HBO Season 2 Screenings

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[size=100:puzpvg42][size=133:puzpvg42]Flight Of The Conchords - Sneak Preview - Review

Once again, I found someone who was willing to brave the cold, harsh streets of New York, which, as it turns out today is not really a cliche. Sure, it isn't Edmonton cold, but it was still pretty cold last night in New York City. No matter the temperature, this writer, was desperate to report back to you, the CDAN reader, about the upcoming season of HBO's Flight Of The Conchords. Here is Cory's review.

So last night was the screening of HBO's hit show Flight Of The Conchords. It was held at the Salmagundi Art Club in NYC's Union Square neighborhood. After finally getting past Presidential-like security at the door, I was welcomed by a pleasant greeting of "
no more drinks until after the screening"
(editor's note: I would have left) and so I soberly walked into a large gallery space with my guest, and perused the space's lovely artwork adorning the walls.



Not one single "
artsy"
person in the place probably gave more than two glances to the art. We were here for a different show. The crowd was quite the eclectic mix of downtown hipsters, people who know people, and people who know people who know people. Then, there were plenty of suits and ties to give it that air of sophistication and class. It just goes to show you, with it's second season starting up, the show is a big hit with a cult like following that spans all ages and demographics. HBO could bank on it just as is, but knowing HBO and it's greed for more, I was expecting them to jump the shark.

Be it bringing in A-list celebrities to spice up the cast, draw more viewers, whatever. But, at least for now it doesn't look like they are going to do anything of the sort. Settling into our standing room only spots, we were blessed with a sneak peek of the upcoming seasons' first episode (I believe). The show once again stayed true to it's roots and what got them this far.



It comes off as a casual laid back thrown together edit, but it is done in such a professional way, you would never know it was a big budget production. They know what they're doing at HBO with this one. The writing and cinematography were top notch and Bret and Jemaine deliver their usual performance that cannot be duplicated. As a big fan of the show myself (editor's note: I think we caught that), I was quite pleased walking out.

No sophomoric curse on the horizon. The self-proclaimed 4th best folk duo from New Zealand give the same perfect comedic timing, and clever writing we have all grown to love and also expect. With tonight's episode's plot line, my love was still all there and I can't wait to see what will happen next. Mel and Dave made some cameo's again, and it just felt like the first season never ended. The quirky agent Murray is again stealing the show when he's on screen and I honestly found myself, along with the entire crowd, laughing out loud at their sudden impromptu breaks into song. Super funny, the show is absolutely holding its spot in my DVR record list.

[size=100:1h7w0h8g]just got back from a screening of the new episode of The Flight of the Conchords, at the museum of natural history. What a great show.

[size=100:1h7w0h8g]Flight of the conchords screening just finished @ museum of natural history. Free booze, funnnn, good episode too, b ut booze didn't hurt

[size=133:yqyuybo1]Flight of the Conchords Screening at Natural History Museum

[size=100:yqyuybo1]Looking for a reason to laugh nowadays? You've gotta check out the second season premiere of HBO's Flight of the Conchords tomorrow at 10pm.

If you know the show, you've probably already planned your screening party. And if you don't, your life is probably a little emptier because of that. Aw. The hilarious cult hit about two New Zealander musicians -- Bret and Jemaine -- trying to make it in the Big Apple, or at least trying to make a living, may not be garnering the duo the mainstream success they deserve but it sure has earned them quite a following. And that's in addition to their one obsessed fan on the show, Mel.

We ran into bunches of FotC fans at the screening party that was held at the Natural History Museum last Wednesday. Most were USC students who had read about the event on the school paper, all were young and hip and eager to partake of the free beer and wine (well those 21 and over).



[size=75:yqyuybo1]Our view of the show wasn't too obstructed by the triceratop's skeletal ass.



[size=75:yqyuybo1]Waiting and waiting for the screening to start in the Grand Foyer of the museum.



[size=75:yqyuybo1]FotC wanna-bes show that their rhymes are bottomless hoping to score an appearance on the show.



[size=75:yqyuybo1]With no seats, fans had to resort to sitting on the cold marble floor.


The party was held in the grand foyer of the museum where the T Rex and triceratops skeletons are forever battling it out. But this meant that the room hit max capacity quickly leaving about a hundred people standing outside waiting to get in.

Inside, there wasn't really much going on except for the slow-moving lines to get food and drink and the scouting out of good vantage points of the big screen where they'd show the premiere episode on.

Later we discovered that behind one of the black partitions HBO was filming fans who were willing to lip sync to the fantastically difficult "
Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros."
Apparently they would edit the best performances into a video and play it on the TV show.

"
You want to do it?"
the girl with the clipboard asked us. "
Um, nope but can we take pictures of the people that do?"
we countered. "
Sure. We'll probably get more after more people drink,"
she said gesturing toward the drink line. But we only got to see a couple groups of friends rock this metropolis before the episode finally lit up the big screen, effectively silencing the room except for the uproarious laughter that ensued.

The following video is apparently the actual premiere episode;
different from the one that was shown at the museum. The one we saw starts off with the boys dealing with their extreme poverty. Trust us, it's hilarious. But this one is good, too.

ines wrote:

interesting probably to only me but i love that museum. i have pic of my daughters infront of that very dinosaur fossil!

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