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It's no surprise. This episode was pushed back and Schrab even announced on Twitter that this week would be a rerun again.
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Transmodiar posted:Chang's inability to remember his ethnicity He's played by Ken Jeong, who is not chinese.
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Community: ABC - A Bad Cartoon (Episode) I feel like there are plenty of other shows that riff off old cartoons, I didn't really think it was necessary for Community to jump into the mix. However, contrasting it with the surreal 80s commercials was brilliant (everyone dies eventually), but even then there wasn't enough material for a full episode. All in all this felt like a really good 10 minute internet video stretched out into a mediocre 20 minute episode of Community.
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Apr 4, 2014 18:18
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This was definitely my favorite gimmick episode this show has done. Probably because I grew up with GI Joe and they did a brilliant job spoofing it. The live action commercials were a great touch.
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Apr 4, 2014 18:54
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TealShark posted:Last night's episode hit a series low rating of 0.9 (2.58M viewers). drat. That makes sense, it leans in so completely to the GI Joe thing that you could pretty easily watch the first minute, having expected to see a live action sitcom, and switch channels thinking you'd accidentally tuned into a cartoon for children.
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Apr 4, 2014 19:05
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Unmature posted:ALso, to people who are curious about GI Joe, check out the Larry Hama comics from the 80s. They hold up and are still pretty good. And unlike the show, people actually die. A lot.
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ElwoodCuse posted:And unlike the show, people actually die. A lot. Mostly Cobra guys, and anyone without an action figure will bite it. There's even stuff about morality of war and the effects of American intervention. Also one of the primary character is a vet who was so horribly wounded during an operation he cannot speak and wears a mask to cover his face as not to gross everyone out. And this is during the RA RA RA AMERICA #1 gently caress YA REGAN era.
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Apr 4, 2014 19:49
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I am definitely on the side of appreciating this episode but not really getting anything out of it. The scene at the end felt really cheap too.
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twistedmentat posted:Mostly Cobra guys, and anyone without an action figure will bite it. There's even stuff about morality of war and the effects of American intervention. Also one of the primary character is a vet who was so horribly wounded during an operation he cannot speak and wears a mask to cover his face as not to gross everyone out. My mistake, I think it was just the one issue http://demsgoodreadin.blogspot.com/2008/07/gi-joe-109-marvel-1991.html
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Apr 4, 2014 21:28
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Reminded me a lot of the puppet episode.
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Apr 4, 2014 21:52
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That's unfair, the puppet episode had a story.
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Apr 4, 2014 21:58
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The Libearian posted:Reminded me a lot of the puppet episode. That's unfair, I actually laughed during the G.I. Joe's episode.
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Apr 4, 2014 23:11
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I appreciate the work that went into this episode, I laughed at most of it, and I liked the basic story re: Jeff's aging anxieties, but as a whole it didn't quite come together for me. I read Pierce's "Welcome to the Club" letter as an implication that Jeff was on the brink of death in addition to becoming an old man. I liked how it could be read both ways. MrAristocrates posted:Apparently the titles of the final two episodes this season are "Basic Story" and "Basic Sandwich." Does this mean that Shirley will finally be getting some more screentime? Yes!
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Apr 4, 2014 23:15
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ElwoodCuse posted:My mistake, I think it was just the one issue That totally freaked me out when it happened. Plus it wasn't shot during a fight, or died saving someone else. Nope stuck in a pit and gunned down.
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Apr 4, 2014 23:19
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ladyboy pancake posted:Does this mean that Shirley will finally be getting some more screentime? Yes! From the promo pictures she seems to have a B-plot with Hickey and Duncan. However, the word "sandwich" isn't referring exclusively to her store... (Subway's back, is what I'm saying)
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I was worried Sandwich would refer to something else.
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Apr 4, 2014 23:43
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I mean, just based on that I'd be surprised if she wasn't given some sort of notable role in the episode, but yeah, I can see how you might be disappointed.
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twistedmentat posted:I was worried Sandwich would refer to something else. What else would sandwich refer to, besides sandwiches and threesomes?
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Irish Joe posted:What else would sandwich refer to, besides sandwiches and threesomes? Makes me think of HIMYM's use of 'sandwich' but that'd be an odd reference to make in an episode title.
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Apr 5, 2014 00:11
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ETB posted:That's unfair, I actually laughed during the G.I. Joe's episode. Yeah at the end of the day I laughed at this one so it's an okay episode in my book.
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Apr 5, 2014 01:49
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The noise Jonathan Banks made when Major Dick hurt his back cracked me up.
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Apr 5, 2014 01:53
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1st AD posted:Yeah at the end of the day I laughed at this one so it's an okay episode in my book. Yeah, I can agree- like, I didn't find it super funny, and was kinda just going "uhmmmm" through most of it, but I won't pretend I didn't laugh like an idiot during the reused animation gag/rock hitting gag.
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Apr 5, 2014 02:08
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Came to see which goofy reasons people hated this episode for. Was not disappointed.
