We Are Not Alone

When I started watching this I thought I had somehow accidentally turned over to a children's channel.

It reminded me of adolescent shows such as 'My Parents Are Aliens' but on a larger scale. The 'humour' was just a little more advanced in We Are Not Alone, although just as hackneyed.

The production seems to have been done on the cheap, which really doesn't help sell the story.

Overall it was disappointing and a shame that a bit more effort wasn't devoted to making We Are Not Alone a bit tighter and engaging.

I'd say this is something of a missed opportunity because British comedy hasn't had much to offer in recent years.

Apparently this is a pilot for a series which it would probably have suited being a series much better.

The characters are great, the trio of aliens trying to run the UK are hilarious.

I could have happily watched this every week for several series, has a similar silly tone of things like red dwarf and Shaun of the dead.

Some of the humour is a little Juvenile but with a few tweaks and a more in depth story this could make a pretty iconic series. There's so much they could explore with flashbacks to the invasion and there bumbling efforts to balance each nation's cultural differences to that of their own.

So much potential to fill a massive hole in the market -Hopefully we get the see more of post invasion Earth soon!!! Oh and also a bunch of Gu'un aliens showing up at comic cons would be brilliant!

There is some really poor quality dross on British TV so I was surprised to come across this series on UKTV PLAY, rather than a mainstream channel because this is REALLY well written. New, clever jokes are inserted throughout, rather than just the first episode as with some BBC comedies. Tight, quality writing, with a lot of thought. It makes it stand out. I'm a little shocked it hasn't been picked up by the mainstream channels. Think Friday Night Dinner and the Wrong Mans... . It's off beat and dark in subject matter (hostile alien invasion) but handled so well and appropriately that it had me in stitches. I'd really highly recommend this.

I really enjoyed this. It was good, silly fun that wasn't in any way taxing, much in the same way as Red Dwarf, or something of the like.

I think it's a shame this wasn't a series though. Because the characters, the aliens really, and their inability to grasp humans and Earth carried the film more than the actual story. And, if it had been a series they could have expanded upon that.

Nontheless, this made me smile. It's not trying to be anything more than what it is. It's not witty, or clever, so the at times juvenile comedy is not out place because it sprt of gits in with the naivety of the characters.

I'd recommend it.

From the trailers I didn't think this would be very good, as it looked a bit forced, but I thought I would give it a go. I am so glad I did as I ended up really enjoying it. The pacing is good, the story keeps you interested and you really do care about what happens to the characters. It's not laugh out loud comedy all the time but the house party scene could become a classic.

It's not for everyone as my wife didn't finish watching it, but if you like Sean of the Dead or Red Dwarf then definitely check this one out. Hopefully it will be the start of a series as it certainly leaves the door open for that.