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muscles like this? posted:That was just a weird episode all over. How many other shows can pull this off?
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It was Hideki. Hideki got shot.
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Dec 2, 2013 04:00
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That was pretty much what you'd get if you flipped to a random movie on Sundance so I'd say they did what they set out to do.
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It was Hideki. Hideki got shot.
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Dec 2, 2013 04:00
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Haha making fun of indie tropes isn't exactly new but that was pretty funny just the same. A good episode.
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Dec 2, 2013 04:01
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I loved the holding on shots too long.
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Dec 2, 2013 05:37
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Best episode since the post apocalyptic Christmas.
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Dec 2, 2013 06:15
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I wouldn't say they NAILED it like they did with "Blood Cries a River," but holy poo poo they got close enough to count.
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Dec 2, 2013 06:38
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The best thing about this episode was that you could make a movie with the exact same plot all the way to Barry beating up a dirt figure in the woods and it would probably play at Sundance to decent reviews. Probably even the cake slicer thing too as a "what's going on back home" thing.
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Dec 2, 2013 06:40
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I hope nobody praising the complete accuracy of this as an indie film missed out on the crazy filter they had going on from the point Steve called the episode's point early on.
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Dec 2, 2013 06:45
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I wish the episode would have just been a mock indie movie like they did with Blood Cries a River.
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Dec 2, 2013 07:02
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The payoff of the Lego Ron Howards at the funeral was amazing. I could absolutely see some hack indie movie doing something pretty much exactly like that.
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Dec 2, 2013 07:09
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That episode was shear brilliance.
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Dec 2, 2013 07:24
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Uh, yea, whatever American Dad, just don't skip the loving Christmas episode this year.
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Dec 2, 2013 09:36
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A step up from last week's atrocity but still not great. Feels like a different show almost, it's weird.
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Hmm, could've been a little bit more over the top as it almost felt more like an imitation instead of an actual parody to me.
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Dec 2, 2013 13:02
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Crotch Bat posted:Uh, yea, whatever American Dad, just don't skip the loving Christmas episode this year. Pretty sure we get the Krampus one this year.
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Dec 2, 2013 13:33
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I couldn't tell if the music was original or not but that music fit the theme to a t.
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Dec 2, 2013 14:06
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Tarquinn posted:Hmm, could've been a little bit more over the top as it almost felt more like an imitation instead of an actual parody to me. I don't know why you feel parody has to be over the top. It just has to point out the overused tropes of genre. Sometimes parody even involves doing the same tropes better. I particularly enjoyed the vending machine scene which pointed our how controlling the sources of sound can be used to manipulate our emotions.
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Dec 2, 2013 14:40
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pentyne posted:Probably even the cake slicer thing too as a "what's going on back home" thing. Then came the  story where he admitted to spending like $40,000 "developing" the product and getting the patent rights and such. The judges rejected it because the market for a super cake slicer was too narrow, seeing as most people aren't serving institutional-size rectangle cakes.
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Dec 2, 2013 15:50
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Pimparoo posted:I don't know why you feel parody has to be over the top. It just has to point out the overused tropes of genre. Sometimes parody even involves doing the same tropes better. I particularly enjoyed the vending machine scene which pointed our how controlling the sources of sound can be used to manipulate our emotions. Because American Dad, as a show, is over the top. Not talking about the whole wide world of parody here.
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Tarquinn posted:Because American Dad, as a show, is over the top. Not talking about the whole wide world of parody here. I just loved the fact that no one, not even Barry, understood why Barry was driving.
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Tarquinn posted:Because American Dad, as a show, is over the top. Not talking about the whole wide world of parody here. Perfect avatar/post combination.
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Tarquinn posted:Hmm, could've been a little bit more over the top as it almost felt more like an imitation instead of an actual parody to me. This season isn't BAD, I'm just not actually laughing very much. Last nights episode felt like it was always just about to get funny but never got off the ground. Pararoid fucked around with this message at 08:44 on Dec 3, 2013 |
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Dec 3, 2013 01:27
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The pixie girl pulling out the bubble pipe killed me.
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Dec 3, 2013 01:29
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I'm a little disappointed there was no payoff for her. Ravaged by wolves or something. She just... leaves. Still, pitch-perfect parody of the Zach Braff/Dave Eggers-esque indie film thing. Even down to the 'we have to stop now so we can wander around the woods' bit. I have to admit, I liked the music a lot.
