Comments on: Psychoville

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:19:01 +0000

League of Gentlemen was a far superior series. The writing was superb. It blended macabre with funny comedy and I was gagging to watch every episode. I even went to watch them live

………..however……psychovile???? I feel bad for such a talented group to end up writing something like this. Its like they are ‘going down’ in their careers not upwards. Perhaps League was so good, that it cannot be bettered. Perhaps they should have chosen something different to comedy-horror and then made their mark there too.

I find Psychoville boring and predictable. Its not comedy anymore, just dark black crap. Sorry boys, but League was much better.

P.S/ Glad someone mentioned that Little Britain is a League rip off, Little Britian ripped off so much of the League’s material its disgusting! Shame on you David Walliams and Matt Lucas!!! True talent isn’t plagerism.

Lets hope the League of gentlemen get their act together in the future, scrap this unsuccessful series and reinvent themselves again. I have faith in them as they are talented, they’ve just temporarily lost their way. Good Luck!

By: Bobby Peru

Bobby Peru — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:32:24 +0000

I would love to read an update on GKW’s article adding his thoughts on the series. After watching the opening episode i shared most of his concerns but i have to say having watched it since then i have grown to love it.

It’s a fantastic series.

By: Gargantuan

Gargantuan — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:20:09 +0000

I’m glad the comments reflect my sentiments about the show. It’s an inspiring work of originality; a truly unique brand of humor. It’s the perfect antidote to the blitzkrieg of formulaic serial dramas on telly, disguised as a formulaic serial drama.

To echo the words that lept forth from my mouth after the very first episode… “that was f**king awesome.”

By: MrKelly2u

MrKelly2u — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:48:56 +0000

Aside from having loads of great jokes, brilliant character acting and a neat plot device – this is just top draw TV. Whilst it was inevitable that people would compare it to League of Gents, the comparison seems redundant. Yes, it’s based around a collection of strange freakish characters but the fact is, it is yet another piece of original TV from 2 very talented writer/performers.
It definitely feels like a bigger canvas (not just in the geographical sense), largely due to some great casting and high production values.
Last week’s ‘Rope’ homage was just brilliant.

You are right – Psychoville isn’t Royston Vasey and that’s the point: It’s somewhere new and a great place to spend half an hour on a Thursday night. Oh, and it’s bloody funny as well.

By: Nick H

Nick H — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:23:22 +0000

There was nothing wrong with Filthy Rich and Catflap. My pint about Psychoville was that its from some of the same writers stroke performers and will always be compared to its more impact-making parent…

By: Steffyboy

Steffyboy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:27:28 +0000

And what was wrong with Filthy Rich and Catflap ??? It was a veichle that led to bottom !! Sure wasn’t as good but it had its charm .

By: Nick H

Nick H — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:58:15 +0000

Psychoville is Fithy, Rich and Catflap to TLOG’s Young Ones…

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:57:35 +0000

Fan-bloody-tastic. As crazy as it is, its always the little things that get the biggest laughs – the mystery man filling out the midwife’s crossword with You Killed Her and the OAP sat behind him telling the Mrs “3 across is ‘you’”..

by the way, worst review ever. you should have given it a chance before writing this pompous bullshit.

By: Jackal

Jackal — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:48:06 +0000

As a professional comedian myself I thought the show was fantastic. Clearly one of the best things British comedy has to offer at the moment (which I suppose isn’t saying much). aside from peepshow I can’t see anything better.

The show was similar to league of gentlemen and obviously there will be comparisons with the characters voices but I mean christ almighty they’ve created about 200 unique voices between them, no-one bollocks mitchel and webb for only having one.

While it may not be as good as series 2 of the league of gentlemen. I feel it’s a lot better than seires 3 and the film. they coul have made us actually “care2 a bit more about the blackamailer too.

Aside from this I thought it was brilliant. A solid piece of comedy work, from two of the greatest comedy writers of all time.

By: Gavtronic

Gavtronic — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:04:08 +0000

WIthout Gatiss, Shearsmith and Pemberton appear to have lost a surprisingly sobering influence – we are no longer introduced to these sideshow freaks from a base of reality, we are fully expected to have joined the club now – so we side with David when he tries to add his personal touch to the fake crime scene and are as perplexed as Jelly is as to why the kids don’t like him.
Post many a ‘League’ rip-off (‘The Mighty Boosh’, ‘TittyBangBang’ and, let’s face it, whole swathes of ‘Little Britain’.) the “surreal” and “random” (I will kill the next Shoreditch twat that squeaks that adjective!) is a viable commodity. It is Tim Burton syndrome all over again – there was a time when ‘Edward Scissorhands’ was actually shocking – now every half-arsed children’s picture book exploits the style.
I’m rambling, but I think ‘Psychoville’ is a response to the trendy nature of the grotesque character comedy – and the reference to Tony Hancock in the first episode supplied a clue. You have to have lived, smelled, been vomited upon by these characters to truly inhabit them – for example, the ‘League’ knew a Papa Lazarous whereas ‘The Mighty Boosh’ invented ‘The Spirit of Jazz’ as a piss-weak laugh-inducer. If there is no real misery or joy or reality behind the observations of the bizarre, you just have Happy Meal toys for the generation of WInehouse and Doherty-esque, prefab shock.