 The I.T. Crowd, General Thread |
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 Nov 26 2008, 05:28 PM
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Space Cowboy  Group: Blokes in Charge Posts: 14,565 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Mercy Member No.: 2,262  |
QUOTE (Sir_Robin_the_brave @ Nov 26 2008, 02:44 PM)  I've got a ruddy gun! That was good. I watched it last night, and like others I thought it was a bit hit and miss - too much Berry (although that was good in places) and not enough Roy & Moss. |
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Nov 29 2008, 07:03 PM
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Invader. Group: Senior Members Posts: 8,260 Joined: 27-November 04 From: The Burgh of Edin. Member No.: 2,823 |
I thought that was a lot better, much much funnier than the series opener. Incidentally did anyone catch the URL for that football talk website that Moss was using? Not that I need it or anything.
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Nov 29 2008, 09:24 PM
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If I was young, I'd flee this town Group: Senior Members Posts: 10,496 Joined: 2-January 05 From: The Hanging Bollocks of Babylon Member No.: 3,052 |
I still don't get this programme.
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Nov 30 2008, 02:22 AM
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Death of The Party Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,893 Joined: 5-January 06 Member No.: 4,801 |
That episode wasn't too funny & it used a lot of regurgitated Linehan gags.
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Nov 30 2008, 02:32 AM
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Dreaming my life... Group: Senior Members Posts: 3,593 Joined: 3-October 04 From: Lots of different places. Member No.: 2,336 |
QUOTE (sleeping_pirate @ Nov 29 2008, 09:24 PM) I still don't get this programme. What's to 'get'? .... the humour is purposefully obvious. |
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Nov 30 2008, 03:08 PM
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If I was young, I'd flee this town Group: Senior Members Posts: 10,496 Joined: 2-January 05 From: The Hanging Bollocks of Babylon Member No.: 3,052 |
I just don't find it funny at all. It's such a bog-standard sitcom, and I see it as being a massive waste of talent considering who's part of the cast and crew.
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Nov 30 2008, 03:16 PM
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your typical selfish, back-stabbing slut faced ho-bag  Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 28,277 Joined: 2-October 04 From: Norf London Member No.: 2,309 |
I think much of its charm, and very much Linehan's intention, is that it's a very traditional studio based sit-com.
That said, the A plot and the B plot felt very disjointed this week. It felt like they'd struggled to think of something for Jen to do... Come to think of it, it felt a bit like that last week as well. It's becoming the Roy and Moss show, which is shame as it's a waste of Katharine Parkinson's considerable talents. |
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Nov 30 2008, 03:35 PM
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Dreaming my life... Group: Senior Members Posts: 3,593 Joined: 3-October 04 From: Lots of different places. Member No.: 2,336 |
I prefer it when Linehan draws more attention to the fact that its a sitcom. Like in Father Ted when they find that perfectly square bit of dirt on the window.... a device to set up a joke & they reference the unlikelihood of such a thing happening.
or even at the very end of the last episode of the IT Crowd when Roy asks the obvious plot-hole question 'Who shut the doors?'. |
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Dec 1 2008, 08:27 PM
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The Magnificent Butchers Group: Senior Members Posts: 1,183 Joined: 24-August 05 From: Kent & Hampshire Member No.: 4,381 |
I have tried to watch both episodes of the new series, but I dropped off around the same point each time.
It's quite possible that it's due to the fact that I don't really sleep properly anymore, but it could also be that the show just seems to be "business as usual". Kev W |
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Dec 1 2008, 08:32 PM
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Go go blue team! Group: Senior Members Posts: 1,182 Joined: 14-March 05 From: Hull Member No.: 3,646 |
I've just watched Ep 2 on 4oD. I laughed out loud a couple of times; my dad wondered what the hell I was watching. I wish Matt Berry had been in it though.
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Dec 1 2008, 08:46 PM
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Live And Let Pie Group: Senior Members Posts: 9,166 Joined: 18-February 05 From: Leeds Member No.: 3,441 |
Better than the first episode, but still a bit of a fudge...
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Dec 1 2008, 11:38 PM
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Ade Flanders Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 14,206 Joined: 2-October 04 From: the moment I could first write, I KNEW that I wanted to be an internet forum moderator... Member No.: 2,296 |
Finally caught up thanks to the magic of YouTube. First ep was the funnier of the two, but neither up to par compared with the previous two series.
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Dec 13 2008, 02:17 AM
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Dreaming my life... Group: Senior Members Posts: 3,593 Joined: 3-October 04 From: Lots of different places. Member No.: 2,336 |
Tonight's IT Crowd (are we up to episode 4 or 5?) was a return to form... certainly as good as any from the 1st 2 series.
I think with a show like this, it's not the individual jokes that make it good (although they help), but the farcical story idea within an episode. |
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Dec 13 2008, 06:33 AM
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The Truth Who The Eyes Met Before! Group: Senior Members Posts: 6,447 Joined: 6-December 05 From: 1995 Member No.: 4,725 |
"Fasten the seatbelts on your ears, because I'm taking them on the ride of their lives!"
Just caught up with series 3. Great stuff. It's the kind of show that when it first started, I didn't find funny but watched all of anyway, and it's really grown on me. It's so charming in a way, and that's what makes it so funny. |
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Dec 13 2008, 12:46 PM
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The sick product of a crazy society Group: Blokes in Charge Posts: 2,843 Joined: 1-October 04 From: London Member No.: 2,263 |
QUOTE (Jon 79 @ Dec 13 2008, 02:17 AM) Tonight's IT Crowd (are we up to episode 4 or 5?) was a return to form... certainly as good as any from the 1st 2 series. I agree; I thought it was much funnier than the first two. Sometimes it doesn't work, but sometimes it works sublimely. |
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