“They say that the family of the 21'st century is made up of
friends…
…not relatives”
After working together on Asylum, you would have thought
Simon Pegg, Julia Stevenson and Edgar Wright would have had all the kinks
ironed out for the first series of Spaced.
However that wasn't the case and they ended up with a somewhat hit and
miss run…that is until the second series.
Firing on all cylinders, Spaced: Series Two is a significant improvement
from the first 7 episodes.
Rapidfire American pop culture jokes both in your face and
subtle, constant use of dance music and quirky remixes of famous film & TV themes, chaotic editing and stylistic photography make for a simple yet
hilarious delight compared to most sitcoms.
With it's countless Star Wars references (multiplied from the first
series), Spaced might not be for everyone as some of the jokes are so subtle or
obscure it will surely fly past you and come off as just plain weird.
It manages to perfectly capture the 20-something world of
being broke and easily annoyed while equally fantastical as well without
ever really breaking the mold of real life.
If you ever looked at a bag of oregeno and wondered if you
could smoke it, played DOOM till the sun came up, wondered what Dana Scully looked like naked or stood in line for 3 hours
to see The Matrix, then Spaced is the show for you.
7 episodes. 24
minutes each.
Must See Episodes:
2x05: Gone
A wonderfully constructed episode that wraps up like an
episode of Seinfeld.
Buyer’s Guide:
Dvd box set of S1, or box set of S1+S2 together are finally
available in North America after years and years of legal issues.
1 comment:
This came out in 2001? 0_0
I saw it on C4 when it was first screened. Been at least 5 or 6 years since I last had a chance to watch it all again. I remember it being slightly better than S1. I'll get to watching it again soon(ish).
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