The chilled out entertainer is back

[Twodogs]

Dunno how to feel about this.

http://thedissolve.com/news/2894-ricky-gervais-is-reviving-david-brent-for-the-film/

I'm glad it will be a film rather than a series.

[Sedat]

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Reckon it will be quality. He has been playing a number of live gigs in the UK this year with his band 'David Brent and the Foregone Conclusion', so I think the music angle will be a natural development in the character.

[Bulldog4life]

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Looking forward to seeing it. Was watching "The Office" last night. Still cracks me up. Brilliant.

[bulldogtragic]

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He hasn't really failed yet IMO, so on that basis i'm looking forward to it.

[Twodogs]

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He hasn't really failed yet IMO, so on that basis i'm looking forward to it.

Some of the movies are a bit tawdry and OTT.

[hujsh]

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He hasn't really failed yet IMO, so on that basis i'm looking forward to it.

Life's Too short, Derek. Derek being especially shite.


Weird that Merchant's not involved. The fact he's resorted to trying to bring Bent back is a very bad sign. He might feel Brent can be his Allan Partridge but Ricky's no Steve Coogan nowadays.

[bulldogtragic]

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Life's Too short, Derek. Derek being especially shite.


Weird that Merchant's not involved. The fact he's resorted to trying to bring Bent back is a very bad sign. He might feel Brent can be his Allan Partridge but Ricky's no Steve Coogan nowadays.

I don't mind LTS as an ad hoc thing without looking for it, Derek wasn't my cuppa but many others liked it. Merchant not being involved seems very weird as you say, it's not an endorsement.

[Twodogs]

Re: The chilled out entertainer is back

Life's Too short, Derek. Derek being especially shite.


Weird that Merchant's not involved. The fact he's resorted to trying to bring Bent back is a very bad sign. He might feel Brent can be his Allan Partridge but Ricky's no Steve Coogan nowadays.

I really liked Derek. I work in a residential care unit for people with disabilities so maybe it appeals to me on that basis. Apart from tat I thought that Karl Pilkington really worked well as Dougie and the show was generally well cast. It also had some of the deft emotional edge that Gervais best work carries-the reunion and subsequent relationship with his father for example. The moment when Derek turns to the camera and says "I've got dad now" almost had me crying.

[hujsh]

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I really liked Derek. I work in a residential care unit for people with disabilities so maybe it appeals to me on that basis. Apart from tat I thought that Karl Pilkington really worked well as Dougie and the show was generally well cast. It also had some of the deft emotional edge that Gervais best work carries-the reunion and subsequent relationship with his father for example. The moment when Derek turns to the camera and says "I've got dad now" almost had me crying.

Karl leaves series 2. I thought the emotional stuff was just manipulative. That last episode had a Coldpay song in the background for about 9 minutes, nearly half the episode! It looks and feels like an attempt to show how nice he is since he got told off for calling Susan Boyle a mong as Derek was initially a comedic character to make fun of people for stuff like being religious. At one point in season 2 he looks over a grandfather and grandson he reunited like a disabled version of the wise magical negro trope.

The old people are also literally treated as props, rather than characters despite the 'be nice to old people message' and for some reason an alcoholic is allowed to stay and create more work in the home. Anyway I'm not a fan and I really only watch it to make fun of it (like Mystery Science Theater 3000) which is not something I've ever done before.