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ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
Okay, it's been long enough, it's time to talk about why netflixs shoestring budgeted arrested development season sucked so bad. Here are my reasons:

1) character focused episodes didn't deliver hilarious set ups but long jokes with green screen payoffs
2) wtf were some characters green screened in?? See: courthouse scene with Tobias and the fonz
3) Lindsay's hair
4) too referential to season 1-3
5) let Michael become blatantly evil instead of dubious straightman

Tl;dr s1-2 were really good, s3 slipped bad with continually breaking the fourth wall (why are "documentary" cameras filming sex scenes, cheating, and intent to lie in court rooms??)

And they were really consistent about it early on too. Tobias and Lindsay had sex and the camera only caught their feet, and the first courtroom scene the cameras were banned

Then they just said gently caress it here are some cousins kissing

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Cucking Mama
Sep 27, 2013

Gold Medalist, 2014 shit post olympics
I thought you were supposed to say controversial stuff in this forum

maker
Jun 1, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo
the only bad thing related to arrested development is this thread

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
Nah I have a Seinfeld thread

Moola
Aug 16, 2006
Yea

CCrew
Nov 5, 2007

Tobias episodes were legit funny, and the gags of different characters affecting plots that you may not have noticed in previous episodes were pretty funny, like three people simultaneously in India. It started out weak with the first few episodes, but Tony Wonder plot was pretty funny. Overall I'd rate it lower than the first three seasons, but I didn't think it was bad.

Also, lol Michael was always borderline evil, he's the worst dad seasons 1-3. They just made it blatant now.

SwimmingSpider
Jan 3, 2008


Jön, jön, jön a vizipók.
Várják már a tólakók.
Ez a kis pók ügyes búvár.
Sok új kaland is még rá vár.
The part where George michael finally his dumb fuccking dad was good

SpazmasterX
Jul 13, 2006

Wrong about everything XIV related
~fartz~
you could have just said arrested development = bad and been just as accurate

old fat bird
Oct 27, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
Name one show that's ever "come back" that's hasn't been irredeemable over self-referencing horse poo poo. Just hope they quietly let it die and don't try to make a fifth.

SpazmasterX
Jul 13, 2006

Wrong about everything XIV related
~fartz~

Monstrous Dooklord posted:

Name one show that's ever "come back" that's hasn't been irredeemable over self-referencing horse poo poo. Just hope they quietly let it die and don't try to make a fifth.

futurama

old fat bird
Oct 27, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

lol

SpazmasterX
Jul 13, 2006

Wrong about everything XIV related
~fartz~

state your case bitch

SwimmingSpider
Jan 3, 2008


Jön, jön, jön a vizipók.
Várják már a tólakók.
Ez a kis pók ügyes búvár.
Sok új kaland is még rá vár.
Arrested Developments humor really only fits in the time it came out and already feels really dated tbh.

Seth Pecksniff
May 27, 2004

can't believe shrek is fucking dead. rip to a real one.

Cucking Mama posted:

I thought you were supposed to say controversial stuff in this forum

hitler did nothing right

old fat bird
Oct 27, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

SpazmasterX posted:

state your case bitch

Futuram Seasons 1-4 = Simspons Seasons 1-10
Fry Playing the Holophoner = Homer Looking At The Stars After Meeting He Mom
Simpsons Movie > Futurama Snorefest 1-4
New Futurama = Simspons/Family Guy crossover episode

Also the show stopped being about the future and just made jokes about Killer Apps and Spam Email and one goons quest to bed his female best friend.

Babby Sathanas
May 16, 2006

bearbating is now adorable
i think season 4 is only good after the second viewing.

egon_beeblebrox
Mar 1, 2008

WILL AMOUNT TO NOTHING IN LIFE.



I liked Buster's episode a lot.

No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

Seasons 1-all of Arrested Development = bad

PerilPastry
Oct 10, 2012
I liked their recasting of Lindsay.

wa27
Jan 15, 2007

They should have just made a movie. Every episode felt 15 minutes too long.

egon_beeblebrox
Mar 1, 2008

WILL AMOUNT TO NOTHING IN LIFE.



wa27 posted:

They should have just made a movie. Every episode felt 15 minutes too long.

