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therafa's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
alba_marie's review against another edition
5.0
“In between item 9 'repairs to the fence between the playground and the drive,' and item 10 'any other business,' can we please add item 9b, 'the recent invasion of the village by beings from another world?”
-Why aren’t we discussing the alien invasion first?”
-Because the minutes from the previous meeting always come first!”
Omg this dramatisation was f*ing hilarious!! Seriously it was so hard not to laugh at work when I was listening to it. This is more my kind of Sci-fi...
So many great quotes! I'll include them below.
Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully was a full-cast BBC dramatisation and full of British humour. The Geonin aliens invade a small English village as a trial run and research project into the human race, in preparation for the full invasion to come after.
The alien warlord Ujlabaan has to learn about traditional British institutions and modern human experiences. Thinks like the pub and pub quizzes, cricket, A levels, setting up a Facebook page, village bake sales, charity shops and more. And he always gets it just a little bit wrong - and pokes fun at the nonsensical things we do in general. It was 5 hours of pure laughing!! Totally recommend for anyone who likes British humour and is in the need for a good laugh.
A selection of quotes I noted down:
“-Recent events have overshadowed not only what you were planning to discuss but also everything that’s ever happened in Crescent Green, ever.
-Actually in 1941, the village was visited by HRH Price George Duke of Kent.
-Did his majesty erect an impenetrable forcefield around the village, cut off all communication and make it so the outside world can’t see us or know what’s happening?“
“Do you know who else cooperated with their invaders? The French!”
“They want to take over the world! However nice and polite they are, they are a bunch of malign and lying manipulative thugs without morals or rules?” —> (haha and they are British! ha! This is exactly what the BRITS did!)
“Business is booming now that people can’t get to the bloody tesco down the road… And the aliens have agreed that when they take over the world… I can run Tesco!”
“-Can you not tell when I’m doing my narrating voice? My old computer could tell.
-With respect sir, your old computer went mad and had to be melted down.”
“-Does anyone actually read the parish newsletter?
-No but they see your face and see you’ve written some words when they put it in the recycling and they are slightly impressed.”
“Imagine what’ll happen to the British pub under alien rule. A pint will be 144.54 million tetravillions. And instead of the queen’s head on the money, it’ll be the face of an amorphous 12 eyed blub that doesn’t even have a face. Theyll ban traditional British ales, and force landlords to sell balloons full of marsh gas. Would Churchhill have stood for that?!”
“-Why are you doing this?
-I'm just being friendly! I don’t what to alienate him!
-You can’t alienate him - he’s already an alien!”
“-Computer, extrapolate the villager’s response if they are denied access to the only available pub?
-Extrapolating… subjects will cease any form of collaboration or cooperation after 6 days, 7 hours and 14 minutes."
“-Are we being racist?”
“-If we manage to save the world, no one will mind that I pandered to the slightly racist views of the pub landlord concerning the alien invaders.”
“-What is a dart board?
-It is a device used in the training of assassins.
-Really? That seems out of keeping with the rest of the village.”
“-How can two humans have the same name?
-Lack of organisation.
-So two humans are allowed to share the same name in real life, but two people can’t have the same name on Twitter?
-Correct.”
“-Katrina has delivered her report.
-Good - print it off.
-Consider the environment before printing!
-We are here to plunder this planet’s mineral resources so I don’t care!
-Good point…”
“You can’t just take an allotment, one has to be ALLOTTED to you! Otherwise, it’d be called a “take-one-whenever-you-like-ment!”
-Why aren’t we discussing the alien invasion first?”
-Because the minutes from the previous meeting always come first!”
Omg this dramatisation was f*ing hilarious!! Seriously it was so hard not to laugh at work when I was listening to it. This is more my kind of Sci-fi...
So many great quotes! I'll include them below.
Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully was a full-cast BBC dramatisation and full of British humour. The Geonin aliens invade a small English village as a trial run and research project into the human race, in preparation for the full invasion to come after.
The alien warlord Ujlabaan has to learn about traditional British institutions and modern human experiences. Thinks like the pub and pub quizzes, cricket, A levels, setting up a Facebook page, village bake sales, charity shops and more. And he always gets it just a little bit wrong - and pokes fun at the nonsensical things we do in general. It was 5 hours of pure laughing!! Totally recommend for anyone who likes British humour and is in the need for a good laugh.
A selection of quotes I noted down:
“-Recent events have overshadowed not only what you were planning to discuss but also everything that’s ever happened in Crescent Green, ever.
-Actually in 1941, the village was visited by HRH Price George Duke of Kent.
-Did his majesty erect an impenetrable forcefield around the village, cut off all communication and make it so the outside world can’t see us or know what’s happening?“
“Do you know who else cooperated with their invaders? The French!”
“They want to take over the world! However nice and polite they are, they are a bunch of malign and lying manipulative thugs without morals or rules?” —> (haha and they are British! ha! This is exactly what the BRITS did!)
“Business is booming now that people can’t get to the bloody tesco down the road… And the aliens have agreed that when they take over the world… I can run Tesco!”
“-Can you not tell when I’m doing my narrating voice? My old computer could tell.
-With respect sir, your old computer went mad and had to be melted down.”
“-Does anyone actually read the parish newsletter?
-No but they see your face and see you’ve written some words when they put it in the recycling and they are slightly impressed.”
“Imagine what’ll happen to the British pub under alien rule. A pint will be 144.54 million tetravillions. And instead of the queen’s head on the money, it’ll be the face of an amorphous 12 eyed blub that doesn’t even have a face. Theyll ban traditional British ales, and force landlords to sell balloons full of marsh gas. Would Churchhill have stood for that?!”
“-Why are you doing this?
-I'm just being friendly! I don’t what to alienate him!
-You can’t alienate him - he’s already an alien!”
“-Computer, extrapolate the villager’s response if they are denied access to the only available pub?
-Extrapolating… subjects will cease any form of collaboration or cooperation after 6 days, 7 hours and 14 minutes."
“-Are we being racist?”
“-If we manage to save the world, no one will mind that I pandered to the slightly racist views of the pub landlord concerning the alien invaders.”
“-What is a dart board?
-It is a device used in the training of assassins.
-Really? That seems out of keeping with the rest of the village.”
“-How can two humans have the same name?
-Lack of organisation.
-So two humans are allowed to share the same name in real life, but two people can’t have the same name on Twitter?
-Correct.”
“-Katrina has delivered her report.
-Good - print it off.
-Consider the environment before printing!
-We are here to plunder this planet’s mineral resources so I don’t care!
-Good point…”
“You can’t just take an allotment, one has to be ALLOTTED to you! Otherwise, it’d be called a “take-one-whenever-you-like-ment!”
bookdragon_sansan's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
5.0
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