Avenue 5

[sherbetbizarre]

Starting tonight on Sky One UK...

Set 40 years in the future when the solar system is the world’s oyster, Avenue 5 follows the captain and crew of a luxury space cruise ship as they navigate disgruntled passengers and unexpected events after experiencing technical difficulties onboard. Created by Veep’s Armando Iannucci, the series stars Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, and Zach Woods.

 

[blessmycottonsocks]

Just about managed to get through episode 1 in two sittings.

Lots of disjointed one-liners delivered by irritating caricatures and barely one half-smile throughout.

How could the great Armando Iannucci come up with anything so dull?

Doubt I'll bother with this.

 

[escargot]

We laughed. The joke (as with all SF spoofs) is that the audience know the tropes and the writers play with them. The 'Gravity Flip' control went down well.

 

[ramonmercado]

I enjoyed it, good, not all of the jokes worked but that's to be expected. 7/10 for Ep 1.