― DavidM (DavidM), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 12:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 12:17 (seventeen years ago) link
(Also -- and you'll have to trust me on this -- having worked as a repertory theatre reviewer for the past half-decade, the script really wasn't that bad. I've seen a lot fucking worse.)
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 12:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 12:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (DomPassantino), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 12:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 12:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 12:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 12:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 13:06 (seventeen years ago) link
such as? NyLon? C'mon now!
I'm not even sure my actual life is better than This Life was - not that I was imitating it, but...y'know.
House Of Elliot +100 please! Um, hold on, that might not work in exactly the way I meant it.
― CharlieNo4 (CharlieNo4), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 13:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― emsk ( emsk ), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 13:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 13:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 13:28 (seventeen years ago) link
Did Matt DC say why he thought TL was 'better than expected'? I think we must be told.
― Dr.C (Dr.C), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 14:01 (seventeen years ago) link
i also laffed at the "protection" bit...
― CarsmileSteve (Carsmile Steve), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 14:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 14:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 14:16 (seventeen years ago) link
yes! and when anna was playing drugstore just before it, but on an I-POD ooh didn't 'ave them back in teh day eh?
― emsk ( emsk ), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 14:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― CharlieNo4 (CharlieNo4), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 14:52 (seventeen years ago) link
Why was Egg's name spelt Edgar Cooke on the book when it's been Edgar Cook elsewhere (including on the documentary afterwards). Also how can someone so ridiculously inarticulate and unable to comprehend any emotions past "I love you Milly, nearly as much as I love Man Utd" possibly have written such a successful and critically-acclaimed* novel?
* presume that shitey books don't often get launched at the British Library by Mark Lawson
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 14:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr.C (Dr.C), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― DavidM (DavidM), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr.C (Dr.C), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:24 (seventeen years ago) link
Egg = Amy Jenkins (in her dreams), yes?
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:33 (seventeen years ago) link
x-post
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link
Yes, but your flatmate's dad?
― Onimo drank ALL the wine! (nu_onimo), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr.C (Dr.C), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link
no, what we all wanted was a decent programme!
― grimly fiendish (simon), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link
Didn't he say his hotel chain was called "Hobotel"? Who the fuck would want to stay in something called "Hobotel"?! (actually, I'm guessing no-one, hence appearance of rubbish night-time bailiffs with an eye for antique chairs)
* Rich Dad, plus rich ex-wife (the latter either big ol' divorce settlement or big ol' life insurance policy, depending on what happened to Francesca).
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr.C (Dr.C), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― onimo (nu_onimo), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr.C (Dr.C), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:46 (seventeen years ago) link
1) Egg is happiest when cooking, but still has no idea how to deal with his girlfriend (and now son)2) Warren has "issues"3) Anna is "complex"4) Milly is neurotic 5) Miles is a twat
Give them all (Anna excepted) implausible careers, add an "edgy" (except it wasn't) "zeitgest-friendly" (except it wasn't) plot device (which didn't really work anyway since so much took place away from the reality TV lassie) and, hurrah, you have a cobbled-together-in-minutes TV show and Amy Jenkins is a bit more rich.
(I liked some of the nods to the old series, and some of the one-liners were nice, and the cast all fell back into character very quickly. But it was exceptionally unsatisfying)
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:47 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost
― onimo (nu_onimo), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link
i also liked camera girl's accent. and the one scene where she started recording warren taking overdose and which relied on you knowing the significance of an out of focus red led.
how long has cocaine come in little glass bottles? i'm out of touch with my druglord friends obv.
― koogs (koogs), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 18:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Thursday, 4 January 2007 08:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 4 January 2007 08:54 (seventeen years ago) link