Anyone watching this? I think it's hilarious. Second season not quite as good as the first so far though.
― chap, Sunday, 24 May 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
It's tough to pick a favorite, since this is one of those ensembles that adds up to more than the sum of its parts. Nandor would seem like the weakest link, but he's arguably the straight man to the other, weirder vampires, and the dynamic needs him (Guillermo is something else--part audience surrogate, part Charlie Brown). That having been said, I'd go with Najda or Colin Robinson.
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Sunday, 24 May 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
I love Nandor! The accent, the ridiculous name, the fact that an Ottoman warlord is the cosiest and most straight-laced character.
I'm torn between him and Colin Robinson.
― chap, Sunday, 24 May 2020 15:03 (three years ago) link
No option for Nadja’s ghost doll? I’d have voted for her.
― Boring, Maryland, Sunday, 24 May 2020 15:18 (three years ago) link
I thought about it but concluded she was an extension of Nadja.
― chap, Sunday, 24 May 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
This show is a highlight of my week. It's not about singling out one of them (but it's Nadja).
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 24 May 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link
No Jackie Daytona, no credibility
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Sunday, 24 May 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
the finest human bartender there is
― ruin a band name by changing one litter (voodoo chili), Sunday, 24 May 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
in the absence of jackie daytona, i am forced to vote for laszlo cravensworth, for his bombastic stupidity
― ruin a band name by changing one litter (voodoo chili), Sunday, 24 May 2020 16:21 (three years ago) link
chap, why do you think this season has been a step down? I think they’ve done a great job of expanding the world and adding some actual stakes with guillermo’s arc
I thought the first episode of s2 was weak but everything else has been good to great, esp Superb Owl
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Sunday, 24 May 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
the first episode with zombie joel osment? I though that was hilarious
― ruin a band name by changing one litter (voodoo chili), Sunday, 24 May 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link
I love this show so much. "Bat!"
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 24 May 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
"Human form!"
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 24 May 2020 17:43 (three years ago) link
I felt dumb but I didn't realize that was Mark Hamill until the end.
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 24 May 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
Huge Mark Ptroksch fan here, so it's a shoe-in for Collin.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 25 May 2020 02:34 (three years ago) link
Nandor, with Colin a close second.
― DJI, Monday, 25 May 2020 02:45 (three years ago) link
voted Colin Robinson but of the three main vampires it’s gotta be Nadja Her victim Jenna is great too
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 25 May 2020 02:54 (three years ago) link
In a year in which two entire elaborately-costumed single-camera sitcoms were (partially) designed to let Matt Berry do his Matt Berry thing, the one in which he was not the lead somehow managed to showcase him better. All of them are magnificent, and the ensemble allows everyone a chance to show different sides in group and solo dynamics, but I'm voting Laszlo.
― Bleeqwot (sic), Monday, 25 May 2020 04:03 (three years ago) link
Easy vote for Nandor for me - the idea of an Ottoman warlord vampire who is shy and awkward and needy is just so funny to me, and his performance is great. Guillermo on the other hand I dont think I've ever laughed at once, show could lose him entirely imo.
The Jackie Daytona ep might be the hardest Ive laughed at anything this year, I was crying. I think 'arcs' are overrated when it comes to comedy shows, I much prefer episodes like that, surreal self-contained stories with their own internal logic.
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Monday, 25 May 2020 06:13 (three years ago) link
Agreed Guillermo is the only one I definitely wouldn't vote for. I've laughed plenty at the vampires being mean to him, but never at anything he's done. I guess his vampire hunter self hatred is kind of funny.
― chap, Monday, 25 May 2020 12:20 (three years ago) link
I love how impenetrable the main 3’s accents get sometimes
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 25 May 2020 12:53 (three years ago) link
I love how impenetrable the main 3s accents get sometimes
Wow ok
Guillermo’s hapless aptitude for vampire slaying has been a very funny upgrade to his servility this year
― Bleeqwot (sic), Monday, 25 May 2020 13:04 (three years ago) link
A vote for Nadja counts as a vote for Nadja's doll
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 25 May 2020 13:47 (three years ago) link
Speaking of accents I love the relish with which Matt Berry weirdly varies his intonation of "My darling".
