The Charlie Brooker Thread (1 Viewer)

[pissypants]

The girlfriend was none too impressed though.

Yeah, mine loved it, but had a sick stomach for the rest of the night - just like after This is England '86

 

[GO]

That was DEADLY!

 

[quaidox]

shit, was watching tallafornia instead. 45 mins of my life that i am never getting back.

 

[washingcattle]

shit, was watching tallafornia instead. 45 mins of my life that i am never getting back.

Stinger.

After the excellent first episode I thought it would be straight down hill but I liked this one a lot too. Much closer to what Brooker does best i.e pass judgement on modern media, but whoever is writing with him now seems to have a fair touch of subtlety and writes believable characters. Fair play, looking forward to the next one.


What happened my font ?

 

[pissypants]

Stinger.

After the excellent first episode I thought it would be straight down hill but I liked this one a lot too. Much closer to what Brooker does best i.e pass judgement on modern media, but whoever is writing with him now seems to have a fair touch of subtlety and writes believable characters. Fair play, looking forward to the next one.

I thought there was no way that the second episode could be better than the first and I was really really wrong! Can't remember the last time I shouted at my telly so much.

also: teh hotz:

‎||RESUME VIEWING||

It was co-writter by his wife, Konnie Huq (although they used her real name on the credits)

P.S. you just infected my font I think.

 

[washingcattle]

Really ? Fair play to her.

 

[Unicron]

I thought it was rubbish this week.

 

[GO]

I thought it was absolutely top drawer.It harked back to the classic morals heavy sci-fi of olden times on which I grew up...I'd watch that every week no problem.

That song was fucking awesome too.

 

[Milker]

[video=youtube_share;ZY5rB067518]http://youtu.be/ZY5rB067518[/video]

 

[David Kronenbourg]

interesting. not as good as last week's episode but very good all the same. the music was particularly good

 

[billygannon]

Saw the National Anthem last night. The initial premise was funny but it completely ran out of steam.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Brooker just announced on Twitter that he and Konnie Huq are expecting a baby. Congrats to them!
http://twitter.com/#!/charltonbrooker

 

[GO]

Saw the National Anthem last night. The initial premise was funny but it completely ran out of steam.

I would agre with this synopsis but I enjoyed it thoroughly nonetheless

 

[pissypants]

Saw the National Anthem last night. The initial premise was funny but it completely ran out of steam.

I disagree.

Spoiler

WHile there was dark comedy in it I didn't find the initial premise funny in and of itself (as an idea it's gunny, but not in the sober realistic way in which it was presented). I thought the closer and closer it got to you realising that he was going to have to go through with it the more intense it got.

I also loved the kicker at the end where she had actually been released earlier before the PM commited the act while everyone was "elsewhere, watching screens".

That said, there was a lot more to personally engage / identify with in the 2nd episode.

 

[Hector Grey]

Lady Sybil is flaming hott. That's mostly what i took from last sunday's yoke. Much preferred it to the first one, which was subtle like a hammer dipped in anthrax is.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I didn't think it ran out of steam at all.
The PM (ostensibly the man in charge of the country) was made to fuck a pig at the behest of the mob.

People texting in on their cellphones to phone polls on Sky News were in charge, which means no one was anymore.

Lovely stuff really.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

He took a pop at himself at the end of the second one, right?

I mean the dude ranting against the crapness of everything is Charlie's surrogate, yeah?

 

[pissypants]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRoqSODSP04&feature=youtu.be

 

[pete]

just watched the two episodes back to back. quality TV but all very tales of the unexpected for the modren age if you ask me.

 

[pissypants]

just watched the two episodes back to back. quality TV but all very tales of the unexpected for the modren age if you ask me.

That was kind of the idea though - in fact he referenced the twilight zone and Tales as influences.