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Floyddroid
15-01-2017, 22:47
What the hell was that all about???:scratch:

Markiii
15-01-2017, 23:06
this series does seem to have lost the plot somewhat

shane
15-01-2017, 23:12
All she really wanted was a hug. I know how she feels sometimes.

Barry
16-01-2017, 00:56
This latest series of Sherlock has had plots which have become so contrived, with unbelievable 'deus ex machina' endings that I don't really care whether or not they make another series.

Spectral Morn
16-01-2017, 08:45
Scandal in Belgravia - was the highlight of all the series in my view.

Same crowd that messed Dr Who up too.

rigger67
16-01-2017, 09:27
I really liked this series.

I don't know why everyone's dissing it - it's still the most engaging show on TV for me :scratch:

Spectral Morn
16-01-2017, 10:28
I really liked this series.

I don't know why everyone's dissing it - it's still the most engaging show on TV for me :scratch:

Because Steven Moffat thinks he is really, really clever, he tries too hard and ends up messing stuff up. Sherlock and Dr who are classic examples of how to take something really good and mess with it too much. Imho. He works best when someone else is in charge, and he is kept on a very short leash, imho.

Being frank Moffat's involvement in Sherlock put me off right from the get go. I watched a few and they annoyed me, in a similar way as his involvement in Dr Who did. A friend raved about the Scandal episode so I sought it out, watched it, and thought it was excellent, but much of that was down to the way Lara Pulver played Irene Adler.

Floyddroid
16-01-2017, 10:34
Oh aye, i know exactly what you man like!
This latest series of Sherlock has had plots which have become so contrived, with unbelievable 'deus ex machina' endings that I don't really care whether or not they make another series.

worrasf
16-01-2017, 10:41
I'm just relieved that Redbeard the dog wasn't killed after all - otherwise I'd have been writing in to complain;)

Macca
16-01-2017, 10:53
They ruined it by bringing in the female character (Watson's wife). I know, demographics blah blah. The show was good before that, but mainly because of the acting and the fact that Conan-Doyle had already done all the hard work of creating the characters and the set up. The writers clearly think they can mess with that and it won't matter. Wrong.

struth
16-01-2017, 10:57
Being a Holmes fan, i never liked this so didnt watch much of it. I liked the 2 films with r d jr and the old films were great too as i grew up with them, but Jeremy Brett will forever be Sherlock

Spectral Morn
16-01-2017, 10:58
They ruined it by bringing in the female character (Watson's wife). I know, demographics blah blah. The show was good before that, but mainly because of the acting and the fact that Conan-Doyle had already done all the hard work of creating the characters and the set up. The writers clearly think they can mess with that and it won't matter. Wrong.

Precisely. Exactly what they did with Dr Who :(

Macca
16-01-2017, 11:02
Basil Rathbone you mean? I was never that keen on the Jeremy Brett versions. Production values are very poor in most of them, and the dialogue is stodgy at best

Cucumberpatch does a very good job of the new version, I think. He made the role his own, can't fault him.

struth
16-01-2017, 11:06
Yeah, Basil.. they were great in there own way...you dont like Jeremy.. jeez, he is and lived the part. Ive got the boxset and i see no problems with it. You can also watch him go insane in real life as he becomes so involved with the part, which was a shame, although did series no real harm

The Black Adder
16-01-2017, 11:12
Big fan of the show and I thought it was rather poor/weak.

Macca
16-01-2017, 11:12
Nothing wrong with his acting, he plays the part very well. Just the scripts and the production.

I watched all the Rathbone ones as a kid, they used to be on BBC2 at tea-time in the winter. They have a great atmosphere to them none of the other versions capture.

Henchard
16-01-2017, 11:37
Newsthump nailed it

http://newsthump.com/2017/01/16/missing-persons-case-opened-after-sherlock-writer-vanishes-up-his-own-arse/

rigger67
16-01-2017, 12:25
I never was that big a fan of Dr Who.

Blake's 7 was the real deal, though, in the same way UFO was far superior to the more commercial and populist Space 1999 ...



I do like Cumberbatch and Freeman as a duo - they're the most watchable pair since Fry and Laurie in (the definitive) Jeeves and Wooster.