― chap, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:45 (three years ago) link
Guillermo I think is needed as a foil, especially for a show where one of the vampires is himself already sort of a straight man (Colin Robinson). I agree Guillermo isn't funny, but for the format he's needed to provide the rhythmic beat of someone slowly glancing at the camera and shaking their head or grimacing or whatever a la every fake reality show/doc.
Also, Lazlo calling him Gizmo is pretty funny.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link
mildly spicy take but Colin Robinson is basically a one-joke character. it's a really good joke, don't get me wrong, but there's not a whole lot there.
i voted Laszlo but already regretting that, should've picked Nadja.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
if Colin wasn't played by Mark Proksch I would probably enjoy it much less
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:20 (three years ago) link
He is worth it as a character for those glimmers of devilish glee when you realize his behavior is intentional. Like, he'll just be droning on stupidly until someone leaves or falls asleep or dies, and then his eyes will sparkle and he'll grin.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
The episode where he starts to go super saiyan when he gets a promotion is amazing
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
That's my favourite one of the season so far.
I'm very happy this thread has proved quite busy, nice to know others love the show as much as me.
― chap, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:23 (three years ago) link
It fits that we're also talking about Key and Peele right now, cause they're linked in my min for how they throw in great effects and production design to help sell the jokes
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
nice to know others love the show as much as me.
this has to be the best film-to-tv translation ever, right?
― Bleeqwot (sic), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
(don't @l@n@ld@ me.)
Buffy?
― DJI, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
Fargo?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:17 (three years ago) link
The individual character-focused eps have been really good (Colin in the office, Jackie Daytona). Was the 'ghosts' one supposed to have been Nadja's? And I don't think Nandor has had one, maybe that's still coming?
Only three more left. :( On the other hand, three more left!
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
Good answers, but I was thinking in terms of a TV show that successfully transfers the concepts and/or spirit of a movie into the small/serial format.
(The Buffy movie has its charms, but the TV show is a massive improvement in every way, not just in repairing/restoring Whedon's supposed original tone. The Fargo TV shows are excellent, but don't actually bring anything from the movie beyond "crime story with character actors in" - the tone is complementary to the film, but the writing doesn't approach character or humour in the same way as the Coens.)
― massage angry pixels (sic), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
Make that sympathetic character - Hawley's villains and heavies are charming, sketched grotesqueries in a way that fits with Fargo and other Coen movies, but he appropriately uses the longer narrative and screen time to draw his chumps and protagonists with more depth.
― massage angry pixels (sic), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
what about MASH?
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
Has any other story delved into the ingenious notion that vampires, having technically died, could be haunted by their own ghosts?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link
Ooh, MASH. More or less same characters and, imo, better than the movie, iirc.
Friday Night Lights?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
Either M*A*S*H or Jugglos
― Boring, Maryland, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
FNL fer sure.
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:35 (three years ago) link
Girlfriend Experience too
There was a scene in last week's episode when Lazlo materialised in the cursed hat and Nadja did the most amazing look to camera, it's been my highlight of the whole show.
But it's Colin Robertson for me. I loved a couple of weeks ago when somebody just called him Colin and he corrected them to Colin Robertson, because that's what his actual name is and not a combination of Colin and Robertson.
― Mud... jam... failure (aldo), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:53 (three years ago) link
once Colin Robinson started listing movie years I was like "ok that has to be an On Cinema reference" and then look who showed up. plus wasn't that other lady the woman from Joe Pera Talks to You??
― frogbs, Saturday, 5 August 2023 14:41 (seven months ago) link
but yeah the show is definitely very good again, I was worried it was gonna turn into an Arrested Development type situation but thus far this is probably the funniest season yet
― frogbs, Saturday, 5 August 2023 14:42 (seven months ago) link
Nandor DeLaurentiis
― mh, Saturday, 5 August 2023 16:24 (seven months ago) link
Is there a running list of which episodes have mid credit sequences? I think I've seen the first two episodes of the current season but never thought to wait around.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 August 2023 16:32 (seven months ago) link
"Local News" maybe the best episode of the series yet, both the opening and closing scenes were probably the funniest the show's ever been. and the stuff with Guillermo's family was legitimately tense!
