I really hate this show now, take back whatever I said on this thread
― Kornblud (admrl), Sunday, 16 February 2014 21:25 (ten years ago) link
go on?
― eric banana (s.clover), Sunday, 16 February 2014 21:42 (ten years ago) link
I don't know, maybe it's very subjective. I work with people just a little younger than this age now and watching the show kinda makes me feel creepy like I'm eavesdropping on a part in a dorm or something. I'm sure I have old-guy stuff I should rather be doing. But the recent episodes I've seen have just been airless and bad. I feel life passing me by as I watch it.
― Kornblud (admrl), Sunday, 16 February 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
a party
― Kornblud (admrl), Sunday, 16 February 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link
I also no longer think Lena Dunham is smart or fun. Well, I definitely don't think she's fun and if she's smart, she's not being generous with that gift at present.
― Kornblud (admrl), Sunday, 16 February 2014 21:56 (ten years ago) link
i would be happy to outsource some of the blame for what this show is like now to a kind of Apatowization, & a misread of its original value, but yeah it is frustrating to see it vaguely resemble & then operate totally differently from the impulses that made it so smart. that there's a season-three rearrangement of existing characters into a new couple just seems like the basest most clasically moorless move.
― mustread guy (schlump), Sunday, 16 February 2014 22:14 (ten years ago) link
last episode i thought the sympathetic music when hannah had the "oh no i might stop writing" realization was jarring. like we were being asked to genuinely relate to that sort of anxiety, instead of looking askance at it.
― eric banana (s.clover), Sunday, 16 February 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link
i kinda stopped taking this show seriously until i get to the next ep that dunham wrote solo. is that happening?
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Monday, 17 February 2014 00:15 (ten years ago) link
Whoa, I really liked tonight's episode. I mean, it wasn't subtle at all in how it basically addressed the complaints people have about every character (interestingly, Jessa got the least of the crossfire) but I think the show's been building up to something like this for awhile now and it's something the show needs.
Also, is Danny Strong gay???
― Murgatroid, Monday, 17 February 2014 05:46 (ten years ago) link
I kind of lost my steam on this show after the first few this season. I have also had the thoughts stated above that (1) the show might be drifting as it becomes "apatowized" or (2) all those times where I wasn't sure exactly how smart and self-aware dunham was really being might be resolved in favor of less smart and less self-aware
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Monday, 17 February 2014 06:10 (ten years ago) link
I don't know if tonight's episode indicated self-awareness or just an ability to read comment sections.
― Murgatroid, Monday, 17 February 2014 06:13 (ten years ago) link
Audibly cheered at some of Shoshanna's lines this week.
― pearly-dewdrops' bops (monotony), Monday, 17 February 2014 11:17 (ten years ago) link
it was funny, enjoyed seeing everyone call each other on their shit, and loved Hannah relentlessly hanging out in her swimmers all ep
― (D1CK$) (sic), Monday, 17 February 2014 11:42 (ten years ago) link
kind of a disconcerting "Friends"-like sitcommy vibe to this episode. not necessarily a bad thing but everyone drunkenly calling each other out feels a little rote at this point.
― ryan, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:51 (ten years ago) link
1. There was a whole Friends-related motif in this week's (excellent) episode of Looking.
2. DS is also playing a psychotic, abusive prison guard in a women's prison on the current season of Justified, if you're inclined to read into casting.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:56 (ten years ago) link
Okay, so a bit of wishful thinking on my part (he's kinda cute imo) but it's less of a stretch for him to actually be gay because of a role on Girls than for him to be psychotic and abusive in real life because of a role on Justified.
But yes, it's probably mostly wishful thinking.
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:59 (ten years ago) link
<3 this episode <3
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/tv/2014-02-16/203f7400-9764-11e3-bb49-8d79c730f8d4_Girls-Dance-Routine-Take2.gif
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 01:46 (ten years ago) link
Yeah super loved this ep. Cannot deny the power of nilsson musical routine
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link
xp, actually I take back what I said, I finally watched ep 4 thru 6 and mostly really enjoyed them. Although I agree that the Ray and Marnie thing was fucking stoopid.
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 03:50 (ten years ago) link
Old man ray
― Treeship, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 03:53 (ten years ago) link
Ha (or duh) there's a candidate for the "puns that you had missed" thread.
― drash, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 04:00 (ten years ago) link
eli's 2-faced bitchiness is next level
and i love danny strong forever <3
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 04:09 (ten years ago) link
I think I enjoy this show more when I stop expecting any kind of radical critique out of it. There's an Apatovian conservatism at the heart of the show.