Barry
16-01-2017, 12:30
I do like Cumberbatch and Freeman as a duo - they're the most watchable pair since Fry and Laurie in (the definitive) Jeeves and Wooster.

I agree absolutely. I have the box set; to me Fry and Laurie are Jeeves and Wooster, just as David Suchet is Poirot.

The Black Adder
16-01-2017, 12:30
Precisely. Exactly what they did with Dr Who :(


+1 Dr.Who started great and gradually deteriorated ending up dire.

Firebottle
16-01-2017, 12:30
Fry and Laurie in (the definitive) Jeeves and Wooster.

With you there Paul :thumbsup:

Barry
16-01-2017, 12:31
+1 Dr.Who started great and gradually deteriorated ending up dire.

Yes I agree, the first episode with William Hartnell as the Doctor was the best. ;) (But then everyone's favourite Doctor is the one they grew up with.)

JohnJo
16-01-2017, 12:58
.... Jeremy Brett will forever be Sherlock

+1, can't watch anyone else playing Holmes.

I thought Brett's performances exquisite.

JohnJo
16-01-2017, 12:59
I agree absolutely. I have the box set; to me Fry and Laurie are Jeeves and Wooster, just as David Suchet is Poirot.

+1 for me too.

The Black Adder
16-01-2017, 13:05
I agree absolutely. I have the box set; to me Fry and Laurie are Jeeves and Wooster, just as David Suchet is Poirot.

+1

The Black Adder
16-01-2017, 13:06
+1, can't watch anyone else playing Holmes.

I thought Brett's performances exquisite.

Yep... Jeremy Brett was brilliant.

rigger67
16-01-2017, 13:16
+1 Dr.Who started great and gradually deteriorated ending up dire.

Haven't watched since about halfway through the David Tennancy of the role (see what I did there ?)
It just became too juvenile, too silly and too quickly cut for my liking.
Kids have the attention span of a goldfish these days and it's reflected in the editing of a lot of TV shows these days.

Gimme the days of a three take movie like Rope every time ..

Spectral Morn
16-01-2017, 13:35
Haven't watched since about halfway through the David Tennancy of the role (see what I did there ?)
It just became too juvenile, too silly and too quickly cut for my liking.
Kids have the attention span of a goldfish these days and it's reflected in the editing of a lot of TV shows these days.

Gimme the days of a three take movie like Rope every time ..

Exactly what is wrong, Moffat and co being way too clever for their own good, though it was that other self proclaimed smart ---- that started it going so silly, Russell T Davis.

Spectral Morn
16-01-2017, 13:38
I never was that big a fan of Dr Who.

Blake's 7 was the real deal, though, in the same way UFO was far superior to the more commercial and populist Space 1999 ...



I do like Cumberbatch and Freeman as a duo - they're the most watchable pair since Fry and Laurie in (the definitive) Jeeves and Wooster.


I like Blake 7, and UFO. First season of Space 1999 is sensible, and sober, second is mostly silly, though Catherine Schell is nice. Never got PG Woodhouse, not for me.

Joe
16-01-2017, 14:51
I agree absolutely. I have the box set; to me Fry and Laurie are Jeeves and Wooster, just as David Suchet is Poirot.

ITYM Ian Carmichael and Dennis Price. Laurie is great as Wooster, but Fry is all wrong as Jeeves.

Macca
16-01-2017, 15:15
I find Fry's take on Jeeves highly entertaining. It's the best thing he has ever done.

I've also got the box set. They must have sold a fair few of them I guess.

Joe
16-01-2017, 15:17
I just find him incredibly annoying, whatever he's in.

Macca
16-01-2017, 15:31
He's hardly in anything really. He doesn't even do QI anymore. Last film I saw him in was that one about Oscar Wilde and I only watched that because a bloke I was at college with was in it. That was years ago now.

struth
16-01-2017, 15:36
Quite like him. Yes was great as Jeeves. Was in the Sherlock film with Downey as his brother. Suited him as he got to walk about in nude ... He,s a bit of a tart,but is willing to admit it. Did well in Blackadder too.

The Black Adder
16-01-2017, 16:06
I find Fry's take on Jeeves highly entertaining. It's the best thing he has ever done.

