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Bit surprised by the mostly negative reaction to Sirens I thought it was fine for a first episode. But I didn't really see much of the marketing for the show maybe people expected something different?
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LE0N posted:At the end of the day this >>http://i.imgur.com/DW6TI.jpg<< was probably my higlight of bbc's glasto coverage. Clicked expecting the Pikachu flag. Wasn't entirely disappointed.
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Jun 28, 2011 12:05
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Man, I was proper looking forward to Sirens but it sounds like proper crap. So many of my friends have been bashing it and I almost don't want to watch it now. 
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Jun 28, 2011 12:13
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Zorba the Greek posted:Man, I was proper looking forward to Sirens but it sounds like proper crap. So many of my friends have been bashing it and I almost don't want to watch it now. I enjoyed it well enough. Not life-changing or anything, but it was all right v  v
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Rarity posted:I enjoyed it well enough. Not life-changing or anything, but it was all right v I thought it was bloody awful (well, the 20 or so minutes of it I endured, anyway). Maybe it just wasn't my cup of tea! 
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Jun 28, 2011 17:06
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I'm really undecided about Sirens. I kind of felt that the humour needed to be a bit more morbid. I enjoyed it more by the end as I realised I was watching something more melancholic than I was expecting.
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Jun 28, 2011 17:12
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Yeah, i was expecting something along the lines of Green Wing without the over the top wacky segments.
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Jun 28, 2011 18:15
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God, that's an unhealthy amount of Chuckle Brother's stuff (is there a healthy amount?) I love that rumour that goes around that Barry is actually Paul's father. So many people are fooled by it.
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Jun 28, 2011 18:44
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Ddraig posted:God, that's an unhealthy amount of Chuckle Brother's stuff (is there a healthy amount?) I was quite impressed by The Marriage Ref, to be honest. When it came on I was expecting dross and then Dermot O'Leary and Jack Dee appeared which gave it a veneer of respectability. I was a bit confused by the way most of them voted though, why vote in favour of the man who only eats sausage rolls? Or the woman who constantly wastes money shopping for things she doesn't need? Alright as they say she was shopping inside her means, but that doesn't somehow become "Yes wasting money on poo poo is fine".
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Jun 28, 2011 19:03
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Taear posted:that doesn't somehow become "Yes wasting money on poo poo is fine".
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Jun 28, 2011 19:12
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I can't seem to find any of the comedy in Angry Boys at the moment, anyone else experincing this?
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Jun 28, 2011 21:30
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Gram-O-Phone posted:I thought it was bloody awful (well, the 20 or so minutes of it I endured, anyway). I think its biggest problem (going off the first episode which is potentially stupid) is that the main character is the least interesting of the 3 paramedic characters, and pretty monotone, which pretty much did my head in. I'll maybe give it a second look at some point but yeah, I wasn't sold on this first episode either.
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Jun 28, 2011 21:48
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Jun 28, 2011 22:13
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knees of putty posted:drat. Luther is good, if a bit gruesome. It's very enjoyable fluff. And I approve of the writers naming more villains Cameron.
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Jun 28, 2011 22:43
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knees of putty posted:drat. Luther is good, if a bit gruesome. Yeah, smacking people in the head with a hammer is pretty loving nasty. Always makes me squirm and horrible violence doesn't usually bother me. The only other thing in that episode which bothered me was the laser printer making dot-matrix noises. Sound effects guy needs a smack.
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Jun 28, 2011 23:33
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SeanBeansShako posted:I can't seem to find any of the comedy in Angry Boys at the moment, anyone else experincing this? Personally I'm loving it for the most part. I do find the "gay style" stuff a little OTT, but I suppose that's what it's meant to be given just how awful and exploitative that woman is. As for the humour, like most of Chris Lilley's stuff, that tends to come from just how straight he plays the characters, who for the most part tend to be quite believable and utterly unaware what total idiots or monsters they are. It's rarely laugh-out-loud stuff, I will admit, but neither was Summer Heights High or We Can Be Heroes for the most part.
