Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted April 19, 2017 Moderators Share Posted April 19, 2017 Been rewatching League of Gentlemen. It's my favourite thing ever, and very inspirational and influential to me, but one of those things I felt I'd overwatched, as it was also one of my comfort watch shows in bad times, so had to take a break from for a few years. My god, does it hold up. The gag-rate in the very first two minutes of the first episode is incredible. Sight-gag after sight-gag at an amazing pace. I was jarred by the first season being in SD and 4:3, because it's not old, is it? LoG was only on recently. Â But then there's a line by Les McQueen where he talks about the Eurovision heats in '81 to demonstrate how out of touch and trapped in the past he is. '81 to the time the show first aired in '99 is the exact same amount of time between its first airing and now. Christ. But still a brilliant, brilliant show. They're all so young in it, too. So young and talented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted April 19, 2017 Awards Moderator Share Posted April 19, 2017 I rewatched LoG about two years ago and it's staggeringly good. Brilliant gags, verbal and visual, grotesque characters and excellent observations. And not only that, the plot is good by itself. It's also clever-funny, and yet can still do the catchphrase thing really well. Just an excellent piece of work. I remember discussing series 3 on here and it divided the board at first, but in retrospect it's very well put together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 2 hours ago, SpursRiot2012 said: How do you do spoiler tags on mobile? I think I know this, but as I'm on the mobile site myself and it no longer seems to have any method of previewing a post before submitting, it may take some trial and error to demonstrate. So bear with me here. [spoiler]Type your spoiler between these tags.[/spoiler] Triple H wins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chilly McFreeze Posted April 19, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted April 19, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Astro Hollywood said: Been rewatching League of Gentlemen. It's my favourite thing ever, and very inspirational and influential to me, but one of those things I felt I'd overwatched, as it was also one of my comfort watch shows in bad times, so had to take a break from for a few years. My god, does it hold up. The gag-rate in the very first two minutes of the first episode is incredible. Sight-gag after sight-gag at an amazing pace. I was jarred by the first season being in SD and 4:3, because it's not old, is it? LoG was only on recently.  But then there's a line by Les McQueen where he talks about the Eurovision heats in '81 to demonstrate how out of touch and trapped in the past he is. '81 to the time the show first aired in '99 is the exact same amount of time between its first airing and now. Christ. But still a brilliant, brilliant show. They're all so young in it, too. So young and talented. It's just brilliant isn't it? So original and it holds up completely. It popped up on my Netflix recommends last month and it'd been a while since my last re-watch, and I just devoured the whole lot in a couple of weeks. Easily in my top 5 TV programmes of all time. I think the spirit lives on in Inside Number 9 and Psychoville, but neither quite reach the same heights. Also found the live show on Dailymotion, definitely worth a watch. (Watching this reminded me of how many catchphrases they had, but they never relied on them, and they always felt organic rather than being the joke itself. Plus the whole show is so quotable anyway.)  Edited April 19, 2017 by Chilly McFreeze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Did you every listen to the radio show? Â I wonder if that's why they had all the sight gags, they don't work as well on the wireless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted April 20, 2017 Moderators Share Posted April 20, 2017 The one-off Stump Hole Cavern tour guide sketch is one of the most perfect comedy monologues ever written. Beautiful turns of phrase, the slow build of the incredibly dark subtext. Â Here's the live version of it: Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted April 21, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted April 21, 2017 I've been watching the original House of Cards on Netflix. It's brilliant. Francis Urquhart is much better than Frank Underwood. Also, Susannah Harker was really cute back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted April 22, 2017 Awards Moderator Share Posted April 22, 2017 Series 2 of Car Share is just as sweet, funny and comfy as the last one. Peter Kay is one of the board's favourite punching bags but he's a really good dramatic comedy actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Wretch Posted April 22, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2017 Been brilliant, hasn't it? The ending leaves the possibility of a Christmas special surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 I've never minded Peter Kay's TV show stuff other than Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere. His first standup DVD was pretty good too, but he then coasted off a bunch of naff catchphrases and hasn't had any new material for 15 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted April 22, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2017 3 hours ago, Onyx2 said: Series 2 of Car Share is just as sweet, funny and comfy as the last one. Peter Kay is one of the board's favourite punching bags but he's a really good dramatic comedy actor. I think everyone on here (deservedly) loves Phoenix Nights, That Peter Kay Thing and his appearance in Corrie that time. It's the Geraldine shite, Max & Paddy, his stand-ups and his crap charity songs that are cack. But yeah, he's a brilliant dramatic comedy actor, always has been. So natural. My wife has been watching the 2nd series and I've caught some of it now and then, it's a nice little show. I should really go through them all at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted April 22, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2017 Anyone heard anything review wise about American Gods? Seen a wee snippet flash up on Youtube and a show with McShane interests me greatly, but can't find much about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbobjr Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Teedy Kay said: Anyone heard anything review wise about American Gods? Seen a wee snippet flash up on Youtube and a show with McShane interests me greatly, but can't find much about it. It's been getting very good reviews from what I've read, really enjoyed the books so am looking forward to watching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted April 22, 2017 Moderators Share Posted April 22, 2017 The best thing on this year, by a country mile, is FX's Feud, about the rivalry between Joan Crawford and Betty Davis, by Ryan Murphy of American Horror Story. It was the Bret vs. Shawn of its day, with (and I don't want to spoil the specifics) their Survivor Series incident going down live at the fucking Oscars. Amazing stuff, and all of its themes super relevant today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted April 23, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2017 I wondered why 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?' was on the what people are watching lists on Kodi, this explains it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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