I've also got the box set. They must have sold a fair few of them I guess.

I had the box set and found that one of the series had awful sound. Hardly re-mastered.

Brilliant show though. Some of the cast changed somewhat but still, superb stuff.

Joe
17-01-2017, 12:59
Never got PG Woodhouse, not for me.

Wash your mouth out with soap and water!

Spectral Morn
17-01-2017, 14:24
Wash your mouth out with soap and water!

Its a very English centric type of humour (that does translate a bit) but I just don't get it. I watched a few, and tried Blanding's I didn't like it. I didn't go there again. I work in a bookshop and folks do buy Woodhouse books, but its a niche interest.

Barry
17-01-2017, 18:21
Its a very English centric type of humour (that does translate a bit) but I just don't get it. I watched a few, and tried Blanding's I didn't like it. I didn't go there again. I work in a bookshop and folks do buy Woodhouse books, but its a niche interest.

A bit like the writings of Flann O'Brien, (a non de plume of Brian O'Nolan) with his novels, such as 'The Third Policeman'. The Irish humour does not translate easily.

Worth reading nonetheless. :)

BTW I too was disappointed with the TV production of 'Blandings'.

Marco
17-01-2017, 18:25
Its a very English centric type of humour (that does translate a bit) but I just don't get it. I watched a few, and tried Blanding's I didn't like it. I didn't go there again. I work in a bookshop and folks do buy Woodhouse books, but its a niche interest.

Indeed... File it under the same [rather pointlessly elitist] pish as Shakespeare! ;)

Maybe I'm just not 'English' enough to appreciate it...

Marco.

Barry
17-01-2017, 18:27
File it under the same [rather pointlessly elitist] pish as Shakespeare! ;)

Marco.

Another provocative post there Marco!

Marco
17-01-2017, 18:30
Perhaps, but I do find the output of both rather suited to appeasing the pretentiousness of some self-appointed 'intellectuals'... ;)

Marco.

Macca
17-01-2017, 18:40
You have to be a political thinker to be classed as an intellectual

An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and proposes solutions for the normative problems of society, and thus he or she gains authority as a public intellectual.[1][2] Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator or as a mediator, the intellectual participates in politics, either to defend a concrete proposition or to denounce an injustice, usually by producing or by extending an ideology, and by defending a system of values.[3]



Liking PG Wodehouse doesn't count.

Haselsh1
17-01-2017, 18:40
Brilliant set of artistry. Loved it.

;)

Haselsh1
17-01-2017, 18:41
Perhaps, but I do find the output of both rather suited to appeasing the pretentiousness of some self-appointed 'intellectuals'... ;)

Marco.

:eek:

Marco
17-01-2017, 18:52
You have to be a political thinker to be classed as an intellectual

An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and proposes solutions for the normative problems of society, and thus he or she gains authority as a public intellectual.[1][2] Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator or as a mediator, the intellectual participates in politics, either to defend a concrete proposition or to denounce an injustice, usually by producing or by extending an ideology, and by defending a system of values.[3]



Liking PG Wodehouse doesn't count.

Lol... My comment was of course slightly tongue-in-cheek, although the basic premise still stands: much of this type of stuff attracts horrendous snobs, and often the most haughty and boorish type, whom I abhor. Not saying anyone here comes into that category, though.

Let's just say, however, that a night out with a load of pretentious 'arty-farties', fawning over the 'literary genius' of Wodehouse, etc, would hold about as much appeal as having to sit through an entire day's content of the Parliament Channel!!

An instant cure for insomniacs....

Marco.

karma67
17-01-2017, 20:50
you cant beat basil rathbone!

TheMooN
17-01-2017, 21:10
+1, can't watch anyone else playing Holmes.

I thought Brett's performances exquisite.

Indeed , For me the quintessential Holmes.

Joe
17-01-2017, 23:18
Let's just say, however, that a night out with a load of pretentious 'arty-farties', fawning over the 'literary genius' of Wodehouse, etc, would hold about as much appeal as having to sit through an entire day's content of the Parliament Channel!!


I don't think anyone fawns over the 'literary genius' of P G Wodehouse; he just writes very funny books. Of course, if 'three words daily' is more your sort of thing, you're sorted. A new pile of shite to look forward to every day.

struth
17-01-2017, 23:25
Indeed.. its not any worse than some threads Ive read on internet...

