Post by: Achim on July 31, 2009, 09:08:08 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://www.invelos.com/mpimages/50/5014138603489.4f.jpg) Title: The IT Crowd: Version 3.0
Year: 2008
Director:Graham Linehan
Rating: 15
Length: 137 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English, Other
Stars:
Chris O'Dowd
Richard Ayoade
Katherine Parkinson
Matt Berry
Plot:
The emmy award winning IT Crowd are back!
Whilst Reynholm Industries boss, Douglas is spending the pensions fund on gold flakes in the water supply, the dysfunctional IT department - Moss, Roy and Jen - build up the courage to face the frightening world of people who somehow communicate without using a keyboard.
As well as the usual bickering, time wasting and incompetance, the co-dependant trio become the victims of sexual harassment, create a fundraising nude erotic calendar, confront the builders from hell and join a social networking site.
Episode List:
1. From Hell
2. Are We Not Men?
3. Tramps Like Us
4. The Speech
5. Friendface
6. Calendar Geeks
Extras:
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Interviews
Outtakes/Bloopers
Ratings:
| Episode | DJ Doena | Tom | Achim |
| From Hell |  | |  |
| Are We Not Men? | | | |
| Tramps Like Us |  | | |
| The Speech | | | |
| Friendface | | | |
| Calendar Geeks | |  | |
Post by: Achim on July 31, 2009, 09:10:31 AM
Another thought I had was, we could do one at a time and always wait until everyone posted their review before moving on to the next one. (Kind of a bit of self-torture, honoring what Pete is putting himself through a little bit...)
Post by: DJ Doena on July 31, 2009, 09:23:09 AM
Post by: Tom on July 31, 2009, 09:47:42 AM
Post by: Achim on July 31, 2009, 09:50:24 AM
Off we go....
Post by: Tom on July 31, 2009, 12:51:28 PM
Writer: Graham Linehan (Writer)
Director: Graham Linehan
Cast: Chris O'Dowd (Roy), Richard Ayoade (Moss), Katherine Parkinson (Jen), Matt Berry (Douglas), Chris Morris (Denholm), Tom Binns (Nolan), Togo Igawa (Mr Yamamoto), Jonathan Ryland (Gary)
Great start to a new series. Everyone had a fun storyline.
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Post by: Tom on July 31, 2009, 01:20:43 PM
Writer: Graham Linehan (Writer)
Director: Graham Linehan
Cast: Chris O'Dowd (Roy), Richard Ayoade (Moss), Katherine Parkinson (Jen), Matt Berry (Douglas), Paul Bazely (Michael), Cavan Clerkin (Dan), Jon Foster (Barry), Derek Ezenagu (Luke), John Willie Hopkins (Postman Harry)
Another great episode! Really funny what Moss did to hide from the police.
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Post by: Achim on July 31, 2009, 01:38:23 PM
1. From Hell
A great start into the third series, showing right away that Graham Linehan still has it in him (which he will hopefully keep proving throughout the next episodes). Was laughing at the opening credits (had forgotten about them) and then the laughs just kept coming.
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Post by: Tom on July 31, 2009, 01:52:01 PM
Writer: Graham Linehan (Writer)
Director: Graham Linehan
Cast: Chris O'Dowd (Roy), Richard Ayoade (Moss), Katherine Parkinson (Jen), Matt Berry (Douglas), Lucy Robinson (June), Tom Binns (Nolan), Janet Whiteside (Olive), Adam De Ville (Greg), Tom Meeten (Tramp), Laura Patch (Tour Guide), Darren Strange (Lawyer), Lewis Macleod (Narrator (voice))
This episode wasn't so good. The storylines were all done thousand times before and except for a few lines, it wasn't really funny.
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Post by: Achim on July 31, 2009, 02:07:14 PM
Hilarious how Roy and Moss blend in with "proper men"; bluffball.com provides the needed phrases for conversation on a daily basis. There is a few scenes that have less laughs than usual but they are needed to set up the plot and the whole episode feels more complete that way.
