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Post by curiousgirl on Mar 18, 2018 7:59:51 GMT
Sigh. Have it your own way @deepthroat. I'm looking forward to episode 3. I'm just a sasunnach, what to do I know.
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Post by 4th Chord on Mar 18, 2018 8:09:53 GMT
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Post by Gaz on Mar 18, 2018 12:58:45 GMT
Have you ever wondered why old fashioned sitcoms used so few locations? It is because that keeps down the costs of set building and filming. Cost is exactly why there are far few locations and therefore story possible options in the current series. There's also this to consider; the writers have exhausted ideas thus have exhausted locations they can use. There's only so many places a story can be set. And why would they continually use far-out locations when it would upset the iconography of the show and the theme of community they're trying to establish? Of course, they could write a whole series of episodes where Jack and Victor are out on the road but it would go beyond the realms of what would be considered plausible by the viewers. Yeah, those doing the budget would most definitely rule it out, but in the case of episodes from the last series being filmed around Glasgow and the next two episodes this series to heavily feature location shooting, it isn't the case that someone has said they can only film with the sets they've already got. Dial-A-Bus is an isolated example. It's meant to be overblown. So many locations were used because the story dictated it. I personally think it's a dull episode. Series 4 was when the show went downhill for me. The humour got crude, the accents were toned down, peripheral characters became the focus. Have you ever considered it may be Simon Porter’s fault? ;-)
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Post by 4th Chord on Mar 18, 2018 17:31:25 GMT
Someone changed Wikipedia after the last episode. 😂
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2018 21:37:08 GMT
Sigh. Have it your own way @deepthroat . I'm looking forward to episode 3. I'm just a sasunnach, what to do I know. Not intending to "have it my own way". I just think if Still Game had taken a break sooner, we would be seeing episodes like Dial-A-Bus now. Btw, It's Sassenach.
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Post by curiousgirl on Mar 18, 2018 22:09:34 GMT
Sigh. Have it your own way @deepthroat . I'm looking forward to episode 3. I'm just a sasunnach, what to do I know. Not intending to "have it my own way". I just think if Still Game had taken a break sooner, we would be seeing episodes like Dial-A-Bus now. Btw, It's Sassenach. Okay, thanks for that. I'm not sure it is because that's actually the proper Gaelic spelling. When I checked the spelling it came up. But maybe you knew that.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2018 17:20:17 GMT
So... thoughts on the series thus far?
I'll make it simple... GARBAGE.
The one about the football was the worst ever. Take out the swearing and it could have been on CBBC.
The one with the caravan was a word-for-word retread of the original stage play.
The latest... dear oh dear. Fat Peggy can't act and Mick is a complete nonentity of a character.
Hope they end it there.
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Post by 4th Chord on Apr 8, 2018 18:39:00 GMT
So... thoughts on the series thus far? I'll make it simple... GARBAGE. The one about the football was the worst ever. Take out the swearing and it could have been on CBBC. The one with the caravan was a word-for-word retread of the original stage play. The latest... dear oh dear. Fat Peggy can't act and Mick is a complete nonentity of a character. Hope they end it there. Yep. The last couple were pretty grim, I agree.
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Post by raotwsht on Apr 9, 2018 14:22:36 GMT
Although they haven't been that good this series, the last episode where the butcher died which caused a riot in the shop the following day because everyone wanted his final piece of work, did remind me of other deaths where people clamour for the deceased's final piece of work. Over and Out for example!!
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Post by curiousgirl on Apr 13, 2018 20:30:15 GMT
Just seen ep 6 - so that's where the series budget went.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2018 5:22:10 GMT
Just seen ep 6 - so that's where the series budget went. Not seen episodes 3, 4 and 5 yet? They certainly didn't look cheap. The last episode was probably the second best of this series but that's not saying anything. It was average. That should be it now. Tough luck to those who have only seen the last two series but a junkie turning up in a boat is not what the show should be about. By all means, have a spin-off series if the writers want to appeal to yoof. Says a lot about whom the show is aimed at now given the kind of people who like this character.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2018 17:01:34 GMT
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