PhoenixDark
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Can't be worse than last season
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Community S4 |OT| I Remember When This Show Was About Community College
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I get that that's what he's supposed to be, I just didn't like having that character in at all. I did like the idea of seeing an outside perspective of the study group act as the viewer and join them, I just didn't like that it had to be Jack Black.
Roland Deschain
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Only started watching two weeks ago and almost caught up. Such a good show. So will the fourth be the last season? Maybe NBC will want to get to syndicatation status...
Nappuccino
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But JB wasn't supposed to be an audience surrogate; we were supposed to hate him just as much as they do.
I dunno, I think he was supposed to be both. I figured they established him as an audience surrogate when he says something to the effect of, "I was in the back of the class as I watched you guys grow closer as a group last semester," as well as providing reactions similar to fan's in his flashbacks.
I dunno, I didn't particularly like last season that much, but rewatching it in prep for this upcoming season I've grown to like it a lot more as I accepted it was an entirely different thing than it used to be.
I don't think your synopsis is necessarily wrong, rather it doesn't do justice to the author. It's a tad too reductive. But then, I love someone like Tim Rogers' style of writing and often speak in tangents myself, so there is a natural affinity between this author and I
Atleast you read the entire thing.
Agreed.
Anyway, roll on S4. My VPN and Hulu+ accounts are ready and waiting! Might do a rewatch of S3 in preparation.
I think you nailed it. Given how strong the rest of the cast and season were, JB's (relative) unfunniness had to have been intentional. At least, I like to give the troubled writing team that credit!
The Real Abed
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Good. Because I hate those black bars. I just want to come in and talk about what I am watching and not worry about hiding things that might be spoilery.
Britta is now the worst character in the show. I remember liking her character in the first season too.
For what it's worth, that gives her character a lot of potential for growth. It seems the writers went too far with the "Britta'd" thing once it caught on with fans.
One can only hope she has some growth this season! No one in my circle of friends enjoy her any longer.
I find it tough to accept that anyone ever found Britta enjoyable.
In Season 1 she was cast basically as a straight man for Jeff, which is hilarious because she has evolved into one of the most ridiculously illogical characters in TV history.
As the group's Meg at least she serves as a decent escape goat.
In Season 1 she was cast basically as a straight man for Jeff, which is hilarious because she has evolved into one of the most ridiculously illogical characters in TV history.
As the group's Meg at least she serves as a decent escape goat.
hardcastlemccormick
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Ugh, Season 3 abuse. Screw this OT.
Banana Kid
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I thought Britta was pretty boring in the first season, but what she's grown into makes me laugh more than anyone else on the show.
Jest Chillin
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Said it in the last thread and I'll say it again here. Britta didn't get dumbed down. She just let down her guard and showed the group more of her real personality.
AlphaTwo00
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Is this trailer new? I just saw it now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z584YZtS9c4&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z584YZtS9c4&feature=youtu.be
Nappuccino
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not psycho
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The funniest thing about Britta right from the start was when she would say something awkward and uncool, revealing her true personality which clashed with her projected image. Then by season 3 she does the pizza dance in front of the group. Awesome.
Having said that, her awkwardness and uncoolness is great, but she doesn't have to actually be dumb. I think the show still has plenty of room to work with that.
She's still my favourite character that isn't Abed, I just hope she's got more to do than be the butt of jokes for the majority of her screen time.
grimshawish
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Don't worry; am pretty sure its because the editor cut out any pausing or pacing between characters speaking. Actual episode should feel a wee bit better (I hope )
Why would you want to britta Britta?
)Why would you want to britta Britta?
That's my biggest issue with her. If she was simply uncool and awkward, then I would like her character a lot. However, her idiocy is really irritating. If the bold is fix, then her character can be redeemed.
