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Raeg posted:Yeah, I enjoyed House of Cards, got to the end and wonder what the hell had went wrong. Yeah, I liked all three series but the first one gives this excellent Shakespearean air of timeless brilliance - all purely focused on the deviousness of the character and his strategies. Then before you know it there's tanks coming out of housing estates and you wonder what the gently caress happened.
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Quanta posted:I'm a snooker fan for two weeks per year as well. Yeah, but his snooker is exciting. Also I think I've met some of his friends through an old uni friend many years ago. They seemed nice enough. It's starting to look like Ronnie is going to go the way of Jimmy White, although you can never write him off doing something special. On the telly they always go on about how the fast paced quick potting game is what the viewers want to watch, but gently caress that, I love me a big hour long safety battle. I can't be the only one?
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Apr 21, 2012 22:25
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I like a scrappy game. Much more human than sitting down in awe for 10 minutes of perfect positional shots and dead-on cuing.
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Apr 21, 2012 22:30
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Brainwrong posted:I'm watching it now for the first time. Are all the acts usually this poo poo? They sound like people who would get booted off an audition on the X Factor Really? When I saw it I thought 'wow, any one of the guys would slaughter x-factor finalists' especially since apparently the x-factor uses auto tune. I saw a really good west end star get denied and while I thought it was harsh she wasn't really much better than the other auditionees.
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Apr 21, 2012 22:32
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Mr. Squishy posted:I like a scrappy game. Much more human than sitting down in awe for 10 minutes of perfect positional shots and dead-on cuing. Absolutely. I love terrible snooker, if that makes sense. Lucky escape for Higgins there, still fancy him to win, though.
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Apr 21, 2012 22:39
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Ben Soosneb posted:It's starting to look like Ronnie is going to go the way of Jimmy White, although you can never write him off doing something special. What do you mean? White never won a world championship and then sort of faded out whereas Ronnie just seems boring of being amazing and winning things and seems to be spending less time on the sport in order to concentrate on his family. I don't really see the comparison to be honest.
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Apr 21, 2012 22:56
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Jonnty posted:What do you mean? White never won a world championship and then sort of faded out whereas Ronnie just seems boring of being amazing and winning things and seems to be spending less time on the sport in order to concentrate on his family. I don't really see the comparison to be honest. I meant in the way of being a fan favourite who still brings in the crowd but get's less likely to win stuff again as time goes on. Much like Jimmy White was for years after his last appearance in a Crucible final.
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Apr 21, 2012 23:06
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Ben Soosneb posted:I meant in the way of being a fan favourite who still brings in the crowd but get's less likely to win stuff again as time goes on. Much like Jimmy White was for years after his last appearance in a Crucible final. Well to be fair, that's basically true of every snooker player, isn't it? I think the trouble is mainly that you get bored of the gruelling practice regimes before you're physically unable to play the game to the same standard anymore, which isn't true of most sports.
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Apr 21, 2012 23:10
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Anyone watch the first 2 episodes of The Bridge on BBC4? Seems fairly engaging so far what with the motives of the killer.
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Apr 21, 2012 23:11
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Jonnty posted:Well to be fair, that's basically true of every snooker player, isn't it? I think the trouble is mainly that you get bored of the gruelling practice regimes before you're physically unable to play the game to the same standard anymore, which isn't true of most sports. Yeah definitely to a certain extent, but Ronnie and Jimmy definitely have that special crowd drawing factor which draws comparisons. Nobody turned up to watch Stephen Lee when he had to qualify. That Ronnie 5min 147 break is still one of my favourite things to watch.
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Apr 21, 2012 23:20
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Geokinesis posted:Anyone watch the first 2 episodes of The Bridge on BBC4? The killer seemed omniscient, with every clue being met with "he wanted us to find this!" which is honestly kind of tiring. The lady cop is also straight spergin, far less interesting than any other character. Also, I'm getting fairly little traction from the playing with the distinctions between two countries, don't even know the stereotypes. I'll probably still watch it through, as I love a long-form murder mystery.
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Apr 21, 2012 23:27
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Ben Soosneb posted:It's starting to look like Ronnie is going to go the way of Jimmy White, although you can never write him off doing something special. Starting to? He's been washed up for years. Good riddins.
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Mickolution posted:Absolutely. I love terrible snooker, if that makes sense.
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Apr 21, 2012 23:55
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Snookerchat has reminded me that I haven't yet listened to Richard Herring's playing snooker against himself podcast. I should do that.
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Paperhouse posted:yeah, the best games are when players are all over the place mentally and can't string together decent shots and breaks. It's interesting seeing them feeling such intense pressure That's why the World Championships are so good compared to other tournaments with the length of the matches. Best of 33 semis are ridiculous.
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Apr 22, 2012 00:14
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It's awesome, it gets like cricket. Who's winning? It's only hour 11, we don't know yet.
