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By that logic no television show can be called good, only 'has good moments' because EVERY script has a few flaws. Every show has the odd shot which isn't right. The perfect piece of filmed entertainment does not exist.
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Yes, but most shows don't have multiple hideously embarrassing moments in every episode. I love new Who, but most of the best moments are marred somehow by idiocy elsewhere in the episode.
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May 19, 2014 23:33
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Please, take this to the like 4 Dr Who threads in this very forum, and then kill youreselves.
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Dr. Who is just so BBC. There's a feeling/sensation with BBC Saturday night entertainment drama's and it never sits well with me even though I can't actually describe what it is about it that annoys me. Also, the Masterchef winner gets less and less coverage each year. They really need to freshen up that format and my first suggestion would be completely new presenters.
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May 21, 2014 08:33
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Did anyone watch Tom Hollander as Dylan Thomas in A Poet in New York. Apparently DT was a big fat creep who felt sad. Hollander got the voice down pat, but the real draw is seeing the extreme facial mobility of whoever played the tall skinny New York poet. Every passing thought causes his whole face to deform, which is fun to see.
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May 21, 2014 08:41
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Jesus.For the first time I have sat through Derek. What cringey mawkish poo poo. Not only Gervais doing frankly offensive impression of a mentally disabled person, lets throw in a dog getting put down.loving bilge.
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May 21, 2014 22:29
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Trickjaw posted:Jesus.For the first time I have sat through Derek. What cringey hawkish suit. Not only Gervais doing frankly offensive impression of a mentally disabled person, lets throw in a dog getting put down.loving bilge. The weirdest thing is that Gervais consistently says it's the best thing he's ever done  it's such a load of old wank, what the hell is wrong with him
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May 21, 2014 22:33
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Paperhouse posted:The weirdest thing is that Gervais consistently says it's the best thing he's ever done He must be confusing depressing with condescending. If I could have crawled out of my skin I would have. Its another poo poo night on the telly.
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May 21, 2014 22:37
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I think Gervais knows how bad it is. I'm not a fan of the man, but he can't be the level of stupid required to think that show has any redeeming quality.
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May 21, 2014 22:42
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Trickjaw posted:Its another poo poo night on the telly. I wish they'd put the first two series' up on iplayer so I could rewatch them though. I barely remember anything from the previous series.
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May 21, 2014 22:43
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stickyfngrdboy posted:I think Gervais knows how bad it is. I'm not a fan of the man, but he can't be the level of stupid required to think that show has any redeeming quality.
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May 21, 2014 22:48
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Paperhouse posted:So he's intentionally writing a terrible show then? Or he's writing a show and it turns out terrible and he doesn't care and just pretends it's good? It's worth noting that Gervais formulated the Derek character years before it actually became a show and has done a couple of short Derek pieces prior to making the proper show. He must think it's good I think he knows how much money it's making him so he's saying the right things and writing it the way it will sell. He's a dick, but he's not stupid. And much as I loathe the show, it's extremely popular.
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May 21, 2014 22:50
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Why on earth would you somehow not assume that Gervais is so pompous he thinks his poo poo is golden?
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May 22, 2014 00:05
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Mr. Squishy posted:Why on earth would you somehow not assume that Gervais is so pompous he thinks his poo poo is golden? Because that's just a character! He's not REALLY a condescending exploitative, self-aggrandising smug twat, he just plays one on TV... film... stage... video games... internet radio...
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Can someone explain the target audience of Bang Goes The Theory? I can't really watch it because the presenters always seem way over the top enthusiastic. I feel like someone is making me watch a punch and judy show.
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May 22, 2014 00:28
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Children.
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Gaz-L posted:Because that's just a character! He's not REALLY a condescending exploitative, self-aggrandising smug twat, he just plays one on TV... film... stage... video games... internet radio... yeah, I don't think it's that at all. The show is extremely popular, true, but everything he's done since The Office has been because he's such a big name now. He doesn't need to cynically write a poo poo but crowd pleasing show intending to get rich and famous from it now, that already happened years ago. Also, everything he's done since The Office has been diminishing returns anyway. Cemetery Junction was almost as crap as Derek and was really quite similar in the way they both massively over egg the pathos pudding and end up schmaltzy, over earnest and undeservedly sentimental
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May 22, 2014 00:32
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The best thing Ricky has done has been to introduce Karl Pilkington to the world. Karl was the best thing in the XFM shows and anything they've done since.
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May 22, 2014 00:43
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I all love Stephen Mercha- I mean, DJ Badger though, right?
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May 22, 2014 00:44
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I watched Merchant's HBO show Hello Ladies a while ago, and while it wasn't amazing it was miles better than Derek and had both genuinely funny and genuinely nice moments in it. That was canceled and Derek lives on, poor Stephen
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May 22, 2014 00:49
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Did anyone see Merchant doing a lip-sync battle on Jimmy Fallon a few months ago? It was the best.
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WastedJoker posted:Did anyone see Merchant doing a lip-sync battle on Jimmy Fallon a few months ago? It was the best. Oh, yes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ajQ-foj2Q Gordon Levitt is an obvious winner, by the way.
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This is probably one of my favourite things Merchant has ever done, posing as a poo poo underground DJ on James Blake's radio show. The best bit is that Blake had been playing 'DJ Badger' tracks for weeks before with no explanation as to why he was doing this or who DJ Badger was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBksa0tocts
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May 22, 2014 14:48
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Ray Mears on BBC4. All is good with the world.
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to counter that, on next week's question time are piers morgan and joey barton lol
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Question Time is always garbage whoever's on it, it's really bad.
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Pablo Bluth posted:Ray Mears on BBC4. All is good with the world. Enjoyed that, thanks for the heads up.
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I've been watching 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and I think I'm in love with Rachel Riley. 
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Captain Mediocre posted:Enjoyed that, thanks for the heads up.
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Was Gordon with Ray? I hope he was, I miss him. e: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmmk3RCz6SI Reminder of the time some of his students tried to poison him, poor Gordon. Jakabite fucked around with this message at 12:58 on May 23, 2014 |
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Did anyone else watch the first episode of Penny Dreadful? I thought it was pretty good. Pretty cheesy but in a good way. Also anything with Timothy Dalton punching vampires in the face earns a few points from me.
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McDragon posted:Did anyone else watch the first episode of Penny Dreadful? I thought it was pretty good. Pretty cheesy but in a good way. Also anything with Timothy Dalton punching vampires in the face earns a few points from me. I was highly dubious when I heard it had vamps in it but it seems like they're the good kind of vamps. Gonna try the first ep this weekend. Timothy Dalton is massively under-rated! Loved him in Hot Fuzz.
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stickyfngrdboy posted:to counter that, on next week's question time are piers morgan and joey barton because barton played for Newcastle for so long i forgot he has a really thick scouse accent, hopefully his time in france has diluted it, hopefully he namedrops brunel on the show like he did on twitter
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This seems like the best place to ask, but does anyone have any tips for cheaper accommodation during the Fringe Festival?
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PriorMarcus posted:This seems like the best place to ask, but does anyone have any tips for cheaper accommodation during the Fringe Festival? Don't go to Edinburgh.
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PriorMarcus posted:This seems like the best place to ask, but does anyone have any tips for cheaper accommodation during the Fringe Festival? Find a Four-bed flat, rent it for the month. Should cost about 3 grand. Then move in with 20 people to make the rent something sensible.
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May 23, 2014 21:15
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Glasgow, get the train every day.
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Derek is such tripe
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PriorMarcus posted:This seems like the best place to ask, but does anyone have any tips for cheaper accommodation during the Fringe Festival? Commute in.
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