And the way JP is treated is just bullying. Too the extent it didn't draw me in.
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At university people aren't as bound to one another as people at work or other settings either. If they don't get on with who lives in their halls they tend to join clubs where they know they're likely to meet like-minded people or just through their classes/course. But the group may expand throughout the series, so I'm interested to see how they tie the group together.
Quote: sootyj @ September 25 2011, 8:36 PM BSTAnd the way JP is treated is just bullying. Too the extent it didn't draw me in.
They think he's a cock, which he is, so a couple of them are against him, the girl with good reason. And what does it amount to? Two of them trying to get him, briefly, to move out, him having none of it. A lot of comedy is about characters who are opposites rubbing each other up the wrong way.
Quote: sootyj @ September 24 2011, 4:40 PM BSTFrom episode 1 you know who all the inbetweeners are and these feel like thin pen portraits..
In a single episode the writers managed to introduce us to SIX characters and give us a plot and make it quite funny. That's a lot to pack in. What's more, there were some sterling performances going on*. No wonder everyone suspects this should be a grower, if this much can be done at the start.
*I thought all the main characters were at least 'good' and at most 'excellent', apart from Vod, about whom I have reservations. She serves a purpose but does it with very little panache.
I enjoyed it... Wasn't laugh out loud funny for me but more Inbetweeners with a heart maybe.
Thought Jack (JP) was great and think it's got room to grow on me. First episodes are always hard.
My only real crit was the character of Oregon (sp?)... But because she was so cringe-worthy it wasn't believable.
"New comedy drama from the award-winning creators of Peep Show, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.
The series follows a group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives thus far - University! Away from home for the first time, on the brink of adult life, they are about to discover who they really are. From the moment they ship up as freshers at their shared house, their lives are destined to collide, overlap and run the whole gamut of appalling behaviour and terrible errors of judgement.
They are: JP (Jack Whitehall), a public school boy with good teeth and an inflated sense of entitlement; Kingsley (Joe Thomas), who is charming, loveable and crushingly insecure; and Josie (Kimberley Nixon), an overly enthusiastic fresher, determined to experience 'new things', however bad they are for you.
Then there's socially awkward and know-it-all Howard (Greg McHugh); straight talking, hard-living Vod (Zawe Ashton); and finally Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie), desperate to be cool and terrified of being boring."
Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong have never written a funny line in their life. Peep Show is claustrophobic nonsense. I'll watch this (obviously) before I give my take but it sounds dreadful. I'm amazed that two people can devise something so seemingly empty of ideas.
Quote: Godot Taxis @ September 27 2011, 4:50 PM BSTSam Bain and Jesse Armstrong have never written a funny line in their life.
Are you actually serious?
Of course I'm actually serious. I never say anything I don't actually mean, Shaggy, old son. It is actually an example of hyperbole, actually.
In layman's terms what it actually means is 'Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong are nowhere near as funny as people actually say or think they are, in fact they are actually quite shit."
Quote: shaggy292 @ September 27 2011, 10:13 PM BSTAre you actually serious?
Forget it Shaggy, it's Godot-town.
Oi! Don't tell people to ignore my posts! He asked a question and I answered it. What are you posting for?
Second episode nowhere near as good as the first. Too many subplots that just didn't go anywhere. Will still watch next week (even if it's just because I fancy Josie and Oregon a little bit)
I agree, not as good. It was still quite entertaining, but even by comedy drama standards the laugh count was disappointingly low.
I see this one was written by Tony Roche and Arnold Widdowson.
I didn't find this episode too bad, but was disappointed with Robert Webb's character. I thought they could've done more with him.
Have to agree with what others have said. Disappointing second episode. The characters felt a little contrived and so did the plot. Also Joe Thomas's acting is often terrible, but this week it was beyond that. The part where he goes to knock on Josie's door and decides against it - that was like a comedy sketch of someone taking the mick out of bad actors. Horrendous! I did laugh at when they cut back to the party and there was no girls there at all - and Jack Whitehall had a little rant. Hope it improves because it has a fair bit of potential. But, overall I was very disappointed yesterday.