Topic: The IT Crowd: Version 3.0 - (mini) marathon

[Achim]

MOVIE / DVD INFO:

Title: The IT Crowd: Version 3.0
Year: 2008
Director:Graham Linehan
Rating: 15
Length: 137 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English, Other

Stars:
Chris O'Dowd
Richard Ayoade
Katherine Parkinson
Matt Berry

Plot:
The emmy award winning IT Crowd are back!

Whilst Reynholm Industries boss, Douglas is spending the pensions fund on gold flakes in the water supply, the dysfunctional IT department - Moss, Roy and Jen - build up the courage to face the frightening world of people who somehow communicate without using a keyboard.

As well as the usual bickering, time wasting and incompetance, the co-dependant trio become the victims of sexual harassment, create a fundraising nude erotic calendar, confront the builders from hell and join a social networking site.

Episode List:
1. From Hell
2. Are We Not Men?
3. Tramps Like Us
4. The Speech
5. Friendface
6. Calendar Geeks

Extras:
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Interviews
Outtakes/Bloopers

Ratings:

Episode	DJ Doena	Tom	Achim
From Hell
Are We Not Men?
Tramps Like Us
The Speech
Friendface
Calendar Geeks

[Achim]

So who is in and how do we do this? After all, it's a rather short series and normally I'd simply finish it over the weekend. If you guys would do the same, then we could just 3+3...?

Another thought I had was, we could do one at a time and always wait until everyone posted their review before moving on to the next one. (Kind of a bit of self-torture, honoring what Pete is putting himself through a little bit...)

[DJ Doena]

I will watch them in a row, we're talking about a bit more than two hours here.

[Tom]

I'm in. I think we can each post their reviews as we go.

[Achim]

O.k.

Off we go....

[Tom]

01. From Hell (2008-11-21)
Writer: Graham Linehan (Writer)
Director: Graham Linehan
Cast: Chris O'Dowd (Roy), Richard Ayoade (Moss), Katherine Parkinson (Jen), Matt Berry (Douglas), Chris Morris (Denholm), Tom Binns (Nolan), Togo Igawa (Mr Yamamoto), Jonathan Ryland (Gary)

Great start to a new series. Everyone had a fun storyline.

Rating:

[Tom]

02. Are We Not Men? (2008-11-28)
Writer: Graham Linehan (Writer)
Director: Graham Linehan
Cast: Chris O'Dowd (Roy), Richard Ayoade (Moss), Katherine Parkinson (Jen), Matt Berry (Douglas), Paul Bazely (Michael), Cavan Clerkin (Dan), Jon Foster (Barry), Derek Ezenagu (Luke), John Willie Hopkins (Postman Harry)

Another great episode! Really funny what Moss did to hide from the police.

Rating:

[Achim]

"IT department. Have you tried turning off and then on again?"

1. From Hell
A great start into the third series, showing right away that Graham Linehan still has it in him (which he will hopefully keep proving throughout the next episodes). Was laughing at the opening credits (had forgotten about them) and then the laughs just kept coming.

(click to show/hide)

Tip:
Leave the main menu unattended for a while and an Easter Egg will appear.

[Tom]

03. Tramps Like Us (2008-12-05)
Writer: Graham Linehan (Writer)
Director: Graham Linehan
Cast: Chris O'Dowd (Roy), Richard Ayoade (Moss), Katherine Parkinson (Jen), Matt Berry (Douglas), Lucy Robinson (June), Tom Binns (Nolan), Janet Whiteside (Olive), Adam De Ville (Greg), Tom Meeten (Tramp), Laura Patch (Tour Guide), Darren Strange (Lawyer), Lewis Macleod (Narrator (voice))

This episode wasn't so good. The storylines were all done thousand times before and except for a few lines, it wasn't really funny.

Rating:

[Achim]

2. Are We Not men?
Hilarious how Roy and Moss blend in with "proper men"; bluffball.com provides the needed phrases for conversation on a daily basis. There is a few scenes that have less laughs than usual but they are needed to set up the plot and the whole episode feels more complete that way.

...and of course there is also the driving instructor.

[Tom]

04. The Speech (2008-12-12)
Writer: Graham Linehan (Writer)
Director: Graham Linehan
Cast: Chris O'Dowd (Roy), Richard Ayoade (Moss), Katherine Parkinson (Jen), Matt Berry (Douglas), Lucy Montgomery (April), Tom Binns (Nolan)

This episode was a lot of fun again. The guys giving Jen the "internet" for a speech

Rating:

[Achim]

3. Tramps Like Us
Trying to say something shouldn't be in the way of the comedy. Too much time was spent with too little meaning (the Roy thread) and the rest was pretty much all over the place (from a few good laughs all the way to cringe-worthy). It's still funny, just not as funny as it should be.

[Tom]

05. Friendface (2008-12-19)
Writer: Graham Linehan (Writer)
Director: Graham Linehan
Cast: Chris O'Dowd (Roy), Richard Ayoade (Moss), Katherine Parkinson (Jen), Matt Berry (Douglas), Claudia Harrison (Delina), Suzie Toase (Alison), James Tovell (Terry), Lewis Macleod (Friendface Voice (voice))

A great episode making fun of Facebook. I enjoyed it.

Rating:

[Achim]

4. The Speech
Back to form after the slowdown that was episode 3 I had tears in my eyes from laughing. Jen is awarded Employee of the Month and must hold a speech for the stock holders. Roy and Moss decide to help in order to play a practical joke. Meanwhile Douglas has an affair with a reporter who has an unusual past, but he doesn't care. Both storylines ultimately come together in a hilarious climax.

[Achim]

5. Friendface
Social network Friendface on the internet has everyone going crazy. Roy reconnects unwillingly with an old girlfriend of his, whom Jen suggests he should tell in person why they broke up. Jen on the other hand meets old school friends and is invited to the reunion. Intending to show off she takes Moss to pretend ot be her husband. All this plays out with an array of good jokes and on the side mocks social networks and the problems they create.