Avenue 5 - HBO Armando Iannucci sci-fi • Non-Gaming • TV • Eurogamer.net

You-can-call-me-kal 18 Nov 2019 11:03:38 23,013 posts
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https://twitter.com/hbo/status/1196246646646083584?s=21

Much excite. This is going to tick a lot of boxes for a lot of people here.

Decks 18 Nov 2019 11:23:01 31,013 posts
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Yeah should be good, Armando Iannucci is great. Wish they'd just made Hugh Laurie's character English though, always find it jarring when he's doing an American accent despite him being very good at it.

magicpanda 18 Nov 2019 11:27:48 15,130 posts
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Looks quality, great cast including Zach Woods who is brilliant in Silicon Valley.

Tomo 18 Nov 2019 11:31:09 19,565 posts
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Sick. Forgot this was coming. January, so not too long!

Deleted user 18 November 2019 11:48:40

I really like Iannucci's stuff but I'm not sure about him doing a science fiction comedy.

I'll give it a go though as he has rarely put a foot wrong.

He should get Jason Isaacs in it. He was recently the best thing in Star Trek and his comic timing in Death of Stalin was on point.

Dgzter 18 Nov 2019 12:04:51 3,736 posts
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Yup, looks really good. Agree with Decks, though: would've preferred Laurie without the accent.

nickthegun 18 Nov 2019 12:09:31 87,711 posts
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I know he turned down like a dozen serious offers to make it, but I would have liked him to make his Trueman Trump joke tweet.

You-can-call-me-kal 18 Nov 2019 12:25:48 23,013 posts
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I got used to Hugh Laurie pretty quick in Veep. Nice to see lots of other Veep and The Thick of It cast in this.

TechnoHippy 18 Nov 2019 12:33:47 19,245 posts
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This looks like fun - I wasn't even aware it existed.

PatrickEwing 18 Nov 2019 14:00:17 2,553 posts
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Same, cheers for heads up.

Deleted user 23 January 2020 16:25:26

Did anybody watch this ?

Downloaded it on sky last night and will definately be watching more.

The realisation of Hugh when he loses his shit about avenue 3 was brilliant and the tall thin guy from silicon valley is fantastic

Edited by crashVoodoo at 16:25:45 23-01-2020

AcidSnake 23 Jan 2020 16:27:31 8,461 posts
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Also addresses the accent thing people were worried about

It was OK so far, like to see how it progresses...

You-can-call-me-kal 23 Jan 2020 16:29:56 23,013 posts
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Didn�t realise this had started. And on One not Atlantic which means I get it with Virgin. Ace.

TechnoHippy 23 Jan 2020 16:38:13 19,245 posts
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Damn I didn't realise this had started - will have to check it out.

Tomo 23 Jan 2020 19:34:30 19,565 posts
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It was okay. First 20 was pretty crap. Got better towards the end.

Decks 23 Jan 2020 21:24:20 31,013 posts
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That was painful.

RawShark 23 Jan 2020 22:03:59 2,202 posts
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MrAGSystems wrote:

The Poundland Jack Black guy is pretty awful, mind.

Seeing as he voices the snowman in Frozen, Jack Black is probably the Poundland version right now.

RawShark 23 Jan 2020 22:06:12 2,202 posts
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I thought it felt pretty compressed. There wasn�t much time to register anything of what was going on. And seeing as comedy is all about

timing, it�s a concern. Hopefully they can relax the pace for future episodes.

Tomo 23 Jan 2020 22:27:12 19,565 posts
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The worst was the bickering couple. Mind numbing SAY WHAT/OH NO YOU DI'UNT humour.

Decks 23 Jan 2020 22:44:42 31,013 posts
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The only positive thing I can think to say about it was Hugh Laurie being English. Not one joke landed for me.

Trowel 23 Jan 2020 23:25:34 24,512 posts
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That was very, what's the word... Canadian.

RawShark 23 Jan 2020 23:50:38 2,202 posts
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At least it�s actually trying to be a comedy. So many �dramady� style programmes hide behind the drama side of the curtain because it�s easier to write about grief etc than it is to actually make things funny.

I blame the success of Fleabag, personally.

fontgeeksogood 24 Jan 2020 09:51:36 12,913 posts
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Trowel wrote:
That was very, what's the word... Canadian.

Look, I know Brexit have made your kind very bold now, but racism is still not cool

Trowel 24 Jan 2020 11:22:52 24,512 posts
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Tomo wrote:
The worst was the bickering couple. Mind numbing SAY WHAT/OH NO YOU DI'UNT humour.

At first I thought they were going to be a little homage to the couple from Father Ted, but they offer literally nothing.

But my biggest bugbear is Rebecca Front as a Yank - who signed off that casting? Like Decks said, at least they handled Hugh Laurie's accent well.

MrWonderstuff 24 Jan 2020 14:25:29 3,617 posts
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Haven't seen this yet but a friend is in this...IMDB says 1 episode and her name is Lauren...does she make an appearance in this ep (is a redhead)?

Deleted user 24 January 2020 15:10:38

Probably one of the extras being smashed about in the tub