Amandaland

[RosieLeaLovesTea]

What are your thoughts on Amandaland?
I really tried to like it. I really did.
but for me it just isn’t as good as motherland. I just don’t think the characters are distinctive enough to really stand out and identify with like in motherland. But I gave see on a few thread and fab groups that people like Amandaland and it’s just as good.

I suppose the footie ( where they all looked cold !) is to replace the usual pub setting or an office. The characters have to go somewhere. In motherland it was the table not too close to the toilets most of the time at the cafe.
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I’ve just finished series 2 and I enjoyed it more than series 1.

I really enjoyed it all as some lightweight inoffensive comedy. It didn’t always get it right , but it was amusing and I do love her mum and how she gets out of a tight spot! She is funny.

Ok. It was just a bit weird. Thought I'd missed something. I didn't understand how a non teacher was running it...she seemed like one of the staff.

The poor kids cringing at their parents 😅 I did one once at my son's school though don't think I embarrassed him too much. It was primary school and I just sat at a desk and answered questions.

Anna has hidden talents, but Amanda just ends up raining on her parade most of the time :(

Enjoying it on the whole after four episodes but JJ is boring me, as is Mal and his equally dull son.

Anne / Philippa Dunne has lost a lot of weight and looks fabulous.

I love the new series - better than the first!

I agree! I really didn’t like the first so I was on the fence about starting this one but it was brilliant

There was a lot of football scenes but I guess they were just trying to recreate the school gates

It’s great! Amusing and doesn’t take its self seriously. Amanda reminds of people know and Ann is fab. I’m like the new woman too and Joanna Lumely 💕. I prefer to motherland which I always found a bit depressing, this is lighter and sillier - a good thing imo.

Yes! And always on the phone to Julia, explaining just why he couldn’t get home to do anything practical to help.

Yes she used to be head of Product Development at GSK Worldwide.

”Why are you not getting this?” was part of Anne’s rant when she went off the deep end after failing to enthuse the teens at her extra Maths sessions!

I binged it last night and loved it , I adore Anne and Joanna Lumley refusing to admit anything ageing at all 🤣I prefer it to motherland , my fave character in that was Meg I didn’t like Julia at all.
bring back Johannes though he was hilarious !

I have binged. I loved seeing Garry the builder again. Nice touch. I really warmed to Amanda in the condom one with the kids. I also liked the prom bit - I know my 16 yr old wants to do big stuff with her mates not me and that’s exactly as it should be but also it’s allowed to feel a bit bittersweet.

i am not sure about the abs, jj, mal thing - i preferred season 1 thing jj being a bit in awe/not sure how to deal with Mal. Was Abs meant to be the Liz type acerbic one? Also don’t jj and abs have a small child?

Finished it, made me laugh lots of times which is unusual for a comedy. The actors in this are just so good and I would have ideally liked to have seen more of Siobhán McSweeney, but she was doing a play when this was being filmed.

If there’s a third series, I hope they explore the frisson between Mal and Amanda, and reduce the screen time of Ned and bin off JJ (a character who is unfunny and wholly unnecessary).

Loved the first few episodes of Motherland, but thought Liz/Kevin/Anne were very over-egged. I really liked Julia and feel she's the most likely one to be in Amanda's circle realistically. Kev's acting was awful, as was Johannes and his fake S. African accent.
Love Amanda on her own, not so keen on Anne still. I'm not getting the Fi/Della contribution. I know an Amanda IRL so it's so relatable for me. Her children are not got fits though.

I enjoyed it , light and generally inoffensive. I liked the introduction of Abs . Anne needs a spin off of her own as this doesn’t give enough time with her and her family .

Yeah where are her twins and baby, now toddler or 3 or 4 years old Niamh?!

Or asking advice on Xmas present for her or his mum?!

Yeah they can’t be picking up the kids from school as teens can they?!

I think it was head of product development.

How common is it for these mums to take cocaine? Is it seriously a thing?

I enjoyed it. Loved seeing Pam Ferris 🥰

I’m loving it! Loved motherland too. I also have a huge crush on Mal, hee hee.

Haha ..yeah I think you and a few thousand other women 😉He's v nice.