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39 out of 66 people found the following comment useful :-
Actually, I kinda liked it..., 2 October 2007
Author: majormadmax from United States
OK, my wife doesn't get the Geico commercials. She just doesn't see the humor in them. I, on the other hand, find them hilarious.
This show will garner the same response. I liked how it kept to the dry humor and urban sophistication of the commercials; but I am sure some will find it slow and unfunny. That's too bad, as TV could use a few more comedies that aren't gag-dependent. I enjoyed how no one questions the existence of cavemen in modern times, and how the are the target of prejudice but for no real reason. Each caveman is a unique character and functions in modern society better than the "saps" (homo sapiens).
I will be sad if this show doesn't survive, I for one will watch it ever week and if the series maintains the entertainment level of the first show than I am really looking forward to it. However, I get the feeling this one won't survive, which will be a shame...
33 out of 55 people found the following comment useful :-
crave the cave, 4 October 2007
Author: b-sidecure from United States
I loved this show. The jokes were dry and cold. Such witty sarcasm and witty lines. A joy to see, i am very sad all these people are bringing such hate upon it, i guess thats what you get in a world where people think the American office is better than the British and wes anderson is not king. The cavemen show is not based on one joke as i've read so many reviewers say, i'm wondering if there was a bit of copy and pasting involved? It's based on a concept like everything else, the concept was spawned by a commercial, but who cares? It is truly entertaining and well written. I'm tired of critics desiring the same thing, and i wish audiences would be too.
31 out of 53 people found the following comment useful :-
Too much wry humor for you?, 4 October 2007
Author: Roger Hane from Outside Detroit, Michigan
When I first saw the Geico commercials, I was floored by the quality of their writing and acting. When I heard they were being made into a sitcom I was very happy and filled with anticipation, unlike most everyone else. The public seemed bound and determined to hate this series before even seeing the first episode. Their reviews seem to be based on their preconceptions and not on what they actually saw.
What I saw left me ambivalent at first, but ultimately satisfied. The great news is, it's just like the commercial. In this case, that's a very good thing. The hipness and sardonic humor are all still there. I'll go out on a limb and say that this is better writing than the normal sitcom audience can appreciate. The actors pulled off their lines as beautifully as the commercial's actors.
The show comes with problems that will initially hamper it. The first episode we saw was obviously not the pilot, so we got no introductory development. It's going to be hard to tell these guys apart, but we'll get used to them over time. The stress these characters radiate in their struggle to cope with homo sapiens culture make them hard to warm up to. Especially Nick, who has a real chip on his shoulder (though this allows him to have the shows most bitingly cynical lines). And dare I say that the dry humor is too subtle and sophisticated to allow the series to succeed? Will enough people appreciate it? I doubt it.
Then there's the question of whether this series is really a parable about racial tensions and stereotyping. Its creators went to lengths to deny it, but its scenario makes it almost inevitable. Frankly, I think I saw some of it in the first episode. I sensed that the writers were ambivalent about whether to go in this direction and take on the issue. Their uncertainty came through in the script. We'll have to wait and see what they decided to do.
This series looks like it will fulfill my hopes, though everyone else seems to wish it would just go away. I'm already anticipating buying it on DVD when it's cancelled. If you people don't want it, then I'll gladly take it. Future generations will know that I knew a good thing when I saw it.
20 out of 36 people found the following comment useful :-
A Missed Opportunity, 13 November 2007
Author: (movarhola@aol.com) from Springfield, Virginia
So why does this show suck? Unfortunately, that really is the only question, because there is no doubt that it does.
For those unfamiliar with the premise of the show, the doomed-to-be-shortlived series Cavemen focuses on a number of Neanderthals and their struggle to exist in modern day America and is based on the characters featured in a series of television ads for Geico Insurance. The concept is solid and there is every reason to think it could be executed successfully.
I had to think about it for awhile, but then the tagline from the commercials -- something to the effect of "We're not that much different from you" provided me with the key to the show's suckiness. Even though cavemen/Neanderthals are actually a different species than humanity, the title characters of this show, it turns out, are exactly the same as those of us who are boring jerks.
Maybe its my background as a game writer -- rather than a soulless, hack, committee-based writer from California -- but this show had so much potential, and none of it has been realized. To start with, the producers should have focused on the fun things that would make cavemen different from us.
What could conceivably be funny, for example, about giving them occupations like perpetual grad student and furniture store clerk, when they would have more compellingly been drawn to things like subterranean utility workers and guides at cave parks? Why would they play prosaic games like squash, when a whole episode could be devoted to them trying get hunting licenses to go after game with spears? A show like this could write itself, and it takes some willfully bad writing to make it quite so crappy and boring.
Another tiresome aspect of this show is an attempt to portray the cavemen as being subjected to a number of stereotypes associated with various human minorities. Yawn! This has been done so many times before, and never more drearily than this. And, as noted previously, Neanderthals really are a different species, so using them as a metaphor for racial stereotyping is both uncompelling and off the mark.
Responses are welcome, including those from anyone who wants to tell me why I'm wrong. I'd like to enjoy this show and am just sorry that I have thus far been unable to.
