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Irish Joe posted:The season premier was always pretty bad. Unless you read season 5 as "six people desperately trying to relive the best years of their lives and finding the resulting experience shallow and ultimately pointless," nothing about the season makes a whole lot of sense.
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Lord Of Texas posted:The first two episodes of the season were really promising and exciting because they set up a compelling storyline for the whole of the season, which they didn't end up delivering on at all. So those two look a lot worse in retrospect. Yeah and the following eight episodes after that of fantastic stuff with near everyone in this thread loving the show and everything mean absolutely nothing in the face of three mediocre ones at the end.
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Irish Joe posted:The season premier was always pretty bad. I liked it at the time. MikeJF posted:Yeah and the following eight episodes after that of fantastic stuff with near everyone in this thread loving the show and everything mean absolutely nothing in the face of three mediocre ones at the end. In my opinion the middle of the season was not some amazing run either. I loved the Pierce episode, the Duncan/Britta + Abed/Hickey episode, and Meow Meow Beenz. Other than that: G.I. Jeff told a good story but took way too long rehashing satire of 80's cartoons which has been done better a million times. Dungeons and Dragons and Floor is Lava missed on both the humor and sentiment for me, and felt like/were rehashes. rear end-Crack Bandit was a worse rehash of the Law and Order ep from S3. The episode with the guest stars was rushed and pointless. The VCR game episode was funny in parts. Still with all that, it's leaps and bounds ahead of S4 and pretty close in average quality to S3, from where I sit. Lord Of Texas fucked around with this message at 17:22 on May 11, 2014 |
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Lord Of Texas posted:rear end-Crack Bandit was a worse rehash of the Law and Order ep from S3. Aardark fucked around with this message at 19:09 on May 11, 2014 |
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Lord Of Texas posted:
This implies that the Law and Order parody was bad. Which is wrong, of course, because they nailed it. Even Shirley was used brilliantly.
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Victor Vermis posted:This implies that the Law and Order parody was bad. I guess I didn't word that perfectly, but it's obvious my intent was to say rear end-Crack Bandit was both worse than the Law & Order episode and a re-hash of it. I loved the S3 Law and Order episode and I agree they nailed it.
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# ? May 11, 2014 19:36 |
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Has anyone besides Questlove been confirmed for Celebrity Beat-Off?
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# ? May 11, 2014 19:39 |
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I'm sure that will work, pestering low level CS reps at Netflix to get Community picked up. Didn't AD come back because A) it sold really well on DVD and B) Ron Howard was behind it?
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twistedmentat posted:I'm sure that will work, pestering low level CS reps at Netflix to get Community picked up. Didn't AD come back because A) it sold really well on DVD and B) Ron Howard was behind it? It's not pestering when the site in question literally sets aside a specific program to gauge interest
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# ? May 11, 2014 19:57 |
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Illinois Smith posted:loving lol at getting four shows deep before calling Louie a sitcom This is the TV nerd version of "It's a GRAPHIC NOVEL, mother!"
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The worst part of season 5 was your stupid alphabetical thread titles. Talk about running a joke into the ground. Ugh.
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Tuxedo Jack posted:The worst part of season 5 was your stupid alphabetical thread titles. Talk about running a joke into the ground. Ugh. Always Be Contrarian.
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Lord Of Texas posted:G.I. Jeff told a good story but took way too long rehashing satire of 80's cartoons which has been done better a million times. I liked the GI Jeff episode until they explained what was really happening. The "Jeff is insecure" resolution seemed really rushed.
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How are u posted:I was a fan of the show from the pilot up through Season 3 but 4 was pretty bad and 5 wasn't much better. I think the zany-ness got old after a few years and then it sort of felt like they kept ratcheting it up because that's what made the show stand out in the first place, and it just felt forced. I went from watching the show live every thursday to watching it on Hulu the day after to letting episodes sit on the ol' Hulu queue for a week before being bored enough to watch them. Anyway not sad to see it go and now the talented people can try new things. Still was better than the vast majority of absolute poo poo that teems on TV these days. Gilligans Island was basically a whacky situation each and every week. At least it was enjoyable television.
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MikeJF posted:An asteroid destroyed all human civilisation, not all human life. Clearly this means that Greendale has become a fortress in the post-civilisation apocalyptic wasteland that was once North America I would watch the gently caress out of that spinoff. I too. Jummy posted:You're right. Alison Brie isn't working on Mad Men, Joel McHale doesn't have The Soup and whatever other E! shows he works on, Gillian Jacobs hasn't been in several movies during the shows run. Agreed. The "tied up" thing is asinine. Heck, Brie was even doing vodka commercials. I'd LOVE to drink vodka with her. Fog Tripper fucked around with this message at 21:25 on May 11, 2014 |
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Fog Tripper posted:I too. It's not asinine, and I'm not trying to come across as pissy, but you apparently are having trouble thinking in anything but black and white. Community was a significant time investment for the actors, writers, and staff. Do they have time for other things alongside it? Of course. But time is not infinite, and Community being canceled absolutely frees up time on their busy schedule.
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SunshineDanceParty posted:That asteroid bit was just as bad as we found a way to make paintball cool again.
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Lord Of Texas posted:It's not asinine, and I'm not trying to come across as pissy, but you apparently are having trouble thinking in anything but black and white. Community was a significant time investment for the actors, writers, and staff. Do they have time for other things alongside it? Of course. But time is not infinite, and Community being canceled absolutely frees up time on their busy schedule. I get this, I absolutely do, I don't think they've had a hard time fitting in other projects around the Community schedule but I also don't know if they've had to turn anything down due to it. So it does work both ways, which you're totally right. There also isn't any guarantee there's more work out there for them, plenty of people do one big project and are done completely. Take Danny Pudi for example, I just looked through his IMDB and the only things I can remember him being in are Community, Knights of Badassdom, and that phone commercial where they talk about butt dialing. I like that these actors I enjoy in a show were getting a steady and somewhat reliable paycheck.