I love Wodehouse actually... his shorts are super value.

Marco
18-01-2017, 02:11
I don't think anyone fawns over the 'literary genius' of P G Wodehouse; he just writes very funny books...

In your opinion, perhaps. Is the likes of this meant to be funny:


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After a minute in, my eyes glazed over with boredom, especially with his 'poncy' affected voice... Sorry, just not my thang. Give me some good Scottish comedies, like this, any day:


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Now, *THAT* is fukkin funny!! :lol: :lol:

Marco.

rigger67
18-01-2017, 08:41
Lol... My comment was of course slightly tongue-in-cheek, although the basic premise still stands: much of this type of stuff attracts horrendous snobs, and often the most haughty and boorish type, whom I abhor. Not saying anyone here comes into that category, though.

Let's just say, however, that a night out with a load of pretentious 'arty-farties', fawning over the 'literary genius' of Wodehouse, etc, would hold about as much appeal as having to sit through an entire day's content of the Parliament Channel!!

An instant cure for insomniacs....

Marco.



I'd like to add another string to your snobs' bow : poetry fans.
Jeeeezus .. have you even been to an open mic night when a poet stands up ?
It's excrutiating.
But they have specialist poetry evenings.
Can you imagine all that wankery in one place ??


Slightly different tack, but relevant : my sister is head of arts at a big posh school in Johannesburg.
She puts on at least three productions every year and loves musicals, is a trained dance teacher, etc ..
I went to the Edinburgh Festival with her this summer and it was (inwardly) highly amusing sitting next to her during some of the shows up there.
Thankfully, she balanced her craving for serious drama with mine for free comedy in cheap boozers :D

Joe
18-01-2017, 09:39
In your opinion, perhaps. .

Well, obviously it's my opinion as we're talking about humour, than which nothing is more subjective. It either makes you laugh/smile, or it leaves you cold. It's entirely possible to find both of the clips you posted funny, neither of them funny, or one funny and the other not funny. De gustibus not est disputandem, as your ancestors used to say.

Marco
18-01-2017, 10:10
Oh I know, I'm just yanking your chain, Joe, and having a poke at some of the snobby pretentiousness that often attaches itself to what in the arts arena is perceived as 'high-brow' (as indeed Paul has done), and the odd, snooty little characters it can attract ;)

Tell me though, was that clip I posted of Wodehouse meant to be funny, as in that was the author's intention? If it was, I just don't see any humour there at all. If anyone else found it funny, feel free to tell me, and why!

Marco.

Marco
18-01-2017, 10:32
I'd like to add another string to your snobs' bow : poetry fans.
Jeeeezus .. have you even been to an open mic night when a poet stands up ?
It's excrutiating.
But they have specialist poetry evenings.
Can you imagine all that wankery in one place ??


Haha... Yes, so hand me the razor blades now, for a quick end! :eyebrows:

Actually, I don't mind the odd bit of poetry, but it has to contain some clever wit/humour, or otherwise most of it is just mind-numbingly self-indulgent, and subsequently sleep-inducing.

Marco.

Barry
18-01-2017, 14:44
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Now, *THAT* is fukkin funny!! :lol: :lol:

Marco.

I could hardly understand a word they were saying. :scratch:

Marco
18-01-2017, 15:12
Hehehehe... That's part of the joke! They're speaking a form of Scottish dialect, from the Dundee area :D

The dialogue there certainly makes more sense to me than that found in your average Shakespearean play! ;)

Marco.

rdpx
18-01-2017, 16:37
sherlock schmerlock

:eek:;):scratch:

Macca
18-01-2017, 17:59
Sherlock Shergar.

That's one mystery the smart-arsed bastard never solved.

Barry
18-01-2017, 18:07
Nor what happened to Lord Lucan. Or, come to think of it, why a graphene filament fuse should sound better than a solid, 1/4" diameter copper bar.

Marco
18-01-2017, 18:38
Gaz has promoted me to chief shiller, for the SR fuses, btw... So buy plenty, so I can make enough commission to buy a fish supper and a can of Coke.

