the writing is bad. It is bad writing. The dialogue is fucking horrible.
That whole scene about "top vs. bottom" is a perfect example; awkwardly shoe-horned in, totally cliche and uninteresting, inappropriate (not in subject matter but in timing) and an incredibly misguided attempt to make the two characters look like "bros."
The dialogue is so. awful.
I have this game that I play when I'm watching TV where I imagine the screenplay as I'm watching it - the set design, the lines of dialogue, the direction. Imagining Bored to Death's lines written upon a page is hilarious.
lord almighty is that show terribly written
you can even hear the actors making fun of the lines at certain points - Ted Dansen in particular does it a lot, most likely because the character was obviously written to be a stereotypically untypical "aged boss with lots of wisdom who is pretty cool" and he is not super interested in playing it that way
I haven't watched Family Guy since they had Jimmy Fallon taking Meg's virginity as a joke
The last Family Guy I watched was the one where stewie keeps beating up the dog and saying 'where's my money'. And it goes on for literally 10 minutes straight.
So I got up slowly, grabbed the remote and turned over. And will never watch Family Guy again.
I maintain that Family Guy can be pretty funny when the jokes aren't (a) pop culture references for the sake of pop culture references or (b) dragged on way too long because "lol they're going on too long"
i wish they made past ted more pompous and jerky, like college ted (Mr. X) or when he was with the redhead from that 70s show. yeah, dopplegangers was good stuff. and marshall's "sexual fantasy" was hilarious
It goes more for the straight sitcom sort of humor, and pulls it off well, as opposed to the more subtle or borderline absurdist sort that The Office and 30 Rock do so well
HIMYM is just alright. When you stack it up against the Office or 30 Rock it just can't make it.
True. But it's watchable. Very watchable. And quite consistent which I like. Plus nothing is really pushing it out of my schedule over here in the UK. I'll keep watching it. It's funny.
It goes more for the straight sitcom sort of humor, and pulls it off well, as opposed to the more subtle or borderline absurdist sort that The Office and 30 Rock do so well
It goes more for the straight sitcom sort of humor, and pulls it off well, as opposed to the more subtle or borderline absurdist sort that The Office and 30 Rock do so well
Right, it's not as funny.
Do you get the concept that things can be equally good in different ways?
It goes more for the straight sitcom sort of humor, and pulls it off well, as opposed to the more subtle or borderline absurdist sort that The Office and 30 Rock do so well
Right, it's not as funny.
Do you get the concept that things can be equally good in different ways?
I'm saying it's not a case of that. I genuinely think it's a lower-quality show.
It's not a bad show, just not an awesome show. I will not buy it on DVD like I do Sunny or the Office.
My problem was just with your statement that it can't hold up against 30 Rock and The Office, when it isn't even trying to do that because it's a different ball game
if NBC starts airing a show where people slap each other with fish make knock-knock jokes for a half an hour, you can't say "oh no you can't dislike it, it's a whole different type of comedy"
if NBC starts airing a show where people slap each other with fish make knock-knock jokes for a half an hour, you can't say "oh no you can't dislike it, it's a whole different type of comedy"
Wow I didn't realize that "you can't compare it to x" was the same as "you can't dislike it"
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the writing is bad. It is bad writing. The dialogue is fucking horrible.
That whole scene about "top vs. bottom" is a perfect example; awkwardly shoe-horned in, totally cliche and uninteresting, inappropriate (not in subject matter but in timing) and an incredibly misguided attempt to make the two characters look like "bros."
The dialogue is so. awful.
I have this game that I play when I'm watching TV where I imagine the screenplay as I'm watching it - the set design, the lines of dialogue, the direction. Imagining Bored to Death's lines written upon a page is hilarious.
lord almighty is that show terribly written
you can even hear the actors making fun of the lines at certain points - Ted Dansen in particular does it a lot, most likely because the character was obviously written to be a stereotypically untypical "aged boss with lots of wisdom who is pretty cool" and he is not super interested in playing it that way
hence the choice of actors.
but what do i know
it is poorly written in terms of plot development, character action and dialogue
Jasoco has an established history of being awful
is Bored to Death good in the second episode, y/n
apparently it's a love it or hate it show though
fuck now I can't find the second episode anywhere
I haven't thought an episode of Family Guy was funny since, like, the episode where they went to the South. That was forever ago.
it was pretty good!
the Disney part was freaking amazing
But still, haha gay people want attention, haha Christianity sucks our technology would be better, haha quagmire sex
the fucking Disney part
calling a show "bad" isn't pretentious
god yaya
in fact given that you are an aspiring film writer I would think that you would recognize the importance of solid writing
and, uh, functional, flowing dialogue
The last Family Guy I watched was the one where stewie keeps beating up the dog and saying 'where's my money'. And it goes on for literally 10 minutes straight.
So I got up slowly, grabbed the remote and turned over. And will never watch Family Guy again.
Not necessarily.
Michael Bay will one day need a successor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IXCK1EyP4s
Ted's date was pretty cute too.
The doppelgangers really cracked me up; Mustache Marshall is going to be especially hard to top
It goes more for the straight sitcom sort of humor, and pulls it off well, as opposed to the more subtle or borderline absurdist sort that The Office and 30 Rock do so well
True. But it's watchable. Very watchable. And quite consistent which I like. Plus nothing is really pushing it out of my schedule over here in the UK. I'll keep watching it. It's funny.
Right, it's not as funny.
Do you get the concept that things can be equally good in different ways?
I'm saying it's not a case of that. I genuinely think it's a lower-quality show.
It's not a bad show, just not an awesome show. I will not buy it on DVD like I do Sunny or the Office.
My problem was just with your statement that it can't hold up against 30 Rock and The Office, when it isn't even trying to do that because it's a different ball game
if NBC starts airing a show where people slap each other with fish make knock-knock jokes for a half an hour, you can't say "oh no you can't dislike it, it's a whole different type of comedy"
Wow I didn't realize that "you can't compare it to x" was the same as "you can't dislike it"
amazing.