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LooneyJetman
24-08-2007, 14:50
Couldn't see a thread on this. The IT Crowd is back on Channel 4 tonight at 9.30, wedged inbetween Big Brother.
I ended up loving the first series, despite cringing at the first couple of episodes when originally broadcast. Although it seems as though Chris Morris has little to do with the new series and he was one of the best things about the original.
Cheers for that. Ended up loving the first series, it just got better and better IMO and repeated viewings of the DVD just added to it.
"Are you sure? Are you sure? Are you sure?..."
bollecks
24-08-2007, 16:08
Despite very mixed reviews I thought S1 was great. I'm looking forwards to it.
First series passed me by on TV, watched them on Virgin on Demand one Sunday and enjoyed it more than I expected :D
Looking forward to it tonight.
MetalGearAl
24-08-2007, 16:22
It's nothing amazing, but it was certainly enjoyable. I wonder how this series will fare given Chris Morris isn't in it now, his character was excellent in the first series.
KeyserSoze
24-08-2007, 16:25
Looking forward to it, thanks for the heads up
lunarleo
24-08-2007, 17:26
Agreed, that without über-satirist Chris Morris propping up the lame script with sublime comedy acting, I can't see this working.
It's also completely unrealistic and sadly serves to reinforce outdated IT staff stereotypes (based somewhere in the early-to-mid 90s, at a guess).
I'll give it a go though, as despite the above, there are worse sitcoms out there. Mostly on BBC 'THREE'.
It's also completely unrealistic and sadly serves to reinforce outdated IT staff stereotypes (based somewhere in the early-to-mid 90s, at a guess).
I meet people like them every other day unfortunately :D
Infact, it's some of the disturbing similarities that get the best laughs out of me ;)
They seem quite similar to our IT department as well.
Loved S1, have high hopes for this.
KennyVader
24-08-2007, 21:00
That was quite good. Beat Saxondale for laughs anyway!
Liked the Toilet Man
Roy's face on the disabled ramp
The reveal to Moss working behind the bar :lol:
I've only recently discovered this show thanks to the late night repeats, but that was one of the funniest things I've seen in a while.
Actually wasn''t bad, liked the Moss saying goodnight to the other staff at the end, considering he'd only been there for a couple of hours.
brilliant - i really enjoyed that :lol:
really good and funny... was a fan of the first series..
I find it a guilty pleasure, and it looks like there might be a bit of Morris in next week's ep.
LooneyJetman
24-08-2007, 21:43
I thought that Noel Fielding wasn't quite as good as in the first series, although his appearance in the preview for next week looked good.
Very funny, especially Roy's expression riding up and down on the lift at the back of the van.
DeadYankee
24-08-2007, 21:53
Yeah, good stuff, very funny
Really enjoyed it! ****** myself when they wheeled him back into the bar :lol:
Mr Majestik
24-08-2007, 22:19
Got to agree, Very funny show.
GProject
24-08-2007, 23:32
Caught this tonight and thought that it was quite good. I was put off a bit by it in the first series (can't really remember why though), so maybe it's time to give it a chance again.
Drysolder
25-08-2007, 00:41
It's also completely unrealistic and sadly serves to reinforce outdated IT staff stereotypes (based somewhere in the early-to-mid 90s, at a guess).
Please come and visit our IT department, then - you'll find it shockingly stuck in the 20th Century practicing those 'outdated stereotypes'. I genuinely have an extremely low low opinion of people who work in IT, perhaps because ours is so damn beaurocratic.
Still, found the new ep a bit slow to begin with, but got into gear in the second half. Not sure about transplanting it outside the company, tho - perhaps it's become more of a 'fish out of water' type scenario?
brendonw
25-08-2007, 08:49
Didn't see series 1.
Enjoyed last nights - very funny in places.
Looking forward to next weeks.......off to find S1 now :)
ryonhilluk
25-08-2007, 10:44
i saw the start and the end.... and then end was quite funny :D
I liked this episode, moss behind the bar was great. Didn't series one end on a cliffhanger of sorts? Was that ever resolved?
the guy with red hair and red beard and glasses that was arrested looked like gonch (grange hill 86) - anyone agree?
MaxNutter
25-08-2007, 17:22
I liked this episode, moss behind the bar was great. Didn't series one end on a cliffhanger of sorts? Was that ever resolved?
it did; Jen waking up discover she'd slept with Moss, Roy waking up with the psychiatrist that looked like his mum, and Denholm and Richmond waking up in bed together ... no resolution as yet ...
maddogsuk
25-08-2007, 18:06
the guy with red hair and red beard and glasses that was arrested looked like gonch (grange hill 86) - anyone agree?Remove the tash and beard and it would look a little like him. Same type on chin and upper lip. Damn you, I've now ended up at the Grange Hill pages.
http://www.maddogs.co.uk/gonch.jpg
MetalGearAl
25-08-2007, 18:11
Thought this was brilliant, was in stitches throughout :D
Remove the tash and beard and it would look a little like him. Same type on chin and upper lip. Damn you, I've now ended up at the Grange Hill pages.
http://www.maddogs.co.uk/gonch.jpg
was it him? need to check the credits over the w/e
maddogsuk
25-08-2007, 20:13
Dont think it is, however I searched to see what Gonch had been in since Grange Hill, but unfortunately his name is also that of a famous porn star, so results are a little biased. He is on imdb but the most recent one is for the big breakfast or something.
It also doesn't appear in the credits.
Thought it was very good, it seems to have taken a different Direction than Series 1, a cross between Father Ted (to be expected) and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Stu
How come everyone likes it this time? Last time it got a slagging on here, if I recall correctly?
I really enjoyed the first season, have been looking forward to the second but was a bit unhappy to hear that Chris Morris wasn't going to be involved. I watched this on Friday night and have to admit I was in stitches for most of it, I thought it was very funny. It pushes all the same sorts of buttons as the office, being very un-pc with you spending most of the time cringing. :thumbs:
Mark
It's also completely unrealistic and sadly serves to reinforce outdated IT staff stereotypes (based somewhere in the early-to-mid 90s, at a guess).It's not in the realist genre though, is it? It's completely off-the-wall, like Father Ted.
I think it's great stuff. Graham Linehan is the best sitcom writer in the UK at the moment IMO, so this is to be treasured.
KeyserSoze
26-08-2007, 11:13
Is this season going to be a short one as well? I think the first only had what 6 episodes?
MaxNutter
26-08-2007, 11:21
Is this season going to be a short one as well? I think the first only had what 6 episodes?
that's not that short, more 'traditional' ...
Is this season going to be a short one as well? I think the first only had what 6 episodes?
digiguide says part x of 6, so very short again.
digiguide says part x of 6, so very short again.
is that not normal for UK?
Still game, normally only had 6 / 7 episodes.
Father Ted the same.
We have to remember that the americans have tons of people sitting round a table writing for a season which is normally 24 episodes.
PockyMonster
26-08-2007, 14:03
And The Office US has proven that this works well so we do kinda need to find a way of extending UK comedies beyond six episodes given so very few of them are anything but excruciating.
By halfway thru the ep I hadn't laughed, but it did pick up towards the end. The wheelchair bits and onwards started to become funny and there were a few lol moments. I'm sure their workplace didn't look like that last series too!
MetalGearAl
26-08-2007, 14:07
Looked the same to me.
And The Office US has proven that this works well so we do kinda need to find a way of extending UK comedies beyond six episodes given so very few of them are anything but excruciating.
I was reading the other day that The IT Crowd is currently being converted for the US, with a mostly new cast, but Richard Ayoade/Moss is reprising his role. No doubt it'll have more than six episodes.
Although I found it funny, I can't see why it is still called the IT Crowd, other than it featuring characters they established in season 1 as working in an IT department.
S1 was a bit like that - they had quite a few IT related jokes to begin with, then they clearly ran out of those and it just turned into a sitcom based around some misfits who have wacky adventures together.
