>>23709

2014 is still pretty recent. People still watch TV from 30 - 40 years ago, 6 is nothing.

>>23724

If it was a human child it would be at primary school and sentient enough to start to at least pretend to get some of the jokes in it.
I assume, I don't have children.

>>23714
>Who gives a fuck, I care about the quality of his sitcoms, not his political beliefs

Er... >>23711 gives a fuck? He evidently wouldn't have asked otherwise. But don't let that stop you from butting in to loudly tell everyone how little you care.

>>23726

You understand other people are allowed to have opinions, right lad?

In the meantime we will have to wait for otherlad to come back and tell us if he considers the evidence presented sufficient to be ashamed of liking the IT Crowd, though.

>>23728

>You understand other people are allowed to have opinions, right lad?
You understand this is a complete non-sequitor in context, right lad?

I'm calling it now.

Steve is H. They've been setting him up as the one person it can't possibly be, which means it's definitely him. Bet your house on it, lads.

Do not actually bet your house on anything, ever. Except this, it's a sure thing.

That was a bit of an anticlimax.

>>23689
Yes, it was.

It's a bit shit really. My m8 plod spends most of their time in Keighley busting cannabis farms / bent migrant taxis/ underage prostitution run by laplanderstani eskimo OCG's but yeah BBC telly.

>>23686
The magnificent bastard did it. He actually went and got a couple of photos of Nesbitt and cast him as Sir Not Appearing In This Film.

Up to the final episode which I will save for later, like the otherlad, I've been finding quite a bit of the series really quite funny with regards to the unintended consequences of the last 200+ years of Western history, and even found it funny with the idea that the language and forms of power themselves are universal and blind - nobody is free from its grip, no matter how much fervour in system x or y they have. It reminded me of his series All Watched Over when it turned out that hippy communes just ended up being cults of personality and the enforcement of one will above everybody else's.

If I didn't laugh, I'd cry etc. etc.

It's like Marx said innit. The more free you believe yourself to be of ideology, the deeper you are ultimately likely to be immersed in it.

Or something like that.

Just finished it all. I don't know, it just felt a bit wondering? I think if it was half the length and a lot tighter-edited it could have a much greater impact.

>>23579

He did repeat a lot of what he's already covered in films like Century of the Self, and All Watched Over as otherlad mentions, but I suppose for someone new coming in, that background context is necessary to set up the rest.

I get the feeling people like us who are familiar with the concepts in his older material might not be the target audience this time, and maybe he was aiming more at was today's highly radicalised Rudgwick/Twitter/Etc politic kids, who often fail to realise they're retreading ground that has been thoroughly trod before. The point seemed largely to be that every time this radical rhetoric comes around, they usually aren't the first, and nor will they be the last, to think they've cracked it, and ultimately only end up assimilated and subverted by the existing structures of power.

But this was an illusion.

I sort of get the idea that this series is considerably more meta than his previous ones - there are a hell of a lot of half-made allusions between the more visible and large-scale looting going on in Russia and China and what's going on in the UK and US where the looting of the economy by a few is more formally legalised and backed up with our states' views on what is acceptable and what is not. Even further, I would like to add, and I'm sure Adam would probably agree with this to some extent - the entire series is just a narrative thread that he has plucked out to help describe how and where things are going, so is he ultimately any better or worse off than a bog standard conspiracy theorist?

I'm loving the entertainment nuggets per hour system of grading entertainment.

But what about suspense scenes? They become less suspenseful at speed. And what of action scenes? They move often move too quickly to really appreciate what's happening.

I guess you need to incorporate variable rate x E in your calculations. Maybe we can make a proposal to Netflix about constructing a variable video speed controller that adjusts videos to the optimum speed for a viewer for any given moment based on level of enjoyment from previous videos watched.

I find drama/comedy/entertainment in general just doesn't work sped up for me. (If it's so badly directed or edited that I need to change the speed, it's rubbish that's not worth watching to begin with)

But factual stuff, product reviews, etc. on youtube I'm regularly speeding things up, to around 1.25 to 1.75x depending on what sort of thing is going on and how fast the person is speaking.
I struggle with 2x speed, really just because of the audio quality making it to much effort to listen to.

>>23371
>>23376
OP here, I saw Three Billboards the other day. It's a very good film, but I as I suspected I certainly wouldn't include it in this thread. The protagonist is a woman but all the principal supporting characters are men, as might be expected when it's about a woman's relationship with the police. Rockwell, Harrelson, Dinklage - it's a very male film.