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:00 (seven months ago) link
I was dying when his mom was like "this is the third time he's given me this talk this month"
― mh, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:00 (seven months ago) link
Nandor going to outer space was Jackie Daytona-level for me, really enjoying this season so far
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:12 (seven months ago) link
xp they know something's up. seems clear they don't buy his "railroad" story and with his mom feeling his back like that, I think she knows
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:15 (seven months ago) link
Man I started losing interest last season, sounds like I'm going to have to catch up now (and re-watch the Jackie Daytona episode).
― Chevy Chase drumming mystery (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:30 (seven months ago) link
I like the implication that Guillermo is becoming more narcissistic as part of his vampire transition, or maybe it's always been that way from his family's pov.
Love this season so far.
(Sally Rhubarb, lol)
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:58 (seven months ago) link
apropos of nothing I just remembered one of my favorite lines in the show, Nadja talking about Colin Robinson: "he's not a wild card, he's the card at the top of the deck with all the rules on it that you just throw away"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 18:37 (seven months ago) link
loved last season w/ creepy child Colin and Laszlo becoming a father
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 18:39 (seven months ago) link
The Local News episode is easily one of my favorites of the series
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 10 August 2023 03:23 (seven months ago) link
the way Nandor panics and runs away from the camera after the newslady jokes "guess we found out the secret to eternal life" is so funny
obviously the show's entire universe is pretty untenable - it's never really explained why the city isn't in a constant panic over the fact that people are consistently being mysteriously murdered and drained of all their blood - but I like the implication that Staten Island is so full of freaks and weirdos that nobody really notices a bunch of vampires walking around in plain sight
― frogbs, Thursday, 10 August 2023 13:56 (seven months ago) link
I so now want them to do an episode where Nandor learns how to drive and goes to the license branch and his license reads.
― earlnash, Friday, 11 August 2023 01:21 (seven months ago) link
every single line reading by Matt Berry seems like he's trying to get the other actors to laugh
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 14:04 (seven months ago) link
also - pretty deep Happy Mondays cut in the credits this week :)
― frogbs, Thursday, 17 August 2023 13:55 (seven months ago) link
Oh Jesus the Guillermo plot is fucked up this week
― frogbs, Friday, 18 August 2023 05:08 (seven months ago) link
At first I thought why hadn't they learned into Doctor Moreau more then I remembered in the Pride episode Laszlo smothered himself in thick white cream made from Guillermo's sweat and swanned around looking like Brando in the Richard Stanley version.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 18 August 2023 17:22 (seven months ago) link
last two eps were pretty good though you can really feel the tension between what a drama wants to do and what a sitcom wants to do. still it's nice they at least revealed the reason why Nandor hadn't turned Guillermo
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 14:13 (six months ago) link
Really enjoyed all the Guillermo/Nandor/Laszlo stuff with the turning and the experiments and whatnot throughout this season, but Kristen Schaal has been a total miss for me as a character. I was not happy to see her added to the main cast, and I don't think she's done the show any favours.
― trishyb, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 15:06 (six months ago) link
yeah I genuinely don't understand what the point of her character is
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 15:11 (six months ago) link
Probably good that they reset to the status quo at the end of the season (rather than doing a cliffhanger and resolving everything in the first few minutes of the next season, like they did that one time).
Last two eps weren't my favorites but had their moments, otherwise it was a classic season imo.
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Thursday, 7 September 2023 14:17 (six months ago) link
yeah I'm glad they didn't do that again. I'm curious what exactly happened there, felt clearly like they were planning to split the characters up for a bit but maybe they didn't have the budget. or maybe they thought Season 4 would be the last one at the time. idk I really doubt they wanted it to turn out the way it did
the shows pacing is overall pretty weird I think, the stuff that happens in the final episode here I think could've been like four separate episodes. this show has this tendency to just do things and then undo them. all the sudden changes of heart and solving things via making up random rules kinda makes the show feel like Power Rangers but it still is really funny and well made so I guess I don't care much
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 September 2023 14:27 (six months ago) link
I think it's kind of funny everything goes back to relative normal. Presumably this has just been happening the entire time they've been on Staten Island. Vampire life is very mundane, then they do something dumb and there's a mild crisis, only for them to forget it within weeks. Rinse and repeat for a hundred years.
