Oh yeah, that makes complete sense. I thought they did a decent job with this one though, I liked the "canon" comment to hedge the renewal bets.
Did you catch the historic facts on the wall timeline? One of the original names considered for the town of Greendale was "Harmon's Heartbreak".
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 18 April 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link
It was a low key finale to a low key season but I'm just glad Harmon got to right the ship.
― da croupier, Friday, 18 April 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link
I really enjoyed the credits scene.
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 19 April 2014 02:02 (ten years ago) link
This could have done with being more Goonies and less Deus Ex Machina I think but this really didn't have the feel of Last Episode Ever.
Best thing about this season was at no point did Chang insert his own name into any other sentence. Always hated that.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 19 April 2014 09:27 (ten years ago) link
I was pretty happy with the way they handled Chang this season, until the whole reveal that he was spying on the group. That was a roll my eyes, "again!?!" kind of moment. But this season has been such a massive improvement over the last that it seems weird to hang on to such a minor complaint.
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 21 April 2014 17:31 (ten years ago) link
he was only spying on the group for the last two episodes, thankfully... but yeah, even the show pathetically lamp-shaded it. but yeah, overal best Chang in years
― Nhex, Monday, 21 April 2014 17:48 (ten years ago) link
finale was pretty bad, rmde at the whole chris elliott emoticon thing. whole chris elliott character possibly
sort of like last season's finale but with dan harmon cynicism added in
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 00:36 (ten years ago) link
i wonder if/when we'll be able to get the full version of that Aimee Mann cover of "Come Sail Away"
― Nhex, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
neva forget https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FswfgcXD_pY
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Friday, 25 April 2014 19:10 (ten years ago) link
tvline.com/2014/05/09/community-cancelled-nbc-season-6
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 May 2014 18:36 (ten years ago) link
that asteroid hit's canon then
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Friday, 9 May 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/joelmchale/status/464837715104890880
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Friday, 9 May 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
how long until the kickstarter launches?
― Nhex, Friday, 9 May 2014 18:55 (ten years ago) link
I can't even be real mad about this, because I have no idea what stories are left to tell in a potential sixth season (much less a fucking movie). Did Troy die at sea? That's all I need to know, I guess.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 9 May 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
don't know if harmon can be arsed going to netflix leave alone a begging bowl kickstarter
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Friday, 9 May 2014 18:59 (ten years ago) link
I can't imagine any out there could actually be surprised by this, but it does kinda sting after how much the show bounced back with the 5th season. I guess I'll just be glad it didn't fade out after the awful Season 4.
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 9 May 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Friday, May 9, 2014 2:56 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, I kind of feel the same way. Sucks that it's done, but at least it went out on a high note. Makes season 4 seem like that much more of a waste, though.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 9 May 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
I'm still not sure season 4 was so much worse than season 5 tbh. Or maybe that season 5 was so much better than its predecessor.
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Friday, 9 May 2014 19:03 (ten years ago) link
Season 4 was 85% straight out terrible, I'm not sure how you could even equate the two.
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 9 May 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt1439629
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Friday, 9 May 2014 19:07 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, there were massive chunks of S4 that were unwatchable; not even the worst S3 moments were that bad.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 9 May 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
maybe i was watching season 4 braced for the worst. maybe i expected better from season 5. i haven't watched episodes from either season more than once (have watched the previous 3 a bunch of times, season 3 tails off badly too). i don't know what to tell you.
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Friday, 9 May 2014 19:10 (ten years ago) link
someone asked a netflix suit earlier this year about a possible pickup and apparently something about the syndication deal they have w/ hulu makes it very difficult for netflix (and presumably amazon) to pick it up.
― balls, Friday, 9 May 2014 19:11 (ten years ago) link
i can't remember much about season 4 other than it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. my immediate feelings about season 5 is that a lot of it didn't work, and losing troy was an unwinnable situation. and i missed chevy more than i thought i would. and they just didn't bother writing much that was interesting for shirley.
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Friday, 9 May 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
although i think it was lame for dude to jet for the last 7% of the show's run because he needed to get his cornball album out, i liked the dynamic of the episodes without Troy, tbh the pairing with Abed had gotten stale to me and did a lot to limit possibilities for both characters.
― some dude, Friday, 9 May 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, was going to say I thought they handled Troy's absence pretty well.
