The League Of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (DVD)

...to transfer it's format to the big screen and failed in a majorly big way. The show as a TV entity is brilliant and can normlally do no wrong in my eyes, sadly the same can't be said of it's big screen incarnation. The characters themselves are very strong on TV and always thrive well in the setting of Royston Vasey. But the entire concept of this film is that the Gents themselves have decided to kill off those characters in favour of something more ...
...Vasey make their way into the real world to stop this happening. Tubbs, Edward & Pappa Lazarou initially fail in this endeavor as they can't fit into the real world well enough. Bernice, Dr Chinnery & Pauline are supposed to be the next team to go through but unfortunately for Royston Vasey, Hillary Briss, Herr Lipp and Geoff Tipps go through in their place as Hillary Briss was fleeing from the police. They track down the Gents and kidnap Steve Pemberton, ...

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...seen all 3 series of The League of Gentlemen and loved it all, i was delighted when I saw the Apocalypse film for £7 in HMV, and bought it even though i hadn't seen it yet. i was confident that it would be up to the standard of the TV series, and wasn't disappointed. *Storyline* The characters from the TV series, the inhabitants of the town of Royston Vasey, find themselves into the real world and discover that they are characters in a TV show. ...
...kidnap Steve Pemberton, one of the league, and try to make him keep Royston Vasey. *The League of Gentlemen* The League of Gentlemen is the collective name for the TV show and film's creators, writers and actors. They are Steve Pemberton, Reese Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson, and together they write and make the film and program. Although they're a four, they normally write in two pairs: Steve and Reese in one pair, and Mark and Jeremy ...

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...League of Gentlemen: Apocalypse tells the story of what happens when the four writers of The League of Gentlemen, try to leave behind a collection of characters that refuse to be killed off. The weird and wonderful residents of Royston Vasey manage to find a way into the real world and face a number of challenges in order to save their town, which is a facing an apocalypse. The writers all play themselves, with the exception of Jeremy Dyson, who ...
...fan of the TV series and I really liked this film as well. Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith play the many characters from Royston Vasey and do a fantastic job, with the likes of Papa Lazarou and Tubbs sharing scenes together. I thought having Herr Lipp kidnapping Steve Pemberton and imitating him was an interesting idea. My favourite character is Papa Lazarou, but I found myself loving all the characters in this film. This is a nice ...

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