What We Do in the Shadows (TV) main character POLL

Speaking of accents I love the relish with which Matt Berry weirdly varies his intonation of "My darling".

Guillermo I think is needed as a foil, especially for a show where one of the vampires is himself already sort of a straight man (Colin Robinson). I agree Guillermo isn't funny, but for the format he's needed to provide the rhythmic beat of someone slowly glancing at the camera and shaking their head or grimacing or whatever a la every fake reality show/doc.

Also, Lazlo calling him Gizmo is pretty funny.

mildly spicy take but Colin Robinson is basically a one-joke character. it's a really good joke, don't get me wrong, but there's not a whole lot there.

i voted Laszlo but already regretting that, should've picked Nadja.

if Colin wasn't played by Mark Proksch I would probably enjoy it much less

He is worth it as a character for those glimmers of devilish glee when you realize his behavior is intentional. Like, he'll just be droning on stupidly until someone leaves or falls asleep or dies, and then his eyes will sparkle and he'll grin.

The episode where he starts to go super saiyan when he gets a promotion is amazing

That's my favourite one of the season so far.

I'm very happy this thread has proved quite busy, nice to know others love the show as much as me.

It fits that we're also talking about Key and Peele right now, cause they're linked in my min for how they throw in great effects and production design to help sell the jokes

nice to know others love the show as much as me.

this has to be the best film-to-tv translation ever, right?

(don't @l@n@ld@ me.)

Buffy?

Fargo?

The individual character-focused eps have been really good (Colin in the office, Jackie Daytona). Was the 'ghosts' one supposed to have been Nadja's? And I don't think Nandor has had one, maybe that's still coming?

Only three more left. :( On the other hand, three more left!

Good answers, but I was thinking in terms of a TV show that successfully transfers the concepts and/or spirit of a movie into the small/serial format.

(The Buffy movie has its charms, but the TV show is a massive improvement in every way, not just in repairing/restoring Whedon's supposed original tone. The Fargo TV shows are excellent, but don't actually bring anything from the movie beyond "crime story with character actors in" - the tone is complementary to the film, but the writing doesn't approach character or humour in the same way as the Coens.)

Make that sympathetic character - Hawley's villains and heavies are charming, sketched grotesqueries in a way that fits with Fargo and other Coen movies, but he appropriately uses the longer narrative and screen time to draw his chumps and protagonists with more depth.

what about MASH?

Has any other story delved into the ingenious notion that vampires, having technically died, could be haunted by their own ghosts?

Ooh, MASH. More or less same characters and, imo, better than the movie, iirc.

Friday Night Lights?

Either M*A*S*H or Jugglos

FNL fer sure.

Girlfriend Experience too

There was a scene in last week's episode when Lazlo materialised in the cursed hat and Nadja did the most amazing look to camera, it's been my highlight of the whole show.

But it's Colin Robertson for me. I loved a couple of weeks ago when somebody just called him Colin and he corrected them to Colin Robertson, because that's what his actual name is and not a combination of Colin and Robertson.

can you believe i'd never seen an episode of this until today, despite the fact that two, maybe three of its main five cast are cast-iron imago household favourites

happily i've now seen the pilot and am very excited for the rest

it feels like waititi/clement had these exact actors in mind before they committed to making it a tv show

what about MASH?

(don't @l@n@ld@ me.)

Ooh, MASH. More or less same characters and, imo, better than the movie, iirc.

(don't @l@n@ld@ me.)

M*A*S*H

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/what about MASH?/

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/Ooh, MASH. More or less same characters and, imo, better than the movie, iirc./

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/M*A*S*H/

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Take it to the MASH thread

Has any other story delved into the ingenious notion that vampires, having technically died, could be haunted by their own ghosts?
― Josh in Chicago

Ooh, MASH. More or less same characters and, imo, better than the movie, iirc.
― Josh in Chicago

Friday Night Lights?
― Josh in Chicago

lol irl

Only as far as the first cursed hat episode, but its fun so far and I'm always a fan of Matt Berry even if he always plays Matt Berry.

"your hat is bleeding".

Laszlo for me, his voice & intonations crack me up so much.
Also a Matt Berry fan
and i love erotic topiary
and hats made of 100% witch skin

https://youtu.be/Ism0pGLW47M

This week's ep was the weakest in the season imo.

Aw, it was still fun though. Greta Lee, the Seafarer's Song, the very last scene.

Blink-and-you'll-miss-it reference to Wannabe also being one of their songs.

I thought this episode was fine, but ... how come Nandor didn't realize (redacted) was a not a vampire?

Was she actually in the room when he was there?

Yeah, she blows the (I assume fake) blood vape in his face.

That was Guillermo?

He does work through the open-plan living room when she's there, but iirc is deliberately avoiding direct contact

also, Nandor is a big dummy

Nandor is a total dummy.

Wait, has every episode had a post-credits stinger?

only a few

Yeah Nandor is incredibly self centred, wouldn't necessarily notice/care that she wasn't a vamp.

A disdainful "Terrifying" is already a meme in our house and we only saw the episode yesterday. Helps that I'm already much more like Matt Berry than I'd previously been willing to admit

My vote is probably (as it stands) Nadja though, because the Demetrious have come along with their pushy Greek Cypriotness and taken TV comedy by the scroll of its neck

What is her brother up to? Is there a third season of Stath?

There is this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTael05l-1I

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

The Guillermo hybrids need their own show. Always amazed at how good this half hour FX comedy looks compared to any Netflix 9 digit budget series.

a few cameras, the house set, and the clearance sale at spirit halloween every year and you're ready to go

I hated the creepy hybrids, but most everything else I've seen of this season so far has been aces.

Haven't watched the last two eps yet, but this newest season is so good.

UK people, s5 is going to be on Disney+ next week. The film is on BBC or something next week too

I binged the last season over a few days. The last episode was a real gut punch for me. Spending years aiming for something and then realizing that it's not for you, that hit home.

I don't know how they can do that in a show where all of the main characters are mass murderers, but they did it.

I don't think I've ever laughed harder than at the moment in the S5 local news episode where Colin Robinson is trying to be the weatherman and there is blood smeared all over the weather wall from Kristen Schaal munching on the real weatherman in the corner of the shot.

The local news episode is one of the funniest eps of the entire series

it’s an incredible episode lol

The opening scene where Nandor thinks he accidentally outed the vampire house is one of the funniest things this show has ever done

he does such a great job trying to claw that back

where Colin Robinson is trying to be the weatherman and there is blood smeared all over the weather wall

IIRC it's him calling it schmutz that broke me like a twig.

Incredible episode.

How did Guillermo only get one vote

He is the most adorable character in any show

Gizmo was the slow burn character, everyone else got to be very flashy right out the gate

Guillermo has gotten tiresome to me. Nandor has become my favorite character over the series.

Last season was unrewarding wrt Guillermo imo but overall he’s my favourite. Love all the vampires equally

me after season 1: how did nandor manage to get 7 votes
me after all 5 seasons: nandor is the best character and was robbed

well, he is known as the relentless

“we drank the blood of some people but the people were on drugs and now i’m a wizard”

Yes, last season of Guillermo was a real shrug.

I can’t post about it without feeling like I’m spoiling it but the moment that x waves hello to Guillermo right before y happens will live in my head rent-free forever

starts again on BBC2 tonight at 10

I thought last season at least did a good job of explaining why Guillermo wouldn't be able to hack it as a vampire but yeah the whole storyline was weird mostly because it was paced so strangely. the finale should've been like 3-4 separate episodes, they built up way too much tension only to have to dissolve things in a flash