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Internet people are starting to notice that Alison Brie hasn't tweeted anything Community-related since the pick up. Internet people are prepping to go into full-panic mode.
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TealShark posted:Internet people are starting to notice that Alison Brie hasn't tweeted anything Community-related since the pick up. Internet people are prepping to go into full-panic mode. Probably pissed she had to turn down whatever jobs she lined up when the cancellation was a sure thing. She, Jacobs and Pudi are locked in, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was at least one "mutually agreed upon departure" before the season starts.
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Jul 2, 2014 23:11
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Irish Joe posted:My gut reaction to the renewal is similar to yours. This is clearly a bad idea and you'd expect everyone on the cast (and Harmon) would be eager to move on to bigger and better projects. But then you hear about how instrumental Harmon and McHale were in the show's renewal and wonder, "what are they getting out of it?" Are they really in love with the show? Do they think its renewal--on Yahoo! of all places--will benefit their careers? Or is this simply a desperate move by two middle aged men who prefer stability and a known quantity over the development process?
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Jul 3, 2014 00:22
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Irish Joe posted:Probably pissed she had to turn down whatever jobs she lined up when the cancellation was a sure thing. She, Jacobs and Pudi are locked in, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was at least one "mutually agreed upon departure" before the season starts. Well it hasn't been THAT long since the show was officially canceled. Did she really get something lined up that fast? Or are you implying that someone would've quit before season 6 regardless of cancellation? Either way, lazy-speculation aside. I'd imagine that the idea of trying to have the entire season ready to go streaming at once would mean it'll take a lot less time to film. Even if that is a very, very lofty goal since they want to be good to go by the fall. fakeedit: Also, the Internet? Panicking? Why, I never!
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Jul 3, 2014 00:23
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My name is Joe and I'm half-Irish, and neither of those things feel awesome right now.
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Jul 3, 2014 01:29
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El Tortuga posted:Either way, lazy-speculation aside. I'd imagine that the idea of trying to have the entire season ready to go streaming at once would mean it'll take a lot less time to film. Even if that is a very, very lofty goal since they want to be good to go by the fall. I assume the episodes from each previous season were filmed mostly back-to-back as well? I mean there isn't much reason not to, or is there?
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Jul 3, 2014 09:31
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MrAristocrates posted:I don't think anything is true of Britta now that wasn't true in Season 3. I love Season 3 Britta, though. Saying she's just now getting too stupid is strange. I actually cannot comprehend how anyone could think Britta is too stupid now after season three. She was literally a step-up in season four.
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Jul 3, 2014 11:11
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The Floor Is Lava episode showed the value of Britta, if nothing else. Plus she was goddamn hilarious in the Textbook Stash negotiations.
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Jul 3, 2014 11:30
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Just watch the season again if you hated it. Marathon it. If you still hate it, I'll listen.
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Jul 3, 2014 11:37
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I'm pretty drat sure all Season 5 dislike comes from three bad episodes at the end souring the ten great episodes leading into that.
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Jul 3, 2014 11:39
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Irish Joe posted:Probably pissed she had to turn down whatever jobs she lined up when the cancellation was a sure thing. She, Jacobs and Pudi are locked in, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was at least one "mutually agreed upon departure" before the season starts. My guess is that she'd be the one most likely to leave over actually having a chance at a movie career. YNB might as well leave, because they're giving her almost nothing to do on the show to the point where it's getting insulting. Joel McHale and Gillian Jacobs both seem to like the show too much to leave. I'd say the same goes for Danny Pudi, and I'm thinking he'd have the hardest time finding work. Jonathan Banks probably won't return. Ken Jeong said he'd never leave the show and John Oliver said he'd return if he could, but they both have their own shows now, so who knows.
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Jul 3, 2014 11:58
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Season 5 was perfectly awesome but the one thing they couldn't do is pull off legitimately heart-warming moments quite like they did before. There are a handful of good ones, mostly involving Troy's departure, but Abed thinking the floor really was lava or the Hickey/son relationship were basically rushed failures.
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Jul 3, 2014 12:10
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One hopes that given the nature of the deal and how they'll air that they can schedule the filming a bit more flexibly than with general TV creation.
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Jul 3, 2014 12:40
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MikeJF posted:I'm pretty drat sure all Season 5 dislike comes from three bad episodes at the end souring the ten great episodes leading into that. There was also the fact that they had an overarching plot (at least in theory) but they didn't really reference it outside of the premier and the finale (and the one episode where they trade favors to everyone).
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Jul 3, 2014 12:46
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computer parts posted:There was also the fact that they had an overarching plot (at least in theory) but they didn't really reference it outside of the premier and the finale (and the one episode where they trade favors to everyone). Yeah, true, but Anthropology was barely a part of season two. Season three had the most instrumental overarching plot - and even that had episodes where the only involvement was the Dean going "Troy uh btw please join the air conditioning school". Funnily enough I think the best continuing thing in Community was Pierces arc and use in season two - though it was much less of a driving story thing.
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Jul 3, 2014 13:08
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Mazda is celebrating the return of Community  
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Jul 3, 2014 14:06
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MikeJF posted:I'm pretty drat sure all Season 5 dislike comes from three bad episodes at the end souring the ten great episodes leading into that. I loved the penultimate episode, but it was seriously the least accessible thing I've ever seen.
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Jul 3, 2014 14:54
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I liked the finale, it was the middle stretch and the season's weak premise that bothered me. Repilot is easily the worst episode of the series. D&D2 was bad for all the reasons the first D&D episode was good. Lava was bad, Meowmeowbeanz forgettable. And the less said about GI Joe, the better.
