Dismal Pillock
Simon Poidevin (60)
havent tried as the reviews make it sound miserable as hellBit late on the bandwagon but the girlfriend and I are powering through Handmaid's Tale, some good ol' black mirror freaky hot pot of fuckery with a healthy side of feminism. I'm a big fan.
current telly shows I am rooting:
The Good Place. up to s2. Totally bonkers premise and 21 minute episodes are fun. Also don't have to look at poor people or ugly people. Set in heaven for the 1% dudley do rights! Although I can't listen to the tall pakistani brit girl without thinking of Russell Brand. She basically is Russell Brand. Russell Brand must watch this show and have a MASSIVE tug. That woman is his PERFECT soulmate. Her accent and voice are just goddamn hypnotic. Executive Summary; the woman is sexfire on a stick.
Killing Eve. damn this is so good. the dialogue is 10/10. something I dont think I have ever written about a telly show
Ray Donovan **SPOILER** e11 was deeply satisfying. All the baddie cops got whacked, with one getting the fire poker right through the back, beautifully addended with scumbag old
lady O'Brady delivering the perfect line; "...it's a copkebab."
recently finished:
Kidding. new thing with Jim Carrey. approached with much trepidation, if he's gonna do his manic bullshit comedy I'm out but luckily he doesnt and this is soooo goood. I hardly even think he's acting he seems so fucked in the head these days. Plus the kids in this are total misanthropic nutjobs which is an unexpected bonus. **SPOILER** final episode, my kingdom for a GIF/youtube clip of the Japanese intern, having been told 3 episodes ago by Carrey that "Allah Akbar" means peace or freedom or some shit, rushing the stage to light the Xmas tree and shrieking "Allah Akbar!" as he pushes a giant button. OH FUCK. Had to push pause and have a full-blown joy aneurysm all up and down my dick for the next 3 minutes after that
Upstart Crow. brit comedy written by Ben Elton with David Mitchell as Shakespeare before he got famous. Shades of Elton's form in Blackadder, the writing is so good. Shakesy does the doth thou shit then switches to lines like "I'm not going bald. I've just got a big brain."
Jack Ryan. Didn't mind this jingoistic seppo war pigs propaganda pamphlet. It somehow kept my attention. Although by the next day I'd pretty much forgotten about the whole thing. The main dude was a bit crap. His conversations with the chick he was trying to root were just goddamn motherfucking excruciating television. Fast-forwarded right past that shit.
gave up on:
Maniac. a medical trials thing (close to my heart, hello Glaxo!) and see now it hasnt been renewed for a second season. The Fukunaga guy from True Detective S1. Lead chick is an intensely horrid spoilt shit of a woman who I hope gets killed off quickly but I know she won't. Lead guy is fat guts Jonah Hill who must've shat out a tapeworm to get that skinny.
Supernatural. think I have finally done my dash with this insanely formulaic carry-on. The new season is TOTAL weepy chick talk bollocks. Huge hoary great 6 or 7 minute weepy expanses of dialogue with 2 of the 5 main charachters having an interminable touchy feely seppotastic sentimental heartstring tugfest while all the ladies tear up and clasp their pillows and empty pringles tubes and wish Dean was making their birth hatches all salty with baby using his dirty great big Pringles tube chopper.
awaiting return of: Bosch.
Has anyone seen "Derry Girls"? Read some RAAAAAVE reviews in the guardian, comedy of the year etc, gave it a burl and lasted all of 5 minutes. Wft. It was shit. Maybe I was expecting the moon on a stick after the reviews but come on. Wft am I missing here?
Louis CK Comeback
Kind of bummed I enjoyed some of his comeback set. It was probably funnier than his last couple of big deal tv specials. The "finding out who my real friends are" bit was interesting. Bit ironic the Parklands bit was the only real dud. The stuff about his own kids was flat-out deluded and deranged. Too bad he couldnt work in some bits about his apology. Guessing wrecking those womans careers/lives is not on his agenda. Judging by youtube comments :eyeroll: barely anyone gives a fuck anyway.
The "my life is over anyway" heckle comeback was telling. Guess losing 35 mill will do that. "Fuck you, what've I got to lose" is always a great mindset for making great comedy/art/music wghatevs. In hindsight, him not having that in his last couple of telly specials is kind of what buttfucked them in the mouth.
Now, with his TRUE edgelord status, I wonder if he'll still be a late night pariah?
I can see him working a couple of "fun" apologies into his next sets and being pretty much back in business, much to the chagrin of us libtards everywhere. In fact, I could see him being a Ground Zero figurehead prophet this year for the pc backlash movement that is surely just around the corner....
An outsiders attempt at a timeline for his whole career.
(dont know where to cue in the radio stuff, Opie and Anthony or whatever that shit is)
1980's-2005: dogshit. a bog-standard d-grade stand-up.
Fun ranking: 0/10. fucken who?
I'm with Louie ranking: 0%
2006-2010: something switches and he loses ALL inhibitions and goes berko, starts slagging off own kids etc. Suddenly liberated he's now funny as hell
Fun ranking: 10/10.
I'm with Louie ranking: 100%
2011-2017: gets rich as fuck. Oops, now he's a man with something to lose and it starts to show in his TV specials.
Fun ranking: 6/10.
I'm with Louie ranking: 80%
2018 until dec: in exile
I'm with Louie ranking: 5%
2018 Dec: comes out of exile. Once again with nothing to lose so hey, fuck you he's doubling down on the un-PC stuff. Retards, faggots, all that horrid noise, the woke SJW crowd can just fucken wear it. You want to heckle him, fine, you get a "my life is over anyway" comeback.
Fun ranking: 7/10 damnit.
I'm with Louie ranking: 40% ffs