Wall of Mouths

People were raving about the Liam Neeson bit (before and after it aired) from Episode 1, so I went and watched it.

Indeed that was the only funny bit out of what is basically as has been stated, a rework of everything passed.

I gave the 1st episode the benefit of the doubt since the 1st episode of Extras wasn’t all that either but it soon improved dramatically.

This just seems tired and uninspired and they’re repeating themselves too much with the constant aids and cancer jokes in a “oooh aren’t we naughty” kind of a way.

And as for the Liam Neeson scene - I can’t have been the only one who saw that punchline coming a mile off ? Furthermore - that scene was described by gervais as the funniest thing they’d ever written. So it really does not bode well for the rest of it…

Finally - Gervais has tweeted that next weeks episode will have the most hate due to it’s controversial nature.

Sigh…

Gervais excuse is always ” It’s freedom of speech ” or ” my audience know i don’t really think like that “.

Well if make fun of terminal illness and handicapped people is all you ever do in your tv / stand up then where do you draw the line between tongue-in-cheek /self parody / and genuine offensive behaviour ?

Yeah I agree, and lets face it, a dwarf stood in a toilet, in a bin and dressed as a teddy bear, isn’t exactly going to make small people feel better about themselves is it? I suppose the arguement is that they can laugh at themselves just like everyone else, but it’s not very progressive really.

I really don’t like this show! The Office was genius and Extras was pretty good but this is just annoying!

Last night was a bit shit.

Why are you all still watching it? :-P

After seeing the Office (and loving it), I’ve never watched anything else Ricky Gervais has done. He IS David Brent. End of. Even his small part in Night At The Museum was “played” exactly the same. He doesn’t act. It’s just how he is.

Warwick. ;)

Nothing worse than knowing you’re about to get tested in some way for instantly forgetting people’s names the moment you’re told them.

i gave up on this after the first 2 episodes. it was shockingly bad. the annoying thing is that gervais can do really good comedy when he gets it right. or he could do anyway. i’m surprised it’s got a 2nd series. the problem is that by “being” david brent all the time, which as already mentioned, he essentially is, he’s kind of shot himself in the foot. he seems like such an incredibly unlikeable person. although the christmas episodes of both the office and extras were brilliant.

honestly, hand on hearts here, had ANYBODY ever actually liked ricky gervais?

What He Said ^

Although I do think he comes across as someone who can’t take any criticism and has a smart alec answer for every backlash.