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Post by harryshand on Jul 6, 2020 12:10:55 GMT
Starting series 4 today and although this has some great moments, it's not top drawer Minder for me. As for the one I'm watching now, SCC, that would have made a better series opener as it's a bona fide classic.
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Post by jno on Jul 7, 2020 3:38:56 GMT
Starting series 4 today and although this has some great moments, it's not top drawer Minder for me. As for the one I'm watching now, SCC, that would have made a better series opener as it's a bona fide classic. I rated this one as good rather than excellent. It's OK, but for me there is too much emphasis on the boxing side of the story. It's a good story but for me just lacks that humour spark that would give it an excellent vote. It's an episode I rarely return to if I'm honest. The incidental music as Terry is training, Tim Souster's 'Thunderscape' was also used in Prisoner Cell Block H. I'm not sure this theme does much to help the story along, and I wonder if they should have chosen something else.
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Post by BMW on Jul 7, 2020 18:30:13 GMT
Minder at its laugh out loud funniest I reckon. Some great lines in this one:
Arthur’s mechanic ‘The lad knows all there is to know about motors, he worked at Dalston bus garage!’
Arthur chasing Terry into the job centre; ‘Job centres aren’t for you, they are for civilians!’ Reaches in his pocket to give Terry a sub then realises his mistake and points to a job ad ‘ooh there’s a good one!’
The way Arthur reveals his choice of trainer as ‘cough’ Sol- dier. at- kins ... and speaking slower and quieter is priceless.
Haggling over the flat with Harry ‘even the cat don’t fancy it...’
‘I come round a well known bird-bandit’s lair to find a comely Richard flaunting her Aris around the gaff!’
Telling the lads decorating the flat to ‘splosh It on, you got two days, you’ll have to work like blacks’ would never make it to air nowadays but Arthur’s embarrassment shows he knew he was out of order. Hilarious scene nevertheless.
Couple of observations as well;
‘Er indoors Daley is in fact a reference to ‘er indoors daily (ie the cleaner) who wants ‘an arm and a leg’ so he’s moaning about her fees. Watch it in context of the scene ‘we’re all feeling the pinch’ it makes perfect sense.
And Arthur should have smelled a rat when Harry said his wife ran off with the double glazing guy and five minutes later can’t open the manky old sash window in the flat. Obviously telling porkies.
Inspector Clouseau today, me.
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Post by harryshand on Jul 7, 2020 20:08:23 GMT
I thought Arthur said “‘Er Indoors in number 10” meaning Thatcher?
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Post by jjmolloy on Jul 7, 2020 20:11:41 GMT
Minder at its laugh out loud funniest I reckon. Some great lines in this one: Arthur’s mechanic ‘The lad knows all there is to know about motors, he worked at Dalston bus garage!’ Arthur chasing Terry into the job centre; ‘Job centres aren’t for you, they are for civilians!’ Reaches in his pocket to give Terry a sub then realises his mistake and points to a job ad ‘ooh there’s a good one!’ The way Arthur reveals his choice of trainer as ‘cough’ Sol- dier. at- kins ... and speaking slower and quieter is priceless. Haggling over the flat with Harry ‘even the cat don’t fancy it...’ ‘I come round a well known bird-bandit’s lair to find a comely Richard flaunting her Aris around the gaff!’ Telling the lads decorating the flat to ‘splosh It on, you got two days, you’ll have to work like blacks’ would never make it to air nowadays but Arthur’s embarrassment shows he knew he was out of order. Hilarious scene nevertheless. Couple of observations as well; ‘Er indoors Daley is in fact a reference to ‘er indoors daily (ie the cleaner) who wants ‘an arm and a leg’ so he’s moaning about her fees. Watch it in context of the scene ‘we’re all feeling the pinch’ it makes perfect sense. And Arthur should have smelled a rat when Harry said his wife ran off with the double glazing guy and five minutes later can’t open the manky old sash window in the flat. Obviously telling porkies. Inspector Clouseau today, me. Great writing again by Leon Griffiths here regarding the young mechanic having worked at 'Dalston bus garage' and his boss was right to boast. It meant the lad would have 'served his time' as an apprentice mechanic, so it was high praise indeed. Mostly those working in the backstreet repairs end wouldn't have any formal training, so a lot of the time if a repair was botched it was a case of 'what do you expect' etc. Leon Griffiths was clearly a man who had been around the block, as the interviews and features on him elsewhere on the site here demonstrate.
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Post by steve74 on Dec 12, 2020 16:57:22 GMT
Series 4 gets off to a cracking start. I like how we get a little bit more info on Terry's history, making it all the sweeter when he gives Wilson a pasting at the end. The scene at the job centre is legendary and then the taxi ride "You sound like that bloke in On The Riverbank". I like the side story with Arthur planning on buying Harry's gaff (middle period Hilda Ogden) which is in need of a spruce up, love Arthur's advice about Harry getting a dust pan, soaps, detergents -"do you remember polish, for shining things". Plus we get one of the best closing lines with "Dirty Harry's ripped me off and the jacks just gone right up my Hay Wain". Classic. 4.5 out of 5.
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Post by barrythebook on Dec 12, 2020 22:46:19 GMT
Series 4 gets off to a cracking start. I like how we get a little bit more info on Terry's history, making it all the sweeter when he gives Wilson a pasting at the end. The scene at the job centre is legendary and then the taxi ride "You sound like that bloke in On The Riverbank". I like the side story with Arthur planning on buying Harry's gaff (middle period Hilda Ogden) which is in need of a spruce up, love Arthur's advice about Harry getting a dust pan, soaps, detergents -"do you remember polish, for shining things". Plus we get one of the best closing lines with "Dirty Harry's ripped me off and the jacks just gone right up my Hay Wain". Classic. 4.5 out of 5. You highlight some great points steve, classic lines. As Arthur goes to sit down on the sofa , Harry moves a cushion and says, "Careful, I haven't seen the cat for a week." "No wonder - it's probably gone down the welfare."
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Post by efc1985 on Apr 26, 2021 21:25:44 GMT
Always had the impression that Terry and Brenda Wilson may have had a bit of 'previous' watching their scene. Didn't realise that the lovely Anna Nygh is Adrian Dunbar's partner.
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Post by barrythebook on Apr 26, 2021 22:19:36 GMT
Always had the impression that Terry and Brenda Wilson may have had a bit of 'previous' watching their scene. Didn't realise that the lovely Anna Nygh is Adrian Dunbar's partner. There was certainly a sense of familiarity between them and even if there wasn't 'previous', I reckon in this episode Terry only had to say the word and they would have been well away. Brendas motives could have been more about helping her husband than her feelings for Terry though.
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Post by jjmolloy on Apr 26, 2021 22:50:08 GMT
One of the very best this one.
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Post by kelotoph on Jan 19, 2022 14:24:54 GMT
Lots to like in this episode, which has Terry as the centrepiece, as you'd expect from a Leon Griffiths script. I'm not a fan of boxing and as a result was a bit behind the curve, interest-wise. I also felt that the sub-plot about the flat didn't really dovetail with the main plot, but as others have said, the storyline does illustrate both Terry and Arthur being stitched up in their respective games. I didn't really see the need for Rycott to make an appearance - his role here seemed to be just padding. Maybe more could have been made of him following up on the rogues' gallery at the fight. Had I been the director, I would have made the shower scene longer as well!
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Post by Arch Stanton on Apr 28, 2024 8:17:37 GMT
Watched this one again last night. A superb episode.
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