The Real Abed
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I still hold out hope for some interesting "experimental" episodes. That and a proper ending if it is indeed the last season. I really don't want to do the whole "SAVE COMMUNITY NBC IT IS AWESOME YOU SUCK HERES SOME PAPER GOATEES PLEASE BRING IT BACK SEASON FIVE!" thing again. As much as I'd love Community to last as long as some of the other lesser sitcoms I enjoy like 30 Rock, Office, HIMYM, etc, I'd rather it go out properly before it gets "My Name is Earl'd" and just ends up not coming back after a big cliffhanger episode. Fucking NBC. We should have stopped trusting you right then and there! WHO IS EARL JUNIOR'S FATHER??? WE'LL NEVER KNOW!
The Real Abed
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Me too. No more NBC runaround. End it properly and let us enjoy what we got while we could. 80-ish episodes of really good unique TV. It'll be a long time before we get another Community.
the_log_ride
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Woohoo! October already?
HURRY UP THURSDAY!!
HURRY UP THURSDAY!!
Baconsammy
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That... actually killed some of my hype
Unfortunately I felt the same. Not a good trailer.
My fear exactly. "Hey, let's take all the wacky shit and turn it into 13 whole episodes." Please be a bad trailer.
I'm hoping this is just a bad trailer. It sounds like season three dialed to 11. Not good.
The writers Britta'd Britta. I found her to be varying in range, between "ha, that's humorous" to "what." I do like Britta, but the writers need to ground her back to more than being a Meg.
I think the idea was they wanted to find a bridge between "straight man" and "ridiculous", and be somewhat more like the study group, but that ended up going out the window by season 3, where she ended up probably being the second/third most ridiculous behind Troy and Abed.
not psycho
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Yeah, and there was nothing that couldn't be fixed. I still thought Britta was a good character much of the time, and I didn't see most of what she did as being "stupidity." Awkward, weird, uncool, all good.
The one thing that did make her seem stupid was making ridiculous, basic errors on psychology. Like "edible complex." That wasn't funny and hurt her character. Cut out that stuff and she'll be fine.
Shirley is there as the conscience of the group.
But in actuality, she provides little to the show. I remember there being talk of making Shirley more relevant, and all she got was that foosball episode as a Shirley-centric episode.
the_log_ride
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Thanks for linking. My first time reading it, and I agree with the author. Ain't now way TBBT is ever going to be brought down, though. It's not Chuck Lorre's fault that his shows are so damn popular. They're just easily consumed television.
The Real Abed
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Looks fine to me. Just what I expected. More of season 3 style craziness. I hate to say it but it was obvious they weren't planning on going back to season 1/2 style. I'm just going to sit back and let it happen to me. Enjoy it while I can before it's gone forever.
I mean we already know about the
Hunger Games parody, the Inspector Spacetime Convention and the Die Hard Christmas
Really looking forward to Magnatude
not being allowed to say Pop Pop anymore
shirley hasn't had a ton, but the foosball ep was great and people forget how good she was in a lot of season 1. like when she got paired up with abed for that plot about abed's sister.
really? that looks like textbook desperate fan service.. and at the very most that'll be the entire joke, not like it's going to be a running plot...I hope
The Real Abed
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Community would have invented fan service if it hadn't already been invented.
ActStriker
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can it be Thursday yet
Just listened to the Firewall and Iceberg Podcast where they basically tear the two episodes they've seen to shreds. Both sounded heartbroken. The consensus is that everyone involved is desperately trying to maintain the tone of the Dan Harmon era but without him actually being involved, it's a losing battle.
Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg watched episodes 1 and 4 and did a 10 minute spoiler-free review on their podcast. They did not like it.
Jesus Christ Fienberg sounds like he's crying LOL.
The Real Abed
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So the Convention is episode 4? I wonder what 2 and 3 are. Maybe they're only showing off the weird stuff? The next 13 weeks will tell in time.
Jest Chillin
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This mindset is what is going to cause this season to review poorly regardless of how good it could possibly be. Too many people have been predicting doom well before knowing anything. It's already souring the OT and there hasn't been a single ep aired.
Don't get me wrong, everyone is entitled to their thoughts and opinions but its beginning to feel more like a pile on thread than a thread about the fourth season.
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