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― Tom (Groke), Friday, 29 August 2003 08:58 (twenty-two years ago)
― Emma, Friday, 29 August 2003 09:11 (twenty-two years ago)
― chris (chris), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:15 (twenty-two years ago)
(clue: like alan, i have been a teacher and many of my friends still are)
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tom (Groke), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:18 (twenty-two years ago)
(this class was made up of a single large nigerian family, five brothers and sisters, aged about 17-10, and their work method was OLDEST DID THE ACTUAL WORK, second oldest copied from him, on down the line... so it was like chinese whispers... the 10-yr-old's work was a kind of abstract work of art, no figures or symbols discernable)
i wz k-rub at discipline etc: "i didn't do my homework, i went to a club instead""cool, what music wz playing?"
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:23 (twenty-two years ago)
― Emma, Friday, 29 August 2003 09:30 (twenty-two years ago)
i know several other teachers but have not in fact ever discussed this with them
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― Emma, Friday, 29 August 2003 09:33 (twenty-two years ago)
It's not total crap but I hate the way they keep jamming in indie tunes and doing clever cut scenes, also the jokes are kind of meh. And does every tv show have to be about 30 somethings trying to get married?
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:35 (twenty-two years ago)
With Archel's crosspost it's 2.1 to 2.
― Tom (Groke), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:36 (twenty-two years ago)
― gareth (gareth), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:37 (twenty-two years ago)
But Rule the School - surely EVERYONE likes that? I saw some this morning and one of the teachers reminded me of one of the teachers from That'll Teach Them... I wonder if he's some kind of reality TV teacher-ho?
― Emma, Friday, 29 August 2003 09:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:45 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:51 (twenty-two years ago)
Also, I saw Rule the School for the first time this morning. It wasn't all that. I think I may have missed the good stuff -- this was the exams and sports day at end of term, so a bit dull.
looking fwd to Ian Lee back on Rise next monday. no i am. really
(tenses in readiness for thorough beating)
― Alan (Alan), Friday, 29 August 2003 09:55 (twenty-two years ago)
teachers - first series best.
kate lawler on RISE - cringeworthy
classic comment - 'jordan's not ugly, not like mo mowlem'
― gE0rdIEr0b0t, Friday, 29 August 2003 10:02 (twenty-two years ago)
sorry alan yes i magpied and then internalised yr insight: ps i do this all the time, in case ilxor hadn't noticed (not with alan, with everyone)
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:03 (twenty-two years ago)
Best bit about Power of Kroll for the DrWho uber-trainspotter is that K9 is out of action for all of it (AGAIN), so they cast the guy who does the voice as one of the major technicans in it. His voice is funny cos it still sounds like K9. Also John Abineri (Herne the Hunter) is painted green throughout.
― Alan (Alan), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:06 (twenty-two years ago)
I did not see this weeks Teachers, but have discovered that yes, I actually rather enjoy it. I don't think I liked the early series as much (when I saw it). I think I am responding to it being more formulaic now - perhaps finally realising that rather than groundbreaking drama/comedy it is a very basic sitcom.
― Pete (Pete), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:07 (twenty-two years ago)
My sister is a teacher, if that is relevant to Emma's theory at all.
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― Emma, Friday, 29 August 2003 10:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alan (Alan), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:10 (twenty-two years ago)
the character-types in 2PoL are not worn to the bone (i don't feel): but they are not written up to either (esp.the girls, who are kind of increasingly interchangeable in classic MEN-BEHAVING-BADLY PC-misfire style)
(actually when did "daffy asian girl" become a comedy meme? cf also dinnerladies AND the thin blue line)
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― Emma, Friday, 29 August 2003 10:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alan (Alan), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:18 (twenty-two years ago)
Scrub that. It was the mnost awful piece of turgid shit I have ever had the misfortune to witness, and I've seen some shite in my time. It reeked of a conversation between 2 coked-up trustie fuckwits in a Westbourne Grove pub who invent a concept because they have a mate who's like that, and instead of doing the normal thing and writing a wanky lifestyle piece, actually get CHANNEL 4 TO GIVE THEM MONEY TO MAKE A SERIES!!!. 'kin ell.
― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:21 (twenty-two years ago)
ho ho. DYS has had referrals from google searches of "gorgeous teacher in Channel 4's Teachers" and variations.
― Alan (Alan), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:22 (twenty-two years ago)
the new geordie teacher is good too, although they haven't stressed the fact that kurt fancies her enough for my liking...
i am not a teacher, but my sister is...
