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Ingmar terdman posted:Ron Howard did a lot more new narration than I expected, and there have definitely been some gags and musical cues added.  Also, Tobias is impersonating both Michael in that trailer, and Buster in the very end.
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I love how Buster's robot hand from season 4 has apparently lost all of its flesh.
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May 8, 2018 02:10
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The Walrus posted:I am absolutely loving the recut season 4. The little bit that's lost from S4 (george maheris payoff etc) is way more than made up for by the increased watchability. It's got the snappiness that was missing from the original S4. Episode 9 and 10 feature a ton of Tobias/Debris but it's actually enjoyable because it's cut with other stuff. The added music does so much as well. Really great, it has me very very very much looking forward to S5. The composer, David Schwartz, is a huge reason why the show's funny. He changed the background music for the Lucille/Buster smoke transfer scene in the edit, and improved it tremendously by doing so. Now it's like the track of some weird 70's lady's cigarette commercial.
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May 8, 2018 19:21
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I really want the entirety of the Lady Allure track, it's so ridiculous and perfect.
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May 8, 2018 22:39
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Speaking of the stair car, anyone going to the Netflix Never Nude meet up in Philly?
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May 9, 2018 06:03
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Chairman Capone posted:The one that always sticks out for me is Tony Wonder in the background at GOB's wedding. Hurwitz and the show have always had a great understanding of American politics. Season 4 has only gotten more relevant as reality has become Arrested Development.
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May 10, 2018 20:10
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The trans George Sr. storyline sucked, in my opinion, and I am pretty sure it's being aborted in season five. I can see your point about never nudes, but a lot of the jokes in the show are about the various abnormalities of the family. I mean, every other joke about Buster is because of his social anxiety and dependency.
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May 13, 2018 04:08
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I am 90% sure the George Sr. plot was written before Transparent cast him.
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May 13, 2018 04:25
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Solice Kirsk posted:I like the 4th season better now that it was recut in order. I still don't really like it though. I liked it when it came out, I like the edit now. It's drat good TV. If anything, I like it a lot more now, even after liking it a lot when it came out, because season 4 is 2018 as gently caress.
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May 13, 2018 04:27
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Solice Kirsk posted:I don't know why, but I have a feeling you're a big fan of the show. I've never seen this show before.
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May 13, 2018 04:30
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This show just makes me happy. My cat passed away on Wednesday and rewatching season 4 was kind of a godsend in taking my mind off how lovely life is. I've felt that way since I first saw it during the New Year's Day 2004 marathon on Fox. The Bluths in all their terribleness have been around me for 15 years.
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May 13, 2018 04:36
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I do agree completely that George Sr.'s plot was mostly very bad. I honestly just liked Mary Lynn Rajskub and John Slattery in it.
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May 13, 2018 04:40
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There hasn't been a ton for George Sr. to do after season two. Like in three, most of the comedy came from Larry Middleman.
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May 13, 2018 04:50
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Brother Entropy posted:those scenes would've been fine if they weren't where most of the most awkward / least funny callbacks to previous jokes were The best one, by far, was the one with young Barry and his dad. TAKE TO THE SEA!
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May 15, 2018 00:23
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Zelder posted:whatever happens in season 5 of arrested development will be actual real world political plotlines in 2023 so get ready for that Mitch Hurwitz is a prophet. Escobarbarian posted:Season’s gonna be in two parts, 8 eps on the 29th and 8 later: http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/05/16/arrested-development-season-5-is-being-split-into-two-parts
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THCVReSmm90 Portia's only in five episodes apparently, which sucks.
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May 16, 2018 21:41
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Ingmar terdman posted:So Lindsay is 100% going to Washington I hope she's in future productions of the show even if she's quit acting.
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May 16, 2018 22:13
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Tristesse posted:Having finished the remix I also prefer the original cut. While the original cut had some of the lowest lows of the show of all time, it also had some of the highest highs and the greatest long term joke payoffs and that gets completely watered down and sometimes just straight ruined in this cut. It's the safer version, but the less interesting one. I also really liked the focus on individual characters and how they were growing as people separate from the family and that whole sense isn't there with the recut. Agreed completely. I think the seasons should be ranked 2, 1, 4, 3, but none of them are at all bad. All of them are some of the best TV ever produced. The edit's biggest benefits come from watering down the slow George Sr. plot, introducing the new running Lady Allure joke (I want the full audio of Lady Allure), adding the explicit definition of "shoveling coal", and the dueling "Sound of Silence" bit.
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May 21, 2018 02:04
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Supercar Gautier posted:Boy, this cast interview reflects really poorly on every dude on the show: Holy poo poo, that audio is depressing. Poor Jessica.
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May 23, 2018 23:03
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I think the show would carry on fine without Tambor to be honest. George was always funniest in relation to the situation he was in, not so much his character. Also, I do think it's plausible that Tambor isn't a sexmonster, but is just a regular piece of poo poo. I don't think he should be involved going forward.
