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Post by rawshark on Mar 6, 2024 22:35:45 GMT
Down with sort of thing… Careful now.
Anyway, anyone watching this Brian Johnson thing? It’s a trip down memory lane. It’s like watching old videos and going “I was a fucking dickhead. That’s when it all went wrong.”
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Post by Duffman5 on Mar 7, 2024 9:58:53 GMT
We started Ozark at lonnnngggggg last. Only first ep, but yes I can see/have a feeling this is going to be good.
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Post by simple on Mar 7, 2024 20:26:55 GMT
Someone selling a space travel agent on Dragon’s Den. There isn’t enough of this mad nonsense on this show anymore. I’m pretty sure this isn’t actually a business.
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Post by jono62 on Mar 7, 2024 20:34:03 GMT
Last season of The Sopranos and then I'll be rewatching Breaking Bad.
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Post by minimatt on Mar 8, 2024 3:06:26 GMT
people in the series rate thread have been recommending Loudermilk the last few pages and it turns out you lot have great taste when you're not sticking toblerones up your bum
(but hey, maybe you're right about that too, brb)
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Post by Gruf on Mar 8, 2024 9:26:15 GMT
Oh, was I not supposed to have a toblerone up my bum while watching it, my mistake.
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Post by dfunked on Mar 8, 2024 9:29:39 GMT
You only had one up there? Rookie.
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Post by simple on Mar 8, 2024 12:32:11 GMT
Feels not unlike the latest Consolevania has finally descended into just being Fontgeek TV as two tired looking men half remember things about games and movies at each other. Which, let’s face it, is right up my street.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Mar 8, 2024 12:37:41 GMT
Watching Documental. They've just started showing their anuses to each other.
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Post by simple on Mar 8, 2024 13:44:49 GMT
Any Toblerone?
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Mar 8, 2024 13:47:46 GMT
Possibly. There's a mosaic over it so I can't really tell.
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Post by rawshark on Mar 9, 2024 17:55:22 GMT
Gladiators. Don't understand how there’s a fastest loser space available in the semis. Sick of seeing Betty after she tried to cheese duel last week.
Edit: sorry, I mean tried to cheese it in both her previous heats.
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Post by drakesmoke on Mar 9, 2024 20:07:41 GMT
Don’t disagree and nobody liked Betti. Had a whiff of bad sport about her, and did some bad stuff in her other appearances (ragging the cargo net and assaulting Fury). Gone now so worries.
Still a brilliant show. Couldn’t pick a favourite out of the guys, it was sad Dev had to drop out as we were rooting for him for the win really.
What I do have to take umbrage at was Fury’s ‘I am a cat’ noises. Less of that please. Or at least dub over it with some wet leopard growls or something.
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Post by rawshark on Mar 9, 2024 20:33:22 GMT
She was a terrible sport. That being said it was a bit suspicious that Sabre basically gifted her opponent max points in two rounds, once by keeling over with an injury when it looked like she had her opponent pinned.
And yeah those backstage segments can do one. It’s cringey enough when any of them get on the mic and try to cut a promo so having those scripted segments are just painful.
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Post by cubby on Mar 9, 2024 21:27:40 GMT
What I do have to take umbrage at was Fury’s ‘I am a cat’ noises. Less of that please. Or at least dub over it with some wet leopard growls or something. That was Sabre, don't besmirch the best gladiator's name!
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Post by cubby on Mar 9, 2024 22:24:27 GMT
Good gladiators ep. Legend had me crying with laughter at least twice, he's really getting into his stride now.
Good to see Jake and Betti back, said no-one ever. What the fuck is wrong with Jake exactly? Betti actually did duel properly this time and put on a great show.
Looks like they've done some tweaks already by nerfing the scoring for the edge so it's now a max of 10 points in line with other rounds.
I had a thought about gauntlet that it should be changed to how fast you get through, rather than the binary get through 10 points don't get through 0 points. We know everyone gets through, so if you changed it to how many seconds left on the clock is how many points you win there's actually some tension and difference between the contenders then.
And this is my weekly segment to say how shit barney is, he's still shit. He's so often at a complete loss of anything interesting to ask a contender or gladiator it physically hurts to watch.
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Post by drakesmoke on Mar 9, 2024 23:53:30 GMT
What I do have to take umbrage at was Fury’s ‘I am a cat’ noises. Less of that please. Or at least dub over it with some wet leopard growls or something. That was Sabre, don't besmirch the best gladiator's name! Bloody hell you’re right - on both counts.