Other than a passing joke about online poker, I don't think there were any other IT angled jokes at all.
Ah well. Shows how unfunny us lot really are. :p
Although I found it funny, I can't see why it is still called the IT Crowd, other than it featuring characters they established in season 1 as working in an IT department.
S1 was a bit like that - they had quite a few IT related jokes to begin with, then they clearly ran out of those and it just turned into a sitcom based around some misfits who have wacky adventures together.
Other than a passing joke about online poker, I don't think there were any other IT angled jokes at all.
Ah well. Shows how unfunny us lot really are. :p
But what other department has time to sit around and have wacky adventures? :p
lunarleo
26-08-2007, 15:07
It's not in the realist genre though, is it? It's completely off-the-wall, like Father Ted.
I think it's great stuff. Graham Linehan is the best sitcom writer in the UK at the moment IMO, so this is to be treasured.
I didn't say it was trying to be realistic, a la The Office, I said it was reinforcing geek/nerd/misfit IT-staff stereotypes.
As for the show: well, it's improved for Series 2 so far. I've heard that Graham Lineham and Arthur Matthews are writing it together this time, instead of GL on his own. If so, it certainly makes a difference.
KennyVader
26-08-2007, 15:12
And The Office US has proven that this works well so we do kinda need to find a way of extending UK comedies beyond six episodes given so very few of them are anything but excruciating.
By halfway thru the ep I hadn't laughed, but it did pick up towards the end. The wheelchair bits and onwards started to become funny and there were a few lol moments. I'm sure their workplace didn't look like that last series too!
I think The Office (US) is the one example where a Brit comedy has gone Stateside and been a success! There are many more where the US remake has been a flop ... e.g. Teachers, Coupling, Fawlty Towers ...
Mr Majestik
26-08-2007, 15:55
I think The Office (US) is the one example where a Brit comedy has gone Stateside and been a success! There are many more where the US remake has been a flop ... e.g. Teachers, Coupling, Fawlty Towers ...
The U.S. version of Till death do us part (Archie Bunker) was a massive success.
KennyVader
26-08-2007, 16:06
The U.S. version of Till death do us part (Archie Bunker) was a massive success.
So two examples in 30 years of TV then?
MrHat001
26-08-2007, 16:12
I didn't say it was trying to be realistic, a la The Office, I said it was reinforcing geek/nerd/misfit IT-staff stereotypes.
But that's ok as we have Michael Bay & Brett Ratner portraying the alternate IT stereotype that we can hack anything in 2 minutes and if we really wanted to could bring down the whole country.
So it all balances out. :thumbs:
WeaselFierce
26-08-2007, 16:32
The reveal to Moss working behind the bar :lol:
Agreed. That bit had me doubled over in stitches! :lol:
The reveal to Moss working behind the bar :lol:
Great bit and great setup.
PockyMonster
26-08-2007, 21:11
I think The Office (US) is the one example where a Brit comedy has gone Stateside and been a success! There are many more where the US remake has been a flop ... e.g. Teachers, Coupling, Fawlty Towers ...
Thats not really the point I was trying to make tho. Everyone said that The Office UK was perfect because it lasted 12 episodes and didn't have the ability to be drawn out and go bad. The US writing staff have done probably 80+ episodes by the time s4 has finished airing (with s5 undoubtedly being booked) and its better and better. Imagine if Spaced had 2x 24 ep series', it would've been amazing. 6 episodes simply isn't long enough to introduce characters fully, have proper inter episode storylines and actually progress things. Think about it, does anything really ever *happen* in UK sitcoms?
KennyVader
26-08-2007, 21:47
I don't think a comedy needs much character background or story continuation. For inter-episode storylines watch something like Lost, Doctor Who etc.
Comedies don't need linked episodes, each ep should stand on it's own, be a 30 minute bitesize parcel of laughs, that you can watch in any order, and if they're any good, watch again and again when they get repeated on BBC3. I'm Alan Partridge, Father Ted etc - it doesn't matter that I've seen them all 20 times or what order they repeat them in, I'll still watch them whenever they're on BBC3 or More 4 etc. Father Ted for instance, all you need to know is that Dougal is an idiot, and they're scared of Bishop Brennan, but we never really found out why Bishop Brennan sent them all to the island, because it didn't matter. Only Fools and Horses, Brittas Empire, Coupling, hell even things as old as Are You Being Served? were all also 6-8 eps per series, works great in my opinion.
In fact I would go so far as to say that, for instance, Red Dwarf was at it's least funny when they started having stories that linked and referenced between episodes, it was far better when they were just on a spaceship floating aimlessly on their own rather than continually trying to evade Captain Hollister each week.
Hence, I can't see anything wrong with the six episode format. Works great for me. The American way, with 20 eps per series, all written by different people or teams of people, if they're not absolutely top notch like The Office (US), there's a huge danger of the series just becoming tedious.
Thats not really the point I was trying to make tho. Everyone said that The Office UK was perfect because it lasted 12 episodes and didn't have the ability to be drawn out and go bad. The US writing staff have done probably 80+ episodes by the time s4 has finished airing (with s5 undoubtedly being booked) and its better and better. Imagine if Spaced had 2x 24 ep series', it would've been amazing. 6 episodes simply isn't long enough to introduce characters fully, have proper inter episode storylines and actually progress things. Think about it, does anything really ever *happen* in UK sitcoms?
If Spaced had 48 episodes, it would have been 2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps by the time it finished, which seems to be the definition of a sitcom in which *something* happens and has 'storylines' and is simply terrible. The 6 episode format works perfectly, I think and I'd hate British comedies to go down the 'written by committee' route.
Sprout Crumble
26-08-2007, 23:15
I agree that 6 episodes isn't enough. In fact, its pretty pathetic that top writers and networks with audiences far greater than the average US one aren't able to knock up/commission 13 episode seasons at least.
The IT Crowd is sheer class. This one in particular had me in stitches and is definitely reminiscent of Father Ted at its best.
derek cassidy
26-08-2007, 23:25
Watched the first episode (well, half of it) of the new series of the It Crowd & found it about on a par with "2 pints of lager...",
ie. about as funny as a paper cut.
I've seen funnier John Pilger documentaries.
PockyMonster
26-08-2007, 23:53
Ok, for anyone who disagrees that inter-episode storylines and non-standalone episodes are a bad thing, please go watch Arrested Development and prepare to change your mind ;) Also S3 of Seinfeld, ie when it went from single episodes in short seasons to full blown storylines is when the show went from amusing to unmissable.
I'll admit Spaced was a bad example, but thats just cos I'm still gutted that one of my favourite shows of all time had so few episodes made. And lets not forget that 2 Pints of Lager started off as badly as its ended and its key demographic are, generally, mouthbreathers.
edit:
Hence, I can't see anything wrong with the six episode format. Works great for me. The American way, with 20 eps per series, all written by different people or teams of people, if they're not absolutely top notch like The Office (US), there's a huge danger of the series just becoming tedious.
No, I agree.. but when it works.. it works really well. Heck there's quite a few "OK" American shows that I've watched over the last year that probably didn't need 24 episodes, but at least it gave me something to watch! How many really good British comedy based shows are even being written at the moment? Boosh is coming back, thank God and The IT Crowd really isn't anything special, Peep Show... so thats 18 episodes of comedy that people in this thread generally like I'm presuming, and not a lot else. One good American show at least gives me 22minutes of something to watch most weeks for 9 months in a row! And even the mediocre stuff is still watchable for a lot of the time.
MetalGearAl
27-08-2007, 00:23
I don't know really, some of the US shows work amazingly well with the long season format (The Office, Arrested Development), whereas there are plenty of UK shows were I couldn't see it working but I don't think any less of them for it (Spaced, I'm Alan Partridge).
