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This series of The Hour was far better than the last. It really deserved to be on BBC One. I thought the finale, though, was overly bleak and uncompromising. But that could just be because we're used to predictable endings on British TV. I felt the final scene with Freddy laying on the ground on the verge of death was quite a blatant attempt by the writer to force the BBC into commissioning a third series Is Freddy dead??? Will he and Bel ever get together??? If ever there was a case of BBC needing to ignore viewing figures and continuing with a programme because of its quality, then this is it.
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McDragon posted:Yeah, to me Bill Bailey just comes off as knowing a bunch of interesting things really. He's not afraid to play the fool either, so I doubt he gives a gently caress about getting the answers right. I'd be very surprised if it was him.
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piratepilates posted:How does Angus Deayton keep getting work? He's not particularly bad at anything but he's just...there. He can't say anything that really comes out funny, he can't seem to deliver any line with any emotion what so ever, he doesn't come up with anything on the spot either. I'm sure he's quite good at doing things in as few takes as possible but surely there's someone out there who can do that while also coming off as more than a granite slab. He was involved in several incredibly funny and well done programs that knocked about in the late eighties and early nineties before HIGNFY. Most recent thing I saw him in was the last series of Nighty Nighty over half a decade ago now.
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Dec 16, 2012 15:56
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piratepilates posted:How does Angus Deayton keep getting work? He's not particularly bad at anything but he's just...there. He can't say anything that really comes out funny, he can't seem to deliver any line with any emotion what so ever, he doesn't come up with anything on the spot either. I'm sure he's quite good at doing things in as few takes as possible but surely there's someone out there who can do that while also coming off as more than a granite slab. Personally I would love to see him presenting HIGNFY again if only as a guest presenter. It would either be awesome compelling TV or a train wreck. What's not to love?
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Dec 16, 2012 17:24
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Dec 16, 2012 17:58
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In QI, it really does seem that Bill is very knowledgeable about animals/biology. I remember he told a story of how his wife got him a fossilized dinosaur egg as a present, so it definitely seems like it's something he's very interested in.
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Ddraig posted:In QI, it really does seem that Bill is very knowledgeable about animals/biology. I remember he told a story of how his wife got him a fossilized dinosaur egg as a present, so it definitely seems like it's something he's very interested in. He's also spoke of collecting insects in the past. I don't know how he found time to learn to play so many instruments.
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BizarroAzrael posted:He's also spoke of collecting insects in the past. I don't know how he found time to learn to play so many instruments. Well, it was kind of his job. I guess he wanted something else as a hobby.
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Dec 16, 2012 20:08
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thehustler posted:Whaaaaat the gently caress I totally missed that! Why did they do two consecutive days?! I had as well, just watched it. Pretty much in agreement with everything Quanta said. Capaldi and Chancellor probably won't get a mention elsewhere due to what happened but they were fantastic in that last episode.
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Dec 16, 2012 20:42
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Me and my friend watched the Adult Babies documentary and were suitably horrified. But at the end when the owners of the 'nursery' unveiled their brand new S&M dungeon, my friend was really shocked and covering her mouth and hyperventilating, like 'noooooooo how can anyone be this hosed up??' and I just sat there thinking...'well duh, of course they have one! They enjoy dressing up as babies and wanking each other off, why on earth wouldn't they have an S&M dungeon?' And that's when I realised that the internet has taken away my innocence  Also the opening bit was filmed just up the road from me, so the next trip into Portsmouth will be a bit unsettling. Definitely won't be going anywhere near Mothercare.
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Yeah, I had to turn that adult baby thing off after a few minutes. I mean, I make no bones about enjoying a good ol' Boy-with-an-arse-for-a-face gawk-a-thon, but CHRIST. I just couldn't take the perpetual cringe.
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Dec 16, 2012 21:24
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Watched a couple of minutes of the adult babies and switched over to Question Time. Couldn't decided wether watching grown men dressing up as babies was worse than Peter Hitchens talking poo poo for a full hour.
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Fazana posted:Capaldi and Chancellor probably won't get a mention elsewhere due to what happened but they were fantastic in that last episode. Absolutely. The last scene they had together was incredible. And yeah, I'd like to see another series if they've got a story to go with it. I think the ending they went with was ambiguous enough that it would work either way.
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Dec 16, 2012 22:24
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VogeGandire posted:Yeah, I had to turn that adult baby thing off after a few minutes. I made it as far as the first ad break. I can't believe how uncomfortable that program made me feel.
