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Sergeant_Crunch posted:Charlie Work really lived up to the hype. That was incredible.  It really was one of the best episodes of TV I have ever seen. That pacing!  I'm so glad it's on Netflix and not broken up by commercials.
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Jan 6, 2016 09:17
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I'm just glad I finally got to see the bucket of blood episode that I had missed before. So funny.
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Sergeant_Crunch posted:Charlie Work really lived up to the hype. That was incredible. Agreed. I've kinda cooled off on Always Sunny over the years, but I watched that ep last night to see what all the fuss was about, and it was solid. Is the rest of the season pretty good?
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knows a black guy posted:Agreed. I've kinda cooled off on Always Sunny over the years, but I watched that ep last night to see what all the fuss was about, and it was solid. Is the rest of the season pretty good? I think so, but I never cooled on the show. They explore more of Dennis' psychopathy, which I really get a kick out of.
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knows a black guy posted:Agreed. I've kinda cooled off on Always Sunny over the years, but I watched that ep last night to see what all the fuss was about, and it was solid. Is the rest of the season pretty good? I thought a couple were a bit weak (one being the Psycho Pete episode) but overall I thought it was great. I am also a big fan though so take it how you will.
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I'd say season 10 is one of the top 3 seasons of the show. Wade Boggs and Charlie Work are certainly two of my favorite episodes.
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knows a black guy posted:Agreed. I've kinda cooled off on Always Sunny over the years, but I watched that ep last night to see what all the fuss was about, and it was solid. Is the rest of the season pretty good? "The Gang Misses The Boat" is really good for many reasons, but especially because the plot hinges on them recognizing how loving weird they've gotten & trying to, unsuccessfully, get back to being regular old jerks.
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Yeah that episode is how you do "meta" right. The Def Poetry Slam bits were also hilarious if you've ever actually seen slam poetry (which, for your sake, I hope you haven't).
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Jan 6, 2016 21:26
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precision posted:Yeah that episode is how you do "meta" right. The Def Poetry Slam bits were also hilarious if you've ever actually seen slam poetry (which, for your sake, I hope you haven't). I'm from the city where Slam Poetry first... slammed its ugly head. I've been to The Green Mill & paid too much for a martini there.
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precision posted:I'd say season 10 is one of the top 3 seasons of the show. Wade Boggs and Charlie Work are certainly two of my favorite episodes. The Wade Boggs episode is so perfect I'm tempted to cut it into the Hour of Power DVD I made after season 4 came out. (But I won't because I'm not in my early 20s where we did that stuff anymore  )
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Finally got around to watching The Suspect and man Korean cinema is on point lately. Solid movie, kinda felt like a mix of Mission Impossible meets The Fugitive detailing spy scandals between North and South Korea. Good budget and cinematography and the fights / car chases were really good. Solid action flick if you're in the mood for one.
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mysterious frankie posted:I'm from the city where Slam Poetry first... slammed its ugly head. I've been to The Green Mill & paid too much for a martini there. Yeah but at least back then Russel Simmons didn't think he literally owned the concept of slam poetry.
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I didn't catch season 10 of it's always sunny in philadelphia when it was airing, but the first 2 episodes are already pretty goddamn funny how the hell has this show continued to be this good for this long? it's amazing
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cat doter posted:I didn't catch season 10 of it's always sunny in philadelphia when it was airing, but the first 2 episodes are already pretty goddamn funny Here's my theory. One of the most common problems with long running comedies is that the audience gets bored with a certain level of absurdity. It becomes necessary to keep ramping things up more and more as the seasons go by, and eventually the characters aren't even close to what we started with. Its Always Sunny started with the premise that these characters are just the most absurd people you could ever possibly meet. So yea things have gotten more and more insane as the seasons have gone on, but it feels much more natural than in most other shows because it fits the characters. Nothing these people do could ever be so absurd as to be "out of character", and the show was designed that way.
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Basebf555 posted:Here's my theory. One of the most common problems with long running comedies is that the audience gets bored with a certain level of absurdity. It becomes necessary to keep ramping things up more and more as the seasons go by, and eventually the characters aren't even close to what we started with. The first season wasn't nearly as absurd as they are now.
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Jan 7, 2016 16:38
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Chichevache posted:The first season wasn't nearly as absurd as they are now. I know, I said that. My point is that the premise of the show allows for the characters to get more and more extreme without losing the core of what they were originally.
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yeah, I think I get ya, most sitcoms start out sorta grounded and end with the characters as cartoons, but sunny started off with the characters being cartoons, so the ramp up has seemed somewhat natural, as it's not the characters being slowly diluted, they're just becoming more unhinged (as demonstrated by the I'M A FIVE STAR MAN!!! bit)
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But, they aren't even close to the most absurd people you could ever meet in the first season. Which undermines your entire point.
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Chichevache posted:But, they aren't even close to the most absurd people you could ever meet in the first season. Which undermines your entire point. In the very first episode, "The Gang Gets Racist", Mac Charlie and Dennis befriend and hire a black guy so that Paddy's will get more black customers. Then they find out he's gay and Paddy's becomes a popular gay bar, and Dennis gets drunk and hooks up with a dude. Lets just say the gang doesn't handle these issues of race and sexuality with the maturity you'd expect from grown adults. In the second episode Mac and Dennis go to abortion rallies and try to pick up women by pretending to be for/against abortion. Things were pretty absurd right from the get-go.
