Avenue 5
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Xevy
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Hopefully this is one of those shows where it takes 2-3 episodes to find it's groove and then gets great (Frisky Dingo, Arrested Development, What We Do in The Shadows). Or at LEAST one of the shows where the first season is okay, but the 2nd+ seasons are amazing (Parks and Rec comes to mind).
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ShakyJake
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Yeah, shut the fuck up. Silicon Valley is a good example of a comedy done right. It's a satire of the software development world that was actually close to the mark. People who are both familiar and ignorant of the subject equally found it humorous.
Avenue 5 feels like it's composed of writers who wanted to do a comedy in space but have zero and I mean ZERO understanding of the science and physics. It of course doesn't have to be 100% realistic but at least be somewhat consistent with the most basic rules of our universe.
I'll give it one more episode to right this ship.
Alex
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I guess one episode should have been sending a transmission and waiting the entire episode just for one side to receive the call. That would lead to such a disjointed story between Earth and the ship.
ShakyJake
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No, what to do is don't even bother with that joke because it can't be portrayed in a way that makes sense. If they were on the Moon then that joke would've been fine. But not around Titan.
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I can't even finish episode 2. How can shit like this get made?
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Khane
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I think this show's biggest problem is it's just too over the top. All of the characters are one dimensional, turbo charged cliches. None of the characters feel relatable in any way, except for maybe the engineer chick.
I like absurdism, but this is a bit too absurd.
Also, whining about realism in a show like this is about as absurd as this show is.
I like absurdism, but this is a bit too absurd.
Also, whining about realism in a show like this is about as absurd as this show is.
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Intrinsic
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Something like the first half of Episode 1 with the back half of Episode 3 would have done a lot to help the show get off its feet. Just get it all out in the open and move forward with the silliness and absurdity. Instead we got 2.5 boring episodes of mostly bad humor with little direction. Haven’t watched Ep4 yet but at least Ep3 was like a 5/10 instead of 2/10.
Khane
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