If you do the promo deal thru podcasts, they usually have a free book offer. I only need a copy that I can load onto my phone, anyway.
― Primm Slim, Robot Sheriff (kingfish), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
fuck all geoblocking
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
new show http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/video/2012/jun/01/alan-partridge-norfolk-sky?newsfeed=true
― caek, Friday, 1 June 2012 11:57 (eleven years ago) link
i am not totally following this but is it not a little weird that this show's on sky, what with coogan's apoplexy re: the murdoch empire
― blossom smulch (schlump), Friday, 1 June 2012 12:22 (eleven years ago) link
incredibly weird, yep
― that's not kewell (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 1 June 2012 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
the little-seen UK cable TV charity adverts for the Teenage Cancer Trust (from 2000?) are some of my fave ever Alan bits. not as laugh out loud hilarious as your Day Today stuff and whatnot but fantastic all the same. they were writen by Baynham and Coogan and all 5 of them are on You Tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkHY1bVciIE
― piscesx, Friday, 1 June 2012 13:16 (eleven years ago) link
also harpercollins published that recent partridge autobiography, right around the time coogan was chucking it on newsnight xp
― that's not kewell (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 1 June 2012 13:17 (eleven years ago) link
so it obviously isn't incredibly weird for steve coogan.
― caek, Friday, 1 June 2012 13:26 (eleven years ago) link
haha that clip was great
― caek, Friday, 1 June 2012 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
anyone know if they're releasing Mid-Morning Matters on dvd or anything?awesome clip, cheers!
― kinder, Friday, 1 June 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
Some talk of MMM being expanded into a proper TV series.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 1 June 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
back of the net, etc
― kinder, Friday, 1 June 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
"I want a hundred k or I'm taking it to Sky"
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 1 June 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
First episode was distinctly medium, I thought. Mid Morning Matters was way better.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit the movie actually got made and there's a trailer out
http://www.avclub.com/articles/alan-partridge-alpha-papa,98989/
― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Thursday, 13 June 2013 22:40 (ten years ago) link
this is going to be excellent
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 13 June 2013 23:15 (ten years ago) link
It was good! Weird seeing Alan on the big screen with people laughing along. Also not looking much like 'Alan' as we have recently seen him - he was a bit too young/hip/confident and perhaps a bit of the subtlety that really cements AP as THAT character was lost. But I don't really mind that, it worked. I've been worried about a flash movie but it was basically like a feature-length ep, most of the mad/ridiculous stuff just kind of hung back a lot and let Alan be Alan.I am too much of an AP stan to be able to tell how this will be received as a 'movie' by casual viewers.
Recently re-watched all of Mid Morning Matters and it's really a brilliant way to take Partridge forward. Kind of odd having that, small-scale, alongside a movie, I suppose, but it did work.
― kinder, Thursday, 1 August 2013 21:59 (ten years ago) link
(not enough Michael, though)
― kinder, Thursday, 1 August 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link
At the premiere they put a shop-soiled Chocolate Orange and a Marillion greatest-hits CD on every one of the seats.
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 1 August 2013 22:42 (ten years ago) link
has anyone heard anything about any US screenings?
― caek, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
no release date yet for the u.s.
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
yeah i know, just meant press or whatever screenings eg in new york. i know there were a bunch of pre-release screenings of in the loop at the ifc center, although in that case they'd bought the film for us release so different i guess.
― caek, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 19:04 (ten years ago) link
kinder, I also thought that alan looked too young in the trailer for this (haven't seen it yet). Have absolutely loved everything they've done with the character recently though: MMM, the 2 sky specials and the audiobook (which is probably my favourite piece of partridgiana now). Even more trepidatious after reading your impressions, but basically I will enjoy this whatever.
― Charlie Slothrop (wins), Wednesday, 7 August 2013 19:32 (ten years ago) link
xp ah, sorry. yeah, i just want to see it, but i'm worried that it'll have to wait til streaming or whatever.
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
it only has a UK/ROI release afaia
― Charlie Slothrop (wins), Wednesday, 7 August 2013 19:37 (ten years ago) link
oh wait you already said that
NZ too, so i guess we got skipped.
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
he was a bit too young/hip/confident and perhaps a bit of the subtlety that really cements AP as THAT character was lost.
I think it was v much in line with the wider development of alan
― conrad, Thursday, 8 August 2013 08:37 (ten years ago) link
I dunno, I feel like he's kind of already been there and 'matured' into a slightly different type of character with a lot of 'older' hallmarks. Not particularly complaining, it was just a bit odd.
― kinder, Thursday, 8 August 2013 08:54 (ten years ago) link
I liked it- not a disappointment at all! The best bits were all Michael related though, felt like he was underused.
― Jamie_ATP, Thursday, 8 August 2013 09:29 (ten years ago) link
You'd think with the care and attention given to the character and his personality that there would be a little more consistency with the character's appearance over time.
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 8 August 2013 13:37 (ten years ago) link
hello your post makes no sense
― conrad, Thursday, 8 August 2013 13:41 (ten years ago) link
hellloooo please explain
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 8 August 2013 13:42 (ten years ago) link
you want him to wear the same outfit all the time or make the same facial expression nonstop?
― conrad, Thursday, 8 August 2013 13:46 (ten years ago) link
Why would I want him to wear the same stuff when he didn't do that in the series, even?
What I am saying is that I don't expect to look much older than he was in Series 1/2 but I don't think he should actively appear younger than he was in Series 1 for example
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 8 August 2013 13:50 (ten years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2013/06/quiz-which-pharrell-is-older.html
― conrad, Thursday, 8 August 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
xp discussed here http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2013/aug/07/steve-coogan-alan-partridge-video-interview?INTCMP=SRCH
― caek, Thursday, 8 August 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
Loved this. Although a sparks song over the credits means I am contractually obliged to like a movie (cf boarding gate)
― Charlie Slothrop (wins), Saturday, 10 August 2013 18:04 (ten years ago) link
screening at NYFF in october
― caek, Monday, 19 August 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
Magnolia has acquired it. Looking like early 2014.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 17:29 (ten years ago) link
rad
― caek, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
Finally getting around to the Mid Morning Matters stuff and after episode 7 I now have "It's me on me on Alan on Alan..." going through my head.
― bioethical technothriller (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 30 August 2013 05:24 (ten years ago) link
Didn't realise until I watched most of Mid Morning Matters back-to-back quite how tight the writing was.
In one episode Alan gets wound up by Sidekick Simon and tells him furiously "You're this to me", holding his thumb and forefinger slightly apart. Quite a bit later in the series he tells a grim little anecdote about his father saying precisely that to him when he was a kid. So good.
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Friday, 30 August 2013 08:42 (ten years ago) link
Yeah MMM is absolutely terrific, definitely one of the gems of the Partridge canon.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 30 August 2013 12:11 (ten years ago) link
I'd probably rank it second only to the first series of IAP.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 30 August 2013 12:13 (ten years ago) link
I could listen to Alan doing song links forever. Could have done with some more in the film actually
― Number None, Friday, 30 August 2013 12:14 (ten years ago) link
there's an app you can get that will make alan chat between the mp3s on your iTunes.
― Ottworks SKG (stevie), Friday, 30 August 2013 14:06 (ten years ago) link
some lost Partridge footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWshspo_WNE&feature=youtu.be
― Neil S, Friday, 30 August 2013 14:57 (ten years ago) link
looks like the movie was just added to netflix streaming.
― wmlynch, Thursday, 10 July 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
"Placards with no official font..."
― bulbs in the VU meters of God (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 26 March 2016 10:10 (eight years ago) link