TV Serieseseses
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@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Well, from some historic posts, I suspect this is going to be an unpopular take, but...
From those same historic posts, I decided to give Father Ted another shot - never really having watched it in full previously.
And fuck, it was a struggle. I actually felt relief at the end, that it was done, over, and I could delete the whole thing.
I get why people would like it, and I did genuinely laugh or scoff out loud a small handful of times.
But in general - the same old British sitcom putting the lie to the so-claimed "dry" British humour.I thought the best bits were enough for one funny season.
Yeah, I'd agree with that.
At least they did give up after 3. Most Brit shows are good like that, they realise after about 3 seasons that that's about it... they're just repeating the same gags, and there's not much more to wring out of them.
Fawlty Towers - widely regarded a stone-cold classic... just the 2 seasons. And... the right choice.
Last of the Summer Wine - certainly an exception... a shit-ton of seasons, but... even if it is largely the same gags over-and-over... it's somehow acceptable. But then, I've never watched more than an episode or two when visiting family... certainly not something I'd binge. -
@Kruse How about IT crowd, now I cry, literally cry laughing at that show, it's a Graham Linehan show, and excellent in my opinion.
I am a Father Ted fan though..
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@R-L said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse How about IT crowd, now I cry, literally cry laughing at that show, it's a Graham Linehan show, and excellent in my opinion.
I am a Father Ted fan though..
I nearly made a comment in my Father Ted review, you could pretty much swap out the priests for IT nerds, and get basically the same sit-com. (Along with SO many Brit sit-coms... the same premise in each... a bunch of inepts, creating absurd situations where they're typically their own worst enemy, and it always comes full circle in the end)
Except... I found the IT Crowd a bit more amusing... perhaps because it's got less of the slapstick, and bit more of the Matt Berry absurdism (but not too much... usually), and... I dunno. When it delved into "laugh at him, he's a nerd", I found it as trying as the "laugh at him, he's always drunk" and the "laugh at him, he's sooo stupid" of Father Ted.I also watched the entirety of IT Crowd fairly recently... within the last couple of months... and as I say - mostly enjoyed it.
Also noticed, however, how much of it would be... problematic... by current PC 'norms'.
"Ha - look, people think he's gay, when he's actually not", "Ha - he's a man wearing lipstick", and the episode which would certainly get the militant-Trans community out with pitchforks - "Ha, he's rooting that woman but she actually used to be a man, and he doesn't realise. And ha - when he does realise, he loses his shit" -
@Kruse oh kruse.. Don't think so much, thinking baaaad.
I know I recently mentioned Dead Pixels, I can now confirm the second season was very funny too.
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@R-L said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse oh kruse.. Don't think so much, thinking baaaad.
I know I recently mentioned Dead Pixels, I can now confirm the second season was very funny too.
Hmmm... I've downloaded Dead Pixels S1, haven't started watching yet, and now I remember where the recommendation came from.
Maybe I adjust my expectations.
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@Crucial reminded me about the new Slough House book coming out this week. I'm so much looking forward to the TV series. My must-see for the year.
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@Kruse Yes, one of the great things about Fawlty Towers was every episode was brilliant. The sort of brilliance that can only come from very talented people taking their time. Cleese said it took them six weeks to write each 30min episode. No show puts in that sort of effort these days.
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@R-L oh is there a 2nd season?
I watched S1, pretty silly but some very funny stuff too, plenty relatable to my 15 year old son and his gaming!
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@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse Yes, one of the great things about Fawlty Towers was every episode was brilliant. The sort of brilliance that can only come from very talented people taking their time. Cleese said it took them six weeks to write each 30min episode. No show puts in that sort of effort these days.
and they also stopped, by choice, once they had done what they wanted too, 12 episodes is it?
same with shows like Mr Bean or the UK Office, they loom large in the tv comedy landscape, or did for a long time at least and they're all only 12-15 episodes
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@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse Yes, one of the great things about Fawlty Towers was every episode was brilliant. The sort of brilliance that can only come from very talented people taking their time. Cleese said it took them six weeks to write each 30min episode. No show puts in that sort of effort these days.
Yep. There were stories about his mental health issues at the time too.
Genius and madness.
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Did anyone watch the final (S6 Part 2) season of Vikings? I just finished it and man it was pretty disappointing.
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Was stupid to kill off the main two characters so early in the season and then have nothing stories for two of the others (Ubba sailing to the Americas and Hvitserk the drug addict).
For a series that's been so focused on Kattegat, which has included lots of battles for it backwards and forwards, the series ends with some character who turned up midway through the last half season and really made little impression.
All if S6 was an attempt to redeem Ivar but he was too much of a Karmichael Hunt in the previous season for that to work.
Ubba spent half the season sitting on a ship in the sea.
Hvetsirk reiterates how much of a bad ass fighter he's always been and then instead of returning home he becomes a Christian.
Why the fuck was Erik the Red even a character, he added nothing.
Although how good were Princess Katia's tits?
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@Nepia i think I bailed a few episodes into 2nd last season? When Ivar was in Russia?
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@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:
Did anyone watch the final (S6 Part 2) season of Vikings? I just finished it and man it was pretty disappointing.
I've only seen Part 1 of S6 so didn't read your spoiler. I'll watch the last 10 episodes when they appear on Netflix but this show has gone downhill since Ragnar died.
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After bingeing through Schitt’s Creek (brilliant) my better half and I breezed through
Good Girls
Workin’ MomsBoth very, very good
All three Netflix
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@MiketheSnow cool that's sitting in my list too, recommended from watching Loudermilk.
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@Nepia i think I bailed a few episodes into 2nd last season? When Ivar was in Russia?
Yeah, that is Part 1 of the last season, they split S6 into two parts. I think they did the same with S5 as well.
