You beat me to the link! (lulz beatme.)
― Mordy, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/03/sawyer_is_in_talks_for_communi.html
In short, there will be a paintball sequel and Sawyer from LOST will be a guest.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
news crawl at the bottom of troy and abed show said paintball canceled this year.
― Aerosol, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
also starburns would like to be called "alex"
― Aerosol, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I noticed this. I was kind of hoping this did mean there would be no attempt at recapturing the magic of that episode, because there's no way it will be as funny. Just like another D&D episode wouldn't ever be as funny, or another Levar Burton episode. I really wanted them to not fall back on stuff already.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I trust these guys not to rest on their laurels. They'll up the ante for sure.
― Clay, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:32 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ exactly, i give them the full benefit of the doubt right now
― some dude, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
people are speculating that the "western-themed" end of school picnic mentioned in the news crawl might be the real setting for the finale.
― accredited butter grader and dairy technologist (reddening), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
i can't believe no-one has mentioned the real world tape.
getting lost guy goes with "air vent monster" on the ticker, so a lost parody is my guess for the finale.
prof slater still missing also one of the ticker news items - what happened? did i miss that episode?
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:53 (thirteen years ago) link
no, she just stopped being in the show. i think that's the joke.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Surely "air vent monster" = Annie's Boobs?
― "I think I'm falling in love!" (R Baez), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link
that will never stop being funny
― goth barbershop quartet (DJP), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 00:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, Annie's Boobs is the air vent monster.
Using Josh whatshisface in an actual LOST parody/nod is a little too on the nose for Community imo. They might hint at it (like they did with the Cosby sweater to Malcolm Jamal Warner), but I don't think they'd base a major plot point around it.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 00:24 (thirteen years ago) link
That ticker is the nifty infodump for the second half of the season, just like Abed's Robocop POV was in the first half.
― "I think I'm falling in love!" (R Baez), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 00:29 (thirteen years ago) link
http://greendalegifs.tumblr.com/
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 08:51 (thirteen years ago) link
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhhxecH5mG1qd4rf5o1_500.jpg
lolwut
― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 4 March 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Fittingly, Shirley gets the epiphany.
― Batman: "What will Europe hold for me, I wonder?" (R Baez), Friday, 4 March 2011 04:09 (thirteen years ago) link
ALSO:
Wherefrom?
― Batman: "What will Europe hold for me, I wonder?" (R Baez), Friday, 4 March 2011 04:11 (thirteen years ago) link
entertainment weekly iirc
― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 4 March 2011 05:05 (thirteen years ago) link
that site is a goldmine
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh6ijjlqo71qzado8o1_500.gif
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 4 March 2011 08:29 (thirteen years ago) link
the phrase Classic "Wingers" is one of my favorite things ever, don't really know why.
― Clay, Friday, 4 March 2011 08:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i want one that is just NOTCHES
was there an episode of this/30 rock last night? i can't find a download.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 4 March 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
last night was six straight episodes of The Office
― goth barbershop quartet (DJP), Friday, 4 March 2011 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
good luck usa
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 4 March 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
It was just because they didn't want to get murdered by a particularly big episodes of American Idol in the ratings.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 March 2011 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
And sweeps is over.
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 4 March 2011 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.buzzsugar.com/Community-Cast-Members-Pulp-Fiction-Characters-Pictures-14756039?page=0,0,2#5
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Danny Pudi is on the latest Nerdist podcast
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
and Starburns (Dino Stamatapolous) is on WTF. he doesn't talk about Community much but he does talk about everyone hating Chevy Chase. He says he likes Chase, but thinks Chase needs people to respect him before he can be friendly with them, and the cast is so young that they don't really have much respect for him so it sounds like there's definitely friction. But Stamatapolous also says that Chase is a total dick, and tells a story about him trashing a sketch he worked really hard on for the Conan show.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
also describes Chase as somewhat old and confused
so no real surprises there
i don't love this show, too many hugs and feelings in it, which is not what i'm looking for in a comedy show. otoh it does bring some pretty decent lols and alison brie is really hot, which i'd never noticed watching mad men.
― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
thought you were talking about WTF until the bit about Brie
― rockapads, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
don't understand why anyone would think Community has an offensive amount of feewings compared to any other sitcom. if anything its emotional moments are done with more ironic distance and/or imbedded jokes than most other shows.
― some dude, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't watch much tv.
― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe it's just code for "I hate Britta and Shirley"?
― goth barbershop quartet (DJP), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
and my favourite current show is it's always sunny and favourite of all time is seinfeld so you can see where i'm coming from.
― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i feel like they spread the emo stuff around fairly evenly.
― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah if those 2 shows are your control i can see how you're approaching the variable
― some dude, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
tbf community laid on the feewings stuff relatively thick in the first season
― ullr saves (gbx), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i totally agree that community has feelings. one of the things i love about the show, but i can understand how someone with absolutely no tolerance for sentiment in sitcoms might be turned off
― Mordy, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
sitcom sentiment generally doesn't work for me at all because of the way that it's quite often so arch and the "lesson" or whatever is compacted into a very predictable arc over 20 odd minutes and the resolution at the end is accompanied with an artless song fading in and a realisation etc.
― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
i get to love a sitcom character because i consistently find the lines they come out with, their foibles, and the performance of the actor doing the character charming and or compelling. not because they have a will they or won't they romance or have to overcome a prejudice or whatever.
― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 00:11 (thirteen years ago) link
and i shouldn't really be shitting up this thread with this, ha.
― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 00:13 (thirteen years ago) link
― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, March 8, 2011 7:10 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i dunno i feel like Community parodied that kind of thing much more than they indulged in it particularly in the first season. which might rub you the wrong way too, but i dunno, seems like a big difference.
― JaySeanLilWayne (some dude), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Other people have made that claim on this board too... I never saw that much parody in it tbh.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 00:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Didn't Community get children chanting I LOVE DRUGS or something?
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
haha yes it did
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, March 8, 2011 7:37 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
one of the dominant themes of the show is having Abed know (or imagine or whatever) that they're in a TV show and point out sitcom tropes, undercut sexual tension between Jeff & Britta by comparing them to Sam & Diane, etc. it's been less overt this season but still a lot of deliberate building up expectations for emotional payoff and then cutting them off with a joke (Jeff walking in the rain to what you think will be Annie's apartment, etc.). not saying this is the best part of the show or that it completely overshadows the sentimental moments the show does indulge in, but i don't know how you could miss it.
― JaySeanLilWayne (some dude), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, I do see what you're saying there. I guess I just always found many of the storylines and conclusions relatively sentimental and heavy on the-power-of-friendship anyway (esp compared to e.g. the shows jim mentions).
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link