Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:39 am  

Adamjk wrote:

Finally got round to watching the first episode. Complete garbage, didn't register a single laugh.

I thought that too and haven't watched it since. However, a number of people on another forum I use have stuck with it and say it has picked up considerably, so I'm gonna give it another try on the iplayer

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:17 am  

Since when did it become necessary for Scooby Doo characters to be romantically involved with one another? I'm sure Daphne didn't ever hit on Fred in my day.

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:13 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

Since when did it become necessary for Scooby Doo characters to be romantically involved with one another? I'm sure Daphne didn't ever hit on Fred in my day.

The frisson was there though. Why else did Shaggy and Scooby end up with Velma AND find the ghost? What were Fred and Daphne doing?

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:18 pm  

Quite enjoying Syfy 's channel chicken robot Star wars parody.

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:45 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

The frisson was there though. Why else did Shaggy and Scooby end up with Velma AND find the ghost? What were Fred and Daphne doing?

Whatever it was, they were a lot more discreet about it than they are now. Daphne might as well be wearing a 'F*ck Me, Fred' t-shirt these days.

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:10 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

Can't wait for Brian Cox's new programme on Sunday.

I sat down in front of the tv and knew there was something I wanted to watch. When I turned it on this came on I figured this was it. I really enjoyed it, but could have done without all the opportunities for celebs to remind everyone they don't know anything.

I really enjoyed Black Mirror too, which is what I actually sat down to watch.

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:19 pm  

vbfg wrote:

I sat down in front of the tv and knew there was something I wanted to watch. When I turned it on this came on I figured this was it. I really enjoyed it, but could have done without all the opportunities for celebs to remind everyone they don't know anything.

It was good. It was kinda spoilt in my house by my wife saying "I don't get it" and "what's he on about" every forty-five seconds, but I still enjoyed it. I wish there was more of this kind of programming on the TV, but I suspect there's little room in the schedules once Strictly Come X-Factor and whatnot have been on. I suspect the celebrities were there to cater for those who are more interested in seeing Jonathan Ross looking foolish than they are in quantum physics.

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:30 pm  

In a way the celebrities thing worked. It's a rip of the RI Christmas lecture format, and the audience is meant to be wowed and amazed. I just don't want them making jokes about how bad they are at technical subjects in the middle of a physics lecture. Who would get invited onto the stage of a lecture about Shakespeare to tell the audience they can't frigging read?

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:50 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

Since when did it become necessary for Scooby Doo characters to be romantically involved with one another? I'm sure Daphne didn't ever hit on Fred in my day.

Scooby Doo was never really good, but was totally ruined when the monsters and ghosts started being 'real', instead of creepy janitors and such in elaborate costumes.

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:34 pm  

gulfcoast_highwayman wrote:

Scooby Doo was never really good, but was totally ruined when the monsters and ghosts started being 'real', instead of creepy janitors and such in elaborate costumes.

Like when Tom and Jerry started talking. Not cool.