Marco.

struth
18-01-2017, 18:41
Sherlock Shergar.

That's one mystery the smart-arsed bastard never solved.

Well they did do a mysterious horse disappearance in which the horse was found and went on to great victory actually ..lol

struth
18-01-2017, 18:42
Nor what happened to Lord Lucan. Or, come to think of it, why a graphene filament fuse should sound better than a solid, 1/4" diameter copper bar.

Im still doing fine thanks Barry as my email address proves :ner:

Marco
21-01-2017, 10:38
Tell me though, was that clip I posted of Wodehouse meant to be funny, as in that was the author's intention? If it was, I just don't see any humour there at all. If anyone else found it funny, feel free to tell me, and why!


:popcorn: :popcorn:

Anyone?

Marco.

Spectral Morn
21-01-2017, 11:13
:popcorn: :popcorn:

Anyone?

Marco.

Two seconds was more than enough :eek: to me its not, but humour is a weird thing. Some folks see stuff as funny, and others don't.

Gazjam
21-01-2017, 11:36
Lol... My comment was of course slightly tongue-in-cheek, although the basic premise still stands: much of this type of stuff attracts horrendous snobs, and often the most haughty and boorish type, whom I abhor. Not saying anyone here comes into that category, though.

Let's just say, however, that a night out with a load of pretentious 'arty-farties', fawning over the 'literary genius' of Wodehouse, etc, would hold about as much appeal as having to sit through an entire day's content of the Parliament Channel!!

An instant cure for insomniacs....

Marco.

Yup.
Rather be sellotaped to Noel Edmonds without a beard guard...

Gazjam
21-01-2017, 12:00
Nor what happened to Lord Lucan. Or, come to think of it, why a graphene filament fuse should sound better than a solid, 1/4" diameter copper bar.

Materials Science probably.

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/materials-rd/georgia-tech-claims-100x-copper-conductivity-for-graphene-interconnect-2009-08/
(Graphene having been measured as being two orders of magnitude more conductive than copper)

Conductivity of a material can be measured, unlike subjective bias...which cant.
Too easy for folk to be a smart arse about these things without having tried it themselves.
(so I've experienced)

Quite enjoyed the last episode of Sherlock actually, watching not as a classic Holmes story gone wrong but as something different on its own.

Marco
21-01-2017, 12:28
Yup.
Rather be sellotaped to Noel Edmonds without a beard guard...

Haha... Glad I'm not alone, then. I suspect that neither of us (including Neil) are sufficiently 'English enough' to appreciate it! ;)

Marco.

P.S Did you get my PM?

Gazjam
21-01-2017, 12:30
Reading it now.
Yup, good points well made. :thumbsup:

Joe
22-01-2017, 09:31
Haha... Glad I'm not alone, then. I suspect that neither of us (including Neil) are sufficiently 'English enough' to appreciate it! ;)



I'm not American or Jewish, but I enjoy Seinfeld.

Macca
22-01-2017, 09:47
I'm not American or Jewish, but I enjoy Seinfeld.

Hard to dispute that some humour is culturally based though. I know the Albanians loved Norman Wisdom and the Chinese found Benny Hill amusing but I do wonder if Father Ted would be funny to someone with no knowledge of Ireland or Catholicisim?

Marco
22-01-2017, 10:01
I'm not American or Jewish, but I enjoy Seinfeld.

Lol... That does nothing for me either, Joe! Clearly, we have very different tastes in comedies. I've never really 'got' American humour - just doesn't float my boat... Cheers was the only one I've ever liked.

Marco.

Marco
22-01-2017, 10:02
Hard to dispute that some humour is culturally based though. I know the Albanians loved Norman Wisdom and the Chinese found Benny Hill amusing but I do wonder if Father Ted would be funny to someone with no knowledge of Ireland or Catholicisim?

Well I'm Catholic and have chuckled at Father Ted. The wee wifey housekeeper was funniest, though! Go on, go on, go on..... :D

Marco.

Joe
22-01-2017, 10:05
Hard to dispute that some humour is culturally based though. I know the Albanians loved Norman Wisdom and the Chinese found Benny Hill amusing but I do wonder if Father Ted would be funny to someone with no knowledge of Ireland or Catholicisim?

