George Johnson <matrix29@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The series "Darkplace" is supposed to lightly mock the seriousness
of
> more horror genre movies, but in nature is simply boring. I've watched
> around 4 episodes and none made me laugh or entertained. The high point
of
> the series is the voicework (the over-the-top British-ness) is not too
> horrible, but the story is just dull bland tedium. I know that the
series
> is supposed to be cheesy and "cheap looking" in effect (though the
> camerawork & lighting is very high quality) yet the stories remain bland
> unwatchable tedium.
You actually made it through an entire episode? I gave up about halfway
through the first one.
The show also seems to be a spoof of other British dramas, like UFO or
The Prisoner. The little interview excerpts are also obviously meant to
be a Spinal Tap-esque take on the drivel that makes up most DVD extras
these days.
Like 'Saul Of The Mole Men', there's only a few jokes, you get them right
away, and everything after that is just consists of them beating you over
the head again and again with the same, now lame, jokes. It's an amusing
concept, that just shouldn't have been longer than a SNL skit.
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