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BIG HEADLINE posted:One thing that I wondered about... Him making his half-assed tomatoes blame on animals kind of suggested all the usual animals still exist.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:One thing that I wondered about... I think a dog would die living with him
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Mar 2, 2015 08:47
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Meatwave posted:Fun show. The first episode felt a bit like Groundhog Day, as the AV Club pointed out. It's nice to see someone more haggard looking than me on a TV show. Her name is Carol.
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Mar 2, 2015 08:52
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I thought this was great. Good first episode, and they didn't save the whole "last guy on Earth finds another person holy crap didn't see that coming" nonsense for the sweeps. (The sweeps is what they call Spring Cleaning in England.) I was wondering if and how they could manage to cover both the crippling desperation and depression that the last man on earth might actually feel with the humor that we are obviously tuning in to see. They managed it amazingly well. There is no way this episode should have been as funny as it was while still being true to the requisite "last guy on earth" tropes, but it did it all the same. And when one of Miss Grammatica's anti-preposition-at-the-end-of-a-sentence was met with "That can't be right," I just about died laughing. I don't know why, it was just too much. Bravo.
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Mar 2, 2015 09:00
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I was skeptical about this show even though I liked Will Forte on SNL and MacGruber is a guilty pleasure of mine. I was pleasantly surprised at how good this show is so far and glad that I didn't know that he'd find companionship in the first episode. I was initially annoyed that they did that right off the bat but it actually worked really well. What's the budget like for this show? I think that having only two actors (so far) to pay has to bode well for this show's future.
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Mar 2, 2015 09:59
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Holy gently caress that was one of the best pilots I've ever seen. I am on-board this show so hard. Plenty of laugh-out-loud moments for me, but the funniest had to have been when he tried to use a gun to open the water pipe. Twice.
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Mar 2, 2015 11:44
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Best part was when she mentions after the tomato accusing that he pooped in her garden
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Mar 2, 2015 11:59
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I wonder if they'll address the dead body situation (as in there are none lying around) or just ignore it as something that would kind of mess with the tone of the show.
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Mar 2, 2015 13:14
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twistedmentat posted:Yep, it makes sense to not want to leave where you are familiar with. I like the contrast with Phil in that manner, who has gone full hedonism. I'm wondering whether they will introduce new characters once the old ones are killed, or if this will turn into a small ensemble. I like the idea of a small band of survivors, none of whom can stand each other, and each of them with questionable sanity after a long bout of isolation.
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Mar 2, 2015 13:34
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muscles like this? posted:I wonder if they'll address the dead body situation (as in there are none lying around) or just ignore it as something that would kind of mess with the tone of the show. Easy. The virus made everyone crave saltwater, so they all mindlessly walked to the closest sea and drowned. And it's why there's not tons of cars crowding the roads, nor signs of rioting. I mean, Phil was messing up a pristine grocery store. The virus is why Phil lives far from saltwater in Arizona and also why he drinks and bathes in a lot of booze, to honor the classic sci-fi story about the last people on earth having to stay drunk to stave off a pathogen. Really, though, it's probably as you say and because bodies would be distracting. The in-show explanation doesn't matter. I wouldn't be surprised if they have no deeper explanation marked out other than "a virus did it." Hell, I hope they never explain it.
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Mar 2, 2015 14:13
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It's fundamentally a comedy, so if they have a funny corpse joke they'll deal with it. If they don't, they'll ignore it.
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Mar 2, 2015 14:20
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Thank God this was as good as I was hoping, 2014/2015 new broadcast TV season has sucked and this just saved it for me. Really glad they double backed the first 2 episodes too, it really needed that. It's a shame they don't do 2 episodes a week going forward, or hell even make it one of those rare beasts - an hour long show that is actually still a comedy at heart. Bit of ego in naming the lead character Phil Miller, but dammit those guys can truly do no wrong. Now let's get a continuation of Clone High like has been hinted at...
