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Ch4 screened their much-trumpeted, long-delayed McEwan adaptation last night. I found it disappointing with an underdeveloped script and stilted acting. The opening scenes were a pointless attempt to contemporise the story - apparently viewers in their twenties can't relate to characters unless they go clubbing and have cool media jobs. The rest seemed too short to develop the story in any believable way - not helped by a badly realised sci-fi element.

The pickled penis was quite realistic though.

Anyone else see it? How did it compare with the short story?

― robster (robster), Friday, 29 November 2002 10:25 (twenty-three years ago)

So how many pickled 'members' have you seen, boyo? Decided to sleep instead of watching foxy Ewan. Besides, am still traumatised from Ian McEwan A-level horror.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 29 November 2002 10:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Boring and pointless.

― Graham (graham), Friday, 29 November 2002 10:54 (twenty-three years ago)

"So how many pickled 'members' have you seen, boyo?"

www.ismennt.is/not/phallus/ens.htm

― robster (robster), Friday, 29 November 2002 11:06 (twenty-three years ago)

(though I did find the trailer pronouncing it Solid Gee-om-etry v.v.sexy)

― Graham (graham), Friday, 29 November 2002 11:06 (twenty-three years ago)

There's no way I'm looking at that website at work, you know. With my luck a senior manager would come up behind me just as the pictures finished loading.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 29 November 2002 11:07 (twenty-three years ago)

it just looked like a failed update attempt at roald dahl's tales of the unexpected. ewan mcgregor doesn't half do some crap.

― Marcello Carlin, Friday, 29 November 2002 11:17 (twenty-three years ago)

indeed, I don't bother giving things he's in a try anymore

― DG (D_To_The_G), Friday, 29 November 2002 11:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Pickled parts, eh? Lucky I taped it.

― Lara, Friday, 29 November 2002 11:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Directed by Macgregor's uncle Wedge.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 29 November 2002 11:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Pish, S'all I'm saying.

― anon (anon), Friday, 29 November 2002 14:32 (twenty-three years ago)

I watched Harry Hill then a documentary on Outback Str*ppers.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 29 November 2002 18:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Are we now so paranoid that we fear ILE will be invaded by Australian strippers?

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 30 November 2002 13:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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