Michael J. Varhola, Skirmisher Online Gaming Magazine
5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful :-
I love this show!, 13 November 2007
Author: Joe Mullenix from Redmond, Washington, USA
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The commercials cracked me up, and so does the SitCom! The ultra-modern yuppie lifestyle is priceless, and the characters they're developing are fantastic. Especially the girlfriend's vapid, alcoholic mother. I love it. The style reminds me of some of the recent HBO shows (which can't miss, if you ask me). Fast-paced and not afraid to dwell on the meaningless. The main character's job at Norskbild is an endless source of future plots. Best of all, the pilot had a character played by Nick Swardson, who is absolutely hilarious. You might have seen him in Reno911 as Terry, or in Grandma's Boy. He's one of my favorite new comedians, and I intensely hope he gets a bigger role in this show. More Cavemen please!
4 out of 7 people found the following comment useful :-
Much funnier than I expected, 27 May 2008
Author: TheWildGoose from United States
When I first heard about this, I was not the least bit interested. I never found the Geico commercials even remotely amusing, and the initial clips that were released as previews did nothing for me. Given the dreck that is on TV these days, I could not have called it one of the worst ideas for a TV show, but it seemed pretty stupid.
When I actually happened to catch a few episodes, then, I was quite pleasantly surprised- it was actually very funny! Most of the humor did not revolve around the fact that they were "Cavemen", which was just as well. Still, the dialogue was witty and well-written, and the depiction of "effete modern urbanites" was very cleverly done. It was certainly better than most of the garbage that gets airtime these days.
3 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-
Like it, Love it, Gotta Have it!!, 27 November 2007
Author: sriram201 from United States
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This show has so much going for it. Smart sardonic writing, no irritating laugh tracks, an actual story per episode instead of a bunch of punchlines thrown together(you know who you are Friends). I really liked the idea that the show wasn't exclusively about exploring the cavemen lifestyle and tended to focus more on the border collisions between their lives and ours. I like finding little things and facets about them (shavers, cave-women, cavemen-politicians etc.) The fact that they are different allows them to fire some real zingers about our lifestyle today. The Ikea esquire Norskbild just cracks me up. I am surprised by how well fleshed out the supporting characters are: Kate, her mom, thorne, Joel's boss etc. Nick with his screw-you-sapiens attitude and Joel as the easy going assimilation-embracer make for great contrasts. I can't understand why people and the goddamnn critics hate this show so much. I am a little worried it might be on its way out because it hasn't aired in some weeks now
5 out of 10 people found the following comment useful :-
Thank God for The Re-write!, 3 October 2007
Author: vze2363v from United States
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A friend shared his copy of the pre-air version of the pilot for this show during the summer when several of us were bored stiff due to lack of good TV. It was an interesting way to waste 20 minutes. The original pilot was the WORST thing I had ever seen.
It may be because I saw the previous one that was so awful, but I actually saw improvement in the one we were served when the pilot finally aired on TV. I remember commenting that the acting was WAY above the script on the original pilot. I felt bad for the actors because it seemed beneath them (and I had no idea who they were). When I watched it on the air, it was clear that someone with an actual brain had been consulted on the script.
The show has an interesting take in almost a "Daily Show-esquire" manner regarding the judgments we make about those who are unlike ourselves. If you aren't able to see it in that light, you're bound to believe it is the biggest mistake a network ever let a programming director make.
Why, in the name of all that is good and holy, ABC chose to put something like "Cavemen" on the air instead of keeping something as well written and witty as "Sports Night" is beyond me. Perhaps they thought "Cavemen" would be more family friendly, but it turned out to be full of jokes only an adult would understand.
I will say the fake hair didn't bother me as much in this version as it did the pre-air version. Whether Make-up was trying harder to make it look natural or the better script kept me from picking at everything that was wrong with it, I don't know.
All I can tell you is "Cavemen" is more likely to be successful if it finds a cult following for it's sarcastic, self-deprecating humor. If you're looking for good TV, this is not the show to watch. If you're looking for something quirky to pass the time, then give it a view. The acting is OK, it's the script and the premise that still have a ways to go.
8 out of 16 people found the following comment useful :-
Surprisingly amazing writing, 14 November 2007
Author: pkurtz-1 from United States
In the time of the reality TV show comes a program that actually has both wit, hilarity, and, amazingly, purpose.
This show really encompasses the day to day life of the new adult Y generation, with a little bit of silliness added in.
I suggest this to all my friends, and each one has started to watch it religiously.
The characterization has come full circle, and continues to develop. Most shows now-a-days seem to write themselves into a corner, (NBC's the Office) by eliminating all conflict. With the addition of a foux-race war, this show allows us to laugh at ourselves while at the same time reflect on ourselves.
Big time props to the creators of Cavemen.
10 out of 20 people found the following comment useful :-
SO funny, 9 October 2007
Author: eshrdlu-1 from United States
This show MUST be given a chance. The writers have hit on the real world. This is not a trite reworking of any past show that I can recall, but I've not seen anything like it before. When I hear the Cavemen and their intelligent dialog, see them interacting with one another, insulting each other or making fun of each other, then go out into the real world to go to school or be heartbroken by a girlfriend, or go to work at an Ikea-like store, then I see the brows and three-inch puffs of hair dangling from their forearms, I LAUGH hard! Maurice is the recurring character to watch for, much more of the GEICO slant. He's the best one so far.
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