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AtomD posted:Bob Mortimer mentioned this in a recent RHLSTP and it's the only thing I know about him at all. "Oh, the guy who puts his dick on people's shoulders." it's good to see the bbc are ensuring future generations can enjoy operation yewtree.
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It's probably not a great idea to believe Bob Mortimer's anecdotes.
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Jun 21, 2015 13:27
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That's what people said on WILTY and then he split an apple with his bare hands.
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Jun 21, 2015 18:35
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Mr. Squishy posted:That's what people said on WILTY and then he split an apple with his bare hands. Yes he did that but there's no loving way his anecdotes are true, they're just mental. And they always sound very much like a sketch from Big Night Out, what a strange coincidence.
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Jun 21, 2015 18:45
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One thing that always confused me about Top Gear - When you watch it, are you supposed to believe that the majority of the crazy moments in the features aren't scripted? Or is it like wrestling, where you know it's fake but enjoy it anyway?
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Jun 21, 2015 22:28
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Lemon posted:One thing that always confused me about Top Gear - When you watch it, are you supposed to believe that the majority of the crazy moments in the features aren't scripted? Or is it like wrestling, where you know it's fake but enjoy it anyway? Definitely the latter, but WWE is probably the right analogy because I'm sure there is a strata of retards who don't realise how scripted it all is
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Jun 21, 2015 22:42
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Definitely the latter, but WWE is probably the right analogy because I'm sure there is a strata of retards who don't realise how scripted it all is I think the first couple of times there were a lot of "WTF, did that actually happen?" moments, then it happened with such regularity and over the topness that it was blatantly obvious (to everyone that isn't an idiot).
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Kin posted:I think the first couple of times there were a lot of "WTF, did that actually happen?" moments, then it happened with such regularity and over the topness that it was blatantly obvious (to everyone that isn't an idiot). When they woke up in Romania in front of that enormous dam and pretended they hadn't seen it is when my immersion went away
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Taear posted:When they woke up in Romania in front of that enormous dam and pretended they hadn't seen it is when my immersion went away Yeah, see stuff like the indestructible Toyota truck was funny and fit perfectly on the "is it real?" line, but poo poo like that dam did the same thing to my immersion. Kin fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Jun 21, 2015 |
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Jun 21, 2015 23:53
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Pissflaps posted:Really enjoying Humans. I watched the second episode with my sister, who gave me a brief précis of what was going on, and thought it was pretty great. Will stick it on the (increasingly large) watch pile.
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Lemon posted:One thing that always confused me about Top Gear - When you watch it, are you supposed to believe that the majority of the crazy moments in the features aren't scripted? Or is it like wrestling, where you know it's fake but enjoy it anyway? My cousin refuses to believe it's not real. Talks about these guys like they go on amazing adventures every other week.
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The first time it was real they marketed the poo poo out of it and then nothing happened. I dunno they sat in a hotel room and like totally told each other how gnarly that was. I cant remember because they made it a two parter and I died at some point. I mean it was obviously all for show before, but when something really actually happened they weren't up to the job of filming it, they aren't war zone reporters or whatever and even war zone reporters are famously not above exaggerating/recreating/flat out lying. I have no point, I've just been watching TV for a couple of hours and am understandably miserable.
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I feel kinda trashy for liking Pienaar's Politics. woops wrong thread Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 09:17 on Jun 23, 2015 |
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Look's like TFI's coming back for a short run before Christmas
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Definitely the latter, but WWE is probably the right analogy because I'm sure there is a strata of retards who don't realise how scripted it all is If Top Gear was as much fun as WWE, I wouldn't have stopped watching about 5 years ago too. All I'm saying is, if James May had thrown Jeremy Clarkson off a steel cage and through an announcers table, they would've had my viewership forever.
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To be fair, I'm pretty sure Top Gear has better ratings and a bigger cultural splash than WWE at this point, so it's not like the format was a major problem.
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Clarkson trying to blend the two formats together was what got them into this mess in the first place.
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Definitely the latter, but WWE is probably the right analogy because I'm sure there is a strata of retards who don't realise how scripted it all is IIRC Tesla tried to sue them after their stock/sales apparently dropped following an unflattering scripted test-drive of their Roadster (at the time Top gear was pretty anti-electric) they even found the literal script that had the car overheating/running out of battery etc lol The judge dismissed it because no 'reasonable viewer' would believe Top gear is factual but I suspect Tesla weren't lying about its effect on them. Drowning In Terror fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Jun 23, 2015 |
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Jun 23, 2015 20:08
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It's funny to look back over the earlier seasons and see how their attitudes regarding things like electric cars, flappy-paddle gear boxes and diesel have changed. And yea, while I'd tend to believe most of their car reviews at least as far as opinion goes, anything that isn't them driving around and talking in relatively normal road-tests is pretty suspect. If there's any kind of drama at all, then it's almost certainly scripted drama. They weren't even trying to pretend otherwise by about season 15 or so.
