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King Vidiot posted:Wait, it parodied The Thin Blue Line too? I mean I saw both The Jinx and Making a Murderer and thought the episode was really funny, but knowing now that I had to also watch The Thin Blue Line in order to get it, I have to say that the episode was trash and the series is going downhill. I think it might even be cancelled after this season. My point is, the same documentary techniques have been along for so long in the same basic format that you don't need to be familiar with a particular film to get what they are doing.
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steinrokkan posted:My point is, the same documentary techniques have been along for so long in the same basic format that you don't need to be familiar with a particular film to get what they are doing. Hi, my name is William Shatner and this is Rescue 911. * people are almost dying * paramedics do their best, but it doesnt look good ~commercial break~ * paramedics still trying * Shatner walks close to the camera and gets real serious for a moment ~commercial break~ * everything is fine, theyre all alive * the paramedics & the almost dead guy and his family all BBQ together Shatner: and so another story became a truly magically unrealistic hell for all involved. Almost dead guy and the paramedics still hang out together every 4th of July weekend
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steinrokkan posted:My point is, the same documentary techniques have been along for so long in the same basic format that you don't need to be familiar with a particular film to get what they are doing. In the case of Charlie's scene you're wrong. That's s very specific joke.
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ChesterJT posted:In the case of Charlie's scene you're wrong. That's s very specific joke. I still got the joke, just not the specific reference (because, again, this sort of mumbly interrogation footage is pretty drat common). Did this lessen my experience? No.
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steinrokkan posted:I still got the joke, just not the specific reference (because, again, this sort of mumbly interrogation footage is pretty drat common). Did this lessen my experience? No. Bully for you, just saying it did lessen it for me and other people. I'm not sure why you can't understand it's an extremely specific reference. You didn't get the joke and can't see that you didn't. The reference is the joke. Just because you still found some enjoyment out of it doesn't mean you got the full jist of it.
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I found the description of Mac's version of MST3K hilarious, especially the thought of him repeatedly pausing the movie to try and come up with a riff.
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ChesterJT posted:Bully for you, just saying it did lessen it for me and other people. I'm not sure why you can't understand it's an extremely specific reference. You didn't get the joke and can't see that you didn't. The reference is the joke. Just because you still found some enjoyment out of it doesn't mean you got the full jist of it. I also haven't seen any of the crime documentaries they are "referencing" but I've seen enough True Crime documentaries that the jokes landed for me. They were making fun of the format in general as they were specific instances of it. Which was good, because that means there were jokes in it beyond, "This is a reference for something you have seen." I will agree it wasn't the funniest episode they've ever done. However, I really like the weird experimental direction they are going this season. The show has been on the air long enough that I imagine the leads are pretty drained/bored. I'll take weird ideas and directions even if they don't land over absolutely phoning it in giving retreads of older, better episodes.
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I used to not be too big of a fan of the rear end Blasters Incorporated episode but I've come to learn the way of the master and it's one of my favorites now.
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Woowwwwww I really forgot how much they went on about saving the children in the Bruce Mathis episode down to him and sweet dee singing children are the future
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steinrokkan posted:My point is, the same documentary techniques have been along for so long in the same basic format that you don't need to be familiar with a particular film to get what they are doing. Yeah I know this. You made a snarky joke post, and I did the same in response. 
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bring back old gbs posted:Woowwwwww I really forgot how much they went on about saving the children in the Bruce Mathis episode "Maybe Bruce is bangin' dudes!" "So what?" "...maybe the dudes are babies! "
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Big Mean Jerk posted:"Maybe Bruce is bangin' dudes!" I just watched this episode with my gf last night and she laughed her rear end off when I told her Bruce actually was banging baby dudes IRL
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I want this is as my avatar. Could anyone make it smaller? I loved this episode. some jokes got me to laugh out loud This is one is one of my favourites now.
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Genuinely pretty bummed I had the Ketamine joke spoiled for me by this thread, but the Frank/Cabbie bit was so funny I'm over it. I also feel like that for an episode explicitly about Dennis's weird proclivities, we could have probably gone a little darker, but I guess the crow's thing is pretty good. The 2 hours of uninterrupted staring is funny, but it also is kinda cool because if you transplanted that same bit into a real serial-killer movie, it would definitely be effective and creepy. This is me spergin' pretty hard, but is snapping the crow necks before or after getting raped by the librarian? I'm trying to build a chicken-or-the-egg file for this kinda stuff. Also, Frank's line about being a deadbeat dad who was never around, and therefore definitely off the hook for any of the hosed up stuff Dennis and Dee have done, was pretty masterful. I know DeVito is a master level talent, but the frenetic off the cuff delivery of his lines in this episode is just beat-for-beat hilarity
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Bust Rodd posted:Genuinely pretty bummed I had the Ketamine joke spoiled for me by this thread, but the Frank/Cabbie bit was so funny I'm over it. Then don't read the thread until you're done watching the episode.