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Jul 3, 2014 15:06
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Irish Joe posted:I liked the finale, it was the middle stretch and the season's weak premise that bothered me. Repilot is easily the worst episode of the series. D&D2 was bad for all the reasons the first D&D episode was good. Lava was bad, Meowmeowbeanz forgettable. And the less said about GI Joe, the better. The only reason Meowmeowbeanz worked for me is because literally less than a day before I watched it, I showed my wife LOGAN'S RUN for the first time. Seeing them nearly back to back is Great.
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Jul 3, 2014 15:23
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Irish Joe posted:I liked the finale, it was the middle stretch and the season's weak premise that bothered me. Repilot is easily the worst episode of the series. D&D2 was bad for all the reasons the first D&D episode was good. Lava was bad, Meowmeowbeanz forgettable. And the less said about GI Joe, the better. Hello. I liked all the shows you didn't. You sure like to write a lot about a show that you don't seem to like very much. Well, see ya later!
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Jul 3, 2014 16:05
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Meatwave posted:You sure like to write a lot about a show that you don't seem to like very much. Do you know what thread this is?
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Jul 3, 2014 16:08
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Meatwave posted:Hello. I liked all the shows you didn't. You sure like to write a lot about a show that you don't seem to like very much. Well, see ya later! No problem. Differences of opinion create discussion. Have a nice day.
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Jul 3, 2014 16:28
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MikeJF posted:I'm pretty drat sure all Season 5 dislike comes from three bad episodes at the end souring the ten great episodes leading into that. For real, the VCR game episode was one of the top 5 they've ever done in my mind.
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Jul 3, 2014 16:41
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:For real, the VCR game episode was one of the top 5 they've ever done in my mind. And the episode with Duncan trying to woo Britta at the fundraiser? You get Britta characterization AND a crazy Chang subplot!
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Jul 3, 2014 16:43
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ETB posted:And the episode with Duncan trying to woo Britta at the fundraiser? You get Britta characterization AND a crazy Chang subplot! I know it wasn't this episode, but Bear Down for Midterms might have been the best Chang plot since season 1.
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Jul 3, 2014 16:59
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:For real, the VCR game episode was one of the top 5 they've ever done in my mind. The Breaking Bad plot in that one was fun but I hated the VCR part. It's funny how divisive this show is, even among its fans.
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Jul 3, 2014 17:24
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I really liked Repilot and wish they'd stuck with that idea and tone for the whole of the season. I also liked the fourth season of Arrested Development. I guess I just don't feel like comedies need to be funny.
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Jul 3, 2014 17:31
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"Fat Dog for Mid-Terms" is the hardest I've ever laughed at the show.
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Jul 3, 2014 17:31
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egon_beeblebrox posted:"Fat Dog for Mid-Terms" is the hardest I've ever laughed at the show.
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Jul 3, 2014 17:32
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egon_beeblebrox posted:"Fat Dog for Mid-Terms" is the hardest I've ever laughed at the show. Yeah, I think that was my favorite moment.
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Jul 3, 2014 17:32
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"Old Timey Photo Club" had me in stitches.
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Jul 3, 2014 17:40
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MrAristocrates posted:"Old Timey Photo Club" had me in stitches. Not as much as the Dean singing in French or rapping in the Payday outfit.
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Jul 3, 2014 17:41
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FactsAreUseless posted:I loved Chang's "It's not made up! It's not made up!" "Is it a racial thing?"  
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Jul 3, 2014 17:41
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My first laugh out loud line of the season came in the first episode: "Sir, I have to ask you to leave the concierge desk!" Though I did chuckle out of "...and asbestos reasons." before that. My show was back. I thought Meow Meow Beanz was just too frenetic when I first saw it. I went back and watched it again, and I absolutely adore it now. As a fan of Story Structure and Harmon massaging the fourth wall with it, I loved the penultimate episode. And the last episode was about as meta as you could possibly get, which I enjoyed a great deal, but I understand if people found it off putting. It was directly about what had happened, and what was happening, with the show itself. Cork-Based Networking is probably my least favorite episode of the season. Fat Dog wasn't as amusing to me as it was to some others. Which is fine, there's more than enough good stuff in the season to make it work. Community has admittedly lost a bit of its luster. All shows that get to this point lose their novelty level, and it gets harder and harder to stop yourself from falling into old beats. But Community is still capable of making episodes that are at least contenders for "the best thing on TV," which very few shows, new or old, can still say. I was resigned to it being cancelled and had accepted it, but hey, it's good to have it still around.
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Jul 3, 2014 18:04
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Bown posted:the Hickey/son relationship were basically rushed failures. I can see how that one was a little rushed, but it still felt like it worked. Why do you think it was a failure?
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Jul 3, 2014 18:17
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I really liked Cooperative Polygraphy, if only for Goggins delivery, and it's totally something Pierce would do to gently caress with them.
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Jul 3, 2014 19:02
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I hope they didn't throw out that little sign outside of the studio where the show shoots that read "Community (2009 - )".
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Jul 3, 2014 23:49
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There are literally people in this thread who think that season 5 was worse than season 4. That's how bad this thread is. And now I'm stuck reading it for another year at least.
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Jul 4, 2014 00:08
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MrAristocrates posted:"Old Timey Photo Club" had me in stitches. This was by far the best joke of Season 5 and even if the rest of the season sucked (which it didn't) it would be worth it for that joke alone.
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I should've mentioned this earlier in the thread, but I wanted to add to the "Alison Brie hates Community and wanted the show to be cancelled the entire time" discussion that she was the one trying to get all the fans to tweet "#sixseasonsandamovie" every day at 4 PM, so I really don't think her Twitter behavior is as clearly anti-Community as some would like to believe.
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