If a 6 episode show was strung out to 13, you'd still get the same quality jokes and storyline, just spread out further? I dont see the point. I'd wager Spaced still had too many episodes as some of them were very poor. Sorry, they were and it should have stuck to the six episode format. :D Season two was much weaker, esp the opening episode, and you could see even there they were struggling for ideas.
For every 'arrested development' there are hundreds of mediocre shows. Even Seinfeld suffered as it went on. There are plenty of good british comedies at the moment, 'The Visit' was pretty good and even 'Gavin and Stacy' had its moments. None of them would have benefited for being dragged on and on. How many british shows have ever had an episode in which the main characters sit around and reminisce over old times? ;)
Sprout Crumble
27-08-2007, 08:53
Men Behaving Badly?
:D
I'd wager Spaced still had too many episodes as some of them were very poor. Sorry, they were.Sorry, they weren't.:shrug:
It was a great sitcom and the quality was fairly consistent IMO.
Sorry, they weren't.:shrug:
It was a great sitcom and the quality was fairly consistent IMO.
Its all opinion. I could have done without that whole episode where they did Robot Wars/One Flew Over the Cuckoos nest and the whole of Season 2 was pretty patchy in places - the Matrix spoof was cringeworthy, even back then. It could have done with some editing is all.
MaxNutter
27-08-2007, 11:29
If a 6 episode show was strung out to 13, you'd still get the same quality jokes and storyline, just spread out further? I dont see the point. I'd wager Spaced still had too many episodes as some of them were very poor. Sorry, they were and it should have stuck to the six episode format. :D Season two was much weaker, esp the opening episode, and you could see even there they were struggling for ideas.
burn the heretic!
I'd wager Spaced still had too many episodes as some of them were very poor.
Name ONE!
So two examples in 30 years of TV then?
There was another one in Sanford and Son which I believe was a remake of Steptoe and Son and which lasted for years,
Mr Majestik
27-08-2007, 19:48
There was another one in Sanford and Son which I believe was a remake of Steptoe and Son and which lasted for years,
The Cosby version of One foot in the grave ran a few seasons as well...
Name ONE!
:lol: I named two above. The opening of S2 and the Robot Wars one. They had their moments, but on the whole they were extremely poor - almost '2 Pints' bad in places.
AndyWilson
27-08-2007, 21:51
I quite like 2 pints of lager
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion KRW, but in this instance, I think you'll find you're wrong.
Staggeringly wrong! That is Cock of the Poppy-est order!
Mr Majestik
28-08-2007, 08:40
Got to agree. On this one he's the king of Wrong diddy wrong wrong.
We'll see, but as someone who has tried showing 'Spaced' to younger siblings, I found a) it hasn't aged at all well and b) its not quite as good as people say it is. I know its a little blasphemous, but some of that second season is really poor.
Not saying I dont like Spaced. The first season is great and the second one is almost great, but could have used some editing/fine tuning is all.
did season 1 have the insanely annoying cannded laughter?
MaxNutter
28-08-2007, 10:33
We'll see, but as someone who has tried showing 'Spaced' to younger siblings, I found a) it hasn't aged at all well and b) its not quite as good as people say it is. I know its a little blasphemous, but some of that second season is really poor.
Not saying I dont like Spaced. The first season is great and the second one is almost great, but could have used some editing/fine tuning is all.
i rewatched both series only last year and loved them again, thought it'd aged pretty well ... of course, the cultural references may start to lose relevance, but what can you do?
i rewatched both series only last year and loved them again, thought it'd aged pretty well ... of course, the cultural references may start to lose relevance, but what can you do?
Its not just the cultural references, its the whole '90's' feel. My little sister thought it ok, but couldnt get that enthused about, say, jokes that revolve around the rave scene and The Matrix. OK, its not really aimed at her, but still....
(I'm going to be really controversial and say that basing so much of the series on cultural references is lazy writing - its easy to get a laugh from people who go 'oh, i recognise that, its clever'. )
Compare and contrast to, say, Father Ted. Very, very little of that has dated as the writing/jokes is so strong and is loved by all ages. (I think) A joke that relies upon audience familiarity with outside references is never going to be that strong to begin with.
simonmac
28-08-2007, 10:47
Is Ep1 repeated, as I missed it on friday.
MaxNutter
28-08-2007, 11:04
Its not just the cultural references, its the whole '90's' feel. My little sister thought it ok, but couldnt get that enthused about, say, jokes that revolve around the rave scene and The Matrix. OK, its not really aimed at her, but still....
but The Matrix and rave scene are cultural references ... and while The Matrix came out in 1999, dance music isn't that much different nowadays ... the Tyres O'Flaherty character is even more relevant today in the wake of Tracey in Big Brother ...
i think it's a target audience thing ... it doesn't have to be targetted at the whole viewing spectrum to be good ... how old are your siblings?
(I'm going to be really controversial and say that basing so much of the series on cultural references is lazy writing - its easy to get a laugh from people who go 'oh, i recognise that, its clever'. )
i don't agree that it's lazy, i think sometimes it must take more effort, especially when you check out the references subtitle track on the dvd ...
do you like Sean of the Dead and Hot Fuzz?
Mr Majestik
28-08-2007, 11:17
Is Ep1 repeated, as I missed it on friday.
I think it's on 4 on demand.
but The Matrix and rave scene are cultural references ... and while The Matrix came out in 1999, dance music isn't that much different nowadays ... the Tyres O'Flaherty character is even more relevant today in the wake of Tracey in Big Brother ...
i think it's a target audience thing ... it doesn't have to be targetted at the whole viewing spectrum to be good ... how old are your siblings?
i don't agree that it's lazy, i think sometimes it must take more effort, especially when you check out the references subtitle track on the dvd ...
do you like Sean of the Dead and Hot Fuzz?
It is lazy, its easy to pick a bunch of cultural references and copy them. Its not that different from the 'Scary Movie 6' type of thing, but using 'cult' references to target a very specific audience. Jokes that stand up by themselves are much more difficult. The Matrix spoofs in Spaced weren't even that good and simply relied on the viewer being aware of what they were satirising. Compare how they used the Matrix to how they used Resident Evil from Series 1 as a reference. The Resident Evil jokes are much funnier because its not about recognition, but builds upon recognition and works even if you dont have a clue what RE is.
My sister is 21, I think she was 20 when i lent it to her. I and she loved Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz as we liked Spaced, but were aware of the flaws. :p I think Shaun is pretty much flawless, but the jury is still out on Hot Fuzz. I didnt want to watch it again straight away, and cant see myself ever watching it again, to be honest.
Anyway, my original point still stands. the weaker elements of Spaced give the objective viewer an inkling into how bad it would be stretched to 30 episodes. And thats FACT!!!111 ;)
MaxNutter
28-08-2007, 12:25
It is lazy, its easy to pick a bunch of cultural references and copy them. Its not that different from the 'Scary Movie 6' type of thing, but using 'cult' references to target a very specific audience. Jokes that stand up by themselves are much more difficult. The Matrix spoofs in Spaced weren't even that good and simply relied on the viewer being aware of what they were satirising. Compare how they used the Matrix to how they used Resident Evil from Series 1 as a reference. The Resident Evil jokes are much funnier because its not about recognition, but builds upon recognition and works even if you dont have a clue what RE is.
fair enough, i don't agree it's lazy, but the Resi joke was better ... and as for comparing it to Scary Movie ... :nono:
i see the difference, but The Matrix part of the episode wasn't the only joke ...
My sister is 21, I think she was 20 when i lent it to her. I and she loved Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz as we liked Spaced, but were aware of the flaws. :p I think Shaun is pretty much flawless, but the jury is still out on Hot Fuzz. I didnt want to watch it again straight away, and cant see myself ever watching it again, to be honest.
i always found Spaced to be targetted at a particular audience, much like say, Withnail & I, not for everyone, but Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz (perhaps less so) have very similar referential humour ...
