Television Discussion Thread - Page 781

SuperPacker · 07-23-2012, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by vidae

Season 1 of Parks and Rec is weak compared to the rest of the series. Parks and Rec is the only comedy on TV I rank higher than Community, and I stand by that ranking.

And the episode of Community you listed is easily top 5 for me.

That's probably why then. I'm only 5 episodes in atm.

And i'm glad someone agrees.

This was hilarious.

vidae · 07-23-2012, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperPacker

That's probably why then. I'm only 5 episodes in atm.

And i'm glad someone agrees.

This was hilarious.

I like the part where she rips off her sweater. Mm, my future wife, you are so gorgeous.

Season 2 is when Parks and Rec really takes off and just keeps getting better and better every season after it.

SuperPacker · 07-23-2012, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by vidae

I like the part where she rips off her sweater. Mm, my future wife, you are so gorgeous.

Season 2 is when Parks and Rec really takes off and just keeps getting better and better every season after it.

So is it worth watching the 1st season, or should I just skip it?

vidae · 07-23-2012, 07:36 PM

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So is it worth watching the 1st season, or should I just skip it?

The first season has some good stuff in it, and you said you were on episode 5 so you're almost done with it anyway.. the first season only has 6 episodes. :P

SuperPacker · 07-23-2012, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by vidae

The first season has some good stuff in it, and you said you were on episode 5 so you're almost done with it anyway.. the first season only has 6 episodes. :P

Oh lol, i'll finish it up now then and get started on season 2.

Bert Macklin · 07-23-2012, 07:40 PM

The 8 bit episode of Community is my personal favorite.

And I wish The IT Crowd wasn't just 6 episodes a season :(

comahan · 07-23-2012, 07:42 PM

The Law & Order ep is my favorite. So perfect.

Bert Macklin · 07-23-2012, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by comahan

The Law & Order ep is my favorite. So perfect.

It really was. The pillow wars was great too. Troys all tomato.. I lost it.

vidae · 07-23-2012, 07:50 PM

Yeah I was just about to post the Law and Order and Ken Burns episodes were pitch perfect in writing and execution. God I wish I had Hulu so I could watch those. GOD DAMN YOU NETFLIX, STOP SUCKING SO BAD.

Cigaro · 07-23-2012, 08:06 PM

Community is better than Parks and Rec. Just saying.

Although both are awesome.

SuperPacker · 07-23-2012, 08:14 PM

Some other underrated favourites of mine:

- The one where Jack Black tries to join the group.
- When Abed tries to impress a girl starts doing that weird dinosaur walk. And then starts doing a Don Draper impression to Annie.
- The one where they play dungeons & dragons.
- When Chang is homeless and is asleep in the trash shoot thing.
- When Chang takes the wrong kids home from school.

The only episode I don't particularly like was the Christmas animation one.

Is it being renewed for a 4th season?

Cigaro · 07-23-2012, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperPacker

Some other underrated favourites of mine:

- The one where Jack Black tries to join the group.
- When Abed tries to impress a girl starts doing that weird dinosaur walk. And then starts doing a Don Draper impression to Annie.
- The one where they play dungeons & dragons.
- When Chang is homeless and is asleep in the trash shoot thing.
- When Chang takes the wrong kids home from school.

The only episode I don't particularly like was the Christmas animation one.

Is it being renewed for a 4th season?

Maybe I am forgetting him actually living in such a place, but I'm pretty sure you are referring to the air duct system.

And yes it was renewed, but it will be different. Dan Harmon was fired for being a general dick and the fact that the higherups thought the show wasn't mainstream-friendly enough. The new crew is supposed to push it in that direction. So we'll see how it manages. If they ruin it, I probably will murder them.

vidae · 07-23-2012, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Cigaro

Community is better than Parks and Rec. Just saying.

Although both are awesome.

I disagree, but that's ok. I have no problem with you being wrong. :D

SuperPacker · 07-23-2012, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Cigaro

Maybe I am forgetting him actually living in such a place, but I'm pretty sure you are referring to the air duct system.

And yes it was renewed, but it will be different. Dan Harmon was fired for being a general dick and the fact that the higherups thought the show wasn't mainstream-friendly enough. The new crew is supposed to push it in that direction. So we'll see how it manages. If they ruin it, I probably will murder them.

