Community, the tv show

just watched the zombie ep... if you guys really think that 1/ that was a billionth as good as paintball and 2/ the season hasnt pretty much been a complete fiasco then i don't really know what to say. perpetua otm.

Abed-as-Robocop was, sure, gimmicky, but totally worth it for Britta's "rowboat-cop" line.

It's not so much that it was gimmicky, it's that it was a reductive, cheap way to portray his Asperger's, which was handled a little more deftly last season iirc

Good point, but it could also be argued (not necessarily by me, I'm just playing devil's advocate) that this is the manifestation of Abed's Asperger's, as seen through Abed's eyes -- a bittersweet gaze into his psyche.

Or something.

totally lost my shit at the secret garden/alice in wonderland-type music they played when troy found the trampoline.

the last third of the zombie episode was basically a donald glover showcase, idk how people could watch it and think "oh THIS isn't what i watch community for."

totally predictable genre cliche "jeff, you've been up there for an hour" had me on the floor.

Loved Chang with the ice cream watching from outside the room the most.

I love how these Community keeps repping for other shows Dan Harmon likes:

@vdoozer Cougartown got a shout out by @danharmon on Community tonight. http://i51.tinypic.com/ic7n15.jpg (bottom right hand corner of pic)

http://i51.tinypic.com/ic7n15.jpg

http://f.cl.ly/items/457af9a84af6f4e004cc/Screen%20shot%202010-11-05%20at%202.23.17%20AM.png

lol

Projected Cycles! OMG!

Also Garry's weather report!

The trampoline!

Britta looking even hotter with every episode!

Boob bump!

This episode was perfect. I hope they use more different places like they did in the cold open - they can leave the library and classroom occasionally.

just watched the zombie ep... if you guys really think that 1/ that was a billionth as good as paintball and 2/ the season hasnt pretty much been a complete fiasco then i don't really know what to say. perpetua otm.

― r|t|c, Thursday, November 4, 2010 10:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

no way zombies was as good as paintball but... complete fiasco... u trippin homie

Ugh, people who keep expecting another paintball episode don't really get this show and, tbh, should probably not even be watching it. This season has been outstanding, and last night's was amazing. Great use of Matt Walsh. My favorite lines:

"They're like walking in dreams."
"Eventually its going to be a maze."

Also, great Andy Dick cameo.

pierce flying through the air and crashing into the dumpster made me fart.

just thinking about "IT'S STILL SUNNY" makes me lol

andy dick was in it?

He was the little tiny pilot in Pierce's remote controlled plane thing.

huh just assumed that was the dean

That was kind of magical.

thought it was the dean until credits as well.

anyone hating on this show is insane

its just a big network comedy, and for that its pretty great

I can't tell if this is completely serious or just a piece of high-art sarcasm, but it's worth reading: http://diversityawareness.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/nbcs-community-needs-a-mexican-character/

NBC’s Community needs a Mexican character
Posted on November 5, 2010 by Macon Trisdale

NBC’s COMMUNITY NEEDS A MEXICAN CHARACTER. I applaud NBC for their effort in bringing in a diverse cast of characters to a television show. The mediocre comedy entitled Community has several minorities represented… They have a muslim, two black characters, an Asian, several women, a gay dean, and a senior citizen. It would seem that they have all of there bases covered.

But there is one minority that they have completely and unconscionably ignored. That’s right. Our friends to the south… THE MEXICANS. How could they have ignored such a culturally rich and prominent culture? Mexicans are plentiful in community colleges, so why have the Latinos been excluded from the show? My studies show that Mexicans make up a whopping 19% of all community college attendees. And don’t forget all the janitors and maintenance men that are Mexican. America’s community colleges are basically brimming with Mexicans. So why are they being ignored?

