waltz Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Anyone been watching this current series? Brilliant. Tonight's especially but NO SPOILERS.Discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diarmaid Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Absolutely brilliant program. Malcolm Tucker is a work of genius. Not seen tonights episode yet, but shall catch up on iPlayer. 'Happy Birthday C*nt'Fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTickingTime-Bomb Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Episode 7 is possibly my favourite so far. I think Malcolms character is really interesting when he isn't omnipotent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimyReizeger Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 The political era it captured so well in the beginning has died off and the programme just isn't as cutting or relevant as before. The first two episodes of series 3, or at least as much as I watched of either, just come off as the Malcolm Tucker Show. Lots of inept civil servants worrying about the arrival of a single effective character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTickingTime-Bomb Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 The political era it captured so well in the beginning has died off and the programme just isn't as cutting or relevant as before. The first two episodes of series 3, or at least as much as I watched of either, just come off as the Malcolm Tucker Show. Lots of inept civil servants worrying about the arrival of a single effective character.Watch more.This whole series is about the demise of Tucker's era. I agree with your assessment of the first two episodes, but they only serve to highlight the change in tone that occurs in later episodes. Watch episodes 6 & 7 if you want quick rebuttals to your points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 The political era it captured so well in the beginning has died off and the programme just isn't as cutting or relevant as before. The first two episodes of series 3, or at least as much as I watched of either, just come off as the Malcolm Tucker Show. Lots of inept civil servants worrying about the arrival of a single effective character.That's what I thought. The first series and the specials were utter brilliance. Had the right balance of Tucker to actual politics. This series seems to be a bit Tucker heavy. That said, I like the character so much that it hasn't put me off the show and I am still really enjoying it. It's just not the same focus as before. The other characters aren't as developed as I'd like (Rebecca Front's character takes up a lot of screen time without being that interesting, although I quite like her some of her middle class mennerisms) but the dialogue is still as great as ever. The Richard Bacon episode has been my favourite so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 It's the only TV show that I regularly watch. Just so fucking good. Some of Tucker's best moments are his non-sweary jokes, like the Stephen Hawking one last week.This series has improved steadily, to the extent that episode seven may well have been my favourite ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatHand Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Watched In the Loop the other night and thought it was ace. I love the fact that the other guy like him was Scottish too and was equally up to the swearing.F star star cunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimyReizeger Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Just watched the episode where Malcolm gets sacked on BBC4 and can say my above opinion was emphatically confirmed. It's properly bad. Perhaps Ianucci is finished? He's had a good innings in British satire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-matthEw- Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Poor man's Yes, Minister though isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 i watched in the loop this week and was so impressed that i'm renting the thick of it on dvd, dunno how it passed me by but not watching as much telly this days.never liked yes minister have to admit!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 The Thick Of It has always been the Malcolm Tucker show, Kimy. It's based around spin. Who is the spin doctor in the show? Malcolm Tucker.And well done on your subtle use of spoiler tags...o_O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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