Supernova

2005

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  • 2
  • 1
7.4| 0h30m| en| More Info
Released: 11 October 2005 Ended
Producted By: Hartswood Films
Country: Australia
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Synopsis

Supernova is a British comedy series produced by Hartswood Films and jointly commissioned by the BBC in the UK and UKTV in Australia. It follows Dr Paul Hamilton, a Welsh astronomer, who leaves a dull academic post and unloved girlfriend for a new job at the Royal Australian Observatory, deep in the Australian outback. The comedy centres around his difficulties adjusting to life in the outback and his eccentric fellow astronomers. The first series was released in the United Kingdom and Australia in October 2005 and consisted of six 30-minute episodes. The second series began airing on 3 August 2006 in the UK. The exterior scenes were shot at Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia. The observatory itself is a CGI creation, according to the DVD commentary, and only a partial doorway was constructed on site for filming purposes.

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WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
Greenes Please don't spend money on this.
Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Billyjhobbs-1 "Supernova" is a refreshing series, filled with excellent (and intelligent) witty lines. I never knew "astronomy" could be so enlightening! The cast is quite well suited for the situations and their relationships with each other is at times intriguing and at other times amazing--all in all, an excellent series, but, alas, it didn't seem to catch on enough for it to continue. Perhaps there is something especially intriguing about Australia. Certainly, the show not only shows a few "Aussie stereotypes" but the witty satire takes care of all this. At the same time, it doesn't revert to dialogue that only Australians can understand. This is almost a "Monty Python" meets "2001: A Space Odyssey" with Max substituting for Hal. The innuendos also score a hit!PBS does a credit by showing it (and re-showing!).
fozzie747 The show is set around a deep space observatory in Central Australia and the personalities of those who work within.The facility is staffed by Aussies except for one English interloper and it is he who adds a delightful twist to many a circumstance.The eclectic group that staff the facility is highly intelligent, extraordinarily dedicated and personally insecure.The facility is located not too far from a small outback Aussie town. ( A Pub, a shop and a couple of houses )This creates a beautiful dynamic between the staff, internally at the facility and the staff with the locals of the town.This interplay makes for much light hearted humour, very little seriousness and a jolly good time. The Aussie outback shines almost as much as the delightful performances, the whacki humour and the night sky.
gilgamesh332 I laughed until I cried. Maybe I'm warped but I like brain dead comedies, and I thought this was very funny. OK so parts of it were a little predictable, but they carried it off with such style it did not matter. The bit where they had a burial service for the dead pet snake and used a six foot length of bamboo as a coffin had tears rolling down my cheeks. Out of the three main female characters I thought the older lady playing the team leader was gorgeous, like I said maybe I'm warped.My advice is switch off your brain engage your chuckle button and enjoy.
Fried-Gold After the first episode of this disappointing program, I think it's fair to assume that it won't get any better. It was predictable, boring, and a clear waste of the wonderful Rob Brydon's comedic talents. Another big problem with the show is that out of all of the 6 main characters, only 1 is given comedy lines, or put in comedy situation - Rob Brydon. Obviously he is the main character, and therefore should be seen the most, but it would work so much better if all of the oddballs that he works with were funny too. I'm angered that the BBC has once again wasted my licence fee money on a rubbish TV show. PUT SOME BLOODY EFFORT IN TO IT NEXT TIME!

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