Agreed. Sorta. I feel like the first half of Season 3 was far better than the latter. Season 4 for me was far more consistent and actually went somewhere with its story and had direction.
Here's my rating for the seasons:
1=2>3>4>3.5
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Community S4 |OT| I Remember When This Show Was About Community College
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Agreed. Sorta. I feel like the first half of Season 3 was far better than the latter. Season 4 for me was far more consistent and actually went somewhere with its story and had direction.
Here's my rating for the seasons:
1=2>3>4>3.5
smokeandmirrors
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I don't get the hate either. I would do 2 > 1 > 3 >> 4 but even then 4 wasn't bad. I just think they had a lot to deal with in a shorter amount of time, on top of losing Chevy like halfway through when I assume they had already written the parts for him.
They stretched the season out too far. I would've preferred if it kind of stuck towards the 'semester' feeling, where the half season we got would've been the fall semester with Jeff graduating but we kinda got a weird mix of a whole year it seems (unless the show timeline was off?)
Heroic Orgins, The Puppet one, and the body switching episodes were the strongest of the 13, and some of the better in the series actually. (The inspecter con one, while being weaker, was highly enjoyable to me for some reason).
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Can't relate to that at all. Episodes 15-22 of season 3 is my favorite sequence of episodes in the entire series.
Origins of Vampire Mythology
Virtual Systems Analysis
Basic Lupine Urology
Course Listing Unavailable
Curriculum Unavailable
Digital Estate Planning
The First Chang Dynasty
Introduction to Finality
Bolded high points of the series. I also really enjoyed the beginning of the season up to Regional Holiday Music, especial Remedial Chaos Theory and the Foosball episode.
Episodes 11-14 are just so bad though I think they ruin season 3 for a lot of people. 11 being the worst episode of the series. Cut those episodes out and it becomes a fantastic season. As it is, it can only be called inconsistent with a lot of brilliance. With time to consider, season 4 is just consistently mediocre. The only episode I might feel like watching is the one where Jeff meets his dad.
This is probably one of my problem with Season 3. There are only two episodes in that list that is about college life/study and one of them is a parody. I know that the title of the thread hints that it is a problem throughout the whole series, but it was more noticeable to me during Season 3.
I legitimately did not enjoy the craziness towards the end of that season with Chang. I mean, I still enjoyed it, but as much as they hate it, Community works the best when they actually have classes and have school-oriented stuff. In Season 2, they sparingly went outside of the college, and so when they did it felt special.
Individually, the episodes are entertaining, but as I was watching the season go on it just felt like the focus and momentum of the series as a whole was just completely lost.
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My opinion, knowing that stuff made Celebrity Pharmacology that much more awesome. It was literally a story about Chevy taking over a show and forcing his somewhat dissonant sense of humor into it to the point where it overwhelmed what they were trying to do.
not psycho
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Fair enough on the school-oriented stuff. But if any of those episodes I bolded were on tv right now, I'd be running to go watch them. I wouldn't want the whole series to be like that, I wouldn't even want the next season to be like that, but it's still my favorite run of the series.
Also, those episodes are less about Chang than you might remember. 5 of the 8 are about something totally different, 1 is a fake clip show that works on its own. Only 2 of the 8 are about "Chang craziness" (and I thought Chang Dynasty was fun, though not nearly as good as the ones I bolded).
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Curriculum Unavailable is a fantastic episode.
Troy and the ATV made me lose my shit. "It's all terrain dummy"
Troy and the ATV made me lose my shit. "It's all terrain dummy"
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Megan Ganz talks to Splitsider about writing for Modern Family and Community and other stuff.
do you often indulge him on these little misadventures?
you take that back! our adventures are very manly.
i never got that troy heard "miss adventures" until someone pointed it out to me.
The Real Abed
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Lone_Prodigy
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Every time this thread is bumped I think the S5 premiere date has been announced.