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May 24, 2018 20:13
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I've never looked up to any actors or people in entertainment as paragons of virtue, and honestly, I just kind of assume most are lovely due to their wealth insulating them. Which is fitting because the show is literally about wealthy people being insulated from having to act normal or positively.
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May 24, 2018 23:15
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LesterGroans posted:I finished my screeners for season 5, which didn't include episode 8 so I don't know how this half-season ends. Shawkat, easily, had the best episode of season 4, and I say this as someone who liked that season a lot. Shawkat's drat good.
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May 25, 2018 01:09
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GobiasIndustries posted:what's the remix of s4? Does it add new scenes, put stuff in chronological order, both? Some new scenes, some new jokes. It does put stuff in chronological order (mostly, kind of). It's good but the original cut is probably better. The best new joke is probably in the very first episode, but there's other good ones. precision posted:I could have sworn Poehler had a lot of bad things to say about him when they divorced, but it appears she didn't do that after all. I guess I was thinking of Fred Armisen. It was widely thought their divorce wasn't amicable, and he cheated on her.
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May 25, 2018 01:13
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Steve2911 posted:Even ignoring all of the underlying homophobia, transphobia and able-ism in the show, it's weird how they pick certain characters to act as punching bags - almost always women. Just in season 4 Ann and DeBrie come across as particularly mean spirited. Gob is a punching bag too, though a much more deserving one.
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May 28, 2018 08:35
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LividLiquid posted:It's after midnight on the East Coast. Where's the show about the terrible people played by mostly terrible people? Netflix and Hulu shows typically upload at 3 AM EST, midnight Pacific.
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May 29, 2018 05:26
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RJWaters2 posted:It's only 9:30 in Orange County, they're still filming the show They film on location in the OC.
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May 29, 2018 05:27
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clown shoes posted:I am not liking this season at all. Whoever said it feels cheap was right on the money, so to speak. Yeah, this didn't feel great. It seems off for a lot of reasons. I think season 4 was really good, but this half season didn't work out.
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May 29, 2018 19:26
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After that half season, I feel like the cast should lose George, Lindsey, and Tobias. George and Tobias feel extraneous, and Lindsey had a central plot, but Portia basically wasn't in the show. Or just make it a George Michael and Maeby spinoff. It all needs to be tighter. I don't really know if watching most of it at 3 to 5 AM made me miss stuff, but it was pretty disappointing.
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May 29, 2018 19:54
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I'm probably going to rewatch, but it all felt very off. Season 4 did too, but it kind of intentionally did, and was still funny, and got progressively better as it went along. I'm hoping the second half of 5 redeems it.
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May 29, 2018 23:39
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Data Graham posted:Uh, are they trying to pull off an “It’s Pat” sort of thing with officer Toddler? In 2018?
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May 30, 2018 00:31
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Consummate Professional posted:Just make the show about Maeby. By far my favorite parts of the half season so far. Maeby running various scams and poo poo, with her own circle of friends would be good.
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The Awesomesaurus posted:I thought it was always implied that she died from ovarian cancer? It was.
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PostNouveau posted:That would be a pretty funny joke. Yeah, it's kind of crazy how plodding this season is. I could forgive season 4 for it because it was funny, and it was told out of chronological order. Five just seems aimless, and I feel bad saying that about my favorite show.
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Ubiquitous_ posted:Lottie Dottie Da is a fantastic female alternative to Bob Loblaw. That was a classic AD joke, and I'm hoping/assuming there's more of her.
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Steve2911 posted:David Cross is absolutely terrible in this season. A lot is... And again, I liked season 4 a lot. This just didn't quite work.
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LinYutang posted:Does anyone actually like the Hollywood Variety-speak humor? The "jokes" about Brian Grazer and Ron Howard seems like an inside joke that only Mitch Hurwitz thinks is hilarious I do when it's maybe once or twice an episode. Instead of 22 minutes of it. Again, I don't really get what happened. I respect Hurwitz a lot, and I think the cast are all really talented (even if many of them assholes), but this was a misfire. I see people saying that this is better than season 4, and I don't feel that way at all. Season 4 was different, but it was funny.
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Jun 2, 2018 00:55
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There were jokes indicating it was literally Ron Howard as early as season one. It's not just the narration, it's a lot of things. It just feels so slow, and listless.
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Steve2911 posted:Season 4 ended in 2013, two months pass and it's now 2015.
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Jun 2, 2018 07:12
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4000 Dollar Suit posted:I don't want these. That was one of the best season 4 lines. Ubiquitous_ posted:You can tell Netflix has no faith in this season given that I haven't seen a single ad for it anywhere on Youtube or... anywhere. No Google algorithms have showed me an ad, nothing.
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Propaganda Machine posted:Yeah, remixing and promoting season 4 as new episodes felt like publicity to me. It was nearly a month of AD promotions for just half a season. It was almost surprising to me that there was that much considering it was a sucky half a season. The cast was even on a big media tour until it turned out 5/9ths of them are assholes.
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