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Mickolution posted:I like it. It's really stupid, no doubt, but it's so ridiculous it's sort of enjoyable. Like a weak TV Go Home entry. It really is beyond parody, like if MItchell and Webb had done this a few years ago it would have been a funny joke, now it just makes me sad for the TV industry and humanity
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Did anyone else watch Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norell? It's surprisingly good.
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Ghetto Prince posted:Did anyone else watch Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norell? It's surprisingly good. It was pretty good fun, and done well on what was clearly a fairly limited budget. Only complaint is the way they've distorted The Gentlemans' voice, they were going for menacing and it just came off as silly. Eddie Marsan is perfect for the part of Mr Norrell though, all cranky and socially awkward and blinking out from under his horrible wig like a mole who's never seen sunlight or a female before.
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May 17, 2015 22:33
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Ghetto Prince posted:Did anyone else watch Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norell? It's surprisingly good. I wish the scene in York Minster lasted a little longer, the idea of bickering medieval kings and gargoyles is a wet dream for me. It was excellently done, though.
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May 17, 2015 23:28
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Ghetto Prince posted:Did anyone else watch Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norell? It's surprisingly good. I think you'll find that's pronounced Nor-ELLE.
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May 17, 2015 23:34
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I watched The Detectives on BBC 2 instead of the new drama thing. It's about the specially trained police officers who have to deal with sexual offences. It's brilliantly made, but really difficult to watch, the subject matter being what it is. It's on again tonight and Wednesday. Worth watching. Maybe the only time I've ever had respect for officers of the law.
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May 18, 2015 12:06
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stickyfngrdboy posted:Maybe the only time I've ever had respect for officers of the law. Hahah. Its unsurprising you'd have little respect for police given you've admitted in other threads about your criminal past. Not all cops are like Detective Burnside from the Bill you know.
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May 18, 2015 12:57
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The Big Taff Man posted:Hahah. Its unsurprising you'd have little respect for police given you've admitted in other threads about your criminal past. You're an idiot.
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May 18, 2015 13:00
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The only copper I respect is DCI Gene Hunt. All other pigs are useless.
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May 18, 2015 13:35
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May 18, 2015 13:58
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stickyfngrdboy posted:I watched The Detectives on BBC 2 instead of the new drama thing. It's about the specially trained police officers who have to deal with sexual offences. It's brilliantly made, but really difficult to watch, the subject matter being what it is. It's on again tonight and Wednesday. Worth watching. I saw it in the listings and hoped it was a new series of the sitcom. Then I looked up what Jasper's been up to and found out he's 70. Never really occurred to me that he's that old, I guess because he's not been on TV much in so long. I used to love his shows as a kid.
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Whybird posted:I think you'll find that's pronounced Nor-ELLE.
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May 19, 2015 13:37
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Eurovision semi-finals relegated to BBC3? Beeb confirmed as forever poo poo.
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Eurovision semi-finals relegated to BBC3? Beeb confirmed as forever poo poo. This means nothing to me.
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Eurovision semi-finals relegated to BBC3? Beeb confirmed as forever poo poo. Haven't they always been on BBC3? Or for at least the last 5-6 years anyway?
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May 19, 2015 21:05
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Watching the semi-finals would ruin the main event. I like the element of surprise that comes with the really crazy acts.
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May 19, 2015 21:11
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Eurovision semi-finals relegated to BBC3? Beeb confirmed as forever poo poo. The semis have always been on BBC3, the grand final on Saturday is on BBC1
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Yeah, I don't think they've ever shown the semis on BBC1 or 2 since they started doing them.
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Captain Mediocre posted:The Alan Partridge movie is on iPlayer for those who never saw it.
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Pablo Bluth posted:Just finished watching it. The final toilet scene is amazing... Never seen Alan Partriddge stuff myself before and I was concerned that he'd be a Mr Bean like character, but it was suprisingly good. For fans of Peter Capaldi, have a look at In the Loop, also on iPlayer.
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Angrymog posted:Never seen Alan Partriddge stuff myself before and I was concerned that he'd be a Mr Bean like character, but it was suprisingly good. Oh boy there's so much stuff for you to watch/listen/read... On The Hour (radio) The Day Today (TV) Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (both radio and TV) I'm Alan Partridge (TV) The web series that was also aired by Sky Atlantic His autobiography (read in character if you get the audiobook version) There's more stuff, but that covers the character and his continued downfall. It's all pretty much amazing too.