...and of course there is also the driving instructor. :D
Post by: Tom on July 31, 2009, 02:19:39 PM
Writer: Graham Linehan (Writer)
Director: Graham Linehan
Cast: Chris O'Dowd (Roy), Richard Ayoade (Moss), Katherine Parkinson (Jen), Matt Berry (Douglas), Lucy Montgomery (April), Tom Binns (Nolan)
This episode was a lot of fun again. The guys giving Jen the "internet" for a speech :)
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Post by: Achim on July 31, 2009, 02:46:52 PM
Trying to say something shouldn't be in the way of the comedy. Too much time was spent with too little meaning (the Roy thread) and the rest was pretty much all over the place (from a few good laughs all the way to cringe-worthy). It's still funny, just not as funny as it should be.
Post by: Tom on July 31, 2009, 02:48:27 PM
Writer: Graham Linehan (Writer)
Director: Graham Linehan
Cast: Chris O'Dowd (Roy), Richard Ayoade (Moss), Katherine Parkinson (Jen), Matt Berry (Douglas), Claudia Harrison (Delina), Suzie Toase (Alison), James Tovell (Terry), Lewis Macleod (Friendface Voice (voice))
A great episode making fun of Facebook. I enjoyed it.
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Post by: Achim on July 31, 2009, 03:26:37 PM
Back to form after the slowdown that was episode 3 I had tears in my eyes from laughing. Jen is awarded Employee of the Month and must hold a speech for the stock holders. Roy and Moss decide to help in order to play a practical joke. Meanwhile Douglas has an affair with a reporter who has an unusual past, but he doesn't care. Both storylines ultimately come together in a hilarious climax.
Post by: Achim on July 31, 2009, 03:58:19 PM
Social network Friendface on the internet has everyone going crazy. Roy reconnects unwillingly with an old girlfriend of his, whom Jen suggests he should tell in person why they broke up. Jen on the other hand meets old school friends and is invited to the reunion. Intending to show off she takes Moss to pretend ot be her husband. All this plays out with an array of good jokes and on the side mocks social networks and the problems they create.
Post by: Achim on July 31, 2009, 04:32:13 PM
When repairing some computer on the 7th floor Roy agree to help with a charity; for boss-eyedness, of which one of the colleagues brothers suffers. For the charity they agree to create a nude calendar, but obviously things don't turn out as Roy had hoped... A nice conclusion of this series/season with the show going out in top form. Not the best of the bunch but a great one.
Post by: DJ Doena on July 31, 2009, 05:10:32 PM
Post by: Achim on July 31, 2009, 08:31:38 PM
LOL, you finnish this marathon before I even had the chance to start it ;):bag:
I just followed Tom. Seems he got busy with something, can't see why he held back with episode 6 otherwise. Unless he actually wanted to give you a chance to catch up.
On the good side, you can see by the table in the opening post that you should be in for a good time.
Post by: Tom on July 31, 2009, 08:55:19 PM
I had it watched right after the fifth episode
06. Calendar Geeks (2008-12-26)
Writer: Graham Linehan (Writer)
Director: Graham Linehan
Cast: Chris O'Dowd (Roy), Richard Ayoade (Moss), Katherine Parkinson (Jen), Matt Berry (Douglas), Alexandra Weaver (Kimberly), Ty Glaser (Nadine), Ben Moor (Paul), Hazel Douglas (Joan), Hywel John (Dave), Jacob Edwards (Niall), Lewis Macleod (Charity Voice (voice))
My least favorite episode from the bunch. I think a lot has to do that Moss was missing a lot in this episode (I hadn't noticed his absence though like the other characters did :laugh:)
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Post by: Achim on July 31, 2009, 09:39:42 PM
(I hadn't noticed his absence though like the other characters did :laugh:)that was shocking, wasn't it. And probably exactly what the filmmakers intended :laugh:
Post by: DJ Doena on July 31, 2009, 11:42:58 PM
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Season 3
From Hell
Synopsis: Jen has a builder in her home and Roy is quite sure (99% ... 60/40) that he's seen him on "Builders from Hell". Now Jen can't let him out of her eyesight. Meanwhile Moss is bullied by some guys in the park and Douglas shoots himself in the leg with his father's service revolver.My Opinion: A great start to the new season. Love to see Jen getting more and more paranoid and Roy re-evaluating his surety. And I loved Moss' role-playing and trying to find a snappy comeback. I never cared much for Douglas though. I liked his father better.
