Inbetweeners

[Saint-scooby]

Catching up on series one such a classic.

[sotonjoe]

Series two is up there as well. 'London' is perhaps the stand out episode for me. The bottom line is that the 3rd series was a little dialogue heavy, but without as frequent humour. It also found itself going a bit cliched, but at least they've knocked it on the head now. The film is in production though.

[IamLeGod]

I'm sorry, but i really just do not get the fuss about The Inbetweeners.

 

I've tried to watch it a few times, and I swear my tele must be broken as it's just not funny. I can't believe I am seeing the same thing as other people.

 

It's poorly written, acted badly by charmless, uncharismatic unlikeable actors who are playing charmless, uncharismatic and unlikeable characters. It relies on stupid, inane unfunny one liners to provides its weekly quota of one laugh, easy enough to remember for all the plebs to rush straight on to facebook and quote.

 

"HAHAHAH BUS W*****S!!! THAT IS SOOO FUNNY!! QUICK EVERYONE LETS ALL GO ON FACEBOOK AND SAY HOW FUNNY IT IS!!!" - morons

[Crab Lungs]

Series Three was offensively turd, apart from the first and third episodes.

 

I can understand what IamLeGod is saying above and the constant quoting is by the very people who have NEVER devised their own trend or had their own catchphrase in their lives. In fact, I find those type of people more annoying than that third series - but only marginally so.

 

However, I think I like it because I can relate to it - it does remind me of my school years/college years and the many of the situations that occur (although accentuated for dramatic purposes) are similar to experiences in my own social group. That is, of course, excluding the third series as it was gross out ridiculousness. Gah, the more I think of that last series, the more it annoys me.... utter w4nk

[Huntingdon]

This series was really disappointing

 

They made a mistake in writing Emily Atack out of the show

Will's obsession with Charlotte 'big jugs' Hinchcliffe was one of the amusing themes of the show

[Huntingdon]

This series was really disappointing

 

They made a mistake in writing Emily Atack out of the show

Will's obsession with Charlotte 'big jugs' Hinchcliffe was one of the amusing themes of the show

[skintsaint]

Series three was one step too far, was amusing for the first two series. Not the best humour ever made but funny nevertheless.

[skintsaint]

Series three was one step too far, was amusing for the first two series. Not the best humour ever made but funny nevertheless.

[SuperMikey]

Hugely overrated but still watchable and very funny at times.

[IamLeGod]

Right it seems my last tirade was not quite enough to convince people, so I'll have another stab (unfortunately metaphorically, I would love to actually stab them all).

 

One of my real problems with the inbetweeners (apart from the fact it is a comedy that simply fails to be funny) is that it is a genre that has already been done to death. Following a bunch of middle class high school misfits. It has been done many many times before, and in several cases a hell of a lot better.

 

Freaks and Geeks is one such example. It also fits with what I said previously about the characters/actors involved. The cast of Freaks and Geeks have gone on to be pretty successful since, staring in some decent films and television series. For example, James Franco who has started in Spiderman and Pineapple Express or Seth Rogen who was also in Pineapple Express and a string of other pretty decent comedies. Also, Jason Segel features heavily, from some less good hollywood flicks such as Forgetting Sarah Marshall and I love you, man.

 

Whilst it is true to say that this lot have hardly gone on to set the world on fire, they have certainly enjoyed some success. I wonder what the cast of the inbetweeners will be doing in 11 years time...

[Durleyfos]

For everyone who finds it funny, series 1 & 2 are £8 each in Sainsbury's.

 

Bargain.

[Special K]

It was amusing in that it played heavily on the awkwardness of the male teenage years, something that all 40 year old fellas can relate to and look back at whistfully whilst disappointed at how ****e life has turned out from that early promise. Or some such ******.