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Old 29-10-2015, 22:24
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The Chase. I've caught bits of it and I'm irritated by the big bloke in the suit who I assume is 'the chaser'? my mum in Oz tells me this show is beginning there soon and this rugby-forward type woman in a suit has been everywhere and all over the place promoting it. She asked me "who the heck is that woman who wears a suit all the time, she's everywhere!". I've only seen the huge man on the show so far and he annoyed me. Silly concept.
I think you are on your own with that one, it is a hugely popular programme.
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Old 30-10-2015, 00:37
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The Chase. I've caught bits of it and I'm irritated by the big bloke in the suit who I assume is 'the chaser'? my mum in Oz tells me this show is beginning there soon and this rugby-forward type woman in a suit has been everywhere and all over the place promoting it. She asked me "who the heck is that woman who wears a suit all the time, she's everywhere!". I've only seen the huge man on the show so far and he annoyed me. Silly concept.
A silly concept that is one of the most popular quiz shows in the UK? Although going by your rather immature criticisms I guess it's not your kind of show anyway...
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Old 30-10-2015, 09:14
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A silly concept that is one of the most popular quiz shows in the UK? Although going by your rather immature criticisms I guess it's not your kind of show anyway...
There's simply no need for your remarks about the poster.

You make a fairly common mistake yourself. .. popular doesn't equal good.
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Old 30-10-2015, 10:51
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The Chase. I've caught bits of it and I'm irritated by the big bloke in the suit who I assume is 'the chaser'? my mum in Oz tells me this show is beginning there soon and this rugby-forward type woman in a suit has been everywhere and all over the place promoting it. She asked me "who the heck is that woman who wears a suit all the time, she's everywhere!". I've only seen the huge man on the show so far and he annoyed me. Silly concept.
Hmmm, Betty - I think the problem you have is that you have only "caught bits of it" and I do think if you sat through a full show or two it would make more sense to you.

And yes, they do wear a the same suit all the time, it is part of the character they play on the show.
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Old 30-10-2015, 11:07
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I think you are on your own with that one, it is a hugely popular programme.
I watched one episode just because a friend of ours was a (successful) contestant, but I was left a bit baffled by it all and wasn't tempted to watch it again!
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Old 30-10-2015, 16:12
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Hmmm, Betty - I think the problem you have is that you have only "caught bits of it" and I do think if you sat through a full show or two it would make more sense to you.

And yes, they do wear a the same suit all the time, it is part of the character they play on the show.
Hmm, that's definitely the irritant - the 'character' element of the suited individual. Nope, just cant take to it - I don't like the big bloke in the suit with the dark hair. Just a personal observation, I'm not a game-show kind of person.
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Old 01-11-2015, 20:26
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It annoys me a song is used in an advert but they edit it, for example to cut out a couple of bars of instrumental so they can get to the chorus again, or to repeat the chorus when you know verse two should be next.
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Old 01-11-2015, 21:48
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The voice of the lottery bloke is rather annoying. When he's talking he sounds like someone is sticking pins into him. Can't watch that programme anymore.

At the beginning of this clip is an example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBbWuk5J6zQ
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Old 01-11-2015, 22:12
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It annoys me a song is used in an advert but they edit it, for example to cut out a couple of bars of instrumental so they can get to the chorus again, or to repeat the chorus when you know verse two should be next.
That annoys me because I often prefer the advert version and then hear the single which sounds watered down in comparison.
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Old 02-11-2015, 09:29
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When a trailer is shown for a programme and then the announcer bangs on about said programme at the ident. I don't need reminding what was shown about 5 seconds ago!

Also I can't stand it when the announcer hypes up shows. No I don't care who leaves Strictly!
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Old 02-11-2015, 14:30
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Hmm, that's definitely the irritant - the 'character' element of the suited individual. Nope, just cant take to it - I don't like the big bloke in the suit with the dark hair. Just a personal observation, I'm not a game-show kind of person.
Ah, well that's a big barrier then, if you're not a game-show kind of person then the chase probably isn't for you, with it being a game-show and all that.

I think the chaser characters are purposely not massively likeable to make you (the audience) root for the contestants. The little people joining together to get a victory over the powerful who sits on high lauding it over them.
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Old 02-11-2015, 14:41
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How about ad agencies using cheapo imitations for VOs instead of the real deal? There's an ad currently running using a poor impersonation of Matt Berry's oddball inflections from The IT Crowd - I'd be quite happy if MB's agent sent them a cease & desist letter, it's so bad.