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Mar 2, 2015 14:34
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Viginti posted:So she didn't really hurt her foot and was never actually working on the water right? That was all a scheme to get his sympathy so he would come over to her side? I'm hoping the reveal for this is him falling in the toilet fountain and being shocked that it's actually empty. One thing I really liked about the pilot is that the writers didn't hit us over the head with it, but Carol has been alone as long as Phil has. Her mental health is suffering just as much as his. She probably wasn't OCD about stop signs, parking spaces and prepositions before the virus, that's just how her brain responded to two years of total isolation. So I don't think she was scheming, and she better get that foot cleaned up before it gets infected.
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Mar 2, 2015 15:19
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I'm on the other side, I bet she was faking it. They showed that she was faking trying to get the water fixed.
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Mar 2, 2015 16:42
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GreenNight posted:I'm on the other side, I bet she was faking it. They showed that she was faking trying to get the water fixed. I thought she just had no idea what she was doing.
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Mar 2, 2015 16:44
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Looked to me like she was banging on the manhole cover with a hammer and looking around going "oh what am I doing" was obviously not doing anything.
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Mar 2, 2015 16:49
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Well, either way it was hilarious.
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Mar 2, 2015 17:03
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I'm on team 'she was trying but genuinely doesn't have a clue, and hurt herself in the process'. But to be honest, I wasn't really thinking about it while watching it so could be totally wrong. Injury/health is definitely going to be a concern in a world with no doctors though, should be interesting when they tackle it properly. Also, in the preview from last year am I right in thinking the porn mags scene is a bit different? I have memories of him physically taking stuff out of his trolley in order to get more porn mags in. Liked that gag, shame they cut it for an alternative take.
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Mar 2, 2015 17:14
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Yeah, I don't agree with the people saying that Carol was faking doing things to get Phil to do them for her. I think she legitimately did not know what she was doing getting the manhole cover off and injured herself in the process. Not every female character on TV has to be a conniving/scheming bitch. In fact, most aren't. One thing this series has done is remind me how lucky I was to grow up in rural Vermont with parents that were more or less hippies--while I can't say that I'd be able to survive if everyone else on Earth were to die/disappear/etc, at the very least I'd know how to set up a garden (you don't actually need running water, per se), how to build an outhouse (or to track down a composting toilet, that way you have fertilizer for your garden), and that you'd be best off finding a house with solar panels on it so that you could at the very least have some electricity. Also, gently caress Tucson. But that's not who Phil and Carol are and that's fine. It's certainly funnier this way.
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Mar 2, 2015 17:35
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EL BROMANCE posted:Bit of ego in naming the lead character Phil Miller, but dammit those guys can truly do no wrong. Now let's get a continuation of Clone High like has been hinted at... To be fair, Will Forte created the show and wrote the pilot. If anything, he named his own character after the directors.
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Mar 2, 2015 17:40
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I didn't even tie it to the directors, I thought it was because Phil Miller = familiar, like he is an everyman.
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Mar 2, 2015 17:44
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The Grapist posted:To be fair, Will Forte created the show and wrote the pilot. If anything, he named his own character after the directors. Yeah, I can't find the interview right now, but I know yesterday I found one where they confirmed that Forte named the character Phil Miller to mess with them in an early draft and the name stuck. [Edit: \/\/\/\/\/\/\/Yup, here's them explaining it] asecondduck fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Mar 2, 2015 |
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Mar 2, 2015 17:46
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The Grapist posted:To be fair, Will Forte created the show and wrote the pilot. If anything, he named his own character after the directors. This is exactly what happened. They did an AMA on reddit yesterday and apparently Forte named the character to mess with them.
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GreenNight posted:I didn't even tie it to the directors, I thought it was because Phil Miller = familiar, like he is an everyman. GreenNight posted:Looked to me like she was banging on the manhole cover with a hammer and looking around going "oh what am I doing" was obviously not doing anything. Alright you're obviously going to be "that guy" for this thread. Please don't do this every episode. Isn't the US office thread still bouncing around somewhere so you can argue Michael said acquit?
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Mar 2, 2015 17:52
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Ratings are in! TLMoE got 2.3 mil in the 18-49 and a 6 share for both episodes, the highest of the night in both cases (well, share tied with Once Upon a Time). We'll see if those numbers hold up next week, but I'm optimistic. The fact that the second episode only lost .03 million overall viewers suggests that the numbers have some staying power. Also, I the disparity between Madam Secretary getting only 1.3 million viewers in the target but 11.42 overall is shocking, that's one of the higher numbers I've seen.
