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Nathan Barley - Episode Three

Started by Pienaar, February 25, 2005, 08:05:07 PM

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kates bush

to be honest I don't think morris is trying to do anything more than try & define the word 'cunt' as a visual concept..

imitationleather

I just can't be bothered with this anymore.

Oh alright, I'll watch the second half...

no_offenc

All of the characters are fucking pricks.  Especially Yeah?.

imitationleather

So we're meant to think Beardy Diner is a twat. But why bother? They're all twats!

Jon_Norton

I thought the point about the accountant was that he'd nicked the money (hence the award wasn't publicised) and he'd made up the "40 winners" thing on the spot.

Once again, this isn't very good. Lots of tedious overelaborate, over-explained bits that would have been barely worthwhile as a 2-liner in TVGH but are flogged beyond endurance by being acted out. And there was a bit where there were some "funny" posters that were zoomed into unnecessariy. And this Claie actress isn't very good. And the restaurant scene was poor. And this is generally falling to bits.

kates bush

"that woman's wearing an offensive shirt" & "goodbye fingerslaves! "I.. actually laughed..twice! :O

Jon_Norton

And this twat is trying to pull Claire. This is the worst-directed comedy scene EVER.

no_offenc

I'm quite glad my dad's pissed and asleep.

Jon_Norton

Oh, it's Stephen Mangan doing the porn video.

Purple Tentacle


Jon_Norton

There is juts no point to this show. It is as nasty and futile as anything it attempts to parody.

Silencer

The rapping sex scene is cringeworthy.

no_offenc


imitationleather

Woah, it's like every time I've had sex!

Sob.

Solid Snail

Doon Mackichan was in the credits. Where was she then?

Jon_Norton

The direction and writing in this is just.... feeble

Oh, a credit for "Her Preposterous Voice... Doon Mackikhan".

no_offenc

The only bit I liked was the bit in the credits, with Mr. Yeah? being a hypocritical cunt.  Pf.

Regular John

I liked that. The delivery on "you cunt" was superb.

imitationleather

Crikey, and an advert for Maxim that rips off jam!

Purple Tentacle

Nathan Barley is shit


Half way through and I can now say it.

The worst sex scene ever.

djtrees

how did that toby get to werk before claire when he was still in his pants before??

a bit shit

Jon_Norton

Do you think Jimmy Carr spend the half hour telling each other, and the audience, about how shit Nathan Barley is? Just wondering.

I was thinking of leaving the first minute or so of each episode of TFNP on the tape of this, to add "context" to the whole series. I think now it might end up being the best thing on it.

Mister Six

Well now! That was quite a lot better. I only saw the second half, but Johnatton Yeah?'s "Am I going to have to write your article and not pay you any money?" line was well delivered, and Nathan's insistence on singing his sex rap (and his inability to understand how much of a turn-off it was) made me giggle. Hurrah!

Still, two jokes in 15 minutes is a bit poor. At least it's improving though.

Bert Thung

Pornography is demeaning to women, apparently

InfiniteFury

Meh and other words of non-committal sentiment.

I promised myself I wouldn't get involved in this 3rd thread but it means nothing. It's not funny. It means nothing, it's just not fucking funny unless you a) want it to be in the face of all evidence or b) want to prove a point on a messageboard.

Neil

I think that was an improvement on the first two shows.  I hope that next week sees the show finally hitting its stride, an episode packed with quality jokes would certainly shit some people up a bit after they've come to expect/accept drama rather than comedy, ahem.  Really like the tannoy gag at the end there.

A very different feel to this episode, Nathan saying "cunt" in the first half seems to indicate a gear change, and indeed he was more of an actual cunt this week, rather than the bumbling prat we've been bored by over the last couple of weeks.

Still a lot of problems though.  Nathan's rap was as dreadful as last weeks effort, Morris seemingly hasn't got a bloody clue about how to write funny lyrics anymore, which is a great shame considering what he's produced in the past.  Looks like the BES songs weren't just a momentary lapse of taste after all.

Didn't particularly like the Brent face Barley was giving in the first half, and there were more Brentisms at the end there.  I think Doug Rocket and 15 Peter 20 are both good characters and well performed, apart from the former's Ape Hour which is just more shoddy and unfunnny writing.  Jimmy Carr must have been auditioning for the bloke who handed out the badges in the gallery then, from what I recall of karpit's post.  The idiots continue to be dreadful, with very bad lines ("Swallowed a spike" - oh fuck off.) Anyway, I did actually laugh a few times thankfully, but I'm worried that this episode will be the high-point.  They really need to change gears for the last three episodes because the first two were a disaster.

Jon_Norton

The one who plays Jonathan Yeah? is actually the best actor in the whole thing, in as much as he succeeds in portraying a realistic and well-acted cunt.

Regular John

KILL AYOADE

His only fucking lines involve him parroting the other guy and he STILL delivers them terribly. They could have been quite a funny pair if it weren't for the hatred I feel building up when he appears.


Neil

Doon Mackichan must have been the Eurosonics vocalist, she mentioned auditioning for a singing part in an interview on Danny Baker's radio show.  Bent Halo sent me that actually, I'll (finally) get it ripped and stick it up here.