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Took me a while, but got around to watching Slow Horses. Despite very exposition-heavy first couple of episodes, once the setting and characters are established it quickly picks up. Office politics and the dynamic between the fancy and professional MI5 main office and the decrepit Slough House staffed entirely with failures add a welcome touch of levity to an otherwise serious spy drama, which is not a genre I'm usually interested in. Gary Oldman as a curmudgeonly spy boss is also a highlight. Haven't read the books, so don't know how it compares to the source material, but it works surprisingly well as a show.
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Mr. Squishy posted:Dumb questions: there is a new series of Great Pottery Throwdown running right now, right? Why cant I find it on More4? I couldn't find it because More4 remembered I had streamed a few episodes a year ago, and I had to scroll a series selector up to 2023, which option was not displayed until I scrolled into it.
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Paladinus posted:Took me a while, but got around to watching Slow Horses. Despite very exposition-heavy first couple of episodes, once the setting and characters are established it quickly picks up. Office politics and the dynamic between the fancy and professional MI5 main office and the decrepit Slough House staffed entirely with failures add a welcome touch of levity to an otherwise serious spy drama, which is not a genre I'm usually interested in. Gary Oldman as a curmudgeonly spy boss is also a highlight. Haven't read the books, so don't know how it compares to the source material, but it works surprisingly well as a show. being a big fan of the books I was quite disappointed with the series, a lot of Herron's humour is in his prose descriptions which don't make the transition also disappointing (if unavoidable) that the obvious Boris Johnson stand-in character has to exist in the same universe as actually Boris Johnson the casting for Roddy Ho was spot-on though
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Mr. Squishy posted:I couldn't find it because More4 remembered I had streamed a few episodes a year ago, and I had to scroll a series selector up to 2023, which option was not displayed until I scrolled into it. More4 is staggeringly shite at times. All the streaming services for UK channels have their quirks (iPlayer won't let you flick through the channels quickly and never displays what's coming up next, my5 gets stuck in an infinite loop sometimes) but More4's display decisions for long-running programmes is mental, as you have stated, and it quite often will freeze up and need to be rebooted on my Firestick. Oddly enough, the revamped ITV player (ITVx or something?) is weirdly stable and very user-friendly. I've also discovered there's a section of it that continually streams old Vera and Midsomer Murders episodes, without adverts or interruptions, all day, nothing else. I have watched 24 increasingly inventive murders whilst mildly high on Lemsip and cough medicine, it's been quite a nice day, really.
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Escobarbarian posted:Ok Happy Valley is just a cartoon now It was really obvious that they were looking hard for a way for TLR to escape and unfortunately they landed on the most ridiculous way possible. Maybe the only way possible? the Knesovics could have had a guard or two on the payroll, but they've looked like relatively smalltime villains until the mention of Darius being a potential local councillor. Not sure I love the introduction of the Halifax-Eastern European Mafia tbh. It's been a while since I watched the first series but was there any indication about who shot Ashley Cowgill at the time?
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Jan 24, 2023 01:04
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I know I'm late for Quiz Show Chat but I was on short lived Richard Osman vehicle Two Tribes with the worst hangover ever and hoo boy was he ever mad about it. Also he smells weird.
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Jan 24, 2023 01:04
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If anyone wants to feel old, Joe Thomas from the inbetweeners is now the same age Greg Davies was in the first season.
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Jan 24, 2023 01:43
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Annabel Pee posted:If anyone wants to feel old, Joe Thomas from the inbetweeners is now the same age Greg Davies was in the first season. 
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Annabel Pee posted:If anyone wants to feel old, Joe Thomas from the inbetweeners is now the same age Greg Davies was in the first season. That can't possibly be true, loving hell
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Jan 24, 2023 09:00
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Annabel Pee posted:If anyone wants to feel old, Joe Thomas from the inbetweeners is now the same age Greg Davies was in the first season. And he's still a year younger than me...
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Jan 24, 2023 10:34
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I think that's more to do with Greg looking older than his age at the time than anything else. He could have passed for late 40s/early 50s easily.
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I think its a mix of Greg looking older than he is, them ageing him up for the role a bit, and being young when watching it and just presuming headmasters are older than they are, and also Joe Thomas already being 25 when the show started and just being a man who looks like a kid when you look at him from a certain angle.
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When Joe Thomas was on The Inbetweeners he was 11” shorter than the Taskmaster, and since then has main no significant gains.
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Anyone see Everyone Else Burns? I couldn't get through the first episode.
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Mickolution posted:Anyone see Everyone Else Burns? I couldn't get through the first episode. That is a shame - what was wrong with it?
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thehustler posted:That is a shame - what was wrong with it? Maybe Mick died midway through like that guy killed laughing at the Eckie Thump sketch.
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I'm re-watching the BBC Chronicles of Narnia and man I don't remember being quite so annoyed by Aslan last time I watched it (which was only 10 years ago, not like I was a kid or anything). He speaks extremely slowly - maybe to give the puppet time to catch up - and he's kind of a weird dick. Sorry Lion Jesus. The BBC one feels like each series is a bit more expensive than the last too, where the newer ones have an air of "nobody likes this, whatever" as it goes on I figure people here might know: What happened to the Dawn Treader after filming?
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Jan 25, 2023 12:59
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A bit of it still exists! https://twitter.com/hanoverpictures/status/1285226987943075840
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thehustler posted:That is a shame - what was wrong with it? Admittedly, I probably wasn't in the mood for it and couldn't settle on anything to watch, but I just didn't think it was funny. The jokes were a bit lame and predictable, though maybe it gets better after establishing the world or whatever. It wasn't terrible or anything, just mediocre.
