After Life - Netflix
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aponting389 said:
funinhounslow said:
chrispmartha said:
Nope, Steve Coogan is outstanding, Gervais, the Office and Extras aside is both a terrible stand up and terrible writer.
There’s a rule in comedy, show don’t tell, which is the exact opposite of how he writes, everything is hacky and signposted.
Although Derek was hilarious, for all the wrong reasons, probably the worst sitcom Ive ever seen.
All IMHO of course.
I lasted about 15 minutes of Afterlife and that was too much for me.
Agreed. And I thought that Brent Life on the Road film was just terrible tooThere’s a rule in comedy, show don’t tell, which is the exact opposite of how he writes, everything is hacky and signposted.
Although Derek was hilarious, for all the wrong reasons, probably the worst sitcom Ive ever seen.
All IMHO of course.
I lasted about 15 minutes of Afterlife and that was too much for me.
On the other hand SM’s output I find to be far funnier and to have more “heart”. I really enjoyed Outlaws this year and just stumbled across Click and Collect on Netflix which isn’t exactly groundbreaking but was very entertaining.
I went to see RG live earlier this year and it was just the same old stuff - religion, “woke culture” and a lengthy deeply unfunny routine about - I kid you not - AIDS…
I struggled through series 1 of After Life and just couldn’t get past the parade of one dimensional characters. When the “tart with a heart” popped up that was the last straw.
I admire RG enormously for using his profile to fight for animal rights, and the Office, podcasts and XFM shows are still wonderful. But I do think he needs a Stephen Merchant to bring out the best in him…
I have watched all of Gervais’ stuff and bar the office (genius) and extras (good) it’s all garbage! There are some funny bits in all off it of course, the hoarder, the postman, Kev from derek etc etc but it’s just dross and I don’t see how people can’t see it?
That joke with the ginger kid in the playground was voted the best comedy moment of the year or something…… come off it
We've binge watched everything up till the start of Season 3, which we will probably finish today. We think it's been exceptionally brilliant.
Lordbenny said:
vixen1700 said:
Bit of a bump as I'm new to the Netflix party.
Watched the first series last night and thought it was brilliant, some great funny lines and just the right amount of pulling of heartstrings.
Probably binge the second series tonight.
Don’t bother….series 2 and 3 are sWatched the first series last night and thought it was brilliant, some great funny lines and just the right amount of pulling of heartstrings.
Probably binge the second series tonight.
te!holes. I am sure we can all turn off if we don’t enjoy them.Caddyshack said:
Lordbenny said:
vixen1700 said:
Bit of a bump as I'm new to the Netflix party.
Watched the first series last night and thought it was brilliant, some great funny lines and just the right amount of pulling of heartstrings.
Probably binge the second series tonight.
Don’t bother….series 2 and 3 are sWatched the first series last night and thought it was brilliant, some great funny lines and just the right amount of pulling of heartstrings.
Probably binge the second series tonight.
te!holes. I am sure we can all turn off if we don’t enjoy them.Composer62 said:
Absolutely agree with this. There was one particular storyline in series two that I thought was brilliant. Fans of "Ever Decreasing Circles" might have spotted it 
Ricky Gervais loves Ever Decreasing Circles, he thinks it is the most underrated sit com of all time. This is why Penelope Wilton and Peter Egan have the same character names as in Ever Decreasing Circles,Ricky stated on Twitter "Dear BBC, I'll let you repeat The Office for free if you repeat Ever Decreasing Circles this year." but they didn't go for it.
Back to Afterlife, I agree series 1 was the best, 2 was OK and I powered through 3 just to complete the series. I absolutely hated the Brian Gittins, Ratty and Nonce characters, absolutely disgustingly vulgar for no good reason and absolutely not funny.
I loved the James character who s
t himself on stage, I believe he was named after James Corden as Ricky absolutely hates him.Thread bump.
I have only just watched this. I hadn’t previously bothered as I didn’t enjoy Extras.
I enjoyed it so much I ended up binge watching all 3 series (over a few days!).
Some of the secondary characters were a bit caricature and probably unnecessary, but overall a really enjoyable piece of tv.
