tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post7861628151754829817..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Dark Is EasyNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-28787547163279126242009-03-06T18:06:00.000+00:002009-03-06T18:06:00.000+00:00How desperate can you be, digging up the old hard ...How desperate can you be, digging up the old hard bitten hard drinking reporter routine, once again the hype led to a spectacle which was less than the sum of its tired parts.<BR/><BR/>These people draw wages for this ?maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-60999205421884782222009-03-06T14:42:00.000+00:002009-03-06T14:42:00.000+00:00Oh yes Orangutan Diaries is top TV - the telly lan...Oh yes Orangutan Diaries is top TV - the telly landscape would be greatly improved if there was a channel entirely devoted to simians (OK Men & Motors is halfway there....) - round-the-clock ape and monkey action, cute babies to the fore in daytime, bonobo spycams after the watershed...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-35557853723866982252009-03-06T14:32:00.000+00:002009-03-06T14:32:00.000+00:00I knew I wouldn't like it so I didn't watch it. I...I knew I wouldn't like it so I didn't watch it. I can't stand Sean Bean and I don't like being bludgeoned with relentless misery. I am utterly captivated, however, by the Orangutan Diaries on BBC2 which reduces me to mush - but in a good way.Sophie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212037697701712380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-62111800594451351682009-03-06T14:24:00.000+00:002009-03-06T14:24:00.000+00:00Since gimmick TV is a guilty pleasure mine, as a h...Since gimmick TV is a guilty pleasure mine, as a homage to noiry crime thrillers but -wait for it- set in Barnsley, I enjoyed it. I do agree that the fawning previews were a little too much, seemingly mistaking 'dark' with 'edgy' or even 'realistic'. The subtle differences between documentary drama and fiction left Kate Silverton genuinely muddled on BBC Breakfast yesterday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-49927712905392341252009-03-06T13:44:00.000+00:002009-03-06T13:44:00.000+00:00so...if I understand you correctly - what you are ...so...if I understand you correctly - what you are essentially advocating here is a massive increase in the amount of heartwarming comedies starring Robin Williams?<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if I could handle thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-31990335116333445262009-03-06T13:42:00.000+00:002009-03-06T13:42:00.000+00:00You're so right. I gave up on it. Nasty sex scene ...You're so right. I gave up on it. Nasty sex scene - as they all were in the seventies. And the mountain of period detail that made it so entirely unrealistic....Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.com