PARKS and RECREATION aka "Everything's coming up Amy"

i always wondered who these fans were. (the only two i know are middle-aged chinese semi-retirees)

Yes, because popularity always equates to quality. I know people watch 2 1/2 Men, but even the people that watch it on a regular basis seem to admit they aren't quite sure why and that it really isn't that good.

winning

fwiw i think P&R is just kind of cutesy and intermittently funny and mainly watch it because it's on between other shows i like more. Two And A Half Men isn't amazing or anything but it at least makes me laugh and not just nod and go 'oh that was kind of clever'

yeah who would have guessed that a show that has 10 million more viewers than parks and rec might have some fans.

― mizzell, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:52 (5 minutes ago)

ilxor isn't the real world

I don't know, the flu epidemic episode probably gave me more full-on belly laughs than anything else I've seen this year.

i missed the first 5 minutes of that one and i think i was too distracted trying to figure out why every other character was in a hospital bed

Yes, because popularity always equates to quality.

that's not what i said, popularity = people like it. despite the fact that some people you know watch it without liking it, i'm gonna guess that a show who has attracted 15 million viewers for nearly a decade has some fans

Really I was surpirsed that it was some dude saying that.

jesus christ

^^ could be a hilarious addition to either show

jesus christ and a half men

while it's kind of trollish (and obnoxious) of some dude to say it's a "better" show, I can understand someone preferring the traditional zing-style sitcom jokes on Two & a Half to P&R's more character-driven humor. I have many friends who find P&R boring as shit, and there's really nothing I can do to convince anybody otherwise.

Rob Lowe leaving P&R is a good thing. I wouldn't mind if Adam Scott left, either. Get some new blood in there!

Bring back Mark Brendanawicz'

Bring back the pit (more entertaining than Mark Brendanawicz).

actually wouldn't mind if they dumped Rashida Jones, but I guess someone has be the unfunny straight-man/woman, and Leslie needs a friend.

Apparently Rob Lowe is locked into a long-term contract with NBC fwiw

Ann is often hilarious, though (see the most recent episode)

The great thing about this show is that almost everyone has the chance to be the straight man/woman at some point (except maybe Tom).

Tom has had plenty of straight moments.

some dude outed as two middle-aged chinese semi-retirees, film at eleven

holy shit I leave this thread alone for an hour and it turns into crazytown usa.

I sat through 1 episode of 2 And a Half Men (100% bc of Jon Cryer nostalgia and nothing more) and wanted to shoot myself in the face. I even considered giving it another shot bc of Chuck Lorre being the Big Bang Theory dude also, and every time the thought crossed my mind I remembered the sadness and abstained.

and who the hell suggested Adam Scott should go? >:(

i do think they're not giving him enough to do yet, but i have faith. also i love him. (adam scott, i mean)

besides, every time he looks into the camera he's looking right at meeeeee

who in their right mind would give that up? :D

I want Adam Scott to be hilarious on this show, but he's just not. More the writers struggling with what to do with him than anything else, but it is disappointing.

I thought he was pretty hilarious in the episode where he was getting steamrollered by local media re: his teenage mayorship

yes, he was. also he is dreamy.

yeah that teenage mayor meltdown stuff was pretty great, and at risk of bringing up more long 'i don't get it' discussions, I loved the calzone stuff too

I still think that the Adam Scott thing has been building up to him being super friendly and eager to be with these people all the time now that they've shown they actually do know him (ex. buying his favorite beer). He's been consciously distant, but now he knows he has friends in Pawnee.

Maybe.

His triangle head is scary.

your triangle head is scary

I like him, but this show had enough characters before he and Lowe showed up

What happened to Leslie's mom btw?

I wish I had a scary triangle head. I'd be famous.

Really I was surpirsed that it was some dude saying that.

― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, March 9, 2011 4:05 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

i can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. i've been lukewarm on P&R and cap'n-save-a-lorre many times before!

while it's kind of trollish (and obnoxious) of some dude to say it's a "better" show, I can understand someone preferring the traditional zing-style sitcom jokes on Two & a Half to P&R's more character-driven humor. I have many friends who find P&R boring as shit, and there's really nothing I can do to convince anybody otherwise.

― rockapads, Wednesday, March 9, 2011 4:19 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

it's a little trollish to say it in this thread, sure, i guess, but it's my honest opinion. i like lots of character-driven shows, and I think P&R is a subpar one.

It wasn't meant to be sarcasm! I knew you liked Lorre stuff, but I guess I never noticed your P&R comments before.

right, but also when you state that one thing is "better" than another, you're acting like it is some kind of objective judgment.

xp

I think it's safe to omit "in my opinion" every now and again.

lol its a "little" trollish homie u been on ilx for what 7 years

"This is the thread about Parks and Recreation! But we could go either way on it, meh whatever shrug eyeroll"

Are we only supposed to praise the subject in any given thread?

If that was the case, the Brett Favre thread would be *crickets*

if it's P & R, then yes. :D

just wanted to point out that all the s3 episodes we've seen so far were written and filmed directly after s2 ended, so we're coming up on the actual newly filmed stuff when the show returns from its break. given that they came up with adam scott's character arc after they'd already done like 20 episodes in a row, i don't mind that it ended up a little slapdash. the overall episodes were still very good.

right, but also when you state that one thing is "better" than another, you're acting like it is some kind of objective judgment.

xp

― rockapads, Wednesday, March 9, 2011 5:54 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I think it's safe to omit "in my opinion" every now and again.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Wednesday, March 9, 2011 5:56 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

thank you for talking sense polyphonic

like...the ONE time i don't throw "imo" at the end of a post i get shit for it

yeah this whole debate is ridiculous, of course a statement in a thread like this is an opinion (however RONG it might be).

Good point re shooting schedule, it's not terribly fair to judge s3 on the basis of the run of episodes to date. Also we'll start seeing Leslie's waist again.

lol at all the stans

the best episodes of p&r are worth seeing, but...

c'mon

also from the link upthread

Look, business-wise it makes a lot of sense. Two and a Half Men is a money-printing machine; Lowe would probably multiply his paycheck many times over. Furthermore, the producers of that show are gonna be looking for a likable, uncontroversial guy to replace the volatile and batshit-crazy Sheen, and there are few actors out there more likable than Rob Lowe.

okeeeeeey