Anyway, my original point still stands. the weaker elements of Spaced give the objective viewer an inkling into how bad it would be stretched to 30 episodes. And thats FACT!!!111 ;)
i think they could have done 7 more episodes to finish it off, but only if they had the time to do them ... dragging it out would have been a bad move; much better to finish on a high ...
I know 'Scary Movie' was a cheap shot. Sorry. :) I do think Spaced is a (flawed) masterpiece. anyway, its massively off topic, so I'll stop now.
MaxNutter
28-08-2007, 12:37
I know 'Scary Movie' was a cheap shot. Sorry. :) I do think Spaced is a (flawed) masterpiece. anyway, its massively off topic, so I'll stop now.
fair enough ... anyway, do you like the IT Crowd? ;)
Can we get back to calling UK TV shows series and not season please?
I do like the IT Crowd, but dont like it when people mispronounce it as IT corwd rather than I.T. Crowd ;)
MetalGearAl
28-08-2007, 13:12
"In the DVD commentary track for series one, writer Graham Linehan says both pronunciations are as valid as each other"
;)
"In the DVD commentary track for series one, writer Graham Linehan says both pronunciations are as valid as each other"
;)
I've always read it to mean the I.T. crowd, but I guess he just says that to stop all arguments.
derek cassidy
28-08-2007, 14:48
Can we get back to calling UK TV shows series and not season please?
Amen.
While we're doing that, can we stop saying "I'm good" instead of "I'm well/fine"
"Hey" instead of "Hi" or "Hello"
...and any number of other Americanisms that people have foolishly adopted without wondering, "hold on, I don't hear Americans saying "series" or "not so bad" or "hiya"".
Isn't it bad enough that we have US tv dominating channel 4 & sky, are continually patronised by them, used by them politically, see their fast food chains on every high street & generally made to look like their useful idiots that we need to start talking like them?
You can bet one thing...they aint in any hurry to talk like us...man.
Btw, I'm not "anti american"/"un american"/"liberal"/"a supporter of terrorism"/"communist"...might aswell throw in "anti semite" too.
MaxNutter
28-08-2007, 14:59
Btw, I'm not "anti american"/"un american"/"liberal"/"a supporter of terrorism"/"communist"...might aswell throw in "anti semite" too.
grumpy old man by any chance?
i've rarely heard anyone refer to a UK program as having 'seasons', but is it ok for them to refer to US ones as having them?
When I started reading your post I assumed you were being sarcastic :|
i've rarely heard anyone refer to a UK program as having 'seasons', but is it ok for them to refer to US ones as having them?
In addition to that, most people I know refer to American 'seasons' as 'series' (eg "The new series of Lost starts next week").
If people get wound up over stuff like this then at least it means they don't have any real problems.
In addition to that, most people I know refer to American 'seasons' as 'series' (eg "The new series of Lost starts next week").
If people get wound up over stuff like this then at least it means they don't have any real problems.
But I've heard TV channels in the UK start referring to them as seasons as well, whether American or not. I heard an announcer on one of the 4 channels, might've been E4 or more4 refer to the last episode of shameless as "the season finale". How more American can you get? This is how I see it:
UK TV series, tend to be 6 episodes but sometimes can be more, maybe 8 or 9.
American TV seasons, tend be much longer, maybe at least 23 episodes, so called seasons I'm assuming because of when they air and the length of series of episodes.
Anyone care to comment/correct me?
John Murray
28-08-2007, 17:18
Anyone care to get this thread back? :shrug:
Anyone care to get this thread back? :shrug:
Sorry, I was digressing somewhat.
I enjoyed this episode, was a good start to the series but I hope it doesn't go the way of Little Britain in that the basis of every episode is built around the taking the mick out of disabled or handicap people. Little Britain started so well but by the 3rd series had lost the plot and I'm hoping the IT crowd doesn't go the same way.
Analog Kid
28-08-2007, 18:49
I thought it was an OK start but it probably didn't help that I'd just watched possibly the best of the first series 'The Haunting of Bill Crouse' just beforehand.
As per a previous comment, the office set has changed quite radically, the shelves of stuff behind Moss look to be filled with random oddments which bear no relation to IT equipment and the Sofa wasn't there in the previous series, it looks quite a bit tidier and less unpleasant than the first series set too.
BlueDwarf
28-08-2007, 20:03
Sad to see that unfunny cretin from ****** Boosh in the ep. Had to skip that bit.
The central story line "No that there's anything wrong with that!" has been done to death.
However, the rest showing the guys ending up in behind the bar/in a wheelchair was very funy indeed.
Dr Derek Doctors
28-08-2007, 20:23
This was absolutely at the right level of cringiness for me. I can't hack The Office but the social discomfort on display in this episode was spot on. Really, really big laughs from me, especially (as someone pointed out) the perfectly timed reveal of Moss behind the bar.
I think they mined the premise exactly the right amount without repetition and with really nice tying together of the little plot strands. Cracking stuff.
Sad to see that unfunny cretin from ****** Boosh in the ep. Had to skip that bit.
The central story line "No that there's anything wrong with that!" has been done to death.
However, the rest showing the guys ending up in behind the bar/in a wheelchair was very funy indeed.
Ah good, I thought I was the only one that didn't find Noel Fielding funny in the slightest.
The Mighty Boosh is better than Spaced.
;)
The Mighty Boosh is better than Spaced.
;)
You really want this fight don't you?
I haven't seen the mighty boosh, but if Noel Fiedling is anything to go by then I would say that Spaced is 100x better than the Mighty Boosh.
derek cassidy
28-08-2007, 22:39
grumpy old man by any chance?
i've rarely heard anyone refer to a UK program as having 'seasons', but is it ok for them to refer to US ones as having them?
You've rarely heard it...I regularly hear it.
One of us has poor hearing.
Maybe you don't hear people say "I'm good" when you ask them how they are either?
MetalGearAl
28-08-2007, 22:46
Or you could just not let it bother you, there's greater things to worry about - like the constant threat of terrorism.
I actually find Extras / The Office much more cringeworthy than this (didn't think it was cringey at all), but this first ep did make my flatmate make the same "I'm finding this cringeworthy" sounds as he does when he's watching those, so perhaps :lol:
derek cassidy
28-08-2007, 22:48
In addition to that, most people I know refer to American 'seasons' as 'series' (eg "The new series of Lost starts next week").
If people get wound up over stuff like this then at least it means they don't have any real problems.
Using US terms to describe non US tv programmes is symptomatic of the ongoing Americanisation of the world.
It is that that concerns me, not ONE word.
The people you know may use the word "series", but Sky television don't, nor do Channel 4.
We play sport in this country...yet the channels are called Sky Sports, not Sky Sport.
Do the math...
Using US terms to describe non US tv programmes is symptomatic of the ongoing Americanisation of the world.
It is that that concerns me, not ONE word.
The people you know may use the word "series", but Sky television don't, nor do Channel 4.
We play sport in this country...yet the channels are called Sky Sports, not Sky Sport.
Do the math...
I'm assuming the use of the "math" was ironic?
derek cassidy
28-08-2007, 23:08
Or you could just not let it bother you, there's greater things to worry about - like the constant threat of terrorism.
I actually find Extras / The Office much more cringeworthy than this (didn't think it was cringey at all), but this first ep did make my flatmate make the same "I'm finding this cringeworthy" sounds as he does when he's watching those, so perhaps :lol:
the "constant threat of terrorism" is another thing we have America to thank for....twice over in fact, first for the actual threat (actually, comparative to other threats to ones person, very small, you are statistically more likely to be struck by lightning twice in one day than face a terrorist attack) & second for the imagined or "constant" threat the US have decided we need to live in fear of.
The threat of terrorism is there to scare the public into backing the politicians view of engaging countries suspected of terrorism, nothing more.
derek cassidy
28-08-2007, 23:29
I'm assuming the use of the "math" was ironic?
You assume right Allan.
