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re: Community is on, tune the eff in
Posted on 2/22/13 at 11:25 am to Fearthehat0307
Posted on 2/22/13 at 11:25 am to Fearthehat0307
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It's a troll post because I knew it would stir up some hatred. I need to stop it but I can the hatred feeds me
You admit to trolling yet another thread
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Posted on 2/22/13 at 11:26 am to CP3LSU25
quote:when do I not admit to trolling?
You admit to trolling yet another thread
anyone with a halfway functioning brain can see that it was a troll post just to get a reaction
Posted on 2/22/13 at 11:30 am to Fearthehat0307
Maybe parks and community could head to CBS and get triple the viewers instead of getting the axe like so many good shows get. Re runs of how I met your mother and Big Bang get in the double digits which is an abortion.
Posted on 2/22/13 at 11:32 am to CP3LSU25
quote:that would be my dream but sadly it won't happen
Maybe parks and community could head to CBS and get triple the viewers instead of getting the axe like so many good shows get
Posted on 2/22/13 at 11:33 am to Fearthehat0307
Parks and Rec is the real deal. One of the funniest shows I have ever seen, characters you care about, well written. THAT is a great sitcom.
BBT in comparison is just the worst.
BBT in comparison is just the worst.
Posted on 2/22/13 at 11:35 am to Fun Bunch
quote:parks and recs may just be my favorite comedy of all time. amazing cast headed by mr. ron swanson
Parks and Rec is the real deal. One of the funniest shows I have ever seen, characters you care about, well written. THAT is a great sitcom.
eta: it's crazy to look back and think how I disliked it watching the first season. this is an example of a show righting itself after a bad start
This post was edited on 2/22/13 at 11:36 am
Posted on 2/22/13 at 11:40 am to Fearthehat0307
quote:don't forget about bert macklin
parks and recs may just be my favorite comedy of all time. amazing cast headed by mr. ron swanson
Posted on 2/22/13 at 12:20 pm to CocomoLSU
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"Wait, are they supposed to be together now?" It didn't make any sense.
Yeah. I was confused watching tonight and the last few weeks. I was coming here to ask if they are supposed to be together and I missed something from the end of last season.
This post was edited on 2/22/13 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 2/22/13 at 12:58 pm to Flair Chops
I'd definitely like to commune with Alison Brie. 
Posted on 2/22/13 at 12:59 pm to davesdawgs
yeah, i'm just waiting on a 1080p sex tape to be released starring her. i would prematurely order, among other things
Posted on 2/22/13 at 1:03 pm to Matisyeezy
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I think one of its (BBT) principal problems is that it postures as if it's "smart" humor, but in actuality it's anything but. Most of the time the show works to actively pit the audience against the main characters, as is evidenced by the fact that more often than not the hyper-intelligent protagonists are generally not delivering the joke, they're actually the subject of the joke. It basically tries to turn the audience into 8th grade bullies giving wedgies to the nerds because they're "different."
Thank you. I get funny looks when I tell my friends about how I can't stand BBT, but I've never really been able to put it all out like this. The best I've come up with so far is that it is 2.5 Men with more multisyllabic words (Same writer, right?).
Posted on 2/22/13 at 1:19 pm to DestrehanTiger
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Thank you. I get funny looks when I tell my friends about how I can't stand BBT, but I've never really been able to put it all out like this. The best I've come up with so far is that it is 2.5 Men with more multisyllabic words (Same writer, right?).
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BBT in comparison is just the worst.
Posted on 2/22/13 at 1:33 pm to THRILLHO
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Hasn't been a bad episode so far, but again, not close to the quality of the first 3 seasons.
Posted on 2/22/13 at 1:39 pm to Matisyeezy
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I think one of its (BBT) principal problems is that it postures as if it's "smart" humor, but in actuality it's anything but. Most of the time the show works to actively pit the audience against the main characters, as is evidenced by the fact that more often than not the hyper-intelligent protagonists are generally not delivering the joke, they're actually the subject of the joke. It basically tries to turn the audience into 8th grade bullies giving wedgies to the nerds because they're "different."
Interesting.
I think that some of the jokes go over some people's heads. As an engineer I find the show hilarious. I was a nerd of a sort and do not find the show to be picking on the characters.
