Owen would have been ace in Extras, hanging around with Barry from Eastenders and Les Dennis in the agency office.
Owen the bookmakers
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Oh my God. I've seen a lot of ads, and a lot of really bad ones, but that is pretty fucking special.
Now you've made me watch that Dubai abomination. Whoever scripted and shot that needs to be removed from ever working in the industry ever again.
As for Owen, what is actually wrong with him? He's not normal.
As for Owen, what is actually wrong with him? He's not normal.
I was just about to say, Gervais could do an Extras with him without actually telling him it was an episode of Extras.
That'd be fucking ace.
But it has a mesmeric quality to it. I can appreciate that they haven't tried to make a slick advert with lots of cunts trying to figure out the best way to manipulate me, which is a good promotional tactic in it's own way.
I disagree. They paid his presumably very high wages while he was crocked for the majority of his time there. He should have been busting a gut to try help get them out of the shit.
But they knew what they got for that insane salary when they signed him. An egocentric coward made of glass. At least they could easily known that.
That Dubai promo is a work of art.
If someone was told to make the worst promo they possibly could I highly doubt they could top that.
Its the perfect storm of mediocrity & ill conceived ideas.
If someone was told to make the worst promo they possibly could I highly doubt they could top that.
Its the perfect storm of mediocrity & ill conceived ideas.
It's so bad, it does look like some kind of pastiche of really bad promo videos. The special effects and obviously Owen's leaden, dead-eyed delivery are both mesmerisingly appalling, but what tin-eared cunt wrote the dialogue?
"It may look a bit small from up here - but it is quite large"
Fuck that, if your contract of employment was ending in two weeks and your employer asked to put your future career at risk you wouldn't refuse?
Fair play to you but it was his livelihood so I can't blame him if he didn't feel right.
Medical teams get it wrong all the time.
In this case the medical team had some evidence to back up their call.
Football is not the same as other jobs, so you can't compare. His contract was to play football when fit. The medical team said he was fit, so he should fulfill his contractual obligations.
They said they couldn't see anything doesn't fucking mean they were right.
That prick for Utd is out for a while now because the medical team gave him the all clear and he tore his hammy the other night.
Nobody knows their own body better than the player themselves.
Why is it not? He's on a contract like every other profession can offer. He knew he wasn't getting a new one and wanted to protect his ability to get a new one. If Newcastle had given him 12 more months he'd have played.
I've just rewatched it. I cannot accept that it was made in earnest.
Explain how a similar situation could occur in a non sporting job.
He was under contract at that time to play football for Newcastle when fit. The medical team said he was fit. Newcastle didn't stop his wages when he was injured so he should have been playing when fit.
Exactly when fit, but I'm guessing his contract doesn't say the definition of fit is defined by their medical team.
They asked him to risk the rest of his career at 29 to play two games where they had already advised him they thought he was finished.
That beatiful sentence which take me through the day!!
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