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Community S5 |OT| From the Executive Producer of Community Seasons 1-3

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curb

Banned
Yup, I'm sold. Welcome back Greendale.

Oh, and thank goodness for Keith David.

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Same with Canada. Yikes.

I do not understand how a company can buy the rights to a show for the express purpose of making a streaming version of it and yet be denied the international streaming rights to it. I don't know about the UK but content licensing here in Canada soocks.
 

Boem

Member
Looks fun. Curious to see if it's gotten better this year, but hell, I'm in it until the end at this point.
 

beat

Member
The trailer was great.

Everyone who wants a more grounded season six can start panicking and complaining right now, I guess.

So many great lines for the s6 OT, like
"let's crap out this piece of crap."

That line about
what's happening to the non-white members of the group
is esp poignant considering Danny Pudi is in a pilot for next season and that show is in first position for him, not a potential Community s7...

I can't believe Yahoo made trailers for seasons 1-4 and didn't even manage to do a season 5 trailer.

Hey, question for everyone here: who are your favorite directors for this show? I feel like my top two (three?) would be Justin Lin and the Russo brothers, but Lin is way out of the show's league by now and the Russo brothers seem to have left it behind too.

"Bazinga!"
 
The trailer was great.

Everyone who wants a more grounded season six can start panicking and complaining right now, I guess.

So many great lines for the s6 OT, like
"let's crap out this piece of crap."

That line about
what's happening to the non-white members of the group
is esp poignant considering Danny Pudi is in a pilot for next season and that show is in first position for him, not a potential Community s7...

I can't believe Yahoo made trailers for seasons 1-4 and didn't even manage to do a season 5 trailer.

Hey, question for everyone here: who are your favorite directors for this show? I feel like my top two (three?) would be Justin Lin and the Russo brothers, but Lin is way out of the show's league by now and the Russo brothers seem to have left it behind too.

"Bazinga!"

The Russo Brothers are my favorite, and they're directing the S6 premiere
 

Derpyduck

Banned
Kinda weird that the new people got more screen time than Abed, Annie and Britta.

After last season, I can't tell if I like what I'm seeing in this trailer or not, but I'm in until the bitter end regardless. It will never be the same without Troy.
 

NR1

Member
The look and atmosphere looks vastly different. It really stands out in the study room. You can tell there is a ton of outdoor natural light rather than a stage.
 

beat

Member
The Russo Brothers are my favorite, and they're directing the S6 premiere
Oh??? I totally forgot about that! That's great news.

I guess in the sense that they've done MCU movies, they'd also be technically out of Community's league now, but they were EPs and the founding directors of the show, so there's a deeper connection there that makes this make sense. Lin, on the other hand, is crazy busy and he was just a director for hire for three (really great) episodes.

you mean the recap things? they definitely did.
D'oh. My bad then.
 

Mariolee

Member
Oh??? I totally forgot about that! That's great news.

I guess in the sense that they've done MCU movies, they'd also be technically out of Community's league now, but they were EPs and the founding directors of the show, so there's a deeper connection there that makes this make sense. Lin, on the other hand, is crazy busy and he was just a director for hire for three (really great) episodes.


D'oh. My bad then.

Yeah for whatever reason they accidentally took it off Yahoo Screen. Should still be on Youtubr though.
 

beat

Member
Yeah for whatever reason they accidentally took it off Yahoo Screen. Should still be on Youtubr though.

THAT IS AMAZING. Here I've been ranting about how incompetent Yahoo Screen is, and they literally removed the season 5 recap/trailer but it's still on a competitor's system?
 

curb

Banned
I just keep watching the trailer.

"I have a brain the size of Jupiter. I'm nobody's fourth Ghostbuster."

Fantastic.
 

bengraven

Member
The new Shirley can't be a full on group member is she? She acts really boring...as if she was brought it to replace better characters...

I do love Keith David, though. I'm not even going to make a black Pierce joke because he actually seems to fit in well with the group.

Feels heartbreaking to have such an empty study hall, though. Even worse when the Dean or Chang are sitting there, because you realize they're just filling spots.

(thank God all my favorite characters are still on the show minus Troy)
 

curb

Banned
The new Shirley can't be a full on group member is she? She acts really boring...as if she was brought it to replace better characters...

I do love Keith David, though. I'm not even going to make a black Pierce joke because he actually seems to fit in well with the group.

Feels heartbreaking to have such an empty study hall, though. Even worse when the Dean or Chang are sitting there, because you realize they're just filling spots.

(thank God all my favorite characters are still on the show minus Troy)

You couldn't possibly be speaking ill of the great Paget Brewster. Surely not.
 

Derpyduck

Banned
You couldn't possibly be speaking ill of the great Paget Brewster. Surely not.

Based on her IMDB listing, it appears her character isn't the one she played last season, which seems weird to me. But I'll take her any way I can get her. Except in all those serious roles she's been doing the last decade.
 

curb

Banned
Based on her IMDB listing, it appears her character isn't the one she played last season, which seems weird to me. But I'll take her any way I can get her. Except in all those serious roles she's been doing the last decade.

I thought it was funny that both her and Keith David have been on the show before and are back as different characters. It's weirdly coincidental.
 
Oh good. It's not Community without Leonard.

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mreddie

Member
It does look different. David seems like a perfect fit, shame he and Banks won't share any scenes. Brewster is a wild card, she was great in Dan Vs. but I haven't seen her in much aside from Criminal Minds. Hopefully, it doesn't go balls to the wall insane.

Seems good so far although I feel the Yahoo player is already gonna be a pain in the ass.
 

Woffls

Member
That was really rather good. Just finished re-watching up to the end of S5 and I'm still ready for more after seeing that.
 

jonezer4

Member
Although it does appear aesthetically "different", it looks more like Community than S4 and S5 to me. I'm hoping that seeing as S5 was a "reboot" of sorts, that it was destined to some of the same growing pains and issues that plague most sitcoms early on, and that S6 will be a second coming of the show hitting its post-inaugural-season stride. Like Season 2 part 2.

S5 was really bizarre in that sense. It had to deal with the dichotomy of being an effective season one of sorts -- both on the screen, with re-establishing the characters, and in the writer's room, just trying to hit their stride and find their tone again -- while concurrently having to up the ante on a show that had in actuality been around for four seasons prior.

I'm hopeful that the shift to Yahoo won't be too much of a distraction behind the scenes, and may actually even provide a bit of a creative spark that can make S6 shine.

My optimistic prediction:
S6 = S2 = S3 > S1 >> S5 >>>>>>>>>>>> s4

Worst case prediction:
S2 = S3 > S1 >> S5 = S6 >>>>>>>>>>>> s4
 
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