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  • Bruins
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    • Mar 2004
    • 6433

    #1021
    Re: Community

    Originally posted by The GIGGAS
    You misunderstand me. I was just adding some additional information.
    Sorry, should've been more clear. Wasn't trying to single you out, I've just seen that mentioned a lot in this thread lately that "AV Club said this" or "AV Club said that" and it's been bugging me. Sorry about that.

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    • Bellsprout
      Hard Times.
      • Oct 2009
      • 25652

      #1022
      Re: Community

      I really need to stop judging this show against what it used to be and just accept it for what it now is, which is far more conventional than the show used to be. I don't know, it's still funny(ish), but it's certainly not my favorite show on TV anymore.

      New Annie bothers the ****ing **** out of me.
      Member: OS Uni Snob Association | Twitter: @MyNameIsJesseG | #WT4M | #WatchTheWorldBurn
      Originally posted by l3ulvl
      A lot of you guys seem pretty cool, but you have wieners.

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      • rsnomar05
        MVP
        • Dec 2003
        • 3662

        #1023
        Re: Community

        That episode was definitely my least favorite of the three so far. It felt tonally off from the community of the first three seasons, (as Dayman said) it was more like a conventional sitcom than the community I've come to know and love. For example, I was amused by the Britta fire escape gag at the beginning, but Community, for all its absurdity, is not a show specializing in exaggerated slapstick. And for all the jokes that landed, like Pierce dumbing down the American Adaptation of Inspector Spacetime (I'm surprised there hasn't been an American Doctor Who yet), Annie's subplot was possibly the dumbest subplot in the show's history. It was completely meaningless and irrelevant, and it regressed Annie's character development to near season 1 levels.

        As I've said before, I'm happy watching this version of Community (which feels more like a different show "featuring the characters of community" than actual Community itself) because it's still capable of being funny. Community is no longer, however, groundbreaking television that at times was the funniest show on TV, and that is sad.

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        • iLLosophy
          Plata o Plomo
          • Sep 2005
          • 3673

          #1024
          Re: Community

          This show now belongs on Adult Swim with the rest of the shows where I have no idea wtf is going on....

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          • Burns11
            Greatness Has Arrived
            • Mar 2007
            • 7406

            #1025
            Re: Community

            Originally posted by rsnomar05
            That episode was definitely my least favorite of the three so far. It felt tonally off from the community of the first three seasons, (as Dayman said) it was more like a conventional sitcom than the community I've come to know and love. For example, I was amused by the Britta fire escape gag at the beginning, but Community, for all its absurdity, is not a show specializing in exaggerated slapstick. And for all the jokes that landed, like Pierce dumbing down the American Adaptation of Inspector Spacetime (I'm surprised there hasn't been an American Doctor Who yet), Annie's subplot was possibly the dumbest subplot in the show's history. It was completely meaningless and irrelevant, and it regressed Annie's character development to near season 1 levels.

            As I've said before, I'm happy watching this version of Community (which feels more like a different show "featuring the characters of community" than actual Community itself) because it's still capable of being funny. Community is no longer, however, groundbreaking television that at times was the funniest show on TV, and that is sad.
            There has been, in the 90's. By the late 80's Dr Who had dwindled down until finally cancelled by the BBC. Then Dr Who had a bit of an American renaissance as it was licensed cheaply to public broadcasting stations. It proved popular enough that Fox had a TV movie made with Universal in 1996. The movie didn't go over well, it wasn't THAT bad, they just hired the wrong writer and tweaked the formula that had served as the basis for the show.

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            • AUChase
              Hall Of Fame
              • Jul 2008
              • 19403

              #1026
              Re: Community

              I thought this episode was the best of the season.

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              • Fresh Tendrils
                Strike Hard and Fade Away
                • Jul 2002
                • 36131

                #1027
                Re: Community

                Originally posted by Dayman
                I really need to stop judging this show against what it used to be and just accept it for what it now is, which is far more conventional than the show used to be. I don't know, it's still funny(ish), but it's certainly not my favorite show on TV anymore.

                New Annie bothers the ****ing **** out of me.
                I guess I can accept the new show for what it is, but I doubt I'll be watching much anymore - much less with the fervent interest or passion I had in the previous 3 seasons. If the first two episodes left any question this past episode basically obliterates the fact that this simply isn't Community anymore. Its a new show and thats fine with me, but I won't be watching anymore.