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eating only apples posted:It was really obvious that they were looking hard for a way for TLR to escape and unfortunately they landed on the most ridiculous way possible. Maybe the only way possible? the Knesovics could have had a guard or two on the payroll, but they've looked like relatively smalltime villains until the mention of Darius being a potential local councillor. Not sure I love the introduction of the Halifax-Eastern European Mafia tbh. I thought the escape was silly, but didn't mind it as I thought the build up to it combined with the PE teacher being interviewed by the missing persons copper was just beautifully crafted for maximum tension. What I DIDN'T like was the scene with the two lads being grilled by the eastern European big bad. Just really clichéd stuff. spooky warehouse , fancy range Rover, immaculate suit, violent punishment etc. Felt more like Line of Duty than Happy Valley, but I suppose a lot of the episode did really. Still, I love it and it's awe inspiringly well written, so it gets a pass for all that . The Perfect Element fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Jan 25, 2023 |
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OT but it tickles me a bit that Shearsmith and Pemberton have wound up doing a show that has a following of people whose interest in the show is HOW MANY KILLINTH 
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Given the date, I hoped "Everyone Else Burns" would be a short sitcom set around Burns Night. Disappointed to learn otherwise upon googling. Might put No Holds Bard on this evening.
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The Perfect Element posted:I thought the escape was silly, but didn't mind it as I thought the build up to it combined with the PE teacher being interviewed by the missing persons copper was just beautifully crafted for maximum tension. What I DIDN'T like was the scene with the two lads being grilled punished by the eastern European big bad. Just really clichéd stuff. spooky warehouse , fancy range Rover, immaculate suit, violent punishment etc. Felt more like Line of Duty than Happy Valley, but I suppose a lot of the episode did really. Yeah when that guy pissed on someone I rolled my eyes crazy hard
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The_Doctor posted:A bit of it still exists! Oh hell yea thanks!
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Double posting here to say some more stuff about Narnia. I've just rewatched the 1988-1990 BBC adaptations and man when you really think about it the narrative of the series is bizarre. The fact that he swaps out his main characters entirely by Silver Chair is so strange to me. And you kinda forget how much of a dick Jesus is to them, I guess CS Lewis liked the idea of Jesus being really authoritarian! He also talks really slowly which gets on my nerves after a while. It's a long time since I read the books now (maybe 20 years) but I don't quite remember hating Aslan quite so much The shows also feel like they ramp up how much money is available. LTWTW is much cheaper than Silver Chair for sure - fewer sets, fewer people, worse actors. And yet at the time I only really remember LTWTW being a massive thing, I barely remember Dawn Treader/Chair being on TV at all! Taear fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Jan 26, 2023 |
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Mickolution posted:Anyone see Everyone Else Burns? I couldn't get through the first episode. thehustler posted:That is a shame - what was wrong with it? Mickolution posted:Admittedly, I probably wasn't in the mood for it and couldn't settle on anything to watch, but I just didn't think it was funny. The jokes were a bit lame and predictable, though maybe it gets better after establishing the world or whatever. It wasn't terrible or anything, just mediocre. I can 'see' the humor of it, but it's not exactly hitting. It's like an americanised version of a UK show, the cringe that you expect from the original UK version just isn't happening in this.
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Taear posted:Double posting here to say some more stuff about Narnia.
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Rottbott posted:I re-watched them a couple of years ago and quite enjoyed it despite the cheapness. Aslan was always annoying to me, but I'd forgotten what a smug git Peter is. I'm glad they changed children halfway through. Puddleglum is very good. Yea silver chair is great entirely because of Tom Baker tbh Peter is at least a decent actor (and is in loads of stuff later). Susan and Edmund are awful Lucy though is the standout and it's really sad she's basically in nothing else
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Taear posted:Double posting here to say some more stuff about Narnia. If only CS Lewis had written his books with more of an eye to the potential future low budget children's TV adaptation and the middle aged men who would be watching it twenty years later.
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Watched 2 episodes of this show called Accused, based on a British show. Wasn't able to easily find the original, but am still curious if it's as heavy handed and contrived to illustrate the point of each case/twist.
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konnie huq is on pointless now and doesn't seem to have aged in 20 years
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Just watched the Tom Baker Hound of the Baskevilles, it owns.
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happyhippy posted:I can 'see' the humor of it, but it's not exactly hitting. Thinking about it a bit more, it seems like they're relying on the premise being funny while the jokes are just a bit poo poo.
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Khanstant posted:Watched 2 episodes of this show called Accused, based on a British show. Wasn't able to easily find the original, but am still curious if it's as heavy handed and contrived to illustrate the point of each case/twist. Both series are on stv-player which seems to be free.
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Khanstant posted:Watched 2 episodes of this show called Accused, based on a British show. Wasn't able to easily find the original, but am still curious if it's as heavy handed and contrived to illustrate the point of each case/twist. If you go down that rabbit hole you're in for a treat though (especially if you like Sean Bean).
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Hoping the thread might enjoy this one https://www.dirtyfeed.org/2023/01/freeze-frame-part-1/ As deep a dive into 36 frames of The Young Ones as you'll ever read (if you indeed bother to read it)
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Heavy_D posted:Hoping the thread might enjoy this one This is absolutely brilliant, thanks for sharing Edit: What a website. Wow. thehustler fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Jan 27, 2023 |
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Heavy_D posted:Hoping the thread might enjoy this one This was really interesting! Can't wait for part two
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Yeah that was a great read, thanks.
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tilp posted:If only CS Lewis had written his books with more of an eye to the potential future low budget children's TV adaptation and the middle aged men who would be watching it twenty years later. yea that's what I'm saying you got me
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