Optics

There are some comedies so bad that you feel sorry for the people involved. No private investment would have come within a 100 miles of this shocker. The industry in Australia is so small that the writers and performers could rely on their friends giving it good reviews in the expected places but - like a children's eisteddfod - the only people watching will be the cast and their families. I think they are aiming for farce but its hard to tell. Charles Firth is just appalling but its not his fault. Did the director actually give any direction? Or just say "go" and "cut". If production standards were lower it could have succeeded as car-crash entertainment - Plan 9 From Outer-space style. But it even fails at that.

This is 'comedy' made by po-faced public servants that have studied comedy as one would the distant history of a foreign culture.

I seen the trailer for this and seen all the cameos and went "Oh yeah sweet" but got into the episodes when it released, maybe I don't understand the humour but I didn't really enjoy this and got through all the episodes and laughed about twice. But maybe I'll watch it again and give it another go later.

But the cameos made it better, seeing Kate Walsh, like Grey's Anatomy Kate Walsh just pop up in an episode was really cool though and it was good to see her first role in an Australian comedy.

Jenna and Vic have a great career ahead of them for sure to make a whole TV series, I won't knock them for trying because we know how hard it is for a show to come together and work.

It's fine but for me I think it requires more then one viewing.

This had so much potential. I had high hopes as Im a big fan of The Chasers. The first three episodes were ok, but the last three were awful. My biggest problem with this is the two female characters Nicole and Greta, they speak way to fast (especially for Australians) and they sound like they are at double speed. They also talk over each other making it difficult to understand them or hear any of the 'humour'. They are so unrealistic as characters that they are unwatchable. I actually liked the male character Ian and found him funny, the show would be much better if it just focused on him and how he ran the PR company. Some of the references to typical Australian PR problems with airlines, telcos, footy players etc were good, but the delivery wasn't great. It's a shame this show wasn't any good.

Couldn't wait to watch this one after seeing Jenna and Vic in the Stan Christmas movie, Nugget is Dead". This is the latest instalment in what I hope is going to be a long career for these two girls. For those who haven't seen their "ContactTracies" sketch, you don't know what you have missed.

It's been a long time since I've had such a good laugh and simply couldn't stop moving onto the next episode. We had the whole family come over just to watch this series.

Jenna, Vic and Charles are just perfect for their respective roles. The interplay between Jenna and Vic is just incredible to watch with the way they bounce of each other (if they are like this in real life it must be crazy to be around them).

The writing and acting of Optics is as incompetent as the character Ian in the show.

It is a good concept. And the PR industry provides plenty of opportunities for comedy; clearly the farcical issues, people and business the PR industry deal with is ripe for a satirical comedy show. And the difference between traditional PR approaches compared to PR in the new social media world provides plenty of comedic tension that could be exploited.

But unfortunately it is very badly executed and a missed opportunity. The comedy and jokes are clumsy and mostly the set-ups are stupid and boring. The actors playing the main characters have no comic timing or rapport and are just bad.

It is a pity this wasn't done by working dog team who would have taken the opportunity this provides and created something g actually funny.