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Post by drakesmoke on Mar 10, 2024 0:00:48 GMT
Good gladiators ep. Legend had me crying with laughter at least twice, he's really getting into his stride now. Good to see Jake and Betti back, said no-one ever. What the fuck is wrong with Jake exactly? Betti actually did duel properly this time and put on a great show. Looks like they've done some tweaks already by nerfing the scoring for the edge so it's now a max of 10 points in line with other rounds. I had a thought about gauntlet that it should be changed to how fast you get through, rather than the binary get through 10 points don't get through 0 points. We know everyone gets through, so if you changed it to how many seconds left on the clock is how many points you win there's actually some tension and difference between the contenders then. And this is my weekly segment to say how shit barney is, he's still shit. He's so often at a complete loss of anything interesting to ask a contender or gladiator it physically hurts to watch. You should see the Betti hatred on the sub Reddit. I was having a convo at the time and missed it but apparently this time she kept kicking Dynamite in the head on The Wall. I really disliked Jake on his first appearance although he was a bit more tolerable this time. Absolute main character syndrome though, very decent competitor though. Other Finlay (I think that was his name, ginger haired lad with the thick Yorkshire accent) off the first episode was a bit like that too but he seemed like a genuinely nice bloke. I wanted Chung or Dev to win from the blokes, sad times for Dev. Therefore rooting for Chung. Yep I think that would be a sensible change for Gauntlet. I also think if contestants are successfully tackled in The Ring that they should have to go back to edge maybe.
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Post by rawshark on Mar 10, 2024 9:50:46 GMT
Betti was quick around the Eliminator course but sucked at most of the games, so yes more often than not she’d try and cheat. The only reason she got past the first round at all was her basically curling up into a ball in Duel. Terrible competitor- but having gone to a taping of the OG Gladiators I know they actively tell the crowd that they can’t boo competitors, so they’re always presented as the plucky underdogs even when they’re dicks.
It’s got to be said the balance of the format is pretty much spot on - always pretty exciting when the eliminator comes around. Although whoever gets drawn against Nitro on the Wall seems to be at a disadvantage. He is so quick up that thing!
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Post by rawshark on Mar 10, 2024 9:51:59 GMT
Agree with Gauntlet too. It’s just free points for competitors as is. You’re more likely to come out with an injury than not getting ten points.
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Post by dfunked on Mar 10, 2024 10:06:23 GMT
Might be worth making a separate thread for the gladiators chatter
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Mar 10, 2024 10:29:50 GMT
Watching Documental season 2. It really is fascinating how quickly it devolves into everyone taking their clothes off and slapping each other.
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Post by cubby on Mar 10, 2024 18:48:27 GMT
Might be worth making a separate thread for the gladiators chatter Will do.
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Post by simple on Mar 10, 2024 20:39:42 GMT
Season 3 of How To With John Wilson is on iPlayer at last.
The first two seasons were one of my favourite shows of 2022 and the wrap up to season one being the most perfect episode of anything that year.
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Post by Syrette on Mar 10, 2024 23:55:10 GMT
Might be worth making a separate thread for the gladiators chatter Hater.
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Post by drakesmoke on Mar 14, 2024 21:45:56 GMT
Put a background film on tonight to do some overtime at work to. Quite liked the look of the film so just put the ordinary telly on to save the film. Ended up having the latest iteration of celeb Big Brother on.
F*ck me.
This is absolutely toxic.
They are all ridiculous people with little grounding in reality for sure, and I don’t understand half of what’s going on, but I do understand that the show is engineering conflict, often in the guise of ‘games’, which provide a thinly veiled excuse for contestants to say horrible and humiliating things to one another with a lot of ‘this is my truth’ bollocks going on.
Basically making adults so upset that they cry for entertainment.
Off it fucks. It’s always been my least favourite show.
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Post by simple on Mar 14, 2024 22:10:50 GMT
Its wild that Gervais was absolutely on the button with the speech Andy gives in the Extras special and now that episode is old enough to be revising for its A-levels while so many of these shows are exactly the same
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Post by dfunked on Mar 14, 2024 22:26:27 GMT
For some reason it's taken me bloody ages to get around to watching the second episode of Shogun. Excellent stuff!
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Post by Dougs on Mar 15, 2024 6:30:00 GMT
Perfect Pub Walks with Bill Bailey. Bill takes long rambles with mates, ending up in a pub. It is indeed perfect. Funny, gorgeous scenery and old pubs. What more could you want?
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Post by chug666 on Mar 15, 2024 8:30:02 GMT
I'm halfway through S2 of Our Flag Means Death. Had exactly the same reaction to S1- after the first episode I almost binned it off but by the third I'm hooked. I'm not sure I can put my finger on why I like it, it's a weird mixup of ideas but once I've tuned into the tone I'm in full binge mode. Might squeeze an episode in before work.
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