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Wellington Paranormal begins projection on TVNZ2 on July 11th.
REVIEW: Finally. After decades of ephemeral sitcoms, disappointing and downright devilish like Willy Nilly Diplomatic Immunity and Melodic Rules we finally have one of which we can be proud and
Wellington Paranormal (8:30 pm, Wednesday, TVNZ2) is a kiwi tongue-in-cheek comedy rivaling The Games or Frontline a detective spot … piss-take procedure, the answer from New Zealand to The X-Files and Police Ten 7 parody that the world is thirsty.
Spun-off of Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement -screen 2014 mockumentary What we do in the shadow this follows the misadventures of the Capital Minogue (Mike Minogue) and O & # submarines 39 Leary (Karen O 'Leary) while they fight the dark forces of the city. [19659008OligyMinoguagentscombatallowoutthecruisesofthecapitalofthecapitalinWellingtonParanorma "title =" "src =" https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/q/n/8/c/z/image.related. StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620×349.1qn783.png / 1531275788868.jpg "class =" photoborder "/>
Officers O & # 39; Leary and Minogue fight all kinds of threats to the well-being of the capital at Wellington Paranormal
There is the unholy kingdom of Hataitai, Kilbirnie Satanism and, in the 39; hilarious opening episode, a potential Hellmouth based around a
After meeting a young woman whose obvious evil seems more a case of demonic possession than the usual poisoning at home. alcohol, the couple is taken apart by Sergeant Ruawai Maaka (Maaka Pohatu) and invited to the secret room of the station. – A place that houses the headquarters of the Wellington Paranormal Division.
Establishing a link with similar cases in the 1950s and 1980s, this antipode Mulder and Scully ("She is analytical and has brains and I have brown hair," the reasons Minogue "are trying to 39 stop the demon before the central city becomes the focus of buckets of blood and rivers of fire, but we, they hunt down the devil as he constantly changes hosts ("We are in pursuit of"). a highly acrobatic housewife, "they report at one point), they find themselves facing a potentially larger enemy than Wellington.
Wellington Paranormal is a police detective pisstake.
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* Wellington Paranormal takes what we do in the shadow comedy coat
* Wellington Paranormal: Inside Jemaine Clement and the last Taika Waititi adventure
* The US spin-off of "What We Do in the Shadows" Conducts a Television Pilot Contract
* What We Do in The Shadows TV Show Adds Actors
Abruptly Written, Brightly Observed and deliberately made to appear cheap, the New Zealand Documentary Board (aka Waititi and Clement Shadows company) delivered a winning formula.
Minoge ( Hunt for the Wilderpeople ) and O Leary ( The Upperers Breaker ) prove to be masters of impassive delivery ("If we identify a UFO, does that mean it's a UFO? ") and physical comedy, while situations are both universally salty and beautifully Kiwi. As Minogue says so brilliantly, "I do not care if you come from another planet – you come to New Zealand, you respect our rules".
Made by people who clearly love their sci-fi and horror films To create a great comedy, Wellington Paranormal almost makes up for TVNZ's famous blunder in the years that followed Failure of a New Zealand project "fourth folk folk parody duo"
that it lives up to the one-time police recruitment campaign of New Zealand, which consists of in "best work stories".
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