Spaced put through the sanitizer.
Could they try any harder to make people kooky
New Girl
Did not remind me of Spaced at all.
First episode was nice enough, a few slight laughs, and it had charm. I'll watch some more. Zooey Deshanel was good, and the black guy as the coach. Though I understand that's it for that actor as he's in Happy Endings.
Yes, he disappears in episode 2, replaced by another black guy. Talk about tokenistic.
I'm almost up to date with American broadcasts and it does improve from the first episode. I quite enjoy the show, but for me it lacks the humour, or the extra warmth and spark of something like The Big Bang Theory or 30 Rock. It's very funny at times, but it just doesn't draw me in in the way other titles do. I think if they focussed it a little more on Jess and less on her array of very similar flatmates it'd improve the show no end. She's kooky and fluffy enough for the story around her life and her search for love and progression to be interesting and funny.
I'm watching it now on 4+1. It's sort of okay. Nothing spectacular, but watchable.
The men, from this one episode, do seem basically the same as the men from several recent U.S. shows; like Perfect Couples, or Happy Endings.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ January 6 2012, 9:45 PM GMTThe men, from this one episode, do seem basically the same as the men from several recent U.S. shows; like Perfect Couples, or Happy Endings.
Yep. They look the same, have near identical characterisation, and there's quite a bit of cast cross-over.
Consequently I've not a clue what any of them are called and regularly get the two sets of cast confused.
Strewth, that was bad.
The pilot is by far the best episode.
It gets worse? 
How is that possible?
It's not. It doesn't. It improves. But it remains very much the same show, so if you don't like the pilot it's unlikely you'll like the rest.
I really like it. It does improve. My favourite character is Schmidt.
The trailers alone are keeping me away. Is the whole show just her accidentally showing up naked and being "adorkable"? There's something about Zooey Deshanel that rubs me up the wrong way - one name that doesn't sound like it's written I can take, but two? And have any of you seen 500 Days of Summer? Jesus wept.
I still don't know how to pronounce her name.
500 Days was terrible.
Quote: zooo @ January 9 2012, 4:52 PM GMTI still don't know how to pronounce her name.
Zooey rhymes with showy. Deshanel pronounced Desh-arrggggh-nel.