God bless the goddamn Onion

with a lot of like, musing, about jim's character and stuff

― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, March 6, 2013 9:00 AM

it was like 95% musing

― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, March 6, 2013 9:01 AM

I bet they don't even pay that well! That's sad.

Vulture let Patton Oswalt recap "American Idol" a few seasons ago and it was pretty hilarious.

David Sims's recaps for the Kevin Bacon show, "The Following" have been funny because he clearly hates the shit out of the show. e.g.,

…wait a second. That FBI agent? The one who’s not (R.I.P.) Reilly? Or Debra? Or Shawn Ashmore? The other one? Played by Dean Alai, apparently? Well he goes by the name of DAVID SIMS. WITH ONE M. I found this out when checking the IMDb credits for this episode while writing this review. Has anyone said this guy’s full name on screen? I’m genuinely frightened and also impressed with Kevin Williamson’s forethought. How did he know I’d be reviewing this show/that I’d hate it so much?

yeah i mean i'll post on an ilx thread about a show sometimes right after the episode, but i can't imagine having DEADLINES of "oh, the episode ended 20 minutes ago, gotta finish this 3k-word treatise on it!"

the seven best ways to kill jim shoot darts into his eyes when he looks at the camera ep5 s12 office recap

i can't imagine spending more than 5 seconds reading one of those hate-recaps

I don't want to dwell on the shows I hate, like Girls.

you know what else bugs me, is those posts, usually in the awl, that are in a "conversational" or IM format, with lots of exclamation marks

gah. I'm starting to have opinions about tv recaps

Wait, it wasn't Patton Oswalt, it was Paul F. Tompkins: http://www.vulture.com/2011/01/american_idol_paul_f_tompkins_1.html

PFT is hilarious but im still not gonna read those

so it is just telling people what the plot of an ep was, like it sounds?

jfc

― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, March 6, 2013 4:14 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

why is it a thing?

― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, March 6, 2013 4:14 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's for people who sat through an entire hour of a program and somehow, didn't catch on to a single detail of the plot.

"The episode reached a crescendo when Miss Kitty told Marshall Dillion in the third act that she 'had some girls waiting' for her in Topeka. This marks the first time in the show's history that a direct implication has been made that Kitty runs a brothel in Dodge City. (Editor's Note - Turns out she was talking about her sisters. Nevermind.)"

suspect recap culture is a late symptom of generation-limbo-style credentialized compulsory 'middle class' college education. hunger for INTERPRETATION of culture-consumables. somehow tv-recaps are like the worst version of it, worse than yelp.

― j., Wednesday, March 6, 2013 1:40 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hang on let's not go crazy here

now it's more like a pure joyless consumerist time-filler.

this has to be the description for some board

"some"

you know what else bugs me, is those posts, usually in the awl, that are in a "conversational" or IM format, with lots of exclamation marks

― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 14:21 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, that recent George Saunders interview, argh. And when writers put "(laughs)" in an interviewee's response.

They were re-capping Arrested Development lately and it seemed odd cos i thought they had already gone through every episode, and were now doing so again.

I read the classic Simpsons ones. They aren't particularly good but I haven't seen most of those shows in years, and having a recap reminds me of a particularly amazing joke that i would otherwise wouldn't exactly come to mind when reading the title "Deep Space Homer" or whatever. Those old episodes are so jam-packed with things going on.

But yeah he is kind of bored, you can tell. At the end of every single episode review he never strays from saying "The next one is ____________. That's a good one, if memory serves."

ok now i really want to read an epistolary novel written in the form of a series of tv recaps.

with important developments occurring in arguments in comment sections.

Yeah, that recent George Saunders interview, argh. And when writers put "(laughs)" in an interviewee's response.

― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, March 6, 2013 11:57 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

(laughs)

its great because it shows you made a good joek and they laughed at your joke and you are a funny writer!

show, don't tell

(laughs, thanks interviewer for bringing a ray of sunshine into his life)

(laughs)
(gazes down throat)
(oneness)

The only good tv recapping is when Jon Wurster asks if you've seen the last episode of Archie Bunker's Place, the one they only showed once.

(laughs, but later goes home and cries)

oh i like IM-format articles, so easy to read

also there isn't a single "Laughs" in the saunders intvw

oh sorry there is a [laughter] and a [laughing] but its saunders laughing at his own jokes

the saunders interview isnt even like an IM, it's like a regular q&a

you guys are baffling

[laughter]

(baffs)

Can't spell save a ho without A&V.

i would never ride for av club, im defending the awl here

i like q&as/interviews, particularly with an interesting subject, but when it's two writers riffin' on like, the oscars or something, i hate it

They usually end up making me hate at least one of the writers.

oh i like those almost always, i just skip the ones w/ writers i dont like. i love the sicha/scocca ones and the bustillos/roth ones

television recaps are only good for really terrible shows, preferably near cancellation

the one good thing the av club's tv recap section did: point out the bizarre surrealist final season of "til death"

and apparently that was just an article on their site, not the (god) "tv club." r.i.p.

the AV Club is just horrible, the whole thing can just fuck off

u tell em

Some real haters here

some of the writer are actively awful and the comments are nothing but a sustained horrorshow but it's still miles and miles better than Television Without Pity (except for Potes, Potes is hilarious)

The film part (which is the only bit they's released an app for) is alright - hates fun a bit but who doesn't?

pretty sure every section has an app? I keep getting asked if I want to download the TV app when I browse on my phone

thats the worst

actually o'neal's news coverage is good, the rest can fuck off

Possibly the only one they've released an app in other regions for?

i dont read recaps so their existence doesnt bother me