Shurrup.
Anyway, I thought this was good stuff. Despite being only 20 minutes long. Silly old Americans.
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Quote: zooo @ March 7 2013, 10:49 AM GMTShurrup.
Anyway, I thought this was good stuff. Despite being only 20 minutes long. Silly old Americans.
I love that American's can cram so much great comedy into twenty minutes.
Yeah, they never feel 20 minutes. I don't know how they do it.
So last night's double bill on the Beeb was the first 2 episodes of season one? The pit into a park storyline.
Thought it was great.
Presumably it must have influenced TWENTY TWELVE to some degree.
Quote: George Kaplan @ March 7 2013, 1:56 PM GMTPresumably it must have influenced TWENTY TWELVE to some degree.
If it did, they forgot to keep the humour and great characters.
On watching the opening two again, I'm surprised I wasn't pulled in immediately, because although the characters aren't what they will be yet, it was still a great watch.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ March 7 2013, 1:59 PM GMTIf it did, they forgot to keep the humour and great characters.
I liked the first series of TWENTY TWELVE best. It seemed more subtle and understated, but they probably aimed for and got a bigger audience by making it broader.
I liked this show, I think it's quite sweet and pleasant. I hope it grows into the flower that Stott promises, because if it doesn't! *shakes fist*
I've almost got to the end of the second series and I'm a bit bored. It's starting to feel like US mockumentary by numbers. There's a good joke or two per episode but the comedy/drama weighting is unbalanced because I don't care about most of these characters. I think Aziz Ansari and Chris Pratt are probably the best things about it, because they play such silly and non-dramatic characters (really well).
Quote: MCharsley @ March 26 2013, 10:04 AM GMTI've almost got to the end of the second series and I'm a bit bored. It's starting to feel like US mockumentary by numbers. There's a good joke or two per episode but the comedy/drama weighting is unbalanced because I don't care about most of these characters. I think Aziz Ansari and Chris Pratt are probably the best things about it, because they play such silly and non-dramatic characters (really well).
Get out. 
Looking forward to seeing the second series, which I understand has a slightly rejigged Lesley Knoepe.
Quote: chipolata @ March 26 2013, 10:29 AM GMTLooking forward to seeing the second series, which I understand has a slightly rejigged Lesley Knoepe.
And Andy especially. Plus some characters vanish and new ones arrive.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ March 26 2013, 10:27 AM GMTGet out.
Yeah, sorry. I did want to like it, and I do like it in parts, but I can just see mucky fingerprints all over it. Its internal logic is sloppy, and that's okay if it's really silly and funny, but not when it's pretending to be a documentary about a parks and recreation department, and simultaneously trying to weave in a lot of drama. Ann's a problem because (so far...) she offers nothing and she's there for no reason, both in comedic terms and in logical ones. I get bored every time she's on screen. It just doesn't ring true to me.
Is season 3 any better?
Much like Modern Family, or The American Office, I don't really look too closely at the documentary trappings, as if you do it doesn't make any sense. Anne is definitely a weak character.
I'd say if you got to the end of Season 2 and you don't like it, you're not going to be turned by carrying on, really.
Quote: MCharsley @ March 27 2013, 12:05 PM GMTYeah, sorry. I did want to like it, and I do like it in parts, but I can just see mucky fingerprints all over it. Its internal logic is sloppy, and that's okay if it's really silly and funny, but not when it's pretending to be a documentary about a parks and recreation department, and simultaneously trying to weave in a lot of drama. Ann's a problem because (so far...) she offers nothing and she's there for no reason, both in comedic terms and in logical ones. I get bored every time she's on screen. It just doesn't ring true to me.
Is season 3 any better?
The man said get out.
Ha.
Alright, I'm moving on to Community next, which I'm told is brilliant.