I've already mentioned the following in these pages:
Green Wing
The Thick of It
The Inbetweeners
The IT Crowd
Still Game
... all of which are well worth watching. Other older shows that you might want to catch up on include:
Sherlock
The Fast Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq2vze4Gz9o) (probably the greatest sketch show ever)
Black Books (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1hg8LGGOhc) (sitcom)
Father Ted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT9K0TAfiIQ) (slightly surreal sitcom about Irish priests)
Peep Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R5QeTx6YLA) (sitcom)
That Mitchell & Webb Look (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NWVki5kiX4) (sketch show)
The League of Gentlemen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJhooPsKSoE) (Sitcom? Sort of. Not really. Just dark, dark, DARK. And weird and twisted. Really fucking weird and twisted. And dark.)
Other shit you might want to check out:
Black Mirror (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHTRVOGJRFA&list=PLKuzFhxtS9BFe0jGXQzge2o3tEH8chKpO) (a dark sci-fi/political/thriller/satirical series of short films, written by Charlie Brooker, possibly the funniest cunt on Earth)
Fresh Meat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gypt-Yr5D8) (sitcom, probably more for the young'uns amongst you, although I have watched and enjoyed it)
For those of you who have kids of school age, by the way... if you haven't introduced them to "Horrible Histories (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOm9qLwlvSc&list=PLeJEWpQStTWqbK4xajrWL7wYfzfytThly&spfreload=10)", well, you're a bad parent. There's no other possible explanation.
I'll try and post here occasionally as I see (or remember) stuff worth watching.
You know what's never not funny? Men dressed in women's clothing amirite?
Quote from: SKO on September 22, 2015, 12:37:40 PM
You know what's never not funny? Men dressed in women's clothing amirite?
Well, that would explain the success of the Medea franchise.
Somewhere in the rubble of Desipio is a Life On Mars thread. Still one of the greatest shows I've ever watched, and Gene Hunt is one of the greatest characters ever written/played.
If you haven't seen it, you're as hopeless as a belt salesman in Iowa.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 22, 2015, 01:07:57 PM
Somewhere in the rubble of Desipio is a Life On Mars thread. Still one of the greatest shows I've ever watched, and Gene Hunt is one of the greatest characters ever written/played.
If you haven't seen it, you're as hopeless as a belt salesman in Iowa.
I watched the first couple of shows, but then it got a bit hokey and self-conscious about the whole seventies thing, and I gave up.
EDIT: if you want to see the original, unreconstructed seventies show on which "Life of Mars" was based, check out "The Sweeney" (Sweeney Todd - Flying Squad). But do not, under any circumstances, watch the Godfuckingawful Ray Winstone film, based on the series, of the same name.
Quote from: Tonker on September 22, 2015, 01:17:47 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 22, 2015, 01:07:57 PM
Somewhere in the rubble of Desipio is a Life On Mars thread. Still one of the greatest shows I've ever watched, and Gene Hunt is one of the greatest characters ever written/played.
If you haven't seen it, you're as hopeless as a belt salesman in Iowa.
I watched the first couple of shows, but then it got a bit hokey and self-conscious about the whole seventies thing, and I gave up.
EDIT: if you want to see the original, unreconstructed seventies show on which "Life of Mars" was based, check out "The Sweeney" (Sweeney Todd - Flying Squad). But do not, under any circumstances, watch the Godfuckingawful Ray Winstone film, based on the series, of the same name.
Funny, I didn't feel any of the self-consciousness at all. It just felt like a cop show.
Also under Godfuckingawful - Ashes To Ashes, the sequel to Life On Mars.