If it is Matt B doing it, that's even worse if he can't do a decent impression of his own character.
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Old 02-11-2015, 16:09
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How about ad agencies using cheapo imitations for VOs instead of the real deal? There's an ad currently running using a poor impersonation of Matt Berry's oddball inflections from The IT Crowd - I'd be quite happy if MB's agent sent them a cease & desist letter, it's so bad.
Similarly, someone does a poor impression of Brian Blessed on some ads. I'd be annoyed if it was me.
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Old 02-11-2015, 17:15
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Everyone on the SCD results show pretending it's Sunday when everyone knows it's recorded after the live show on Saturday.
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Old 02-11-2015, 18:13
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Everyone on the SCD results show pretending it's Sunday when everyone knows it's recorded after the live show on Saturday.
I suspect that many of the ordinary viewers do not realise that it is prerecorded.
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Old 02-11-2015, 21:37
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How about ad agencies using cheapo imitations for VOs instead of the real deal? There's an ad currently running using a poor impersonation of Matt Berry's oddball inflections from The IT Crowd - I'd be quite happy if MB's agent sent them a cease & desist letter, it's so bad.

If it is Matt B doing it, that's even worse if he can't do a decent impression of his own character.
I've seen /heard this one a few times and if it is Matt Berry I think he's referencing his role recording voiceovers in "Toast of London", excessively weird inflections et al. "Yes, I can hear you Clem Fandango".
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Old 03-11-2015, 00:54
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Having a recap after a 3 minute advert of something we've just seen, but series 2 of The Returned never had a recap and the last episode was over a year ago
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Old 03-11-2015, 06:37
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Having a recap after a 3 minute advert of something we've just seen, but series 2 of The Returned never had a recap and the last episode was over a year ago
And that's why I gave up trying to follow the new series - hadn't a clue about what was going on! But I agree about recaps after advert breaks - totally ridiculous and has me shouting at the TV "Yes, I know, you've already told us that three times"...
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Old 03-11-2015, 07:25
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Films such as the current Bond being reported as "breaking box office records". Means absolutely nothing unless the figures are adjusted for inflation. Of course a popular film will take more in 2015 than one did in 2004 - why is this news?
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Old 03-11-2015, 09:42
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Everyone on the SCD results show pretending it's Sunday when everyone knows it's recorded after the live show on Saturday.
Be fair though, that's no different from when on Pointless they refer to how they did "on yesterday's show" when it was probably only half an hour ago. Or indeed Brucie's long running gag that the Play Your Cards Right audience were "so much better that last week's"

And on SCD I think the professional dance and the musical guest slots are filmed in advance of the Saturday show so it's a real triumph of editing and pretending.
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Old 03-11-2015, 19:36
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Two things today:

1 - The way that you can't figure out the reference to Bournemouth during the opening sequence of Match of the Day (all I can figure out is that George Best once played for them), but the Match of the Day 2 opening sequence reference to them is extremely obvious (their badge on their stadium).

2 - The way most of this series of Doctor Who is made up of two-part episodes. (Remember the days when most of the season were stories that were wrapped up within 45 minutes? Well, you can forget that this year.)
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Old 03-11-2015, 20:47
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Panel show comedians who aren't funny and appear on every panel show all the time.

Panel show comedians who shoehorn gags they've written into the show even when it doesn't fit what's being discussed.

Panel show comedians.
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Old 03-11-2015, 22:57
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Two things today:

1 - The way that you can't figure out the reference to Bournemouth during the opening sequence of Match of the Day (all I can figure out is that George Best once played for them), but the Match of the Day 2 opening sequence reference to them is extremely obvious (their badge on their stadium).

2 - The way most of this series of Doctor Who is made up of two-part episodes. (Remember the days when most of the season were stories that were wrapped up within 45 minutes? Well, you can forget that this year.)
This is VERY annoying! I've seen that bloody "To Be Continued" screen 4 TIMES this series!
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Old 04-11-2015, 00:43
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The way most of this series of Doctor Who is made up of two-part episodes. (Remember the days when most of the season were stories that were wrapped up within 45 minutes? Well, you can forget that this year.)
I remember the days when most of the stories lasted 4 or more episodes!
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Old 04-11-2015, 09:00
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I remember the days when most of the stories lasted 4 or more episodes!
Beat me to it. I also remember when the entire series was a serial on the same story and not these save the world in under an hour every week we get nowadays, so in a way the two-part ones are quite welcome. It certainly isn't the most annoying thing about this year's Doctor Who.
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