Steelyuhas
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I loved Season 3, definitely a couple of duds in there, but it's good stretches of episodes were fantastic and it really struck a lot of the themes that I think the show does best (particularly with it's heavier focus on Abed and Annie).
beat
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Anyone want to buy my ticket for CommuniCon 2 for $40? It'll be Oct 19th and 20th in LA. There'll be panels by writers, secondary char actors, and Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna. You can also buy tickets online now, but they're $50.
October 19th.
Also, Ludwig Gorranson uploaded the second Community medley to Youtube. So good.
If you haven't heard the first one, it's also just as amazing.
If you haven't heard the first one, it's also just as amazing.
The Real Abed
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If the season were longer they could do a South Park style audition every week with a different side character filling in for Troy. With Chang desperately trying to get the position. Chang and Abed in the Morning could be funny.Season 5 is gonna bum me out so much. R.I.P. Troy and Abed in the morning
Annie and Abed is the obvious go-to while this is happening.
So, shot of big SPOILER guest star. Dunno if it's been posted yet.
That joke was the best thing to come out of Season 4.
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They're calling
Jonathan Banks
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Oh well I guess my terminology is off.
Nappuccino
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They probably have a different pay-bracket for "guest" stars.
And in an interview a few members of the cast said it was Gillian Jacobs' idea.
Duh doy!
ipitydatfu
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smokeandmirrors
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Wow. How is Harmon doing this? Like it seems this season will be packed with great guest stars
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Like where was all this last season?
AND JOHN OLIVER!
Like where was all this last season?
I dunno, I liked the guy from Workaholics. And Josh Brolin's dad! And Brian from the Office! I...can't really remember anyone else. OH, there was the British guy who played the twins in Alice in Wonderland.
Yeah, it was pretty bad. Malcom McDowell was probably the best guest star, and he was only in 2 episodes. :/
Edit: Actually, looking at the guest star list for last season, it's not half bad.
What have we done to be so blessed? Man-crush engaged.
The Real Abed
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It's stuff like that that makes me want NBC to grant them a 6th season. (Ignoring the obvious joke) Since Harmon is back and determined to surprise everyone.
Just give us a damn return date, NBC. It's almost October 19th again!
Just give us a damn return date, NBC. It's almost October 19th again!
Steelyuhas
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I wouldn't be shocked.
Hell, we've all been saying for years that "this is the last Parks & Rec season" and it's still around.
The law of diminishing returns will kick in eventually
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Good point. I guess I kinda forgot about them all. I guess I kinda get that way with Season 4.
Also: BRING BACK BRIE LARSON >=[
The Real Abed
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I tweeted this to Dan. I don't think he'll listen though.
I guess Rachel was just another girl for Abed they make a big deal out of then never have her on again.
On another note, I'm pretty sure the girl who played Kat was uncredited in a couple episodes of The Office as one of Dwight's farmer family members. But since she and most of them were uncredited, I can't be sure.
To be fair, "This is the last season of X" could be said for any NBC thursday sitcom the past like seven years that wasnt the Office. I remember worrying about 30 Rock not getting renewed for like four seasons straight. I think I only stopped because my sentiments shifted towards worrying about Community instead :lol
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What about my boy Todd?
Todd and Abed in the mooorning!!!
Don't like Todd?
No offence taken.....
Abed doesn't need Todd's PTSD kicking in whenever Jeff gets angry at them for doing their non-show.
Annie's the smart choice for Troy's replacement.
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Jest Chillin
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It was the only one I had off hand that matched the description. Sorry it wasn't the right one.
Steelyuhas
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Very true, but based on last night's ratings (nothing for NBC hit a 2 in the ratings), they still face the same situation.
Speaking of which, Welcome to the Family is DOA. Schedule Community there! #SixSeasonsandaMovie
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http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/20...s-super-fun-night-start-on-the-bubble/207079/
Taking this with a grain of salt but
OCTOBER 19TH BITCHES
Steelyuhas
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Is there any word on how much they've filmed? i.e. could NBC start airing episodes in a couple weeks and be able to air the 13 straight through?
Well they started filming at least a couple months ago. Dunno how long post production takes on this.
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