Nothing against other countries having an influence per se, it's just that the "other country" always seems to be the US. I don't think it's paranoia to suggest that, nor do I think (as some have said) that it's not worth getting bothered about.
Seemingly innocuous things are often symptomatic of a larger problem...like that small spot or lump we ignore that develops into cancer without our knowledge.
I'm not sure I understand the problem some posters have about going off topic either...surely discussions are open to a few digressions? Why the hostility? Too many US tv shows they've watched.
derek cassidy
28-08-2007, 23:44
The threat of terrorism is there to scare the public into backing the politicians view of engaging countries suspected of terrorism, nothing more.
It acheives that but it also serves another purpose, that of controlling the masses.
Fear= control.
I suppose once the dream of a police state is a reality, we'll be confined to our homes on curfew watching season 17 of "24"...jibbering wrecks strung out on prozac huddled round our plasmas waiting for Armoured Dinnerjacket or some new bogeyman to come & nuke us.
derek cassidy
29-08-2007, 00:06
When I started reading your post I assumed you were being sarcastic :|
I suppose American influence bothers some more than others.
That bothers me.
GAmbrose
29-08-2007, 08:27
Theres nothing wrong with calling American TV shows 'seasons', since that is what they are officially known by.
But UK tv shows should be series.
Gary A
MaxNutter
29-08-2007, 09:14
You've rarely heard it...I regularly hear it.
One of us has poor hearing.
Maybe you don't hear people say "I'm good" when you ask them how they are either?
no, maybe one of us should stop hanging around with transatlantic wannabe ****wits?
on other things ... Spaced is/was great, and so is The Mighty Boosh ...
vive la difference!
Stevie G
29-08-2007, 17:21
I thought the first series was a bit of a struggle, but this first episode of series two was hilarious! Definately sticking with it if it carries on like that!
derek cassidy
29-08-2007, 22:20
no, maybe one of us should stop hanging around with transatlantic wannabe ****wits?
on other things ... Spaced is/was great, and so is The Mighty Boosh ...
vive la difference!
The "transatlantic wannabe ****wits" you refer to are presumably channel 4, sky tv, et al., not people of my acquaintance of whom I made no mention...not that that fact has prevented you from insulting me & these assumed friends of mine...good for you.:clap:
Like I said, tv channels regularly use the US term "season" (as do dvd ads) for NON American tv. That's a fact you can choose to ignore or deem unimportant, but it's a fact nonetheless.
MaxNutter
30-08-2007, 07:59
The "transatlantic wannabe ****wits" you refer to are presumably channel 4, sky tv, et al., not people of my acquaintance of whom I made no mention...not that that fact has prevented you from insulting me & these assumed friends of mine...good for you.:clap:
Like I said, tv channels regularly use the US term "season" (as do dvd ads) for NON American tv. That's a fact you can choose to ignore or deem unimportant, but it's a fact nonetheless.
there was no insult to you, and no presumption of these people being friends of yours ... just that, perhaps over emphasising your point, these people are ****wits ... but if the cap fits ...
i don't hear people say "I'm good" either, is that on channel 4 too?
language changes, evolves, if not it dies ... sure we're getting an influx of American English at the moment, but that's nothing new; it's been happening since the 1940s ...
i must admit to not being overly bothered about misuse of apostrophe's either, but there you go ...
MetalGearAl
30-08-2007, 08:08
Oh, and the sofa is there in the first series :p
Rabbi of Caerbannog
30-08-2007, 08:28
Mrs Rabbi and I caught up with Ep 1 last night. Each to their own but we were both in stitches.
I just got round to watching this last night and I enjoyed it, some really funny moments (I though the toilet guy bit was brilliant).
With wanting to get too :dork: if you look again you will see a big pile to monitors and crap outside the door so maybe they just cleaned up the office a bit??
allan175
30-08-2007, 16:27
I liked the first series, as did my older two kids (16,14). We really enjoyed this start to the second series. Looking forward to the rest. :thumbs:
Also, we all like Spaced and Father Ted too. And even though they are relatively young, they think Spaced is hilarious and they've watched all the episodes more than I have!
derek cassidy
30-08-2007, 18:31
there was no insult to you, and no presumption of these people being friends of yours ... just that, perhaps over emphasising your point, these people are ****wits ... but if the cap fits ...
i don't hear people say "I'm good" either, is that on channel 4 too?
language changes, evolves, if not it dies ... sure we're getting an influx of American English at the moment, but that's nothing new; it's been happening since the 1940s ...
i must admit to not being overly bothered about misuse of apostrophe's either, but there you go ...
People are forever saying "I'm good" as opposed to "I'm fine" on popular tv...that isn't language "evolving", it is language being replaced. This "influx of american english" is one way, americans don't employ english expressions so readily & when they do acquire something British (like Hugh Laurie for example) they Americanise it to taste.
If it was about grammar or odd words I would not be concerned, the fact is it goes significantly deeper than calling a series a "season". Being bothered by it isn't the point...I'm talking about being aware of it & it's wider implications.
It would be laughable to suggest that tv in this country has not been almost entirely Americanised in terms of presentation & content...and doubtless most other countries too. The influence is ONE WAY. That's called a monopoly...decide for yourself whether monopolies (in any aspect of life) are a good thing. I say that they are ruinous.
derek cassidy
31-08-2007, 00:52
Howdy!
:brickwall
Well this threat has gone complete OT.
Well this threat has gone complete OT.
It's crashed and burned, but its been a laugh riot, dude.
It's crashed and burned, but its been a laugh riot, dude.
Right on brother.
MaxNutter
31-08-2007, 09:05
People are forever saying "I'm good" as opposed to "I'm fine" on popular tv...that isn't language "evolving", it is language being replaced. This "influx of american english" is one way, americans don't employ english expressions so readily & when they do acquire something British (like Hugh Laurie for example) they Americanise it to taste.
If it was about grammar or odd words I would not be concerned, the fact is it goes significantly deeper than calling a series a "season". Being bothered by it isn't the point...I'm talking about being aware of it & it's wider implications.
It would be laughable to suggest that tv in this country has not been almost entirely Americanised in terms of presentation & content...and doubtless most other countries too. The influence is ONE WAY. That's called a monopoly...decide for yourself whether monopolies (in any aspect of life) are a good thing. I say that they are ruinous.
i'll agree to disagree; English has always evolved by taking on foreign influence ...
the real monopoly is the lack of choice in the commercial board game world ...
MetalGearAl
31-08-2007, 09:20
Well at least after tonight's episode it'll get back on track - hopefully :)
KennyVader
31-08-2007, 09:55
It's crashed and burned, but its been a laugh riot, dude.
Have you tried turning it off then on again.
lurker452
31-08-2007, 16:26
Is it on any other day besides Friday?
Everyday on Youtube, but I'm sure someone in a prior post mentioned something about a late night repeat?
you can watch in on 4OD for free for a week afterwards.
http://www.channel4.com/4od/index.html
Hmmmm, is it just me, or was that a bit weak tonight?
morantic
31-08-2007, 21:02
I thought tonights was very funny indeed - Matt Berry was brilliant, really good stuff!
Was fairly spoiled by the fact we'd seen the majority of the episode in trailers.
The Dixon Bainbridge character worked in The Mighty Boosh, playing 'exactly' the same character in the I.T Crowd doesn't get my hopes up much.
ShakeyJake
31-08-2007, 21:06
He played the same character in that thing he did with that American bloke from the Boosh, the name escapes me. Was it Snuffbox?
As for tonight episodes I thought it was pretty good, better than a lot of the crap BBC puts out recently.
KennyVader
31-08-2007, 21:09
Good but not as good as last week's. Felt like it was just there to set up the rest of the series without Denholm really.
Did laugh out loud at Roy "dying" in the church and then finding out it was his pimped-up phone vibrating!
KeyserSoze
31-08-2007, 21:28
I thought it was similar to last week in that it started slow and just exploded with laughs.
