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What a rubbish pilot

posted 9 years ago by Ace_Spade
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I watched the first episode and nearly quit! It picked up immediately with episode two and from then on, the show is really funny, but that pilot...! What a load of crap.

[–] Ace_Spade 9 years ago

In fact, as an addendum, I just watched the unaired US pilot and found parts of it funnier (Moss is more comfortable in his character and actually does a better job at parts, Joel McHale is funny). Though, just so nobody thinks I'm bonkers, there were plenty of shoddy parts (Jen and the boss aren't funny at all; the A-Team joke is removed which neuters the later A-Team music montage, etc.)

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[–] Ace_Spade 9 years ago

Oh! Sorry, I seem to have mis-communicated.

I didn't care for the pilot of the IT Crowd, but I stuck with the show and am SUPER glad I did because episode 2 onward were hysterically funny and had me choking on various drinks and comestibles throughout (Gay: A Gay Musical, electric pants, "Ich bin ein NERD, etc.)

So, overall I loved it, I just didn't like the pilot.

The American pilot isn't as bad as it could have been. A lot of it was bad, but I think given the quality difference from pilot to show in the BBC's, the American pilot didn't seem like it couldn't have lead to a very funny show (though their Jen is really bad; that would've been hard to recover from).

[–] saneman1 9 years ago

I am watching the pilot now.

The title graphics and the look of the show looked like something straight out of the 80s, and that horrible laugh track. Especially the IT guys den.
The office scenes look straight out of the early 90s.

But this pilot was filmed in 2006????

Good to know the rest of the show is not like the pilot.

I did love the stuff with the main boss. Opening scene was genius even if it felt like I have seen that somewhere before.

[–] maxihadda-73173 9 years ago

Yeah, first episode was pretty *beep*

First half of series 1 was a bit naff in general.

[–] stevejames6 9 years ago

It wasn't a 'pilot' it was the first episode of an already 6-episode-commisoned series.

And it isn't that bad.

[–] maxihadda-73173 9 years ago

Just came across not natural and contrived.

It didn't flow very well.