Mark Connolly Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 8 hours ago, Antlion said: I enjoyed it apart from Mick. They should give that tiresome c**t his own show, to keep the hard-of-thinking happy, and keep Still Game centred on its classic characters. At least then there would be an excuse for having him in every episode. A full half hour of Mick making Myra-from-Episodes gurning laughs should appeal to the morons. Don't give them any more fucking ideas. Thought Craig Ferguson was good, and the side story with Boaby's driving had potential, but much like every episode this series, the whole thing just didn't deliver. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Thought the first half was alright and they had set it up for a very good ending. As usual though the last part was woeful. Even thought Mick was ok in the first few parts he was in for once. Again as the episode went on it just got worse and worse. The “yewtree pish” bit is the only time I’ve smirked at a Mick joke. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 It just isn't that funny anymore. I'd rather have fewer but better laughs rather than trying to shoe horn a joke into every sentence. Victor's character has went drastically downhill. Not even remotely believable as a pensioner. HD really hasnt helped the show either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglum25 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Comedy is a personal choice - what one finds funny another abhors. Perhaps our expectations have been too high. It must be difficult to be consistantly funny over the amount of episodes they have done. Can you name another comedy that was consistant over so many series? Fawlty Towers only ran for 2 series, Father Ted was cut short due to a death. 2 Doors Down dropped of in the last series. As a few exmples Benidorm became shite after series 3, Were Hi De Hi, Allo Allo and Are You Being Served as good as they had been initially when they reached series 5 or 6? As I said comedy is what one person finds hilarious but another doesn't. There have been a few good laughs but I think the general concensous is Mick should be nowhere near the show. If Greg or Ford were reading the comments here they would probably would be reluctant to make any more but I think efforts should be made for a quality Xmas special. Each to their own. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 One thing I’ve noticed about this series is that the jokes all seem really predictable. I don’t remember this being the case in the older series - but the punchlines can be seen coming a mile off. That said, I genuinely think this could have been a great episode without Mick and the obvious Mick denouement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Moonglum25 said: Father Ted was cut short due to a death. It wasn't cut short, they were planning to end it anyway. They had to change the final scene, which was Ted out on the ledge, but they weren't going to make any more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 1 hour ago, GordonD said: It wasn't cut short, they were planning to end it anyway. They had to change the final scene, which was Ted out on the ledge, but they weren't going to make any more. Pretty sure there was another series planned but it was twenty years ago so my memory may be playing tricks on me. Fact, Dermot Morgan actually died the evening after he filmed what was to be his final ever scenes, so sad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 You know what folk forget, Micks very first appearance was actually pretty good. Still though, Pete the Jakey style odd cameos is all he could potentially be good for. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 It's gone a bit too slapstick now. Was it Series 4 onwards it went to a UK-wide audience, rather than Scotland only? It seemed to change a bit then too. Whatever happened to Tam's wife and baby? I can't remember if it was talked about at the start of S7? Certainly nothing about it in this series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, Desp said: It's gone a bit too slapstick now. Was it Series 4 onwards it went to a UK-wide audience, rather than Scotland only? It seemed to change a bit then too. Whatever happened to Tam's wife and baby? I can't remember if it was talked about at the start of S7? Certainly nothing about it in this series. His wife was mentioned in the passing in the episode where he was wooing the old rich woman. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 It's gone a bit too slapstick now. Was it Series 4 onwards it went to a UK-wide audience, rather than Scotland only? It seemed to change a bit then too. Whatever happened to Tam's wife and baby? I can't remember if it was talked about at the start of S7? Certainly nothing about it in this series. Mentioned last week but no mention of the bairn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Tams wife was in the last series when Jack and Victor storm in and smash up his kitchen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Tams wife was in the last series when Jack and Victor storm in and smash up his kitchen Forgot about that scene, which was absolutely hilarious 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) This guy has it spot on. https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/still-game-review-muddled-finale-sums-up-dismal-series-1-4723167/amp Edited April 13, 2018 by Bert Raccoon 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleslie99 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 What we all loved about still game when it hit our tv screens for the 1st time was we could all relate to the jokes, it was new, fresh and what Scottish pensioners do stereotypically. Move on to the current series and they have reverted to doing silly things to try and force a laugh. It’s as if they have ran out of ideas and it’s become slapstick comedy. To be honest we are all to blame we all begged it to return, it should’ve been left as it was and we could’ve re-visited the old classics for our laughs. Hopefully that will be the case from now on as I think it’s had it’s day. I have a channel on an app on my tv which is 24/7 still game, some of the episodes I had totally forgotten about are magic. I’ll stick to this 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 1 hour ago, pleslie99 said: What we all loved about still game when it hit our tv screens for the 1st time was we could all relate to the jokes, it was new, fresh and what Scottish pensioners do stereotypically. Move on to the current series and they have reverted to doing silly things to try and force a laugh. It’s as if they have ran out of ideas and it’s become slapstick comedy. To put it another way, it's become Last of the Summer Wine. If they do another series I fully expect to see Jack and Victor speeding downhill in a bathtub on wheels. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoonsYouthTeam Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 [/url] An absolute classic scene which of course led to this in a later episode 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 5 hours ago, pleslie99 said: What we all loved about still game when it hit our tv screens for the 1st time was we could all relate to the jokes, it was new, fresh and what Scottish pensioners do stereotypically. Move on to the current series and they have reverted to doing silly things to try and force a laugh. It’s as if they have ran out of ideas and it’s become slapstick comedy. To be honest we are all to blame we all begged it to return, it should’ve been left as it was and we could’ve re-visited the old classics for our laughs. Hopefully that will be the case from now on as I think it’s had it’s day. I have a channel on an app on my tv which is 24/7 still game, some of the episodes I had totally forgotten about are magic. I’ll stick to this Like that shite prosthetic they used to make Callum fat 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 It used to have a bit of grit about it along with proper storylines. Hadn’t noticed but it does seem a bit panto now, Bobby really has changed thinking back. Very disappointing, it’s too try hard now. I didn’t laugh once again last night, barely raised a smile. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Right lads I've had an idea, and since this is a Best Bits thread too I'm going to be doing it and posting about it anyway, so feel free to join in. I propose a P&B rewatch of Still Game. One episode a week at the same time, 9:30PM on a Thursday. Anyone interested? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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