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Ha, now that you mention it I dimly recall pleading with my mother for some Amstrad expansion thing. You win this round  I've long ago learned that while emulators are amazing, most 80s games are best left as pleasant memories (nless they were made by Nintendo or LucasArts)
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Ethically sourced free-range porn. Anyone else still watching Fresh Meat?
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Pablo Bluth posted:Ethically sourced free-range porn. Yep, saw a wee bit last night but missed the rest, will hopefully watch it tonight if I can stop watching football. Got as far as finding out Vod has a mum!  e: that was good episode ee: BBC Four are going to be rebroadcasting the first series of the Bridge from episode 1, starting on the 23rd of December at the viewer-friendly time of 3am, and episode 2 is on on Christmas Eve at 2:30am; I'm guessing they'll be doing one a day (skipping Christmas Day and Boxing Day) so they can have the second series start on the 4th of January. Catch them on the iPlayer if insomnia isn't your thing, it's a good series imo. lets go swimming fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Dec 7, 2013 |
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Him And Her just got real. Watching it right now on iPlayer.
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Dec 7, 2013 20:11
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Has anyone been watching Y Gwyll? Ridiculously excited to watch it, but seems like they took the 1st 2 episodes down already. I wish it had got more press in the sarf about when it was actually starting.
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Him & Her, Fresh Meat and Misfits are impressing the gently caress out of me atm. Can't remember the last time there were 3 series on telly I was so into.
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Dec 7, 2013 21:29
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Also, that horribly homophobic Tailor character in Man Down is easily ugh so horrible ugh. It is quite surreal to watch those scenes as the size differences between his actor and Greg Davies would lead to a very different scenario in real life.
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Dec 7, 2013 21:38
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Rolled Cabbage posted:Has anyone been watching Y Gwyll? Ridiculously excited to watch it, but seems like they took the 1st 2 episodes down already. I wish it had got more press in the sarf about when it was actually starting. Yes I have, it's absolutely fantastic! Anyone into those nordic crime dramas should check it out. There's 4 stories, split into 8 episodes. Theyve taken the first two-parter down from S4C clic, but you dont need to have watched it to understand whats going on. Episode 3, the first part of the second story, is up on the s4c website for 2 more days. http://www.s4c.co.uk/clic/e_level2.shtml?programme_id=516193417
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They also filmed it all in English to be shown next year.
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Dec 8, 2013 16:46
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I finally got to watch last weeks episode of Fresh Meat. And while it was probably the best episode of the season, the stuff with Vod's mother was really, really depressing. I didn't expect them to go that dark, but the way they slowly revealed "the beast" was heartbreaking.
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The only duff note on Fresh Meat is the Kingsley-Josie stuff, which feels like it's retelling the same story-lines from previous series, and using unconvincing clichés while doing so.
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Just saw the most depressing thing I've seen in a long time on Channel 4 News - John Snow interviewing Sir Terry Pratchett about his Alzheimer's. Watching one of my childhood heroes, a man whose gift of wit made him the equal of PG Wodehouse or Oscar Wilde, struggling to find the words to finish a basic sentence. I watched him getting a doctorate from Trinity College Dublin 4-5 years ago, shortly after his diagnosis, and he delighted the audience. gently caress. edit: 
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Dec 9, 2013 20:43
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That was one hellacious rigged episode of Only Connect, tell ya what.
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Just saw the most depressing thing I've seen in a long time on Channel 4 News - John Snow interviewing Sir Terry Pratchett about his Alzheimer's. line was probably about how 'death should be a friend.'The royal variety is cheering me up a bit though. It kind of makes me glad I missed Britain's got talent, the shadow puppetry was an impressive surprise.
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jfjnpxmy posted:That was one hellacious rigged episode of Only Connect, tell ya what. I'm glad I wasn't the only one to notice that Victoria Coren appeared to give The Board gamers so much more leeway than the other team.
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Just saw the most depressing thing I've seen in a long time on Channel 4 News - John Snow interviewing Sir Terry Pratchett about his Alzheimer's. Watching one of my childhood heroes, a man whose gift of wit made him the equal of PG Wodehouse or Oscar Wilde, struggling to find the words to finish a basic sentence. I watched him getting a doctorate from Trinity College Dublin 4-5 years ago, shortly after his diagnosis, and he delighted the audience. gently caress. He was interviewed by Simon Mayo a few weeks ago, with one of Steeleye Span about their collaboration. I'm aware of his works but not overly familiar with them and it was just kind of uncomfortable to listen to.
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Catzilla posted:I'm glad I wasn't the only one to notice that Victoria Coren appeared to give The Board gamers so much more leeway than the other team. A little bit, yes, but at the same time the board gamers totally destroyed their opponents - especially in the final round.
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Catzilla posted:I'm glad I wasn't the only one to notice that Victoria Coren appeared to give The Board gamers so much more leeway than the other team. Join with me in a letter-writing campaign to the BBC trust. This travesty of justice cannot stand! Has anyone been watching Shipwrecks - Britain's Sunken History on BBC4. I don't know why I like it any more than the regular boiler-plate documentary, maybe because the subject's rather interesting and I don't know the slightest thing about it, which is always a help. Also, am I the only one watching Masterchef and does anyone want to bet on the winner?
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Dec 10, 2013 12:01
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Has anyone been watching or keeping up with Ripper Street?
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Mr. Squishy posted:Also, am I the only one watching Masterchef and does anyone want to bet on the winner? I'm watching Masterchef. I can't remember the names but the thin Scottish lad is, for me, the likeliest winner.
