Gemmill 44881 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Renton said: Urghh man, wash your mouth out, the UK office was genre defining and I can still watch it cos it just got the zeitgest right. Seinfeld has definitely aged quite badly mind. If you think Seinfeld has aged badly, how do you explain the fact you wear the same jeans and shirts as him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35083 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 When The Office first came out I used to watch it, then watch the re-run later in the week. Apart from it being that good (imo) some of the bits were that inappropriately cringeworthy (deliberately so) that it was only humorous the second time round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35083 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Just now, Gemmill said: If you think Seinfeld has aged badly, how do you explain the fact you wear the same jeans and shirts as him. Same applies to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 19 minutes ago, Renton said: It's funny but thinking about it, in the UK often after a seminal comedy the actors go on to do great things, like the Office, Royle family, Auf Wiedershen for instance. I can't think of anything decent any of the cast Cheers did except some films by Woody Harrelson maybe. Danson in Curb perhaps, but that's a cameo. Seinfeld the same, some people like Veep with Julia Louis-Dreyfus I suppose (and yes, I'm aware most on here don't rate the original). Alan Alder maybe in Mash. Oh, and Will Smith after Prince of Belair, very much an exception though. I guess you can just retire after a hit US comedy. Okay, probably just talking shit outloud the more I think about it. Kelsey Grammer is an unfunny arsehole, we'll leave it at that. Woody Harrelson is a top actor, imhotyvm. Good comedic timing, was phenomenal in True Detective, etcetera. Seinfeld is an odd one because he's widely regarded as one of the best technicians in comedy, but away from Bee Movie (less said about that) I can't think of any movie he's been in. He's still a great comedian and has earned a fucking fortune off Seinfeld and his comedy. But the show was just a vehicle for him and his stand up. You could go back to Mork and Mindy and say Robin Williams went on to great things too. I like Seinfeld and Cheers, and Frasier too. I wouldn't say they necessarily stand the test of time, but when they were broadcast, they were superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 9750 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 26 minutes ago, Renton said: Urghh man, wash your mouth out, the UK office was genre defining and I can still watch it cos it just got the zeitgest right. Seinfeld has definitely aged quite badly mind. As I said, probably a generational thing. I was doing my GCSEs when it came out, so the frame of reference is missing for me. By the time I got into office work circa 2009 it just wasn't the same. I will say David Brent is probably his least insufferable character, minus Derek. At least he was the awful character saying awful shit. All subsequent characters, he's been the one calling it out as abhorrent like the hero, despite the fact he wrote the awful shit they say in the first place. I will always prefer it's always sunny to any other American sitcom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21626 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Dazzler said: As I said, probably a generational thing. I was doing my GCSEs when it came out, so the frame of reference is missing for me. By the time I got into office work circa 2009 it just wasn't the same. I will say David Brent is probably his least insufferable character, minus Derek. At least he was the awful character saying awful shit. All subsequent characters, he's been the one calling it out as abhorrent like the hero, despite the fact he wrote the awful shit they say in the first place. I will always prefer it's always sunny to any other American sitcom. We had the always Sunny discussion here before, I missed it first time round. I started watching it at the start of last year, I quite enjoyed it but after a while the characters were just ALL so grotesque without any redeeming qualities I just mentally switched off. Might get round to finishing it one day I guess, I'm probably more than half way through. Been very few decent comedies recently here or in the US rec. I like Sharon Horgan's stuff, that's about it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 9750 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, Renton said: We had the always Sunny discussion here before, I missed it first time round. I started watching it at the start of last year, I quite enjoyed it but after a while the characters were just ALL so grotesque without any redeeming qualities I just mentally switched off. Might get round to finishing it one day I guess, I'm probably more than half way through. Been very few decent comedies recently here or in the US rec. I like Sharon Horgan's stuff, that's about it for me. That's the whole point of the show to be honest, they are pieces of shit who always get what's coming to them. The punch line is always them getting their just desserts. The episode when they go to a water park and Frank and Charlie pretend they have AIDS to skip the queues is truly hilarious - especially the end of the episode. That said, there is an episode called Mac loses his pride (season 10 I think), which is phenomenal IMO - intentionally serious and quite emotional, and really well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35083 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Always Sunny… is great. Especially from season two onwards with DeVito is in it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 9750 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 4 hours ago, Alex said: Always Sunny… is great. Especially from season two onwards with DeVito is in it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35083 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 I think it peaked with the bums / serpico spoof episode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13869 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 The peak is the Fat Mac season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 9750 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: The peak is the Fat Mac season The bloopers for the Fat Mac season are probably some of the best of the entire series. Rob McElhenney trying to keep his shit together wheeze eating pizza and crisps breaks me every time. It still has some great moments after that season, but it became a bit more formulaic from then on - just became another American sitcom, but with more swearing and horrific behaviour. The episode on the latest season where the whole joke was meta as it was blatantly just them wanting to see how many times FX would let them get away with saying the word cunt in one episode. Also, the one where they ripped the piss out of that pro chess player cheating by having a vibrator up his arse - by drugging frank and shoving a dildo up his arse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9409 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Fall of the House of Usher, Netflix, pretty damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 That Mayor of Kingstown is not shy of being brutal, is it? That third episode of the first season is... well it's something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44881 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 It's a while since I've watched it but I think I know what you're talking about. And aye, it's "a gritty watch" as Gambo would say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Can’t believe nobody’s mentioned they’ve brought back Quantum Leap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35083 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Christmas Tree said: Can’t believe nobody’s mentioned they’ve brought back Quantum Leap Oh, boy. Quantum Sleep, as my mate used to call it Edited October 19, 2023 by Alex 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42449 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Surely, given the subject matter, it’s not being brought back but just continuing as ever? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44881 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Have we all seen Hell or High Water? Currently on Netflix. A "neo-Western" with Chris Pine, Ben Foster and Jeff Bridges about two brothers robbing banks. Bridges is the Texas Ranger after them. Anyway it's good. One for @Monkeys Fistfo sho. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20146 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Will give it a go this weekend that. Watched the final Sex Education. It was good to see them addressing current issues. But I think they had too many characters. Gillian Anderson was still smoking despite made to look hanging like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21924 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 i only managed the first episode of the latest series. i liked it up until now but jeez, the wokery made me feel old as fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Just watched Bodies - Very good The fall of the house of usher - Canny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44881 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Last Stop Larrimah is a good watch. It's just landed on Netflix. It's a true crime doc, two parts, which tells the story of the town where @sammynb @toonotl @OTF @LongTimeAdmirer ...all live. All are heavily featured. It's about when one of them killed @RobinRobin There's only 11 people live in the town and one of them gets murdered. What a fucking bunch of characters. I'm gonna cut them a lot more slack on here from now on. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11275 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 2 hours ago, Gemmill said: Last Stop Larrimah is a good watch. It's just landed on Netflix. It's a true crime doc, two parts, which tells the story of the town where @sammynb @toonotl @OTF @LongTimeAdmirer ...all live. All are heavily featured. It's about when one of them killed @RobinRobin There's only 11 people live in the town and one of them gets murdered. What a fucking bunch of characters. I'm gonna cut them a lot more slack on here from now on. As if those East Coasters could kill me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42449 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 4 hours ago, RobinRobin said: As if those East Coasters could kill me. You’ve got a fucking wizard, dwarf, elf and magic ring looking after you- that’s cheating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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