I have a few theories as to why Mexicans have been so vociferously excluded:

* Dan Harmon (Community creator) is ignorant
* Dan Harmon is fearful of low ratings due to white people’s hate of Mexicans
* NBC does not allow too many minorities in it’s comedies

Maybe not all of these are true; but if even one of them is true, then it is a despicable situation. Why aren’t more people clamoring about this issue? Don’t people care about inclusiveness, tolerance, and love? Why is the main character a white man? WHAT CAN WE DO?

I’ll tell you what we can do. We can email Joel McHale and Chevy Chaese and Dan Harmon and inform them of this issue. We can start a petition and send it to NBC. We can talk to our neighbors and co-workers about this issue. We need to create a meaningful dialogue about this issue. Our Mexican brothers and sisters are entitled to have the same equality as the other minorities represented in Community.

Love how surreal and absurd this season is. Big improvement over the last season.

u mad

This season has been outstanding, and last night's was amazing.

u mad

this was ok ('it's going to be a maze' = hilare), and last week's was ok, but show has fallen off and im not just comparing it with the paintball ep

its fallen off i guess? not as hard as himym or 30r imo

I am enjoying it as much as ever.

Loved the Wilhelm Scream in the zombie episode

I didn't catch that, but I'm not surprised at all.

im not surprised you didnt catch it either

Brought to u by the letter S as in "Snap!"

toss me in the 'this season kinda sucks so far except for the first two' pile

thought this was the best episode of this season so far. excellent modfam this week too.

I think the first season was pretty uneven but maybe people didn't notice because the show was new and exciting. So basically IMO second season is as good as first season but only because people kind of overrated season one (probably including me).

The only episode that has out-and-out sucked so far this season was the Jesus episode, Shirley just isn't a very funny character and the whole thing just seemed off. I didn't find Halloween as amazing as everyone else but it still was good. Trampoline episode was great.

imo the show really hit its stride with last season's xmas episode and it's been riding a pretty consistent wave ever since, some episodes being better than others.

you know which episode deserves a critical reevaluation? the jack black ep. the fact that they put the stereotypical jack black character in the show and then made sure to film the awkward five-second silences following each of his outbursts was genius. not to mention keeping in what sounded like genuine line flubs to hammer home his patheticness even more.

otm. also i loved the cheap opening credits/timing gag.

apparently this week is a bottle episode, so i'm anxious to see how it works out.

This show got so brilliantly funny so fast I fear for its future. Tonight's ep FTW.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, October 8, 2009 8:20 PM (1 year ago)

I must have gone all-in earlier than I remembered. I wonder what episode it was that made me a complete convert.

Wikipedia says that was the fourth episode, "Social Psychology".

apparently this week is a bottle episode, so i'm anxious to see how it works out.

― Gukbe, Thursday, 11 November 2010 06:29 (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

whats a bottle episode?

'sa a doctor cuts you open when-a you sick

you know which episode deserves a critical reevaluation? the jack black ep. the fact that they put the stereotypical jack black character in the show and then made sure to film the awkward five-second silences following each of his outbursts was genius. not to mention keeping in what sounded like genuine line flubs to hammer home his patheticness even more.

― christ a Journey medley (reddening), Thursday, November 11, 2010 6:25 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

yeah totesally

whats a bottle episode?

Networks occasionally ask shows to do an episode on the cheap to create budget space for the more expensive ones. These feature minimal cast members and sets. Breaking Bad's hunt the fly episode, for instance, or the Don and Peggy-heavy "suitcase" episode in the recent mad men season.

So I'd guess no Dean or Starburns or whatever next week, maybe no Chang, just the study group stuck in a single location dealing with character stuff.

suitcase episode had hella-expensive ghost cgi tho

Preview of the bottle episode: http://www.televisionaryblog.com/2010/11/bottle-episode-advance-review-of.html

"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the very best bottle episode ever produced."

high expectations considering *that* friends episode is basically the best friends episode along with chandler in a box... which is essentially the second best bottle episode.

Has this show delivered anything truly amazing after the lackluster season premiere?

Anything on part with Halloween episode, or Paintball etc?