BrodyGraham Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Add me to the pro Everything Sucks! camp. The performances are really good. The kids who play Luke and McQuaid being especially good. I'll confess to maybe being easily swayed considering I was the 15 year old indie/mosh outcast kid at school, exactly when this was set, so there were large servings of 'relate' being served up but yeah it's decent. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 29 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: Seriously? I stuck it on and didn't make it more than five minutes it because I thought it was fucking terrible. Trying to be like the Goldbergs for the 90s but with none of the charm, or decent writing. The intro music alone was so fucking hacky in a "look at all this stuff from the 90s" way it really turned me off. Maybe I'll have to go back and give it more of a chance. But I suspect I'm right and the two of you have rubbish taste! Try watching it in the afternoon or evening and see if that makes a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted February 20, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Chest Rockwell said: Seriously? I stuck it on and didn't make it more than five minutes it because I thought it was fucking terrible. Trying to be like the Goldbergs for the 90s but with none of the charm, or decent writing. The intro music alone was so fucking hacky in a "look at all this stuff from the 90s" way it really turned me off. Maybe I'll have to go back and give it more of a chance. But I suspect I'm right and the two of you have rubbish taste! See, I was with Chest after the first episode, thought it was very average. Done . couple more and it's getting better, but I'm far from blown away. Unlike Stranger Things, where the nostalgic setting compliments the story without being overly suffocating, at times Everything Sucks pushes it down your throat,, even though the time period isn't actually that crucial to the main plotlines. It feels like nostalgia for nostalgia's sake at points. It's not bad, and I'm hoping to warm to it further as it goes on, but three episodes in I'm not super excited for the rest of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Did anyone see 24 Hours in Police Custody? Some of the best documentary TV going. They're always brilliant. Mum is back on BBC2 tonight. The first series flew under the radar but it was one of the best comedies I've seen in years. Made by the same guy who did Him & Her. Thoroughly recommended! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted February 21, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 21, 2018 Agree on Mum, Lee. I really liked the first series. Haven't seen last nights. I did catch up with the first episode of Hold the Sunset. John Cleese's first sitcom since Fawlty Towers. It got an audience of 6m which apparently is good these days. My reaction to it was "I dunno". I couldn't understand half of what John Cleese said. And I'm not really sure what the rest of it is supposed to be. Started with a strange scene with an argument that wasn't really an argument about a dog pissing up a tree and then moved on to the bloke from Trollied as some sort of man/child. I'll give it another go but I'm currently puzzled why after all these years, Cleese took on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted February 21, 2018 Moderators Share Posted February 21, 2018 Expensive divorces. Same reason any old famous men still bother working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 3 hours ago, tiger_rick said: Agree on Mum, Lee. I really liked the first series. Haven't seen last nights. I did catch up with the first episode of Hold the Sunset. John Cleese's first sitcom since Fawlty Towers. It got an audience of 6m which apparently is good these days. My reaction to it was "I dunno". I couldn't understand half of what John Cleese said. And I'm not really sure what the rest of it is supposed to be. Started with a strange scene with an argument that wasn't really an argument about a dog pissing up a tree and then moved on to the bloke from Trollied as some sort of man/child. I'll give it another go but I'm currently puzzled why after all these years, Cleese took on this. It's pretty much the exact same sitcom as As Time Goes By. Old biddies having their Autumn years ruined by their adult kids. Cleese was on radio two and it's created by one of his old mates. I'd have thought the Python royalties would keep him in good stead like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted February 21, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 21, 2018 I've been watching Blackadder. Haven't watched it through for years. My unpopular opinion is that Blackadder Goes Forth isn't the best Blackadder. Blackadder II and The Third are better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted February 21, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 21, 2018 Third doesn't have Rik Mayall in it so is immediately discredited for the "better" discussion. So fuck off, Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted February 21, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) Well, second unpopular opinion, I'm not a big fan of the Lord Flashheart character. I thought it was terrible in the first series and, though better in Forth, still not great. Woof. Edit: Second, not first. Edited February 21, 2018 by SpursRiot2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paid Members Cod Eye Posted February 24, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 24, 2018 Just want to thank those who mentioned "Mum". I missed it when it first aired, but gave it a go after it was mentioned on the last page. Love it! It's another one of those sitcoms where you start to genuinely care about the characters.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted February 28, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 28, 2018 Caught the first episode of series 2 of "Mum". Still excellent. Lesley Manville is outstanding and the character is lovely. Just living her life while this cast of morons float in and around her. Saw a show called "Damned" for the first time. I think Jo Brand writes it. It was the first epiosde of series 2. It has a strong cast and was quite funny. It's set in a social services office. It's as cliche as you'd imagine but the dialogue is reasonable and the characters pretty well defined from the off. Anyone else seen it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squatswithducks Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) I've been watching Damned@tiger_rick, I'm really enjoying it so far. In my opinion there's no obvious drop from the first series, which is worth catching if you're able to dig it out from somewhere. Some of the one liners they come out with are quite funny. And for anyone that has been/is involved with anything like the NHS/Social Services type environment then there's some really relatable moments Edited February 28, 2018 by squatswithducks I'm an idiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted March 2, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted March 2, 2018 Yesterday marked TEN YEARS since the airing of the episode of LOST that made UKFF lose their fucking minds: The Constant. The freighter! Time travel! The painting of the ship! Jim from Neighbours! The Christmas Eve phone call! A love story, sci fi brilliance, an amazing way to make sense of the Desmond character. It remains an outstanding hour of television.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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