{"id":105610,"date":"2020-11-05T18:42:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T15:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-moonbase-8-mines-space-exploration-for-workplace-comedy-tv-review\/"},"modified":"2020-11-05T18:42:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T15:42:58","slug":"watch-moonbase-8-mines-space-exploration-for-workplace-comedy-tv-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-moonbase-8-mines-space-exploration-for-workplace-comedy-tv-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;Moonbase 8&#8217; Mines Space Exploration for Workplace Comedy: TV Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a337cde7b084\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a337cde7b084\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-moonbase-8-mines-space-exploration-for-workplace-comedy-tv-review\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Moonbase_8_Mines_Space_Exploration_for_Workplace_Comedy_TV_Review%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Moonbase 8&#8217; Mines Space Exploration for Workplace Comedy: TV Review&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-moonbase-8-mines-space-exploration-for-workplace-comedy-tv-review\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Moonbase_8_Mines_Space_Exploration_for_Workplace_Comedy_TV_Review%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Moonbase 8&#8217; Mines Space Exploration for Workplace Comedy: TV Review&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Moonbase_8_Mines_Space_Exploration_for_Workplace_Comedy_TV_Review%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Moonbase 8&#8217; Mines Space Exploration for Workplace Comedy: TV Review&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Moonbase_8_Mines_Space_Exploration_for_Workplace_Comedy_TV_Review%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Moonbase 8&#8217; Mines Space Exploration for Workplace Comedy: TV Review&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n                        In terms of television trends, 2020 has ended up being something of an unexpected year full of new <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> about space <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>, and Showtime\u2019s \u201cMoonbase 8\u201d (premiering Nov. 8) is the latest entry into the canon of that very specific brand of 2020 series.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by A24, \u201cMoonbase 8\u201d isn\u2019t the first space-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>d comedy of the year, as series like Armando Iannucci\u2019s \u201cAvenue 5\u201d on HBO\u2014meaning \u201cMoonbase 8\u201d isn\u2019t even the first one with a number in the title\u2014and Greg Daniels\u2019 Space Force on Netflix\u2014which went the workplace comedy route that \u201cMoonbase 8\u201d also has\u2014have also taken off this year with varying levels of flight (and critical success). On the dramatic front, there\u2019s also been Netflix\u2019s \u201cAway\u201d (premiered in September and canceled a month later) and Disney+\u2019s adaptation of \u201cThe Right Stuff.\u201d However, by not focusing on the majestic nature of space and instead relying on the small, intimate scale that the series maintains for all six of its episodes, \u201cMoonbase 8\u201d might actually be the most successful and interesting of all of 2020\u2019s space-focused new series.<\/p>\n<p>Created and written by Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, Jonathan Krisel (who serves as series director, setting the consistent lowkey tone of the entire series), and John C. Reilly, \u201cMoonbase\u201d follows Dr. Michael \u201cSkip\u201d Hanai, Jr. (Armisen), Professor Scott \u201cRook\u201d Sloan (Heidecker), and Robert \u201cCap\u201d Caputo (Reilly) three astronauts\u2014the show is far too clever to go for the obvious \u201castroNOTs\u201d pun, but it is a distinguisher that could be applied\u2014living on NASA\u2019s Moon Base Simulator in the Arizonan desert, training, working, and biding their time until they\u2019re finally given the call up for a mission on the first manned base on the moon. Simulation moon bases like Moonbase 8 are designed to train the candidates for living and working on the moon, and the trio of Skip, Rook, and Cap all take their training very seriously\u2014often too seriously. When the series begins, Skip, Rook, and Cap are on their 200th consecutive day on the base, and they\u2019re still seemingly nowhere close to going to the moon. Instead, they\u2019re dealing with things like lack of water rations, prowlers on the base, quarantining, and trust issues.