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Apr 5, 2014 02:32
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No one really hated it though, just some people weren't as wowed by it as most Community episodes.
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Apr 5, 2014 02:50
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And that's not a bad thing. We can be critical of things we love. Personally, I appreciate Dan Harmon pushing the boundaries instead of falling stagnant. It's why I watch the show.
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Apr 5, 2014 04:35
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Ugh, can we unplug the internet? http://imgur.com/5d8nLMW
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Ugh, can we unplug the internet? That cake was actually made before the episode aired.. https://twitter.com/ErinMcGathy/status/451643039048404992/photo/1
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Ugh, can we unplug the internet? Harmon's fiance made that for him
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After the first viewing, the live-action ending seemed rather forced and stereotypical to me, or to paraphrase an earlier comment, like it had been run through a "Family Ties" filter, especially the closing joke and group laugh. Once I watched the second time, though, I realized why the study group was so heinously over-guffawing over Jeff's weak "eighteen eighty-nine?" line: Their close friend, whose mortality they had never considered, partially because Jeff so carefully managed his image and apparent age, had just recovered from a near-fatal experience. Jeff making a trademark sarcastic remark, even an incredibly lazy one, represented a return to normalcy, and their overdone laughter was a product of their relief, an excuse for catharsis. Unfortunately, that kind of overdone closing laughter also happens to be the trademark of cheesy sitcoms, where the only dramatic tension was whether the Beav was going to pass his math test or whatever. And after eighteen minutes of very tongue-in-cheek, satiric material, most viewers probably weren't emotionally ready for a scene that, apart from Ken Jeong, wasn't supposed to be funny, because almost killing oneself, even somewhat accidentally, isn't funny. Classic Harmon move, though. So, that one tarnish cleared up for me, I quite liked the episode. Did anyone else notice, though, that Duncan was the one current Save Greendale Committee member not around Jeff's bed? Christ, even the new guy showed up. I know, it was probably due to John Oliver's time constraints more than anything else, but I'd be rather surprised if it doesn't get a mention before the end of the season. For the record, I'm 28, just old enough to catch the end of the original run when I was like 6-7. Had just enough background to get most of the references, though some of the more obscure character stuff definitely went over my head. I think I still would have enjoyed it nearly as much if I'd only seen the PSA parodies, though.
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Victor Vermis posted:That cake was actually made before the episode aired.. those are certainly some replies.
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ETB posted:And that's not a bad thing. We can be critical of things we love. Personally, I appreciate Dan Harmon pushing the boundaries instead of falling stagnant. It's why I watch the show. No, I hear you. I was actually a little saddened by it because while I thought it was fantastic and near brilliant, it was not an episode for NBC which tells me that he thinks there's little chance for season 6 (and a movie)
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kayakyakr posted:No, I hear you. I was actually a little saddened by it because while I thought it was fantastic and near brilliant, it was not an episode for NBC which tells me that he thinks there's little chance for season 6 (and a movie) On the other hand http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/20...ones-up/250936/
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Ugh, can we unplug the internet? yeah, no that cake was for the Party at Harmon's house, I was there and had some. Erin Made it. Her boobs were made of Rice Crispie treats. It was good, also there was some green stuff in it that was also chocolate. here is Ryan Ridley cutting her open. 
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TealShark posted:Last night's episode hit a series low rating of 0.9 (2.58M viewers). drat. Actually "Herstory of Dance" is the series low with 2.32M.
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Typical posted:yeah, no that cake was for the Party at Harmon's house, I was there and had some. Erin Made it. Her boobs were made of Rice Crispie treats. It was good, also there was some green stuff in it that was also chocolate. I just watched the new Hannibal episode, so this image feels right somehow.
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Android Blues posted:That makes sense, it leans in so completely to the GI Joe thing that you could pretty easily watch the first minute, having expected to see a live action sitcom, and switch channels thinking you'd accidentally tuned into a cartoon for children. Yeah it was playing it straight as a GI Joe cartoon for about ~30 seconds without any Community showing up, I wonder how many viewers they lost during that time.
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Apr 5, 2014 10:43
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I'm vaguely familiar with GI Joe, and this episode was OK for me. UltraShame posted:
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Apr 5, 2014 10:51
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He put the card in with the bottle of 40 year old scotch he bequeathed to Jeff in the polygraphy episode.
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Apr 5, 2014 11:20
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Sakarja posted:40 year old scotch  Harsh burn, Pierce.
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BTW, people DO die in GI Joe episodes.. but only in alternate universes. IMHO That was the best episode of GI Joe ever, both a homage and a nudge-nudge wink and a tweak to the source material. Only others that come close are Worlds Without End where pretty much the entire Joe team was massacred (off screen of course), and when Polly the Parrot gets hit by a Cobra ray, becomes Giant Parrot and saves the day in Cobra Claws are Coming to Town. Also just realized that if you run a "Tight Ship," you'll avoid a "Shipwreck." Oh, Dan, you so clever. Jim Rush sounds pretty much like every other voice actor playing a bit part in a GI Joe episode.
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