Quote from: Tonker on September 22, 2015, 12:27:27 PM
I've already mentioned the following in these pages:
Green Wing
The Thick of It
The Inbetweeners
The IT Crowd
Still Game
... all of which are well worth watching. Other older shows that you might want to catch up on include:
Sherlock
The Fast Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq2vze4Gz9o) (probably the greatest sketch show ever)
Black Books (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1hg8LGGOhc) (sitcom)
Father Ted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT9K0TAfiIQ) (slightly surreal sitcom about Irish priests)
Peep Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R5QeTx6YLA) (sitcom)
That Mitchell & Webb Look (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NWVki5kiX4) (sketch show)
The League of Gentlemen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJhooPsKSoE) (Sitcom? Sort of. Not really. Just dark, dark, DARK. And weird and twisted. Really fucking weird and twisted. And dark.)
Other shit you might want to check out:
Black Mirror (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHTRVOGJRFA&list=PLKuzFhxtS9BFe0jGXQzge2o3tEH8chKpO) (a dark sci-fi/political/thriller/satirical series of short films, written by Charlie Brooker, possibly the funniest cunt on Earth)
Fresh Meat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gypt-Yr5D8) (sitcom, probably more for the young'uns amongst you, although I have watched and enjoyed it)
For those of you who have kids of school age, by the way... if you haven't introduced them to "Horrible Histories (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOm9qLwlvSc&list=PLeJEWpQStTWqbK4xajrWL7wYfzfytThly&spfreload=10)", well, you're a bad parent. There's no other possible explanation.
I'll try and post here occasionally as I see (or remember) stuff worth watching.
Peep Show is one of the greatest things ever. I thought the IT Crowd was awful.
There was a brief show on Netflix about a guy who gets the clap and then has to find out who else he might have given it to all while he's clearly in love with this hot broad who's marrying some other dude. Hokey, romcom set up aside (also these Brits just fuck at the drop of a hat - is that real life in your 20s because *man* I missed out) it's entertaining.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 22, 2015, 01:35:41 PM
Quote from: Tonker on September 22, 2015, 01:17:47 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 22, 2015, 01:07:57 PM
Somewhere in the rubble of Desipio is a Life On Mars thread. Still one of the greatest shows I've ever watched, and Gene Hunt is one of the greatest characters ever written/played.
If you haven't seen it, you're as hopeless as a belt salesman in Iowa.
I watched the first couple of shows, but then it got a bit hokey and self-conscious about the whole seventies thing, and I gave up.
EDIT: if you want to see the original, unreconstructed seventies show on which "Life of Mars" was based, check out "The Sweeney" (Sweeney Todd - Flying Squad). But do not, under any circumstances, watch the Godfuckingawful Ray Winstone film, based on the series, of the same name.
Funny, I didn't feel any of the self-consciousness at all. It just felt like a cop show.
Also under Godfuckingawful - Ashes To Ashes, the sequel to Life On Mars.
That's because a great many of the seventies' UK references that they were furiously cramming into every shot to make you go "Oh, yeah, remember that?" will have gone straight over your head.
Dope. Thanks!
Quote from: Tonker on September 22, 2015, 12:27:27 PM
I've already mentioned the following in these pages:
Green Wing
The Thick of It
The Inbetweeners
The IT Crowd
Still Game
... all of which are well worth watching. Other older shows that you might want to catch up on include:
Sherlock
The Fast Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq2vze4Gz9o) (probably the greatest sketch show ever)
Black Books (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1hg8LGGOhc) (sitcom)
Father Ted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT9K0TAfiIQ) (slightly surreal sitcom about Irish priests)
Peep Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R5QeTx6YLA) (sitcom)
That Mitchell & Webb Look (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NWVki5kiX4) (sketch show)
The League of Gentlemen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJhooPsKSoE) (Sitcom? Sort of. Not really. Just dark, dark, DARK. And weird and twisted. Really fucking weird and twisted. And dark.)
Other shit you might want to check out:
Black Mirror (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHTRVOGJRFA&list=PLKuzFhxtS9BFe0jGXQzge2o3tEH8chKpO) (a dark sci-fi/political/thriller/satirical series of short films, written by Charlie Brooker, possibly the funniest cunt on Earth)
Fresh Meat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gypt-Yr5D8) (sitcom, probably more for the young'uns amongst you, although I have watched and enjoyed it)
For those of you who have kids of school age, by the way... if you haven't introduced them to "Horrible Histories (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOm9qLwlvSc&list=PLeJEWpQStTWqbK4xajrWL7wYfzfytThly&spfreload=10)", well, you're a bad parent. There's no other possible explanation.
