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Solice Kirsk posted:Should be the name of the thread. 
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Anybody not on board with the time jump can just pretend the finales of the last three seasons were series finales. The show was getting pretty stale and the time jump with all its non-sequiturs was just what it needed.
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Jan 15, 2015 07:51
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keevo posted:Wait why are they airing this over a month? FadingChord posted:I think complaining about Jamm being out of character for (most of) the second episode is missing the entire point of both Tammys and how they turn their lovers into completely different people.
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Jan 15, 2015 07:58
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I don't think the episodes were bad by any stretch, but they did just feel off. I think it might be best to think of this season as an epilogue kinda thing.
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Jan 15, 2015 11:37
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I love that, in a couple years, Kevin James is apparently going to take off bigtime. I chuckled when Leslie mentioned that he was an odd choice for the Bourne Identity reboot, and on a rewatch, boring April and Andy are planning to stay home and watch Hitch 2. Glad that guy's getting some work.
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Jan 15, 2015 12:55
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I wonder if we'll get to hear Ben's opinion on the new Star Wars
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Jan 15, 2015 15:46
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Phenotype posted:Leslie mentioned that he was an odd choice for the Bourne Identity reboot, I think he nailed it.
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tin can made man posted:I wonder if we'll get to hear Ben's opinion on the new Star Wars I'm more interested in references to all of the new Twin Peaks stuff! Between the recent box set and the upcoming new miniseries....
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Jan 15, 2015 15:51
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They're probably not going to reference either of those things. They're using the setting to tell a few silly jokes, not set down The Parks and Rec Prophecies.
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Jan 15, 2015 16:28
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It really can't be overstated how funny that Megan Mullally impression was, and how committed Leslie was. I hope they release a lot of deleted takes someday. JAMM! Strip down, ya sex maggot!!
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Jan 15, 2015 17:11
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Illinois Smith posted:Also kinda bummed out that Tom's former love interest they decided to bring back isn't Tatiana Maslany. Who's the girl they brought back? She looks familiar but I don't remember who she is.
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Jan 15, 2015 17:29
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Cant wait for an episode where Tom has to pick up Jean Ralphio after serving two years in prison for some scam.
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Jan 15, 2015 17:34
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bamhand posted:Who's the girl they brought back? She looks familiar but I don't remember who she is. Tom bought a ton of girls drinks at the Snakehole hoping for a date/kiss/etc and when he went to pay the tab they joked around, he asked her out. They broke up when Tom was obviously jealous of Ron+Wendy. Jean-Ralphio invited her to the E720 bankruptcy party (unknowing she was Tom's ex) and they reconnected, but she was moving out of town.
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Jan 15, 2015 17:36
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bamhand posted:Who's the girl they brought back? She looks familiar but I don't remember who she is. She's also the girl responsible for Tom's face in the opening credits.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:10
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Zedd posted:Jean-Ralphio invited her to the E720 bankruptcy party (unknowing she was Tom's ex) and they reconnected, but she was moving out of town. Where she said the most unrealistic bit of dialogue in the entirety of Parks and Rec: "Grad school's a lot of fun." I mean, next to that, Kevin James as Jason Bourne is completely believable.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:25
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Illinois Smith posted:Also kinda bummed out that Tom's former love interest they decided to bring back isn't Tatiana Maslany. She is the one from The End of the World though, which is a beautiful, glorious episode and Parks and Recreation at its best. PittTheElder posted:Because NBC is bad at decisions. I really miss 30 Rock and its constant mockery of NBC and its shows.
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Jan 15, 2015 21:30
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NBC is bad at decisions but at least this one works out for us viewers. 2 episodes a week until it's over? Yes, please.
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Chairman Capone posted:Where she said the most unrealistic bit of dialogue in the entirety of Parks and Rec: Well, she could have been getting an MBA which if my friends are at all representative consists of lots of drinking, an hour or two of class, and then blow on a yacht. Also I live in Miami so our Tuesday mornings are a little different.
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Jan 15, 2015 23:04
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Dave Angel posted:I really miss 30 Rock and its constant mockery of NBC and its shows.
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Jan 16, 2015 02:56
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Chairman Capone posted:Where she said the most unrealistic bit of dialogue in the entirety of Parks and Rec: Notice that she's now running her ex-boyfriend's Italian bistro in small-town Indiana.
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Jan 16, 2015 17:51
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:There was another really blatant piece of product placement in one of the episodes, but I can't remember what it is now. It was weird, they didn't show the thing, but they mentioned it really explicitly a couple of times, so I wasn't sure if it was paid-for. Was it April telling Andy that he always feels better after taking a Zantac? That pulled me out of the show a bit
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Jan 16, 2015 22:27
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pzy posted:Was it April telling Andy that he always feels better after taking a Zantac? That pulled me out of the show a bit I think Andy referring to any medication by its actual name and not the trade/brand name would be even worse. "I always feel better after taking omeprazole HCl!"
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Jan 16, 2015 22:49
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That wouldn't be so far-fetched. He remembers things.
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Jan 16, 2015 22:52
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pzy posted:Was it April telling Andy that he always feels better after taking a Zantac? That pulled me out of the show a bit Yeah that was it!
