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Hoops posted:No I'm not, that's silly to even think that. Well it's what you said. Try elaborating on your argument if it's not actually what you meant.
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Hoops posted:No I'm not, that's silly to even think that. Hoops posted:Surely not being interested in X-factor means you're also not interested in who is number 1 in the pop charts?
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Because they're both musical popularity contests. What do you not like about the X-factor that you do like about the musical charts? I'm responding to the people who say they're apathetic towards the X-factor but really think it's a shame that it gets the christmas number 1. You're invested in the "zeitgeist of musical taste of the general public" (or whatever non-wanker name you can think of for it) or you're not in my opinion. Having any interest whatsoever in pop music doesn't make you care about the charts, which is the relationship you're claiming.
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Jan 6, 2013 19:43
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What was even the Christmas number 1 this year?
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Jan 6, 2013 20:03
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The Justice Collective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h8loYnNlZA
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So aside from Screenwipe what else non Rubbish telly wise this year do we have to look forward too?
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SeanBeansShako posted:So aside from Screenwipe what else non Rubbish telly wise this year do we have to look forward too? Hopefully some decent new Jeremy kyle episodes.
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Jan 6, 2013 20:31
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Supposedly Black Mirror is getting another run this year.
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Related to the X-Factor and what not, what always bothered me was how Susan Boyle was treated, everyone just amazed that she could sing, she, SHE, that oh my god a homely looking woman in her 50s can sing quite well isn't it a christmas miracle and true inspiration? No what it is is quite patronizing how little anyone would have cared if she was just one of the beautiful young contestants who can sing and how really the key reason to her popularity and success is just that she doesn't look quite good but can really sing. As if to say only attractive people can be good at things, why wouldn't a homely woman in her 50s be able to sing well? Why is it any surprise? She should have been treated just the same as any other contestant on the show but instead it's all forced to look like this was an incredibly event.
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SeanBeansShako posted:So aside from Screenwipe what else non Rubbish telly wise this year do we have to look forward too? I'm looking forward to Blandings, the BBC adaptation of PG Wodehouses' comic novels about Lord Emsworth (and his beloved prize pig, Empress). It'll be nonsense, but hopefully it'll be delightful, frothy nonsense in the style of Jeeves & Wooster, rather than the stodgy, overdone nonsense of Downton Abbey. BBC4 also tends to have good stuff on. Borgen, the Danish political drama is very fine, as is Inspector Montalbano. Plus, we get the final season of Luther! Idris Elba, yay!
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piratepilates posted:Related to the X-Factor and what not, what always bothered me was how Susan Boyle was treated, everyone just amazed that she could sing, she, SHE, that oh my god a homely looking woman in her 50s can sing quite well isn't it a christmas miracle and true inspiration? No what it is is quite patronizing how little anyone would have cared if she was just one of the beautiful young contestants who can sing and how really the key reason to her popularity and success is just that she doesn't look quite good but can really sing. It wasn't just that, it's also the fact she is weird and when weird people come out people are generally expecting an awful performance because that's what they've always been shown
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Isn't there a new series of Bottom in 2013? That could be okay. Plus it's 50 years of Doctor Who so hopefully there'll be a documentary about Sylvester McCoy's wandering hands.
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Giedroyc posted:Isn't there a new series of Bottom in 2013? That could be okay. They decided it just wasn't working and stopped trying to do it.
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Hoops posted:Someone explain to me what the deal is with the "Christmas number 1"? Surely not being interested in X-factor means you're also not interested in who is number 1 in the pop charts? Honestly, I really need someone to tell me why it's a good thing that RATM got the number 1 instead of the X-factor, or why a foregone conclusion is a bad thing. Because RATM gave their profits to Shelter and threw a free concert for 50,000 people.
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VogeGandire posted:Supposedly Black Mirror is getting another run this year. Brooker did mention that was going to be a thing on his twitter. Presumably they just couldn't get it done for the pre Xmas slot this year though, given how depressing (not bad, just horribly depressing) the last three were, that would probably be something of a blessing.
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ConanThe3rd posted:Brooker did mention that was going to be a thing on his twitter. Presumably they just couldn't get it done for the pre Xmas slot this year though, given how depressing (not bad, just horribly depressing) the last three were, that would probably be something of a blessing. He also said 'see you in a few weeks' at the end of screen wipe, so something is definitely happening.
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The Perfect Element posted:He also said 'see you in a few weeks' at the end of screen wipe, so something is definitely happening. I thought that was in reference to whatever the next 'wipe thing is.
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He tweeted earlier today that it's going to be "Weekly Wipe" encompassing Gameswipe, Newswipe and Screenwipe.
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Fungah posted:Because RATM gave their profits to Shelter and threw a free concert for 50,000 people.
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thebardyspoon posted:He tweeted earlier today that it's going to be "Weekly Wipe" encompassing Gameswipe, Newswipe and Screenwipe. Bit more on it here quote:Good news for anyone who’s been missing Charlie Brooker’s acerbic and insightful Wipe programmes – the Guardian columnist is to front a new BBC comedy show called Weekly Wipe with Charlie Brooker.
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Aw, gently caress OFF, Stanhope.
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I was more annoyed by the phrase "celebrity guests" than Stanhope. Stanhope is a libertarian gobshite, but hes good value on the Wipe shows. I'll just avoid the episode that Jack Whitehall inevitably appears on.
