paul-r-cfc Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Series 5 of Brookie 99 is finally on. I know it was on e4 weekly but I enjoy a lovely binge.Seemed to keep on missing this on e4 so glad it's finally appeared! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Finished After Life earlier. Easily the best work from Gervais since The Office. Very funny and sad moments throughout. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Finished After Life earlier. Easily the best work from Gervais since The Office. Very funny and sad moments throughout.I really liked it but for me personally, Extras still edges it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Read a few reviews of after life today. Quite a few not that kind on it. Although it is clear a few of them really hate gervais. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Read a few reviews of after life today. Quite a few not that kind on it. Although it is clear a few of them really hate gervais. I can't stand him either but will give this a go tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 Watched the first two episodes of after life. Really enjoying it so far 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 On 3/11/2019 at 12:28, steelmen said: Blitzed through this at the weekend. Really enjoyed it. It was strange not having Ferarri or Mercedes involved in it but it allowed them to highlight all the other teams and gave them some spotlight. He's threw his chances of a championship away but I came out with a lot of respect for Riccardo and a lot more dislike for Verstappen. The digs between Red Bull and Renault were fun to watch, esp after Riccardo moving and them stopping the engine contract. I actually thought it benefited from not being The Lewis and Seb show. These two would have sucked the life out of it. Just watched the Monaco episode, Red Bull and Williams - excellent! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzydunlop Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 21 hours ago, YER SISTERS YER MAW said: Finished After Life earlier. Easily the best work from Gervais since The Office. Very funny and sad moments throughout. me too, and totally agree....watched whilst pretty hungover on Sunday so was a bit emotional. Although I must say I don't think my missus would have reacted so well at all the practical jokes he plays on his... i get they were trying to show the 'fun' relationship they both had but I'd have got a boot in the baws if I'd pulled any of those stunts! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG.Roma Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Checked in here yesterday for no particular reason and ended up watching the first two episodes of After Life last night with my wife. Both very impressed and will probably blitz through the rest in the next couple of days. We've both lost people recently so it's extra touching, but really entertaining as well. Cheers guys! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) On 11/03/2019 at 19:53, Dons_1988 said: Read a few reviews of after life today. Quite a few not that kind on it. Although it is clear a few of them really hate gervais. Gritted (grat?) my teeth and watched this....fuuuuuucking hell, worse than Derek, imagine watching Derek but editing out all the gloriously weird moments and having an atheist from Reading shout c**t in your face for 3 hours. Edited March 14, 2019 by Christophe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Ooft. There's absolutely nothing similar to Derek in this barring some of the cast. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 That post just screams out utter hatred for Gervais. Probably didn't even watch it . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 That thing that happened in episode 4 was so bloody weird and out of place and badly thought out that I give it a few of the mental points from Derek but yeah mostly it was just annoying and mediocre and one dimensional and tragic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Watched "The Bodyguard" over the last week or so with the missus. Think it was a BBC series but is on Netflix here. Thought initially it was going with the clichèd "Scottish guy with alcohol and mentalness problems" but, as usual, I was wrong. Was enjoyable enough. Edited March 14, 2019 by Ross. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu20vt Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Christophe said: but yeah mostly it was just annoying and mediocre and one dimensional and tragic. And on and on and on 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 6 hours ago, Christophe said: That thing that happened in episode 4 was so bloody weird and out of place and badly thought out that I give it a few of the mental points from Derek but yeah mostly it was just annoying and mediocre and one dimensional and tragic. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud131 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Watched After Life, enjoyed it but didn't think its worth all the hype it's been receiving. Although that may be because I'm not a huge Gervais fan to be honest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_bairn Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 First episode of the disappearing of maddie. Already bored. Going to be dragged out with nothing groundbreaking. Meh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Baffled that anyone could possibly believe After Life is anywhere near the same level as The Office or Extras. It's painfully clear that Gervais (who I'm actually a massive fan of) really struggles without the contributions of Stephen Merchant as a co-writer. For me, as with Derek, there is absolutely no subtlety in the script. Instead of talking heads routinely telling us that Derek is a nice person, we have numerous characters routinely telling Tony that he is a nice person. We require constant reminders from Tony that his wife has died and he is very sad and he wants to kill himself. For me, it didn't ring true as a particularly realistic depiction of depression. Somebody is saying something half-poignant, so let's play some slow instrumental music over it to make sure that the viewer is left in no doubt that this is VERY sad. This Tony guy seems very grumpy at the moment, so let's insert another flashback of him playing an irritating prank on his wife to make sure that the viewer knows he used to be hilarious and that they had a fun relationship where she called him a c**t and a fat twat all the time. Less is more, but I'm not sure whether Ricky fully grasps that notion. The junkie storyline comes to a very unsatisfactory end. It isn't mentioned again. He isn't found out or punished for what he did. Therefore, what is Gervais trying to say about the decision that Tony makes? Does he approve of it? On the plus side, there are some very nice moments, good performances all-round, and I especially enjoyed the scenes with his father at the care home. I shed a tear on more than one occasion. So I'm not saying that this is bad. I actually thought it was pretty decent and an overall improvement on Derek. But his best work of all time? Absolutely not. Worthy of the widespread praise? Not quite. 6/10 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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