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Jun 28, 2011 23:49
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Flatscan posted:Yeah, smacking people in the head with a hammer is pretty loving nasty. Always makes me squirm and horrible violence doesn't usually bother me. didn't this happen in series one with the dude killing prostitutes, and his wife clobbered him with a hammer as he was being arrested?
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Jun 29, 2011 00:00
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Flatscan posted:Yeah, smacking people in the head with a hammer is pretty loving nasty. Always makes me squirm and horrible violence doesn't usually bother me. Not Schenk having his password in a notebook in his desk? It's just too much of an easy cliche.
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Jun 29, 2011 00:02
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Yeah I just finished series one of Luther and after doing so I immediately wiki'd the show and hoped it wasn't cancelled. So I find out series two is only four episodes? Did BBC order less because of ratings or was it the production's decision? I ask this because I really really enjoy the show and would love to see more Idris Elba.
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ChuckDHead posted:Personally I'm loving it for the most part. I do find the "gay style" stuff a little OTT, but I suppose that's what it's meant to be given just how awful and exploitative that woman is. I got to say, it oddly addictive though.
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Cerv posted:Not Schenk having his password in a notebook in his desk? It's just too much of an easy cliche. Not at all, I've worked in IT. Having it in a notebook is actually a little too security concious for most users, a post-it under the keyboard or mousemat is what they usually go for. That is, if it's not just written on the front of their loving monitor.
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Flatscan posted:Not at all, I've worked in IT. Having it in a notebook is actually a little too security concious for most users, a post-it under the keyboard or mousemat is what they usually go for. That is, if it's not just written on the front of their loving monitor. Fair enough. It's one of those "cliched because it's true" things. D&D nerd not being a fatty fatass though. That's just ridiculous.
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Flatscan posted:Not at all, I've worked in IT. Having it in a notebook is actually a little too security concious for most users, a post-it under the keyboard or mousemat is what they usually go for. That is, if it's not just written on the front of their loving monitor. I work for a 2FA IT security company, and we regularly give away post-its with "NOT FOR PASSWORDS" emblazoned on them
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SeanBeansShako posted:I got to say, it oddly addictive though. Absolutely. I was really happy to click on the info button at the start of the episode and see "Angry Boys (6/12)". I was convinced tonight was the finale until that. By the way, if you want to see some more decent Australian comedy, get into John Safran. John Safran's Music Jamboree, John Safran Vs God, and John Safran's Race Relations are all very amusing stuff (except the Haiti episode of John Safran vs God in with the voodoo goat sacrifice). He does all sorts of interviews and sketches about issues relating to whatever subject he's chosen to assault in his latest series, and it tends to be a combination of hilarious and thought-provoking. Here he is meeting the KKK despite being Jewish. ChuckDHead fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Jun 29, 2011 |
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Jun 29, 2011 00:36
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Thanks to everyone who recommended Adam and Joe's stuff. Finally got round to downloading a bunch of podcasts this week. Good stuff.
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Neutron Bandit posted:Yeah I just finished series one of Luther and after doing so I immediately wiki'd the show and hoped it wasn't cancelled. So I find out series two is only four episodes? Did BBC order less because of ratings or was it the production's decision? I ask this because I really really enjoy the show and would love to see more Idris Elba. I would guess its due to the cost of each episode, it always looks kinda pricey. Hand on heart I've got to say Luther is probably one of he best British made television shows in a while. I know its just a"detective" show but its so well crafted. The opening scene at the garage forecourt was just ridiculous in how good it was.
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Does the fact that I'm really looking forward to the new series of undercover boss preclude me from posting in this thread/ever having opinions on anything ever again?
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So I met Johnny Ball. Had a colleague at the university ask him some basic questions like "What has it been like being here?" and "are the kids enjoying it?" and "what advice do you have for any budding scientists here today". Without fail, every answer segued into a rant about how he hates politicians, or the green lobby, and how he wished politics was out of science, etc. I can see his point, but he did come across as really ranty for no reason. He was a lovely man though, very approachable but bonkers. 
