(Contains minimal spoilers)
Within the past 20 years, Rik Mayall has memorably given us The Young Ones, The New Statesman and Bottom (amongst others). The Young Ones and Bottom shared the same characteristics (mindless violence, mutual hatred etc) and understandably. The equation worked well in The Young Ones, why not reincarnate it into the 90's? Believe Nothing is suppose to be the second coming of The New Statesman. In principle I can make the link to this thinking, but on the screen it is hard to look at Adonis Cnut and see Alan B'stard. Technicalities aside, as one could make cases for and against both arguments, Believe Nothing will not disappoint genuine Rik Mayall fans. Professor Adonis Cnut, sorry, quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut, accompanied by his ever-faithful pet Albumen and Dr. Awkward, the mentally brilliant, but deranged attractive female professor who is both anorexic and bulimic, suffers from low self-confidence, has a mad mother and knows martial arts, Cnut clones himself, blocks up the Channel Tunnel, manipulates the Prime Minister and the President of the United States, sits on the shadowy Council for International Progress with Sir. Richard Chutney and The Colonel from KFC, finds a cure for depression, solves the Watergate Conspiracy and at the same time solves the mystery of global warming, convinces the entire British population to eat GM food and via discreet communications technology allows Albumen to win Get Rich Quick. Rik, Michael and Emily are all fantastically good actors, and watching them screw up is often as funny as when they get it right. Michael Maloney, well known for portraying Shakesperian characters does not fail to disappoint by getting beaten regularly by Adonis with the aid of some painful instrument (the punishment plank, the iron, and not forgetting Adonis' fists) are the most memorable ones. i can think of no derogatory word to write about this piece of comic excellence. Well done Rik, Michael, Emily, Laurence and Maurice. We await patiently for the arrival of series 2...
Within the past 20 years, Rik Mayall has memorably given us The Young Ones, The New Statesman and Bottom (amongst others). The Young Ones and Bottom shared the same characteristics (mindless violence, mutual hatred etc) and understandably. The equation worked well in The Young Ones, why not reincarnate it into the 90's? Believe Nothing is suppose to be the second coming of The New Statesman. In principle I can make the link to this thinking, but on the screen it is hard to look at Adonis Cnut and see Alan B'stard. Technicalities aside, as one could make cases for and against both arguments, Believe Nothing will not disappoint genuine Rik Mayall fans. Professor Adonis Cnut, sorry, quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut, accompanied by his ever-faithful pet Albumen and Dr. Awkward, the mentally brilliant, but deranged attractive female professor who is both anorexic and bulimic, suffers from low self-confidence, has a mad mother and knows martial arts, Cnut clones himself, blocks up the Channel Tunnel, manipulates the Prime Minister and the President of the United States, sits on the shadowy Council for International Progress with Sir. Richard Chutney and The Colonel from KFC, finds a cure for depression, solves the Watergate Conspiracy and at the same time solves the mystery of global warming, convinces the entire British population to eat GM food and via discreet communications technology allows Albumen to win Get Rich Quick. Rik, Michael and Emily are all fantastically good actors, and watching them screw up is often as funny as when they get it right. Michael Maloney, well known for portraying Shakesperian characters does not fail to disappoint by getting beaten regularly by Adonis with the aid of some painful instrument (the punishment plank, the iron, and not forgetting Adonis' fists) are the most memorable ones. i can think of no derogatory word to write about this piece of comic excellence. Well done Rik, Michael, Emily, Laurence and Maurice. We await patiently for the arrival of series 2...