Franchise Reviews: The Cornetto Trilogy

It's been a while since I've posted anything on here. I'll say why in due course. But I thought I might decide to do another set of film reviews.

I've done all the Bond films and the original Star Wars trilogy, and this time I've decided to do another favourite series of mine: Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy, also known as the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy.

For those who don't know, this was an informal trilogy of films written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and directed by Edgar wright. The films are not really a series, as they don't follow the same story, but are connected by the production team along with several recurring jokes and themes, most notably the presence of the Cornetto.

The trilogy could be regarded as an offshoot of the crew's previous collaboration, the short-lived Britcom, Spaced. I might as well take the time to discuss that here.

Spaced follows comic artist Tim Bisley and writer Daisy Steiner, played by Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes, who pretend to be a couple in order to rent a flat. The show mainly follows the fake couple's surreal adventures as they try and figure out what to do with their lives while maintaining their facade in front of their drunken landlady Marsha Klein, played by Julia Deakin.

The other main stars include Nick Frost as Tim's best friend Mike Watt, Mark Heap as fellow resident and eccentric conceptual artist Brian Topp, and Katy Carmichael as Daisy's best friend Twist Morgan.

At the time of writing, you can watch both seasons Spaced on Channel 4's website, and I do recommend them for some bizarre laughs. One notable sequence involves Tim staying up late playing Resident Evil while on Speed, which prompts him to start hallucinating about zombies. Why am I bringing this up? Well, because it was how the trilogy was ultimately conceived.

Anyway, I'll post the first review later today.

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