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# ? May 11, 2014 23:35 |
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Danny Pudi is in the new Captain America film
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# ? May 11, 2014 23:46 |
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I'd honestly be surprised if Gillian Jacobs went that long without getting an offer from another comedy, she just got off a critically acclaimed TV show and she's pretty tight with the Comedy Bang Bang and Funny Or Die crowd and they seem to be the heavy hitters recently.
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Paperhouse posted:Danny Pudi is in the new Captain America film
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Paperhouse posted:Danny Pudi is in the new Captain America film Which was directed by dudes who worked on Community. Just think, if they never left Community and freed up their schedule you may never have gotten the Captain America 2 that we did!
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Which was directed by dudes who worked on Community. I've heard that CA2 is a notch above the usual Marvel superhero schlock, C/D
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tinstaach posted:I've heard that CA2 is a notch above the usual Marvel superhero schlock, C/D It's real good.
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Paperhouse posted:Danny Pudi is in the new Captain America film It's a very small roll though. It's also really weird seeing him in a 'serious' movie too.
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Mister Fister posted:It's a very small roll though. It's also really weird seeing him in a 'serious' movie too. He's in the least serious part of the movie.
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Not that it's a huge shocker, but Variety is reporting that Netflix has no plans to pick up a sixth season: http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/netflix-community-canceled-1201177833/
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Fog Tripper posted:Agreed. The "tied up" thing is asinine. Heck, Brie was even doing vodka commercials. I'd LOVE to drink vodka with her. And with Adam Scott, too. It actually marked the first time I willingly watched a YouTube ad the whole way through. ComradeCosmobot fucked around with this message at 01:09 on May 12, 2014 |
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TealShark posted:Not that it's a huge shocker, but Variety is reporting that Netflix has no plans to pick up a sixth season: That's a really strange article without much in the way of quote or source for the netflix comment. It seems like everyone is jumping on the "Hulu owns syndication rights, therefore no Netflix" idea. Still, the issue with Netflix is that Hulu owns the online syndication rights exclusively, so Netflix would have to deal with Hulu to get rights to the back catalog and produce the new season. Apparently the deal, originally done in 2011, was just re-upped.
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TealShark posted:Not that it's a huge shocker, but Variety is reporting that Netflix has no plans to pick up a sixth season: Reps have said they're still collecting "save Community" Tally's though, lets wait until we have a real confirmation.
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It's infinitely easier for a tech support rep being paid $8/hr to say "ok i've recorded your save community request" than "gently caress off i cant do anything" even though the rep does the exact same thing after the chat (nothing). Community Is Dead. Deal With It.
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dongsbot 9000 posted:It's infinitely easier for a tech support rep being paid $8/hr to say "ok i've recorded your save community request" than "gently caress off i cant do anything" even though the rep does the exact same thing after the chat (nothing). People said the same concerning Veronica Mars, Family Guy, etc.
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GreenNight posted:People said the same concerning Veronica Mars, Family Guy, etc. Yes, and with the possible exception of Family Guy, all those shows should have stayed dead.
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Irish Joe posted:Yes, and with the possible exception of Family Guy, all those shows should have stayed dead. I'm convinced that you run your posts through a filter that outputs the exact opposite of what you actually meant.
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Takoluka posted:I'm convinced that you run your posts through a filter that outputs the exact opposite of what you actually meant. I can see his point, though. If the argument is "there's hope that a cancelled show could get picked up by another network" then Veronica Mars isn't a good counterpoint, regardless of the fact that they eventually funded a movie on Kickstarter. Even despite that, I still put in a request to a netflix rep. And I kinda don't even care that it got cancelled, I just know it'd make people so happy.
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# ? May 12, 2014 03:55 |
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So Hulu owns the right to online syndication, but (to me at least) that doesn't mean they own the right to original content. So theoretically Netflix could create new Community episodes and broadcast them, just not the first 5 seasons.
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swickles posted:So Hulu owns the right to online syndication, but (to me at least) that doesn't mean they own the right to original content. So theoretically Netflix could create new Community episodes and broadcast them, just not the first 5 seasons. The problem is that they wouldn't want to stream it without its back catalog. You're saying, "Hey here are new episodes of that show you love. New to the series? Well go watch it on a competitor's stuff"
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therobotking posted:Do you mean you actually write stories about Jeff & Britta doing it? No, dear God no. I just mean I wanted to see them end up together in earnest, like at the very, very tail end of the show.
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Dan Harmon writes a few words on efforts to save Community: http://danharmon.tumblr.com/post/85510995369/more-than-a-tweet Dan Harmon posted:But it doesn’t matter right now WHY I’d be lukewarm or if my reasons would be valid, what matters is, I won’t be lukewarm. I’ll heat up. I said “eh” on a Friday afternoon, I will change it to a “sure, let’s talk” on Monday morning and Sony can do their thing. I’m not going to be the guy that recancels cancelled Community.
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Interesting that you chose to quote that part, and not this one, which I think is much more interesting and pertinent.Dan Harmon posted:If you want to know the God’s honest truth, part of my “eh” was coming from the unsettling thought of your passion for campaigns being once again exploited by this rather unfair, somewhat backward system, one that now treats you like it’s your responsibility to keep a show alive, like a corporation is doing you a favor by feeding you low grade opiate through a regulated tube. Like you owe them an apology when they can’t measure or monetize you to their satisfaction. You deserve better.
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