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Arrested Development Season 4: The Bluths are making new mistakes!
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ramoisdead
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Only a little more than a month away...
I almost felt like I had Pop-Pop in the attic.
I almost felt like I had Pop-Pop in the attic.
The mere fact that you call it pop-pop tells me you're not ready.
Lee Chaolan
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The "and that's why" guy is on there so much. lolol. I think Amazon Instant has this too. I need to get rewatching
dont say that
How come :0
Garrett 2U
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This is a dream come true
But he didn't..
say "OC"
CAN'T FREAKIN' WAIT. Gonna rewatch the first three seasons a month from release. We should have a 30day
final
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
Gonna be camping that day. So the 27th it will be.
haha I mae have edited it so I could say that.
CrunchyFrog
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God dammit I want a trailer though. 5 seconds of footage, SOMETHING. It really feels so surreal. It's not gonna hit me til the opening credits play that morning. I already know the people to invite for the watch marathon. Also WOOHOO another extra episode! I wonder if/how this effects that episode title list we saw earlier?
Also, for those interested, Justin Lee aka Annyong "Hel-loh" Bluth, just did an AMA. Unfortunately, he doesn't really say much about the new season, except sidestep his inevitable return. But it's still worth a read by any AD superfan.
God dammit I want a trailer though. 5 seconds of footage, SOMETHING. It really feels so surreal. It's not gonna hit me til the opening credits play that morning. I already know the people to invite for the watch marathon. Also WOOHOO another extra episode! I wonder if/how this effects that episode title list we saw earlier?
Also, for those interested, Justin Lee aka Annyong "Hel-loh" Bluth, just did an AMA. Unfortunately, he doesn't really say much about the new season, except sidestep his inevitable return. But it's still worth a read by any AD superfan.
Prophet Steve
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They work, it is what I use, just need an fake US address I think.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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This is an awesome idea! I'm down for this.
Netflix was thinking the same thing with this:
JehutyRunner
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Considering the three or four minute ad breaks inbetween each episode for the first three seasons airing on TV, you'd have to assume all of them will be near 30 minutes for a commercial free service like Netflix.
The thing is, they aren't confined to a 22 minute (or whatever it was when AD was on) running time now, so I could imagine that there won't be a set length. They are probably aiming for a half-hour each, but they won't be forced to edit as much now so some episodes could be longer than others.
How was "House of Cards" in length? I never watched it, but was each episode the same length?
Cornballer
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House of Cards ranged from 45-56 minutes. I would assume Arrested D would do something similar and they'll all be in the 22-30min range depending on what they want to include with each episode.
Varied (first episode was close to an hour) but hovered around the 50 minute mark for the most part.
VistraNorrez
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The season is breaking with conventions in a few ways. I don't know why they would feel the need to hang on to the 22 minute format either. Premium channel comedies certainly don't adhere to that standard.
Seraphis Cain
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Maybe it's like the Futurama situation, where Fox still has the option of airing the episodes if they so choose. If that's the case then room would have to be left for commercials, or else things would have to be cut out.
And for all you know they could be 18 minute episodes.
The scripts and pacing of the first 3 seasons were built around 22.5 minute episodes. I don't see them jumping to a full 30 minutes just because they can. Why not 32? Or 40?
There is absolutely no reason to believe we'll get anything other than standard-length episodes, with wiggle room for a couple minutes extra on a few episodes that they think warrant it.
captainnapalm
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It's actually happening finally. I really hope it's good. That initial run was lightning in a bottle. I hope they can recreate it.
The fact that it's only 15 episodes leads me to think they've gone for quality not quantity, which bodes well.
The fact that it's only 15 episodes leads me to think they've gone for quality not quantity, which bodes well.
I think that is what some of us were getting at anyways. Being on Netflix gives them the wiggle room to extend the episodes if they decide to do so. There is no restriction that we know of for them to cut an episode down to 22 minutes. If they have 28 minutes of good material in the end, then we may get 1 or 2 episodes of that length. I'm sure they are aiming for 22 minutes but sometimes you just more material than planned.
VistraNorrez
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The first three seasons were also built around exploring multiple characters on every episode. This season is about focusing on one character in each episode. This is something they can do because of Netflix. I can't imagine they would do this if they thought each episode would be released once a week over 15 weeks. They are doing that because of the freedom to be able to. Let's not forget we all thought they would only produce 10 episodes for season 4. For whatever reason it was thought that was the number. Then David Cross said 13 episodes. Now it's 15. They've already decided to extend the show in one way. Why are you so sure the episodes won't run long?
A couple of extra minutes is all anyone is thinking of when it comes to these being longer. The outside chance is a full 30 minutes. But I know some Curb episodes have been 40 minutes long. The only real limit here is what the story demands. Maybe some episodes could be 18 minutes and others are 30. I see no reason why they would be so strict with run times like they were when commercials were an issue.
JehutyRunner
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@ArrestedDevelopment said:
We have 2 posters on this very page who assumed/hoped all or nearly all episodes would be 30 minutes. There is zero reason to assume that. The only safe assumption is 22.5 minutes per episode, with a couple being a few minutes longer.
Lionel Mandrake
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I was about to post to ask if there was any news on a trailer, and there you go...
Nothing wrong with hoping that your favorite show has 30 minute episodes. There is really no evidence I know of to suggest the show will be 22.5 minutes or 30 minutes, so I guess we will just have to wait and see.
VistraNorrez
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Yep, we can only wait and see. We know Netflix is fine with variable length episodes. It is not safe to assume anything about them. I think we'll all be happy with whatever they go with.
faceless007
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FWIW, House of Cards episodes are 49-55 minutes instead of the usual 43 that an hour drama would get.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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hnnnngggg. All of my HYPE.
CrunchyFrog
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And so it shall be.
The Arrested Development GAF Pilgrimage: Recharging your chi one episode at a time!
EDIT: Bah, figures it would be at the end of the page
CrunchyFrog
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http://ow.ly/i/1Pzt1
Linked by the official twitter account, it says the photo's filename is "BananathonTeaser_mw001.jpg" Oh man, if this turns into some kind of ARG I will poop rainbows.
Linked by the official twitter account, it says the photo's filename is "BananathonTeaser_mw001.jpg" Oh man, if this turns into some kind of ARG I will poop rainbows.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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It would make more sense if it said "bangers and mash," but even that doesn't fit exactly.
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