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Partridge turned into one of those cross-media franchises, only it happened purely by accident and its all fits together perfectly.
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But if you only watch one thing, make it season 1 of I'm Alan Partridge, which is approaching the absolute zenith of sitcom.
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netally posted:Watching the semi-finals would ruin the main event. I like the element of surprise that comes with the really crazy acts. The really crazy acts tend to be voted out in the semis though, especially since they introduced jury voting.
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Nick Helm has his own show on iPlayer at the moment. It's good.ookiimarukochan posted:The really crazy acts tend to be voted out in the semis though, especially since they introduced jury voting. The Eurovision jury voting system seems crazy. Last year the UK public voted the Polish entry (boobs in traditional costumes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ920cN2HmA) number 1, but after the jury votes were included Poland didn't get any points from the UK. It makes phone voting pretty much worthless. Although it's hard to get too  about Eurovision.
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There's a thing on iPlayer called Frankie Boyle's Election Autopsy, which I wasn't going to mention at first. It's pretty funny throughout, but the reason i mention it is for the last five or six minutes, when akala (rapper/poet/brother of ms. dynamite) turns up to talk about racism in Britain. Not funny at all but definitely worth seeing.
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stickyfngrdboy posted:There's a thing on iPlayer called Frankie Boyle's Election Autopsy, which I wasn't going to mention at first. It's pretty funny throughout, but the reason i mention it is for the last five or six minutes, when akala (rapper/poet/brother of ms. dynamite) turns up to talk about racism in Britain. Yeah, that segment pulled no punches, and quite rightfully so.
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May 21, 2015 19:58
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That guy was loving amazing.
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Thanks for mentioning him, I'd have skipped that thing entirely and missed out.
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Here's the clip on Youtube. Definitely an interesting watch. Never heard of the guy, but there's a couple of related links with him so they're probably worth checking out too. Does he appear on tv much?
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thehustler posted:That guy was loving amazing. yeah the best part was when he said things definitely no one had said ever before and how he was speaking to an audience that in no way already agreed with what he was saying before he even said it whew loving phenomenal m8
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lionlegs posted:
I'm trying to get my head around that. It's like The Jury gives 20 points to their favourite, 19 for the next, 18, etc all the way to their number 10 pick getting 11 points. Then the public vote, the favourite gets 10 points (and the next gets 9, etc), so if the most voted for on the phonelines doesn't appear on the Jury list, it's automatically locked out. You may as well tell the UK crowd which 10 they are allowed to vote to change the order of. (nb. I can't remember if the eurovision has 8 or 10 countries that are given points, but u get the idea)
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corn in the fridge posted:yeah the best part was when he said things definitely no one had said ever before and how he was speaking to an audience that in no way already agreed with what he was saying before he even said it whew loving phenomenal m8 It gives me much hope that more or less everyone in the crowd thought that Aussie talk show clip was racist as gently caress. Seriously, what the hell?
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SeanBeansShako posted:It gives me much hope that more or less everyone in the crowd thought that Aussie talk show clip was racist as gently caress. Seriously, what the hell? But was it really? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/p...t-10210768.html
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corn in the fridge posted:yeah the best part was when he said things definitely no one had said ever before and how he was speaking to an audience that in no way already agreed with what he was saying before he even said it whew loving phenomenal m8 People should definitely stop saying important things if some other people said them first and some other people already agree with those things, yeah.
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Paladinus posted:But was it really? Still made people think, even it was a weird not well thought out slip of the tounge.
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stickyfngrdboy posted:People should definitely stop saying important things if some other people said them first and some other people already agree with those things, yeah. i think you missed the point of my post
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SeanBeansShako posted:Still made people think, even it was a weird not well thought out slip of the tounge. Think about what? That all Aussies are (violent inbred criminals and) racists? Because clearly, if a news anchor says something openly racist, such behaviour is tolerated and maybe encouraged there. Is that what we want for our country? What horror. There's a lot to be said about their immigration policies, treatment of indigenous Australians, and many other things, but it should be said not through a viral 10 seconds video clip from youtube dot com.
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corn in the fridge posted:i think you missed the point of my post What was the point of your post?
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