[TV] Community - Page 41

On March 01 2013 13:13 wammyz wrote:
Also I was really disappointing at Community bringing back what were clearly supposed to be 1 episode characters. It seemed incredibly desperate imo. Along with the general dialogue it leads me to think that they are desperately trying to use the same style that Community held for 3 seasons under Dan Harmon. Unfortunately the quality of writing is simply not there anymore and as much as I hate to say this it may be time to chang the show to suit the new writers instead of trying to recapture the spark that Harman held for 3 beautiful seasons.

Community can still be streets ahead! Just in a different way

On March 09 2013 02:40 BlackMagister wrote:
This Thanksgiving episode was the best episode in season 4 so far hands down. It uses the story aspects unique to season 4 well and the plots of the two stories are well done. There are no really out there themes, Abed just projects his own story on the Shirley dinner, but it's still pretty grounded expect maybe what is revealed in the end. + Show Spoiler +

On April 05 2013 21:57 Scootaloo wrote:
Anyone else watch yesterday's abomination?

They went full fucking big bang theory, because if you're terrible at writing your series just steal from another terrible one that hasn't been funny for 5 seasons.

I'm guessing by the end of this season everyone's gonna be in a relationship with either copies of themselves or people they have 0 chemistry with, and with Jeff's resolving his father issues everyone's gonna be happy forever.

Why the fuck am I still watching this?

On April 21 2013 02:08 FirstProbe wrote:
The last two episodes have been better, in my opinion.

The quality is still nowhere near the previous seasons but let us not forget what Community has given us.

Therefore I propose that we nominate our best 5 episodes of Community (with honorable mentions, of course).

1. Modern Warfare
The first time we realized that Community could produce ART in 20 minutes. This is the perfect episode that can be appreciated in isolation (comedy, action etc), and whilst defining a special episode, never overindulges to maintain that special balance that creates a timeless piece of television.

2. Remedial Chaos Theory
Characterization and diversity. It's not about a single punch line. It's not about a single event. It represents the development of characters over the past two seasons in a pseudo-complex reality, culminated and transposed on the mundane.

3. Co-operative Calligraphy
A bottle episode with our favorite characters. We know that they are friends but clearly they are so much more. They are a family (community).

4. Epidemiology
I watched this episode and thought 'Cool!'. How it was integrated seamlessly into the (season) story I'll never know.

5. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
This was a difficult choice. But to integrate and tackle such a complex story matter without the use of special effects or 'nerdy' humor (the kind of humor that is stereotyped), deserves to be appropriately commended.


HONORABLE MENTIONS, in order:
Introduction to Statistics (the first great episode)
Investigative Journalism (so good on so many levels)
Contemporary American Poultry (A great Abed episode done well c.f. Critical Film Studies)
Back Rocket Science (Another great spoof without being overdone)
Intermediate Documentary Making (An amazing episode preceded by many good episodes and that may represent the high point of Community)
A Fist Full of Paintball's (and its sequel)
Basic Lupine Urology (another beautifully constructed spoof)
Course Listing Unavailable (if nothing else, worthy of mention for asylum delusion)
Digital Estate Planning (the last great episode)


I fear that the first two (and to a lesser extent, the third) seasons are a once in a lifetime 'event' that will never be matched again.

On April 27 2013 03:35 BlackMagister wrote:
I thought last episode was pretty good. A lot of fans hated the whole Britta and Troy relationship but that had been set up in season 3 so it's not really fair to blame it on 4. I was neutral on their relationship, Britta seemed like a good girlfriend and was very supportive of Troy's childishness, but I can see why people were saying that didn't work together.

Maybe Community resembled Big Bang in the Whale episode but this episode resembles BB just because it deals with relationships? It was a funny episode with the Dean, Jeff and Shirley/Annie they also managed to take the not real body switch seriously and somewhat believable given their characters. Troy didn't know how to break up with Britta and so he came up with the body switch gimmick as a way to avoid dealing with heavy emotions.