Yeah this was not out of the top drawer but still very funny. Pierce's security device, "http colon forward slash forward slash", the fact that Shirley's husband clearly hates the study group, most of the Jeff and Britta stuff. Thought the Troy and Abed material missed the mark (except ivory wig in the Dreamatorium) but otherwise but otherwise I laughed most of the way through.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Saturday, 17 March 2012 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
chevy chase was really good
welcome back community! i promise not to argue about you on the internet like you were something of greater import than a situation comedy on the television
― thomp, Saturday, 17 March 2012 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
Dear some of the people in this thread: might I recommend The Big Bang Theory, a sitcom which CBS airs in the same time slot as Community? You might find it more to your liking, as you're sure to find even more to complain about.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 17 March 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
The trouble with this episode is that I don't really care about Shirley's marriage.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 17 March 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
It's also 100% unbelievable, like OK this guy that goes out of his way to propose marriage and even accepts doing it in an effing community college study room, he suddenly switches to misogynist about to cancel the whole deal when she's late for the rehearsal. It reminded me of late-series Seinfelds where one character would just suddenly turn really angry at another for no real reason. Except there it was for Lols.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 17 March 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
The resolution felt a little unearned too. He changed his attitude but there didn't seem to be enough to explain why/how. Some good laughs but not a great Community episode.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 17 March 2012 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
i cant tell if this show has gotten steadily worse all season or if i'm just tired of it... last night didnt really do it for me :(
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 March 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't get that emotional touching vibe from Arrested Development at all. Those moments never felt genuine because there was (brace yourself) no real growth that came out of it. They were almost always immediately undercut by someone acting horrid and selfish.
yes, because i'm not talking about forced emotional moments or anything, i'm talking about a very general sense of it. it didn't aim for emotional payoff moments because it knew what it was, but it still succeeded in having a sort of warm vibe, in retrospect, because it was still about a family sticking together etc etc. lord, if the characters ever tried to "grow" on that show it would've been awful. i'm trying to say that these values aren't prerequisites for good comedy and they shouldn't be seen as such because then we get delusional showrunners trying to force then into shows where they don't fit. i'd rather have sitcoms like these have things like character development and emotional moments be the subtle consequences of the action/humor rather than consciously sticking them into episodes where they come off unnatural and forced. with community it's never like ~~swelling music starts to play~~ but like, the annie+troy scene at the end of mixology certification just made me go "where tf did this come from and why is it even here" rather than OMG SO BRILLIANT like everyone else apparently.
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Saturday, 17 March 2012 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
then = them
the great thing about AD is how they undermined any sense of character growth at every turn, wilfully and joyfully
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 March 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
cosigned
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 17 March 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
I'm one of the Steppenwolf wives
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 18 March 2012 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 18 March 2012 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
i'm not in the show for the drama either, but is anyone still watching at this point and completely uninvested in troy and abed's friendship, annie's growth/relationship with jeff, shirley rebuilding her marriage, etc. the core theme of everyone being a washout in life and redeeming themselves IS a core theme of the show
― Nhex, Sunday, 18 March 2012 04:02 (twelve years ago) link
core theme core theme
― Nhex, Sunday, 18 March 2012 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
Nope
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 18 March 2012 06:55 (twelve years ago) link
pick a number, dick, it's not like it's up to me anyway
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
Let's just everybody chill, and groove on some Haggins:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXvuUp-KY5g
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
chuckled when annie walked into the room humming that
― Nhex, Sunday, 18 March 2012 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
― thomp, Saturday, March 17, 2012 8:42 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
otm
― some dude, Sunday, 18 March 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 March 2012 11:55 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i thought the episode was OK & i've been repulsed by most of the episodes in the first half of the season. feel like they're going for a more positive vibe but one that's also more mellow, the pace of jokes is slowing down and the whole thing feels pleasant & comforting the way a normal sitcom does. nothing made me cringe this episode
― flopson, Sunday, 18 March 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
inspector space-time once married a baby-version of himself
― flopson, Sunday, 18 March 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
^ i lol'd
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
how dare you lol don't you know this sitcom is the worst
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
upon rewatching, that particular Inspector Spacetime gag made me realize that the entire series is lazy and awful and all of my previous laughs were lies.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
Currently lunching at a dive bar and somebody just put on an R&B track on the jukebox which sounds suspiciously like a barely masked "Daybreak"
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
Every time T&A make an Inspector Spacetime joke, I picture internet heads exploding the way they did when someone on Lost said "Hanso."
― President Keyes, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
not sure i have thought any of the inspector spacetime gags seemed well-advised, let alone funny
― j., Monday, 19 March 2012 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
i wish they'd just do their dream inspector spacetime ep and get it all out of their system
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 19 March 2012 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
making fun of doctor who > making fun of robocop tho
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 19 March 2012 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
kickpuncher is funny because his punches have the power of kicks. the robocop thing is just a little extra.
― j., Monday, 19 March 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
o yeah it's funny but as but as parody dr who is such a better target
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 19 March 2012 02:06 (twelve years ago) link
ah you mean as a law of comedy
― j., Monday, 19 March 2012 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno. it seems like doctor who is already intrinsically goofy. robocop has that seriousness to it.
― j., Monday, 19 March 2012 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
Where does said law fit on the Universal Comedy Meter, please?
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 19 March 2012 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
robocop is great but more intrinsically goofy to me bc of its 80s campiness/verhoeven campiness
i don't actually watch dr who but i do have a tumblr so
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 19 March 2012 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
ppl are fucking life and death abt that show
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 19 March 2012 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
after all this time, it's still impressive how ilx can drain the fun from anything at all
― mookieproof, Monday, 19 March 2012 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
let's discuss that
― j., Monday, 19 March 2012 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
i say that to myself about a lot of things before thinking "maybe if i don't want to read a discussion about this thing i shouldn't be going to places where it's going to be discussed"
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 19 March 2012 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
ppl are fucking life and death abt this show
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 19 March 2012 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
i would watch a three episode inspector spacetime arc with great joy, but only if they never mentioned it again
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 19 March 2012 02:26 (twelve years ago) link
your favorite things and why they suck, coming up on ilx
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 19 March 2012 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
It's important to give good things a dressing down when they aren't perfect, I find.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 19 March 2012 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
The Inspector Spacetime-knockoff webseries Kickstarter is still active, btw.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1878253293/inspector-spacetime-the-webseries
Almost to their goal
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Monday, 19 March 2012 06:35 (twelve years ago) link
it's called a raison d'être, fella
― Bo Jackson Overture (King Boy Pato), Monday, 19 March 2012 07:54 (twelve years ago) link
― mookieproof, Sunday, March 18, 2012 10:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
if u really, truly, like something, don't talk about it on ilx.
anyway now that i am caught up i can say this was pretty good by season 3 standards which means it wasn't really that good.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 01:16 (twelve years ago) link
haha i'm hardly a community stan -- i was honestly still amazed, after nine years, at ilx's ability to kill fun.
i mean srsly -- it's a fucking american network sitcom! ppl are complaining about character development vs. world building vs. consistency vs. whatever. i don't care if ppl dislike it, just don't act like it's this huge life disappointment or something.
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
sub-Godard. worst episode ever.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 01:30 (twelve years ago) link
only sub-custos counts
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 01:31 (twelve years ago) link