I'll try and post here occasionally as I see (or remember) stuff worth watching.
I will validate the bold as ones I particularly enjoy. I haven't seen Black Mirror, but I've heard nothing but good, and am a fan of Brooker's rants about TV.
Quote from: Bort on September 22, 2015, 02:17:01 PM
Quote from: Tonker on September 22, 2015, 12:27:27 PM
I've already mentioned the following in these pages:
Green Wing
The Thick of It
The Inbetweeners
The IT Crowd
Still Game
... all of which are well worth watching. Other older shows that you might want to catch up on include:
Sherlock
The Fast Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq2vze4Gz9o) (probably the greatest sketch show ever)
Black Books (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1hg8LGGOhc) (sitcom)
Father Ted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT9K0TAfiIQ) (slightly surreal sitcom about Irish priests)
Peep Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R5QeTx6YLA) (sitcom)
That Mitchell & Webb Look (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NWVki5kiX4) (sketch show)
The League of Gentlemen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJhooPsKSoE) (Sitcom? Sort of. Not really. Just dark, dark, DARK. And weird and twisted. Really fucking weird and twisted. And dark.)
Other shit you might want to check out:
Black Mirror (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHTRVOGJRFA&list=PLKuzFhxtS9BFe0jGXQzge2o3tEH8chKpO) (a dark sci-fi/political/thriller/satirical series of short films, written by Charlie Brooker, possibly the funniest cunt on Earth)
Fresh Meat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gypt-Yr5D8) (sitcom, probably more for the young'uns amongst you, although I have watched and enjoyed it)
For those of you who have kids of school age, by the way... if you haven't introduced them to "Horrible Histories (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOm9qLwlvSc&list=PLeJEWpQStTWqbK4xajrWL7wYfzfytThly&spfreload=10)", well, you're a bad parent. There's no other possible explanation.
I'll try and post here occasionally as I see (or remember) stuff worth watching.
I will validate the bold as ones I particularly enjoy. I haven't seen Black Mirror, but I've heard nothing but good, and am a fan of Brooker's rants about TV.
I honestly found Black Mirror kind of irritating after the first few episodes. Basically every episode is just "hey what if all this technology you love is also bad for humanity and stuff?"
But there are some individually brilliant episodes if you don't get tired of the repetitive message.
Quote from: SKO on September 22, 2015, 02:34:33 PM
Quote from: Bort on September 22, 2015, 02:17:01 PM
Quote from: Tonker on September 22, 2015, 12:27:27 PM
I've already mentioned the following in these pages:
Green Wing
The Thick of It
The Inbetweeners
The IT Crowd
Still Game
... all of which are well worth watching. Other older shows that you might want to catch up on include:
Sherlock
The Fast Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq2vze4Gz9o) (probably the greatest sketch show ever)
Black Books (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1hg8LGGOhc) (sitcom)
Father Ted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT9K0TAfiIQ) (slightly surreal sitcom about Irish priests)
Peep Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R5QeTx6YLA) (sitcom)
That Mitchell & Webb Look (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NWVki5kiX4) (sketch show)
The League of Gentlemen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJhooPsKSoE) (Sitcom? Sort of. Not really. Just dark, dark, DARK. And weird and twisted. Really fucking weird and twisted. And dark.)
Other shit you might want to check out:
Black Mirror (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHTRVOGJRFA&list=PLKuzFhxtS9BFe0jGXQzge2o3tEH8chKpO) (a dark sci-fi/political/thriller/satirical series of short films, written by Charlie Brooker, possibly the funniest cunt on Earth)
Fresh Meat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gypt-Yr5D8) (sitcom, probably more for the young'uns amongst you, although I have watched and enjoyed it)
For those of you who have kids of school age, by the way... if you haven't introduced them to "Horrible Histories (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOm9qLwlvSc&list=PLeJEWpQStTWqbK4xajrWL7wYfzfytThly&spfreload=10)", well, you're a bad parent. There's no other possible explanation.
