Community, the tv show

Oh, man. Did you not get the memo? Yeah, we hate this thing we loved a couple months back. We're only still watching because we hate ourselves too much to watch stuff we actually like. NBD.

also this ep mostly sucked. i liked dean's reaction to jeff in aviators

Chang was the worst part but I also thought the whole premise of Abed being addicted to renting celebrity impersonators was dumb and self-parodic (as I may have alluded to) and completely unengaging. Same with the way the Jeff plot was handled: the way his narcissism was dealt with in e.g. the pottery class episode worked so much better. This was so heavy-handed.

lolled hard at the meta evil twin thing

― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:47 AM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"is this too dark?"
"maybe for them."

^^^^^ hoos otm

Thats not meta thats a Star Trek riff. And didn't they already do an evil twin episode? Or am i thinking Futurama or something?

its a Star Trek riff AND a meta reference. yr mind = blown.

Pssh. The only thing Community is capable of blowing at this point is itself, amirite? (derisive snort)

you're tiresome.

Thats not meta thats a Star Trek riff. And didn't they already do an evil twin episode?

"Evil Troy and Abed" appeared in the 'chaos theory' ep.

you're tiresome.

^ imagining that being said by this character:
http://pics.livejournal.com/notasoldier/pic/0000f4cz/s640x480

senor chang used to be funny, but no longer, alas

abeds at the end was . . . promising? hope they try to retrieve him, expect it'll be ignored

tbf if my apt had a dreamatorium i'd be in there 24/7

If the rest of the season is going in the direction of the latest episode, I am strapping the fuck in for this ride.

senor chang used to be funny, but no longer, alas

Was great as a fraudulent Spanish teacher, so lame as an insane security guard.

http://pics.livejournal.com/notasoldier/pic/0000f4cz/s640x480

every time i see this i think its vince vaughn

But it's actually this guy:

http://www.starpulse.com/news/media/nickcaveman.jpg

i like how "both michael jacksons" resulted in troy being adolescent jackson and britta being 80s jackson

also deric maybe you should stop reading this thread, i can't stop imagining you crying

i've made up a face and everything

think my fav part of this episode (which wasn't great, though I liked the Abed/Troy rift) was the Dean crawling on the floor.

i like how "both michael jacksons" resulted in troy being adolescent jackson and britta being 80s jackson

― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Saturday, March 24, 2012 6:29 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

did you get something else out of "both michael jacksons" before the costume reveal? that was sorta what i pictured from the jump

i took it to be the obvious skin-color joke everyone made in elementary school. or on "slow jamz" if you're kanye.

Dean was A+. Rest was kinda meh. Nice to see wusshisface from 3rd Rock.

Yeah, seriously, Chang is dragging everything down.

What I'm trying to say is remove every scene with Chang and replace it with a scene with the Dean because that equals...

http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/427635_10150599762411596_681036595_9690410_304321202_n.jpg

that's him!

i took it to be the obvious skin-color joke everyone made in elementary school. or on "slow jamz" if you're kanye.

uh adolescent Jackson and 90s Jackson (not 80s) did have different skin tones

yeah and so the joke works.

that's what i was saying

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1bvblQplw1qhjnq9o2_250.gif

i. i am starting to enjoy how much of a 'thing' the study-room shops are becoming, always as cold opens or immediately following the credits
ii. but it makes for very slow/measured openings, which is ... maybe a mistake for a show perpetually on the verge of cancellation
iii. although maybe just the 'welcome back you guys!!' stuff threw me
iv. dean crawling was great
v. so was jeff hulking out
vi. but being too proud of themselves to set the gag up properly really sucked
vii. actually structurally the whole celebrities sequence was a little off, like they'd gone 'they'll all be dressed as celebrities! and then ... stuff happens!'
viii. although i have no idea who french stewart is so maybe that was why
ix. chevy still great

i like/don't like how they avoid idiot ball stuff with the 'who is being a caricature this week' schtick

I assume everyone caught that when Jeff was coming down on the side of the road, shirtless in his torn pants, they were playing the sad Hulk piano music?

i did but only, i suspected, from having seen family guy (?) use that gag.

i did think the welcome back stuff was confusing. weren't they just already back?

Last week's episode was meant to be third in this season re-start, but they pushed it up because they felt it would be a bit more indicative of how the group dynamic works and it was a little more...normal.

Pre-WWII style cartoon of the Dean is maybe one of my favorite things from the whole series. If I were getting a tattoo (ever), I would consider using it.

I thought this one missed the mark quite a bit but the scene with the Dean was awesome, also Britte as Jacko. Think part of the reason Chang is less funny now is that he's just off to the side doing his own thing rather than interacting with the other characters, they haven't managed to make the security guard thing work with the rest of the cast, which is weird because it had immense comic potential.

Felt like this ep was just setting a load of stuff up for later on? All the in-episode graphics were a bit weird.

GEEKY LINE OF CONVERSATION THE WRITERS OBVIOUSLY WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE ON INTERNET FORUMS: The Abed in this timeline has never thought about or seen Evil Abed before, right? Are they *actually* doing Evil Troy & Evil Abed crossing over to destroy the good versions of themselves? Seeing Evil Abed is always a joy though.

He has a weird *feeling* while eating cereal w/ Troy in the same timeline time as the creation of ET&A and when Troy asks him about it he says its "nothing".

If we ever see anyone else interact with Evil Troy, then we would know he and Evil Abed are real. But in theory, Evil Abed and Evil Troy both could still be a figment of Abed's imagination. Would be great if the show ended with a collision of parallel dimensions. Beats "it was all a dream."

Sadly, I think the Law & Order ep will never live up to what I imagine: Detective Munch walking in to investigate the crime in Greendale; Troy and Abed recoiling in horror as they realise they're part of the Westphall universe and spending the episode trying to prove that this isn't the real Munch...

cool cool cool

hot... hot... hot

http://www.the80sman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/busterpoindexter.jpg

Where do I know Sub Way from?

i think he was Dudemeister from Scrubs?

wasn't he in 30 rock?

i think he was Dudemeister from Scrubs?

Lady Scrubs' boyfriend, right?

OH - great episode. The Britta-1984 romance plot was excellent.

Yeah, that's him.

Loved this week's Magnitude appearance, and this is definitely one of the better product placement workarounds I've seen.

Also, I love the way Shirley will sometimes say "Brit-ta".

at one point britta was eating popchips

The 'get my coat' exchange was the best.

I figured as much last week, but I feel much more certain at this point that pieces are being positioned in anticipation of a season(ish)-long story arc of some sort.