Alvin Starclusk Posted December 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Sorry to drag up a 9 month old thread' date=' but I just sat and watched the whole series: its fucking ace!It works on loads of levels - yes Barley is a twat, but he's actually not a bad bloke. And Dan is more intelligent, but deep down he's an idiot too, and a bit of a vicious cunt (as witnessed in the final episode), so it's not as black and white as "Barley bad, Dan Good". Scissor/Cat interface, Barleys "rap", underage sex and Pingu jumping out the window are highlights.....[/quote']That's well coincimental. I've just watched the entire series as well, and I love it more than ever. Works much better as a DVD, as you can watch Nathan becoming more and more pathetic as the series wears on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 nathan barley is nothing compared to the boosh, but its still really good. i got the dvd and watched it the whole way through like Alvin Starclusk said above. its one of those things you need to get into to enjoy. much like the boosh, when most people see it for the first time their like "what the fuck?" but i'll see them a few month later and they love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 I was quite dissapointed by nathan barley i know what chris morris was trying to achieve but the same joke is repeated too many times ...you should check out this web site though!!!http://chilled.cream.org/forums/portal.phptry living near shoreditch' date=' the joke is repeated every minute.and, I live next door to the character, who thinks it's cool to play drill n bass at 4 am so loud, planes are drowned out...because he doesn't have a job, as mummy n daddy pay for his 500 quid a week flat.lest we all forget, Nathan Barley is a creation of TV Go Home, and in that, he's far more unlikeable ("a cunt"), than a simple trendoid moron.[url']http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1513423.stm(the website, is sadly no more) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Borlax Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 fuck knows the more i watch the dvd the more it absorbs meal those who liked one gag or joke werent paying attentionthe whole thing is a joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 fuck knows the more i watch the dvd the more it absorbs meal those who liked one gag or joke werent paying attentionthe whole thing is a jokedamn right preacher man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael MacLennan Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 Yeah, definitely going to buy the DVD at Christmas time.When first on I liked parts of it, but wasn't too sure on the whole, but it seems a hell of a lot funnier now on repeated viewing. Working as a journalist, I empathise greatly with the character arc of Ashcroft, starting with his high-minded noble intentions above his peers, but being beaten down and compromising himself until he's more of an idiot than Barley himself. Well, that's my perspective anyway, and a lot of it rings true.TVgohome was ace, I do half-wish that they'd replicated the sheer vicious awfulness of Barley is that website, although I do like the comical buffoon Barley was in the series. You can see all his entries from the website in the DVD, which is a great extra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 peace and fucking... yeah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Borlax Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 shut yur mouth treacle slitsbelieve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvin Starclusk Posted December 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 In further good DVD news, the much under-rated The Armando Iannucci Show will be on DVD round about April/May. This is a very good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 Working as a journalist' date=' I empathise greatly with the character arc of Ashcroft, starting with his high-minded noble intentions above his peers, but being beaten down and compromising himself until he's more of an idiot than Barley himself. Well, that's my perspective anyway, and a lot of it rings true.[/quote']he's already an idiot, as is proved when he goes for the "wine job" in the sunday magazine...he just thinks he is better than the idiots around him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvin Starclusk Posted December 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 he's already an idiot' date=' as is proved when he goes for the "wine job" in the sunday magazine...he just thinks he is better than the idiots around him.[/quote']Actually, if you read what Popcorn Fiend wrote, it all looks a bit like an admission... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 In further good DVD news' date=' the much under-rated The Armando Iannucci Show will be on DVD round about April/May. This is a very good thing.[/quote']cool, I got a copy of that a few months back, there are some incredibly funny moments and amusing insight into the mind of Iannuci. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael MacLennan Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 he's already an idiot' date=' as is proved when he goes for the "wine job" in the sunday magazine...he just thinks he is better than the idiots around him.[/quote']Yeah, that and him getting drunk and getting enthusiastically involved in 'cock muff bumhole'... I'm constantly tempted to learn that game, but am too worried about whether it'd make me an idiot by trying to be ironic.Actually' date=' if you read what Popcorn Fiend wrote, it all looks a bit like an admission...[/quote']Well, I haven't been reduced to going undercover for straight-on-straight sex, but I do remember thinking when writing about a thimble exhibition that it wasn't quite what I had in mind when I decided to become a journalist. The opening line 'Thumbs up for a thimble exhibition!' haunts me to this day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connie Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 I still haven't seen Nathan Barley, but I want to. Because I've been told it has Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt in it. And I love The Mighty Boosh! more than words can say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 I still haven't seen Nathan Barley' date=' but I want to. Because I've been told it has Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt in it. And I love The Mighty Boosh! more than words can say.[/quote']yeah noel fielding plays a stimulant addicted insomniac dj/music producer, and provides some good laughs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Borlax Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 but be warned the mighty boosh........its notin other non sorta related newsanybody watch arrested development? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 yeah noel fielding plays a stimulant addicted insomniac dj/music producer' date=' and provides some good laughs[/quote']he's ace! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Ok, I'm a year and a half behind but just got this on DVD after seeing a few clips posted here and it's fucking brilliant. Only 6 episodes on the DVD, is there more? It's totally fucking Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven Dedalus Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Ok, I'm a year and a half behind but just got this on DVD after seeing a few clips posted here and it's fucking brilliant. Only 6 episodes on the DVD, is there more? It's totally fucking Mexico.I heard that Channel 4 have commisioned a second series of it, but that's not been confirmed.I actually watched the entire series today, inspired by a recent 'chat' with Stripey. It was the first time I'd seen it since it first came out on DVD. I have decided that I'm more like Dan than I thought I was. And I was actually involved in a publically humiliating 'Preacher Man' style incident not so long ago. Although I haven't, to the best of my knowledge, wanked anyone off in a public toilet.But then again, the magazine I write for is about to have a re-design, and they need more content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven Dedalus Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Well, I haven't been reduced to going undercover for straight-on-straight sex, but I do remember thinking when writing about a thimble exhibition that it wasn't quite what I had in mind when I decided to become a journalist. The opening line 'Thumbs up for a thimble exhibition!' haunts me to this day...Damn you, Subsisty! (For saying the same thing as me, only several years earlier)Two terrible things I have written:1. 'Melodies so haunting, that even the Ghostbusters would have trouble with them.'2. ' ...a version of Radiohead's 'No Surpises' (which was anything but!)'And both of them got published. I'm an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Despite being a Morris fan I've never seen Nathan Barley. The DVD is never remotely cheap. Does anyone know a place I can get it cheap?(Cheap = less than a tenner) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Despite being a Morris fan I've never seen Nathan Barley. The DVD is never remotely cheap. Does anyone know a place I can get it cheap?(Cheap = less than a tenner)It was in HMV for a tenner a while ago.It is quite good, but a note of caution: everyone bangs on about it being a Chris Morris vehicle, I think the writing is far more representative of Charlie Brooker (it was his character, mind). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven Dedalus Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 the tip here is that the whole thing is on youtube, which is where I watched it from.Just do a search on Nathan Barley, and eventually you will come accross the entire series, with every episode broken into three segments.Fried gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 everyone bangs on about it being a Chris Morris vehicle,His input is pretty evident in a lot of it, the language in the advert for Place for example is typical chris morris... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Despite being a Morris fan I've never seen Nathan Barley. The DVD is never remotely cheap. Does anyone know a place I can get it cheap?(Cheap = less than a tenner)I have to say I thought Nathan Barley was the poorest thing Chris Morris has been involved in. I just found it annoying more than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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