How to watch Spaced

For those of you unfamiliar with it, Spaced was a British sitcom which is perhaps one of the best shows ever to be broadcast on Earth.This is a guide on how to watch it.

Spaced was directed by Edgar Wright and starred Simon Pegg as Tim Bisley and Jessica Hynes as Daisy Steiner, two strangers posing as a couple to get an apartment. If it sounds like any other sitcom, then just watch it and apologise to me later. It's filmed in a cinematic style and full of film references and awesomeness. If you liked Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz then you already like the people who made Spaced, so check it out... and when you do, use my tips to make it even better;


5. The drinking games
4. A Spaced night
3. Clubbing
2. With a British person
1. With a geek


5. The drinking games
There are many variations of this game but my favourite is 'drink-a-long-a-Marsha' as that gets you the most drunk! Simply take a drink every time Marsha does and away you go! You may also like to try drinking whenever a film is referenced, or whenever Mike's moustache appears on screen.


4. Clubbing
A1, tip-top, clubbing jam fair.... Or words to that effect. Watching episode 6 of series 1, entitled epiphanies, when about to go out with your friends is possibly the best way to get into that clubbing mood. Dressing a chubby friend up in tight fitting women's clothing is not advisable in real life, but always fun if you can manage it... and if you can work the A-team dance into your evenings entertainment you are a legend.


3. A Spaced night
Once you are familiar with the episodes you will know which characters you and your friends are (e.g. I am Tim because I once bleached my hair.. and I own a pencil) and can set about having a Spaced night. This simply involves dressing as your favourite character and watching a few episodes - interspersed with fun games like; fake gun fights, angry painting, gun assembly/disassembly and freeing dogs from laboratories (advanced Spaced nights only!). For some reason I have a lot of friends who are a lot like Mike, which scares me a bit, but when it comes to Spaced nights - the more Mikes, the better.


2. With a British person
Although the makers can justifiably claim an international appeal for the show I still feel that most people would benefit from having a British person who can help explain some of the more obscure references... or just to translate what Tyres says.Of course, beyond Spaced, it is also useful to have a British person around for other things... which is probably a Top 5 topic for the future... but I'm thinking for use as a butler or to screen your phone calls.


1. With a geek
There is a homage-o-meter on the DVD that helps point out the many varied references throughout the show, but to truly understand Spaced you will require the services of a geek. Only through their eyes will you comprehend the full majesty of the series - it's like watching fireworks through the eyes of a child.#

Unlike British people I have yet to find other reasons to have geeks around - but that's probably because I am one, and if there was another one here nothing would get done because we'd be arguing about Hawk the Slayer all the time... Hawk the Slayer is rubbish by the way, but in a 'so rubbish, it's brilliant' kind of a way (for an explanation of the 'so rubbish it's brilliant' phenomenon please see your local geek).

# please note: watching things through other's eyes is a metaphor and not to be taken literally.



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