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Cojawfee posted:Then don't read the thread until you're done watching the episode. I mean, realistically, this isn't really a show where spoilers have ever mattered, and I can't really think of any jokes having been spoiled for me in the 10+ years I've been reading about it online. Reading "BUT I CUT THE BRAKES!" doesn't take away from that scene pretty much at all. But 'It's Always Sunny' doesn't usually do 'slow burns' either, their gags are usually very blunt, physical comedy and the like, where the laugh is immediate and the Ketamine gag was certainly a rarer display of 'setup-10 minutes-payoff' that isn't what I've come to expect from Sunny.
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Eh, sometimes the title drops work a lot better if you don't know what's coming, so I prefer not to see them.
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I like how they gave that nod to Mike Myer's playing multiple characters in the same movie by having Mac not even able to understand it being possible.
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My favorite part of this show is that in each episode, they have a "smart character" which is a different member of the gang every time. Everyone else plays an idiot.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:I like how they gave that nod to Mike Myer's playing multiple characters in the same movie by having Mac not even able to understand it being possible. Since Mac literally does this (Riggs and Murtaugh) in Lethal Weapon 5, it really cracked me up.
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Is it wrong that I'm slightly more excited for the new The Mick than the new Sunny
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drunken officeparty posted:Is it wrong that I'm slightly more excited for the new The Mick than the new Sunny Yes.
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drunken officeparty posted:Is it wrong that I'm slightly more excited for the new The Mick than the new Sunny Not really. Full episode pop culture parodies aren't really Sunny, or at least, aren't really good Sunny. It hasn't been outright bad, but so far the season's been disappointing.
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People here might already know this but I just noticed: the Mick is created and written by a couple of guys who wrote/produced for Always Sunny. I knew it had Kaitlin Olson but I didn't know it was also created by Sunny guys
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Fast Luck posted:People here might already know this but I just noticed: the Mick is created and written by a couple of guys who wrote/produced for Always Sunny. I knew it had Kaitlin Olson but I didn't know it was also created by Sunny guys  Kaitlin Olson was wearing Mac's "Riot" T-shirt on the Mick tonight. The Fuzzy Hulk fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Feb 8, 2017 |
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The Mick is legit good. That little kid actor kills it every time he speaks.
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 Might be my favorite episode this season So you can now say gently caress, oval office, cocksucker without bleeps
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"In the closet, out of the closet, it doesn't matter we don't like you either way" Fuckin lol
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It was a good bike.
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Also the precredits part where it actually happened felt really strange to me for some reason. I thought it was some dream/alternate reality thing where they don't know who each other are as I watched it. They shoulda reservoir dogs'ed it.
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Episodes where the gang pieces things together like "Who Got Dee Pregnant" are always great, and this one was no exception. I laughed for almost a minute at "if it smells like poo poo, you must acquit."Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:
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get that OUT of my face posted:Episodes where the gang pieces things together like "Who Got Dee Pregnant" are always great, and this one was no exception. My thoughts exactly. This episode was very reminiscent of Who Got Dee Pregnant, and that's one of my Top 3 favorite episodes of Sunny. I don't know if it was just me, but this episode honestly made me pop my eyes out and cover my mouth with my hands a couple times. I obviously don't give a gently caress about language personally, but goddamn did they really push the boundaries when it comes to what you can say on cable nowadays. I was shocked and very amused by the dialogue in this episode. It was a similar reaction as when I saw that one South Park episode where they say "poo poo" about 200 times. Personally I liked the "Mac's gay" assertions when they were more subtle and implied, but at the same time it was cool to see the gang, a very hateful and xenophobic group, look so pleased with Mac finally maybe coming out of the closet for real. I'm sure it won't stick but it was still nice.
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When I watched the preview last week, I knew the bike would have a dildo in it. I didn't expect that though. I'm guessing they can't show an actual dildo, so they had to glue a doll fist to the end to keep it from being blurred. I didn't have high hopes at first when they brought up that the arbitration was about the scratcher. I figured the joke would be that after all that, the ticket would be worthless. They handled it perfectly though. Edit: OH poo poo, the beginning of the episode has Mac complaining that his glutes are sore from his exercise bike. Cojawfee fucked around with this message at 07:03 on Feb 9, 2017 |
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:The main reason I'm sad to see A few pages back, but this was great. I was disappointed that Cricket didn't show up as a character witness, but I'm glad he gets his own episode later in the season. The Sean fucked around with this message at 07:10 on Feb 9, 2017 |
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