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Apr 22, 2012 00:16
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Ben Soosneb posted:I loving hate Shaun Murphy and I hope everybody else does too. Remember how he met his wife in an internet Christian chatroom? They got a divorce a while ago. I can't remember many pieces of news that I've laughed harder at for a good long time.
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Apr 22, 2012 00:32
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Dunno why but I really like Neil Robertson and Stephen Maguire, I hope one of those two wins, or Ding, love Ding!
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Trin Tragula posted:Remember how he met his wife in an internet Christian chatroom? There's also the whole Stephen Maguire thing, which I guess is one of the reasons that everybody likes Stephen Maguire. I mean, he won the World Championship as an non top-16 massive outsider, normally everybody would like a successful underdog. I guess that the fact that nobody does is just a testament to how unlikeable he is. It's like he oozes anti-charisma. Ninja: And Ding is great.
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Mr. Squishy posted:The killer seemed omniscient, with every clue being met with "he wanted us to find this!" which is honestly kind of tiring. The lady cop is also straight spergin, far less interesting than any other character. Also, I'm getting fairly little traction from the playing with the distinctions between two countries, don't even know the stereotypes. With the killer it kind of makes sense to be 'omniscient' seeing as he has been planning it for 3+ years As for Saga I dunno the character for me at least seems to be more interesting than other similar characters. Especially showing her life where she seems content (bar sex etc) rather than having her be a sad loner.
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I suppose asking y'all to gently caress off to the sport subforum would be inappropriate? (Answer: Yes, but only because it's not a proper sport  )
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Quanta posted:I'm a snooker fan for two weeks per year as well. This reads like slash fic.
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Al2001 posted:I suppose asking y'all to gently caress off to the sport subforum would be inappropriate?
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This new Channel 4 impressions show looks absolutely terrible, from the advert it seems like every sketch has to start with 'Hello, I'm [x]!' or else you won't know who it's supposed to be. When was the last time an impressions show was actually good (if ever?) They're not even satirical any more. Hell, they're not even funny - I think all they expect from the audience from the audience is a grunt of vague recognition of who is being impersonated.
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Apr 22, 2012 12:05
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I have Dave on in the background a lot and have to ask; has anyone ever watched an ad for a show on Really without feeling contempt or despair? I'm starting to think if I ever learn someone in arm's reach of me watches it, I may be going to prison. This poo poo sounds like it should be satire.
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workinonit posted:This new Channel 4 impressions show looks absolutely terrible, from the advert it seems like every sketch has to start with 'Hello, I'm [x]!' or else you won't know who it's supposed to be.
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Ben Soosneb posted:Snookerchat has reminded me that I haven't yet listened to Richard Herring's playing snooker against himself podcast. I think I managed about 5 minutes. It's......not very enjoyable.
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BizarroAzrael posted:I have Dave on in the background a lot and have to ask; has anyone ever watched an ad for a show on Really without feeling contempt or despair? I'm starting to think if I ever learn someone in arm's reach of me watches it, I may be going to prison. This poo poo sounds like it should be satire. Don't Tell the Bride, is on there and I pretend to begrudgingly watch it with the girlfriend but in actual fact I find it fascinating. I just love it when it all works out in the end 
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Anyone watching the new Two Greedy Italians? It's absolutely fantastic, they've made it even more food pornier than the first series. Those shots of their orange rice cake ought to be banned under obscenity laws. I'm most definitely making that orzotto this week too.
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I love that show. It's great watching them bicker and argue. You get a real sense that they are buddies who've been buddies for a long, long time. Lovely TV.
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What the gently caress has happened to countdown? I havent watched it for ages (barely watch tv) but i happened to be over the ex-wife's place for an hour last week and put the tv on and there seems to be some sort of neo-nazi host along with a cards women who isnt a fit giggling milf. This world, whats happened?
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Seaside Loafer posted:What the gently caress has happened to countdown? I havent watched it for ages (barely watch tv) but i happened to be over the ex-wife's place for an hour last week and put the tv on and there seems to be some sort of neo-nazi host along with a cards women who isnt a fit giggling milf.
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Apr 23, 2012 15:35
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Richard Whiteley died then Carol Vorderman got old and crazy.
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Oben posted:Richard Whiteley died What a selfish bastard
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Oben posted:Richard Whiteley died then Carol Vorderman got old and crazy.
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Cerv posted:They told her to take a 90% pay cut or leave, so good on her for walking away. Jesus, they did? That's harsh.
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thehustler posted:Jesus, they did? That's harsh. My parents fecking love Countdown so I can confirm this did happen. My proudest memory about it was getting Meteor when I was 14  .
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SeanBeansShako posted:My parents fecking love Countdown so I can confirm this did happen. My proudest memory about it was getting Meteor when I was 14 I got the Countdown Conundrum once and thought I was loving Einstein for the rest of the day. Most of the time I can barely get more than 4 letters.
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