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I'm a bit gutted how bad the new episode of Mad Fat Diary was. The writing was loving awful
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The Big Taff Man posted:I'm a bit gutted how bad the new episode of Mad Fat Diary was. The writing was loving awful Wasn't great, was it? I'd been so looking forward to it as well.
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thehustler posted:Wasn't great, was it? I'd been so looking forward to it as well. Total lack of subtlety. It was really poor considering previous shows.
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I've gone and watched all the episodes of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, and maaan, I wish they'd shown more of the return of English magic. The book has stones rearranging themselves so a hurt little girl can figure out how to cast a spell to heal her bruise, and a scene like that would have really helped reinforce the idea of "English magic returning". Also would've been nice if there'd been a final shot of Stephen as the King of Lost Hope. Those points aside, it was very well done and I quite liked it. It bounced between period drama and spooky stuff quite nicely, and not many shows can seamlessly put parliamentary debate and faeries together in the same thing, but this show did, and that was cool.
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Jun 29, 2015 05:44
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I've been enjoying Humans but they're really obsessed with how sexy androids are and how we all want to have sex with androids.
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reality_groove posted:I've been enjoying Humans but they're really obsessed with how sexy androids are and how we all want to have sex with androids. and those things are unrelated?
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Jun 29, 2015 12:45
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I dont think theres anyone who wouldnt refuse a cheeky hand job from an android. Humans is my fave new show at the moment.
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The Big Taff Man posted:I dont think theres anyone who wouldnt refuse a cheeky hand job from an android. 
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Particularly if the android looks like Gemma Chan
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Paperhouse posted:Particularly if the android looks like Gemma Chan Ive just found out she supports Arsenal and Ive gone off her tbh.
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This probably isn't news to anyone in the thread but it seems that ITV are making Technically Not Top Gear (with CHM) to go up against BBC's Not Top Gear (with Evans + 2). As in, the same timeslot. PS: yes we all know it's mostly scripted, yes we still think it's funny
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So presumably at some point in the future, we'll have the Netflix one with Clarkson et al up while those other two are airing. The general public knows not why they car, only that they should.
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The Big Taff Man posted:Ive just found out she supports Arsenal and Ive gone off her tbh.
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Ofaloaf posted:I've gone and watched all the episodes of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, and maaan, I wish they'd shown more of the return of English magic. The book has stones rearranging themselves so a hurt little girl can figure out how to cast a spell to heal her bruise, and a scene like that would have really helped reinforce the idea of "English magic returning". Also would've been nice if there'd been a final shot of Stephen as the King of Lost Hope. It was really really good, grand special effects and a really excellent script. The cast made it, Bertie Carvel and Eddie Marsan played off each other so well , that bit at the end where Norrell reluctantly frees himself from the twin shackles of his fear and his books and skips through Lost-Hope with Jonathan in tow was great. Best character was Childermass though. Most Yorkshire man in the world, and the only one with a particle of commonsense. His weary eyerolls as all the other characters backstabbed, lied and went mental at each other were glorious.
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Man am I glad I took the jump and started watching Humans. There's some excellent worldbuilding going on that's really my jam plus it's just creepy enough at times to keep me on edge. I have found myself almost shouting at the screen at two of the plotlines though, both for the same reason. Just talk to your partner for the love of god! Looking at you, Joe and Pete. I mean Pete I can understand, but gently caress you Joe you piece of gently caress.
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Akuma posted:But how do you feel about her voice?! Oooo its lovely. Lugaloco posted:Man am I glad I took the jump and started watching Humans. There's some excellent worldbuilding going on that's really my jam plus it's just creepy enough at times to keep me on edge. My favourite plotline is the poor old man who keeps his broken synth as it reminds him of his dead wife 
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Enjoyed Strange and Norrell, but agree on the lack of English Magic above, would have really helped sell the fundamental change that is happenings. Humans is great, the androids in general, but especially the main girl have the slightly uncanny movements down perfectly.
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Humans is awesome. But I feel sorry for that woman from the IT crowd who has gone from playing a sassy single girl to a frumpy overworked mother in just a couple of years. Is she even old enough to have a teenager?
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The actress is 37, with what appears to be a 16-17 year old daughter (plus the boys), so yeah, poor, poor Jen. No wonder she's so sad.
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The Big Taff Man posted:Ive just found out she supports Arsenal Taff, why would you ruin this for me?
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