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Since someone mentioned it earlier - Collins' blog about his falling out with Herring http://wherediditallgorightblog.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/the-break-up/ Herring's reply http://wherediditallgorightblog.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/the-break-up/#comment-23249
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thehustler posted:So I met Johnny Ball. Had a colleague at the university ask him some basic questions like "What has it been like being here?" and "are the kids enjoying it?" and "what advice do you have for any budding scientists here today". I used to work in the call centre of a popular international florist, and took a call from him, and apropos of nothing at all he launched into a massive rant about nuclear power and how there wasn't a single scientific brain amongst the environmental movement. It was great, I just switched my brain off until he was ready to place his order.
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Cerv posted:Fair enough. It's one of those "cliched because it's true" things. There's a tonne of cliches in this, and in the recent shadow line too. It's almost as if they made a concious decision to focus on the acting and the production and screw the writing. The serial killer aspect of the show so far has been the weakest part. Perhaps this is intentional, trying to evoke some sense of "random poo poo happens every day", but no doubt that this show is held together by Idris Elba and the classy production, both audially and visually and they deliver.
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thehustler posted:So I met Johnny Ball. Had a colleague at the university ask him some basic questions like "What has it been like being here?" and "are the kids enjoying it?" and "what advice do you have for any budding scientists here today". How does one go about booking Johnny Ball for something? He sounds like he'd be a good fit for Skeptics in the Pub.
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FreakyZoid posted:Since someone mentioned it earlier - Collins' blog about his falling out with Herring Aw, that's quite sad really, they fallen out like a married couple.
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Just caught up with Luthor and it was a nice idea (the dice thing was cool), but the stuff in the office rampage felt odd to me. Maybe it's just the places i worked, but if someone was going at people with a hammer and a waterpistol (albeit one with acid) there'd be more of a bumrush action against the guy than mass evacuation of the 100+ people there. I mean, the previews for the next one show a guy in a trainstation. If that were Queens or Central, they'd have the poo poo kicked out of them in minutes. On top of that, i'm not really all that engaged with this hooker sideplot and it's almost as nonsensical as the psychopathic relationship in the first series. He's got this girl with him who's obviously the only leverage these people have against him and rather than put her somewhere safe he keeps her at his place where the bad guys can get to her at any time.  He's only "over a barrel" because he keeps on straddling the loving thing. It makes no sense for a character as smart as Luther to even be in that situation.At least in the first series that psycho lady was equally as smart as him and the relationship could be seen as one where he was seeking evidence that evolved into something weirder, but this... it's just off.
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Kin posted:Just caught up with Luthor and it was a nice idea (the dice thing was cool), but the stuff in the office rampage felt odd to me. Maybe it's just the places i worked, but if someone was going at people with a hammer and a waterpistol (albeit one with acid) there'd be more of a bumrush action against the guy than mass evacuation of the 100+ people there. quote:On top of that, i'm not really all that engaged with this hooker sideplot and it's almost as nonsensical as the psychopathic relationship in the first series. He's got this girl with him who's obviously the only leverage these people have against him and rather than put her somewhere safe he keeps her at his place where the bad guys can get to her at any time.
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Brown Moses posted:Aw, that's quite sad really, they fallen out like a married couple. Both posts have been deleted from the look of it. Whagowan ?
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I really like Luther but the writing is atrocious sometimes. I watched in last night in a quite a state so I can't remember any specifics but the dialogue seems clunky sometimes, maybe it's just because Gray and the hooker can't act, Ripley is pretty bad too. I missed Alice and Paul McGann in this one. Idris is great though, I don't even think about Stringer Bell when Luther's on, great characterisation. Fake Edit: That scene in the church was terrible dialogue-wise.
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Both posts have been deleted from the look of it. Whagowan ? It sounds like they had a bit of a falling out when Andrew Collins decided to do some shows without Richard Herring, they both just sounded a bit disapointed in each other, it wasn't nasty.
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Cerv posted:Liverpool St station. Going to be full of bankers so expect 'everyman for himself'.
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Both posts have been deleted from the look of it. Whagowan ? Collins: http://pastebin.com/8ZQU6Czs Herring: http://pastebin.com/ZTiZhCXD
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