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Ashley's the only one of the main characters who isn't utterly terrible. Who thought this was a great basis for a comedy?
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# ? Jul 4, 2011 22:45 |
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Cerv posted:Ashley's the only one of the main characters who isn't utterly terrible. I'm about to start watching it on 4+1, but i think the concept has promise. Like, imagine the IT Crowd, but darker and set around an ambulance/hospital without a laugh track. I think it's trying to reach for the Four Lions type of humor but isn't providing the right balance of wacky absurdity against the serious undertones. Kin fucked around with this message at 00:00 on Jul 5, 2011 |
# ? Jul 4, 2011 22:56 |
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Kin posted:I'm about to start watching it on 4+1, but i think the concept has premice. Like, imagine the IT Crowd, but darker and set around an ambulance/hospital without a laugh track. I'm going to give it another shot next week, I'm not quite sure what to think yet. I was expecting something more Scrubs-ish, so I went into it wrong.
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# ? Jul 4, 2011 23:01 |
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Cerv posted:Ashley's the only one of the main characters who isn't utterly terrible. I think it might've been a decent basis for a comedy if more than one of the 4 main characters was at all interesting. And if there were jokes in it. The main paramedic guy and the policewoman are just a chore to watch because they're both so flat and miserable, and their conversations with each other are just depressing, trite bullshit about their various issues. I want to like it because of Robb Stark but I don't think it's happening.
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# ? Jul 4, 2011 23:09 |
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ChuckDHead posted:Channel 4 have put it up on 4OD, if you feel the need to make yourself very angry. Watched a bit and bookmarked for later - it seems like it's going to be a good episode, but still showing a bunch of horrible people in a terrible light which is what it does so well. I hope they get their comeuppance.
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# ? Jul 4, 2011 23:12 |
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some fantastic posted:I want to like it because of Robb Stark but I don't think it's happening. Because not everyone watches your nerd poo poo you know. And it's not helpful when google returns pages of apparently irrelevant spergapedia stuff.
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# ? Jul 4, 2011 23:18 |
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Cerv posted:Can people not just use the actor's name? Or the characters name? Just a general description of who they mean would help, I basically don't learn character names till a few episodes in.
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# ? Jul 4, 2011 23:33 |
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IMDb tells me he is talking about Richard Madden, who apparently comes from the town next to mine. Now I'm wondering what school he went to.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 00:12 |
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goatface posted:Most of my student landlords (I've had 6 in the last 7 years) have been pretty decent. A couple have been feckless, moronic and useless, but I don't think I'd describe them as malicious. I know people with stories though. People who become landlords generally see it as a surefire way of making money for little to no effort. They general take what money they have, buy a property for that exact amount, stick an extra £100-£200 on top of the mortgage payments each month and charge that as rent. Best case scenario, someone moves in straight away, the rent gets paid, they're happy. Then the boiler breaks and the landlord hasn't got the money to cover it and it all goes wrong. Worst case scenario, the property is vacant for a couple of months, the landlord gets a tenant, but falls behind on the mortgage. A few months into the tenancy the bank forecloses on the property and the tenants are chucked out. But the landlord on Dispatches was heading a proper company, with some mad turnover (he had a mansion!). Greed and contempt were evident throughout everything. Landlords across the board generally dissolve into uncaring money-grubbing arseholes, never able to appreciate that the house they are letting might technically be theirs in terms of ownership, but to the tenants it is their home By the way I work for a landlord company, so I see this behaviour bursting through every day. You just have to hope people work for your landlord that have an ounce of compassion, and that the landlord/company has the money to set things right. Cerv posted:Can people not just use the actor's name? Or the characters name? He used the name Robb Stark not only as an identifier for people who know who Robb Stark is, but also as that's the only name he has for the guy, and as well as that, the fact this guy is Robb Stark is what makes him want to watch and like it in the first place.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 10:34 |
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This is why I refer to people only by their hairstyles.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 10:44 |
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At least he said "Robb Stark", unlike Zorba who just said "That guy who plays Robb" which was completely unintelligible even though I've seen a couple of episodes of A Game of Thrones. Then again he not only doesn't like Babylon 5 but also acts with astonishment when people say they like it so who knows what's going on
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 10:53 |
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Padje posted:He used the name Robb Stark not only as an identifier for people who know who Robb Stark is, but also as that's the only name he has for the guy, and as well as that, the fact this guy is Robb Stark is what makes him want to watch and like it in the first place. Shame the characters in Sirens don't all wear name badges. Would make things easier.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 11:58 |
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MrL_JaKiri posted:At least he said "Robb Stark", unlike Zorba who just said "That guy who plays Robb" which was completely unintelligible even though I've seen a couple of episodes of A Game of Thrones. Well oh well. I know the actors name now so I'll use that. Chill.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 12:15 |
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Cerv posted:Could have looked up the actor's name. *shrug* Can't we just call them "the sociopathic one", "the gay one", and "the really dickish one" till we actually know their names?