I have only just watched this. I hadn’t previously bothered as I didn’t enjoy Extras.
I enjoyed it so much I ended up binge watching all 3 series (over a few days!).
Some of the secondary characters were a bit caricature and probably unnecessary, but overall a really enjoyable piece of tv.
Joey Deacon said:
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I loved the James character who st himself on stage, I believe he was named after James Corden as Ricky absolutely hates him.
When James Corden "nicked" his Twitter / Guitar lessons advert ("but I don't fI loved the James character who s
t himself on stage, I believe he was named after James Corden as Ricky absolutely hates him.king want to learn the guitar" routine word for word...
https://twitter.com/RupertMyers/status/15874036766...
Didn't realise they had previous.
Is there a separate RG thread btw?
Edited by johnboy1975 on Thursday 30th March 05:13
Scrump said:
Thread bump.
I have only just watched this. I hadn’t previously bothered as I didn’t enjoy Extras.
I enjoyed it so much I ended up binge watching all 3 series (over a few days!).
Some of the secondary characters were a bit caricature and probably unnecessary, but overall a really enjoyable piece of tv.
I like Gervais a lot. I started Series 1 a long time ago but got fed up with his miserable central character after a couple of episodes.I have only just watched this. I hadn’t previously bothered as I didn’t enjoy Extras.
I enjoyed it so much I ended up binge watching all 3 series (over a few days!).
Some of the secondary characters were a bit caricature and probably unnecessary, but overall a really enjoyable piece of tv.
But recently I tried again and finished all 3 series. There’s some amazingly funny bits mixed up with the philosophical, ‘what is life all about’ stuff which gives a true indication of Ricky’s view of the world. He’s a much warmer, kinder person than sometimes comes across.
I now intend to watch Derek, which I also started but bailed out of early.
Series 1 was was quite good, series 2 similar.
Series 3 was good, but was spoiled a bit by the unnecessarily crude characters who had seemingly been brought in from previous RG shows.
Otherwise, I liked the mix of comedy, pathos and reflection. I agreed with many of the things he said, especially in series 3, when he wasn't being really grumpy
One thing that I kept thinking was just how annoying his dead wife appeared and how awful they both were in many of the incidents in the "flashbacks".
Series 3 was good, but was spoiled a bit by the unnecessarily crude characters who had seemingly been brought in from previous RG shows.
Otherwise, I liked the mix of comedy, pathos and reflection. I agreed with many of the things he said, especially in series 3, when he wasn't being really grumpy
One thing that I kept thinking was just how annoying his dead wife appeared and how awful they both were in many of the incidents in the "flashbacks".
swisstoni said:
I like Gervais a lot. I started Series 1 a long time ago but got fed up with his miserable central character after a couple of episodes.
But recently I tried again and finished all 3 series. There’s some amazingly funny bits mixed up with the philosophical, ‘what is life all about’ stuff which gives a true indication of Ricky’s view of the world. He’s a much warmer, kinder person than sometimes comes across.
I now intend to watch Derek, which I also started but bailed out of early.
Derek is amazing beautiful bit of TV. But recently I tried again and finished all 3 series. There’s some amazingly funny bits mixed up with the philosophical, ‘what is life all about’ stuff which gives a true indication of Ricky’s view of the world. He’s a much warmer, kinder person than sometimes comes across.
I now intend to watch Derek, which I also started but bailed out of early.
I generally am not a fan of Ricky Gervais so therefore usually avoid any of his works.
A friend suggested I bin my prejudice and indulge myself with Afterlife.
So today with no one else in the house I gave it a go. Watched all season 1 and two episodes into season 2.
Loving it! Never have I laughed and cried (yes I admitted it here) within the same half hour episode. This is genius writing and direction.
The episode with Annette Crosbee is pure shock and laugh out loud humour.
Great, great.
A friend suggested I bin my prejudice and indulge myself with Afterlife.
So today with no one else in the house I gave it a go. Watched all season 1 and two episodes into season 2.
Loving it! Never have I laughed and cried (yes I admitted it here) within the same half hour episode. This is genius writing and direction.
The episode with Annette Crosbee is pure shock and laugh out loud humour.
Great, great.
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