Paid Members Jazzy G Posted October 14, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted October 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Abe_Knuckleball_Schwartz said: I watched all episodes back to back and it does work better as one long piece, Steve Coogan is a wonderful actor. I watched it in two parts over a night and a morning. There's probably a really good two hour edit of it that could be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Boycie Posted October 14, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted October 14, 2023 6 hours ago, Bellenda Carlisle said: How? He seemed perfect to me. He was incredible as Savile, probably the most accurate biopic acting I've ever seen. The show was a bit boring though, should have been a film or something. For some reason I just couldn't picture him as Savile. You're absolutely right, he was incredible, a superb performance. I imagine it's difficult to play someone like that but he absolutely nailed it as I said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted October 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted October 15, 2023 Just finished 'The Fall of the House of Usher' on Netflix. I really enjoyed it. Fairly mild horror with loads of Poe references. Great for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 18 minutes ago, ReturnOfTheMack said: Just finished 'The Fall of the House of Usher' on Netflix. I really enjoyed it. Fairly mild horror with loads of Poe references. Great for me. Is that the new Mike Flanagan one? Saw Rahul Kohli mention it on social media and made a very bad mental note to watch it, then forgot what it was called! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted October 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted October 15, 2023 2 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: Is that the new Mike Flanagan one? Saw Rahul Kohli mention it on social media and made a very bad mental note to watch it, then forgot what it was called! Yes thats the one. My wife loves his work and knowing how much I love Poe she reminded me it was on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted October 16, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted October 16, 2023 Having watched the Jimmy Saville drama after some posts in here and a few friends raving about the casting, I have to echo a lot of the same thoughts. Coogan continues to be in a way not underrated but not given his flowers for his character work throughout. We talk of people like Daniel Day Lewis in films being so method and becoming so entwined in his roles but someone like Coogan who mastered characters like Alan Partridge and continues to shine in different genres but always around biopic style casting, the effort and intricacies he puts in is magnificent. Is it in poor taste for him to be nominated for a BAFTA in a way celebrating how well he played a monster? The episodes did somewhat drag though and while the real awful moments stood out and you felt uneasy throughout, it would have been better being done as just a one episode 2 hour biopic. In a generation of binge watching though, it would have been common sense for myself to not watch 4 hours of the life of Jimmy Saville and not feel uneasy after it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Factotum Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 4 hours ago, Shy Dad said: Is it in poor taste for him to be nominated for a BAFTA in a way celebrating how well he played a monster? Not really. People have played horrendous real life characters and won awards before. Knowing Coogan though I think he might ask not to be considered, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathrey Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Many of the UKFF will be crying in to their cornflakes, Doctors has been canceled after 23 years of being on TV. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-67133791 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch2000 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Noooooooo! A fine soap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 18, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 18, 2023 That's weird, I was only reading about it after a Wikipedia rabbit hole session over breakfast. A good soap opera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted October 18, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted October 18, 2023 The Joe Pasquale episode is one of the best episodes of any soap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted October 18, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted October 18, 2023 We don’t have a good adverts thread but this one kept popping up during Big Brother and I gotta say I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted October 19, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted October 19, 2023 Very good. The previous Maccies advert with the smug overly-happy bastards in the traffic jam raising their eyebrows at each other is the worst advert I've ever seen though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Healys Chutney Spoon Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 A few series I've been watching that are quite easy to follow: Cobra: Rebellion - reasonable but pretty OTT storylines but a roller coaster of a final episode. Payback - looks good so far, but seems like it could either go brilliant or go off a cliff and be shite. W1A --found on iPlayer and forgotten how funny it is, in a deadpan way. Welcome to Wrexham S2 - nowhere near as good as the first one, but ok nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members CleetusVanDamme Posted October 19, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted October 19, 2023 39 minutes ago, tiger_rick said: Very good. The previous Maccies advert with the smug overly-happy bastards in the traffic jam raising their eyebrows at each other is the worst advert I've ever seen though. This one makes my blood boil. When I went to see The Meg 2 doing the 4DX gimmick and that ad came on I was convinced they were going to spray water at me in time with the eyebrow raises and it would be my serial killer origin‐story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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