The Thick of it Special
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I watched this last night (downloaded), thought it was very very sharp, as ever.
Everyone's just so horrible!
Thought it was a mite overlong though- not because it failed to keep up the pace, but just because it was so battering to watch that much shouting
Everyone's just so horrible!
Thought it was a mite overlong though- not because it failed to keep up the pace, but just because it was so battering to watch that much shouting
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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It's just not as good without revolving around Langham if you ask me. I hope he is not really a baby rapist or whatever.
Skim
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Arrrghh... I still haven't seen it! Sat down to watch it last night, but there was only the Christmas episode on the repeat facility 
Still, we watched the Christmas one again and it was funny as ever on a second viewing. I like Chris Langham, but I'm not that bothered if he doesn't return because Roger Allam is very funny as the Tory minister. I hopde they don't drop that character if Langham comes back.
Still, we watched the Christmas one again and it was funny as ever on a second viewing. I like Chris Langham, but I'm not that bothered if he doesn't return because Roger Allam is very funny as the Tory minister. I hopde they don't drop that character if Langham comes back.
Skim
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Finally watched the special last night. It was superb as ever but I found it even more tense watching than usual. The testosterone-fuelled pace was relentless and everyone was going crazy in this huge web of power struggles... when Glenn lost it at the end, I felt like losing it as well
Agree with Perplexis that it was hard watching so much shouting. I felt exhausted by the end. There were perhaps too many aggressive characters this time round: Malcolm, his psychotic sidekick, the Daily Mail news editor. The Hugh Abbott/Peter Mannion characters had provided some relief from the craziness before, but this time there felt like no escape from the awfulness of Malcolm and his cronies.
I've always found most of the women characters in the show a bit lame, but maybe that's just a true reflection of that environment...?
Agree with Perplexis that it was hard watching so much shouting. I felt exhausted by the end. There were perhaps too many aggressive characters this time round: Malcolm, his psychotic sidekick, the Daily Mail news editor. The Hugh Abbott/Peter Mannion characters had provided some relief from the craziness before, but this time there felt like no escape from the awfulness of Malcolm and his cronies.
I've always found most of the women characters in the show a bit lame, but maybe that's just a true reflection of that environment...?
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Langham's trial has started:
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2125036,00.html
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2125036,00.html
spartacus mills
let's wee on each other
Dan U said:
Ah, yes; has he finished that book yet?
Maggot said:It's being repeated:
'Sat 7 July 10.30pm-11.30pm; rpt 12.35am-1.35am; rpt BBC Two: Saturday 14 July 10pm-11pm'
Thanks from me too for that. Have managed to miss all mentioned on this thread so far but this sat night I'm not leaving the house till it been watched. EXCITED!
**cringes at the Alistair Campbell Diaries on in the background**
fcking cock
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Just met Pater Capaldi buying coffee in my coffee shop near Waterloo.
He has a blond-ish beard, and looks as haunted in real life as Malcolm does in the series...
He has a blond-ish beard, and looks as haunted in real life as Malcolm does in the series...
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
It's not looking good for him:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2128447,00.html
Worst Paedo Excuse Ever.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2128447,00.html
Worst Paedo Excuse Ever.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Surely the special showed they don't really need him in it for the series to continue?
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
He's fucked, and TBH quite rightly so - comedic brilliance or not.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Kid_Eternity said:
It's Ianucci who's said that they need Langham back - fuck me, how must that feel? One of your mates revealed as a nonce...
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
kyser_soze said:
Oh right. I don't think they do tbh, the special showed the real star is the Malcom Tucker character, I much prefer watching the way he throws everything out of wack everytime he's on screen, or the way the Ministers cower before him to watching Langham...
