Ayatollah Hermione 13867 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) Gervais is just parroting the opinions of every boring middle aged white bloke. And his offended shtick makes him look embarrassingly out of touch tbh. Merchant was the funny one. In fact, Merchant had him bang to rights. “Weak observations, performed poorly” Edited March 23, 2018 by Ayatollah Hermione Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35082 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 19 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said: I only watched the first 20mins too, I meant similar in the style of, well the opposite of self deprecation, whatever that’s called. Although when Gervais blows his own trumpet it’s hard to believe he’s joking Self-aggrandisement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35082 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Apart from The Office (I wasn't that fussed about Extras) I've only really found him funny in those little sketches he did for the 11 O'clock Show which was ages ago. They might not have stood the test of time either tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Kid Dynamite said: I only watched the first 20mins too, I meant similar in the style of, well the opposite of self deprecation, whatever that’s called. Although when Gervais blows his own trumpet it’s hard to believe he’s joking Ah yeah, gotcha, and totally agree on both points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: Merchant was the funny one. Defo the far superior talent, the goggle-eyed freak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Watched the first four episodes of Seven Seconds that's just came onto Netflix, excellent so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30610 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I watched a few episodes of Comdians in Cars earlier. Three of them, featuring Larry David, Lewis Black and Funkhouser. I really didn’t find the funny in them at all. Not the fault of the guests as Seinfeld offered no real opportunity to be funny and added nothing to the show itself. Then again I’ve never found Seinfeld funny in anything he’s done (that one show). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21625 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 36 minutes ago, ewerk said: I watched a few episodes of Comdians in Cars earlier. Three of them, featuring Larry David, Lewis Black and Funkhouser. I really didn’t find the funny in them at all. Not the fault of the guests as Seinfeld offered no real opportunity to be funny and added nothing to the show itself. Then again I’ve never found Seinfeld funny in anything he’s done (that one show). I saw him live at the Manchester arena and he was shit. I literally didn't laugh once. I did love Seinfeld though, although I guess even then he was the straight man to George (not forgetting Kramer who was just ridiculous). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30610 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I don’t think I’ve ever given Seinfeld a proper go. Watched it a few times as a young teen but I don’t think it’s on repeat on UK TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21625 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 1 minute ago, ewerk said: I don’t think I’ve ever given Seinfeld a proper go. Watched it a few times as a young teen but I don’t think it’s on repeat on UK TV? No idea, but reckon it's one of those things that have had their time. Revolutionary in the 90s but too much good stuff released since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44879 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Seinfeld is shite. It was in the 90s too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44879 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Comedians in Cars is good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30610 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Any particular highlights you can recommend for me to change my mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13867 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I haven't seen it but I'd assume Norm MacDonald's episode is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 (edited) Currently re-watching The Thick Of It, absolute genius. It really is. Every episode is just great line after great line Malcom Tucker was always the highlight first time around but seeing them again I've realised how funny Peter Mannion is Edited March 27, 2018 by Anorthernsoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30610 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Certainly one of the best British comedies of the last twenty years. I was amazed that Veep managed to maintain that standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerosum 234 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Halfway through Mcmafia .. pretty decent for a beeb thing .. Going to try seven seconds after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 30 minutes ago, ewerk said: Certainly one of the best British comedies of the last twenty years. I was amazed that Veep managed to maintain that standard. The writing actually gets better with each season, superb man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21923 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Ready player one. Spielberg doing what he does best. Well worth 2 hours 20 minutes of your time. 9/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21923 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Pretty mind blowing CGI too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Just now, Dr Gloom said: Spielberg doing what he does best. Is it pottery or something? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 James Acaster is a funny man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Operation Odessa, great story great watch. The Defiant Ones, enjoyed this, didn't realise how influential Jimmy Lovine has been. The Mechanism, apart from the suspect dubbing this could be decent. The China hustle, scary the scale of the corruption but not surprising really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Whitehurst 895 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said: Ready player one. Spielberg doing what he does best. Well worth 2 hours 20 minutes of your time. 9/10 Really? I wasn’t impressed. Aside from the last Indiana Jones film, it’s the worst Spielberg film I’ve seen. It felt to me like a kid’s film. The acting was absolutely dreadful, the main character particularly so. I normally like Ben Mendelsohn but he was so wooden in this. Mind you, I thought ‘Avatar’ was a load of old toss so I probably shouldn’t have watched this in the first place. Saw ‘You Were Never Really Here’ last week. It was pretty dark but Joaquin Pheonix is brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7027 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Saw Ready Player One in IMAX 3D. It was good but veers away from the book a fair bit. The original source material was a lot more about 80s movies/video games (ie my era) than the anime/90s references that littered the movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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