It's when Chang comes over to watch the Soccer game, then asks if he can stay at Jeff's. Jeff says no, but when he takes out the trash and puts it in the shoot thingy, it hits Chang. So then Jeff carries him upstairs and puts him on the couch.

That was a great moment.

vidae · 07-23-2012, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperPacker

Some other underrated favourites of mine:

- The one where Jack Black tries to join the group.
- When Abed tries to impress a girl starts doing that weird dinosaur walk. And then starts doing a Don Draper impression to Annie.
- The one where they play dungeons & dragons.
- When Chang is homeless and is asleep in the trash shoot thing.
- When Chang takes the wrong kids home from school.

The only episode I don't particularly like was the Christmas animation one.

Is it being renewed for a 4th season?

She makes the cutest god damn faces.

And yeah, it was renewed, but Dan Harmon (the creator and lead writer) was fired.

Cigaro · 07-23-2012, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperPacker

It's when Chang comes over to watch the Soccer game, then asks if he can stay at Jeff's. Jeff says no, but when he takes out the trash and puts it in the shoot thingy, it hits Chang. So then Jeff carries him upstairs and puts him on the couch.

That was a great moment.

Oh yeah I have apparently forgotten that scene. Apparently I don't remember that episode as well as I thought.

prock · 07-23-2012, 09:07 PM

Community is the 2nd best show of all time.

Cigaro · 07-23-2012, 09:07 PM

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Community is the 2nd best show of all time.

What is the first?

Brent · 07-23-2012, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Cigaro

What is the first?

Alf.

10 char

Forenci · 07-23-2012, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by vidae

Yeah I was just about to post the Law and Order and Ken Burns episodes were pitch perfect in writing and execution. God I wish I had Hulu so I could watch those. GOD DAMN YOU NETFLIX, STOP SUCKING SO BAD.

About time you admit this. I was growing tired of your Netflix support! Haha, I liked Netflix when I had it but once I watched pretty much everything I wanted to it didn't become worth it to me.

Brothgar · 07-23-2012, 11:57 PM

Netflix WAS good when it did DVD's too. Now hulu is just a much superior product.

Cigaro · 07-24-2012, 12:06 AM

Hulu Plus is pretty balling. When my new roommate moved in, he already had it. We quickly made a deal to exchange my Netflix info for his Hulu Plus info. Its awesome.

Bert Macklin · 07-24-2012, 12:23 AM

I can't remember the last time I laughed so consistently through an entire episode than the IT crowd. S02E01 is phenomenol.

Caddy · 07-24-2012, 06:58 AM

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Without the forced "humor" and love triangles the series would be pretty solid. Although I like the IT kid, him busting his hand was also terribly forced, like the rest of the show there's no subtlety, the writers do everything they can but have a character screaming directly at their audience that "These are newsmen, like the kid in Egypt who almost got killed, Jeff Daniels' guys put it all on the line!"

What's annoying about it is just how utterly unnecessary it is. The one guy going out onto the street and getting his ass kicked, made sense, is a juicy story line, and was already enough to draw the parallel to give the audience a character that will personify their concern for the Egyptian kid. They didn't need anyone else hurting themselves for any reason other than that crappy speech. A speech where Sorkin's again going after low hanging fruit by crapping on Tabloids, because no one has ever had the gall to acknowledge what worthless crap tabloids are.

The lack of subtlety just absolutely undermines the whole point of the show IMO. Sorkin is treating his audience as though they're just as incapable of thinking for themselves as the cable news networks he's trying to rail against. It's a reasonable cause, cable news dumbs things down instead of showing people the facts and letting them process the information for themselves, but you don't make that point by dumbing things down and constantly reminding your audience of the conclusions they're supposed to be coming to. The show kind gets a Fox News-y feel to it, even if the conclusions he's trying to drill into your head are different ones.

I agree with a lot of this.

Also, the Rudy bit at the end was ******* terrible.

Caddy · 07-24-2012, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Bert Macklin

I can't remember the last time I laughed so consistently through an entire episode than the IT crowd. S02E01 is phenomenol.

I've watched them all many, many times.