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Just started watching Arrested Development for the first time. I can't believe I've waited so long. I end up watching every episode about four times to catch everything. And sometimes the dumbest little sight gag will destroy me, like someone trying to carry too many brownies in one hand.
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Aug 2, 2023 12:44
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The original run of arrested developmentwas pretty incredible and does a great job of setting up gags for way later, including ones they never got around to (like Tobias being black) but man some of it has aged extremely poorly.
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Aug 2, 2023 12:53
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Yeah, be prepared for some really unfortunate transphobic and ableist jokes.
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Aug 2, 2023 12:55
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Yeah, some of the stuff isn't great, or downright horrible. However, everything Bob Loblaw is gold. The Bob Loblaw Law Blog. He lobbed a law bomb, a Bob Loblaw Law Bomb! A low blow, Loblaw. Apparently, Mitch Hurwitz directed Scott Baio not to act whatsoever, and to just say his lines, giving Bob Loblaw literally no personality. Like he never emotes. It's weird, but it works. Rupert Buttermilk has a new favorite as of 13:33 on Aug 2, 2023 |
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Aug 2, 2023 13:30
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Fall Dog posted:You might also enjoy Loaded Weapon. edit: was it hotshots?? guess i gotta do some rewatches
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Aug 2, 2023 14:00
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The "Insert Adjective Here Movie" movies ruined parodies forever, but the first three Scary Movie entries actually had effort put into them, unlike Epic/Disaster/Etc. Scary Movie 3 has one of my absolute favorite gags in filmdom (the shovel) as well as this meta moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc8yJjjHt6o
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Aug 2, 2023 14:07
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Basically anything that Friedberg and Seltzer had their names on with the exception of the first Scary Movie. Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, Disaster Movie, Vampires Suck, Starving Games, Superfast!, etc.
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Aug 2, 2023 14:15
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Scary Movie 3 also had David Zucker direct it, which is a big plus.
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Aug 2, 2023 14:21
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Yeah, it's the last good thing he did before American Carol.
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Aug 2, 2023 14:27
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6QXefPM-ig
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Aug 2, 2023 14:27
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Yeah, some of the stuff isn't great, or downright horrible. Just like a real lawyer!
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Aug 2, 2023 18:05
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HopperUK posted:Just started watching Arrested Development for the first time. I can't believe I've waited so long. I end up watching every episode about four times to catch everything. And sometimes the dumbest little sight gag will destroy me, like someone trying to carry too many brownies in one hand. I probably watch the show 10 times on DVD. When I finally watched it in hi-def I noticed another one of these. There's a scene in the bathroom and there's a blue ring around the tub.  But yeah, there's some stuff in the show that hasn't aged well. Transphobic and ableist things as mentioned above, and some of the jokes around Tobias being gay make me uncomfortable now.
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Aug 2, 2023 19:11
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beats for junkies posted:Is it the train station bit? That's a good one. I'm watching it for the first time RIGHT NOW and it's amazing.
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Aug 2, 2023 19:28
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deoju posted:I probably watch the show 10 times on DVD. When I finally watched it in hi-def I noticed another one of these. There's a scene in the bathroom and there's a blue ring around the tub. lmao that's great Yeah, I sorta accept that any comedy is going to have some bits like that. I do not find it particularly hilarious that George Michael is dating a girl who is a little heavyset and not all that pretty. But I *do* find it hilarious that Gob is obsessed with stealing Michael's food, so I can deal.
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Aug 2, 2023 20:39
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Cage posted:Is this the one where the protagonists bash their knees or trip on some subtitles on the screen? That was so stupid but also great and its what I remember from watching it as a kid. That might be Johnny Dangerously? I recall a car driving into the opening subtitles in that. One of my favourite little visual gags of Loaded Weapon is when Tim Curry said he's been waiting for this moment, and he's sat next to a little TV on a table with a bunch of takeout containers.
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Aug 2, 2023 21:13
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HopperUK posted:I do not find it particularly hilarious that George Michael is dating a girl who is a little heavyset and not all that pretty.
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Aug 2, 2023 23:15
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Who?
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Aug 2, 2023 23:22
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Fall Dog posted:That might be Johnny Dangerously? I recall a car driving into the opening subtitles in that. “Suicide, huh? Musta caught herself by surprise.” Kills me every time.
