"I want a hundred k or I'm taking it to Sky"
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 1 June 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
First episode was distinctly medium, I thought. Mid Morning Matters was way better.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit the movie actually got made and there's a trailer out
http://www.avclub.com/articles/alan-partridge-alpha-papa,98989/
― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Thursday, 13 June 2013 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
this is going to be excellent
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 13 June 2013 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
It was good! Weird seeing Alan on the big screen with people laughing along. Also not looking much like 'Alan' as we have recently seen him - he was a bit too young/hip/confident and perhaps a bit of the subtlety that really cements AP as THAT character was lost. But I don't really mind that, it worked. I've been worried about a flash movie but it was basically like a feature-length ep, most of the mad/ridiculous stuff just kind of hung back a lot and let Alan be Alan.I am too much of an AP stan to be able to tell how this will be received as a 'movie' by casual viewers.
Recently re-watched all of Mid Morning Matters and it's really a brilliant way to take Partridge forward. Kind of odd having that, small-scale, alongside a movie, I suppose, but it did work.
― kinder, Thursday, 1 August 2013 21:59 (ten years ago) link
(not enough Michael, though)
― kinder, Thursday, 1 August 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link
At the premiere they put a shop-soiled Chocolate Orange and a Marillion greatest-hits CD on every one of the seats.
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 1 August 2013 22:42 (ten years ago) link
has anyone heard anything about any US screenings?
― caek, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
no release date yet for the u.s.
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
yeah i know, just meant press or whatever screenings eg in new york. i know there were a bunch of pre-release screenings of in the loop at the ifc center, although in that case they'd bought the film for us release so different i guess.
― caek, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 19:04 (ten years ago) link
kinder, I also thought that alan looked too young in the trailer for this (haven't seen it yet). Have absolutely loved everything they've done with the character recently though: MMM, the 2 sky specials and the audiobook (which is probably my favourite piece of partridgiana now). Even more trepidatious after reading your impressions, but basically I will enjoy this whatever.
― Charlie Slothrop (wins), Wednesday, 7 August 2013 19:32 (ten years ago) link
xp ah, sorry. yeah, i just want to see it, but i'm worried that it'll have to wait til streaming or whatever.
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
it only has a UK/ROI release afaia
― Charlie Slothrop (wins), Wednesday, 7 August 2013 19:37 (ten years ago) link
oh wait you already said that
NZ too, so i guess we got skipped.
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
he was a bit too young/hip/confident and perhaps a bit of the subtlety that really cements AP as THAT character was lost.
I think it was v much in line with the wider development of alan
― conrad, Thursday, 8 August 2013 08:37 (ten years ago) link
I dunno, I feel like he's kind of already been there and 'matured' into a slightly different type of character with a lot of 'older' hallmarks. Not particularly complaining, it was just a bit odd.
― kinder, Thursday, 8 August 2013 08:54 (ten years ago) link
I liked it- not a disappointment at all! The best bits were all Michael related though, felt like he was underused.
― Jamie_ATP, Thursday, 8 August 2013 09:29 (ten years ago) link
You'd think with the care and attention given to the character and his personality that there would be a little more consistency with the character's appearance over time.
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 8 August 2013 13:37 (ten years ago) link
hello your post makes no sense
― conrad, Thursday, 8 August 2013 13:41 (ten years ago) link
hellloooo please explain
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 8 August 2013 13:42 (ten years ago) link
you want him to wear the same outfit all the time or make the same facial expression nonstop?
― conrad, Thursday, 8 August 2013 13:46 (ten years ago) link
Why would I want him to wear the same stuff when he didn't do that in the series, even?
What I am saying is that I don't expect to look much older than he was in Series 1/2 but I don't think he should actively appear younger than he was in Series 1 for example
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 8 August 2013 13:50 (ten years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2013/06/quiz-which-pharrell-is-older.html
― conrad, Thursday, 8 August 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
xp discussed here http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2013/aug/07/steve-coogan-alan-partridge-video-interview?INTCMP=SRCH
― caek, Thursday, 8 August 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
Loved this. Although a sparks song over the credits means I am contractually obliged to like a movie (cf boarding gate)
― Charlie Slothrop (wins), Saturday, 10 August 2013 18:04 (ten years ago) link
screening at NYFF in october
― caek, Monday, 19 August 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
Magnolia has acquired it. Looking like early 2014.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 17:29 (ten years ago) link
rad
― caek, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
Finally getting around to the Mid Morning Matters stuff and after episode 7 I now have "It's me on me on Alan on Alan..." going through my head.
― bioethical technothriller (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 30 August 2013 05:24 (ten years ago) link
Didn't realise until I watched most of Mid Morning Matters back-to-back quite how tight the writing was.
In one episode Alan gets wound up by Sidekick Simon and tells him furiously "You're this to me", holding his thumb and forefinger slightly apart. Quite a bit later in the series he tells a grim little anecdote about his father saying precisely that to him when he was a kid. So good.
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Friday, 30 August 2013 08:42 (ten years ago) link
Yeah MMM is absolutely terrific, definitely one of the gems of the Partridge canon.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 30 August 2013 12:11 (ten years ago) link
I'd probably rank it second only to the first series of IAP.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 30 August 2013 12:13 (ten years ago) link
I could listen to Alan doing song links forever. Could have done with some more in the film actually
― Number None, Friday, 30 August 2013 12:14 (ten years ago) link
there's an app you can get that will make alan chat between the mp3s on your iTunes.
― Ottworks SKG (stevie), Friday, 30 August 2013 14:06 (ten years ago) link
some lost Partridge footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWshspo_WNE&feature=youtu.be
― Neil S, Friday, 30 August 2013 14:57 (ten years ago) link
looks like the movie was just added to netflix streaming.
― wmlynch, Thursday, 10 July 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
"Placards with no official font..."
― bulbs in the VU meters of God (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 26 March 2016 10:10 (eight years ago) link
The sequence in the new MMM with Julian Barratt as a folk singer is hysterical.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 15 April 2016 12:29 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, it was great. I'm not all the way through but the second series has seemed pretty great.
― a spate of non-fatal hammer attacks (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 15 April 2016 13:40 (eight years ago) link
great great great
Just watched the last episode - indeed, great.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 12:46 (eight years ago) link
Did my annual switch-on to Now TV to watch this and GoT. Watched 2 eps, for some reason I lost my shit at "what part of 'multi-pack, not to be sold separately' don't they understand?" and was hyperventilating for about 15 minutes straight.God it's good to have this back
― kinder, Sunday, 1 May 2016 09:02 (eight years ago) link
Is it still on NowTV? Watched one last week and saw the series was about to leave and was bummed I'd only seen two so far.
― just her neck. thankig u in advance (stevie), Sunday, 1 May 2016 11:51 (eight years ago) link
All of them were on last night. Do I need to binge-watch them then?
― kinder, Sunday, 1 May 2016 12:10 (eight years ago) link
finally saw a couple eps of I'm Alan Partidge, funny shit
(eg, the blackout tryst with the receptionist and choc mousse)
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 15:30 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ5CdJwKNI8
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
the doormat PA is a treat
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 15:33 (seven years ago) link
i liked SCISSORED ISLE a lot. it's coming to a streaming service here called seeso next month
(also uh i googled 'sesso' by mistake and whoops)
― maura, Sunday, 30 October 2016 16:35 (seven years ago) link
Nomad audiobook as good as the superb autobiography from a few years back.
― NI, Sunday, 30 October 2016 17:44 (seven years ago) link