Comments on: UpFronts: Heroes spin-off, THE IT CROWD http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:24:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Kristy Valenti http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-157671 Thu, 17 May 2007 17:49:19 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-157671 If you like Garth Merenghi's Darkplace and the IT Crowd, you should check The Mighty Boosh. It stars Noel Fielding (Richmond the goth from the IT Crowd) and Matt Barry and Richard Ayoade (both from Garth) share the same role, one in the pilot and one in the first series. The visuals are designed by Fielding and are pretty amazing. Plus, there are song and dance numbers that are really, really funny. If you like Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace and the IT Crowd, you should check The Mighty Boosh. It stars Noel Fielding (Richmond the goth from the IT Crowd) and Matt Barry and Richard Ayoade (both from Garth) share the same role, one in the pilot and one in the first series. The visuals are designed by Fielding and are pretty amazing. Plus, there are song and dance numbers that are really, really funny.

]]> by: Todd Gray http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-156670 Thu, 17 May 2007 07:54:13 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-156670 Please God, PLEASE!!!! You already took the Gilmore Girls from me! Don't take away my sweet Veronica Mars too! PLEASE!?!?!?!?! Please God, PLEASE!!!! You already took the Gilmore Girls from me! Don’t take away my sweet Veronica Mars too! PLEASE!?!?!?!?!

]]> by: Chris Crosby http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-156576 Thu, 17 May 2007 05:47:22 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-156576 Richard Ayoade is a comedic genius! Can't wait for the American IT CROWD, even if it does suck compared to the original. (Why couldn't they just bring back the ENTIRE cast, and have them speak in American accents? That's wildly popular this season.) Richard Ayoade is a comedic genius! Can’t wait for the American IT CROWD, even if it does suck compared to the original. (Why couldn’t they just bring back the ENTIRE cast, and have them speak in American accents? That’s wildly popular this season.)

]]> by: Tom Galloway http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-156279 Thu, 17 May 2007 01:25:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-156279 I watched the first ep of the British IT Crowd. As a computer geek in good standing, it struck me as painfully unfunny and obvious in its joke attempts. I watched the first ep of the British IT Crowd.

As a computer geek in good standing, it struck me as painfully unfunny and obvious in its joke attempts.

]]> by: Tag http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-156236 Thu, 17 May 2007 00:52:21 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-156236 May I just be a domestic dork for a moment and say how jazzed I am about this HEROES: ORIGINS miniseries? I've been living for Monday nights, and I was dreading the need to get a life this summer. Now if NBC is reeeally smart, they'll find a way of cross-pollinating with WHO WANTS TO BE A SUPERHERO, on cable sister station SCIFI. Of course, HEROES seems to be all about dissecting the superhero archetype, whereas WW2BASH is all about building it back up again. I must away to my mountainside aerie to ponder this matter. May I just be a domestic dork for a moment and say how jazzed I am about this HEROES: ORIGINS miniseries? I’ve been living for Monday nights, and I was dreading the need to get a life this summer.

Now if NBC is reeeally smart, they’ll find a way of cross-pollinating with WHO WANTS TO BE A SUPERHERO, on cable sister station SCIFI. Of course, HEROES seems to be all about dissecting the superhero archetype, whereas WW2BASH is all about building it back up again. I must away to my mountainside aerie to ponder this matter.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-155979 Wed, 16 May 2007 20:11:00 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-155979 Oh, and in this day in age, a series does not have to be widely popular, just profitable. Look at Arrested Development. The writing and acting got Emmy noms, The Emmys got it noticed, which drove sales of the DVDs, and word of mouth continues to drive sales. If the demographics are right, them ads can be sold which target a particular group, much like a specialty magazine like Guns And Ammo or Martha Stewart Living. And a show about techheads? geez... I bet there are websites already being coded in anticipation of this series! Oh, and in this day in age, a series does not have to be widely popular, just profitable. Look at Arrested Development. The writing and acting got Emmy noms, The Emmys got it noticed, which drove sales of the DVDs, and word of mouth continues to drive sales.
If the demographics are right, them ads can be sold which target a particular group, much like a specialty magazine like Guns And Ammo or Martha Stewart Living.
And a show about techheads? geez… I bet there are websites already being coded in anticipation of this series!

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-155970 Wed, 16 May 2007 19:53:32 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-155970 Smart planning on Heroes. NBC keeps the ratings from slumping, they get to sell a separate DVD, and if done right, they can franchise the series Law & Order/CSI style. And then... you film three movies backtoback and have a big crossover event like Secret Wars with the movies being released one month apart! Which then feeds into the Fall season! Smart planning on Heroes. NBC keeps the ratings from slumping, they get to sell a separate DVD, and if done right, they can franchise the series Law & Order/CSI style.
And then… you film three movies backtoback and have a big crossover event like Secret Wars with the movies being released one month apart! Which then feeds into the Fall season!

]]> by: Rikki Simons http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-155852 Wed, 16 May 2007 17:45:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-155852 The IT Crowd is one of the best things ever made by human hands. I love the IT Crowd and I love every single character and every actors' performance on this show — and Richard Ayoade is a genius — but without Graham Linehan writing I can't imagine it being anywhere near as good. Time to get an all region DVD player. The IT Crowd is one of the best things ever made by human hands. I love the IT Crowd and I love every single character and every actors’ performance on this show — and Richard Ayoade is a genius — but without Graham Linehan writing I can’t imagine it being anywhere near as good. Time to get an all region DVD player.

]]> by: Paul O'Brien http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-155780 Wed, 16 May 2007 16:41:31 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-155780 THE IT CROWD, in its original version, is funny intermittently, but often feels like it's trying too hard. I have great difficulty imagining it as a full-season, 22-episode, American primetime network sitcom, unless they're going to take the shell of the concept and very little else. Frankly, I can't imagine the BBC or ITV running it in primetime in its original form - it was a Friday night sitcom on the vaguely-alternative Channel4 - so if NBC are actually going to do something that closely resembles the original, I'll be very surprised. THE IT CROWD, in its original version, is funny intermittently, but often feels like it’s trying too hard. I have great difficulty imagining it as a full-season, 22-episode, American primetime network sitcom, unless they’re going to take the shell of the concept and very little else. Frankly, I can’t imagine the BBC or ITV running it in primetime in its original form - it was a Friday night sitcom on the vaguely-alternative Channel4 - so if NBC are actually going to do something that closely resembles the original, I’ll be very surprised.

]]> by: Walt http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-155707 Wed, 16 May 2007 15:04:27 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-155707 I gave up on that show after the first four episodes. I'll agree that the only funny part of the show is the character of Moss. I gave up on that show after the first four episodes. I’ll agree that the only funny part of the show is the character of Moss.

]]> by: Bulent http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-155643 Wed, 16 May 2007 13:42:30 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-155643 Oh yes, you can also download the entirety of season one here: http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/02/it-crowd-first-season-is-now-over.html Oh yes, you can also download the entirety of season one here:

http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/02/it-crowd-first-season-is-now-over.html

]]> by: Bulent http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-155639 Wed, 16 May 2007 13:36:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/16/upfronts-heroes-spin-off-the-it-crowd/#comment-155639 The IT Crowd wasn't exactly a roaring success here in blighty! It's very funny, and a second series has thankfully been commissioned for 2007, but for some inexplicable reason it never caught fire with a mass audience. The IT Crowd wasn’t exactly a roaring success here in blighty! It’s very funny, and a second series has thankfully been commissioned for 2007, but for some inexplicable reason it never caught fire with a mass audience.

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