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[ProfessorChaos]

didn't think it'd be worth starting a new thread over, but i acquired both seasons of this show and i gotta say, it's fucking brilliant. so many hilarious pop-culture references i lost count...and they're not like family guy-style references where it doesn't fit in with the plot at all, these actually are very relevant to whatever's going on within the show. brilliant series, hard to believe it only aired for two seasons. believe the hype, if you've not seen this yet, find a way to check it out. just blew through both seasons this weekend, wishing there was more of the series to watch. EDIT: holy fuck, this thread hasn't had a post in 4 1/2 years!

[MinionZombie]

Welcome to the fold Prof. Glad you enjoyed the show, it truly is a spiffing series.

[ProfessorChaos]

no doubt, man. i seriously loved that show, had a great time watching both seasons this weekend. like i said, brilliant stuff. i had goosebumps at moments (like the end of the episode about daisy's birthday that finishes with the empire strikes back homage complete with star wars theme), other times i was laughing so hard i was out of breath, some moments i was totally engrossed in the characters and their plights, almost cheering at their triumphs....it was that good. been a while since i've watched shaun of the dead, think i'm gonna pop that in sometime in the next couple of days. seems like there's a lot of humor and whatnot that i may have missed on by not having seen spaced prior to watching it. i do recall daisy showing up as yvonne with her band of cohorts (including marsh the landlady) who are almost mirror images of shaun and his gang. i *cough* found the series online, but saw that they have the whole series as a dvd box set (region 1, which is great) and was thinking of adding it to the shelf as a proud member of the prof's media collection. anyone got the set, and if so, what sort of bonus features are included? and how is this thread in the "dead discussion" forum?

[MinionZombie]

Prof - I assume the R1 set is identical to the R2 discs, but with the addition of extra commentaries. The discs have the usual things like deleted scenes and stuff, but the Out-take reels for both series are pure fried gold. I've re-watched them several times each. In the UK there was a 3-disc boxset put out which had a feature length documentary called "Skip to the End", so perhaps the R1 has that on it too.

[bassman]

i *cough* found the series online, but saw that they have the whole series as a dvd box set (region 1, which is great) and was thinking of adding it to the shelf as a proud member of the prof's media collection. anyone got the set, and if so, what sort of bonus features are included? I've got it. It's really a GREAT set. It has everything MZ mentioned.... feature length documentary, deleted scenes, outtakes, refernce marker, original UK commentaries, and exclusive R1 commentaries with guests Quintin Tarantino, Diablo Cody, Kevin Smith, Patton Oswalt, Matt Stone, and Bill Hader. It's definitely worth the purchase. I've watched through it MANY times. You mentioned that now you wanted to go back and watch Shaun after seeing Spaced.....I did the same and actually noticed that there are actually a bunch of things lifted from the show. Can't think of them all now, but the whole "dogs can't look up" thing came from the episode where Colin runs away to the neighbor's house. Frost swears up and down on the commentary track that dogs can't look up. And of course there is Tyres in the gang of zombies....

[MinionZombie]

And when Frost says "now how's about that for a slice of fried gold?" when he lays out the drinking plan for the evening after Shaun gets dumped - it's a more subtle reference as "fried gold" is graffitied on the toilet wall in the series 2 episode where they go out for drinks (and Daisy has a stew on), and that cookery student kid gets offended by Tim's "too orangey for crows" reference. They also talk about it on the commentary for Spaced somewhere ... not sure if it's referenced directly in the show in the dialogue though, been a while since I watched Spaced all through. In short, Prof - I'd highly recommend you getting the DVD.

[ProfessorChaos]

oh dude, trust me, it's on the christmas list.

[Legion2213]

They even referenced "Johnny Alpha" from 2000AD in Spaced...it is THAT good. I have the three disc special edition, it is a thing of beauty. As an aside, I watched all three of my "Black Books" series a few weeks ago...the episode with Simon Pegg as the deranged book store manager is top draw!

[AcesandEights]

digging up an old thread here You're search function foo is not too shabby, either!

[bassman]

They even referenced "Johnny Alpha" from 2000AD in Spaced...it is THAT good. I think the guy that draws all of Tim's work in the show is actually a popular 2000AD artist. Seems like I remember them mentioning that, anyway... You're search function foo is not too shabby, either! That was my first thought. How the hell did he find this old thread when right now the search can't find a thread from a month ago?

[ProfessorChaos]

it's a fluke. i don't know how i got lucky with that one....but yeah, a 4 year-old thread popped up with no problem, while i can't find threads i started six weeks ago using every damn word i recall typing in the search box... wish they'd fix that, and i bet bassman is too....just sitting around shining his search nazi badge with a bottle of jack daniels on the table before him like some old laid-off cop jonesing to bust someone's head with a nightstick...

[bassman]

"the search isn't working!!!"

[Danny]

You're search function foo is not too shabby, either! the search function only shows up threads made after the switch to this new forum upgrade, for the most part.

[MikePizzoff]

the search function only shows up threads made after the switch to this new forum upgrade, for the most part. With my experience, it only gives me threads dating 2006 and earlier.

[ProfessorChaos]

yeah, same here, mike. most times i do a search it's bringing back threads form 2006...that's how i found this thread. ...meanwhile, andy is off playing dead rising 2.....