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arak0r posted:Has anyone been watching or keeping up with Ripper Street? Yes! I loving love that show. I thought Paul Kay was fantastic in the last episode, but then I love that man dearly, so
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Dec 10, 2013 16:34
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arak0r posted:Has anyone been watching or keeping up with Ripper Street? It's been cancelled by the way.
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RIPper Streetstickyfngrdboy posted:I'm watching Masterchef. I can't remember the names but the thin Scottish lad is, for me, the likeliest winner. He seemed likely but's going through one of those long dark tea-times of the soul, which is fair, because that chef is really not fit to be out.
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WeAreTheRomans posted:It's been cancelled by the way. God drat.
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Mr. Squishy posted:RIPper Street Is that one Scott? Yeh he's the winner for me. Adam struggling today with his rigidity and beep-boopness made me laugh.
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I actually meant Adam before. I thought they were both Scots but apparently Scott is Welsh. After tonight's episode I think it's too close to call. Adam looked like his world had caved in when he first met Massimo Bottura, but in the second half, where they had to make Bottura's dishes, they all seemed to excel. I still think it's between Adam and Scott but honestly, who knows.
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Also I was a huge fan of them making the judges eat actual garbage. Quality television. And there's a new series of Hidden Killers in the Victorian Home for fans of the telly historian with a nose-stud, victoriana, and flash animations of people burning to death.
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WeAreTheRomans posted:It's been cancelled by the way. Seriously? Goddamnit. Been enjoying this season, didn't know if it had much of an audience though.
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I just caught the latest Fresh Meat on 4od (the week early one). Strange episode. The acting seemed a little off and wooden throughout the first half, but it recovered pretty quickly. On the whole though, my god I've never seen a programme capture the ridiculous nature of student life quite so accurately (and yet hilariously). It's like going back in time to look at 18 year old me. It's quite an impressive achievement when you think about it. The Peep Show/Inbetweeners/Fresh Meat guys really don't get the credit they deserve, I feel. Easily the best comedy writers active today (Sorry Linehan, I love your stuff but the IT Crowd special you did a while back didn't live up to your usual standard by a long stretch).
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There's a chance that Ripper Street could be saved with a Lovefilm partnership: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/dec/11/bbc-ripper-street-return-lovefilm-deal I hope so, the second series has been great.
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Mr. Squishy posted:And there's a new series of Hidden Killers in the Victorian Home for fans of the telly historian with a nose-stud, victoriana, and flash animations of people burning to death. It was alright, especially the bits where she's attempting to fling herself down the stairs like a Victorian chambermaid, and her obvious, rapturous glee at how quickly you'd die if your corset and crinoline underwear went on fire. I like the BBC4 History department, they've got a knack of hiring presenters who are charming, dedicated and....more than a bit eccentric (witness Michael Mosley injecting cocaine into his eyeballs, and Professor Lucy making puppet shows out of 'orrible murders)
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ThomasPaine posted:(Sorry Linehan, I love your stuff but the IT Crowd special you did a while back didn't live up to your usual standard by a long stretch). linehan has never been a good writer post-ted, toast of london proves that arthur matthews was behind most of the bizarre stuff found in father ted surely? There were some choice bits in it crowd but was it really that good? a lot of the humour was referential and played up to the nerd crowd and richard ayoade and chris o dowd turned in great performances for what they were given.
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Finally got around to watching How Video Games Changed The World. I can JUST about get the inclusion of it on the list in some form but #1? Get out.
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Ponce de Le0n posted:linehan has never been a good writer post-ted, toast of london proves that arthur matthews was behind most of the bizarre stuff found in father ted surely? There were some choice bits in it crowd but was it really that good? a lot of the humour was referential and played up to the nerd crowd and richard ayoade and chris o dowd turned in great performances for what they were given. Black Books was exceptionally well-written I thought.
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To be fair, Linehan didn't write anything in seasons 2 and 3 of Black Books. I don't like Linehan that much and I think hes a bit of a gobshite, but I still think his cameo as the guy who wears an "I Love Books" t-shirt is one of my favourite things ever. Most of his cameos are amazing actually.
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Ack Ripper Street cancelled? I was going to buy the series for my girlfriend for Christmas, but I can't be bothered getting her into a show knowing it's dead. Come on Lovefilm, I've use you if you take it over! Also, it was neat watching Fresh Meat the other night and switching over to watch Blitz on 5+1, as it had vod's actress in it. I thought it was good that she hadn't been type-cast as a loser junkie since she was playing a copper, but, well, that didn't go so well. Also, Aiden Gillen (Littlefinger) as another more in-your-face character was cool. Jason Statham had it easy though, only having to play himself. Not exactly a UK TV series but an interesting movie nonetheless. Marmaduke! fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Dec 11, 2013 |
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We of the Misfits thread invite anyone who's just watched the final episode (or is about to on +1) over for a twix and a can of tizer from the machine.
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WastedJoker posted:Finally got around to watching How Video Games Changed The World. It wasn't a ranking, it was a timeline.
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Captain Mediocre posted:Black Books was exceptionally well-written I thought. Yeah and the majority of it wasn't written by linehan.
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Ponce de Le0n posted:linehan has never been a good writer post-ted, toast of london proves that arthur matthews was behind most of the bizarre stuff found in father ted surely? There were some choice bits in it crowd but was it really that good? a lot of the humour was referential and played up to the nerd crowd and richard ayoade and chris o dowd turned in great performances for what they were given. I'm still not sure where I stand on Toast of London. I've watched a few but I don't find it compulsive viewing in the same way as, say, Peep Show.
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