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Handsome Dead posted:I caught the first episode of the new Geordie Shore the other night and I really don't know how I feel about it. It's poo poo, trashy and dirt cheap but everyone in it is actually kind of alright apart from Ricci (pronounced Ricky) and lemon faced Charlotte.
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lazyjane posted:I'm sorry but Charlotte is amazing! Vicky is the lemon faced one. Yeah I love a bit (lot) of trashy tv. I know that's not allowed here but I don't care. You're right: I really like Charlotte. The lemon faced one I meant to say was Rebecca. Always scowling at nothng at all. I've only seen that one episode but I thought Vicky was OK when she wasn't tashing on. Maybe I'll have to keep watching and see.
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Jul 2, 2012 21:07
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Handsome Dead posted:You're right: I really like Charlotte. The lemon faced one I meant to say was Rebecca. Always scowling at nothng at all. I've only seen that one episode but I thought Vicky was OK when she wasn't tashing on. Maybe I'll have to keep watching and see.
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Jul 2, 2012 22:00
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What the christ is this Secret Hoarders on More 4? A man is being encouraged to cross dress to aid his ability to chuck stuff out? Leon with a Zero posted:Geordie shore is great though, it introduced the phrase "tash on" and "mortal" .
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Jul 2, 2012 22:45
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fluppet posted:What does "tash on" even mean? it's Geordie slang for kissing
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Jul 3, 2012 01:05
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Yeah, Vicky was absolutely terrible last time I watched and her off/on fuckbuddy was just as bad. Everyone else was all right, really. Now if you'll excuse me, I just saw a banging lad and I'm well mortal so I gotta do a slut drop before tashing on cause right now I'm game as a badger. It's gonna be a belter.
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Jul 3, 2012 01:35
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Has anyone watched this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00v5j1f/For_the_Win_For_the_Win/ It's terrible (if you hadn't guessed by the title). Embarrassingly bad.
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Jul 3, 2012 10:55
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Metrication posted:Has anyone watched this: I clicked that just to read the title and automatically tried to play it. That's the first time I've been thankful for the "are you over 16?" checkbox. It sounds actually awful: quote:A super fast paced sketch show based around the stories of four friends who hang out at the For the Win Café - a place where anything can happen and pretty much does. For the Win!
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Jul 3, 2012 11:05
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Unfunny sketches separated by Rich Fulcher saying 'For the win'. That is what this is.
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Jul 3, 2012 11:08
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Did anyone watch Blackout last night? It's a 3 part drama where Christopher Ecclestone plays an alcoholic who's menaced by a police inspector (Andrew Scott aka Moriarty from the new Sherlock) after he might have killed a man in a blackout.
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Jul 3, 2012 11:11
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Mr. Squishy posted:Did anyone watch Blackout last night? It's a 3 part drama where Christopher Ecclestone plays an alcoholic who's menaced by a police inspector (Andrew Scott aka Moriarty from the new Sherlock) after he might have killed a man in a blackout.
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Jul 3, 2012 11:58
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gently caress me that Richard II really was amazing. It's all I can talk about since I saw it last night. I have to watch Shakespeare with subtitles to follow the language, but that almost makes it better. Also extra enjoyable if you have been playing Crusader Kings 2 recently. 
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Jul 3, 2012 12:46
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Blackout was pretty intense. I liked it. Christopher Eccleston is just so drat good in everything.
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Jul 3, 2012 12:56
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Is that Sue Barker on the new Go Compare advert?
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Jul 3, 2012 13:19
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Handsome Dead posted:Is that Sue Barker on the new Go Compare advert? And you thought dating Cliff Richard was as low as she could go.
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Jul 3, 2012 13:29
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Adam Buxton has finally uploaded the Moby game he did as host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and even better it's the Director's Cut! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDHMjO7UbMo
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Jul 3, 2012 16:01
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So I watched Being Human up to Werewolf Jesus. That plot officially erases everything that I liked about the show. I'll spend the rest of my life trying to forgive myself for recommending it to a friend.
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Jul 3, 2012 21:00
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GazChap posted:Yeah, I missed this last night too - hopefully I can catch it later on, but any opinions? Just finished watching it on iPlayer, and I enjoyed it, but it's very uninspired. Even a casual watcher can break it down to its constituent parts. Ecclestone plays the late-ecclestonian tormented family man, and Andrew Scott wheels out his weirdo childlike bastard again. The plot and direction also feels secondhand, and utterly, painfully American. The idea of all this angst over local politics and the kind of corruption you find in Private Eye's Rotten Burroughs is hilarious. The direction is also familiar, with its sledgehammer colour palettes and harsh lighting which leaves everything but one sides of the actor's face in darkness. The frequent shot of an eagle's view of a city, swooping down alleys lined with skyscrapers sent me straight back to my days of playing Max Payne. But hey, I like Ecclestone, Scott, and American telly so why am I complaining. I've also got to give credit for not falling into set-porn. All this on-location filming in nice houses and nicer town halls, and they managed to resist ogling it over much
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Jul 3, 2012 21:16
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hairrorist posted:So I watched Being Human up to Werewolf Jesus. Ah, but did you see how that particular plot ends?
