Boojum Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) I gave up on Sons of Anarchy when they brought in the nonsensical IRA stuff. I mean the plot was ludicrous, but the whole show was pretty fucking silly so I could cope with that, what I couldn't cope with was the "Irish." character's accents. I kept expecting one of them to go "They're after me lucky charms." Edited April 14, 2020 by Boojum 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joint hogger Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 same here, it was semi gash up to that point & when the IRA showed up, it was game over 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 New series of Bosch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojum Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 Just started watching A Very British Coup on the Channel 4 streaming thingy (unlike ITV and the BBC they don't seem to have put their old stuff behind the 'Britbox' pay wall - that ITV have done so is neither here nor there to me, there's very little on ITV I ever want to watch and they are a commercial network, but for the BBC to have done so is well out of order - the license fee paid for all of their programmes, what right to they have to team up with ITV and put them behind a pay wall but I digress), I remember watching it when it was on, but that was way back in 1988 when I was a teenager. I'm interested to see it now, especially given what happened with Corbyn (OK, so he didn't get to be PM, but that's because he was smeared and destroyed by an establishment terrified of 'socialism' so I think there are parallels). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiphip Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, Boojum said: but that's because he was smeared and destroyed by an establishment terrified of 'socialism' As well as a Labour Party which is still terrified of Socialism, it seems. Cheers 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrrichiet Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 DEVS on iPlayer, very good, recommended. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jok3r Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 ozark back with a new season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hir Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) On 19/04/2020 at 11:16 PM, mrrichiet said: DEVS on iPlayer, very good, recommended. Just sucked it all up last night, Very good. It fudges the science a bit and the very best science fiction doesn't do that, even if the science doesn't turn out the way the writer predicts (from the prevailing science at the time the writer wrote their story). But forgiving this little fault the vast majority of viewers wont realise the science has been subverted, so does it really matter that much. . Edited April 23, 2020 by Hir 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojum Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Just starting to re-watch Green Wing on the channel 4 streaming thingy. Thought it was fucking brilliant, proper bonkers original comedy, absurd and often laugh out loud funny when it was first on telly and I've not seen it since I'll see how it measures up to how I remember it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 i really liked it and ithink it stood out from a bunch of shows around that time now alan statham was comedy gold . 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratdog Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Boojum said: Just starting to re-watch Green Wing i never could see the funny side of that series and i used to hate it when my friend would ask is i'd seen it then proceed to tell me bits that just were not funny same goes for the mrs browns boys, wtf? as for the tiger king, i thought it was entertaining enough, but the last "bonus episode" was just a kind of review so they are just cashing in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojum Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, ratdog said: i never could see the funny side of that series and i used to hate it when my friend would ask is i'd seen it then proceed to tell me bits that just were not funny same goes for the mrs browns boys, wtf? Man, don't mention them in the same breath Green Wing is absurdity, just silly stuff that either makes you laugh or it doesn't. Mrs Brown's Boys is just crude, childish, unfunny shit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratdog Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Boojum said: Man, don't mention them in the same breath Green Wing is absurdity, just silly stuff that either makes you laugh or it doesn't. Mrs Brown's Boys is just crude, childish, unfunny shit. it's all the same to me mbb's makes some people laugh, but not me. i'm pretty critical of absurdist comedy, like yourself i love the time sketch on the goons show, insanely absurd but very clever at the same time, so when people try doing absurdist comedy without the clever bit i just groan as it never works imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojum Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, ratdog said: it's all the same to me mbb's makes some people laugh, but not me. i'm pretty critical of absurdist comedy, like yourself i love the time sketch on the goons show, insanely absurd but very clever at the same time, so when people try doing absurdist comedy without the clever bit i just groan as it never works imho Fair enough I think there's a vast difference between them even given your (perfectly reasonable) dislike of Green Wing. Mrs Brown's Boys is (in my opinion) just gratuitously rude, it's like a 5 year old child telling poo jokes, it's a different level of funny/unfunny to the absurdity of Green Wing. Edited April 23, 2020 by Boojum 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 On 4/17/2020 at 0:44 PM, Degsy said: New series of Bosch Nobody else watched it then ? You're all missing out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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