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The Manchester Passion

 
  

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STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
22:16 / 14.04.06
I can't believe this shite has managed to cover FOUR FUCKING THREADS!!!
 
 
Ganesh
22:18 / 14.04.06
You just don't appreciate how gritty and raw it was, Stoatie.
 
 
Alex's Grandma
22:18 / 14.04.06
And this was some people's Friday night out... What is it with the UK public and tacky emotional schmaltz-fests these days? It was bad enough on telly, but what would possess you to stand around for a couple of hours in the freezing cold being effectively told that you're lower than a worm by the city council, and the BBC? If at least one person in the crowd didn't throw a bottle of piss at Keith Allen, I may lose all faith in humanity, never mind the Lord (who should, let's face it, have called down a storm of the stuff on Manchester this evening.)
 
 
Tryphena Absent
22:19 / 14.04.06
Never underestimate the power of terrible television to overwhelm the Internet.

I am now watching Strictly Ballroom. That Coca Cola sign is so glittery!
 
 
Ganesh
22:20 / 14.04.06
I can't quite believe Morrissey allowed them to use his songs.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
22:21 / 14.04.06
Gary fucking Busey, dude. Gary fucking Busey. He is more Madchester than the entire population of Manchester right now.

I honestly believe that this could have worked. Unfortunately the abiding image is the absoutely stone-faced expression of the bloke in the audience standing next to woman singing too enthusiastically to "Angels".

On the other hand, I really do want one of those "SPQR" police vests.
 
 
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22:25 / 14.04.06
That Coca Cola sign is so glittery!

I reckon that product placement must have financed the whole film. Shame it didn't really work for Coke: it must be the fourth time I've seen this and the first I noticed the ad.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
22:25 / 14.04.06
Sweet kevlar
 
 
Ganesh
22:26 / 14.04.06
I honestly believe that this could have worked.

I agree, it was an intriguing idea. If they hadn't a) got Ollie Plimsoll to direct it, and b) taken the 'acting' so fucking seriously, it might've gone somewhere. As it was, it came across as appallingly intelligence-insulting.
 
 
Spaniel
22:27 / 14.04.06
Sorry, Gary Busey where...?

Is he near?

Help!
 
 
Tryphena Absent
22:33 / 14.04.06
The main problem was Jesus' facial expressions.
 
 
Ganesh
22:34 / 14.04.06
The main problem was Jesus' facial expressions.

That and the fact that he was Deano from Dream Team.
 
  

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