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Alan Partridge Film

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 497 ✭✭jpm4


    green_bow wrote: »
    the 2002 series is awful compared to the original 1994 and follow up 1997 series , awful

    Yeah but why though? Steve Coogan or the writer not liking it isn't a reason in my opinion.

    And also .....the South African dude scene with the car lights and Alan rolling an orange down the "table" to coincide with the other guy lifting up his cup is a small moment of comic genuis for me anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    I'm Alan Partridge series 2 is AS good as series 1 for me.

    "I've got your kids, Dan"
    "Lynn, I've pierced my foot on a spiiiiike"
    "Visit to your mother's grave, then “Doctor No”. The underground base of an evil genius… and then “Doctor No”.

    Too many to even scrape the surface of of good Series 2 was.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    I love it.... in a way.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,158 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    sordid little grief hole


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    "Do you ever shave your crackling?"


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    Season 2 was muck compared to the genius that was Season 1 IMO.


  • Registered Users Posts: 910 ✭✭✭PauloConn


    We need to stop slating Alan Partridge series..... its just wrong

    What would Bill Oddie think of this whole mess?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,357 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    sordid little grief hole

    "Infected spinal column in a bap".

    That conversation between 2 of my heroes, Alan Partridge and Chris Morris.

    Steve Coogan not really a hero but there you go. :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭e_e


    Grayditch wrote: »
    "Lynn, I've pierced my foot on a spiiiiike"
    "Lynn some of these people have come from Stoke."

    "You couldn't present a.... cat."


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    Personally I think people who don't like Series 2 are sa-a-aaaad.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    series 2 is brill

    here's my highlight, when Alan meets Dan :)



    brilliant comedy writing


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    One of my favourite lines from S2 was from Michael.

    "I done a bit better than a cuddle last night, I had full sex with a woman" :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    Beefy78 wrote: »
    One of my favourite lines from S2 was from Michael.

    "I done a bit better than a cuddle last night, I had full sex with a woman" :D

    I love the bit after.

    Sonja: Alan, I'm not going to sleep in Lynn's dead Mum's bed.
    Alan: Well, Michael did something similar last night, and he's very pleased.

    ****ing hell, how do people not love Series 2?!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    Michael: I mean, she's a bit older than me like, she's 60

    Alan: 60?

    Michael: Aye, what's wrong with that? Same age difference as you and Sonja.

    Alan: Yeah, that's just wrong. Shouldn't do it the other way round

    Michael: We did.




    Michael: It was sort of like a SAS operation, you know. Your mission - gan till Cardiff, have full sex with a woman, come back on the coach. Sort of like Operation Bravo Two Zero

    Alan: I think in your case Michael it was Bravo Six Zero.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Awww, all the good Partridge quotes are taken: how else can I surmise my enjoyment of the film without a witty quote that reflects my thoughts? :D

    In any case, I enjoyed the film immensely tbh; hard not to get ones hopes up with the general praise floating around, but for once the hype is generally well deserved. I would broadly agree that Alans rough edges have been smoothed off a little, but in terms of where the character is at the moment, is that entirely unreasonable? Unlike his moribund daily life during the TV series, he's actually doing ok for himself and seems more content than when he was on the box; there's certainly less of the pathetic career desperation you saw during the two series. He has a decent (if sponsored :D) car, a nice house and a reasonable timeslot at the station...

    On a side note, but related: how have people been seeing this? I decided to go during the morning (have this week off), figuring on a nice quiet cinema & cheap seats. And while there were about 20 people in the Cineworld screen, the lack of hearty laughter from a packed crowd kind of dimmed the experience a little. I could hear people chuckling, but a funny comedy is one of the few times you're probably better off being in a full house...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭Warper


    Dan, Dan, Daaaaaaaaan

    "The chickens are scared"

    Michael talking about getting an army chopper and flying around killing his mate, then crashing into the sea

    Alan's biggest fan

    Ladyboy the drink


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    pixelburp wrote: »
    On a side note, but related: how have people been seeing this? I decided to go during the morning (have this week off), figuring on a nice quiet cinema & cheap seats. And while there were about 20 people in the Cineworld screen, the lack of hearty laughter from a packed crowd kind of dimmed the experience a little. I could hear people chuckling, but a funny comedy is one of the few times you're probably better off being in a full house...

    Completely agree. I saw it in Leicester Square in London on opening night and there wasn't a spare seat in the house. It was the best atmosphere I've experienced at a cinema since South Park.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    ^^^^^^^^^^^^

    i agree too, a packed house is best for a comedy it adds to the enjoyment

    a empty one is best for a thriller


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭BNMC


    Ohhhhh... butter my arse.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,548 ✭✭✭paddylonglegs


    Beefy78 wrote: »
    Completely agree. I saw it in Leicester Square in London on opening night and there wasn't a spare seat in the house. It was the best atmosphere I've experienced at a cinema since South Park.

    Not my words Michael, they are the words of shakin Stevens


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    Some deleted scenes for Series 2, to whet the appetite for anyone still waiting to see the film.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,548 ✭✭✭paddylonglegs


    quarryman wrote: »
    Season 2 was muck compared to the genius that was Season 1 IMO.

    He wrote the first season over there, and the second season....over there


  • Posts: 15,814 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Saw this earlier and really enjoyed it. It's one of the most consistently amusing films I've seen in quite some time and it is one of the rare times when the presence of Colm Meaney didn't annoy me. Alan was his usual great self and had a number of inspired one liners and great sight gags. The ending did play out for a bit longer than needs be but the Falling Down inspired boardwalk jump was fantastic.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Wattle


    Cock. Piss. Partridge.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    I loved MMM and the series could be very funny sometimes. Went to the cinema and as soon as it started I pretty much knew I wouldn't enjoy it. I thought it was awful, really bad, and was very disappointed. Ridiculous slapstick mostly and a few mildly amusing bits of dialogue. I really don't know why it's getting all this adulation, I think a lot of people have this thing where AP can do no wrong at all, like a revered cult type thing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭lee_baby_simms


    "Ruby grapefruit juice. I brought over the jug in case it all got quoffed by R2D2 over there."

    "eh...ya blonde bastard...from the future."


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,767 ✭✭✭delbertgrady


    Wattle wrote: »
    Cock. Piss. Partridge.

    Scum. Subhuman scum.

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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,833 ✭✭✭Vinz Mesrine


    Im just watching series 2 again on Netflix, incredible stuff altogether.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Wattle


    "Ruby grapefruit juice. I brought over the jug in case it all got quoffed by R2D2 over there."

    "eh...ya blonde bastard...from the future."

    Tea or coffee. Tea or coffee. Two teas please.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    I loved MMM and the series could be very funny sometimes. Went to the cinema and as soon as it started I pretty much knew I wouldn't enjoy it. I thought it was awful, really bad, and was very disappointed. Ridiculous slapstick mostly and a few mildly amusing bits of dialogue. I really don't know why it's getting all this adulation, I think a lot of people have this thing where AP can do no wrong at all, like a revered cult type thing.

    You are a big posh sod with plums in your mouth. And the plums have mutated and they've got beaks.


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