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Dec 3, 2013 02:25
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The_Doctor posted:I'm a little disappointed there was no payoff for her. Ravaged by wolves or something. She just... leaves. The lego Ron Howards was so perfect I feel like they were mimicking a specific indie movie. Isn't there some sad sack coming to terms movie where they tote around a cardboard cutout? I feel like I've heard of that idea before but can't recall anything specific.
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Dec 3, 2013 03:31
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pentyne posted:The lego Ron Howards was so perfect I feel like they were mimicking a specific indie movie. Isn't there some sad sack coming to terms movie where they tote around a cardboard cutout? I feel like I've heard of that idea before but can't recall anything specific. You're thinking of Lars and the Real Girl, wherein Ryan Gosling is so emotionally broken he starts carrying a Real Doll around and introducing it as his girlfriend. Really, though, it speaks more to the weird Indie habit of having SOME aspect of the movie be weird for its own sake. It feels familiar because they slam-dunked its execution.
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Dec 3, 2013 03:49
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DivisionPost posted:You're thinking of Lars and the Real Girl, wherein Ryan Gosling is so emotionally broken he starts carrying a Real Doll around and introducing it as his girlfriend. Yeah I don't think it was a specific reference to anything, just more of a generic dig at quirky indie movies always having this one weird thing that they can use to symbolize the movie. I don't think Lars and the Real Girl is even a good example because the movie itself is actually ABOUT that thing, rather than it just being this odd affectation unrelated to the plot. It's more like if a movie had the characters driving cross-country with a couch tied to their car, just because it's so REAL, right? People do that right?
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Dec 3, 2013 03:54
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A pity they couldn't have gotten Parker Posey. Or would that have been too much?
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Dec 3, 2013 03:57
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I'm surprised so many people hated that episode. Well, not surprised, really. I hate that kind of movie, so I got more of a kick out it than most. I mean I loathe that whole genre. I literally cannot think of a single one I've not hated.
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Dec 3, 2013 04:04
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Just saw it, and that was a huge miss for me. So you're sending up low-budget dramas but have no particularly good ideas? You can't excuse lack of quality through labeling it a parody. Every joke fell flat for me, and considering there's no fallout for any of the four friends relationship from episode to episode, who even cares? So yeah, poor jokes based on thoroughly retrodden ideas.
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Dec 3, 2013 04:06
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This episode was fairly amazing. The trucker is my favorite.
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The shot of the Lego Ron Howards at the funeral might actually be my favorite joke in the series. I'm blown away that anyone could not like this episode.
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Dec 3, 2013 06:50
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Semper Fudge posted:The shot of the Lego Ron Howards at the funeral might actually be my favorite joke in the series. I'm blown away that anyone could not like this episode. I'm really floored about the negative response, too. I thought this was wonderful satire, and while I did miss Roger and Stan, there were many laugh out loud moments. I was never bored and I was bummed when it ended. I also appreciate the irony of Zooey Deschanel doing the voice; that was cool of her to poke fun of the kind of films she is in.
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Dec 3, 2013 07:01
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The_Doctor posted:Still, pitch-perfect parody of the Zach Braff/Dave Eggers-esque indie film thing. Even down to the 'we have to stop now so we can wander around the woods' bit. And the 'yelling off a cliff in the rain' thing was straight out of Garden State.
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Dec 3, 2013 07:23
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"A railroad gypsy took away my vas deferens but you are bumming me out" is one of the greatest lines ever. That trucker owned so much.
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Dec 3, 2013 11:36
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I'm in the "episode was amazing!" camp. It left with with a vague sense of melancholy, as if I'd just watch an actual artsy fartsy indie film.
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Dec 3, 2013 16:56
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I really think it could've done with more of the cake slicing plot. A lot better than last weeks episode but it's not one I'd rewatch anytime soon.
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CODChimera posted:I really think it could've done with more of the cake slicing plot. A lot better than last weeks episode but it's not one I'd rewatch anytime soon. Yeah, I think it was really good at being an actual lovely artsy indie film, with a good sense of parody there too. But if they hadn't had the guts rumbling the house outside and Roger informing us of Hideki's fate I wouldn't have walked away feeling too good about it. I appreciate it, but wouldn't rewatch it too eagerly. God I hate those stupid films.
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