Not the whole thing. Just Season 1, Episode 1.
For those of you who are newer to this scene than I was an hour ago, Parks and Recreation , or P&R, is a sitcom, that began in 2009. But I'm only just getting to it now. And there's a trailer video of the show down below. Yes, odd topic to start a blog with, a TV show review. But hey, there are only so many blogs you can read that start off with - "Today I started a new blog and I love it!".
No. I'm shaking things up.
So, as I was saying. I started watching P&R today and it was .. just only okay. I had had high hopes for it as I started watching it, after scouring through dozens of dead links and trying to download it from 6 torrents with no seeds.
Finally, I got lucky with this one link. No, I'm not pasting it for you to block it, my dear ISP.
I'd heard nothing but good things about the show - After all, it'd scored an 8.6 on IMDB and it was a brainchild of the same people who created The Office and Michael Scott was nothing short of hilarious. So obviously, I thought this would be just as awesome. Right? RIGHT? But sadly, my expectations were shattered because the show at the end of 20 odd minutes was just average.
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a government official in the Parks department is a 30-something person whose only dream is to build her own park (which she says will be her Hoover Dam). She's funny, yes. But not Michael Scott funny. Then there's pretty Ann Perkins (Rashida Jones) who gives Leslie an opportunity to do something with her life by telling her about the huge hole near her house into which her musician-bum-of-a-boyfriend had fallen. Amy then takes it upon herself to not only fill up this hole, but also build a park over it. Aziz Ansari plays Tom Haverford, Leslie's colleague, who is married but continually hits on Ann very obviously and predictably. As I watched the whole thing, the word "Yawn" resounded in my head even as it manifested itself on my face. The only thing the writers got right was the mimicking of the mockumentary scene. :-/ Aubrey Plaza (a P&R intern) , Chris Pratt (the aforementioned boyfriend) and Nick Offerman (Leslie's boss) play minor roles in this episode.
Reviews say it gets better. I sincerely hope so.
As far as ratings go, based on first impressions, I'd give it a 6 on 10.
P.S - Trailer :
Ta for now.
A
For those of you who are newer to this scene than I was an hour ago, Parks and Recreation , or P&R, is a sitcom, that began in 2009. But I'm only just getting to it now. And there's a trailer video of the show down below. Yes, odd topic to start a blog with, a TV show review. But hey, there are only so many blogs you can read that start off with - "Today I started a new blog and I love it!".
No. I'm shaking things up.
So, as I was saying. I started watching P&R today and it was .. just only okay. I had had high hopes for it as I started watching it, after scouring through dozens of dead links and trying to download it from 6 torrents with no seeds.
Finally, I got lucky with this one link. No, I'm not pasting it for you to block it, my dear ISP.
I'd heard nothing but good things about the show - After all, it'd scored an 8.6 on IMDB and it was a brainchild of the same people who created The Office and Michael Scott was nothing short of hilarious. So obviously, I thought this would be just as awesome. Right? RIGHT? But sadly, my expectations were shattered because the show at the end of 20 odd minutes was just average.
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a government official in the Parks department is a 30-something person whose only dream is to build her own park (which she says will be her Hoover Dam). She's funny, yes. But not Michael Scott funny. Then there's pretty Ann Perkins (Rashida Jones) who gives Leslie an opportunity to do something with her life by telling her about the huge hole near her house into which her musician-bum-of-a-boyfriend had fallen. Amy then takes it upon herself to not only fill up this hole, but also build a park over it. Aziz Ansari plays Tom Haverford, Leslie's colleague, who is married but continually hits on Ann very obviously and predictably. As I watched the whole thing, the word "Yawn" resounded in my head even as it manifested itself on my face. The only thing the writers got right was the mimicking of the mockumentary scene. :-/ Aubrey Plaza (a P&R intern) , Chris Pratt (the aforementioned boyfriend) and Nick Offerman (Leslie's boss) play minor roles in this episode.
Reviews say it gets better. I sincerely hope so.
As far as ratings go, based on first impressions, I'd give it a 6 on 10.
P.S - Trailer :
Ta for now.
A
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