There were a lot of things in the episode that rang true to how people actually play videogames, I think. Troy unnecessarily jumping all the time, killing people just because, Troy breaking all the pots in the bar and putting the beer bottles on the bartender's head. It was just a very fun episode and obviously written by people who played games, I think.
Yeah, the game's first couple screens were in Greendale supposedly, but it's a videogame that was already programmed before Pierce's dad died (and it was programmed mostly for Pierce, and that's where he spent a lot of time and his six, not seven, friends). Whether or not they're expelled is irrelevant, I think.
It was definitely linked to the episode where Pierce's dad died, but at the same time I didn't really have a problem with it airing at this point in the season, when they're still expelled from Greendale (it could have came up while they were forming a plan - they were out of school for a while, according to the episode prior to this one). Also, a big theme of the episode was everyone working together because 'friends don't try to take your father's money' or whatever Troy said, and throughout this season there's been some inter-group conflict that seems to have been resolved by the group banding together after they got expelled. I don't think that teamwork would/could have happened earlier.
There is hopefully an alternate universe where David Krumholtz aka the elf in Santa Clause is so successful that he doesn't have to pick shitty-looking projects like The Playboy Club and Partners to get that paper. He was so great guesting in Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared.
Isn't is sort of weird that NBC would say, "Hey guys, you get one more season but then that's it, you're cancelled"? That seems like the best way to take the wind out of the sails of the creators/writers/actors/everyone involved. I know with 30 Rock it seems like a mutual agreement, but I don't think that's necessarily the case with Community and Parks and Rec, although they will probably get shorter seasons so NBC can air all the new comedies they picked up as well and see what sticks, I guess.
I have fond memories of eating Cool Whip as a kid and thinking it was delicious, but now I am afraid to even try it again because what IS Cool Whip, even? Besides, like, air?
Surprising twist at the end of the Cat in a Bag video.
But really, I don't even want to watch the rest of these after seeing 'Dog Needs to Hold Hands When Going for a Drive.' #1 in my heart.
Yeah, but this is a TV show and many would argue that a well-done show establishes character traits and such through showing these characters in action, not from what other people say about them. It's not an effective way to make us invest in characters if we're just told what they're like without seeing evidence.
I think Gabe has some points about Mad Men telling rather than showing this year, though I do think most of that was in the season premiere (especially Joan's line about how handsome Don is when he blushes - where did that come from?). Also, I thought the pacing of the Peggy/Joan conversations in this episode was almost painfully slow. But aside from those things, I've been enjoying the season as well - like every season of Mad Men, it is a slow burn, and that's fine.
"Bethany Cosentino isn’t stupid." Uh, who said she was? There has to be a better way to lead into the fact that she chose Jon Brion to produce this record.
That was one of the only times where I actually preferred the war stuff to the not war stuff. His relationship with Clemence Posey fell flat, I thought, which is bad considering it made up most of said not war stuff. But all the war stuff was well-shot and there were some interesting characters fighting alongside him.
Lane is Lang. You're watching too much Mad Men (no you're not, Mad Men is great).
Also, “It’s so tough to be such an incredible jerk in a world full of people who are only normal jerks." Basically. Also, sick butter burn on Edith (poor Edith).
I can't really speak to the 'moment' either, but having read about it in books like Rob Sheffield's Love Is a Mixtape, it seems like that would definitely lend itself to people thinking it is their best record. But as someone who never listened to Pavement until 2007, my favorite album of theirs (aka the one I think is 'the best') is probably Brighten the Corners.
The concept of 'the moment' is very interesting especially since I can't think of something like that that's happened in music since, like, 2001, maybe?
All the Pavement reissues are super well-done and worth getting even if you already have the albums. Slanted's deluxe edition has Ed Ames, which I also love, and also the whole Watery, Domestic EP and unreleased songs from those sessions too, including Greenlander.
HD downloads and hook your laptop up to your stupid big TV? I know what you mean though, I feel bad for watching shows like this and Mad Men on computers, but that's pretty much the only way I can watch them.
I am jesting, do not fret. It doesn't look like the episodes are on PBS's website, though, at least according to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/watch/index.html
Edwin Drood's pretty good, though.
When this was originally broadcasted on PBS, they combined the first two episodes of the season together into a mega episode that was 21 hours long. You may not have woken up in time to write this recap!
Also, c'mon, Sybil likes Branson too, but he is still a chauffeur and she is still a capital-L Lady despite the fact that she can turn on the sink now. Also, Sybil's line, "Sometimes I feel like all the men I ever danced with are dead" is great and very sad. She's given a lot more to do this season, thankfully.
The season offers a bit of redemption for some of our least-liked friends. I'm looking forward to reading your reactions to future episodes.
I started coming here for WMOAT/Lost posts. All of those are very funny, especially the Lost posts, which were a breath of fresh air after reading other TV recaps, which are usually overly serious.
The Brokencyde Take One for the Team, for sure.
Also TOMATOBANK: http://videogum.com/201642/thank-you-danny-masterson-for-providing-us-with-this-new-inside-joke/justice/ (so ridiculous, also bred some great comments)
I got you, SW: http://stereogum.com/930802/hospitality-friends-of-friends-video-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/
She was also in Cedar Rapids. I didn't see it; that's just a thing I know.
Right, I figured afterwards that the joke was his wife didn't get how money works. I feel like he usually portrays women as being dumber than men, though. I don't find that sort of thing super funny.
I was excited to hear "He Hit Me (And it Felt Like a Kiss)" at the end of the episode because it's a great song, but I wasn't really sure it was appropriate for the episode, really. The song is about a woman who stays with her partner despite domestic abuse. But Joan leaves Greg, Don halluci-murders, and Speck for real murders - nothing really applies, at least not so directly. Just the violence aspect, I guess.
Uh, maybe I am hearing this joke in the Woody Allen trailer wrong, but when he says 'I have a 150 IQ,' does his wife say, 'You're figuring it in Euros - in Dollars, it's much less'? Because that's definitely not true.
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