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Jul 3, 2012 21:17
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Just had my head down eating my dinner while my housemate caught up with Eastenders and when I lift it, she'd turned the channel and there a guy being circumsised, and OH GOD, SO. MUCH. SMEGMA. Why the hell is Embarrassing Bodies on at 8pm? And why don't these people just go see their loving GP instead of getting their cocks out on a webcam on live TV?
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Jul 3, 2012 21:19
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hairrorist posted:So I watched Being Human up to Werewolf Jesus. The last few episodes are really good and undo how poo poo most of the final series is, setting up the next one really nicely. 
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Jul 3, 2012 21:25
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Hmmm, maybe I'll finish it. How the hell did that make it on tele? It would have been a retarded plot even on American TV.
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Jul 3, 2012 21:28
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Junkenstein posted:Just had my head down eating my dinner while my housemate caught up with Eastenders and when I lift it, she'd turned the channel and there a guy being circumsised, and OH GOD, SO. MUCH. SMEGMA. See, now I have an image in my head akin to someone lopping the end off of a tube of toothpaste.
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Jul 3, 2012 21:29
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hairrorist posted:Hmmm, maybe I'll finish it. How the hell did that make it on tele? It would have been a retarded plot even on American TV. It turns out an awful lot better than you might expect. Annie murders the baby.
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Jul 3, 2012 21:32
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hairrorist posted:Hmmm, maybe I'll finish it. How the hell did that make it on tele? It would have been a retarded plot even on American TV. I quite in enjoyed the whole series, so I might be a bit more generous than others, but the last few episodes were really good, and the end was really well done. Anyone heard much about Line of Duty? Some people seem to really think it's fantastic, comparing it to the Wire, which is a pretty big statement.
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Jul 3, 2012 22:06
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Brown Moses posted:Anyone heard much about Line of Duty? Some people seem to really think it's fantastic, comparing it to the Wire, which is a pretty big statement. Profanity fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Jul 3, 2012 |
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Jul 3, 2012 22:10
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Not British TV, but still continental--Braquo is a brilliant French series that I'm digging as thoroughly as the Shield, which its getting a lot of comparisons to. Gritty, ugly, violent, with great performances and cinematography.
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Jul 3, 2012 22:26
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I know it's not quite TV, but has everybody been listening to Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Poscasts (RHLSTP)? After a few early slow ones, they've been consistently brilliant. They've finished for now which is a shame. If you havne't watched then yhey are all free though http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/ I'd highlight Brooker, Frost, Lee and Iannucci/Linehan as, errr..., highlights.
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Jul 3, 2012 23:06
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And after everyone has listened to that they should go and listen to As It Occurs To Me.
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Brown Moses posted:And after everyone has listened to that they should go and listen to As It Occurs To Me. I think at the end of the last RHLSTP podcast that he's doing more of them. Yay. Most of the time I'm glad I don't live in London, but sometimes I wish I did.
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I agree with those recommendations. AIOTM (aiotm) is much more out and out funny, while the other one is just funny/interesting conversations. The highlight of As It Occurs To Me is definitely the Andrew Collins meta drama.
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Jul 3, 2012 23:41
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I genuinely like the motorcycle clothing shop sketch
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Ben Soosneb posted:I think at the end of the last RHLSTP podcast that he's doing more of them. Yay. Really?! Thats fantastic! I'll freely admit that out of my main comedy podcast stable (prominently featuring the bugle, answer me this and adam and joe), AIOTM is probably my favourite - so stupid, so many injokes, but really funny.
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Is Spooks any good? I see it get compared to our '24' a lot. Thing is, '24' was an awful show.
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Jul 4, 2012 05:01
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Early Spooks is amazing, but it did no off the boil slightly in later years. By comparison, I found 24 rubbish from the start.
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The first series or two were good as I recall, it got progressively dumber after that though.
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I could never get into Spooks. It's too obviously a reaction to losing the rights to 24 to Sky.
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Jul 4, 2012 10:45
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AIOTM also has the greatest heckle ever in the final episode, it's worth listening to all the preceeding episodes just for the setup for that one heckle.
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Bloodbath posted:The last few episodes are really good and undo how poo poo most of the final series is, setting up the next one really nicely. It's very much a "Poochie died on the way to his home planet" kind of ending. I suspect it may end up being better just to skip to season four when it comes out.
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A sad day, Erik Sykes has died at 89. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18704263 I'll probably watch the inevitable episode or two of Sykes they show in tribute. I wonder how it will have aged, I vaguely remember seeing them and being amused as a young lad. ----- 24 had a strong first couple of seasons imho but it tailed away pretty badly. Amusingly the only time it was decent again was after it had been cancelled in (I think) series 8 and they must have decided wth and just let him go nuts for the last half of the season. Edit: Edited so the 24 stuff didn't come first and to make it more readable. Fazana fucked around with this message at 15:18 on Jul 4, 2012 |
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