|
Rapacity posted:Is this Royle Family episode new? God drat they lay it on with a trowel. Worst programme I've seen this year. The original couple of series were great with just the right amount of awkwardness. This one is like they showed the first series to the loving Krankies and told them to let loose. I went and watched it because I read this yesterday. I'll have to agree. This was a great show for the first couple series and I loved it from the first episode. I hadn't seen it for about a decade and much like you, watching this piece of poo poo was like watching a parody of the original show. It reminded me of the sitcom When The Whistle Blows in Extras.
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 11:51
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 2, 2024 21:48 |
|
|
Junkenstein posted:To be fair, this Alan Carr xmas special is pretty entertaining. It's a complete and utter mess. Jedward are a pair of right little cunts. And they're going to Eurovision again. Because it worked so well the first time. Their funniest appearance was on Buzzcocks though, where they (legit, I think) gave Noel Fielding an anxiety attack.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 13:08
|
|
|
Was there a Christmas ghost story this year? Last years Whistle and I'll Come to You was fantastic.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 14:39
|
|
|
I've never seen Star Wars is back and they have a new host! Joe Brand. Was Brigstock busy or something? Why can the BBC not find a good place for him :/
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 15:55
|
|
|
Big Fat Quiz of the Year keeps going worse year by year. The ones 3-4 years ago were really good.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 17:15
|
|
|
jyrka posted:Big Fat Quiz of the Year keeps going worse year by year. The ones 3-4 years ago were really good. 09 was good, that was Brooker and Mitchell, Ross and Brand and the last team was 50% good with Winkleman and Mcintyre (Claudia Winkleman is seriously funny as hell when she gets to cut loose on these programs, maybe that's just me). However I think if I'd been in charge of last nights one I would have just binned it and started over, jesus. 50% of one team being bad is manageable but not 50% of the entire show.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 17:23
|
|
|
Sion posted:I've never seen Star Wars is back and they have a new host! Joe Brand. They didn't like him as host, according to his twitter.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 17:57
|
|
|
The questions were pretty poo poo as well, I thought.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 18:25
|
|
|
Yep Jamie Oliver was a wet blanket and it seemed Jimmy Carr has to really force himself to laugh (more than usual) at his responses. And Miranda hart is possibly the least funny female comedian (even more so that Joe Brand) Hopefully Top Gear in India tonight will make up for a rather lovely christmas offering.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 18:36
|
|
|
I suppose Jamie Oliver is a bigger draw than Sean Lock.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 19:55
|
|
|
Did anyone else think the the Harper Seven Born question was going to be about Stephen Harper's parliamentary majority in Canada? No? 
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 19:58
|
|
|
there is something deeply childish about wiring up James May's brakes to the horn, but it's made me giggle. And some of the shots in these specials are truly great
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 22:14
|
|
|
At the beginning of the top gear special they seemed to be phoning it in, with the Dabbawala stuff especially, but when I saw the banner on the train I knew it could be good and then: "poo poo FOR YOUR COMPANY  " nearly gave me a hernia. However when I think of some of the other specials they've done, this feels like the weakest.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 22:38
|
|
|
Anyone else watching Great Expectations? I'm enjoying it so far.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 23:23
|
|
|
my mother has decided to watch Benidorm, and it's some sort of bizarre 'No Country For Old Men' pistache. It's... loving excruciating.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2011 23:57
|
|
|
eating only apples posted:Anyone else watching Great Expectations? I'm enjoying it so far. Yes! Ray Winston is a very convincing Magwitch. Also, the amount of child beating in the first episode was incredibly Christmassy! I watched the Christmas special of Mrs. Brown's Boys after having seen none of the episodes before it. I get it, and I think I like it in the same way I'd like watching fat people fall on ice or fart to the sound of slide whistles.
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2011 00:25
|
|
Almost done watching the Inbetweeners Movie, it is quite alright. Whoever compared it to Kevin and Perry Go Large there isn't a  big enough for you.
|
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2011 00:27
|
|
|
SeanBeansShako posted:Almost done watching the Inbetweeners Movie, it is quite alright. Whoever compared it to Kevin and Perry Go Large there isn't a It's a surprisingly uplifting film. It helps that they've scaled back the characters to the season 1/2 levels. They actually feel like normal people with exaggerated neuroses instead of the barely functioning incompetents that they became.
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2011 01:07
|
|
Strom Cuzewon posted:It's a surprisingly uplifting film. It helps that they've scaled back the characters to the season 1/2 levels. They actually feel like normal people with exaggerated neuroses instead of the barely functioning incompetents that they became. Which is a relief, as had they were acting like their series 3 selves it would have ended in a depressingly bizzaro suicide pact. Shame Jay never put his dad in his place though my only complaint TBH.
|
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2011 01:09
|
|
|
ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:my mother has decided to watch Benidorm, and it's some sort of bizarre 'No Country For Old Men' pistache. It's... loving excruciating. Is a pistache a cross between a piss-take and a pastiche?
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2011 01:47
|
|
|
Boi Hole posted:I got the Benidorm complete collection on DVD for Christmas. I'd never heard of it, but a quick google suggested Johnny Vegas was involved, which led me to believe that it might not be completely awful. Are there no redeeming features, or should I just dump it, unwatched? In this case it's just a guy dressed as Chigurh who acts evil, nothing more clever than that.
