i may still be in the afterglow, but that was probably better than the first paintball episode.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 6 April 2012 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
It was fun, but not Chang-as-Chow Yun Fat fun
― Brakhage, Friday, 6 April 2012 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
i thought it was ok. the ken burns thing kinda wore me out tbh
― Nhex, Friday, 6 April 2012 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
That's Enter-Chang-Ment!
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 6 April 2012 03:49 (twelve years ago) link
Such a perfect piece of television. Fat Neil with the Pipes of Steel! More "Daybreak"! And Keith David's Britta burn!
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 6 April 2012 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
the pledge drive thing at the end was genius.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 6 April 2012 03:53 (twelve years ago) link
"Were you on The Cape?"
"No."
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 6 April 2012 04:04 (twelve years ago) link
community bringin it
― phantompenguin, Friday, 6 April 2012 05:27 (twelve years ago) link
god that was so much awesome
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 05:28 (twelve years ago) link
When Pierce came out in that suit thing I lost it
― kinder, Friday, 6 April 2012 06:44 (twelve years ago) link
I like this post - Leonard.
― Clay, Friday, 6 April 2012 10:21 (twelve years ago) link
Birthday cake birthday cake women's shoes birthday cake
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Friday, 6 April 2012 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
Or whatever.
I would have maybe preferred a bit more action and running around and a little less narration but overall this was fantastic. I love that Abed actually made Jeff go back to the office to get the real imaginary pointy friendship hats. Also that there's now a Greendale student even older than Leonard. Also Shirley openly glorifying in the violence was lol.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Friday, 6 April 2012 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
holy motherfuck of changness i lost it so hard when pierce's weapon was revealed
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 April 2012 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
also if they ever do get to do a bill murray episode, it now has to have a bit of a ghostbusters riff so chevy can be a bitter stay puft marshmellow man.
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 April 2012 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
Pajamas without children, violence with no purpose. I saw mommy kissing Exxon Mobile. —Amanda Johnson, poet by choice, lesbian by birth.
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Friday, 6 April 2012 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
omg yesssssssssssssss
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 April 2012 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
I think the thing I appreciated/enjoyed the most was that at one point a few years ago I was trying to figure out how to capture the experience of really enjoyable messageboard threads in the context of mainstream entertainment and the closest thing I could imagine was basically the email/text/Facebook exchanges in this episode.
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Friday, 6 April 2012 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
― Clay, Friday, April 6, 2012 5:21 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
the Britta running gag was brilliant too, particularly the payoff with the "accidental" Troy-Abed shot
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
Just watched the last two episodes back to back, and both were great. At first I was worried this would just be some unexplained genre parody, but they did an excellent job of explaining HOW this documentary got made, and having it fit in the known Community universe. Granted, a lol's a lol, but that extra care is really appreciated.
― da croupier, Friday, 6 April 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
leonard likes this post
― Lamp, Friday, 6 April 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
Leonard fought for North Korea, huh
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
"Yeah. Gee, that's a good one."
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, this is pretty awesome!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 6 April 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, April 6, 2012 3:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 7 April 2012 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, that was a nice touch.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 7 April 2012 02:10 (twelve years ago) link
Later on, Troy would say the war was awesome, but also... not awesome?
― phantompenguin, Saturday, 7 April 2012 07:52 (twelve years ago) link
Holy shit, Keith David
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Saturday, 7 April 2012 10:59 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, could this show have picked a less timely object of satire? I don't know if that made it funnier or less funny but my wife thought it sucked. I guess I'm on the fence, but there was a lot I loved, but the meta in this one was pretty meta.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 April 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, the Rambo joke was dead-on. It totally technically should be "Rambo II: First Blood Part III."
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 April 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
Ken Burns documentaries are always timely ffs.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 7 April 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
Hard to believe, but "The Civil War" was almost 25 years ago. Time flies when you're timely.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 April 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
"North Korea" was my fav gag...so who thinks that was actually Chase in the pillow suit?
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 7 April 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
On the s1 DVDs, they say that he does all his own physical pratfalls etc so I can believe that it was.
Still on the fence about this one. Might need to watch a second time again. This is OTM:
the meta in this one was pretty meta.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 7 April 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Having said that, this show's genre parodies have never been that timely. My Dinner with André was 30 years old, surely; Goodfellas 20 years old; 1984 65 years old, etc.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 7 April 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
Well, "1984" is a perennial, and explicitly referenced in the episode. "Goodfellas" is iconic and oft parodied. "My Dinner with Andre" I thought was being willfully out of date. "The Civil War" ... I dunno. Ken Burns's style is iconic and oft-paradied, but this was pretty specific. Which is why I'm not sure if it was intentional enough. It would have been funny if it was it was a "Jazz" parody.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 April 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
Did cynical folk roll their eyes and hand-wring about Kane homages in early Simpsons episodes when they came out?
― da croupier, Saturday, 7 April 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
probably!
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 April 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
Tbch, I didn't know there was a Burns documentary about the US Civil War that this was directly parodying. I just thought it was a spoof of PBS historical documentaries more generally.
Do you think the Christmas episode could have worked as a Jazz parody? The parody of Glee, while timely, was pretty weak as parody.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 7 April 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
Tbch, I didn't know there was a Burns documentary about the US Civil War that this was directly parodying.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, April 7, 2012 4:51 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
How on Earth...
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 7 April 2012 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
not everybody lives in the U.S.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 7 April 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
(i did not know that either)
b-b-b-b-b-but ken... BURNS... does this THING. A THING that he DOES.
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 7 April 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
i've seen his baseball ones tho, if it makes you feel better. (they bored me to tears)
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 7 April 2012 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, could this show have picked a less timely object of satire?
I don't these things in Community as satires--more as borrowed frames to plug the characters into. The episodes aren't really critiquing "My Dinner With Andre" or Ken Burns. What would be the point?
― President Keyes, Saturday, 7 April 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
lol i never knew this was a direct parody, i just thought it was 'general war documentary types'.
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 7 April 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
Ken Burns Civil War is all-time
If you don't get down with that, I dunno what to tell you
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 7 April 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
Different if you don't know it at all, but if you saw it & are just blowing it off then omg jaded much
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 7 April 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
It would have been funny if it was it was a "Jazz" parody.
Are you serious?
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Saturday, 7 April 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link