>>23503
What speed did you watch it at though?

>>23436
What an odd conclusion to come to from watching half an episode. It is actually nothing like that.I personally enjoyed it, though it is oddly paced. It's worth a watch imo and better than most stuff I've seen from Netflix.

HOWEVER, if you're going to watch one thing on Netty, then I'd recommend Unabomber. It's a really addictive show about a good-guy obsessive trying to profile the Unabomber from his cryptic letters and actions. Really watchable.

The Personal History of David Copperfield

If you liked In Bruges then try The Guard and Calvary.

I'm only 17 minutes into it but Say Your Prayers seems like a good shout.

>I'm only 17 minutes into it but
Yep that's a good British film. Maybe 15 years too late but still essentially a solid film.

I saw Make Up when the Cinemas first reopened and it was a excellent kitchen sink horror/thriller. Not sure whereabouts it is available at the moment.

For something a bit more indie, try and track down some films by a guy called John Williams. He makes some really good horror comedies, The Slayers and Crispy's Curse are excellent. I think they have US DVDs, not sure about UK releases, but he'll probably sell you copies directly. He has a new anthology coming out soon too.

I think what you've noticed are differences in stress and isochrony. The rhythms of French or Spanish are closer to Mandarin or Japanese than English.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(linguistics)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isochrony

All three sound fine to me, it's not until Italian that I start to notice that.

>>23352
What's next, do you want us to read beyond headlines too?

I keep hiding this shitheap and it shows up regardless. Brilliant.

>>23355
If you're on Firefox the only way to hide threads is to block the element with uBlock. Hiding threads on Firefox has been broken for months now, unfortunately.

>>23352
i started this argument before watching (>>23331 and >>23334 were me) and i must say that after watching it does actually explain a lot! so fair enough.

also a song they used early on - living in hell by cobra man - is an absolute banger so thanks for that.

>>23356
Thank you and goodbye.

>>23319
They were obviously shown pictures you dumbo. You can't identify someone from their name alone, do you not know what identify means?

>>23321
The appearance of "Borat" is far more recognisable than that of "Sacha Baron Cohen" so it's hardly an effective test.

>>23322
You do know that Borat is Sacha Baron Cohen wearing a wig and moustache? They are the same person?

>>23323
Point stands.

>>23321
>>23323
Cohen is barely recognisable as the same dude as Borat without the moustache, hair, and silly expression.

>>23237
I did see one of the first ones, and agree, it's trying to be like a low-rent Green Wing, and failing badly.

Yeah, watched it stubbornly hoping for it to get better. Let down and pretty crap overall.

Dunno what happened to British comedy :/

>>23237
I remember watching a few episodes when it came on past midnight. It wasn't as shit as you'd expect to be honest, but I still wouldn't go out of my way to watch it.

>Green Wing
That was shite too.

>hAS ANY sorry capslock,

Is your backspace key broken? I'm so confused as to why you didn't just remove this.

>>23234
SNEAKY SNEAKY

>>23218
Excellent. Mate has confirmed.

Thanks lads, I knew you'd deliver.

Since the thread objective has been achieved, I am repurposing it in the interests of The People, comrades.

Who else misses these delicious little bastards? Ohhh what I'd give to taste the Mars Delight once more.

>>23220

I miss these, as well as Cadbury's Marble, Snickers Crunchers and Dark & Light Mars Bars.

>>23220

The Mars Delight is just a half-arsed Kinder Bueno.

>>23220

I remember pigging out on these. Oh... the good days.

>>23167
How much does the Corporation make from its global wing then? Selling syndication rights to things like Doctor Who and Clarkson-era silly Top Gear must be worth a fair bit and easily cover the cost of cheap quiz shows that have been a thing for 20 odd years. If there's going to be any review of funding, what could reasonably be assumed if the Corporation introduces a digital only license? I can think of a fair few negatives, mostly privacy issues and the associated costs of administrating and maintaining whatever system is decided on.

It's a bit late now, I'll more than likely be back when it isn't dark.

>>23167
I don't need to pay the license fee, but I'd happily pay a tax or pay the license fee every month if that doggy diarrhea stained pile of rancid camel cum compnay "TV Licensing" wasn't involved.

>>23167
The annoying thing is I'd pay the licensce fee every month but "TV Licensing" can die on a doggy diarrhea dappled pile of rancid camel cum. I'd much rather the BBC be funded by an NI style tax.

>>23170

We heard you the first time.

>>23171
I lost the delete password, sorry.