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
"You have big sheds, but nobody's allowed in. And in these sheds you have 20ft high chickens, and these chickens are scared because the don't know why they're so big, and they're going, "Oh why am I so massive?" and they're looking down at all the little chickens and they think they're in an aeroplane because all the other chickens are so small. Do you deny that? No, I think his silence speaks volumes."
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 04:34 (seven years ago) link
by chance i'm listening to this podcast right now. probably one for people with nothing better to do if i'm honest, but a lot of fun regardless.
alan partridge stuff is the only stuff i can watch more than once a year without getting bored. clearly it's having an effect on me as yesterday i had 'full sex with a woman' bouncing around my head for no reason.
― fucking pop records (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 05:07 (seven years ago) link
btw coogan hinted recently that they're working on something new.
"We're doing some more Alan at the end of this year. He'll return to the small screen in a way that we're trying to devise at the moment," Coogan said. "We're not quite sure what that is, but we've got a few ideas that I'm going to keep up my sleeve at the moment. But there'll be more Alan, there'll be a regular appearance of Alan and some of the usual suspects."
― fucking pop records (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 05:13 (seven years ago) link
There's already been 13 hours of new Partridge since Welcome To The Places Of My Life!
(none of it as good as Welcome To The Places Of My Life tbf, but all of it at bare minimum 23% as good)
― (±\ PLO;;;;;;; Style (sic), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 06:35 (seven years ago) link
mid morning matters never really gripped me (brilliant as it is), and alpha papa is its own beast. haven't got hold of nomad yet.
― fucking pop records (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 06:47 (seven years ago) link
Nomad's good but the audiobook is not the masterpiece that I, Alan was - from listening, you get the feeling that whereas the first book was jammed by all four, put on the page by the Gibbonses, then revised with Ianucci and Coogan, this one was written entirely by the Gibbonses after a couple of chats with Coogan. Not that that makes the text bad! But Coogan often sounds like he's reading it for the first time, rather than delivering an incredible performance of material he knew well and was deeply involved with.
Hunt down Scissored Isle, the sequel in format to Places Of My Life. It's patchier, but has some splendid highs, and pulls off one of the most incredible revelations of a new facet of Alan's character.
― (±\ PLO;;;;;;; Style (sic), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 11:45 (seven years ago) link
cheers, the new facet was nice but it felt… forced. or something.
― fucking pop records (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 11:53 (seven years ago) link
shame about nomad btw, i'll listen to it regardless obv (the i, partridge audiobook is staggeringly good)
― fucking pop records (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 11:54 (seven years ago) link
yeah it is amazing! nomad is still funny but i didn't even get to the end. i, partridge i listened to like three times in a row.
coogan-related - the trip season 3 starts in a couple of weeks. can't wait!
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 12:02 (seven years ago) link
spain!
― fucking pop records (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 12:12 (seven years ago) link
I'd do an alan poll (including anglian lives, open books &c.) but i don't know whether people care enough
― fucking pop records (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 12:15 (seven years ago) link
yeah i'm so excited for it being spain. i think s2 was one of my favourite tv shows ever. i love everything about it, the comedy, the whimsical or sentimental feel, the cinematography, and also seeing all these restaurants. i've travelled in spain p extensively so can't wait to see where they go.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 12:17 (seven years ago) link
Let battle commence (it's not literally a battle, it's a poll): it's the Alan Partridge poll
― fucking pop records (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 13:16 (seven years ago) link
oh wow - yeah the trip is amazing, s2 maybe even better than s1
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 13:51 (seven years ago) link