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 04:13 (ten years ago) link
pretty much
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 04:28 (ten years ago) link
episode felt very much like a precocious college assignment.
― eric banana (s.clover), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 04:35 (ten years ago) link
I don't know if it's because I had just woken up when I watched it & was still kinda groggy, but good god was the pacing of this ep relentless or what?! I'm not sure I would be as charitable as Dunham, who described it as "wall-to-wall fun scenes" in her weird post-credits behind-the-scenes interview...
OTOH, it definitely captured some of the stifling feeling of a stay at the beach, so kudos
― my collages, let me show you them (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 04:49 (ten years ago) link
"you're a cruel drunk, shosh"
― Treeship, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 04:56 (ten years ago) link
Search: real life Shosh. Destroy: every other GIRL.
And is there supposed to be some rationalisation behind the 'Old Man Ray' pun? Like...surreal art or what?
― ∞, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 06:28 (ten years ago) link
he's in his thirties iirc
― kilt by defrock (get bent), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 06:30 (ten years ago) link
Danny Strong wrote the screenplay for Mocking Jay, wtf. I didn't realize he'd been doing so much screenwriting.
― akm, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 08:01 (ten years ago) link
He also wrote the Game Change movie.
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 08:18 (ten years ago) link
And Recount. They are both kind of dire though.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 12:44 (ten years ago) link
The Adam/Caroline blow-up fight was kind of annoying, the way they staged it so he was on top of her at the end for like three minutes, hitting you over the head with the irony "HAHA SEE LOOK HE IS IN A SEXUAL POSITION WITH HER!" like "Oh I was in my college drama club's production of The House of Yes and I like 'taboos'"
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 17:21 (ten years ago) link
or it was staged so they looked like pre-teen kids fighting
― (D1CK$) (sic), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 21:30 (ten years ago) link
http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2014/02/03/Girls-07-missionary.jpg
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
just watched episode 6, feels like this show has really come into its stride imo. the scene with shoshanna and the guy in the library was brilliant.
― chael, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link
the getting-out-of-the-city eps have always been classic and this was another.
Charlie's business failed?? is that LD having a subtle pop at the actor who played him for leaving i wonder.. wouldn't blame her like.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 05:03 (ten years ago) link
Not subtle at all really, but p satisfying
― Simon H., Wednesday, 19 February 2014 05:09 (ten years ago) link
It feels like every ep this season has had a dig at (the actor who played) Charlie.
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 05:13 (ten years ago) link
Yes it is totally unrealistic that a ridiculous startup failed, such a clumsy plot machination must be the result of petty malice
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 05:29 (ten years ago) link
i missed the other digs at him but i'm sure they may have been there. actually she seems pretty laidback about the whole thing
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s236/girls/news/a543374/girls-lena-dunham-on-charlie-exit-we-made-it-simple.html
― piscesx, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 05:33 (ten years ago) link
this episode was wonderful and real and it feels like she's kinda leveling all of the ill-conceived flimsy critiques ppl have made of this show
also holy shit ugggghhhh I think the dudes in this episode are literally THE FUCKING WORST type of gay men, like I cringed any time any one of them opened their mouths and one of them actually said the word "naughty" at one point and I wanted to cut my dick off and go live in a temple
― "Jiggle It" - 2 in a Zoo (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 20 February 2014 03:57 (ten years ago) link
irritating shallow characters call one another irritating and shallow wow way to tackle those flimsy critiques
― eric banana (s.clover), Thursday, 20 February 2014 04:17 (ten years ago) link
hmmmm, irritating shallow characters call one another irritating and shallow on a show that has been criticized for being oblivious to how irritating and shallow its characters are, hold on, let me think abt this one for a minute
― "Jiggle It" - 2 in a Zoo (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 20 February 2014 04:57 (ten years ago) link
yeah i'm gonna go ahead and say that she's addressing that
maybe we should make you a diagram or something, idk, are you one of those ppl that found the end of Shutter Island satisfying?
― "Jiggle It" - 2 in a Zoo (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 20 February 2014 05:03 (ten years ago) link
i liked the dance scene and the final scene a lot.
― akm, Thursday, 20 February 2014 05:06 (ten years ago) link
i mean if the criticism is lol the writers don't know their characters are irritating then that's one thing.
but i think the more common criticism is the more straightforward "i don't enjoy or relate to these irritating people"
― eric banana (s.clover), Thursday, 20 February 2014 06:30 (ten years ago) link
and self-awareness doesn't really help that one bit.