Originally Posted by Magic
The TV licence guy came to my door today. I just told him I play the PlayStation and I don't need one.
They'll be getting the door closed on them next time.
The TV licence guy came to my door today. I just told him I play the PlayStation and I don't need one.
They'll be getting the door closed on them next time.
I always thought I’d suppport the tv license. How times change.
Apparently it really is that easy to get away with not paying for one too. I sort of feel like a mug that I still do.
Do you know what I didn’t appreciate at the time but now think is absolutely brilliant, and should be regarded as one of the best “one man shows” ever? If you’ve got fifteen minutes spare, watch this episode of Bodger and Badger and I won’t believe you if you say you didn’t lol out loud at least once:
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They did student nights for a while, my mate was ejected from the student union for 'posing a threat to Badger' as he was trying to nick him.
Throughly enjoying Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy on iPlayer. He travels to each region in Italy and talks to people about the unique food and culture of the area. It’s basically food porn with a silky-voiced narrator and beautiful scenery.
Nobodsy else reacted but I've been thinking about the phrase 'posing a threat to Badger' all day.
Serious question, am I in for a nostalgic but perhaps eventually unfulfilling trip down memory lane at 10pm on BBC2, where the listing is Big Train, or am I set for some seethe inducing modern re-imagining of said locomotive?
It's the thing you want.
I forgot Graham Linehan was involved in that.
The Bear season 2 crept up on me. I rely on you useless wankers for this shit.
Never did get round to finishing S1. Loved the aesthetic, but couldn't tolerate the brother.
Thats what everyone said about Mike’s birthday party last night.
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Finished Letterkenny the other day and banged out Shoresy today, it's fucking gold.
Started The Bear last night, it’s pretty great. We watched 5 episodes in one sitting.
Season 2 is dogshit, I had to give up halfway through episode 2.
Lol you what
It's better then season 1. The episode 6 + 7 double whammy is better TV than even Succession managed this year.
That's really not what I wanted to hear. 1.5 episodes were shite, make no doubt about it. May return to it at some point.
Speaking of which, I’m finally watching season 4 of Succession.
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I returned to it. The slow start continued for a bit more but then we finally got some food porn and the Copenhagen episode was great. And I've just finished the Xmas episode which is as good as TV gets. Deepest apologies.
He ain't wrong kids.
Watched all of the new Series of Black Mirror this weekend. My take was:
Joan is Awful - Started well and a decent enough idea, but it ran out of steam and the ending was nonsense.
Loch Henry - Probably my favourite episode of the lot. Nothing new here and as Spikey said it was pretty predictable but I still enjoyed it.
Beyond the Sea - Stylistically I really liked it, but the premise wasn't good enough to support the length of the episode and it just meandered along before abruptly ending.
Mazey Dazey - Just awful.
Demon 79 - Decent idea, but again not enough to sustain nearly an hour and a half and it just petered out.
Overall I'd say it was watchable but not much more.
Do you agree that 7 is actually even better than 6? It's one of the best episodes of TV I've seen in years with how it's set up and paced.
Both were exceptional but given episode 6 had a full hour and more to work with, episode 7 is probably the bigger achievement. I'll rewatch both seasons B2B once I'm done as the gap between seasons wasn't ideal for my Alzheimer's and these 2 episodes are making me want to do it ASAP.
I’m seriously doubting this claim, but it’s certainly got me intrigued.
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Finally getting round to The Wire. My review: it's pretty good.
Where are you up to?
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About five episodes into season 2. I had been told it's the weakest season but it's not dropped off imo. Enjoying the shameless get the gang back together routine. Does need more Omar though.
Yeah I think people just want more Stringer Bell/Omar and go hard on the season for that reason. It's a great season and one that holds up more than the rest upon rewatch in my experience.
Already looking forward to lolling at your daft ‘best to worst’ rankings when you’re done.
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I need to rewatch it but I would be hard pressed to put any series down as 'worst'.
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I admire Black Mirror deeply in providing a commentary of the homogenisation of content and the unending appetite for it by mindless viewers by getting me to watch completely unoriginal drivel. Those last 2 seasons and that movie shite have now ruined the legacy of what should have remained an outstanding show.
Stringer is probably the archetypal character that I care about less and less on each re-watch. It's probably unfair to judge based on a frankly excessive 7 (?) watch throughs, but on the last couple I was actually starting to think Idris Elba's performance wasn't actually that great. Bit over the top and hammy, somehow.
The more you rewatch the more you come to realise that Slim Charles is the main character.
So is season 3 of Succession considered to be the least good one? It's still good but it doesn't feel like much is actually happening. Two episodes to go so maybe something mind-blowing will happen but it feels like a lot of them all fucking each other over, as per, but to no real end at this point.
From memory, the last two eps are amazing. Especially the last one.
It definitely peaks at the right time.
Well that's good to know at least.
Wasn't the tech conference episode in S3? I did love that. I can't remember much of the plot though so you might be right about it being the least strong series.
Yes it was, and the one I just watched was Kendall's birthday.
It obviously isn't a bad series by any means but (to this point) it doesn't feel like the overall situation has changed a great deal since the end of season 2, at least compared to some of the big events in the prior seasons.
Still very much enjoying it though and I wouldn't have thought I'll be too long getting through the remaining 12 episodes or whatever it is.
Also I only just noticed in the last episode or two that Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are in the opening credits.
They produced Eastbound & Down previously so Succession was obviously a sure hit from the off.
Oh god, Kendall's birthday was perfection. But it's still more of a stand alone character thing rather than advancing the overall story a great deal. That comes in the last couple of eps.
I think I preferred S3 to S4 kinda. But I think the overall thing should just be considered a whole, rather than massively delineated. It's great
Guys. Stranger Things. I've just started watching it, seen two episodes now and it's been... okay. Is it worth sticking with?
Not at all. Season 1 is okay, the rest is straight bad.
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I didn't mind it, but it's another Netflix thing where long episodes just keep getting longer, the last one was over two hours. Fuck that
I've enjoyed it on the whole over the years but I'm not sure I'd feel the same if I watched it all back to back as I assume you'll do if you go for it Baz.
Its principle problems are; repetition of story arcs, far too many characters and increasingly long episodes. That said, one of the bits in the last season was the best thing they've ever done so I'd probably say stick with it until you're not enjoying it then bin it.
It's an okay watch, but nothing more than that. As Yev says there's a lot of repetition and it relies way too heavily on 80s nostalgia, but I don't think you'll regret watching it.
There's some great bits, there's some terrible bits. Worth sticking with, but don't expect the world.
Definitely a case of diminishing returns with it for me.
I would say the first season was very good and the best one by an absolute mile. It captured the eighties nostalgia really well and also mixed it with some really good sci-fi, mystery and actually (in my opinion anyway) quite legitimately good horror.
It's gone steadily downhill since and I gave up on it during the last season because I can't be bothered fucking about with multiple film-length episodes per season. It just got a bit tedious. I think when they released the second half of season four (or whatever) and one of the episodes was over two and a half hours long I just fucked it off immediately.
I think the last series was very good, long episodes aside. There were some irritations, a couple of characters that just need to fuck off and as Yev said, it's very formulaic, but it's definitely worthy watching.
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