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Spaced - Definitive Collectors' Edition [Region 2 Import - UK]

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This is an AMAZINGLY wonderful show. Genius!
Edgar, Simon and Jess created a program which speaks directly to a specific group of people with whom they share so much in common. If you get the subtle inside jokes, you feel special, if not, you love it anyway because it's just so unique and funny. Spaced lays the foundation for many ongoing jokes (much like Kevin Smith's universe) in subequent Wright/Pegg/Frost films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. I own the UK version and will absolutely be buying this release too! Quite frankly, I'll buy anything from Edgar, Simon or Nick!

If you've never had the opportunity to see Spaced, you're in for a treat. Available for the first time ever in the States on DVD (and a long time coming at that!), this hilarious sit-com delivers all the necessities of an instant cult classic.

The story revolves around Tim and Daisy, two twenty-somethings who, through a spell of bad luck, wind up meeting in a London coffee shop. Both are at the ends of bad relationships, so they decide to move into a flat together, pretending that they are married in order to gain residence. Laced with pop culture references, the series manages to balance their misadventures with their aspirations of becoming successful.

Highly recommended. But just be sure not to call Hawk the Slayer rubbish!

This series (though only two seasons) is brilliant! It is by far my favorite british series -- yes, I'm even including the Office in there. My friend got my hooked on it when I was living over there, and now I'm left spaced-less, which is not a good situation to be in.

Seriously though, the writing and acting is spot on. It often spoofs well known pop culture, and always does so without being over-the-top or cringe worthy like some spoofs. And the originality of the series is unrivaled -- Simon Pegg is brilliant! Be sure to catch his zombie romance spoof, Shaun of the Dead.

Please please please, I beg of the powers to be, bring both seasons of Spaced to the American audience! I'm tired of my friends only seeing Keeping Up Appearances on PBS and saying British comedy isn't that funny -- well they haven't seen Spaced yet...

All I can say is it's about time! Even Big Train and League of Gentlemen made it out here before this. I have the beat up region 2 copies and can't wait to be able to own the complete series with all the lovely, lovely extras. How will I make it until next month?

If you like anything Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have done you will love this show. It's brilliant. Just buy it!

I am really really shocked that this isn't on DVD in the US. I mean REALLY REALLY shocked! What on Earth is going on??? This is right up the alley for 'Shaun' and 'Office' fans. We love 'The Office.' We love 'Shaun of the Dead.' And soon we'll love 'Hot Fuzz.' 'Spaced' is even more American than 'The Office.' It's a great diservice to America that this is not in circulation here! I watched the first series literally TWICE in a ROW! I mean, come-freakin'-on! Bring it on, man!

This program is absolutly amazing, it is by far one of the best written shows I have ever seen. If you enjoyed Shaun of the Dead, this DVD set is a must for you, It includes every episode produced, tons of bonus features on each disc, commentary on every episode, and a full length documentary about how this wonderful show came to be.

The TV series is incredible! They have been threatening to put it out in the US for awhile now, and I have been waiting patiently...

This is a very surreal and silly show about two room-mates, their ridiculous acquaintances, and (to a very minor degree) the sexual tension between them. Many scenes are spoofs from movies, TV shows and video games... which makes it a pop culture junkies dream.

Hopefully enough people will see these good reviews and raise a stink and get it produced in the US. If not, you could always try to download them and watch them, but as always consistent recording quality is a problem.

I'm a geeky sort that balks at the average sitcom, but when I discovered this gem of a series on YouTube with its witty dialogue, endearing characters, quirky cinematography, and wonderful soundtrack ranging from cool electro/ambient/trip-hop to Japanese Shibuya-kei to Italian porn, it prompted me to buy a region-free DVD player and order it from amazon.co.uk. And after reading the other reviews, I see I'm not the only one who's been inspired to do this! It's utterly original, and it's *that* good.

Why American TV stations have not been airing this since its creation in 1999-2000 baffles my mind. There may be odd references to British things that the average American doesn't "get", but I think too many people underestimate the average Yank's ability to understand, appreciate, and learn from other (pop-)cultures. Too orangey for crows? I think not!

Nothing is dumbed down in Spaced, and this is one of the many things that makes it an uncompromisingly sharp, stellar comedy. The jokes come hard and fast so there's plenty for everyone to laugh at, but there are several levels of comedy/satire/homage-ing going on at the same time which makes it all the more delightful and devotion-inspiring for those that 'get' it. For example, one entire episode is a take off of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", and I only realized this the second time I watched it.

The DVD is chock-full of extras, including hilarious outtakes, deleted scenes, trailers, commentary over the episodes, and an "homage-o-meter" you can switch on in the language subtitle options so that you don't miss any of the many geeky pop-culture references! Every time I pop the DVD in, I see another giggleworthy little nugget that I'd missed before.

So spark up a fatty-boom-batty and check your pockets for Jaffa Cakes, because once you pop in the series, it pulls you in to the end.

Great U.K. series (two seasons) by Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright, made before SHAUN OF THE DEAD and HOT FUZZ. I love "SPACED" even more than both of the movies (which are great), maybe because of co-creator Jessica Hynes' added female point of view? Whatever the magic ingredient it is, it makes for very relateable and endearing characters. That same sense of humor evident in the movies is very much on display here, but because this is a series you get many more hours to know these characters. And you'll enjoy every minute. Pegg's Tim Bisley is a Sci-Fi lovin' pushing-thirty nerd, but there isn't an ounce of parody, he's a real person. Jessica's Daisy Steiner too is a terrific character devoid of the typical sitcom shortcuts. Around these two is a stellar supporting cast inclduing Nick Frost's military-obsessed Mike, Mark Heap's struggling artist Brian, Katy Carmichael's oblivious Twist and the marvelous Julia Deakin as the alcoholic landlady Marsha. Each episode is a gem, and it adds up to a group of people you don't want to stop knowing. The documentary included in the three-disc set, "Skip to the End", is very comprehensive as both a behind-the-scenes and a history of the show (as well as providing a nice little CODA as to what may have happened to Tim & Daisy!). It's astounding that as well as SHAUN and HOT FUZZ did in the States that "SPACED" is not yet available in America. Seek it out.

Ah the good old days. When Friday nights in front of the telly was Friends, Smack the Pony and Spaced.

One of the funniest, most inventive programmes on TV, it spawned the legend that is Simon Pegg and his Shaun of the Dead....but it is Spaced that rocket fuelled him there in the first place.

Full of movie satire and punnage and rich in wit and stupidity, this forerunner for such diverse shows as The League of Gentlemen, Will & Grace and My Family was simply at the top of it's game way before anyone else.

I hope that you, my American cadets, will soon get to experience lift off.