My wife and daughters (English Prod and English atheists respectively) think Father Ted is hilarious. What probably doesn't work is humour in another language, because then you're down to non-verbal slapstick. And we all know where that leads. Mr sodding Bean.

Macca
22-01-2017, 10:09
Lol... That does nothing for me either, Joe! Clearly, we have very different tastes in comedies. I've never really 'got' American humour - just doesn't float my boat... Cheers was the only one I've ever liked.

Marco.

Cheers is very 'American', but I suppose it is not the same type of humour as Seinfeld.

Joe
22-01-2017, 10:13
Cheers is very 'American', but I suppose it is not the same type of humour as Seinfeld.

I can barely remember Cheers, but I loved Frasier. It was on the TV at the barbers' last time I went.

The closest humour to me 'culturally' would be The Royle Family.

Macca
22-01-2017, 10:25
I can barely remember Cheers, but I loved Frasier. It was on the TV at the barbers' last time I went.

The closest humour to me 'culturally' would be The Royle Family.

They are running Cheers at the moment on some cable channel so I have watched a few episodes recently.

Closest for me would be 'Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads.' I used to have a mate who pretty much was Terry Collier. Even looked a bit like him. The scenes where they are talking in the pub are like my life up on the screen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brNiTo_TbeQ

Royle Family was excellent until they started believing their own hype. The BBC really know how to ruin something good.

Joe
22-01-2017, 10:41
Royle Family was excellent until they started believing their own hype. The BBC really know how to ruin something good.

But at least they make and show something good. What was the last good programme made by ITV?

Macca
22-01-2017, 10:45
But at least they make and show something good. What was the last good programme made by ITV?

Rising Damp? The Prisoner? Minder? The Sweeney?

I know I'm going back a bit. Do they even make proper programs any more? I think it is all reality shows and video clips of people falling over.

Spectral Morn
22-01-2017, 10:47
Hard to dispute that some humour is culturally based though. I know the Albanians loved Norman Wisdom and the Chinese found Benny Hill amusing but I do wonder if Father Ted would be funny to someone with no knowledge of Ireland or Catholicisim?

It would certainly loose some of its critique.

Spectral Morn
22-01-2017, 10:49
Lol... That does nothing for me either, Joe! Clearly, we have very different tastes in comedies. I've never really 'got' American humour - just doesn't float my boat... Cheers was the only one I've ever liked.

Marco.

Cheer's was a nice show. I really enjoyed Fraiser too, but Seinfeld not so much.

Joe
22-01-2017, 11:07
Rising Damp? The Prisoner? Minder? The Sweeney?

I know I'm going back a bit. Do they even make proper programs any more? I think it is all reality shows and video clips of people falling over.

They made 'Broadchurch', series one of which was great, but series 2 of which was shite. Quite something for a programme to 'jump the shark' so quickly.

Marco
22-01-2017, 11:10
Cheers is very 'American', but I suppose it is not the same type of humour as Seinfeld.

Indeed, but it was a humour I related to and at the time found funny. I think it helped that it was set in a pub.

I also liked Moonlighting (which wasn't really a comedy as such), with Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepherd. I enjoyed that show, as indeed I did any number of classic American TV cop shows, from the 70s and 80s. But anything else? Nah, not for me; not even the (hugely popular at the time) Hill Street Blues...

And I positively LOATHE The Simpsons, Family Guy or any of that other, banal-beyond-belief, animated/semi-cartoony Amercian SHITE! :spew:

Marco.

Macca
22-01-2017, 11:40
I've heard Family Guy described as many things but like it or loathe it, it is about as far from 'banal' as you can get. Are we talking about the same show?

Gazjam
22-01-2017, 11:57
My favourite 'vintage' American TV show was maybe a bit less known than Cheers?
'Night Court'

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Barney Miller was another one I watched religiously.

Americans can DO funny, some great shows out nowadays.
Parks and Recreation?
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Marco
22-01-2017, 12:00
I've heard Family Guy described as many things but like it or loathe it, it is about as far from 'banal' as you can get. Are we talking about the same show?

Lol... Well, I guess that what's considered as "banal" is equally as subjective as humour itself! I'm afraid as soon as I see those stupid looking characters and silly voices/accents , I just YAWN and switch off!!

