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Charlie has always applied intense focus to things that are important to him (The Nightman Cometh, Charlie Rules The World) so it's completely in character. I love how this season has kind of dealt with the reality of Paddy's between none of the gang actually serving drinks in the group dating episode or Charlie apparently being the only thing in between the gang's crazy schemes and the bar failing health inspections. It's absolutely insane to me that a show this old is still firing on all cylinders.
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kami posted:Charlie slamming the stool every time he passed it was awesome, and the payoff was even better. It was brilliant, as was Dennis taking credit immediately after Mac prompted him to do so.
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Did you flush your shirt? Yes. I love Frank.
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That was a truly inspired episode, goddamn!  That has to be up there as among the best of the series are we're in season 10!
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Feb 5, 2015 08:22
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This and the boat episode will be how I introduce people to the show.
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Feb 5, 2015 08:37
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I'm speechless, that was absolutely incredible. Unless there were some clever edits, that was a 10+ minute continuous shot.
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So on casual re-watching, "what happened to the glory hole cover" happens to point out that the confession hole is still there! BCBUDDHA posted:does anybody miss borderline retarded charlie??? this season he's pretty much the smartest one in the gang He's always been casually competent at the bare minimum. When not completely sniffing glue, he ranges from not being able to read basically at all (The Gang Dances Their Asses Off) to having a functioning survival instinct (not getting in the car in Mac and Charlie Die) to Dennis-level masterminding (Dee and Charlie Find Love). It's not out of character for him to either completely gently caress something up or to completely surprise everyone by secretly running the show.
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ultramiraculous posted:I'm honestly surprised they're not calling out a True Detective homage. I swear I remember reviewers saying this episode "put True Detective to shame" before Birdman's style became widely known. It's not really a new thing to have a continuous long shots, Hitchcock was doing that back in 1948 with Rope, and Scorsese did it in Goodfellas. It's not exactly groundbreaking. But it is a pain in the rear end to pull off. Nothing against the directors and editors who made it happen, since that is actually a fine technical achievement. But the whole, 'They're doing a Birdman/True Detective homage' doesn't exactly ring true, since that's been a thing for almost 70 years. Still, hats off to the director and editors who pulled that off. Lesser directors would have balked at the task, and being compared to Hitchcock and Scorsese is no slight. thrakkorzog fucked around with this message at 09:54 on Feb 5, 2015 |
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What a goddamn masterpiece. Easily my new favorite episode.
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thrakkorzog posted:Nothing against the directors and editors who made it happen, since that is actually a fine technical achievement. But the whole, 'They're doing a Birdman/True Detective homage' doesn't exactly ring true, since that's been a thing for almost 70 years. I still think it's an homage, of sorts, to True Detective and McConaughey because of Dennis' repeated use of the phrase "alright, alright, alright." It still makes me laugh every time he does that, even after the third rewatch. Yes, that's how great this episode is, I've watched it three times already.
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Feb 5, 2015 10:23
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The look Dennis gives Mac when he "casually brings something up" is the epitome of disgust and hate. Hands down one of the best episodes of the series. If people see it with no prior knowledge of the show they are going to have a serious wtf experience though.
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Feb 5, 2015 10:26
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I don't know why but I thought Dennis mumbling "I was irritated" was the funniest line I've heard in a while.
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Feb 5, 2015 10:29
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That was a great episode for my birthday. These guys!
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sweetmercifulcrap posted:I'm speechless, that was absolutely incredible. Unless there were some clever edits, that was a 10+ minute continuous shot. Someone linked an article that explained the entire process but yeah there were quite a few very clever edits. Whenever they go outside or down to the basement it's a visual effect edit. Such a great episode. This is one of those episodes where commercial breaks really take away from the experience though.
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While Charlie Day completely owned in the episode, Glenn Howerton has really been perfect this season. They've really stepped up Dennis's insanity and Glenn has pulled it off great. He's gotten Dennis's crazy faces and mannerisms down so well I'd probably actually feel uncomfortable meeting him in person despite knowing he's just an actor playing a role. His speech to Frank on the airplane where he goes over his thought process when picking his targets, his breakdown when getting scored 0 on date rating sites (and him glaring at Dee for rating men 0's), his reaction to the mental hospital being closed down and taxes, and his interaction with Mac in this episode.