I'll try and post here occasionally as I see (or remember) stuff worth watching.
I will validate the bold as ones I particularly enjoy. I haven't seen Black Mirror, but I've heard nothing but good, and am a fan of Brooker's rants about TV.
I honestly found Black Mirror kind of irritating after the first few episodes. Basically every episode is just "hey what if all this technology you love is also bad for humanity and stuff?"
But there are some individually brilliant episodes if you don't get tired of the repetitive message.
I enjoyed Black Mirror, but agree it gets a little repetitive. But definitely watch the first episode. It's about the British Prime Minister having sex with a pig. But it predates the current scandal about the British Prime Minister having sex with a pig.
Quote from: ChuckD on September 22, 2015, 02:48:12 PM
Quote from: SKO on September 22, 2015, 02:34:33 PM
Quote from: Bort on September 22, 2015, 02:17:01 PM
Quote from: Tonker on September 22, 2015, 12:27:27 PM
I've already mentioned the following in these pages:
Green Wing
The Thick of It
The Inbetweeners
The IT Crowd
Still Game
... all of which are well worth watching. Other older shows that you might want to catch up on include:
Sherlock
The Fast Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq2vze4Gz9o) (probably the greatest sketch show ever)
Black Books (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1hg8LGGOhc) (sitcom)
Father Ted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT9K0TAfiIQ) (slightly surreal sitcom about Irish priests)
Peep Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R5QeTx6YLA) (sitcom)
That Mitchell & Webb Look (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NWVki5kiX4) (sketch show)
The League of Gentlemen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJhooPsKSoE) (Sitcom? Sort of. Not really. Just dark, dark, DARK. And weird and twisted. Really fucking weird and twisted. And dark.)
Other shit you might want to check out:
Black Mirror (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHTRVOGJRFA&list=PLKuzFhxtS9BFe0jGXQzge2o3tEH8chKpO) (a dark sci-fi/political/thriller/satirical series of short films, written by Charlie Brooker, possibly the funniest cunt on Earth)
Fresh Meat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gypt-Yr5D8) (sitcom, probably more for the young'uns amongst you, although I have watched and enjoyed it)
For those of you who have kids of school age, by the way... if you haven't introduced them to "Horrible Histories (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOm9qLwlvSc&list=PLeJEWpQStTWqbK4xajrWL7wYfzfytThly&spfreload=10)", well, you're a bad parent. There's no other possible explanation.
I'll try and post here occasionally as I see (or remember) stuff worth watching.
I will validate the bold as ones I particularly enjoy. I haven't seen Black Mirror, but I've heard nothing but good, and am a fan of Brooker's rants about TV.
I honestly found Black Mirror kind of irritating after the first few episodes. Basically every episode is just "hey what if all this technology you love is also bad for humanity and stuff?"
But there are some individually brilliant episodes if you don't get tired of the repetitive message.
I enjoyed Black Mirror, but agree it gets a little repetitive. But definitely watch the first episode. It's about the British Prime Minister having sex with a pig. But it predates the current scandal about the British Prime Minister having sex with a pig.
The last couple eps of Black Mirror weren't that great but the first few were really fun/bleak.
