DISQUS

Davebaxter1989 · 12 months ago

He was only one example I gave and even though you don't like him he has more fame in Britain that Pegg will ever have.

Nish · 12 months ago

That may be the case, especially after Sachsgate but Pegg is far more talented than Brand can ever hope to be. And I meant humour in my other post, not humous.

Davebaxter1989 · 12 months ago

Brand was easily more famous before the Andrew Sachs debacle aswell though? And I should have prefaced the other post with the fact that this is all opinion anyway. I find Russell Brand funnier you find Simon Pegg funnier and neither of us will change t'others mind so there is really little sense in our arguing because either way we seem in slight agreement that British comedy can be funny.

Arou101 · 12 months ago

Shaun of the Dead was funny, mostly because the premise had never been done before. This seems like a bad porn with an equally bad script... I would need some sort of great trailer to sell me the idea of a Horror Comedy, a 'British' Horror Comedy (cringes). The Brit's rarely make me laugh, and for whatever reason HBO aired that awful Little Britain has left a possible permanent complex on me against British comedies.

D Train · 12 months ago

Agreed.

Arou101 · 12 months ago

I think a lot of my disdain for British humor also comes from stand up comedy. Perhaps its the chirpy accent, or in their delivery, but it just gives me a headache... and I've heard A LOT of it. I think the reason I liked Shaun of the Dead is because it was toned down, and more down to earth (well, aside from the whole zombie thing.)

Arou101 · 12 months ago

I was talking about how I had never seen a zombie parody movie before. They probably did exist before Shaun, but I haven't gone actively searching for zombie movie parodies, considering most zombie movies aren't that great to begin with. That whole Tarantino zombie parody (was it a parody?) was awful, just awful.

Nish · 12 months ago

I guess we can agree to disagree!

Davebaxter1989 · 12 months ago

Right this actually has a lot more in common with Shaun of the Dead than you would know as it's stars come from a fairly hilarious Brit comedy called Gavin and Stacey.

Now just purge your brain of Little Britain it is terrible and always has been but catch phrases even catch on here and ratings led to that abomination on HBO. But also on HBO Ricky Gervais Out of England? The Office? Extras? Russell Brand? Mock the Week? (youtube it) Billy Connolly?

Britain has a very diverse output and if something doesn't make you laugh something else may (I happen to dislike Shaun of the Dead and such).

Davebaxter1989 · 12 months ago

It's going to have to be an agree to disagree because I'm strongly of the opinion that Britain is the stand-up capital of the world. Out of interest though who have you heard that you dislike? And more to the point have you heard say Frankie Boyle? Russell Howard? or obviously Ricky Gervais?

Nish · 12 months ago

So the premise of Shaun of the Dead - surviving a zombie apocolypse - has never been done before? The humour from Shaun of the Dead comes from Pegg + Frosts chemistry and their pop-culture references which unlike Tarantino aren't usually stupidly obscure. Check out Spaced for more of the same, its a sitcom they did. I'm not sure if its out on DVD in the states or on TV. And please don't use Russell Brand as an example of British humous, he's not funny or clever.

As fro British horror flicks - Dog Soldiers is awesome

Nish · 12 months ago

Oh and Deathwatch

Arou101 · 12 months ago

The majority of my British stand-up experience has been on my lone 24+ hour road trips I would take every weekend (VA-PA on Friday, PA-VA Sunday), and leaving my Sirius satellite radio on the Raw Dog comedy channel. I don't remember the names of all the comics, as they cycle through an almost unlimited collection, but when it came to the British comics--and this isn't all the time, but most of the time--I would give them about 45 second to a minute before getting irritated.

Sometimes I would get a laugh, but a lot of the time I found myself grinding the wheel or changing the channel. I'm pretty sure I've heard all those comics before (positive on Howard), as the names look familiar. My stand-up Mecca will always be NY-NJ, but hey, everybody has different tastes.

duncan · 11 months ago

Was Army of Darkness a zombie comedy?