Huge Still Game mural appears in Glasgow but fans insist it ‘gets worse the longer you look at it'
The massive artwork, featuring the show's main characters, appeared on the side of a building in Glasgow.
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The mural has divided opinions
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It was unveiled on the side of a tenement earlier this week
It includes metre-high depictions of pensioners Jack and Victor as well as favourites Isa, shopkeeper Navid and Boabby the barman.
The artwork, on the city's Paisley Road West was completed this week.
It's been a hit with some comedy fans, but others have slated it online with hilarious comments.
A thread on social media platform Reddit has amassed hundreds of reactions in less than a day.
One user wrote: "Right, I know painting a big picture on a wall must be difficult, but Jesus Christ man.
"The more you look the worse it gets."
Another user responded: "I was about to say it's not that bad . But you're right - the more I look at it the more haunting it is.
"Boaby and Navid I can accept. Not bad actually . The rest look like the Still Game cast, but in a weird nightmare where you know it's them, but the faces are distorted,"
Another user wrote: "To be fair it looks not bad from a distance - if the distance is Paisley."
And another said: "It's like something on the side of the waltzers at the s***** carnival you used to go to."
One fan simply wrote: "Game over."
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It comes just days after show favourite Winston, played by funnyman Paul Riley, was immortalised in another mural in Glasgow's city centre.
It was painted on a wall next to Queen Street by local artist Tef and drew more positive responses.
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