SF comedy set after Earth has been invaded by a race of aliens, the Gu'un. A hapless human called Stewart is appointed the Gu'un's official liaison, is saddled with an alien housemate and mu... Read allSF comedy set after Earth has been invaded by a race of aliens, the Gu'un. A hapless human called Stewart is appointed the Gu'un's official liaison, is saddled with an alien housemate and must deliver their message to the masses.SF comedy set after Earth has been invaded by a race of aliens, the Gu'un. A hapless human called Stewart is appointed the Gu'un's official liaison, is saddled with an alien housemate and must deliver their message to the masses.
Christine Barton-Brown
- June
- (as Christine Barton Brown)
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I almost didn't watch this after seeing some low reviews but decided to give it 10 minutes then enjoyed watching the whole thing- it's fun, it's light but with a constant threat of being vaporised, most of all it has a huge range of audience. Young teens and adults will delight at different jokes.
A round of applause goes to the four leading roles, Vicky Mike and Joe are the perfect rag tag trio of alien overlords we all hope for - they've come up North to look for a working class liaison after having quite enough of 'experts' in LON-Don lol!
The star Declan plays his role so well I couldn't commend to four leading characters performance any higher.
The lows for me were only really the rebel/resistance element- I just stopped paying as much attention during those scenes- I wish also the last 20 minutes were better - it has quite an underwhelming ending and felt rushed in places. Some jokes deserved more attention- some deserved less but overall Im sad it's over a one off as I could have happily watched these characters go on all sorts of adventures together.
A solid 9 as just an easy fun watch, low budget British comedy with a sci fi twist - thank you for making it - fingers crossed for more like this please!
A round of applause goes to the four leading roles, Vicky Mike and Joe are the perfect rag tag trio of alien overlords we all hope for - they've come up North to look for a working class liaison after having quite enough of 'experts' in LON-Don lol!
The star Declan plays his role so well I couldn't commend to four leading characters performance any higher.
The lows for me were only really the rebel/resistance element- I just stopped paying as much attention during those scenes- I wish also the last 20 minutes were better - it has quite an underwhelming ending and felt rushed in places. Some jokes deserved more attention- some deserved less but overall Im sad it's over a one off as I could have happily watched these characters go on all sorts of adventures together.
A solid 9 as just an easy fun watch, low budget British comedy with a sci fi twist - thank you for making it - fingers crossed for more like this please!
The thing with tv now is you always have to pay full attention to every little bit just incase you miss things, there's not enough casual fun tv that's actually a bit fresh and different, panel comedies done to death, just nice to watch something a bit cooky!
I really enjoyed the sort of amateur DR who effects, it felt not well put together but at the same time it felt well done, to me it was just mislead daft fun and I thought it was funny. It didn't rely too much on smut, more just slapstick style comedy and all of the actors played their roles completely OTT but perfectly!
Weirdly never been a huge fan of Joe, find his style to awkward but he was great in this, his style actually suited being an alien so well it felt better fit than him being a human.
I really enjoyed the sort of amateur DR who effects, it felt not well put together but at the same time it felt well done, to me it was just mislead daft fun and I thought it was funny. It didn't rely too much on smut, more just slapstick style comedy and all of the actors played their roles completely OTT but perfectly!
Weirdly never been a huge fan of Joe, find his style to awkward but he was great in this, his style actually suited being an alien so well it felt better fit than him being a human.
10rpforsey
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.
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.
At first glance, it would be easy to give We Are Not Alone a pass. How many movies about aliens coming to earth do we need, after all? Having watched this, my answer is: well, at least one more.
Created & written by Ben Willbond & Lawrence Rickard (Six Idiots, Ghosts, Horrible Histories) We Are Not Alone was a welcome find following repeat viewings of Ghosts. The pair come together to create a sci-fi comedy that is a pleasure to watch.
After their planet, Gu'un, becomes uninhabitable, newly named Trater, Gor-DAN & Greggs arrive in the UK, determined to move the capital from London to the 'centre of the landmass' which they have determined is... Clitheroe.
With a complete lack of understanding of how things on earth work or why (& the inability of newly bought, but not particularly motivated pal/government contractor Stewart to be able to explain-he doesn't know either) shenanigans ensue as the group try to gain their footing in a world that is largely hostile to their presence.
Simply put, what you have in We Are Not Alone is a fun, easy watch. As I understand it, while this is a standalone project, it's also intended to serve as a potential pilot for a future series, which I believe would be a great way to go. There are enough questions & loose ends as to how the newly formed 'Section 78' will function in the long term that I believe it would be well worth developing it further.
The political satire element is enjoyable to watch, especially under the current circumstances. No, it's not heavy hitting, nor is it intended to be. What it is, is easy, fun and pleasure to watch. There are certainly dynamics between earthlings & Gu'uns to explore in future episodes should the writers/creators choose to go that route. I certainly hope they will.
If you enjoy British comedy, We Are Not Alone is definitely worth your time. I don't like hardcore sci-fi (at all) and this has a great balance & perfect humour for someone like me.
Created & written by Ben Willbond & Lawrence Rickard (Six Idiots, Ghosts, Horrible Histories) We Are Not Alone was a welcome find following repeat viewings of Ghosts. The pair come together to create a sci-fi comedy that is a pleasure to watch.
After their planet, Gu'un, becomes uninhabitable, newly named Trater, Gor-DAN & Greggs arrive in the UK, determined to move the capital from London to the 'centre of the landmass' which they have determined is... Clitheroe.
With a complete lack of understanding of how things on earth work or why (& the inability of newly bought, but not particularly motivated pal/government contractor Stewart to be able to explain-he doesn't know either) shenanigans ensue as the group try to gain their footing in a world that is largely hostile to their presence.
Simply put, what you have in We Are Not Alone is a fun, easy watch. As I understand it, while this is a standalone project, it's also intended to serve as a potential pilot for a future series, which I believe would be a great way to go. There are enough questions & loose ends as to how the newly formed 'Section 78' will function in the long term that I believe it would be well worth developing it further.
The political satire element is enjoyable to watch, especially under the current circumstances. No, it's not heavy hitting, nor is it intended to be. What it is, is easy, fun and pleasure to watch. There are certainly dynamics between earthlings & Gu'uns to explore in future episodes should the writers/creators choose to go that route. I certainly hope they will.
If you enjoy British comedy, We Are Not Alone is definitely worth your time. I don't like hardcore sci-fi (at all) and this has a great balance & perfect humour for someone like me.
I was recommended this by a friend at work and had nothing to watch so put it on demand - I expected to not really watch it but after the intro was hooked. It's been compared to Sean of the dead and I could see why elements were a similar style. Story line is a bit pants but I wasnt really expecting one anyway- the guy from inbeetweeners really suits his character. I think it would have suited being a show better as feels more like lots of sketches/mini jokes crammed together without any time to explore the jokes. There hasn't been anything like it for years that I can think of and after watching it find myself wanting to see more- hopefully they'll do more shorts as it seems a waste to have created something like that then just forget about it.
Did you know
- TriviaUKTV have confirmed that they have no plans to take the alien invasion comedy to series. In interviews co-creators Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond stated that the two-hour special, first broadcast in November 2022, was deemed as a trial episode for a prospective series, with Willbond saying: "It's a feature-length pilot. We're keeping our fingers crossed that Dave commission a series."
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