Quote: jim field @ December 30 2009, 9:49 PM GMTFor the BBC, you know what? That was actually 'good'.
It was awful. A mess, devoid of a clear narrative, a mediocre script, confused direction and forgettable performances. As a high maintenance go-getter, this failed to achieve its remit, i.e. catering to my busy and important schedule - I don't have time for subtle environmental parables in my sci-fi, I need to be entertained and "like yesterday", yeah? It's the sort of programme that was designed to meet the needs of secretaries, tradesmen and those on benefits, but not for those in the ABC1 bracket, who spend over a 2K on a watch. Get serious, people, the Triffids are not attractive and have no natural comedy ability! My girlfriend, who is "fit" to supermodel standards by-the-way (as even so-called "experts", like the editor of Nuts - a friend of mine, but who drives a less good car - would be forced to admit... When she falls over, unlike Miranda Hart it's due to her expensive Prada heels, not her fat, unfunny ankles - and it's genuinely funny) remarked how much she agreed with me on this, as we shared a very expensive meal at an exclusive West End restaurant. (The coats on their coat stand probably cost more than your car!). Forget this programme, we were far more entertained when we complained about the slow service and insisted that the manager sack the waiter on the spot. You should have seen the look on the stupid man's face! We laughed and laughed and laughed (kindly take note BBC One, this is how you do comedy). I wrote a quick sketch about it there and then on a napkin, sent it to a producer friend of mine and now have a five-figure option deal. Oh, and Brian Cox has always been tiresomely over-rated, as anyone who knows their onions in the business will tell you. And couldn't they have found someone a bit younger and fitter than Joely Richardson? Some of us need instant arousal when we're masturbating in front of the television, I don't have time to imagine she's really fit... (continues ad infinitum...)