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Anosmoman posted:The look Dennis gives Mac when he "casually brings something up" is the epitome of disgust and hate. I found it hilarious that his reaction was to claw Mac in the face.
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Accretionist posted:This and the boat episode will be how I introduce people to the show. This was a stellar episode but a horrible choice to introduce people to the show. It was full of callbacks to previous events and references to character traits of the gang that weren't explained in the episode in a self-contained way.
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I loved how the entire gang had no clue why they were doing any of the things they were doing, but just kind of decided to go with the flow because I guess either they figured it was part of the steak plan or just for the hell of it.
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Mr. Carlisle posted:Someone linked an article that explained the entire process but yeah there were quite a few very clever edits. Whenever they go outside or down to the basement it's a visual effect edit. Ah. Yeah after re watching I can tell how they did the edits. I guess I should have figured that anyway since the exterior shots are not the interior bar set. Still a very awesome sequence though, playing out in real time you can really feel then intensity of it. Plus a stellar performance by Charlie Day.
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thrakkorzog posted:It's not really a new thing to have a continuous long shots, Hitchcock was doing that back in 1948 with Rope, and Scorsese did it in Goodfellas. It's not exactly groundbreaking. But it is a pain in the rear end to pull off. Yeah, those are massive Hollywood productions. This is a niche sitcom.
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HEY YOU! ... Alright alright alright
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Criminal Minded posted:Yeah, those are massive Hollywood productions. This is a niche sitcom. Meaning what? That still doesn't make it something new.
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ChesterJT posted:Meaning what? That still doesn't make it something new. It's not about newness, it's about how impressive of a feat it is considering time and budget constraints as compared to a huge Hollywood studio production. Something not being new doesn't make it unimpressive.
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Feb 5, 2015 20:36
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After the 'Goddammit' compilation, I want one of every time Dee gets called a bitch now. I feel like they've really ramped that up in the recent seasons.
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King Vidiot posted:It's not about newness, it's about how impressive of a feat it is considering time and budget constraints as compared to a huge Hollywood studio production. Something not being new doesn't make it unimpressive. And it's still not something you regularly see on TV. Not to get too hyperbolic with the analogy, but in the late 60s the reaction to the Beatles using orchestras in their music wasn't "Psshhh, write a full symphony and get back to me."
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Wait, is someone really not impressed with that episode? gently caress that. That was some extraordinary television.
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This is one of the best episodes ever. Really impressed.
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That episode was like a Rube Goldberg machine. I can't believe the AV Club only gave it a B+.
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That was a phenomenal episode.
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Waltzing Along posted:Wait, is someone really not impressed with that episode? Oh it was fantastic, one of my favorites, but it's not groundbreaking or more impressive just because it was done on tv or that they don't have a "hollywood budget". And calling a show on it's tenth season with at least two more bought and paid for hardly qualifies as niche tv.
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Meatwave posted:That episode was like a Rube Goldberg machine. I can't believe the AV Club only gave it a B+. Same reviewer gave "The Gang Desperately Tries to Win an Award" a B+. To me, that episode and this one are top 5-10 all time. Guy just seems like a dipshit to me.
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I've been kind of laying off It's Always Sunny, because it's one of the few shows I prefer to binge watch, but I had to see this episode. Goddamn, was it worth it. Dee being the only one who hosed up her part was hilarious, as was no one even knowing what Charlie was having them all do. Irish Joe posted:What's wrong with a B+ Eh, I think it was better than that, but it's not like the guy called it an average episode. He actually heaped a ton of praise on it. Arsonist Daria fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Feb 6, 2015 |
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Holy poo poo, I haven't read anything in the thread, but I'm just getting caught up. That might have been the best episode they've ever done.
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That was an absolutely phenomenal episode, right up there with "The Gang gets Trapped" for me. Also, I saw it mentioned here a bunch of times, but Dennis has just gotten better and better, dear lord it's amazing.
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What exactly was the scam though? They bought airline miles and used those to buy steaks. They planned on contaminating the steaks (how would anyone even detect the contamination with the original plan?) with the chickens and then sending the steaks back to get cash. Where do they make money? They'd have to just pay off Frank's credit card as well as pay for those chickens. Not to mention that vacuum sealer.
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