Quite right too.
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The Guardian is rarely correct.
I've not watched it yet. Hopefully it's on replay/catchup and I'll give it a go.
Visit, Gavin & Stacey and Benidorm all got slagged off to start with but now have their fair share of supporters.
It's just a bit of fun. It's not supposed to be The Thick of It, or some crazy new concept in the world of comedy.
I thought it was fine.
Quote: zooo @ July 12 2008, 8:14 PM BSTIt's just a bit of fun. It's not supposed to be The Thick of It
Correct.
It is, however, supposed to be funny.
Haha!
Quote: Winterlight @ July 12 2008, 8:54 PM BSTCorrect.
It is, however, supposed to be funny.
It improved a lot after the first five minutes...
I just watched this, expecting to not like it, and it was.. ok. It made me laugh out loud a couple of times, which is more than most recent sitcoms have managed. I think the performances are a little uneven, and the lead needs to embiggen his acting a little, but I'd definitely watch another one.
Terrible ending though. "Fu..." just seems so hackneyed now. It might work as a scene ending but as a climactic punchline it's pretty amateurish.
There were somew funny bits and also some a bit strained. But I suppose after a while it will just seem normal.
The feel of it reminded me a bit of some of those kids programmes of the 80s. A couple of the actors also seemed a bit amateur though.
It looked VERY studio sitcom though.
Almost cheap.
Quote: Seefacts @ July 12 2008, 10:56 PM BSTIt looked VERY studio sitcom though.
Almost cheap.
I think that was the point. It was very aware of the points that detractors have made and that was part of the idea of it. There was a giant lemon in the show but I don't think the show itself was.
Either way I want to go to the wrap party and order a Gin and Tonic!
Quote: Marc P @ July 12 2008, 11:04 PM BSTI think that was the point. It was very aware of the points that detractors have made and that was part of the idea of it. There was a giant lemon in the show but I don't think the show itself was.
Either way I want to go to the wrap party and order a Gin and Tonic!
Or have a big pancake.
Quote: john lucas 101 @ July 11 2008, 1:46 PM BSTI wonder if at least some of your judgements have been clouded by the fact that most of you appear to be in various stages of writing careers and suffering from the affliction of thinking that Lab Rats is shit, your work is better, and so, therefore, your work should, by definition, by produced in place of it.
I partially agree. I think - BECAUSE we're aspiring writers - we tend to analyse each joke to death and thus find it harder to get lost in the whole 'fun' of it all. But, also, we do recognise when a sitcom is genuinely funny - 'The In-betweeners', for example.
Traditional studio-based sitcoms such as 'Father Ted' were funny; Lab Rats (so far) is not.
Quote: Flaner @ July 12 2008, 11:12 PM BSTBut, also, we do recognise when a sitcom is genuinely funny - 'The In-betweeners', for example.
Surely, 'funny' is something which cannot be quantified, and so what is genuinely funny is down to the individual viewer?