Ive never seen the Mighty Boosh I assume you are referring to Chris Morris' son? but I thought he was hilarious.
I enjoyed tonight's episode. First one i'd seen but it made me LOL which is the first UK Comedy to do so since The Office.
That's the one KeyserSoze. He is funny, just seems to always play the same character no matter what.
nwgarratt
31-08-2007, 21:32
That was rubbish and no way as good as last week.
Drysolder
31-08-2007, 22:06
The Dixon Bainbridge character worked in The Mighty Boosh, playing 'exactly' the same character in the I.T Crowd doesn't get my hopes up much.
He's a one trick pony, that guy - he was pretty much the same in Garth Merenghi.
Thought tonight's was much better than last weeks, and closer to the premise of the show (mainly studio and character based).
KennyVader
31-08-2007, 22:13
Half of it was in a church!
Tony Keats
31-08-2007, 23:14
I agree with the people saying that this week’s episode was a little ‘off’… Particularly compared to last week’s effort.
Personally, I didn’t really like the way Roy bought into the stupid internet ‘death prediction’ thing so completely. Yes I know, it’s only a sitcom etc, but come on… that was a little too much to accept from a motivational standpoint for me. Likewise with Jen rushing out of the church so she could smoke a used cigarette TBH… That sub-plot came across as rather forced and tacked-on.
Last week’s episode felt a little different, and more rewarding, because things started out relatively simple/rational, and then spiralled out of control. This week’s just seemed silly/contrived from the very beginning.
Admittedly, I’m probably over-analysing things a tad here, and I still like the series in general, it’s just that I enjoyed last week’s show a lot more.
Sprout Crumble
31-08-2007, 23:20
I thought it was bloody brilliant again.
Denholms funeral video and the pension scam.. :lol:
pompeyfan
01-09-2007, 00:09
Missed it tonight as my sky+ decided I didn't want to watch it and cancelled the recording:mad:
brendonw
01-09-2007, 08:54
Missed it tonight as my sky+ decided I didn't want to watch it and cancelled the recording:mad:
Download it from 4OD - free for a week :)
Not quite as good as last weeks but still funny tho' :D
Truly terrible episode, a huge disappointment.
First half was okay, but the last 10m were awful.
BTW who exactly is Matt Berry -- whose character was woefully unfunny -- and why has he got the Net community in his pocket?
jonathan.e
01-09-2007, 09:11
Matt Berry played Todd Rivers/Dr Lucien Sanchez in Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace and co-wrote the rather excellent "Berry and Fulcher‘s Snuff Box" for BBC3 as well as doing all of the music for said show. A talented bloke with a ridiculously amusing voice he deserves far better than appearing in this wretched show.
allan175
01-09-2007, 09:19
Matt Berry played Todd Rivers/Dr Lucien Sanchez in Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace and co-wrote the rather excellent "Berry and Fulcher‘s Snuff Box" for BBC3 as well as doing all of the music for said show. A talented bloke with a ridiculously amusing voice he deserves far better than appearing in this wretched show.
I know most other people disagree, but I found the Chris Morris (and now his son) the most annoying character(s) in it!
BlueDwarf
01-09-2007, 10:11
Beeped out f-words?
Doesn't Channel 4 like to pretend to be edgy?
They did the same in the first series (Japanese guy loving his DM boots stamped on Jen's foot), it's the amount of beeping in a short time that's meant to be funny, not the actual swearing.
Did work better in the Japanese guy scene :D
MetalGearAl
01-09-2007, 12:24
Especially when they guy (Danny Wallace!) on the bleep buzzer got it wrong for when Denholm swore and you heard it :)
PockyMonster
01-09-2007, 13:20
Didn't Moss drop the f-bomb earlier in the episode unbleeped? I was quite surprised by it, seemed totally out of place.
Thought Berry was great, sure he only does one thing but he does it well and thats what counts :D
allan175
01-09-2007, 13:29
Didn't Moss drop the f-bomb earlier in the episode unbleeped? I was quite surprised by it, seemed totally out of place.
Moss said "Mother fudging!".
Which is probably worse really! :suspect:
PockyMonster
01-09-2007, 15:37
Ah, laptop speakers and all ;)
Beeped out f-words?
Doesn't Channel 4 like to pretend to be edgy?
i thought that may be due to people being offended with swearing in church.
ian_davies
02-09-2007, 23:13
"FFAATTHHEERR!!"
Anyone who didn't laugh at that will probably never, ever enjoy Matt Berry in anything. I agree that he is a one-trick pony, but he cracks me up.
Anyway, I thought it was a rather good episode. Not quite as funny as last week's, but Denholm casually walking out of the window had me in stitches.
KennyVader
02-09-2007, 23:37
Why does Son Of Denholm's voice sound sort of disembodied, sort of dubbed, in the show and especially the trailer? Is that an intentional part of his act?
Why does Son Of Denholm's voice sound sort of disembodied, sort of dubbed, in the show and especially the trailer? Is that an intentional part of his act?
It's Matt Berry's niche (it was his gimmick in Darkplace and he seems to have kept it)
MetalGearAl
03-09-2007, 07:19
It's just like Richard Ayoade's "bad acting" niche too.
"Speak Priest"
Some funny moments but wasn't as good as last weeks episode.
Another huge fan of Berry here - his other 'trait' is the insertion of choice words and phrases. You either get an utterance during some act of violence that goes a bit wrong (I think there was a "tits" to accompany the random battering of the coffin), or a phrase like "coming into the station" at the end :)
I can't decide how ep2 compares to ep1, they're surprisingly different - especially part 2 of ep2 which went very random. I did like the extended slapping fight, and the cutaway to Jen sat in a den of smoke with Eastenders blaring away.
Nick dVl
03-09-2007, 11:55
Matt Berry is brilliant IMO. That over-the-top voice just cracks me up every time. I was hoping he'd make an appearance - he seems to show up in most things with Ayoade (Darkplace, Man to Man, etc).
MetalGearAl
03-09-2007, 13:13
They seem to be part of a new generation of comedy actors that are usually seen together (including the various people who appear in The Mighty Boosh).
The problem is, if you didn't like Matt Berry in the first thing you saw him in, you're going to instantly dislike him in everything else. I've seen him in plenty of stuff now that I liked (still thought Snuffbox was mostly crap, mind), but I thought this episode was rather poor.
It was all too surreal from the moment he stepped in, I wonder how much influence he had over Graham Linehan when it came to writing his part?
wong fei hong
03-09-2007, 13:44
I hadn't expected Matt Barry to turn up, but when he did it all made perfect, horrible, brilliant sense. The first ten minutes of the show my girlfriend and I were thinking that it was a bit poor compared to the week before (though Chris Morris suicide was great) - when they got to the church it was much better.
And the crazy picture that Berry put up in his office killed me. :lol:
WeaselFierce
06-09-2007, 19:30
Did laugh out loud at Roy "dying" in the church and then finding out it was his pimped-up phone vibrating!
Agreed. Good setup with a wonderful payoff! Moss's "Motherfudging" and Denholm's funeral pic were also class highlights. :lol:
GAmbrose
07-09-2007, 12:50
I missed the first episode of the series, and only just watched the 2nd one on 4OD.
I like Matt Berry, though he is a bit of a one trick pony...I always wondered if that was his real voice since he's been in loads of stuff and always spoken like that.
The vibrating phone thing at the end with the weird picture of him in the same position was funny (but very surreal)
Gary A
I like Matt Berry, though he is a bit of a one trick pony...I always wondered if that was his real voice since he's been in loads of stuff and always spoken like that.
It's not, wonder no more!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L61W6XnTGeo
ShakeyJake
07-09-2007, 21:31
Do they actually still work in an IT Department? They've spent less than 2 minutes there so far this series.
Do they actually still work in an IT Department? They've spent less than 2 minutes there so far this series.
Can't remember Ted, Dougal and Jack spending a lot of time in church either.
