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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:11 pm
by mooo
I'm free any time I think.
Oh and League of Gentlemen is nothing like Little Britian imo. Completely different style of humour. Little Britain may have tried to steal ideas, but it's really not the same
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:58 pm
by yoinkster
problem is though that little britain isnt humour its just ....... shit
so if its even tried to borrow ideas from LoG then i cant see it being any good either :/
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:57 pm
by mooo
Yeah I agree Little Britain is shite. But as I said it's a completely different style of humour. I can't actually see any similarity between the two at all tbh. If Little Britain has tried to copy stuff from League of Gentlemen then they have completely fucked it up.
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:48 am
by cocodude
mooo: Interesting. I do think there are definitely similarities between the humour of both programmes.
Quotes from
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_q ... _n15816657 that I agree with:
On television, The League of Gentlemen and Little Britain have many things in common: both offer microcosmic glimpses of our slightly septic isle with a small number of actors playing multiple roles; both have a tendency towards grotesque caricatures and recognisable stereotypes; and both feature grown men doing an awful lot of prancing around in women's clothing.
It's fair to say " in fact, they say it frequently themselves " that Little Britain would not exist were it not for The League of Gentlemen. But where the latter show was dark, demanding and deliciously twisted, Matt Lucas and David Walliams expunged an obsession with British horror and added a slapstick, Dick Emery element. The pair put saucy in the place of scary and created a national treasure in the process.
So while comedy snobs might resent Lucas and Walliams their enormous, cross-generational success, it's easy to see why the nation has taken Vicky Pollard (a pink-shellsuited Asbo on legs " catchphrase: 'Yeh but, no but, yeh but, no') closer to its heart than Tubbs and Edward (a brother/sister, husband/wife pair of psychotic murderers " catchphrase: 'Are you local?'). But it's not simply a case of comedy for the chavs and chav-nots " to use a musical analogy, Little Britain is Coldplay to The League of Gentlemen's Radiohead.
I don't think they copied stuff, but were influenced by The League Of Gentlemen.
Anyway, regarding the film night, I can't do Friday or Saturday.
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:18 am
by astropoint
OK shall I pick a day and see who complains? Tuesday
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:46 pm
by yoinkster
that was two days ago (;
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:05 pm
by mooo
Sorry, I was wrong about being free any time, Tuesday is pub quiz night, so that'll probably be a no from me and NakedDaro.
cocodude: I can see the similarities in themes, but not the humour. Little Britain has none of the dark humour that League of Gentlemen has, which is what I like.
I suspect we may have to agree to disagree on this one
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:08 pm
by astropoint
yoinkster: Well duh, one happens every week.....
OK, how about the Wednesday (17th for yoink's benefit)
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:29 pm
by cocodude
mooo wrote:cocodude: I can see the similarities in themes, but not the humour. Little Britain has none of the dark humour that League of Gentlemen has, which is what I like.
I suspect we may have to agree to disagree on this one
I disagree with agreeing to disagree! I agree with what you say - League of Gentlemen is proper dark humour and Little Britain isn't, but it's the themes that are quite similar in places.
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:52 pm
by astropoint
Is this the point to say I don't really want to watch the Leaggue of Gentlemen then?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:10 pm
by itsmonktastic
I would vote Fear and Loathing but it seems like too much of another film where you actually have to pay attention.
So it has to be Back To The Future!
I'm home by 9pm on Wednesday in theory.
MONK
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:05 pm
by ZeeC
Can we bring this back now the new term is about to start?
I miss movie night
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:24 pm
by k28
ZeeC wrote:Can we bring this back now the new term is about to start?
I miss movie night
i vote yes.
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:37 am
by ZeeC
To give everyone a chance to move in I propose next wednesday (8th October). A film to be chosen by someone on campus.
Can someone translate that into Warwick Weeks pls?
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:38 am
by astropoint
Week 2