Community, the tv show

i half-watched The Firm and mostly just felt bad for Molly Parker

kinda hate that there's all this advance discussion & anticipation of the premises/concepts of upcoming episodes -- one of my favorite things about the first paintball episode or the My Dinner With Andre episode is that i had NO idea about them ahead of time, was a lot more exciting that way imo

too much hype kind of dampened the fun of paintball 2 for me.

well that was a 'sequel' so it's not like there even could've been much element of surprise (although i'm glad i didn't know in advance about the star wars theme of the 2nd half, since they did it better than i would've expected)

kinda hate that there's all this advance discussion & anticipation of the premises/concepts of upcoming episodes -- one of my favorite things about the first paintball episode or the My Dinner With Andre episode is that i had NO idea about them ahead of time, was a lot more exciting that way imo

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Me too. I had no idea about the Goodfellas homage until the freeze-frame and "As long as I can remember, I always wanted to be in a mafia movie." My first thought was, crap, a Family Guy-esque throwaway joke/non-sequitur. But they went full-Layla on that shit, and if I'd known about it ahead of time, it wouldn't have been half as fun.

I literally cannot wait for the blanket fort civil war episode.

omg you guys Matt DC is literally watching the blanket fort civil war episode right now

wait what how?

SHUT

UP

yeah the Layla bit in particular killed me!

According to the DVD commentary, a substantial portion of that season's funding was spent on the rights to "Layla." Worth it.

ratings horserace stuff: whitney/chelsea got decent-for-nbc ratings on wednesday, which, vomit. however, 30 rock, in community's old time slot, basically got community ratings (maybe a fraction higher), so there's some vindication that the nbc 8:00 time slot is poison.

the firm got even more hilariously low ratings after they moved it to thursday @ 10, so that might be yanked pretty quick here.

iirc, Community is still on its regular shooting schedule, so it's not inconceivable that a quick, Firm yank could result in, "You asked for it, America! Community's back sooner than expected!"

http://www.avivor.com/images/blog/community-x/community-x_final.jpg

Surprised how small Annie's boobs* are considering it is internet comic book art involving large boobs the internet are obsessed over.

*the actual boobs, not the monkey

okay the Dean as the White Queen is several levels of genius

Surprised how small Annie's boobs* are considering it is internet comic book art involving large boobs the internet are obsessed over.

*the actual boobs, not the monkey

Isn't she supposed to be young Kitty Pryde (w/Annie's Boobs as Lockheed)? She didn't busty til later on in Excalibur.

(This has to be the nerdiest post I've ever made here.)

"didn't get"

okay the Dean as the White Queen is several levels of genius

I kind of wish I had an action figure of this!

Also, still disappointed that we didn't get to see Jim Rash at the Golden Globes when the Descendants won.

i would buy all of those as action figures tbh

I'm just glad that I recognized all of the X-Men (although the last time I read it, Prof X had a regular wheelchair).

Also, love that Chang's/Nightcrawler's taped-on tail fell off.

He got the space-age wheelchair after he started boning Lilandra

Wow...I don't even know who that is. In fact, I think Kitty Pryde was still called Sprite when I last checked in.

Lilandra was the Shi'ar empress that Xavier ditched Earth to shack up with for several years; when he came back, he brought a ton of alien tech with him and massively upgraded the mansion's tech, inlcuding his wheelchair

lilandra she's a space princess. i just looked it up and kitty pryde has been shadowcat since i was born!

Kitty showed up after Lilandra btw

<3 y'all

Ha...yeah, I stopped paying attention around issue 165 or so, which is to say , #165 of The Uncanny X-Men. I realize now there are about 14 variations.

xp

get out of this thread you geeks

this is a thread for nerds

otm

Ha...yeah, I stopped paying attention around issue 165 or so, which is to say , #165 of The Uncanny X-Men. I realize now there are about 14 variations.

am ready essential x-men vol 4 at the moment and just have to ask - why was paul smith's run on the title so short??

ready reading

same reason paul smith's run on anything he's ever done is so short

30 rock demo ratings were down from last week, so it's officially doing just as bad as community ever did. whitney/chelsea fell too thanks to american idol coming back.

whitney/chelsea fell too thanks to american idol coming back.

Silver linings.

It's the timeslot, dammit.

and the network. and the shows.

NBC has said that Community won't be on Thursdays when it comes back.

not even during the 10 o'clock hour? boooo nbc

Surprising they aren't going for the 10pm comedy hour again given that The Firm is doing worse than Prime Suspect.

of all the things that have done badly in that timeslot since "ER" went off the air, trying more hourlong dramas is still probably a better gamble than primetime Leno, "The Marriage Ref," or six sitcoms in a row.

True, but 30 Rock did much better at 10 last year than their dramas and The Apprentice. When they pull The Firm I don't know that they have anything to replace it with.

Donald Glover sez: Save Community!

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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1878253293/inspector-spacetime-the-webseries

would prefer to contribute to a kickstarter that got community back on the air tbh

So you long do you American fellows' 'mid-season hiatuses' typically last for?

This is sort of a special case, where the return is promised but no date is set.

another $25 to Kickstarter!

would prefer to contribute to a kickstarter that got community back on the air tbh

^^^ this. Or a kickstarter that sent Whitney Cummings to outer space, thus clearing space for Community on NBC's schedule.

It'll probably occupy the place of the Chelsea Handler thing, because Whitney is still a winner (by NBC standards).