Det Chang just felt like empty wackiness in comparison, even if there were some decent lines.
Yeah, this really registered on second viewing. It also seemed much less funny than it did at first. I think I felt similarly about Britta's OTT-ness in the previous episode.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
The mannequin leg was classic IMO: "Get some rest. You must need it."
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
yes, this episode.
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 October 2011 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
PIZZA PIZZA IN MY TUMMY PIZZA PIZZA ME SO HUNGY
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 14 October 2011 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
Pregnancy test joke was all-time.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 14 October 2011 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit this episode was so good
― da croupier, Friday, 14 October 2011 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
oh god the outro
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 October 2011 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
I like that they're illustrating quantum mechanics and multiverse/timeline-theory using _actual_ dice rolls.
― Primm Slim, Robot Sheriff (kingfish), Friday, 14 October 2011 01:10 (twelve years ago) link
Community for the win.
― Emile Zola predicts World War I and then he dies. (R Baez), Friday, 14 October 2011 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING:
RT @meganganz The troll is named Torg. #TorgFYI
― Emile Zola predicts World War I and then he dies. (R Baez), Friday, 14 October 2011 04:04 (twelve years ago) link
Countdown to someone bitching about "another episode about the group dynamic in 5... 4..."
Seriously though, this was great. Best episode of the season so far.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 14 October 2011 04:07 (twelve years ago) link
britta is amazing this season
― lite-brite phrenology (reddening), Friday, 14 October 2011 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
Bottle episode means an elaborate one can't be far off!
― nickn, Friday, 14 October 2011 05:48 (twelve years ago) link
hoooooooooly maaaaaaaaaaaacaroni what was that? jeff lost an arm!
― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Friday, 14 October 2011 06:25 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't mind another group dynamic episode when done this way. Although, I thought it worth noting that the only time things got better when someone left the apartment to go get the pizzas was when Jeff went. Things went from normal to better, whereas when anyone else left it went from normal to various degrees of terrible.
^ 1000% otm
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 October 2011 06:39 (twelve years ago) link
einh
― flopson, Friday, 14 October 2011 07:12 (twelve years ago) link
Wow! That was perfect!
― pandemic, Friday, 14 October 2011 07:54 (twelve years ago) link
Troy's voice!!
― pandemic, Friday, 14 October 2011 07:57 (twelve years ago) link
And Troy and his candy cigarettes.
― pandemic, Friday, 14 October 2011 08:02 (twelve years ago) link
So psyched to see this. I have been waiting for Troy and Abed to throw a party for about two seasons now.
I hope they invited Pavel and Magnitude.
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 October 2011 09:08 (twelve years ago) link
yeah this wasn't a 'group dynamic' episode imo. something that advances individual relationships between troy and pierce, jeff and annie, britta and shirley etc etc with all these great little moments is much better than "is pierce in or out?" part 12.
― some dude, Friday, 14 October 2011 11:03 (twelve years ago) link
some dude otm, my comment wasn't aimed at anyone around here, mostly other boards where I've seen excessive bitching about the "group dynamic" stuff
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 14 October 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
Gah, fucking Torg was in my dream last night. I hate you Dan Harmon for putting that nasty little troll on my tv!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 October 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
the past 2 episodes werent so bad but this was, kind of awful?
― flopson, Friday, 14 October 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
the thing theyre doing with jeff and annie I DONT LIKE IT I WANT IT TO STOP
― flopson, Friday, 14 October 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
none of the characters are cool anymore theyre all just these dumb caricatures of themselves who only ever do embarassing things and its not even hot or fun when they fall in love just gross
― flopson, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
wait, the characters used to cool?
― da croupier, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
You should stop watching this terrible show then, imho. I mean if you thought this episode was awful, I'm wondering exactly what you've seen in the show in the past.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
to be cool, I mean?
i like the idea that this used to be a show about cool people getting into hot love scenes
― da croupier, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
chaflopson
― Rory's new misogynist car (Gukbe), Friday, 14 October 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
maybe the comments were meant for a gossip girl thread?
― da croupier, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
some good moments tho
jeff: this club looks like it was designed for meabed : it was, i designed it for you so that you would keep tonight free
also pierce getting shot in the leg was a huge lol
― flopson, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
those were both nice breaks from the caricatures doing embarrassing things, weren't they?
― da croupier, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
ya idk i only caught up on community over the summer so none of my love for the first two seasons is documented on this thread, then again i don't see the need to explain my challenging opinion about why i think its dropping off to people who were keeling over at PIZZA PIZZA ME SO HUNGY
re: "cool:" jeff and britta used to be, like, impenetrably witty, from both within the group & with each other. i realize the softening is part of their char development but they dont even have good zings or comebacks anymore & say awkward dumb crap all the time. this has been noted previous but abed has always been cool in a nerdy way, the episode where its revealed tons of girls are into him kind of makes sense; he's detached and smart and observant. now i'm not so sure what they think he is
― flopson, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
ceiling fan gag = gold
― j., Friday, 14 October 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
also: the jeff britta romance was fun and tense and hilarious! this annie thing is gross and i know thats the joke but its TOO GROSS
― flopson, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
i will admit now isn't a good time for a jeff/britta shipper
― da croupier, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
fwiw I thought the Britta "HUNGY" thing wasn't funny, so flopson otm there I guess
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
Fortunately for that line, it didn't exist in a context- or setup-free vacuum.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
Twasn't a joke, just a nice bit of ridiculousness one does a) when in the loosened atmosphere of a party and b) as a stupid bit of nonsense you do when you're stoned. It's OTM in that regard.
― Emile Zola predicts World War I and then he dies. (R Baez), Friday, 14 October 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
the shocking revelation that a disbarred, fradulent lawyer and a 30 year old who has done peace corps and foot modeling after dropping out of high school to "impress Radiohead" at a community college are prone to foolish behavior
― da croupier, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
xp That was my point. The criticisms against it seemed to miss the setup.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
Chop busted, fellow adult. Chop busted.
― da croupier, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry guys, next time I will refer to the entire contect and setup for every joke rather than try to refer to it in shorthand. I mean, I get the setup and context, I just don't think she pulled it off in a way that made me laugh. Now, Annie doing that in a similar set-up after her first time getting stoned or something probably would have cracked me up.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
I also really appreciate the insinuation that because I didn't think a joke was funny that I didn't get the "context" or "setup". ffs u guys.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
haha donald glover's delivery on "chop busted" kills me
― horseshoe, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
tbf you piggybacked off an incoherent challop, jon
― da croupier, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
tbrr, I wasn't piggybacking on any single part of it except the Britta joke I didn't like
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
well let that be a lesson to you
― da croupier, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link