Quote from: Slaky on September 22, 2015, 04:48:27 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on September 22, 2015, 02:48:12 PM
Quote from: SKO on September 22, 2015, 02:34:33 PM
Quote from: Bort on September 22, 2015, 02:17:01 PM
Quote from: Tonker on September 22, 2015, 12:27:27 PM
I've already mentioned the following in these pages:
Green Wing
The Thick of It
The Inbetweeners
The IT Crowd
Still Game
... all of which are well worth watching. Other older shows that you might want to catch up on include:
Sherlock
The Fast Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq2vze4Gz9o) (probably the greatest sketch show ever)
Black Books (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1hg8LGGOhc) (sitcom)
Father Ted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT9K0TAfiIQ) (slightly surreal sitcom about Irish priests)
Peep Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R5QeTx6YLA) (sitcom)
That Mitchell & Webb Look (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NWVki5kiX4) (sketch show)
The League of Gentlemen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJhooPsKSoE) (Sitcom? Sort of. Not really. Just dark, dark, DARK. And weird and twisted. Really fucking weird and twisted. And dark.)
Other shit you might want to check out:
Black Mirror (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHTRVOGJRFA&list=PLKuzFhxtS9BFe0jGXQzge2o3tEH8chKpO) (a dark sci-fi/political/thriller/satirical series of short films, written by Charlie Brooker, possibly the funniest cunt on Earth)
Fresh Meat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gypt-Yr5D8) (sitcom, probably more for the young'uns amongst you, although I have watched and enjoyed it)
For those of you who have kids of school age, by the way... if you haven't introduced them to "Horrible Histories (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOm9qLwlvSc&list=PLeJEWpQStTWqbK4xajrWL7wYfzfytThly&spfreload=10)", well, you're a bad parent. There's no other possible explanation.
I'll try and post here occasionally as I see (or remember) stuff worth watching.
I will validate the bold as ones I particularly enjoy. I haven't seen Black Mirror, but I've heard nothing but good, and am a fan of Brooker's rants about TV.
I honestly found Black Mirror kind of irritating after the first few episodes. Basically every episode is just "hey what if all this technology you love is also bad for humanity and stuff?"
But there are some individually brilliant episodes if you don't get tired of the repetitive message.
I enjoyed Black Mirror, but agree it gets a little repetitive. But definitely watch the first episode. It's about the British Prime Minister having sex with a pig. But it predates the current scandal about the British Prime Minister having sex with a pig.
The last couple eps of Black Mirror weren't that great but the first few were really fun/bleak.
"White Bear" was pretty ... bleak.
Quote from: Slaky on September 22, 2015, 01:40:49 PM
Quote from: Tonker on September 22, 2015, 12:27:27 PM
I've already mentioned the following in these pages:
Green Wing
The Thick of It
The Inbetweeners
The IT Crowd
Still Game
... all of which are well worth watching. Other older shows that you might want to catch up on include:
Sherlock
The Fast Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq2vze4Gz9o) (probably the greatest sketch show ever)
Black Books (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1hg8LGGOhc) (sitcom)
Father Ted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT9K0TAfiIQ) (slightly surreal sitcom about Irish priests)
Peep Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R5QeTx6YLA) (sitcom)
That Mitchell & Webb Look (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NWVki5kiX4) (sketch show)
The League of Gentlemen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJhooPsKSoE) (Sitcom? Sort of. Not really. Just dark, dark, DARK. And weird and twisted. Really fucking weird and twisted. And dark.)
Other shit you might want to check out:
Black Mirror (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHTRVOGJRFA&list=PLKuzFhxtS9BFe0jGXQzge2o3tEH8chKpO) (a dark sci-fi/political/thriller/satirical series of short films, written by Charlie Brooker, possibly the funniest cunt on Earth)
Fresh Meat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gypt-Yr5D8) (sitcom, probably more for the young'uns amongst you, although I have watched and enjoyed it)
For those of you who have kids of school age, by the way... if you haven't introduced them to "Horrible Histories (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOm9qLwlvSc&list=PLeJEWpQStTWqbK4xajrWL7wYfzfytThly&spfreload=10)", well, you're a bad parent. There's no other possible explanation.
I'll try and post here occasionally as I see (or remember) stuff worth watching.
Peep Show is one of the greatest things ever. I thought the IT Crowd was awful.
