Quote: Tim Walker @ May 8 2011, 8:48 PM BSTAnd what's it about, Ben?
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I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed. And I'm glad I did, it was very good.
Quote: chipolata @ May 8 2011, 9:05 PM BSTI Saw Ben Barka Get Killed. And I'm glad I did, it was very good.
A Ben death is never appreciated. By anyone.
Quote: Ben @ May 8 2011, 9:07 PM BSTA Ben death is never appreciated. By anyone.
I judge it on a Ben by Ben basis.
a cute mouse at Euston station
Is "cute mouse" the latest euphemism for "underage rent boy", Soots?
No I believe they're still called
Tim Walk on parts
I watched a very dramatic film about owls tonight. It was very dramatic indeed. And quite owly too. It was actually better than it should have been, but still totally daft.
Spiral first bit, very good.
Quote: Griff @ May 8 2011, 10:52 PM BSTJust seen the first episode of Sherlock. Massively entertaining and super high quality production values. Although the Mark-Gatiss-shouldn't-act-in-drama rule still applies. (He's a fantastic comedy actor of course - i.e his appearance in S1 of Psychoville). It's a bit like Moffatt's Doctor Who - the scripts don't make a lot of sense but the central character is so charismatic that it doesn't matter.
It matters after a while!
The Other Guys
Was funny enough, didn't deserve the panning it got from some people. Mark Walhberg is funny.
Quote: Gavin @ May 9 2011, 12:03 PM BSTThe Other Guys
Was funny enough, didn't deserve the panning it got from some people. Mark Walhberg is funny.
I really liked it, it was funny and had some surprisingly topical/political ideas. Steve Coogan was excelent.
But the whole pimp business and smut just sorta dragged it down a little. Kinda crude for it's own sake and didn't particularly fit well.
Quote: Griff @ May 8 2011, 10:52 PM BSTJust seen the first episode of Sherlock. Massively entertaining and super high quality production values. Although the Mark-Gatiss-shouldn't-act-in-drama rule still applies. (He's a fantastic comedy actor of course - i.e his appearance in S1 of Psychoville). It's a bit like Moffatt's Doctor Who - the scripts don't make a lot of sense but the central character is so charismatic that it doesn't matter. Plotwise the final act seemed to borrow strongly from The Vanishing but so what. Would be looking forward to second episode right now except everyone on here has told me it's shit.
Interesting thoughts make me wonder if I was too kind to Dr WHo and too harsh on Sherlock. I suppose they're both modern shows with the emphasis firmly on character, setting, mood and feel the crude mechanics of plot not really intruding. In the same way ep1 of Sherlock was Sherlock v the world's worst serial killer and the whole denoument made no sense. Neither did the episode 1+2 of Who.
Both going for feel and energy over coherence (and both ending with absurd violence).
Indeed plot and structure heavy Lost and BCG both seemed quite absurd by the end. With both having amazingly flat and portentious final episodes.
Watching old episodes of Buffy it's fascinating how archaic it's point to point arc plot looks. With every I dotted and every t crossed.
Where as in last weeks Who, why did the Dr and co allow the mermaid to touch them with out knowing if it would kill them? Because it would have been dull to have another scene explaining this.
Quote: Griff @ May 8 2011, 10:52 PM BSTJust seen the first episode of Sherlock. Massively entertaining
You'll get Marc doing one of these 
at you if you're not careful!
Of course there's option 3 "write a brilliant engaging and coherent script."
But damn it this is 2011. Who has time for that? This is the era of the microwave and the ipad.
So in the same way Watson pulled the trigger (a moment I still think worthy of the Fast Show) and Amy for no aparent reason turned into Dana Scully. It just happened.
Or do you want to go back to the days of Dick Barton?