This Life ten years on
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spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
i'd never noticed before: Daniela Nardini is the spit of Christopher Eccleston. spooky 
Mogden
I like tea
Christ there was a U75 forum for each of 'em. Warren for drugs, Anna for nobbin' and sobbin', Milly for suburban 
The script was predictable but still good. Flashman thought I'd read up on the whole thing in advance cos I picked up on so many bits that were gonna happen. I'm shit at solving murders in crime programmes but I can foresee an entire plot of This Life
I felt like some sort of cultural observation expert, "Oh yes, Clare was meant to represent Rachel, that's why I thought it was Rachel at the start".
The script was predictable but still good. Flashman thought I'd read up on the whole thing in advance cos I picked up on so many bits that were gonna happen. I'm shit at solving murders in crime programmes but I can foresee an entire plot of This Life
I felt like some sort of cultural observation expert, "Oh yes, Clare was meant to represent Rachel, that's why I thought it was Rachel at the start". 
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
I feel all flat and meh, not nearly as good as I thought it would be. It had way more impact as a series.
This one was sadly a bit dull
This one was sadly a bit dull
brixtonvilla
should be Oslovilla, really
That's hitting your 30s for you, EG...
brixtonvilla
should be Oslovilla, really
Mid, I'd have said. 34-37ish?
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
boohoo said:
They were meant to be in their mid-twenties in the original series, so mid-30s in this one.
I enjoyed it. I thought it would have been better without the girl with the camera, though.
I found it a bit poignant - a dramatised reminder of how we change as people and move away from our young & more carefree selves.
Still, I got the boxed set for Christmas & have that to look forward to!
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
I enjoyed it.
It was never gunna ring the bells quite as clearly as it did 10 years ago.
It was never gunna ring the bells quite as clearly as it did 10 years ago.
boohoo
No.
aqua said:thats certainly how I am still with the friends I made in my early 20s, the people I've met later I'm more sensible
it was ok, the woman with the camera was a pain
I think that if you haven't seen anyone for ten years, they still can tend to think that you are the same person and treat you the same way. Still.....
Looby
Well-Known Member
boohoo said:
I think you do revert back into old patterns easily when you are around people you have known for a long time.
I don't see my old college mates that often but it doesn't take long for us all to go back to our old 'roles' when we get together. That's why it made me
when they were playing portishead and sleeper and not the fucking arctic monkeys. That's what we do, go to the shit indie club we always went to, get far too pissed and dance like twats but not get away with it because we aren't 20 anymore. Maybe that's just me.
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
LilMissHissyFit
Disturbed in a pink bra
Well hands up, I still didnt 'get' any of it but then I didnt see any of the previous stuff
But I do want to see it now.
I shall have to get my grubby mits on the DVD's
But I do want to see it now.
I shall have to get my grubby mits on the DVD's
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
LilMissHissyFit said:
The above Adam and Joe version of This Life sums it up pretty well
spartacus mills
let's wee on each other
equationgirl said:I feel all flat and meh, not nearly as good as I thought it would be. It had way more impact as a series.
This one was sadly a bit dull
Agreed.
moose
like some cat from Japan
It's charm was in the self-referential nature of it to make the viewer feel all smug and knowing. <smug, knowing>
Everyone has raved about the hand-held camera work since it came out, so they had a hand-held camera. The soundtrack tied in almost too neatly, and there were little jokes throughout about how they used to be and how they are now. I liked it. (Blimey, Millie's aged!!!)
Everyone has raved about the hand-held camera work since it came out, so they had a hand-held camera. The soundtrack tied in almost too neatly, and there were little jokes throughout about how they used to be and how they are now. I liked it. (Blimey, Millie's aged!!!)
electrogirl
dignity is overrated
anyone know where i can see this? i'm sad imissed it...even though it sounds like it was a bit crud.
clandestino
no llevar papel
I thought it was dreadful.
The characters hadn't developed at all, the storylines were totally unbelievable, the dialogue was cringeworthy (who uses the phrase "metrosexual" in an angry outburst?), the writer Amy Jenkins was trying way too hard to tick off a load of "cutting edge" reference points (reality TV? check. kaiser chiefs? check...the bit where she crowbarred the war in iraq together with the concept of carbon footprints was so clunky it was painful), there were too many chunks of dialogue where Jenkins was trying to make a grand statement about "our generation" that just ended up being trite and embarrassing. I could go on and on and on. It was full of holes, and full of shit. If that's possible...!
And I was a fan of the original series.
The characters hadn't developed at all, the storylines were totally unbelievable, the dialogue was cringeworthy (who uses the phrase "metrosexual" in an angry outburst?), the writer Amy Jenkins was trying way too hard to tick off a load of "cutting edge" reference points (reality TV? check. kaiser chiefs? check...the bit where she crowbarred the war in iraq together with the concept of carbon footprints was so clunky it was painful), there were too many chunks of dialogue where Jenkins was trying to make a grand statement about "our generation" that just ended up being trite and embarrassing. I could go on and on and on. It was full of holes, and full of shit. If that's possible...!
And I was a fan of the original series.
Mrs Bradley
wears the trousers
As said on earlier this life slot - it's awful, boring shite
Juice Terry
rama lama fa fa fa
Just kept thinking all the way through, why the fuck didn't they make a third series 10 years ago when it was relevant. Just a very poor attempt to recapture past glory.
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