The adventures
of Tim and Daisy who have to pretend to be a couple to get a flat.
Among the
fandom Spaced is incredibly famous, Tarantino is a big fan for example, but
like a lot of similar things it doesn’t have to same mind space among the general
public and that is really a shame.
From the
same team that would go on to make “Shaun of the dead” and “Hot fuzz” we get a
quirky and surreal sit-com where is easy to see the seeds of those great movie.
We have the same style of humor and, broadly speaking, the same concepts.
Staples of American cinema are translated and transformed in to a low key
British setting. The protagonists are also genre savvy, they often realize that
they are living something straight out of Hollywood and react accordingly.
If there is
one problem it’s that maybe it’s not the easiest thing to get it. On one side
it’s all very British and so it doesn’t translate smoothly to other cultures.
On the other side you get the most out of it if you are a geek, if your level
of fandom is not really that advanced you are bound to lose many of the
references. It’s obvious for us that Tim get really angry when somebody speaks
about Jar Jar Binks but outside our little world it can certainly be puzzling.
Having said
that it remains a very funny sitcom with the first outings together of Pegg and
Frost, directed by Edgar Wright, so in my book it’s still a must see, even if
you are not a geek. Eventually you need to start with something so why not
start with something really funny and interesting?
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