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Exactly!
It's like 'Phoenix Nights' - just the two (I don't count Max & Paddy) - some shows can run no probs (Two Ronnies) and some just go cack... and Shameless is one of 'em I reckon!
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Here's me review that I did for Series Five, for 'play.com'.
I'm a huge fan of the series and this will probably upset some of the die-hard fans - but I can't heap praise on Series 5 - the show's run it's course and now deserves a decent burial before it gets any worse.
Okay... so there's one or two gems in there - the episode with Paddy's brother... and there's some classic scenes featuring Shane and Mickey - but the Maguires alone can't save this series I reckon.
A lot of it seems to be self-indulgent nonsense - no doubt fun for the actors, but painful to watch - the 'dream' sequences... the 'flashback' stuff - a technique that's great when done properly, but I fear this has been done because the 'ideas train' has left the platform, and no-one's sure when the next one will be arriving.
I'll get this when it's 'on the cheap' so I can see some of the scenes I like again, but on the whole - a disappointment.
No wonder Kev, Veronica, Marty, Lip and all the others that made it great did a bunk - I'm o
I'm a huge fan of the series and this will probably upset some of the die-hard fans - but I can't heap praise on Series 5 - the show's run it's course and now deserves a decent burial before it gets any worse.
Okay... so there's one or two gems in there - the episode with Paddy's brother... and there's some classic scenes featuring Shane and Mickey - but the Maguires alone can't save this series I reckon.
A lot of it seems to be self-indulgent nonsense - no doubt fun for the actors, but painful to watch - the 'dream' sequences... the 'flashback' stuff - a technique that's great when done properly, but I fear this has been done because the 'ideas train' has left the platform, and no-one's sure when the next one will be arriving.
I'll get this when it's 'on the cheap' so I can see some of the scenes I like again, but on the whole - a disappointment.
No wonder Kev, Veronica, Marty, Lip and all the others that made it great did a bunk - I'm off to watch Series One again I'll just pretend that series five was 'all a dream' for now.
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