So what I find interesting is that it's so obviously unlike Alan Moore in many ways - there's nothing about him whatsoever that can be described as manic, and yet there's a lot of odd little details in there that they've obviously picked up from somewhere.
They missed Moore's actual scruffiness level by about tenfold. posted by benzenedream at 11:20 PM on March 29, 2010
Oh, and a mate of mine is featured on the Wired blog with for an Alan Moore themed Poster/Desktop wallpaper he did. Which leaves me wondering if they know quite how rude that top righthand panel is when it's not in sepia. posted by Artw at 11:29 PM on March 29, 2010
Artw's links are the post. I did enjoy Sr. Reyes' zeal, however. posted by basicchannel at 12:10 AM on March 30, 2010
la hora chanante has great moments, it's a pity so much is lost in translation. The gist is the manchegan accent and idioms spoken by a foreign character, see Bono posted by valdesm at 1:49 AM on March 30, 2010
Can someone provide a context for this show? Why exactly would they have a parody of a figure that I'm guessing only other comic geeks would know what he looked/sounded like? Or, what?
That being said, the Stewart Lee interview is great. posted by The Whelk at 5:34 AM on March 30, 2010
Also Actual Alan Moore has one of the Top Ten Best UK accents. Somewhere inbetween early 20th century village and the water mines of mars. posted by The Whelk at 5:36 AM on March 30, 2010
The Whelk, this is a Spanish show called 'La Hora Chanante', it has a cult following for being absurd, mostly unfunny but sometimes awesome. It tried entering the mainstream with no success.
A recurring sketch is 'Celebrities' where Joaquin Reyes impersonates a celebrity in pretty much the same style everytime: ridiculously self-absorbed, country accent. So it's not funny because it's a good impersonation, it's funny because it's famous people saying stupid things in a funny accent. posted by valdesm at 6:15 AM on March 30, 2010
Also Actual Alan Moore has one of the Top Ten Best UK accents. Somewhere inbetween early 20th century village and the water mines of mars.
I find stuff like this amusing in that Moore basically speaks in my local accent but with a bit more of a Brummie twang as he's further to the west posted by fearfulsymmetry at 6:38 AM on March 30, 2010
I blame Dr. Who and Avengers episodes for making the Regional UK Accent = THE FUTURE connection in my head. posted by The Whelk at 6:41 AM on March 30, 2010
yet there's a lot of odd little details in there that they've obviously picked up from somewhere.
Are they riffing on 'Unbreakable'? posted by benzenedream at 12:16 PM on April 16, 2010
Are they riffing on 'Unbreakable'?
Yes, I spotted several references - might be more that I missed since it's a while since I saw the film posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:23 PM on April 16, 2010
posted by philip-random at 10:19 PM on March 29, 2010