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 12:17 |
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Cerv posted:Shame the characters in Sirens don't all wear name badges. Would make things easier. They do
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 12:38 |
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Kin posted:They do Woah!!! Zorba the Greek posted:Well oh well. I know the actors name now so I'll use that. Chill. Mainly that comment was because I missed the whole B5/Farscape discussion and so didn't get the chance to laugh at you dismissing the best heavily serialised television programme* as a pile of poo poo or whatever that Spaced quote is. *The Wire is fantastic but I would never have been able to watch it an episode a week as I would not have any clue of what was going on. MrL_JaKiri fucked around with this message at 13:03 on Jul 5, 2011 |
# ? Jul 5, 2011 13:00 |
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Kin posted:They do
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 13:30 |
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ChuckDHead posted:Can't we just call them "the sociopathic one", "the gay one", and "the really dickish one" till we actually know their names? You forgot "the girl one". Stuart, Ashley, Rachid, Maxine
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 13:35 |
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Cerv posted:It was more for Zorba's benefit.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 14:51 |
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Cerv posted:Could have looked up the actor's name. *shrug* If there is one thing I could change about this forum, other than the obvious purge of Star Trek, it would be forcing people to identify characters/actors properly. The scale and frequency of things like calling a woman "Lt. McTits" is absurd. It combines low effort posting with stupidity, and often gross misogyny.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 15:03 |
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:If there is one thing I could change about this forum, other than the obvious purge of Star Trek, it would be forcing people to identify characters/actors properly. The scale and frequency of things like calling a woman "Lt. McTits" is absurd. Hey, if the writers of SGU are too lovely to give her any other defining characteristics, then why should the viewers bother.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 15:20 |
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:If there is one thing I could change about this forum, other than the obvious purge of Star Trek, it would be forcing people to identify characters/actors properly. The scale and frequency of things like calling a woman "Lt. McTits" is absurd. Which one is she? I'm just awful with names in general. I watched most of the first series of SGU, and I basically only remember the names Eli and Rush.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 15:27 |
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Kin posted:Hey, if the writers of SGU are too lovely to give her any other defining characteristics, then why should the viewers bother. Because calling a actress "Lt. McTits" is demeaning to her and indicative of, at best, immaturity in the viewer, and more likely misogyny ? Because finding out a character, or actor's name is the work of one minute on IMDB ? Because using stupid and/or demeaning nick names for characters, particularly based on race or gender is the remit of the imbecile.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 15:28 |
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Because calling a actress "Lt. McTits" is demeaning to her and indicative of, at best, immaturity in the viewer, and more likely misogyny ? Because finding out a character, or actor's name is the work of one minute on IMDB ? Grow up.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 15:29 |
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No you.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 15:33 |
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Fatty, dorky, Lt Mctits, angry black man, bad commander, Lt. Bland Jesusfinder, Chloe, Asian Chloe, Other asian Chloe, A lesbian, Beefy lucian alliance man and Rush.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 15:35 |
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Because calling a actress "Lt. McTits" is demeaning to her and indicative of, at best, immaturity in the viewer, and more likely misogyny ? Or it's just saying she is poorly written with no defining characteristics and the most noteworthy thing about the actress is her boobs. This does not equal hatred of women.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 15:38 |
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On a forum where there has to be a specific rule to stop people calling female characters vapid cunts, I'm comfortable with the theory that it involves at least some degree of misogyny.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 15:42 |
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Tardstar posted:Fatty, dorky, Lt Mctits, angry black man, bad commander, Lt. Bland Jesusfinder, Chloe, Asian Chloe, Other asian Chloe, A lesbian, Beefy lucian alliance man and Rush. I watched almost the whole of season 1 of SGU, and honestly, the only people I could name were Eli and Rush. I can remember most of those people, but who actually is "Lt Mctits"?
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 15:44 |
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Lt. James. Her, Johansen, and Scott were the officers under Young.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 15:47 |
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Flatscan posted:Grow up. Yeah calling people McTits is what mature people alright
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 15:53 |
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Lt. James. Her, Johansen, and Scott were the officers under Young. I've looked her up on wikipedia, and I still can't even remember her. Was she the one who did paintings or something?
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 15:57 |
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ChuckDHead posted:I've looked her up on wikipedia, and I still can't even remember her. No, that was the civilian who forgot a boat. Lt. McTits was the medic who had a mystical disappearing baby.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 16:25 |
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Kin posted:It was more for Zorba's benefit. I wasn't going to say anything, but since other people have opened the sexism can of worms... ChuckDHead - why did you list the three male characters but not Maxine?
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 16:27 |
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Yeah calling people McTits is what mature people alright You're quite right, it isn't, but they don't throw massive hissy-fits about people doing it either.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 16:30 |
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If "grow up" is a massive hissy-fit you must have a very quiet life.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 16:33 |
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Flatscan posted:You're quite right, it isn't, but they don't throw massive hissy-fits about people doing it either. Truly mature individuals just shake their head at misogyny, safe in the knowledge that as a white male it doesn't matter to us anyway
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 16:34 |
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Strom Cuzewon posted:No, that was the civilian who forgot a boat. Lt. McTits was the medic who had a mystical disappearing baby. No, Johanson was the pregnant blonde medic. The one people called Lt. McTits was Lt. James who was the brunette officer in the tedious love triange with Scott and Chloe. Which reminds me I still haven't watched any of season two. Worth it if I generally thought season one was ok?
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 16:35 |
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The entire audience of Stargate U is posting in this thread.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 16:37 |
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Truly mature individuals just shake their head at misogyny, safe in the knowledge that as a white male it doesn't matter to us anyway Correct! Cerv posted:If "grow up" is a massive hissy-fit you must have a very quiet life. I'm the one that said "grow up" to Rapey Joe Stalin in response to his sperg-out about not getting characters names right.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 16:39 |