There was a brief show on Netflix about a guy who gets the clap and then has to find out who else he might have given it to all while he's clearly in love with this hot broad who's marrying some other dude. Hokey, romcom set up aside (also these Brits just fuck at the drop of a hat - is that real life in your 20s because *man* I missed out) it's entertaining.
Same. I gave the first two episodes a shot and had to bail out.
Anyway I hear The Office is pretty good.
Quote from: Slaky link=topic=8957.msg293360#msg293360
There was a brief show on Netflix about a guy who gets the clap and then has to find out who else he might have given it to all while he's clearly in love with this hot broad who's marrying some other dude. Hokey, romcom set up aside (also these Brits just fuck at the drop of a hat - is that real life in your 20s because *man* I missed out) it's entertaining.
Scrotal Recall. I was expecting something very different. Validated.
Quote from: ChuckD on September 23, 2015, 07:10:11 AM
Quote from: Slaky link=topic=8957.msg293360#msg293360
There was a brief show on Netflix about a guy who gets the clap and then has to find out who else he might have given it to all while he's clearly in love with this hot broad who's marrying some other dude. Hokey, romcom set up aside (also these Brits just fuck at the drop of a hat - is that real life in your 20s because *man* I missed out) it's entertaining.
Scrotal Recall. I was expecting something very different. Validated.
That's it. I knew the name was really stupid. I enjoyed the show. The black girl is insanely attractive.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 22, 2015, 01:35:41 PM
Quote from: Tonker on September 22, 2015, 01:17:47 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 22, 2015, 01:07:57 PM
Somewhere in the rubble of Desipio is a Life On Mars thread. Still one of the greatest shows I've ever watched, and Gene Hunt is one of the greatest characters ever written/played.
If you haven't seen it, you're as hopeless as a belt salesman in Iowa.
I watched the first couple of shows, but then it got a bit hokey and self-conscious about the whole seventies thing, and I gave up.
EDIT: if you want to see the original, unreconstructed seventies show on which "Life of Mars" was based, check out "The Sweeney" (Sweeney Todd - Flying Squad). But do not, under any circumstances, watch the Godfuckingawful Ray Winstone film, based on the series, of the same name.
Funny, I didn't feel any of the self-consciousness at all. It just felt like a cop show.
Also under Godfuckingawful - Ashes To Ashes, the sequel to Life On Mars.
And filed under Ihavequestionabletaste, I thought Ashes to Ashes was the better series (particularly the way the first series ended).
If I mentioned my love of Doctor Who, would I be ridiculed?
Quote from: Canadouche on September 25, 2015, 06:42:54 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 22, 2015, 01:35:41 PM
Quote from: Tonker on September 22, 2015, 01:17:47 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 22, 2015, 01:07:57 PM
Somewhere in the rubble of Desipio is a Life On Mars thread. Still one of the greatest shows I've ever watched, and Gene Hunt is one of the greatest characters ever written/played.
If you haven't seen it, you're as hopeless as a belt salesman in Iowa.
I watched the first couple of shows, but then it got a bit hokey and self-conscious about the whole seventies thing, and I gave up.
EDIT: if you want to see the original, unreconstructed seventies show on which "Life of Mars" was based, check out "The Sweeney" (Sweeney Todd - Flying Squad). But do not, under any circumstances, watch the Godfuckingawful Ray Winstone film, based on the series, of the same name.
Funny, I didn't feel any of the self-consciousness at all. It just felt like a cop show.
Also under Godfuckingawful - Ashes To Ashes, the sequel to Life On Mars.
And filed under Ihavequestionabletaste, I thought Ashes to Ashes was the better series (particularly the way the first series ended).
If I mentioned my love of Doctor Who, would I be ridiculed?
God no. Pretty sure there's a Doctor Who thread for you nerdlingers.
Quote from: PANK! on September 25, 2015, 07:06:41 PM
Quote from: Canadouche on September 25, 2015, 06:42:54 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 22, 2015, 01:35:41 PM
Quote from: Tonker on September 22, 2015, 01:17:47 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on September 22, 2015, 01:07:57 PM
Somewhere in the rubble of Desipio is a Life On Mars thread. Still one of the greatest shows I've ever watched, and Gene Hunt is one of the greatest characters ever written/played.