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Basebf555 posted:Lets just say the gang doesn't handle these issues of race and sexuality with the maturity you'd expect from grown adults. Grown adults in this country are fire bombing mosques, voting for Trump, and trying to get gays put into special schools for re-education. And I'm talking to you on an Internet site where we make holocaust jokes for fun. I think you're dramatically overestimating how stable the average adult is. What makes The Gang look so absurd is condensing this kind of poo poo down to 20 minute chunks instead of stretching it out over a 24 hour news cycle. And if you don't think there are people who actually try running the D.E.N.N.I.S. system- or some variant- out there, then I want to move to your magic fantasy world where bad stuff only happens on television.
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Basebf555 posted:Things were pretty absurd right from the get-go. Maybe things like this are absurd in your life but...  I think it is more about how they don't have 25 episodes a season so ideas don't run out and get stale. I think they have only had like 120 something episodes in 11 seasons.
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Chichevache posted:Grown adults in this country are fire bombing mosques, voting for Trump, and trying to get gays put into special schools for re-education. And I'm talking to you on an Internet site where we make holocaust jokes for fun. I think you're dramatically overestimating how stable the average adult is. What makes The Gang look so absurd is condensing this kind of poo poo down to 20 minute chunks instead of stretching it out over a 24 hour news cycle. Of course its all rooted in the real world, none of it would be funny otherwise. But, as you say, condensing it down to 20 minutes is what makes them absurd cartoon characters. We don't ever get to see all the dimensions of these people like you do in real life, or in a more grounded show, hence the cartoon characters comparison.
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Chichevache posted:But, they aren't even close to the most absurd people you could ever meet in the first season. Which undermines your entire point. it's not so much about absurdity as it is about characterisation, the show has definitely gotten more absurd as time goes on but that's more an outcome of the characters becoming increasingly unhinged, and the show constantly plays with this, such as the "normal" people on the show being painfully uncomfortable in the presence of the gang and in the recent episode I watched, straight up diagnosing them with untreated mental illness
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Basebf555 posted:Of course its all rooted in the real world, none of it would be funny otherwise. But, as you say, condensing it down to 20 minutes is what makes them absurd cartoon characters. We don't ever get to see all the dimensions of these people like you do in real life, or in a more grounded show, hence the cartoon characters comparison. I still don't think these people are absurd cartoon characters, but I think you might lead a more sheltered life than you care to admit. On a daily basis I meet people who make the early seasons of the gang seem positively stable.
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Chichevache posted:I still don't think these people are absurd cartoon characters, but I think you might lead a more sheltered life than you care to admit. On a daily basis I meet people who make the early seasons of the gang seem positively stable. Sounds like a great life, have fun.
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Do you two have some kind of rivalry going on or what? What's the score?
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Wiggles Von Huggins posted:Do you two have some kind of rivalry going on or what? What's the score? Not that I know of
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cat doter posted:it's not so much about absurdity as it is about characterisation, the show has definitely gotten more absurd as time goes on but that's more an outcome of the characters becoming increasingly unhinged, and the show constantly plays with this, such as the "normal" people on the show being painfully uncomfortable in the presence of the gang and in the recent episode I watched, straight up diagnosing them with untreated mental illness Yeah, that's what makes it so good. They are playing the mentally ill. And mentally ill people happen to be real. Hence these individuals not being cartoonish, but instead being pretty decent (though relatively extreme) representations of actual human beings. Basebf555 posted:Sounds like a great life, have fun. I do! I work in the psych department of a county hospital in a major metro area that's heavily afflicted by crystal meth.  Enjoy shopping at Bed, Bath, and Beyond and occasionally getting wild by going to bed after 11 PM. 
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Whoa now, that's a step over the line. poo poo on me all you want, but not Bed, Bath & Beyond. This escalated pretty quickly huh?
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Jan 7, 2016 17:26
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If you stepped outside your comfortable little box you might meet a murder clown or two, you loving square
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Basebf555 posted:Whoa now, that's a step over the line. poo poo on me all you want, but not Bed, Bath & Beyond. Yeah. I'm currently being invaded by France on crusader kings and your monkey avatar must have triggered me. drat French.  morestuff posted:If you stepped outside your comfortable little box you might meet a murder clown or two, you loving square  Hey look, I brought it back.
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I really didn't like the first season because of its South Park-esque model of having each episode be a commentary on a hot-button issue like racism or abortion. Ditching that was almost as important as bringing on Danny Devito.
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The Gang Beats Boggs and The Gang Group dates were both incredible. Is there a list of the best episodes in the show somewhere?
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Sleeveless posted:I really didn't like the first season because of its South Park-esque model of having each episode be a commentary on a hot-button issue like racism or abortion. Ditching that was almost as important as bringing on Danny Devito. I loved how Frank's entrance worked as a logical catalyst for their rapid descent into madness. They were all jerky weirdos, but a lack of money and ambition kept them "normal". Frank's money and desire to go nuts allowed them to become exactly the sorts of freaks they always were, and they vice versa enabled Frank's own degeneration.
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I mean, "The Gang Misses the Boat" directly addresses all of that, yeah. Dennis directly says "Have you noticed how weird we've all gotten?"
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Sergeant_Crunch posted:The Gang Beats Boggs and The Gang Group dates were both incredible. Is there a list of the best episodes in the show somewhere? It's not like any episodes are stinkers (except possibly Charlie and Dee Find Love), so you should just watch them all. Some personal episode recommendations would be: The Nightman Cometh (and its precursor Sweet Dee's Dating A Retarded Person) The Gang Gives Frank an Intervention The Gang Gets Invincible The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis A Very Sunny Christmas Paddy's Pub: The Original Home of Kitten Mittens The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition The Gang Buys A Boat (The Implication in this episode is essential to understanding who exactly Dennis is) The D.E.N.N.I.S System
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