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:23 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pete (Pete), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― Matt Thurgood (Matt T), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:36 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 29 August 2003 12:07 (twenty-two years ago)
Doesn't Teachers fit into this?
― Pete (Pete), Friday, 29 August 2003 12:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 29 August 2003 12:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pete (Pete), Friday, 29 August 2003 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)
Deirdre O'Kane (the bank manager's wife) was probably as important a character, and she's fairly Irish (though less indie-adorable than Shirley Henderson). She's also been in two of RTE's most popular light comedy series of recent years, Paths to Freedom and Fergus's Wedding. Which is of moderate relevance because the people who made that have just made their feature debut, which stars not only Samantha Mumba and Louis Walsh, but also two Commitmentettes. I should go see that. Then I should write something to DYS, ever.
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)
You loved Shirley Henderson's moustache, but how was her accent. Intermission is never as good as its opening sequence. Coo that Colin Farrell.
― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)
A plot to herself = someone to kiss at the closing credits.
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 16:08 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 15 December 2003 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)
(Change what, later readers say. Post edit ahoy).
― Pete (Pete), Monday, 15 December 2003 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)
"Colin Baker, he was actually quite good, perhaps"
NO!!1111! Vengeance on Varos is a pretty good high-concept story brought low by poor acting (Baker, Connery, the actor playing Connery's bird). C Baker never manages to create a character in any of his stories. He may be able to act - but not with the lines and character given to him. The centre cannot hold etc, but when all around is ruin too best pack it in. Not long after Varos is the DREADFUL Timelash - a script so bad that it specifically calls for a dull set just to emphasise the fact.
I think one reason ver modern fans might rate him is that he does the conventions, acts on the audio books etc. i.e. generally plays up to the fans.
He was much better in Time Gentlemen Please
― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)
C. Baker is definitely the most underrated Doctor.
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 19:36 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sarah (starry), Friday, 9 January 2004 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― Pete (Pete), Friday, 9 January 2004 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 9 January 2004 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sarah (starry), Friday, 9 January 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― Pete (Pete), Friday, 9 January 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 12:20 (twenty-one years ago)
> Even when analysing the composition they do a weak job, including > missing the significance of the shape of the clouds, admittedly only > clear in the better quality prints.
care to enlighten us?
― koogs (koogs), Monday, 19 April 2004 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 19 April 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)
i enjoyed said show but i guess, like those dexy's documentaries on radio 2, that it was pitched at us beginners. nice to learn that there were another 45 just like it too (my desktop is currently some men measuring a tree with fuji way off in the distance). i didn't even know it was a woodcut until the show and was great to see someone trying to recreate it (was a good weekend for woodcuts all round - sunday night had a documentary about william morris and featured his hand blocked wallpaper).
but yes, it was kinda light. still, at least it wasn't rolf harris 8)
(actually, i liked the rolf harris art thing)(i don't like the new freaky trigger comment mechanism though hence the post here)
best set i found was here: http://www.theprices.com/view1.htm but the interface, not to mention the poetry, is awful.
andy
― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 07:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 16:10 (twenty-one years ago)
I hope most of you have been reading the FT's top 100 films, which strated sometime last week.
Was gonna revive this at around 9am with a PETE THE SEQUEL HATA!!! kind of post but he's just given props to the godfather pt II.
A bit too much in the 'lets smash the canon'-mode but I like it a lot so far.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 10:55 (twenty-one years ago)
We established the 100 greatest records ever made a couple of weeks before the films one. You'd have liked it a lot, Julio, but unfortunately the bits of paper were included in tom's washing and are therefore lost forever.
― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 11:09 (twenty-one years ago)
(Nuns On The Run woz robbed, obv.)
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 11:11 (twenty-one years ago)
― Pete (Pete), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 11:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 11:30 (twenty-one years ago)
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― chris (chris), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 11:34 (twenty-one years ago)
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― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 11:35 (twenty-one years ago)
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― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 11:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― chris (chris), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 11:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ricardo (RickyT), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 11:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 11:39 (twenty-one years ago)
''We established the 100 greatest records ever made a couple of weeks before the films one. You'd have liked it a lot, Julio, but unfortunately the bits of paper were included in tom's washing and are therefore lost forever.''
I'm sure I would've liked it Tim! *coughs*
I'm looking forward to other ppl's contributions.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 11:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 11:45 (twenty-one years ago)
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