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DVD : Spaced - Definitive Collectors' Edition
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Spaced - Definitive Collectors' Edition starring: Jessica Stevenson, Simon Pegg, Julia Deakin directed by: Edgar Wright List Price: £29.99 Childrens Toy Shop Price: £10.48 You Save: £19.51 (65%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Binding: DVD EAN: 6867441007098 Format: PAL Label: Channel 4 DVD Manufacturer: Channel 4 DVD Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: Channel 4 DVD Region Code: 2 Release Date: August 14, 2006 Studio: Channel 4 DVD Sales Rank: 201 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Spaced is a sitcom like no other. The premise is simple enough: Daisy (Jessica Stevenson) and Tim (Simon Pegg) are out of luck and love, so pretend to be a couple in order to rent a flat together. Downstairs neighbour and eccentric painter Brian suspects someone's fibbing, and almost blows their cover with their lecherous lush of a landlady, Marsha. Fortunately he soon falls for Daisy's health-freak friend Twist, while Daisy herself goes ga-ga for pet dog Colin. Tim remains happily platonic with lifemate Mike; a sweet-at-heart guns 'n' ammo obsessive. The series is chock-full of pop culture references. In fact, each episode is themed after at least one movie, with nods to The Shining and Close Encounters of the Third Kind proving especially hilarious. Hardly five minutes goes by without a Star Wars reference, and every second of screen time from Bill Bailey as owner of the comic shop where Tim works is comedic gold. The look of the series is its other outstanding element, with slam-zooms, dizzying montages, and inspired lighting effects (often paying homage to the Evil Dead movies). It's an affectionate fantasy on the life of the twenty-something that's uncomfortably close to the truth. The second series finds the gang at 23 Meteor Street a little older, but definitely none the wiser. Tim's career is hampered by severe hang-ups over The Phantom Menace. Daisy's career is just plain non-existent. There is still a spark of sexual tension between them, but it's overshadowed by Brian and Twist getting it on. Propelling the seven-episode series arc is the threat of Marsha discovering that none of the relationships are what they seem, Mike's increasing jealousy and a new love interest for Tim. That's the basis for a never-ending stream of in-jokes and references that easily match the quality of the first series. Tim has a Return of the Jedi flashback, then déjà vu in reliving the end of The Empire Strikes Back. There are spoofs of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Robocop, The Sixth Sense and comedy rival The Royle Family. There are guest spots from Bill Bailey, Peter (voice of Darth Maul) Serafinowicz and The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith. Every episode is packed with highlights, but this series' guaranteed geek pant-wetting moments have to be the mock gun battles, slagging off Babylon 5 and learning that "The second rule of Robot Club is: no smoking." Jessica Stevenson won a British Comedy Award for this year. It deserved a whole lot more. --Paul Tonks Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - LetdownThere were so many 5-star reviews so i decided to buy Spaced and this sitcom has let me down. What I didn't like at all is that the creators had just taken out numerous bits from popular movies and tried to spoof them.The whole sitcom is countless unfunny spoofing. For instance we all remember that scene from Pulp Fiction with the toaster where Bruce Willis kills Travolta.OK, you can watch it again in Spaced.Nobody kills anybody here. The writers just pointlessly put it in. Was it supposed to be hilarious? Where are you own ideas? On the other hand you can call it a wonderful,inventive breath of fresh air in the stale world of sitcom. But i prefer The Royle family and The Office to bits from The Shining Pulp Fiction Star Wars ... Read More: Rating: - More like this pleaseMissed this series when it first came out due to working away a lot but recently got this edition on DVD and I absolutely love it. The characters and casting are excellent and I just couldn't help falling for Jessica Hynes who is funny, clever, talented and very sexy! Simon Pegg does not dissapoint, in fact the whole cast are marvelous. Thoroughly reccommend this if you like a good laugh, British comedy at its best. Rating: - Comedy at it's bestThis is one of my all time favourite shows. A must have for any self respecting sci-fi fan and comedy lover. Show to show it gets better and better and has one of the most satisfying ends to a tv show. It follows the adventures of a group of 20 somethings that you will undoubtedly have more in common with than Ross or Rachel. Tim and Daisy's will they won't they really reveals the real meaning of friendship and relationships. Shaun of the Dead is one of my fav movies so my expectations for this were fairly low because of what it had to compete with but my God the utter hilarity. It is genius, the nods to a million and one movies, to Tim's constant hatred of phantom menace, to random nods to grange hill and the royle ... Read More: Rating: - Comedy Brilliance!!!!! *****To make things simple and not write an essay like most reviewers, if you like Simon Pegg, like Nick Frost and Shaun Of The Dead then you might aswell just buy the Spaced boxset, just pure hillarious the whole way through and only ten quid. Bargain !!! Rating: - I cant believe I never knew about it before!!!I bought Sapced being a Simon Pegg fan, and I kinda expected it to be just OK, but not too brilliant as it was in the early stages of his career. I also never wathced it when it was on TV so I thought for the price I'd give it a go. I began watching the firt series the day it arrived and had finished it by the end of that day (haha how sad, but I was on holiday so had nothing else to do!) It's soo gripping and hilarious! I cant beleive I hadn't heard of it before when it was on TV, and I cant beleive how underrated it must have been due to its low popularity when it was out. It's a fantastic sitcom for all viewers even if you don't like comics or games (like me) but are just looking for a laugh. The chracters are fantasticly eccentric ... Read More: |
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