― mh, Thursday, 7 September 2023 14:35 (six months ago) link
I did like the massacre in the Italian restaurant as a reminder that they do murder lots of people on the regular, when they're not sitting in their favorite chairs reading books in the parlor. Patton Oswalt cameo was a bit unnecessary but the payoff was funny, but not as funny as "PanERa bread".
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Thursday, 7 September 2023 14:39 (six months ago) link
the panera bit was good
― mh, Thursday, 7 September 2023 14:44 (six months ago) link
The Guillermo hybrids need their own show. Always amazed at how good this half hour FX comedy looks compared to any Netflix 9 digit budget series.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 15 September 2023 05:02 (six months ago) link
a few cameras, the house set, and the clearance sale at spirit halloween every year and you're ready to go
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Friday, 15 September 2023 13:35 (six months ago) link
I hated the creepy hybrids, but most everything else I've seen of this season so far has been aces.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 September 2023 13:42 (six months ago) link
Haven't watched the last two eps yet, but this newest season is so good.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 September 2023 14:38 (six months ago) link
UK people, s5 is going to be on Disney+ next week. The film is on BBC or something next week too
― kinder, Friday, 20 October 2023 20:47 (five months ago) link
I binged the last season over a few days. The last episode was a real gut punch for me. Spending years aiming for something and then realizing that it's not for you, that hit home.
I don't know how they can do that in a show where all of the main characters are mass murderers, but they did it.
― formerly abanana (dat), Sunday, 22 October 2023 17:28 (five months ago) link
I don't think I've ever laughed harder than at the moment in the S5 local news episode where Colin Robinson is trying to be the weatherman and there is blood smeared all over the weather wall from Kristen Schaal munching on the real weatherman in the corner of the shot.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Friday, 22 December 2023 16:11 (three months ago) link
The local news episode is one of the funniest eps of the entire series
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 22 December 2023 17:18 (three months ago) link
it’s an incredible episode lol
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 22 December 2023 21:51 (three months ago) link
The opening scene where Nandor thinks he accidentally outed the vampire house is one of the funniest things this show has ever done
― frogbs, Friday, 22 December 2023 23:46 (three months ago) link
he does such a great job trying to claw that back
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Friday, 22 December 2023 23:53 (three months ago) link
where Colin Robinson is trying to be the weatherman and there is blood smeared all over the weather wall
IIRC it's him calling it schmutz that broke me like a twig.
Incredible episode.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Saturday, 23 December 2023 23:28 (three months ago) link
How did Guillermo only get one vote
He is the most adorable character in any show
― blurbing about music in architecture magazines (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 24 December 2023 00:18 (three months ago) link
Gizmo was the slow burn character, everyone else got to be very flashy right out the gate
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Sunday, 24 December 2023 00:20 (three months ago) link
Guillermo has gotten tiresome to me. Nandor has become my favorite character over the series.
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 24 December 2023 00:27 (three months ago) link
Last season was unrewarding wrt Guillermo imo but overall he’s my favourite. Love all the vampires equally
― blurbing about music in architecture magazines (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 24 December 2023 01:43 (three months ago) link
me after season 1: how did nandor manage to get 7 votesme after all 5 seasons: nandor is the best character and was robbed
― scanner darkly, Sunday, 24 December 2023 02:27 (three months ago) link
well, he is known as the relentless
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Sunday, 24 December 2023 02:49 (three months ago) link
“we drank the blood of some people but the people were on drugs and now i’m a wizard”
― scanner darkly, Sunday, 24 December 2023 03:03 (three months ago) link
Yes, last season of Guillermo was a real shrug.
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 24 December 2023 14:28 (three months ago) link
I can’t post about it without feeling like I’m spoiling it but the moment that x waves hello to Guillermo right before y happens will live in my head rent-free forever
― blurbing about music in architecture magazines (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 24 December 2023 16:15 (three months ago) link
starts again on BBC2 tonight at 10
― koogs, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 16:54 (two months ago) link
I thought last season at least did a good job of explaining why Guillermo wouldn't be able to hack it as a vampire but yeah the whole storyline was weird mostly because it was paced so strangely. the finale should've been like 3-4 separate episodes, they built up way too much tension only to have to dissolve things in a flash
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 18:17 (two months ago) link