Marco.

struth
22-01-2017, 12:04
The Golden Girls was very well done. I liked Mash too! The Wonder Years was superb as well. Cheers of course was a great series that unfortunately, like the Simpsons, went on too long.

Marco
22-01-2017, 12:18
The Golden Girls was a little before my time, but I quite liked The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie, which my mum used to always watch. However, I'm defo more a British [and even more so Scottish] type of humour person :)

Give me The League of Gentlemen, Fawlty Towers. Little Britain or Chewin' the Fat, and I'll be soaking my knickers accordingly! :D

Marco.

struth
22-01-2017, 12:57
The Golden Girls was a little before my time, but I quite liked The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie, which my mum used to always watch. However, I'm defo more a British [and even more so Scottish] type of humour person :)

Give me The League of Gentlemen, Fawlty Towers. Little Britain or Chewin' the Fat, and I'll be soaking my knickers accordingly! :D

Marco.

Was it.. thought you might have caught them... different strokes you probably remember and was decent as was Taxi..

Marco
22-01-2017, 13:30
Taxi was ok. Didn't really like Mash, although in reality I probably didn't get to see too much of it to assess it properly. I was only young when all this stuff was on, and in those days definitely not in charge of the TV remote control ;)

Marco.

struth
22-01-2017, 13:46
Taxi was ok. Didn't really like Mash, although in reality I probably didn't get to see too much of it to assess it properly. I was only young when all this stuff was on, and in those days definitely not in charge of the TV remote control ;)

Marco.

I revisited mash series a number of years ago and it was ghastly actually although i liked it at time. The film is so much better. Worth getting the film

Barry
22-01-2017, 13:50
Materials Science probably.

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/materials-rd/georgia-tech-claims-100x-copper-conductivity-for-graphene-interconnect-2009-08/
(Graphene having been measured as being two orders of magnitude more conductive than copper)

Conductivity of a material can be measured, unlike subjective bias...which cant.
Too easy for folk to be a smart arse about these things without having tried it themselves.
(so I've experienced)

Quite enjoyed the last episode of Sherlock actually, watching not as a classic Holmes story gone wrong but as something different on its own.

It was said 'tongue in cheek' Garry - I wasn't casting aspersions. As you rightly say, I haven't tried the graphene fuses, so I have no right to be sarcastic.

If, as your link states, that graphene is 100x more conductive than copper, then perhaps a graphene filament might have a lower resistance than a 1/4" copper rod.

The Black Adder
22-01-2017, 13:53
Too young to watch Taxi (but I always heard the theme tune whilst in bed) and never liked any of the american comedy stuff apart from Sledge Hammer... Black Adder for me every time. Python, Faulty Towers, League of Gentlemen, Inside No.9, Spaced, Jeeves & Wooster, The IT Crowd.

Never liked Little Britain or The Office though.

Macca
22-01-2017, 15:05
Agree with Gaz about Night Court and Barney Miller. They never seem to repeat them, which is a shame. My father watched all the American shows as he was from that part of the world so never any issues with clashing preferences. We only got a video recorder so he could tape the baseball since it was on in the middle of the night.

Marco
22-01-2017, 17:56
Anyway, never mind that shite... The best thing on TV just now, by a country mile, is Taboo!! Tom Hardy is just awesome.....

Now *that*, my friends, is what you call a television programme.

Marco.

Gazjam
22-01-2017, 20:27
I know Barry :)


It was said 'tongue in cheek' Garry - I wasn't casting aspersions. As you rightly say, I haven't tried the graphene fuses, so I have no right to be sarcastic.

If, as your link states, that graphene is 100x more conductive than copper, then perhaps a graphene filament might have a lower resistance than a 1/4" copper rod.

Spectral Morn
22-01-2017, 20:36
The Golden Girls was a little before my time, but I quite liked The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie, which my mum used to always watch. However, I'm defo more a British [and even more so Scottish] type of humour person :)

Give me The League of Gentlemen, Fawlty Towers. Little Britain or Chewin' the Fat, and I'll be soaking my knickers accordingly! :D

Marco.

Fawlty Towers and Python I like but League and Little I detest. Loved the Good Life too.