Give examples of a show that was popular that the main characters were belittled because they were supposed to be "bullied". You won't find one because for all of the self-depricatng humor the main characters impose on themselves in BBT they are loved above all.
Walowitz is getting married. Sheldon is getting serious with his gf. Penny is developing (and might I add also is the butt of jokes for NOT being a nerd).
Bottom line: it's not a show about picking on nerds. It's a show about people who happen to be nerdy like half the people on the M/TV board.
Posted on 2/22/13 at 1:42 pm to kingbob
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Hasn't been a bad episode so far, but again, not close to the quality of the first 3 seasons.
good point. It's funny when a episode doesn't live up to the paintball one or another great one people come in here saying terrible episode.
This show gets a lot of that. It's their fault in a way because they put out so many outstanding episodes and if some episodes aren't that good they get trashed.
Posted on 2/22/13 at 2:06 pm to Fearthehat0307
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Am I one of the few people that actually love BOTH Community and Big Bang?
you are not alone.
"The Big Bang Theory" is not a bad show. There is something to be said for being a sit com that is both funny and easily accessible. It's hard to compare Community and Big Bang because they are completely different types of shows.
The Big Bang Theory makes fun of nerds, jocks, sex, dating, and pop culture in the context of a series that is easily watched out of context and out of order.
Community makes fun of similar stuff, however, its humor is also aimed at genres of tv and film, psychology, vanity, and most of all, itself. It is very difficult to appreciate an episode of Community if you didn't watch the show from the beginning. There are so many inside jokes aimed at the audience that newcomers will miss.
It's kind of like comparing "MacGuiver" to "24". Both were fun action series, but one required a lot of prior knowledge of previous episodes to get into, and one didn't. They are both great in their own right. I, however, happen to prefer 24 to "MacGuiver" just as I prefer "Community" to "The Big Bang Theory"
Posted on 2/22/13 at 3:46 pm to kingbob
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Am I one of the few people that actually love BOTH Community and Big Bang?
No, I like both.
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"The Big Bang Theory" is not a bad show. There is something to be said for being a sit com that is both funny and easily accessible. It's hard to compare Community and Big Bang because they are completely different types of shows.
The Big Bang Theory makes fun of nerds, jocks, sex, dating, and pop culture in the context of a series that is easily watched out of context and out of order.
Community makes fun of similar stuff, however, its humor is also aimed at genres of tv and film, psychology, vanity, and most of all, itself. It is very difficult to appreciate an episode of Community if you didn't watch the show from the beginning. There are so many inside jokes aimed at the audience that newcomers will miss.
It's kind of like comparing "MacGuiver" to "24". Both were fun action series, but one required a lot of prior knowledge of previous episodes to get into, and one didn't. They are both great in their own right. I, however, happen to prefer 24 to "MacGuiver" just as I prefer "Community" to "The Big Bang Theory"
Good assessment and analogy IMO.
Posted on 2/22/13 at 3:52 pm to TigersRuleTheEarth
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Give examples of a show that was popular that the main characters were belittled because they were supposed to be "bullied". You won't find one because for all of the self-depricatng humor the main characters impose on themselves in BBT they are loved above all.
So you're saying that the audience isn't placed in opposition to the main characters? Look at the “jokes" and listen to when the laugh track activates.
Whenever Sheldon says something he shouldn't, misses a social cue, or engages in some sort of outlandish behavior because obviously hyper-intelligent people just can't function like “normal people," laugh track.
Whenever Howard does something disgustingly creepy, exactly as you would expect from a smart person because when was the last time you ever saw an intelligent person successfully flirt and ESPECIALLY get laid, laughter.
You can do this for every character in the show that is depicted as intelligent. Penny essentially serves as the straight man for the show, and the jokes focus on the stereotypical inadequacies of intelligent people. I feel it would be less problematic if there were a single example of a socially high-functioning intelligent person, but to my knowledge it doesn't exist. Granted, most of my knowledge comes from viewing random reruns at my parents' home when I visit, so I don't claim to be an expert -- these are just my observations, I suppose I should have made that more clear from the beginning.
Posted on 2/22/13 at 7:41 pm to Matisyeezy
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I feel it would be less problematic if there were a single example of a socially high-functioning intelligent person, but to my knowledge it doesn't exist
You rang?
Posted on 2/22/13 at 7:55 pm to kingbob
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You rang
On the show!!!
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