Re: Television programmes [2]

by Pettytyrant101 Sat Sep 08, 2018 12:26 am

{{{Not sure if it was actually good or if I was just young and fancied the daughter and the red headed cop! Embarassed

I should probably rewatch an episode incase it was the latter! drunken

}}

by halfwise Sat Sep 08, 2018 12:41 pm

Picket fences was good, by the same guy who did Ally McBeal and Boston Legal. He went off the rails in Boston Public - the guy clearly forgot what it meant to be a teenager.

by Pettytyrant101 Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:18 pm

{{Anyone watch the Upstart Crow? I wasnt too sure first series but its grown on me and now its in its third series its hit its stride a bit more.
For those who dont know 'Upstart Crow' was a term used in his day to describe Shakespeare, him being a common player and not of noble or even wealthy stock.
The tv show is basically a sitcom about Shakespeare. It does help if you have some grounding in the period or Shakespeare to catch all the jokes (bit like Blackadder that way, it gets funnier the more history you realise they are ripping the piss out of ).

by halfwise Mon Sep 10, 2018 6:20 pm

It doesn't seem to be tripping off the tongue the way it should, feels like they are all stumbling a bit. The whole sonnet thing is some good writing but it sounded forced.

by Pettytyrant101 Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:57 pm

{{Like most sitcoms you have to watch a few to get into its rhythm and characters, took me a while with this one but like I say, it did grow on me. Its no Blackadder, little is, and you have to get very lucky to find someone of Rowan Atkinsons talent- but in comparison to most modern sitcoms, this one at least makes me smile occasionally AND occasionally appreciate a clever bit of word play or history dependent joke. Not surprising as despite no Rowan it shares a main writer with Blackadder- Ben Elton }}

by Pettytyrant101 Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:31 pm

by chris63 Fri Oct 05, 2018 2:00 am

Looks like we're going to get saturated with fantasy programs.

by Pettytyrant101 Tue Dec 04, 2018 12:17 pm

{{Cowboy Bebop is to get a live-action Netflix series- for those who dont know it was a rather good anime series, whose lead you may recognise as having been Eldy's avatar for some time back in the day.

Any thoughts on this one Eldy? }}

by Eldy Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:27 pm

Pettytyrant101 wrote:{{Cowboy Bebop is to get a live-action Netflix series- for those who dont know it was a rather good anime series, whose lead you may recognise as having been Eldy's avatar for some time back in the day.

Any thoughts on this one Eldy? }}

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More seriously ... I dunno. I'm sure I'll try at least an episode; hardly a big time commitment. Netflix's live-action Death Note movie last year was pretty bad (though Willem Dafoe would've stolen the movie if he'd been in it for more than, like, five minutes). Adapting Bebop over ten episodes will hopefully allow this new creative team to avoid many of those earlier missteps, but of the few involved names I recognize none engender any particular excitement. Anime to live-action adaptations have a really poor track record, both for adaptations made in Japan and those made in the US, but I'm open to being proved wrong in this case. Just don't particularly expect to be. Razz

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Dec 07, 2018 1:55 pm

{{Not really seeing what its offering over the classic animated version- and lets face it its not going to have a song that will destroy you quite like Bright Eyes does! Crying or Very sad

by halfwise Fri Dec 07, 2018 2:24 pm

I had forgotten there was an animated version. But that preview leaves nothing to be complained about, I feel emotive power in it.

by azriel Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:51 pm

I prefer the animation to be honest. Its all going too artificial ? Peter Rabbit was like this, didn't like that. Im wondering if its because all the intention, tone & emotion has to be stressed in the VOICE but now, its not needed & its all in the computer graphics ? whichever, its not so magical.

by Bluebottle Fri Dec 07, 2018 7:34 pm

Eldy wrote:
Pettytyrant101 wrote:{{Cowboy Bebop is to get a live-action Netflix series- for those who dont know it was a rather good anime series, whose lead you may recognise as having been Eldy's avatar for some time back in the day.

Any thoughts on this one Eldy? }}

More seriously ... I dunno. I'm sure I'll try at least an episode; hardly a big time commitment. Netflix's live-action Death Note movie last year was pretty bad (though Willem Dafoe would've stolen the movie if he'd been in it for more than, like, five minutes). Adapting Bebop over ten episodes will hopefully allow this new creative team to avoid many of those earlier missteps, but of the few involved names I recognize none engender any particular excitement. Anime to live-action adaptations have a really poor track record, both for adaptations made in Japan and those made in the US, but I'm open to being proved wrong in this case. Just don't particularly expect to be.

Ed!

Agreed, colour me skeptical on this one.

by Bluebottle Sat Dec 08, 2018 2:17 am

by Forest Shepherd Sat Dec 08, 2018 2:31 am

Not a fan of the animation style, I must say. A little more artistry and a little less weightless-computer graphics.

by Eldy Sat Dec 08, 2018 2:35 am

Bluebottle wrote:

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by Pettytyrant101 Sat Dec 29, 2018 9:51 am

by Forest Shepherd Sat Dec 29, 2018 4:46 pm

I haven't watched the video yet, but why all the bitching abut 2018? Is this the new pastime of wankers everywhere? Complain about the current year? It's really trendy, apparently, to act as though everything is going to pot, even though it obviously isn't.

I've actually seen "everything is terrible, but" as a way to introduce this cutesy post about how someone's daughter is good at writing captions. Get lost idiot!

by Pettytyrant101 Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:14 pm

{{Frankie does this every year, not just 2018- all years are due a good crabbit moan about them, they are all bloody awful and crabbit inducing! Mad

And he is Scottish so obviously everything makes him cranbit. }}

by Eldy Sat Dec 29, 2018 11:09 pm

Forest Shepherd wrote:I haven't watched the video yet, but why all the bitching abut 2018? Is this the new pastime of wankers everywhere? Complain about the current year? It's really trendy, apparently, to act as though everything is going to pot, even though it obviously isn't.

The irony is killing me here.

Forest Shepherd wrote:Get lost idiot!

Imagine giving this much of a shit about people making harmless comments on their personal social media accounts.

by azriel Sun Dec 30, 2018 7:23 am

Ive wanted to say that, and more......very much more.

by Forest Shepherd Sun Dec 30, 2018 7:38 am

Eldy wrote:
Imagine giving this much of a shit about people making harmless comments on their personal social media accounts.

Another link in the chain!

by **Amarië** Sun Dec 30, 2018 8:14 am

Eldy wrote:

Imagine giving this much of a shit about people making harmless comments on their personal social media accounts.

Classic!

by halfwise Sun Dec 30, 2018 1:53 pm

I'm missing something here, but that's my default state of being.

by Pettytyrant101 Sun Dec 30, 2018 5:04 pm

{{You're not alone Halfy! Not got the foggiest scratch

}}