Re Family Guy, its amusing at times, as is South Park, but I wouldn't go out of my way to watch them.

Spectral Morn
22-01-2017, 20:38
Too young to watch Taxi (but I always heard the theme tune whilst in bed) and never liked any of the american comedy stuff apart from Sledge Hammer... Black Adder for me every time. Python, Faulty Towers, League of Gentlemen, Inside No.9, Spaced, Jeeves & Wooster, The IT Crowd.

Never liked Little Britain or The Office though.

IT Crowd was very funny, but ran out of steam towards the end. Jen and the internet button was hilarious. Not that keen on Black Adder :sofa: Taxi I watched but its too long ago that I can't recall much of it but I liked it but not massively.

Marco
22-01-2017, 20:51
Fawlty Towers and Python I like but League and Little I detest. Loved the Good Life too.


Yes, I also enjoyed the Good Life. Felicity Kendal was rather cute! ;)


Re Family Guy, its amusing at times, as is South Park, but I wouldn't go out of my way to watch them.

Yes, I forgot about fooking South Park - another load of bollocks from the same stable of banality! :guns: :spew:

Marco.

Spectral Morn
22-01-2017, 22:18
Yes, I also enjoyed the Good Life. Felicity Kendal was rather cute! ;)



Yes, I forgot about fooking South Park - another load of bollocks from the same stable of banality! :guns: :spew:

Marco.

I thought you might think that, to both ;)

Joe
22-01-2017, 22:55
I'd have thought Marco would like South Park; it's basically three words daily in cartoon form.

Marco
23-01-2017, 00:56
C'ept it's American, and just stoopid...

Marco.

Macca
23-01-2017, 01:31
I'd have thought Marco would like South Park; it's basically three words daily in cartoon form.

You've clearly never watched it.

Joe
23-01-2017, 09:06
You've clearly never watched it.

Ha!

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Macca
23-01-2017, 10:21
It's social and political commentary. Possibly the best anyone is doing at the moment, and it is funny, scatology notwithstanding.

Joe
23-01-2017, 10:39
It's social and political commentary. Possibly the best anyone is doing at the moment, and it is funny, scatology notwithstanding.

Well, yeah, but Marco would enjoy the fart and poo stuff and could just fast-forward through the social and political commentary.

Spectral Morn
23-01-2017, 11:28
It's social and political commentary. Possibly the best anyone is doing at the moment, and it is funny, scatology notwithstanding.

I loved the two part story featuring Cthulhu, hilarious.

Macca
23-01-2017, 11:43
I loved the two part story featuring Cthulhu, hilarious.

I think my favourite is the two-parter where Cartman freezes himself so he won't have to wait 2 months for the Nintendo Wii to come out, and awakens in the 25th century like Buck Rogers.

There are a handful of lame episodes but generally speaking it is pure gold.

Spectral Morn
23-01-2017, 11:46
I think my favourite is the two-parter where Cartman freezes himself so he won't have to wait 2 months for the Nintendo Wii to come out, and awakens in the 25th century like Buck Rogers.

There are a handful of lame episodes but generally speaking it is pure gold.

Not see that one.

Marco
23-01-2017, 12:21
It's social and political commentary. Possibly the best anyone is doing at the moment, and it is funny, scatology notwithstanding.

Yesh, and you know what I think of that mince! ;) [Which is one of the reasons why I dislike the programme], along with the banality of the child-like 'cartoon-style' presentation.

Marco.

Marco
23-01-2017, 12:22
Well, yeah, but Marco would enjoy the fart and poo stuff and could just fast-forward through the social and political commentary.

Ha - too much like hard work! Especially when there's more than enough of that available elsewhere, where such 'editing' is unnecessary ;)

Marco.

Marco
23-01-2017, 12:26
Ha!

TMTkedIUX8U

Now that's ok, and reasonably funny for a few minutes, but for me, it's *MUCH* funnier done by real people, in real life situations:

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Now *that* is fukkin hilarious!

"Here, ya dobber, wrap yer nostrils around that!" :lol::D

Marco.

Marco
23-01-2017, 13:42
This is also pant-wettingly funny:

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Fonejacker - one of the best programmes ever invented!

Marco.