Derek (Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington Sitcom)

zac8

God thats depressing.

Tipsy McSwagger

Gervais looks like an old age Hitler stuck in a retirement home.

Basq

Can't be any worse than Life's Too Short..

wp_rathead

Basq wrote: »

Can't be any worse than Life's Too Short..

Don't. Tempt. Fate.

lempsipmax

Looks deeply unfunny. Essentially just Gervais being himself with his hair brushed forward and an underbite which appears only when he isn't talking.

Bodhidharma

If that show doesn't involve Gervais making fun of "Mongs", i'll eat my hat.

amacachi

Basq wrote: »

Can't be any worse than Life's Too Short..

In fairness Life's Too Short sounded like it could've been good, this hasn't got that going for it and the clips posted look awful.

telekon

Love Karl Pilkington, but that looks fcuking sh*te!

BaZmO*

There's a shark somewhere out there looking at Gervais' nutsack as he passes by overhead.

ironictoaster

I'll give it a go.

Would of wished they kept up the podcasts/audiobooks.

don ramo

gervais i think blows either hot or cold, pilkington is the same, i dont think either are very consistant, so ill give this a bash and see how it goes, wasnt overly impressed with lifes to short, though i did laught my ass of 3 or 4 times throughout the series

also an idiot abroad wasnt scripted, they filmed probably 10 times more than what is shown, and they guided karl around the place and just filmed his reactions, there was no consistancy to either series cause karl was in pretty bad moods 25%+ of the time, some people do have odd outlooks on life that we would find funny,

Rjd2

Basq wrote: »

Can't be any worse than Life's Too Short..

bnt

Rjd2 wrote: »

Show sounds vile, basically Gervais making loads of jokes about the disabled. :rolleyes:

The lady who got in to an argument with him over the "mong" word has seen the pilot, and says no, it's not making fun of the disabled. Gervais sent her a copy and gave her an interview on the topic.

There are already some mutterings, from people who haven’t seen the pilot, along the lines of “here we go again I suppose he’s laughing at vulnerable people”. I didn’t find that to be the case.

Instead of it being a mocking disintegration of a learning-disabled man -paraded for the amusement of comfortable unaffected people, it’s the story that really needs to be told at the moment.

It’s the story of a socially isolated, gentle vulnerable man surrounded by other people who society wants to forget, but told with humour, heart and real warmth. It’s a comedy in my opinion, which shows the reality of a life of otherness.

take everything

Anyone watching this.
So far i'm a bit baffled by it.

K.C

take everything wrote: »

Anyone watching this.
So far i'm a bit baffled by it.

I'm enjoying it so far!

yermandan

Having worked in the exact scenario they are portraying, I think its been acted brilliantly by Gervais. Lots of promise for this one. Its definitely NOT a pisstake out of ID like people expected

discobeaker

Its very sad but im really liking it so far.

Paparazzo

Not too bad, definitely needs more of Karls character.

K.C

Gervais is amazing in this.

yermandan

Unbelievable acting by Gervais in this. Having worked with people with intellectual disabilities who do not have a voice anywhere, this will really help the cause. Unbelievable stuff.

I was balling at the end there. Very poignant.

Here's the music from the ending if anyone is interested

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdDDY5nVA3A

BaZmO*

There's a very fine line when doing something like this. Luckily enough he's stayed on the right side of it.

Drenched in pathos, and certainly not a laugh a minute sitcom. Definitely has potential.

mfceiling

I enjoyed this.

Thought gervais would really take the proverbial out of the more mentally challenged but he seems to have hit a sweet spot.

Karl is using some of his "normal" lines....he's like a wasp in the car, extra stress when you're driving!!

So far so good.

francois

Poor, cliched, lazy writing and for something advertised as comedy not particularly funny, in fact totally unfunny. The attempts at pathos lacked any cred after his "mong" episode-Pilkington may as well have been reprising his idiot role.

Paparazzo

When Karl was driving the bus, he should have pulled over and put Ricky in a wheelie bin.

K.C

yermandan wrote: »

Unbelievable acting by Gervais in this. Having worked with people with intellectual disabilities who do not have a voice anywhere, this will really help the cause. Unbelievable stuff.

I was balling at the end there. Very poignant.

Here's the music from the ending if anyone is interested

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdDDY5nVA3A

Thanks so much, I've been looking for this for the last half hour!!!

Paparazzo

francois wrote: »

Poor, cliched, lazy writing and for something advertised as comedy not particularly funny, in fact totally unfunny. The attempts at pathos lacked any cred after his "mong" episode-Pilkington may as well have been reprising his idiot role.

It was advertised as a comedy drama. Which is what it was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWoagq8qhtI

yermandan

K.C wrote: »

Thanks so much, I've been looking for this for the last half hour!!!

No worries, Ricky put it up on his Twitter!

BaZmO*

francois wrote: »

Poor, cliched, lazy writing and for something advertised as comedy not particularly funny, in fact totally unfunny. The attempts at pathos lacked any cred after his "mong" episode-Pilkington may as well have been reprising his idiot role.

I'd tend to agree but I'm willing to give it another couple of watches to see how it pans out.

The love interest did seem very forced and a lot like a condensed version of Maggie's story in Extras. Plus, if ever anybody wanted proof that Karl's character in every other Gervais production is an act, his role tonight is proof enough.

Samich

Pilkington was acting in idiot abroad. First acting part :pac:

K.C

Is this a one off or will there be more episodes?