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Dec 16, 2012 23:20
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I didn't find the adult babies that embarrassing or disturbing (you see worse looking at Deviantart for 5 minutes). The blatant pedophile boyfriend of the girl 'baby', on the other hand... 
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Dec 16, 2012 23:39
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Another good Peep Show, especially the return of the mad handyman and Super Hans' Freecycle dating scheme.
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Dec 17, 2012 00:58
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I kind of liked Hans better when he was just a supplementary character. He did bring us some golden moments, though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ai0d7lABvM
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"Out of all the main Jesus helpers, he was the sexy one"
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I really loved that episode - I think it was how everyone being an utter poo poo looked like it was actually going to work out great for everyone and then all came tumbling down.
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I'm sort of (okay, not sort of--100%) rooting for Jez and Dobby to get together. As has been discussed earlier, Mark has crossed the line into being completely unsympathetic. Half expecting the series to end with Dobby and Jez running off to backpack together, but that'd be too much of a victory for Jez.
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Oh, also, as someone from the other side of the pond (who usually loves Andy Samberg): did Cuckoo ever get good after the pilot? Or at least non-terrible?
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Cuckoo got better, but was never great. There were a lot of filler characters who never really got funny, and it was easy to find Cuckoo himself very irritating.
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Did anyone else notice that episode 5 of Peep Show was on 4od instead of episode 4? It's been taken down now so I presume it was a mistake.
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Dec 17, 2012 08:53
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Greg Davies almost single-handedly pulled Cuckoo back from the brink of being absolutely terrible.
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Dec 17, 2012 09:50
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Loved the Venetian Snares reference on Peep Show. Didn't love the 'sub Aphex Twin' comparison though 
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Dec 17, 2012 12:15
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Next week's episode is up on the Channel 4 website, by the way. I'm trying to refrain.
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Dec 17, 2012 12:25
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Where to? It's only showing up to episode 4 in the 4oD section for me.
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Whoopsie, just watched it! I think it was better than this week's episode. Mark really is getting more and more bastardly though.
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FreakyZoid posted:Cuckoo got better, but was never great. There were a lot of filler characters who never really got funny, and it was easy to find Cuckoo himself very irritating. I still think the last episode (the stag do I think?) was absolutely fantastic, especially the rendition and Diana Ross bits - but yeah the rest of the series was a poor with the exception of Greg Davis. Red7 fucked around with this message at 13:42 on Dec 17, 2012 |
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gently caress you Doctor Frankenbath! Still a good episode. We got two or three more episodes to go?
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One left.
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Can't watch on the link provided, just gives me a 'digital rights' error.
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VogeGandire posted:One left. Really? time has gone by that fast wow.
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Ah, can't remember my password for 4od and I can't really be arsed to sort it out. Gonna just wait and watch it on the telly. Think I prefer it that way anyway, but thanks for the link all the same. QI XL was really good last night. That reverend guy was awesome. Also I've been working through my backlog of NMTB and I know people don't rate it much these days, but I still really like it. The intros and the identity parade are basically my favourite bits, and they've hardly changed, so for me it's still pretty good. Still miss Amstell though. Also also, got round to watching the last Idiot Abroad, but apparently there's another episode that is basically the third one again but with commentary? But it was really good. Karl was being a total dick to Warwick, even more than usual. The bit with the head had me crying with laughter. And the jump at the end was brilliant, where Warwick goes from "loving hell, argh" to "this is amazing" and then once he lands he wants to do it again straight away. And the bit where Karl asks Warwick if he has knees.
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SeanBeansShako posted:Really? time has gone by that fast wow. Yup, to this point, every series was 6 episodes, including next week's on the C4 website, we're at 5.
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McDragon posted:Ah, can't remember my password for 4od and I can't really be arsed to sort it out. Gonna just wait and watch it on the telly. Think I prefer it that way anyway, but thanks for the link all the same. I do miss the old NMTB, guest panelists on HIGNFY and NMTB just don't cut it. HIGNFY did a good job in the previous seasons but this season has been terrible. NMTB just isnt the same without Mark or Simon Also I like Noel but prefer the guy before him.
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The pHo posted:Loved the Venetian Snares reference on Peep Show. Didn't love the 'sub Aphex Twin' comparison though Haha that's exactly what I thought. I never thought I'd hear Peep Show mentions Snares, oh how times change.
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