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 9 May 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link
one thing i noticed in the commentaries for the early seasons was how they made a point of basing scenes/stories around every possible pairing or grouping of characters and found a way to make those people funny together. things like the Troy/Abed superfriendship reduced that as time went on, so it was fun to see that approach return a bit in season 5.
― some dude, Friday, 9 May 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
Hoping the cast fatalism is long game minded - why curb audience heartbreak when it could only increase chance of cc/Hulu pick-up. But either way, wahhhhhh. Why u give me good season 5 when hit or miss s3 followed by zombie s4 let me down more gradually?
― da croupier, Friday, 9 May 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
Harmon is in town doing a podcast taping tomorrow that I'm going to try to attend. We'll see what he says.
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Friday, 9 May 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
Rick and Morty having been picked up for a 2nd season softens the blow considerably, I gotta say.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 9 May 2014 20:26 (ten years ago) link
Wish they'd at least marketed it as a farewell season instead of literally putting "six seasons and a movie" in the network promo
― da croupier, Friday, 9 May 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
Rick and Morty isn't that good, though
― chillin' on an "awesome pretzel" hoagie (DJP), Friday, 9 May 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
maybe they'll make up for the lost season and give us a Ben Hur length movie
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Friday, 9 May 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
tbh I would rather have a movie chronicling Alison Brie's Smirnoff party with Adam Scott
― chillin' on an "awesome pretzel" hoagie (DJP), Friday, 9 May 2014 20:33 (ten years ago) link
It sucks that the show had to go out on such a low note. The season 5 finale was a mess.
― jmm, Friday, 9 May 2014 20:37 (ten years ago) link
uh yeah if S5 finished on a high note, I could live with this
(Don't worry, they'll be back on some streaming thing.)
― Enola Ghey (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 10 May 2014 05:41 (ten years ago) link
i'm honestly kinda fine with it ending. liked season 5 fine but I never felt this needed to be a long-tenured series. if anything I'd have been happier if 4 never happened and 5 replaced 4 and it had more of a definitive end.
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Saturday, 10 May 2014 05:46 (ten years ago) link
I said this above and I stand by it - had S5 been a normal length season, with a bit more light and shade, and character development between the novelty episodes, it would have been fine. But it felt rushed - cf the David Cross character in the subpar D&D episode - and suffered as a result.
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Saturday, 10 May 2014 08:47 (ten years ago) link
super-nice of them to time this leak for the return of Harmontown
― Gritty Shakur (sic), Saturday, 10 May 2014 09:32 (ten years ago) link
stevie otm
― "that guy from nokia mobile phones!" "what mobile phones?" (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 10 May 2014 09:52 (ten years ago) link
Harmontown. Dan is not nearly as upset by the news as you'd think he'd be.
https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/t31.0-8/10255447_10152062727596596_8532038610208064006_o.jpg
https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t31.0-8/1979096_10152062765246596_3275127959936070356_o.jpg
Jeff is taller and skinnier than you'd expect.
https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/10250136_10152062595281596_7862423479692567925_n.jpg
I proved empirically than I am taller than Dan Harmon.
Oh yeah, and this happened:
https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/10366300_10152062915821596_8729889955711706834_n.jpg
Made the whole weekend festival worth it. He'll happily talk to anybody afterwards about Joseph Campbell, the Dead Alewives, etc.
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Monday, 12 May 2014 04:48 (ten years ago) link
Dan is not nearly as upset by the news as you'd think he'd be.
I think he's relived, tbh. The show will forever hang around his neck like a ship's anchor.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 May 2014 05:07 (ten years ago) link
great photos kingfish!! lucky dog!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:58 (ten years ago) link
http://danharmon.tumblr.com/post/85510995369/more-than-a-tweet
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Monday, 12 May 2014 16:27 (ten years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/baf7987a499e3f2f5d3128a6b23f10f3/tumblr_n08shpfflo1qm9vvlo1_500.png
This may nag at me forever.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 22:06 (ten years ago) link
the meteor got them too
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Thursday, 15 May 2014 02:14 (ten years ago) link
I do not watch Girls, but I might watch these specific episodes: http://www.avclub.com/article/gillian-jacobs-joins-season-four-girls-204914
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 21:48 (nine years ago) link
this news confirms for me that i dislike girls more than i like gillian jacobs
― Mordy, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 21:50 (nine years ago) link
haha
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 21:53 (nine years ago) link
great moments in sentences being typed out without the titles of things being capitalized
― ςὖτ ιτ Οὖτ (some dude), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 21:59 (nine years ago) link