It's always sad to watch good shows go down hill. In this case, however, it's like watching the Hindenburg disaster, "Oh the humanity!"
While the reasons for trying to remake No Activity as an animated show might have been well intentioned and/or practical in nature, the transition away from live action did a massive disservice to both earlier iterations.
Gone is the haphazard and edgy improvisational feel of the Australian and American versions of this show. Absent too are the all important facial expressions that carried so much of the humor in the originals series.
In place of all that zany and irreverent comedy you get an off-putting, lackluster animated show that does not deliver with jokes or visual interest. While the animation is highly stylized, as well as vividly colored, it comes across and wooden and unoriginal. More importantly, it serves as a very ineffective vehicle for No Activity's brand of humor, with the pilot of season four generating virtually no laughs.
Ultimately, this most recent incarnation of a much loved show fails to be entertaining or unique in either the cartoon or comedy genre. I am truly saddened to see a once great show fall so far, so fast, but it is what it is. No Activity simply does not work in this new format.
While the reasons for trying to remake No Activity as an animated show might have been well intentioned and/or practical in nature, the transition away from live action did a massive disservice to both earlier iterations.
Gone is the haphazard and edgy improvisational feel of the Australian and American versions of this show. Absent too are the all important facial expressions that carried so much of the humor in the originals series.
In place of all that zany and irreverent comedy you get an off-putting, lackluster animated show that does not deliver with jokes or visual interest. While the animation is highly stylized, as well as vividly colored, it comes across and wooden and unoriginal. More importantly, it serves as a very ineffective vehicle for No Activity's brand of humor, with the pilot of season four generating virtually no laughs.
Ultimately, this most recent incarnation of a much loved show fails to be entertaining or unique in either the cartoon or comedy genre. I am truly saddened to see a once great show fall so far, so fast, but it is what it is. No Activity simply does not work in this new format.