Mike Myers’ The Pentaverate

[Silvermoth]

Is anyone else watching this? I get that it’s not to everyone’s tastes but I love mike Myers and I’m finding it hilarious

 

[Erik20]

I wanted to watch it, but apparently Netflix already cancelled the show since the numbers weren't great... I'll still try it later though, when nothing else is on.

Edit. It's not a huge hit, but I guess all those articles about the show being cancelled are misleading. It seems that the show was intended to be just one season.

 

[Vaibow]

it's...... it's mike Myers being mike Myers after a loooooong hiatus.

I'd rather he revisit Waynes World to be honest.

He's blogging/podcasting now and they have a wild night adventure... similar to 'super bad' 'old school' etc.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

I thought this was awful with some of the most juvenile, unfunny humor I've seen in a while. You could tell Mike Myers was really trying, but it's just painful to watch him struggle with this level of writing.

As much as I loved the Austin Powers films growing up and I enjoyed Waynes World, but his schtick here just felt more outdated than anything else although maybe it's more because of the bad writing.

 

[Teelie]

I think I have grown up past Mike Myers type of humor. I realized with The Love Guru he was no longer funny to me. Wayne's World, Shrek, Austin Powers, those are still great but he just has not found a way to stay innovative. That's unfortunate because he was really quite funny.

 

[DarkKnight88]

I think the consensus was this *might have* worked had it just been an hour and a half movie. But as a series, it’s just painful.

 

[Drizzle]

I think the consensus was this *might have* worked had it just been an hour and a half movie. But as a series, it’s just painful.

I haven't checked this out because Myers's multiple character schtick wore thin for me about 20 years ago but I'm seeing a lot of shows like that now where I think to myself, "This could have just been a movie". This is one of the downsides of streaming being huge, these studios are always going to opt for a series first even if the story doesn't call for it. I've felt the same way about a few recent shows like Halo and Under the Banner of Heaven.