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other two space comedy series to come out this year, \u201cMoonbase 8\u201d mines comedy from the mundanity of these characters waiting for their chance to go to the moon, especially as they, again, take their training so seriously\u2014to an extent, as it is often revealed they\u2019re not as up-to-date on paperwork and procedural as their peers may be\u2014either as though they\u2019re truly already on the moon or in their fear that every moment is a chance for NASA to kick them out of the program and dash their space dreams. It\u2019s especially interesting as all three of these men are wildly different, though their differences also work to complement the other. Skip is an actual genius and M.I.T. grad\u2014clearly in a whole other league from the other two\u2014who driven completely by a desire to follow in his late father\u2019s\u2014who was integral to the development of NASA\u2019s Apollo program\u2014footsteps. Rook is a Christian husband and father of 10 (with one on the way) who joined the program as part of a \u201cspiritual mission of spreading the word of God throughout the universe.\u201d And Cap is a Hawaiian\u2014a bit that really doesn\u2019t work as much as everything related to space food\u2014former helicopter tour pilot who essentially joined the program to avoid all the debt he\u2019s in back home but also to have something to show for himself as someone who\u2019s gone to the moon. (Cap is also the de facto leader of the trio, despite being the least qualified of them all and \u201cCap\u201d not actually even being short for \u201ccaptain.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Most surprising about \u201cMoonbase 8,\u201d however, is how oddly soothing it is\u2014from the writing and acting to the directing and cinematography to the very mellow score\u2014especially for a show that\u2019s close quarters setting and the portrayal of a specific kind of monotony also makes it perfect for the current state of affairs. Its humor is also very much specific to all four men\u2019s comedic sensibilities, without being too surreal and without being too broad to appeal to a more mainstream audience. Of all three stars, Armisen\u2019s performance is perhaps the most consistent with his typical type, but that brand of neuroticism is also balanced in \u201cMoonbase 8\u201d with Heidecker\u2019s oblivious charm and Reilly\u2019s unthreatening gruffness, especially as the series examines its characters\u2019 relationships with each other and how they\u2019ve interacted confined to this space for all this time and counting.<\/p>\n<p>Like \u201cAvenue 5,\u201d \u201cMoonbase 8\u201d is a comedy that excels with more time with and knowledge of these characters and their world. \u201cMoonbase 8\u201d obviously isn\u2019t as large-scale as \u201cAvenue 5\u201d on any level, which actually makes it easier to latch onto the series\u2019 world; nor is it as comedically broad, instead focusing on the tedium of the experience as opposed to the dangerous ignorance that can come along with extravagance. (Though, there is plenty of \u201cdangerous ignorance\u201d on \u201cMoonbase 8.\u201d) But what will probably end up helping \u201cMoonbase 8\u201d in the long run is that, while it will be airing weekly, all six episodes of \u201cMoonbase\u201d will be available to watch on Showtime\u2019s apps and on-demand platforms come November 8, it\u2019s a decision that is actually quite smart for the series and the way in which it progresses in terms of both pace and humor. There is quite the understated humor that one would expect from the show\u2019s stars and creators, which can make the series hard to get into at first. The first two episodes are certainly more of a light chuckle than any big laughs, but as the season progresses\u2014and honestly, by the third episode\u2014the show\u2019s rhythms and idiosyncrasies are quite apparent. In fact, the series even begins with a character dynamic atypical from the way the rest of the show is, already starting off-kilter in a way that should be expected by anyone familiar with the work of all four of the series\u2019 creators.<\/p>\n<p>Armisen, Heidecker, Krisel, and Reilly have all collaborated on projects before, on shows like \u201cTim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!\u201d and \u201cPortlandia,\u201d but \u201cMoonbase 8\u201d is a project that manages to combine their collective talents into something both weird and heartfelt. Especially in the SpaceX episode, because of course there is a SpaceX episode.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMoonbase 8\u201d premieres Sunday, November 8 at 11 p.m. ET on Showtime.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-movies-tv-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch Movies &#038; TV Series <\/a><\/span>category<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/tv\/reviews\/moonbase-8-tv-review-1234822502\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Moonbase 8&#8217; Mines Space Exploration for Workplace Comedy: TV Review&#8221; &#8220;&#8216;Moonbase 8&#8217; Mines Space Exploration for Workplace Comedy: TV Review&#8221; In terms of television trends, 2020 has ended up being something of an unexpected year full of new series about space travel, and Showtime\u2019s \u201cMoonbase 8\u201d (premiering Nov. 8) is the latest entry&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/moonbase8-still.jpeg?w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-watch-movies-tv-seriess"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}