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Jan 16, 2015 22:59
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/152274765/the-cones-of-dunshire
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Jan 16, 2015 23:03
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Yeah that was it! I mean honestly would it have been any better if he said Tums, or pepcid? Its kind of like the term band-aid, it's a brand name has entered the standard lexicon. Same with Tylenol.
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Jan 16, 2015 23:18
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swickles posted:I mean honestly would it have been any better if he said Tums, or pepcid? Its kind of like the term band-aid, it's a brand name has entered the standard lexicon. Same with Tylenol. I've never heard anyone say Zantac in a genericized way, and it seems like it would be more in-character for those two to say something like "your heartburn pills" but I don't really feel like this is a hill I need to die on.
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Jan 16, 2015 23:33
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:I've never heard anyone say Zantac in a genericized way, and it seems like it would be more in-character for those two to say something like "your heartburn pills" but I don't really feel like this is a hill I need to die on. Yeah but the whole point was they were acting like adults.
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Jan 16, 2015 23:37
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That idea of April and Andy dealing with the reality of having grown up was previously explored to great effect in Jerry's Painting, where Ben tries to teach the duo how to not live like pigs. The difference between then and now is a matter of amounts of hyperbole and style of execution. In that earlier episode, Ben was trying to get the two of them to live basic human lives. It was a ridiculous, absurd B-story with levels of exaggeration that leave it impossible to believe, yet highly entertaining and heartwarming (the A-story of that episode is somehow even more loving insane and touching). This 2017 look at the same idea is played much less wildly and much more believably in a very quick series of jokes spread across a very short period of time. The brand name usage and its subsequent jarring nature for both the audience and April is a great culmination of that: April and Andy have become something worse than adults. They've become uninterestingly normal. gently caress. Speaking as someone who takes hearburn medication, my wife and I always refer to it by name. And she also reminds me every other night to "take your Nexium". I'm 28. That plotline hit home.
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Jan 16, 2015 23:38
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Kevin James being in a comedic reboot of Bourne Identity is something I want to see
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SaltLick posted:Kevin James being in a comedic reboot of Bourne Identity is something I want to see I was picturing it as being closer to the time Seth Rogen lost all that weight to be the Green Hornet.
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Jan 17, 2015 04:55
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SaltLick posted:Kevin James being in a comedic reboot of Bourne Identity is something I want to see It is a completely serious film. Definitely.
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Jan 17, 2015 05:00
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bobkatt013 posted:Yeah but the whole point was they were acting like adults. Adulthood is not signified by adherence to corporate branding guidelines
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codenameFANGIO posted:It is a completely serious film. Definitely. Andy said it was surprisingly funny 
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Jan 17, 2015 05:24
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I'm glad the show is finally ending. I got into P&R because I liked having a feelgood sitcom about good friends working together to overcome obstacles as opposed to all the cringe comedy that was big at the time, but ever since Leslie got elected to city council the show pulled a complete 180 and everybody became more shrill and antagonistic and the show became about Leslie being hated for no reason and getting torn down. I was excited for the final season because of the possibilities of the timeskip, but they blew it on making everybody even more divided, made the show's best characters suddenly hate each other for no reason, and blew their comedy wad on lazy fake future jokes like evil AIs and [wacky actor] in [serious role] haha like that would ever happen right guys???  PittTheElder posted:Because NBC is bad at decisions. Parks and Recreation season one was a terrible show with bad ratings that would have gotten cancelled on any other network. Community and P&R fans getting salty about NBC when the network is more or less single-handedly responsible for the shows having more than a single season is always fairly loving rich.
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AnimeJune posted:I'm still angry that Milf Island and Bitch Hunter don't actually exist for me to watch the poo poo out of. Now I'm going to have to go back and watch all of 30 Rock again.
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Jan 17, 2015 06:05
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I don't think there's too much "wacky future" humor. I'm not a fan of the future holo-tablet stuff either but I'm all for the characters having drifted apart over the years. That's kind of what happens with people when you stop seeing them regularly. As far as Ron and Leslie hating each other "for no reason" goes, we do have a reason, a "Morningstar" incident that's almost certainly going to be explained at some point during the season. I think it'd be worse if the relationships between the characters remained in stasis over the course of the 3 year time skip. Leslie and Ron's falling out has me interested to learn exactly what happened to lead them to this after being such strong friends before. Pakled fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Jan 17, 2015 |
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Sudden Loud Noise posted:Now I'm going to have to go back and watch all of 30 Rock again. Milf island is one of my favorite episodes of television.
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Jan 17, 2015 07:00
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Sleeveless posted:and the show became about Leslie being hated for no reason and getting torn down. See, it's funny because I feel in this and the last season the show actually did the opposite and dialed Leslie's self-righteousness up 300%, to the point where it's almost as grating as season 1 Leslie used to be. It honestly makes it a lot harder to root for her compared to the earlier seasons. Case in point, pretty much any plot last season that involved her getting in a fight with Ben was handled in a way that made me feel way more cringey than amused.
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Too funny. Green Bay’s Board-Game Obsession Wait until the Cones of Dunshire comes out.
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