Drysolder
07-09-2007, 21:35
Great ep, rubbish continuity error with the cables poking out all over the floor at the end tho.
WeaselFierce
07-09-2007, 22:18
Have to say, I was a little dissapointed by this weeks. Still some amusing moments but it lacked a bit of umph!
It was an okay episode, enjoyable enough, certainly not amazing. I didn't really get the final scene, the reason for the camera on the floor and the applause, was it just that he is supposedly playing to the crew? Maybe I'm being dense. :shrug:
The first episode of this season was class, best one of the three so far! :thumbs:
Mark
ShakeyJake
07-09-2007, 22:23
It was an okay episode, enjoyable enough, certainly not amazing. I didn't really get the final scene, the reason for the camera on the floor and the applause, was it just that he is supposedly playing to the crew? Maybe I'm being dense. :shrug:
He was playing the theme tune
KennyVader
08-09-2007, 00:52
I liked the anti-piracy ad at the start. And Roy and Moss "at the cinema" going on about being too close to the screen, until Moss turned the lights on and it was Roy's flat :lol:
Didn't like all the "smokers are somewhere like Russia" stuff, it was funny when she looked around and the smoking side was all horrible and grey but everyone inside looked warm and nice, after that it was just rehashing the same joke over and over.
I'm finding her hotter the more i see her!
MrHat001
08-09-2007, 08:48
I'm finding her hotter the more i see her!
I'm beginning to notice this as well.
Watched it round a mates last night and there was a scene early on where she was sitting down talking to Moss and her legs looked pretty darn good. Plus there's a certain 'quirky' charm about her.
This was a good episode, and it cames out with the funniest line i've heard in a while, just as I was thinking how forgettable most dialogue is in modern day comedy:
Roy: "People. What a bunch of ********."
KeyserSoze
08-09-2007, 17:07
Didn't like all the "smokers are somewhere like Russia" stuff, it was funny when she looked around and the smoking side was all horrible and grey but everyone inside looked warm and nice, after that it was just rehashing the same joke over and over.
I liked that. I like the way they mix surrealism into the show, fake blue screen backgrounds, odd background characters. I dont know whether its intentional or just an ultra cheap production!
GAmbrose
10-09-2007, 12:42
He was playing the theme tune
So in answer to your question Python, you were being dense :D
Gary A
first episode is still the best so far
MetalGearAl
10-09-2007, 13:47
Agreed.
The Soviet sub-plot was a bit obscure, especially the second scene of it where she had taken on the persona with no real explanation why. I wasn't sure if she was just playing along for a laugh, seemed a bit odd.
Series 2 highlight is still the lift bits and the expression on his face as it went up and then down. (True Father Ted moments if ever I saw them)
The recent repeats of S1 reminded me of my fave bit from it, the Adam Buxton episode with the Ring ripoff "Stop telling people you slept with me, You edit!" :lol:
Bypassing the swear censor is against the T&Cs.
piracy bit was classic! the dvd should use that instead of the normal one :lol:
MetalGearAl
10-09-2007, 14:46
Shame they didn't re-use Peter Serafinowicz for the ad voice-over,sounded like Matt Berry this time.
What lift bit? Perhaps my memory is being poor but I don't remember it.
The lift on the back of the minibus.
davey1970
12-09-2007, 17:24
Maybe someone has said it before, but the scenario reminds me of Black Books - the 2 idiots having one escapade whilst their woman friend has another.
In particular her outing the gay guy to himself was very similar to Fran going on a date with some guy she met and him talking about elton john being "faboulous".
I'm loving this series and am so pleased it at least almost matches up to the first.
LooneyJetman
15-09-2007, 08:33
I thought last night's episode was very funny, especially when Jen went looking for Richmond and Roy's discovery that the model had "all the consoles".
Thought last night's episode was "Ok ish" again.
It does appear obvious now that whilst the 1st episode was almost an in-joke for techy people, it's now become almost a sit-com, take the odd balls and put them in a different scenario each week to see how odd they act.
It's kinda missing the bulls eye for me.
I still think the episode with the wheelchair (was that the 1st one?) was the best.
That said, there are always a few on the nail moments each week.
I did enjoy the Peter File gags ;)
SqueakyG
15-09-2007, 12:56
I love the way Moss always asks for a white russian.
Has he been watching too much of the Dude?
WeaselFierce
15-09-2007, 14:09
Nice to see Richmond given something to do this episode. :) The Peter File discussion around the dinner table was the highlight though. :thumbs:
Oh dear
I wonder what these 2 guys thought of this weeks episode? :D
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/Paul-rs/peter-file.gif
rezabelady
15-09-2007, 15:47
They could always move to America!
KeyserSoze
15-09-2007, 23:06
Thought last night's episode was "Ok ish" again.
It does appear obvious now that whilst the 1st episode was almost an in-joke for techy people, it's now become almost a sit-com, take the odd balls and put them in a different scenario each week to see how odd they act.
It's kinda missing the bulls eye for me.
I still think the episode with the wheelchair (was that the 1st one?) was the best.
That said, there are always a few on the nail moments each week.
I did enjoy the Peter File gags ;)
I quite like the new format. I think you can only have so many IT techy jokes. They were already pretty bad in the first series (even though I did enjoy it).
I loved the bit just before the guests arrived where Jen asks the guys to relax :D
Steve1977
15-09-2007, 23:11
In my opinion the first series was god awful until the fantastic final episode. Did they change writers then?
Series 2 is just as good as that last episode and it seems that the woman is taking more of a back seat and its a comedy about the three IT Workers. Glad Noel Fielding is in it more. Great stuff.
KennyVader
15-09-2007, 23:13
Just rewatched this week's episode. Absolute genius. So many laugh out loud moments.
- Peter asking if Jen can find three guys and the three of them being right there
- Richmond hiding on the ceiling
- "White wine"
- the three of them trying to be "normal"
- Moss trying to fight off the "divorcable" mad one
- the whole Peter File thing
- the girl having ALL the consoles ... was she cjanderson?
:lol:
Tony Keats
16-09-2007, 00:54
Yup, very enjoyable ep. And I'm glad aswell, because I was starting to worry about this series...
See, I really liked the first episode, but the next two annoyed me a fair bit and lacked proper laughs IMO. This was much better though... And more in line with what I want from the show.
As touched on in this thread, last week's Soviet sub-plot was just odd in a bad way. I hated that. And the week before was the silly death-prediction/funeral one, which also kinda rubbed me up the wrong way.
But anyway, thumbs up this week...
As touched on in this thread, last week's Soviet sub-plot was just odd in a bad way.
Sometimes my dyslexia really buggers my reading of grammar. I've only just worked out was meant by "Soviet sub-plot" for a week now I've been think "There wasn't a submarine in that episode...." :nuts:
nwgarratt
16-09-2007, 14:56
Didn't like this weeks episode much and ended up keeping swapping channels back and forth to seeing Samuel L Jackson on Rossy.
Didn't like this weeks episode much and ended up keeping swapping channels back and forth to seeing Samuel L Jackson on Rossy.
How could you do that? It wasn't on at the same time. :?:
nwgarratt
16-09-2007, 15:38
How could you do that? It wasn't on at the same time. :?:
It was on 4+1 and Samuel was a lot funnier than that episode of IT Crowd.
MetalGearAl
16-09-2007, 21:33
They really like Mr Scruff, the same poster has appeared on 3 different walls now :dork:
Some funny moments in this episode. I liked Mos and the mad woman suddenly acting like a married couple "You're not the man I fancied when I walked in here this evening"
but they might as well drop the IT Crowd name.
The Peter File thing was <s>nicked</s> an 'homage' from the Brass Eye Paedo special though surely?
Anyway, top ep again IMO. Love anything involving Richmond - the noise of him shagging was very funny.