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Aug 2, 2023 23:23
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Yeah? Well these matches say you’re lying.
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Aug 2, 2023 23:32
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HopperUK posted:not all that pretty.  Her?
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Aug 2, 2023 23:37
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Hirayuki posted:The deal with Ann Veal isn't that she's heavyset or not very pretty. (I would argue that she is neither of these things. If she is either of these things, it is not relevant.) It's more that she kind of...isn't. She's so aggressively bland that she fades into the background. People's brains can't seem to hold on to the concept of her for very long. I call her because she's shaped like... She's the belle of the ball!
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Aug 2, 2023 23:40
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I don't think a tv show has ever made me laugh as hard or as much as Arrested Development did.
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Aug 2, 2023 23:59
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Baron von Eevl posted:I call her because she's shaped like... Hirayuki has a new favorite as of 00:20 on Aug 3, 2023 |
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Aug 3, 2023 00:14
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Where are you guys watching Top Secret? Hopefully for free?
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Aug 3, 2023 00:15
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you've been on the internet since at least 2007, you'd think you'd know your options
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Aug 3, 2023 00:22
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Hirayuki posted:When the show wants to present someone as ugly, that person is presented as UGLY. Like, you'll know it. He also calls her Annhog and her last name is literally young cow.
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Aug 3, 2023 01:05
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flatluigi posted:you've been on the internet since at least 2007, you'd think you'd know your options I checked the geocities archives but it's not there. 
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Aug 3, 2023 02:05
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dr_rat posted:Yeah. Children's hospital was really great at using it's short run time as well. Just great pacing for that kind of comedy. Netflix also made a follow up, Medical Police, which followed Owen (Rob Huebel) and Lola (Erinn Hayes) and eventually went back to Childrens Hospital.
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Aug 3, 2023 02:23
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Baron von Eevl posted:He also calls her Annhog and her last name is literally young cow. Yeah this. Like I think she's perfectly fine-looking but 'she is so boring I forgot she existed' is only part of the joke. Most comedies will have something in them I don't appreciate though. And I just saw the amazing moment where Tobias thinks 'you're the big marriage expert? Oh that's right, your wife is DEAD' is a good point to make.
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Aug 3, 2023 11:20
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I remember thinking Michael was normal the first time I watched it, and then on rewatch realising he was just as crazy as the rest.
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Aug 3, 2023 12:24
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yeah michael is a huge piece of poo poo lol
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Aug 3, 2023 12:39
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Schneider Inside Her posted:I remember thinking Michael was normal the first time I watched it, and then on rewatch realising he was just as crazy as the rest. On his Inside The Actors Studio episode, Jason Bateman says he thinks Michael is the craziest of the lot.
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Aug 3, 2023 12:45
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Oh yeah he's terrible. He genuinely knows better and keeps diving headfirst back into that bullshit anyway.
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Aug 3, 2023 12:51
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Michael's weakness is that he does (kind of) care about the rest of his family. It took 3 seasons before he & George Michael finally broke away during their finale.
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Aug 3, 2023 12:59
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Android Apocalypse posted:Michael's weakness is that he does (kind of) care about the rest of his family. It took 3 seasons before he & George Michael finally broke away during their finale. Yeah I think it's part stockholm syndrome and part saviour complex.
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Aug 3, 2023 13:02
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I don't know what you all were expecting.
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Aug 3, 2023 13:14
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Schneider Inside Her posted:I remember thinking Michael was normal the first time I watched it, and then on rewatch realising he was just as crazy as the rest. His craziness does seem to sneaky up on you, but as soon as you notice you can't un-notice it
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Aug 3, 2023 13:16
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That dead dove reaction has catapulted up to one of my favourite comedy moments of all time. That's what Bateman is amazing at imo, the 'doesn't read like a joke on the page, and yet' stuff. I'm also watching Ozark so that's a fun adjustment to keep making.
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Aug 3, 2023 14:39
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HopperUK posted:I'm also watching Ozark so that's a fun adjustment to keep making. There's a whole bunch of stuff in Ozark that's only a Ron Howard narration away from being an unusually intense episode of Arrested Development.
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Aug 3, 2023 14:42
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Rascar Capac posted:There's a whole bunch of stuff in Ozark that's only a Ron Howard narration away from being an unusually intense episode of Arrested Development. Real shoddy narrating, just pure crap.
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