I was introduced to a classic British series called Spaced at the L.A. Film Festival yesterday. Spaced stars my crush, Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes. Here's a synopsis of the show, via wiki
Tim Bisley and Daisy Steiner are two London twenty-somethings who meet by chance in a cafe while both are flat-hunting. Despite barely knowing each other, they conspire to pose as a young professional couple in order to meet the requisites of an advertisement for a relatively cheap flat in the distinctive building at 23 Meteor Street, which is owned by and also houses the landlady, Marsha Klein Also in the building is Brian Topp, an eccentric conceptual artist who lives and works on his various pieces in the ground floor flat. Frequent visitors are Tim's best friend, Mike Watt and Daisy's best friend, Twist Morgan.
I've never seen the show until last night, but I found it to be really funny, cute, exciting. After 3 episodes, the director, Edgar Wright came out, talked about the show, and answered questions. One of those questions mentioned a possible America version of the show. The minute the question was asked, it was met by a series of boos. Wright said that the US version is pretty much dead.
And thank Hera it is; US versions of British shows are bad. But before I start my hater tirade, take a look at the clip from a funny moment in the show
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