Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 3, 2022 Moderators Posted February 3, 2022 Pyschopaths is back and better than ever Quote
Keith Houchen Posted February 5, 2022 Posted February 5, 2022 On 1/31/2022 at 4:31 PM, Keith Houchen said: Via osmosis, I’ve seen the first series and a half of After Life. It’s pretty boring and by the numbers. It’s mainly saying cunt, fat jokes, and a character that seems to exist solely so Tony can answer questions smugly and with condescending superiority about why he’s an atheist. I called making up arguments so you can give your view “The Gervais Position” on here before but it is so apparent in this show. Finished this now. I found the whole thing incredibly lazy. A situation is about to happen (like the guy and his child in a coffee shop) and you already know the script for the next few minutes. Then slow minor chord piano kicks in to let you know there’s a sad bit coming involving him watching vids of his wife. Ooh we haven’t had a joke about sex workers or ex wives for a few minutes, we will see to that after we’ve made reference to someone being overweight. Maybe if I’d lost a loved one I might have seen this as moving as some people say it is. Maybe if I preferred actual jokes instead of calling everyone a cunt I’d have found it funny. Quote
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted February 5, 2022 Paid Members Posted February 5, 2022 34 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Finished this now. I found the whole thing incredibly lazy. A situation is about to happen (like the guy and his child in a coffee shop) and you already know the script for the next few minutes. Then slow minor chord piano kicks in to let you know there’s a sad bit coming involving him watching vids of his wife. Ooh we haven’t had a joke about sex workers or ex wives for a few minutes, we will see to that after we’ve made reference to someone being overweight. Maybe if I’d lost a loved one I might have seen this as moving as some people say it is. Maybe if I preferred actual jokes instead of calling everyone a cunt I’d have found it funny. Season 1 I thought was alright. But Gervais has proven his best stuff is filtered by someone else and he starts off great but sees diminishing returns after a hot debut. Basically he’s the TV Comedy version of Vince Russo. Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 6, 2022 Author Paid Members Posted February 6, 2022 For anyone interested, there's a 'Letterboxd for TV' now - https://www.serializd.com/ Quote
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted February 6, 2022 Paid Members Posted February 6, 2022 5 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said: For anyone interested, there's a 'Letterboxd for TV' now - https://www.serializd.com/ Oh, I like the idea of this. Thanks a lot! Quote
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted February 7, 2022 Paid Members Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) Started watching Inside Number 9 the other day. I just watched the episode 12 Days Of Christine and it's bloody brilliant. They've all been enjoyable, but that one's so powerful. It helps that Sheridan Smith is such a solid hand, but it's such good writing, great twists and turns. Edited February 7, 2022 by jazzygeofferz Quote
Paid Members Onyx2 Posted February 7, 2022 Paid Members Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, jazzygeofferz said: Started watching Inside Number 9 the other day. I just watched the episode 12 Days Of Christine and it's bloody brilliant. They've all been enjoyable, but that one's so powerful. It helps that Sheridan Smith is such a solid hand, but it's such good writing, great twists and turns. It's a brilliant show, of course with anthologies there are ups and downs but this writing and plotting is stratospheric for a 30 minute 'comedy' show. Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room is another universal favourite. In other news, this week sees Sean Lock's final appearance on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Edited February 7, 2022 by Onyx2 Quote
Keith Houchen Posted February 7, 2022 Posted February 7, 2022 Yeah yeah, let’s take the heat of Jimmy Carr by wheeling out the dead bloke, only monsters would complain. Quote
Paid Members BomberPat Posted February 8, 2022 Paid Members Posted February 8, 2022 I had assumed they must have filmed this series before Sean died, given that he's not been mentioned so far. I was wondering if they'd continue it without him - given Jimmy Carr's latest scandal (though I doubt that'll sink him), it might be even less likely to continue now. Quote
Factotum Posted February 8, 2022 Posted February 8, 2022 5 hours ago, BomberPat said: I was wondering if they'd continue it without him - given Jimmy Carr's latest scandal (though I doubt that'll sink him), it might be even less likely to continue now. Its incredibly popular on the Channel. Carr will ride it out. He does what he does. Right or wrong everyone knows what that is. When it comes back next year or whenever, people will have probably all moved on. Glad to see I wasn't the only one who thought AFTER LIFE was awful. The tone is absolutely all over the place and Gervais is the weakest thing in it. Brent was such a great character, but since then I don't think he's actually been good in anything. I thought he was rubbish in EXTRAS as well, but the scripts (well first series) were so good it didn't really matter. Quote
Keith Houchen Posted February 8, 2022 Posted February 8, 2022 Is Carr one of the owners of the company that pumps out panel shows? I wonder if people close ranks around him not out of some mad form of solidarity but because saying something bad about him could lose someone that lucrative panel show circuit spot. I know Zeppotron produce a few but that was Charlie Brookers firm. Not sure if he still is the main man there. I noticed another bit of panel show nepotism the other day, The guy who did the 8 out of 10 cats music is Mat Osman from Suede, I’m sure his brother being a big mover in the game show production world is coincidence. Quote
wordsfromlee Posted February 8, 2022 Posted February 8, 2022 16 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: I noticed another bit of panel show nepotism the other day, The guy who did the 8 out of 10 cats music is Mat Osman from Suede, I’m sure his brother being a big mover in the game show production world is coincidence. Richard Osman used to be the head of the production company that made 8 Out of 10 Cats. Jimmy Carr won’t leave the show because of his recent headlines. He did an episode of Cats the same week his tax avoidance stuff came out and just rode it out by taking a roasting about it from the other comics. If he wasn’t getting fired or quitting because of that, he won’t for this. Quote
Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 9, 2022 Moderators Posted February 9, 2022 The Righteous Gemstones second series is on Now TV. And much like season one it's absolutely fucking ace. Its a shame its not had the massive plaudits that Eastbound and Down did. I don't think Danny McBride has made a shit sitcom yet. Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 9, 2022 Author Paid Members Posted February 9, 2022 Name a better TV episode than ronny/lily from Barry. You can't! Honestly never seen anything quite like it before in my life. Can't wait for Bill Hader to start directing action films. Quote
Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 9, 2022 Moderators Posted February 9, 2022 Mrs Petersons Dog Gets Fucked Up from Trailer Park Boys for me Clive. Quote
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