Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...
This is one of those shows where I didn’t really get what I was looking at when I saw one episode out of sequence, but as soon as I was able to sit down and watch the entire first season in order, I fell in love. It’s sick and freaky and very, very funny, and I can’t wait to see the movie. You lucky ponce... how was it?!
Hello there,
I have just seen a press screening of The League of Gentlemen: Apocalypse here in sunny London. I should point out that this is the film of the popular BBC sitcom the League of Gentlemen, and nothing to do with Sean Connery or Alan Moore.
For those that haven't seen it, the show is a macabre and grotesque journey through the fictional town of Royston Vasey, a town with a cursed vet, a pen-friendly restart officer, a transsexual cab driver, a local shop for local people and a cinema that only shows films about dogs. Inspired by classic horror such as The Wicker Man, the League of Gentlemen (both the name of the show and of the four men who write it) is one of the funniest and most unique sitcoms of the last ten years or so, in part due to the fact that three male actors play almost every role. But how will the movie fare?
This was the first time the League themselves had seen their film on the big screen, and they seemed a little nervous. After a brief introduction, we were away. It was being projected from high-definition tape rather than a full print but that really didn't affect anything.
The film concerns what happens when the League (Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and the rarely-seen Jeremy Dyson, here played by an actor) decide to stop writing about Royston Vasey. This causes an apocalypse in the town, and the characters are left with no option but to find a way into the real world.
At this point things start to get a little difficult to describe, but great fun to watch. Put succinctly, characters from our real universe and two seperate fictional universes come together, interact and occasionally kill one another. The three main actors play about eight roles each, including themselves. Describing the plot fully is beyond my ability as a writer, but it is all surprisingly easy to follow.
I thoroughly enjoyed the film, although viewers unfamiliar with the television series might come out of it scratching their heads and wondering what the fuck they just saw. Anyone who has seen the show should go and see the movie, and anyone who has never seen the show could do a damn sight worse than getting a copy of it, watching it, and then seeing the film.
Cheers,
Pot of Toss
Okay, I’m in. When do we get to see this in the States? NOW, PLEASE!!
"Moriarty" out.