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Leon with a Zero posted:For someone who is incredibly nuanced in television production what you are saying here is absolute rubbish. I concede I must've misremembered the alcohol part, but the winding up has definitely been reported on: quote:‘The show encourages guests into unnatural, emotionally charged confrontations, lights the touchpaper and then retires to a safe and judgmental distance,’ says former producer Charlotte Scott. or quote:Andi remembers: "When we got there, they kept calling both of us. Chris was up until two or three o'clock in the morning, talking to them." So not absolute rubbish.
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thebardyspoon posted:He tweeted earlier today that it's going to be "Weekly Wipe" encompassing Gameswipe, Newswipe and Screenwipe. Brookerwipe? Everythingwipe? Wipewipewipe? Mediawipe? Might be time for a new name perhaps.
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Shame it's only six episodes, seems like the kind of thing that could have gone on longer. Looking forward to it, though. Wouldn't be too worried about the celebrity guests, either. I'd assume they'll be the same as before, with small segments of the likes of Richard Herring talking about Big Cook, Little Cook. They don't add much, but they're short. Lets just hope Grace Dent isn't on it thinking she's funny.
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Mickolution posted:Shame it's only six episodes, seems like the kind of thing that could have gone on longer. You don't want to believe it, but you know.
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Apparently a revival of Yes, Minister is happening on Gold sometime this month. It'll be interesting to compare it to the original, at least.
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The talk of X-Factor has reminded me how much I (guiltily?) enjoy Total Wipeout. It helps that it's on before Doctor Who, and it's utterly mindless, but it's a kind of willing, joyful mindlessness. X-Factor contestants are led to believe they are going to be the ~best~popstar~eva~ and more often than not they're actually there for us audience harpies to ridicule and laugh at. On the other hand, Total Wipeout contestants go into it knowing they are going to be hit by foam bats into water, and the audience are there to watch them be hit by foam bats into water. Unlike other shows where unwilling people get pranked or ridiculed, the fact that they've signed up for it understanding exactly what's going to happen to them just makes it so enjoyable when someone gets caught mid-jump with a clothesline from a spinning foam bat and tumbles confused into the pool.
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Whats this new show that looks interesting coming soon on Channel 4, that features Curtis from Misfits? Caught a trailer for it and looked cool but I cant seem to even find the info for the name of the show - its not listed on his IMDB either Edit : found it Utopia quote:Conspiracy theory turned terrifyingly real is the subject of a brand-new six-part drama series (6 x 60'), Utopia, written by Dennis Kelly, the co-creator of the Olivier-Award-winning Matilda, and greenlit by Chief Creative Officer Jay Hunt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EaP3cH9d-I The Big Taff Man fucked around with this message at 11:53 on Jan 7, 2013 |
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Pesky Splinter posted:Apparently a revival of Yes, Minister is happening on Gold sometime this month. In a post-TToI world, it's just going to look a bit naff, isn't it. EddieDean posted:The talk of X-Factor has reminded me how much I (guiltily?) enjoy Total Wipeout. It helps that it's on before Doctor Who, and it's utterly mindless, but it's a kind of willing, joyful mindlessness. Unironically love Total Wipeout. It's perfect Saturday dinnertime TV. And as you said, you don't even feel the guilt that they might have been coerced by production into thinking they're amazing. They've entered knowing they're probably going to be launched 10 feet in the air off a giant foam ball over a swimming pool. It's basically a modern It's A Knockout, and if Saturday primetime BBC needs anything, it's that  Taff posted:Whats this new show that looks interesting coming soon on Channel 4, that features Curtis from Misfits? This looks pretty decent actually. Will attempt to watch.
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Hoops posted:That's nothing to do with why the campaign started in the first place though. Hoops posted:Honestly, I really need someone to tell me why it's a good thing that RATM got the number 1 instead of the X-factor I answered your question.
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VogeGandire posted:In a post-TToI world, it's just going to look a bit naff, isn't it. Doesn't have to. I mean it could be a slightly slower paced look at the civil service which is a slightly slower paced world than high politics. TToI is different from Yes, minister in that Yes, Minister is less about buffoons elevated to positions of power, more about the issues with power making buffoons out of intelligent people. Circumstance that exists 'just because' vs. circumstance created by the incompetence of the people in the situation.
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Some Strange Flea posted:Oh you just loving know that there's a third series of 10 O'Clock Live out in the ether somewhere, waiting. I know...I know. Luckily, I turned 10 O'Clock Live off after the first 15mins of the first episode and aside from catching a few minutes to see if it had improved (it hadn't), I haven't looked back since. It's a terrible idea for a show, executed terribly.
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If you want an interesting odd out of the blue gem on iPlayer, check out the Fifties British War films documentary on iPlayer.
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SeanBeansShako posted:If you want an interesting odd out of the blue gem on iPlayer, check out the Fifties British War films documentary on iPlayer. The current documentary with Mark Urban on 5 RTR is pretty good, might be biased as i'm 2 RTR.
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Taff posted:Utopia This looks very cool. I recognised Curtis from off of Misfits, Jamie from out of Thick of It, one of the blokes from Four Lions and Tyres from Spaced, and a few other familiar faces. Sounds very intriguing and early reviews say it's got that typical dark Misfits/Being Human type vibe with black humour.
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Stargazing Live starts now! What are you doing? Go watch it!
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Pesky Splinter posted:Apparently a revival of Yes, Minister is happening on Gold sometime this month. If it's anything like the stage show they did last year it will be appallingly poo poo.
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Domalom posted:If it's anything like the stage show they did last year it will be appallingly poo poo. The trailer made it look utterly horrible. I imagine it'll murder the show through any or all of: bad acting, bad writing and exposing the (pretty awful) ideology of the writers that ran through the show a bit too much (...like with the later series of 24.)
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