...this is the show for YOU.
It's hilarious on many different levels, ranging from the ultra-obscure comic book/film/TV/music references to the downright slapstick.
The much-celebrated references may cause you to roll around on the sofa clutching your stomach laughing, or they may pass you by. It really doesn't matter. The programme is also incredibly touching. The writing and performances bring the paint-by-numbers characters (self-pitying cartoonist, lazy would-be journalist, tortured artist, drunken landlady, vain self-appointed fashion guru, weapons-obsessed idiot) to painfully vivid life, and no matter how cynically you may approach "Spaced" you will end up caring about these people and their relationships. But hey, even if you don't, there's still the pop-culture references to cling onto.
From Tim fantasising playing "Resident Evil 2" and blasting zombies in his living room (before reality takes hold), Daisy seeing herself in the future in true "The Shining" style, and Marsha seeing how she might have been had she not turned to drink and rock stars, you'll start laughing and you won't stop.
In fact, it doesn't matter what age you are, you will identify with the characters and you will care about them and you will laugh with them. A lot.
Which just leaves the evil hidden agenda behind the series: watch it, listen to the audio commentary on the DVD and it becomes clear that they will make you watch Evil Dead 2. Before you know it, grandmothers will be watching notorious horror films and LAUGHING.
For that alone we should be truly thankful.
It's hilarious on many different levels, ranging from the ultra-obscure comic book/film/TV/music references to the downright slapstick.
The much-celebrated references may cause you to roll around on the sofa clutching your stomach laughing, or they may pass you by. It really doesn't matter. The programme is also incredibly touching. The writing and performances bring the paint-by-numbers characters (self-pitying cartoonist, lazy would-be journalist, tortured artist, drunken landlady, vain self-appointed fashion guru, weapons-obsessed idiot) to painfully vivid life, and no matter how cynically you may approach "Spaced" you will end up caring about these people and their relationships. But hey, even if you don't, there's still the pop-culture references to cling onto.
From Tim fantasising playing "Resident Evil 2" and blasting zombies in his living room (before reality takes hold), Daisy seeing herself in the future in true "The Shining" style, and Marsha seeing how she might have been had she not turned to drink and rock stars, you'll start laughing and you won't stop.
In fact, it doesn't matter what age you are, you will identify with the characters and you will care about them and you will laugh with them. A lot.
Which just leaves the evil hidden agenda behind the series: watch it, listen to the audio commentary on the DVD and it becomes clear that they will make you watch Evil Dead 2. Before you know it, grandmothers will be watching notorious horror films and LAUGHING.
For that alone we should be truly thankful.