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Uninteresting and Boring - Don't waste your time

posted 16 years ago by TheApostle
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For anyone thinking of watching this, do yourself a favor. Don't waste your time.

It was a chore for me to sit through Funland. I would have given up after a few episodes but I hoped it would get better or at least have a great ending. What a piece of crap.

From everything I read about Funland I should have loved it. I love dark stories, black humor and weird characters. I love David Lynch, Carnivale, The League of Gentlemen, Twin Peaks.. you get the idea. Unfortunately, Funland fails to deliver.

What you do get in Funland is hacky, cliched plots and soap opera characters. The characters weren't interesting and I didn't like or care about what happened to any of them. I was bored and uninterested in the characters and the plot. I struggled to watch each episode and wish I had given up early on and not wasted my time.

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[–] moshiezippy 16 years ago

I'll second the above comment.

I've just watched the entire series over a couple of nights and loved every minute of it.

It is one of the most original, funny, dark and disturbing tv programmes I have seen in a long time and I can't recommend it enough.

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[–] comedygreg 16 years ago

Why did the OP even bother? Like the person above, I watched the whole series over a few nights and thoroughly enjoyed it. The comparisons to the league of gentlemen are unfair as this is a fantastic series in its own right. Well written, well acted and the direction is innovative and atmospheric.

[–] Blinkjtrc 16 years ago

I'll third that even....I loved this series and as I remember they re-ran episodes in case you'd missed them at the time and I even watched those as well! Wonderful!

[–] ryankent_afi 16 years ago

I have it on DVD but still haven't watched it all yet. Up to episode nine or ten I think.

The pilot/first episode is brilliant, which the rest of the episodes haven't really lived up to.

I thought the character, The Finn, wasn't particularly good either. His accent and personality seemed a bit OTT.

That said, there are some brilliant one-liners.

[–] prbt 15 years ago

I watched the first episode when it was on telly, and I didn't like it at all. I'm glad I bought the DVD and persevered, 'cos now I think it's a brilliant series, one which the first episode doesn't do justice.

[–] thelastfaceyouwillsee 14 years ago

FUNLAND was a terrific series - dark, puzzling and totally engrossing (and often gross). I actually pity those folks who didn't get it. I only caught a few episodes when it was shown on BBC TV but when I picked up the DVD I watched all 11 episodes over 2 days. It was brilliant.

...now I do it just to watch their f----n' expression change.

[–] TheApostle 14 years ago

If I had a dollar for every time someone replied to criticisms of a work of fiction with the tired excuse of "you're not smart enough to get it" I'd be a very rich man.

[–] MaryLouStalin 14 years ago

"If I had a dollar for every time someone replied to criticisms of a work of fiction with the tired excuse of "you're not smart enough to get it" I'd be a very rich man."

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If you're hearing that a lot, you might want to ask yourself why.

[–] TheApostle 14 years ago

Although you quoted what I said, maybe you didn't comprehend it. I didn't say that people say it to me.

Nice try though sweetie.

[–] MaryLouStalin 14 years ago

I didn't disagree, just said 'you' where I should have said 'one'.

Hope you don't come off as this snippy in real life.

[–] Mageta44 12 years ago

I fully agree with the original poster. I just finished the series and even though it had all the ingredients to be really good, in the end nothing really worked and it was just a mess.

It doesn't work as comedy, as nothing is even remotely funny unless you find completely unrealistic characters acting like morons funny (is this the "british humor" one always hears about?).

And it doesn't work as drama either because the plot has more holes than substance. The main plot makes no sense, because why would she burn down the chapel but not tear apart the safe? And all the side-plots just end up in the air without any kind of resolution.

So even though I see how this show could have been great, the end result is unfortunately just really bad and a waste of time...

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[–] Artisan (3464) 3 years ago

I ended up fast forwarding to the strip scene by the lead actress. Nothing else is in the show is interesting.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

No t&a?