Are We Not Men?
Synopsis: Moss has found a website that allows him to use the right sentences about last night's football game. Roy tries it, too and gets them both to hang out with a bunch of real men. But these new friends are not what they appear to be. Meanwhile Jen is dating a guy that looks like a stage magician.My Opinion: I am a German and I never cared much for football either. This week a player returned from FC Barcelona to the VfB Stuttgart and a friend of mine couldn't be happier about it - I couldn't care less, the only thing I found interesting was that the player's name is "Hleb" which is a transcription of the russian хлеб* and means "bread". Back to topic. I enjoyed to watch Roy panicking in the car after the robbery and also in their hideout. And I found it hilarious that Moss took the money just to count it. ;D
* Remember when Christopher Plummer said "to be or not to be" in klingon? The "Х" letter sounds pretty much like the "H" in taH pagh taHbe'.
Tramps Like Us
Synopsis: Jen is applying for a new job in a different company but fails to explain what "IT" stands for. Meanwhile Roy crashes a minute of silence for a dead colleague and lands himself on the streets not even having a shirt anymore. And Moss is in his "happy place" while Douglas gets tasered every time he gets aroused.My Opinion: What I liked about this episode was Roy's "walkabout" in the streets and Jen's attempts at not having to say what "IT" actually stands for . But I didn't really like the entire harassment storyline and Moss' part in it.
The Speech
Synopsis: Jen was awarded with the "Employee of the Month". But now she has to give a speech to the shareholders. And the speech is about her area of expertise - meaning IT. Roy and Moss are so generous and lend her "the internet", a black box (wireless of course, everything is wireless nowadays) that what demagnetized by Stephen Hawking himself.My Opinion: One of my favourite episodes of the show. I simply love the entire scene when they let Jen borrow "the internet" (Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDbyYGrswtg)). And I love it when their prank totally backfires on the shareholder assembly.
Friendface
Synopsis: Jen has joined Friendface, a social networking site where you find all the people you never wanted to see again. Roy and Moss join also and soon Roy has to face a woman he dumped because she looks like Batman's Joker. And Jen is invited to a class reunion where she can't show up without her husband - Moss.My Opinion: An obvious pun on Facebook which I really liked, especially the part about persons you'd rather not see again. Especially the "Joker" and Roy's attempts at "winning over" Jen made me laugh so hard.
Calendar Geeks
Synopsis: In order to organize a charity fundraiser the girls of the seventh floor want to make a nude calendar and Roy gets to photograph them. But Jen sabotages it and convinces the girls that it would be a far better idea to photograph their grannies - until she becomes responsible for the success of that calendar.My Opinion: The Geek Calendar shooting was so funny, how Roy had to convince Moss and the others to get into certain poses was so hilarious.
The Season - My Opinion: Too bad that UK seasons are always this short, I am quite certain that the writers would have no problem to come up with more ideas. But it is as it is.
Post by: Achim on August 01, 2009, 06:31:17 AM
BTW, in the Interview on the disc Graham Lineham said that he felt he had two killer episodes and two great ones, seems he agrees with me :laugh: He also said that he thinks from his side he could two maybe two more series/seasons of this :clap:
Post by: DJ Doena on August 01, 2009, 12:27:53 PM
Karsten, you want to rate the episodes (for the table on page 1)?