45 |
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Wait I don't understand. Are people under the impression that the things the top gear presenters say are somehow off the cuff and not entirely scripted beforehand? You're acting like Richard Hammond was sitting there thinking "this is it, this is my time to let everyone know how poo poo those loving mexicans are, I just have to wait for a natural opening in the improvised conversation about cars...!" Someone wrote that line (possibly Hammond himself) and somebody saw it and somebody approved it. The problem isn't just the idiot presenters, it's more systemic and insidious than that.
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# ? Feb 7, 2011 10:47 |
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Akuma posted:Wait I don't understand. Are people under the impression that the things the top gear presenters say are somehow off the cuff and not entirely scripted beforehand? You're acting like Richard Hammond was sitting there thinking "this is it, this is my time to let everyone know how poo poo those loving mexicans are, I just have to wait for a natural opening in the improvised conversation about cars...!" I presume Top Gear doesn't air live also?
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# ? Feb 7, 2011 11:23 |
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Padje posted:I presume Top Gear doesn't air live also?
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# ? Feb 7, 2011 11:28 |
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Topgear is recorded on wednesdays. Which is why the news is normally a little behind (or a week behind if it happens before sunday)
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# ? Feb 7, 2011 12:41 |
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I'm guessing one of their producers will get it in the neck but knowing management they'll cover their backs and it'll probably be blamed on an AP/other jr staff. e: Rude Dude With Tude fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Feb 7, 2011 |
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Akuma posted:Wait I don't understand. Are people under the impression that the things the top gear presenters say are somehow off the cuff and not entirely scripted beforehand? You're acting like Richard Hammond was sitting there thinking "this is it, this is my time to let everyone know how poo poo those loving mexicans are, I just have to wait for a natural opening in the improvised conversation about cars...!" I'm inclined to believe that given the prominence of the show, the stars get to say pretty much what they want.
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