Oh and 'memory IS ram!' :D :dork:
Two girls from Peep Show too - the 'oh my god' one was the shoe shop girl who Mark followed to university and the car crash girl was Toni's sister (the one who didn't have cancer).
KennyVader
16-09-2007, 21:49
but they might as well drop the IT Crowd name.
I don't see why, their office is still the IT Dept in the basement, and is full of old computers and IT junk in the background, and it allows for geeky jokes like Moss' "ha! memory IS ram!" and the woman who Richmond got off with doing her "robotic" jokes when she was first introduced to them
ShakeyJake
16-09-2007, 22:11
Two girls from Peep Show too - the 'oh my god' one was the shoe shop girl who Mark followed to university and the car crash girl was Toni's sister (the one who didn't have cancer).
She was in some sketch show with Super Hans the other day, can't remember the name, dog something?
The Peter File thing was <s>nicked</s> an 'homage' from the Brass Eye Paedo special though surely?
...of which Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews were writers, amongst others. :thumbs:
Sprout Crumble
17-09-2007, 00:17
Two girls from Peep Show too - the 'oh my god' one was the shoe shop girl who Mark followed to university
She was in Time Gentlemen Please as well. Played a French archaeology student.
SilverLiner
17-09-2007, 18:15
Two girls from Peep Show too - the 'oh my god' one was the shoe shop girl who Mark followed to university and the car crash girl was Toni's sister (the one who didn't have cancer).
Aaaah cheers! It was starting to bug me as I was trying to work out who she was. Good to see the shoe shop girl in it too :luv:
GAmbrose
17-09-2007, 19:17
Brings to mind one of my favorite Peep Show lines:
"Good looks and low self esteem, the winning combination"
Gary A
Analog Kid
17-09-2007, 20:14
I thought Friday's episode was much funnier than the previous couple, as others have said there were several laugh-out-loud moments and I thought the final "Look at me" line from behind the red door was a stroke of genius, hopefully the remaining episodes will continue to improve.
MetalGearAl
18-09-2007, 08:39
The girl who was in Peep Show needs to eat a good meal or two, she looked much better then :)
This has gotten really funny, but in an obvious not very sophisticated way. But that's all right, its like a guilty pleasure.
This last episode was the funniest yet. Am I the only one who thought the three chicks were way weirder than the IT crowd? The "OMG" girl was brilliant.
I know its a TV show, but who the **** would name their son that and who having been named that would not change it as soon as he could? The airport scene was great though.
Mr Majestik
19-09-2007, 12:42
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I know its a TV show, but who the **** would name their son that and who having been named that would not change it as soon as he could? .
Have a look at post 192.
How weird - post #192 is an extract from 192.com! What are the chances of that happening, eh?
How weird - post #192 is an extract from 192.com! What are the chances of that happening, eh?
This'll really freak you out, then: the chances of that happening are 192/1. ;)
WeaselFierce
21-09-2007, 21:45
Absolute work of genius! Tonights episode was by far the best. I laughed heartily from start to finish.:notworthy
KeyserSoze
21-09-2007, 22:13
I thought it was a bit rubbish until the very end bit on Dragons Den.
Mr Majestik
21-09-2007, 22:45
Gets the fantastic episode vote from me. Especially the Newsnight bit.
"If you type Google into Google, you can break the Internet" :thumbs:
Very funny episode.
KennyVader
22-09-2007, 15:02
"If you type Google into Google, you can break the Internet" :thumbs:
Very funny episode.
How many people have tried it this morning :thumbs:
Probably all the people that have emailed filepeter@hotmail.com ...
MetalGearAl
22-09-2007, 15:54
Thought this was one of the weaker episodes, personally.
GAmbrose
22-09-2007, 17:14
Same here, though it didn't have my full attention as I was ironing at the time.
Gary A
PockyMonster
22-09-2007, 23:17
I did enjoy the Guy Kewney parody, good call on that.. Moss was a perfect character for that.
BlueDwarf
23-09-2007, 02:24
Wish the actress could do more than SHOUT IN A FUNNY VOICE when doing here comedy bit.
Wish the actress could do more than SHOUT IN A FUNNY VOICE when doing here comedy bit.
Though it does perpetuate the fact that woman just aren't funny :D
MetalGearAl
23-09-2007, 11:17
Wish the actress could do more than SHOUT IN A FUNNY VOICE when doing here comedy bit.
True, it does seem to be her thing!
I thought the whole Dragons Den thing was quite good, especially with the voice over parody when they are in the den.
Not as good as last week though
MetalGearAl
23-09-2007, 21:39
I wonder if that's repeated in 15 years time if anyone will remember Dragon's Den :)
KennyVader
23-09-2007, 23:11
Wish the actress could do more than SHOUT IN A FUNNY VOICE when doing here comedy bit.
Yes I much preferred her in Series 1 when she didn't do that quite so much.
Been bugging me where I've seen here before this, and there she is in Doc Martin playing the receptionist, Pauline.
MetalGearAl
01-10-2007, 09:22
What did everyone think of the final episode? Thought it had some funny moments (mostly from Matt Berry), but the ending was a little odd!
Something felt a bit off about it, but I'm not sure what. Maybe I'm wanting a "proper" ending from a sitcom that doesn't warrant one :)
I thought it was the weakest episode of the series.
I agree, wasn't really funny at all and the ending was abrupt to say the least.
WeaselFierce
01-10-2007, 17:10
Yeah, felt a bit flat for a series finale. Did like some of Matt's lines though -- "You've got spunk AND balls! I like that in a woman!" :notworthy
MetalGearAl
01-10-2007, 17:17
I think it was just the plot that was weak, it still had some cracking lines in it.
morantic
01-10-2007, 19:28
I think this series has been really good - hope it comes back for a third. Nice to see Lineham doing a bit of acting in it as well!
Analog Kid
01-10-2007, 20:06
Bit of an anti-climax I thought, had it's moments but ultimately not that great. Overall I think there were some decent episodes but the dinner party was by far the best.
GProject
01-10-2007, 23:09
Noticed the series 2 (version 2.0) DVD was out today as well as a box set of both series - anyone got it? Are the commentary tracks any good, or just a needless addition to give the feeling of value? (I've had mixed experiences with TV show commentaries).
Just got round to watching this last night and it was the poorest episode of the two series. Very big let down. It was like they didn't know how to end the series. Maybe the end was wrote before they knew if there would be a new series so it was changed.
MetalGearAl
02-10-2007, 13:02
Why, has a 3rd series been commissioned?
Why, has a 3rd series been commissioned?
I don't know. It just seemed to me like the ending wasn't thought off or was hastily changed.
GAmbrose
02-10-2007, 13:28
That was the last one? Has it been on for 8 weeks already?
Gary A
That was the last one? Has it been on for 8 weeks already?
Gary A
it's only been on for 6 weeks.
GAmbrose
02-10-2007, 14:24
I swear I read somewhere that this series was 8 episodes...
Oh it was an old press release:
The IT Crowd is currently being broadcast on Channel 4 on Friday nights and the current series comes to the end of its six show run on Friday 3rd March. The second series has been extended to eight 30 minute episodes and is likely to air on C4 during 2007.
Gary A
MetalGearAl
02-10-2007, 15:36
Shame, but it was definitely the last.
The DVD menu's for season 2 are possibly even better than the first. There excellent! Very funny.
Hamburger3
02-11-2007, 11:41
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/c4_orders_more_comedy.html
IT Crowd and Peep Show back.
Is the IT Room any way related to this show? Does seem rather similar, linky (http://www.theitroom.com/), except it's a US web based thing... and they have a monkey.
Goes live Nov 11th.
KennyVader
02-11-2007, 20:10
Is the IT Room any way related to this show? Does seem rather similar, linky (http://www.theitroom.com/), except it's a US web based thing... and they have a monkey.
Goes live Nov 11th.
Nah that just looks like some viral marketing clone to me. The US series of the IT Crowd is going to have Richard Ayoade in it same as the UK series.
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