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twenty twelve sequel: equally dissapointing

posted 10 years ago by felixmaybe
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I wrote on a thread for twenty twelve that I thought it was written weakly, and falls flat of the satire you can see it's hoping to be.

I personally think the same can be said about W1A.

In both series, the use of repetitive, contradictory back-and-forth between the characters is supposed to be satirical of the clueless, haphazard nature of the industry. Instead it comes across as unimaginative, lazy writing, and in W1A actually more so.

Watch 'The Thick Of It' to see how satire is done properly. In my opinion the best comedy out of the BBC and one of the best of all time, from the genius of Armando Iannucci. If you do (and I really hope everyone does), you'll notice how, below the *beep* is real substance.

It makes this comedy feel underdeveloped and, as a result, hollow.

[–] jezfernandez 9 years ago

I quite enjoyed Twenty Twelve, but the situations were more interesting. Nothing really happens in W1A and I agree that the back-and-forth (e.g. where Simon just smiles and says, "Okay then, brilliant") becomes repetitive. I also hate the way EVERYONE says, "yeah, no..." in EVERY sentence. "Yeah, no that's great". It works as a trait for one character, but not all of them.

Will was funny in the first episode, but then he just became ridiculous (i.e. the farce with the envelopes).

I quite liked the Welsh lady who kept saying, "I'm not being funny or anything..." but I didn't really get what Hugh Bonneville was supposed to be doing - was he meant to be in charge of the others...? Also, was he supposed to have a thing for Lucy?

Overall, I agree this was disappointing - I laughed in the first episode, but the other three were dull.

[–] iresheen 9 years ago

Yes, no. Very strong.

[–] lsterk 8 years ago

Yes, brilliant.

[–] brendonmune-94736 8 years ago

Interesting - I find the exact opposite. I felt 'Thick of it' tries too hard and is annoyingly implausible while trying hard to present credible sets of events. W1A is equally if not more implausible but that doesn't annoy the way 'Thick of it' does as there is no attempt to be present the events as credible or plausible. W1A is more lightweight than 'Thick of it' but for me it achieves what it sets out to and provides plenty of amusement along the way