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ChesterJT posted:Alright you're obviously going to be "that guy" for this thread. Please don't do this every episode. Isn't the US office thread still bouncing around somewhere so you can argue Michael said acquit? What are you talking about? I didn't know who the directors were until this thread. I've never seen anything else they've done. What's wrong in thinking the name was a decent pun? I'm not sitting here arguing that Shannon was stabbed, Jesus.
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ChesterJT posted:Alright you're obviously going to be "that guy" for this thread. Please don't do this every episode. Isn't the US office thread still bouncing around somewhere so you can argue Michael said acquit? I don't see his posting as being intentionally obtuse (that's what you're getting at, right?).
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GreenNight posted:What are you talking about? I didn't know who the directors were until this thread. I've never seen anything else they've done. What's wrong in thinking the name was a decent pun? I'm not sitting here arguing that Shannon was stabbed, Jesus.  You haven't seen Clone High, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, or the Lego Movie?You're in for a treat.
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lelandjs posted:Ratings are in! TLMoE got 2.3 mil in the 18-49 and a 6 share for both episodes, the highest of the night in both cases (well, share tied with Once Upon a Time). We'll see if those numbers hold up next week, but I'm optimistic. The fact that the second episode only lost .03 million overall viewers suggests that the numbers have some staying power. You're reading that wrong. The show did 5.7 million total viewers with 2.3 rating in the demo. That's good these days, but still first episode and all. The 2.3 doesn't mean the number of viewers in the demo.
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Mar 2, 2015 18:12
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Don't forget HIMYIM season 1, they were the head writers and basically created Barney's character.
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The Grapist posted:
Oh, I've seen Lego, none of the others. Nor that TV show.
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EL BROMANCE posted:Also, in the preview from last year am I right in thinking the porn mags scene is a bit different? I have memories of him physically taking stuff out of his trolley in order to get more porn mags in. Liked that gag, shame they cut it for an alternative take. I noticed that as well, but I just re-watched the original trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwnQ-SbtJug Looks like it wasn't an alternative take, but rather a gag that was in the trailer and re-used for the pilot.
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The Grapist posted:
Don't forget HIMYIM season 1, they were the head writers and basically created Barney's character. Deadpool posted:You're reading that wrong. The show did 5.7 million total viewers with 2.3 rating in the demo. That's good these days, but still first episode and all. The 2.3 doesn't mean the number of viewers in the demo. poo poo, I thought I understood ratings. Oh well.
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lelandjs posted:Don't forget HIMYIM season 1, they were the head writers and basically created Barney's character. Yea, I know that they were involved in the first season of HIMYM, as well as the first season of B99.
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shadok posted:I noticed that as well, but I just re-watched the original trailer. Ha, it's been ages since I saw the trailer and I'd forgotten every other aspect apart from the porn mag bit. I'm guessing they shot all that before principal started then, I really liked the painting bit too given what we know about his house now it's aired. They should seriously do webisodes of a few minutes a week of just him getting up to dumb stuff in those first few months. I howled with laughter at all of it, especially the bowling balls bit.
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GreenNight posted:Oh, I've seen Lego, none of the others. Nor that TV show. If you've never seen Clone High, you're a bad person and you need to fix that.
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Mar 2, 2015 20:22
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hcreight posted:If you've never seen Clone High, you're a bad person and you need to fix that. This. It's one of the most entertaining shows I've seen and the premise is ridiculous. Marie Curie's character loving kills me in that. Relentlessboredomm fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Mar 2, 2015 |
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Mar 2, 2015 20:28
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Relentlessboredomm posted:This. It's one of the most entertaining shows I've seen and the premise is ridiculous. Say WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Is Clone High on any of the streaming services? I want to binge it so hard right now. Also here's a hilarious interview they gave about Clone High last year before Lego Movie came out: http://grantland.com/hollywood-pros...ic-mtv-cartoon/
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