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2011 01:52
|
|
|
Boi Hole posted:Is a pistache a cross between a piss-take and a pastiche? It's a kind of nut isn't it?
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2011 01:54
|
|
|
Boi Hole posted:Is a pistache a cross between a piss-take and a pastiche? It's what you get if you drink a mug of urine.
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2011 02:18
|
|
|
Dara O Briain is on iplayer going on about how bad at video games he is again.
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2011 19:24
|
|
|
Rarity posted:Catching up with Most Annoying People of 2011 on iPlayer. How long has Russell Kane been pretending to be Captain Jack Sparrow? I just assumed that one day he forgot his own surname, saw Russell Brand's My Booky-Wook, and figured that must be him, so he just took up that look.
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2011 21:26
|
|
|
Just finished watching Big Fat Quiz. Is it just me, or is David Mitchell trying to become Charlie Brooker?
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2011 01:57
|
|
|
Someone has to. I wonder where Brooker left the skin and hair before stepping into his new role of media commentator instead of agitator. Maybe it's under the screenwipe couch.
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2011 03:03
|
|
|
LittleBob posted:Just finished watching Big Fat Quiz. Is it just me, or is David Mitchell trying to become Charlie Brooker? No but they are both good at moaning about stuff. David mitchell has a series of videos literally called david mitchells soapbox, he is terrible i dont know why everyone fawns over him when he is basically just mark corrigan-lite, without the excruciating embarassing bits. It wouldn't be so bad either but he is on every loving panel show. At least brooker can seemingly do other things well other than have a bit of a moan about stuff.
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2011 03:34
|
|
|
So Mitchell is Prince Phillip without the racism? If so, I'd be inclined to agree. I think it's a tad unfair, though, to say that the moaning on his Soapbox bits are who he really is. Bullfrog seem to have wanted THAT Mitchell and he is playing the part in what are essentially advertisements. Local Group Bus fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Dec 30, 2011 |
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2011 03:51
|
|
|
gwaaargh posted:I watched the Christmas special of Mrs. Brown's Boys after having seen none of the episodes before it. I get it, and I think I like it in the same way I'd like watching fat people fall on ice or fart to the sound of slide whistles. My dad put on a DVD of this show on Boxing Day and I think you just nailed why I enjoyed it, actually. I did like that they left the cameraman's cockups in the final cuts of the episodes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKRZBJZeAHs Dr Snofeld fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Dec 30, 2011 |
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2011 03:57
|
|
|
Dr Snofeld posted:My dad put on a DVD of this show on Boxing Day and I think you just nailed why I enjoyed it, actually. some of the pre-BBC stuff of Mrs Browns Boys was a lot better. It doesn't have the same polish or breaking of the fourth wall as the current show, but it's probably bleaker/funnier. What's weird is that the first time Mrs Brown appeared, she was played by Anjelica Houston.
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2011 10:42
|
|
|
Charlie Brooker was on the BBC News this morning, talking about the year in news. Don't forget, BBC Four, Tonight, 10.30pm, Newswipe 2011 special.
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2011 12:02
|
|
|
Local Group Bus posted:Someone has to. I wonder where Brooker left the skin and hair before stepping into his new role of media commentator instead of agitator. Maybe it's under the screenwipe couch.
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2011 12:57
|
|
|
I'm okay with new Brooker. The guy still has stuff to say, except now people will let him on TV to say it. Surely that's a good thing, right? Newswipe and Screenwipe rule, but I've enjoyed some of his new stuff a lot too. That How TV Ruined Your Life was pretty good. He's more mellow, but we'll see tonight if he still has his edge. to add to the Mitchell discussion, whatever happened to the Bubble? I loved that program, did it get cancelled? I remember there was a guy who uploaded them all to youtube, does anyone have the link? it was something like "The Ball of Air". Edit: vvv Cheers for the link man, that's me for a few hours now! meme fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Dec 30, 2011 |
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2011 17:56
|
|
|
meme posted:to add to the Mitchell discussion, whatever happened to the Bubble? I loved that program, did it get cancelled? I remember there was a guy who uploaded them all to youtube, does anyone have the link? it was something like "The Ball of Air". I think in the end nobody thought the final result was worth quarantining a trio of comedians for three days.
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2011 18:01
|
|
|
cloudchamber posted:I think in the end nobody thought the final result was worth quarantining a trio of comedians for three days. Germaine Greer criticising Ed Byrne's skills at Call of Duty was worth the price of the entire series. Popgoesthekitty was the name, meme: http://www.youtube.com/user/popgoesthekitty/videos
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2011 18:09
|
|
|
meme posted:to add to the Mitchell discussion, whatever happened to the Bubble? I loved that program, did it get cancelled? I remember there was a guy who uploaded them all to youtube, does anyone have the link? it was something like "The Ball of Air".
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2011 18:14
|
|
|
I like how Charlie Brooker looks like a 1960s writer now.
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2011 19:02
|
|
|
Charlie  I do watch his stuff and just wish he'd get properly angry.
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2011 00:06
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 2, 2024 21:48 |
|
|
Metrication posted:I like how Charlie Brooker looks like a 1960s writer now. With that hair he looks more like a middle-aged T4 presenter.
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2011 01:20
|
|