                The whole time I was watching this it just felt off. The characters and dialogue were actually okay (Annie notwithstanding - seriously WTF was that?), but the story was a just a standard sitcom circle like the previous two episodes. The biggest culprit is that the tone is completely different and that's made apparent by the difference in production. If Community before was an 80s sitcom centered around a deep meta connection for its base its now been brought into the current. The tonality and production of the show is essentially the same as Suburgatory - its polished, clean, and sparkles with sexuality. It works for Suburgatory, but it just feels unnatural on Community. Whereas before it felt like the characters themselves had a baring on the happenings and developments of each story the past episode just felt like the characters were driven down into old schticks of themselves completely forgoing any kind of development that happened previously. As mentioned before this episode effectively felt like the cast and characters of Community guest-starring on another show.



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                • Streets
                  Supreme
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 5787

                  #1028
                  Re: Community

                  I feel like each episode has been better than the last, while this isn't Community, I still watch with passion because I've grown to seriously love these guys. I hate how after the large amounts of subtext and will they/won't they, they started the season with Troy and Britta together and we never got to see how (Flashback episode!??)! That said, I enjoyed the Abed-Troy-Britta love triangle. While it's dumbed down compared to Harmon's love heptagon (as all the characters were connected in an intricate, incestuous, and unstable web), I still loved it.

                  Troy [sits, and smiles awkwardly]: Oh heyyy, there you guys are. This is so nice, just three friends, friending around, all unthreatened-like.

                  Toby: Terribly sorry, this is slightly embarrassing, I've seem to have forgotten your name

                  It's Troy! You know know it's Troy! Okay, it's the first part of Troy and Abed! Toby and Abed in the morning!? That's ridiculous! I'm not psycho!
                  Last edited by Streets; 02-25-2013, 08:24 PM.

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                  • trobinson97
                    Lie,cheat,steal,kill: Win
                    • Oct 2004
                    • 16366

                    #1029
                    Re: Community

                    If you give Germans something small like a study table or Austria then all of a sudden they'll want something big, like the Earth.
                    PS: You guys are great.

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                    ...2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020....
                    What a run
                    Roll Tide




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                    • The GIGGAS
                      Timbers - Jags - Hokies
                      • Mar 2003
                      • 28474

                      #1030
                      Re: Community

                      Very enjoyable episode.
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                      • The GIGGAS
                        Timbers - Jags - Hokies
                        • Mar 2003
                        • 28474

                        #1031
                        Re: Community

                        Rose City 'Til I Die
                        Duuuuuuuvvvvaaaaaaaal
                        Hokie Hokie Hokie Hy

                        Member: OS Uni Snob Assoc.
                        OS OT Post Champ '11

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                        • kingkilla56
                          Hall Of Fame
                          • Jun 2009
                          • 19395

                          #1032
                          Re: Community

                          Episode reminded me of the old days with this series.
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                          • Mo
                            SSN
                            • May 2003
                            • 11425

                            #1033
                            Re: Community

                            Hogan's Villains
                            Don't you EVER read my blog? It's gotten a lot better.

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                            • Bellsprout
                              Hard Times.
                              • Oct 2009
                              • 25652

                              #1034
                              Re: Community

                              Holy ****.

                              That felt like an episode of Community!
                              Member: OS Uni Snob Association | Twitter: @MyNameIsJesseG | #WT4M | #WatchTheWorldBurn
                              Originally posted by l3ulvl
                              A lot of you guys seem pretty cool, but you have wieners.

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                              • Cabke
                                MVP
                                • Mar 2006
                                • 2607

                                #1035
                                Re: Community

                                It's like the AV Club is on a mission to **** on anything Community this season. I really enjoyed this week's episode. Like Dayman said, it finally felt like I was watching the same show as the first three seasons.



                                On a similar note, has there ever been a show that changed from the beginning to the end more than The Office? Watch a few episodes from the first three seasons, and then look at the characters now. Completely different. Like I'm all for character development and progression, but it's just poor writing at this point. I realize I'm not saying anything that people don't already know, but I had never realized how stark the difference really was.
                                Kansas City Royals | FC Barcelona | New Orleans Pelicans

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