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Mum (2016)
Amateurish
I thought this failed on so many fronts. I really wanted to like it, but it's just quite shocking to watch. It's not because I didn't find it funny, that's too subjective and personal, I just thought the execution was poor. I found it really poorly written, bad story structure, badly drawn characters without the tiniest grain of realism, meandering and unrealistic dialogue peppered with the occasional swear words to make it seem edgy. I really don't think the writer has met anyone outside of his passport to success Cambridge footlights bubble. I guess this is what happens when nepotism continually gets people sitcom commissions - Dear BBC, the Footlights produced some talent once, but it looks like they never will again.
The directing was poor, the editing was poor with lingering shots and then jarring cuts. The cinematography was very amateurish to look at. Overall I'm just amazed this was deemed BBC quality, but then again that's not saying much nowadays. I just hope that Netflix etc stays well clear of the sort of people at the BBC who let this happen.
The Looney Tunes Show: To Bowl or Not to Bowl (2011)
Totally totally awful
This isn't Looney Tunes, this is just generic cartoon crap. They've taken out everything that made Looney Tunes unique and enjoyable. The writers and producers ought to be utterly ashamed with themselves.
When you watch Looney Tunes there are certain paradigms you expect: like Elma Fudd hunting Buggs or Daffy - not some ridiculous, contrived, multistrand story where they are having a bowling contest and Daffy is trying to impress his new friends without Buggs there being cooler. Daffy shouldn't be so self-aware. The thing about Daffy is that he's a massive narcissist so he wouldn't do that. The it gets all preachy and up itself where characters learn and grow from it. Kids TV has been doing that for years without Looney Tunes jumping on the bandwaggon. It's up to parents to teach our kids morals, TV doesn't need to jump in and start thinking that it has some kind of obligation to do that. Cartoons are there to be a bit of silly entertainment, and thus completely failed in all respects. My young niece much prefers the older ones to this rubbish.