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New comedy from Armando Ianucci, creator of Veep, Thick Of It ect, starring Hugh Laurie. Looks good fun!
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Avenue 5 |OT| New HBO sci-fi comedy from Armando Ianucci
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Couldn't find a thread for this.
New comedy from Armando Ianucci, creator of Veep, Thick Of It ect, starring Hugh Laurie. Looks good fun!
Is it a series or a movie? It's hard to tell. Feels a bit odd to be either given Armando's still on the press run for David Copperfield at the moment.
Still, I always appreciate stuff he does, so I'll keep my eyes open - and it was really nice for Children In Need to see him doing a skit back in front of the cameras again.
Still, I always appreciate stuff he does, so I'll keep my eyes open - and it was really nice for Children In Need to see him doing a skit back in front of the cameras again.
series according to Wikipedia. Some extra info regarding cast/characters:
If something has him or Chris Morris anywhere near it, I'm all over it.
Do you think he could shoot someone in the middle of Avenue 5 and get away with it?One thing I note about Herman Judd. There's a reasonably well-known snooker player:
His name: Judd Trump.
I'm not saying Herman Judd is a Donald Trump analogue, but...
Edit: And look how golden Avenue 5 is...
Huh. I'll give it a shot.
What I really want, though, is more Malcolm Tucker. I miss The Thick of It so much.
What I really want, though, is more Malcolm Tucker. I miss The Thick of It so much.
I love Josh Gadd and Hugh Laurie. There are so many good people in this and Veep is probably in my top 3 shows of all time.. so yeah, cannot wait. I'm here for Armando anything.
Definitely unexpected but I'm into it.
Seems like a concept that would work better as a movie. But I'll go with it.
Seems like a concept that would work better as a movie. But I'll go with it.
you must check this out...
Oh I will. I'm a Chris Morris fan boy.
Two young kids means I can't get the cinema, but I'll be all over it on home release.
Legit had no idea this existed, but yes please. This immediately shot up my most anticipated.
My exact reaction lol
My exact reaction lol
Dug the premiere. There's some room for the show to grow, but some of the jokes fell flat a bit. I think Gadd will get old pretty fast though.
I don't get the Orville hate, it's really quite good. The 2D universe episode was a revelation.
yes and he is already annoying as hell.
laurie, the engineer lady and Jared from Silicon valley were the best characters of the premiere imo
We need a cameo from Peter Capaldi using the English language to it's fullest as only he can.
The first episode greatly exceeded my tempered expectations. I have high hopes for the series after what I felt was a stroke start for a comedy. For some reason the pancakes line at the end absolutely killed us. It looks like they took a lot of care in the world building and building jokes that play off the unique environment of the show. Zach Woods was born for his role in this as well. His delivery constantly surprises me despite what could be a very one-note character.
I agree. It was one of the least funny comedy pilots I've ever seen. I really expected more from Iannucci.
I had high hopes for this series but I also agree with what's been said. Every single "joke" and situational comedic moment fell flat, which is really quite astounding considering the talent and budget.
It definitely had issues, but once the accident happened and things picked up I felt it started finding its voice. Some solid talent in there, and the Customer Relations dude had some decent lines to the crowd he clearly does not care for. "If it's any consolation, he had very few loved ones"
It felt like they should have had episodes 1 and 2 show back to back to better thrust through the initial awkwardness, especially with that abrupt ending. I'm curious enough to watch more.
It felt like they should have had episodes 1 and 2 show back to back to better thrust through the initial awkwardness, especially with that abrupt ending. I'm curious enough to watch more.
I've heard that the first one is the worst one, and I can only hope that's true, because it was terrible.