If you haven't seen it, you're as hopeless as a belt salesman in Iowa.
I watched the first couple of shows, but then it got a bit hokey and self-conscious about the whole seventies thing, and I gave up.
EDIT: if you want to see the original, unreconstructed seventies show on which "Life of Mars" was based, check out "The Sweeney" (Sweeney Todd - Flying Squad). But do not, under any circumstances, watch the Godfuckingawful Ray Winstone film, based on the series, of the same name.
Funny, I didn't feel any of the self-consciousness at all. It just felt like a cop show.
Also under Godfuckingawful - Ashes To Ashes, the sequel to Life On Mars.
And filed under Ihavequestionabletaste, I thought Ashes to Ashes was the better series (particularly the way the first series ended).
If I mentioned my love of Doctor Who, would I be ridiculed?
God no. Pretty sure there's a Doctor Who thread for you nerdlingers.
SQDPD.
http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7808.0
Frankly I'm surprised it hasn't gotten past 2 pages.
I watched most of Peep Show this weekend.
I laughed and laughed.
Quote from: InternetApex on September 28, 2015, 12:01:28 PM
I watched most of Peep Show this weekend.
I laughed and laughed.
It owns.
Quote from: Slaky on September 28, 2015, 12:51:56 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on September 28, 2015, 12:01:28 PM
I watched most of Peep Show this weekend.
I laughed and laughed.
It owns.
I mean, I thought I'd watched most of it. Then I realized it has 8 seasons. Christ on a bike.
Quote from: InternetApex on October 04, 2015, 06:42:22 PM
Quote from: Slaky on September 28, 2015, 12:51:56 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on September 28, 2015, 12:01:28 PM
I watched most of Peep Show this weekend.
I laughed and laughed.
It owns.
I mean, I thought I'd watched most of it. Then I realized it has 8 seasons. Christ on a bike.
Yeah but it's like 8 eps a season and you fly through em.
Quote from: Slaky on October 05, 2015, 07:23:59 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on October 04, 2015, 06:42:22 PM
Quote from: Slaky on September 28, 2015, 12:51:56 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on September 28, 2015, 12:01:28 PM
I watched most of Peep Show this weekend.
I laughed and laughed.
It owns.
I mean, I thought I'd watched most of it. Then I realized it has 8 seasons. Christ on a bike.
Yeah but it's like 8 eps a season and you fly through em.
I did another 5-6 eps Saturday night. My girl dozes off and I pour another ale and just barrel through this thing. My best bit was the "Big Hands" dude bitching because he couldn't smoke crack in the recording session. Like, next they'd make him wear a suit.
Quote from: InternetApex on October 05, 2015, 08:54:22 AM
Quote from: Slaky on October 05, 2015, 07:23:59 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on October 04, 2015, 06:42:22 PM
Quote from: Slaky on September 28, 2015, 12:51:56 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on September 28, 2015, 12:01:28 PM
I watched most of Peep Show this weekend.
I laughed and laughed.
It owns.
I mean, I thought I'd watched most of it. Then I realized it has 8 seasons. Christ on a bike.
Yeah but it's like 8 eps a season and you fly through em.
I did another 5-6 eps Saturday night. My girl dozes off and I pour another ale and just barrel through this thing. My best bit was the "Big Hands" dude bitching because he couldn't smoke crack in the recording session. Like, next they'd make him wear a suit.
You mean Super Hans? lol
Nearly forgot about this: Big Train (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTCWB7qPrlw). Early Simon Pegg/Mark Heap (Green Wing) sketch show, written by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan (Father Ted). It was pretty off-the-wall back in the day, and it's aged not badly at all - a few misses but quite a lot of nice stuff.
Also: I'm Alan Partridge (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7C9Pd0SiZo). Steve Coogan's finest hour.