The Lindsay episodes were about 25 minutes too long.

FogHelmut
Dec 18, 2003

PerilPastry posted:

I liked their recasting of Lindsay.

ElGroucho
Nov 1, 2005

We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane
Fun Shoe
Season 4 was dog poo poo OP

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

Yeah it really sucked. They left most of the actors out in the sun too long after S3

Frog Act
Feb 10, 2012



I thought it was okay, it had it's lol moments, but it was no season one

i must compose
Jul 4, 2010

Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
maebe looked like a mutant and also none of the episodes were funny and they were hard to follow when i was stoned

Mud Shark
May 12, 2012

Monstrous Dooklord posted:

Futuram Seasons 1-4 = Simspons Seasons 1-10
Fry Playing the Holophoner = Homer Looking At The Stars After Meeting He Mom
Simpsons Movie > Futurama Snorefest 1-4
New Futurama = Simspons/Family Guy crossover episode

Also the show stopped being about the future and just made jokes about Killer Apps and Spam Email and one goons quest to bed his female best friend.

pretty great analysis

tote up a bags
Jun 8, 2006

die stoats die

theres always money in the rushed rehashed comedy show

Frog Act
Feb 10, 2012



i must compose posted:

maebe looked like a mutant and also none of the episodes were funny and they were hard to follow when i was stoned

this is my one complaint tbh. i would get super blazed and watch them and end up having to go back or pause them and think carefully for a minute to establish continuity

Roargasm
Oct 21, 2010

Hate to sound sleazy
But tease me
I don't want it if it's that easy
futurama season 2 all day baby

arrested development was a big ol MEH imo. Just meh meh meh but I paid attention assuming there was going to be a payoff. Then there never was

AchtungBaby
Dec 5, 2007


Still, I would love if we could have the full Fantastic Four musical.

Frog Act
Feb 10, 2012



Roargasm posted:

futurama season 2 all day baby

arrested development was a big ol MEH imo. Just meh meh meh but I paid attention assuming there was going to be a payoff. Then there never was

if you think seasons 1 + 2 of arrested development were 'meh' you're irredeemable garbage

TOILETLORD
Nov 13, 2012

by XyloJW
pretty sure they could of saved the season if season 4 was just a 20 hour long porn parody.

DOPE FIEND KILLA G
Jun 4, 2011

I thought it was pretty alright, some very genuinely funny stuff, but definitely suffered a lot overall from the cast not bein together which was like where the magic happened originally IMO, but also episodes were way too loving long which was a terrible poo poo decision. but like I don't think it was bad in the end.

Another thing that was annoying was sometimes you'd see a scene with two characters and you wouldn't get the full context of it till you watch the episode with the other character, but instead of just getting new context they like actually edit in more dialog and poo poo I to the scene and that was really dumb and worked against the whole thing they were going for imo, so there was some lovely editing.

Punished Chuck
Dec 27, 2010

I thought it was pretty decent. It kinda sucked that they didn't have all the characters together and working off each other until the last few episodes which was a weird decision considering that's what made the comedy of the first seasons, but I still watched the whole thing and had a decent time doing it. In fact I think I liked it more than Season 3.

Season 1 is still one of the greatest comedies ever made, though, IMO, and even the other seasons weren't able to live up to it.

StoneOfShame
Jul 28, 2013

This is the best kitchen ever.
Obviously it wasn't as good as the first 3 seasons but the George Maharis joke is one of the best they ever came up with.

Action-Bastard
Jan 1, 2008

They should have saved Better Off Ted

Frog Act
Feb 10, 2012



Action-Bastard posted:

They should have saved Better Off Ted

ashgromnies
Jun 19, 2004

ladyboy pancake posted:

Arrested Developments humor really only fits in the time it came out and already feels really dated tbh.

goons come up with the dumbest opinions

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JazzFlight
Apr 29, 2006

Oooooooooooh!

Had a really rough beginning to the season, but if you stuck it out, the last few episodes tied everything together.

They seriously needed to edit down the lengths of the first half of S4. Some episodes just went on and on without a single memorable joke.

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