i'm not looking to be argumentative (really), but srs question: how long does it generally take you guys to learn the names of characters? i've been going through all the sitcoms i've seen on any regular kind of basis and it turns out that unless I've seen a season or two+ of a show, i rarely know many of the important character's names. i've seen ~8-10 eps of Raising Hope but the only character's name I remember is Martha Plimpton and that's the actress! from new girl i can name schmidt and zooey deschenal (Jes is the character's name iirc actually) but none of the other two roommates. i've seen about 10 eps or so of 2 Broke Girls but i only know Max, Earl and Oleg's names. I don't even remember the other main character's name. i can't name a single character on Veep (tho i can name Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Buster from AD, and My Girl actress)... maybe fodder for a new thread?
― Mordy, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
i generally never know character names or song titles
― lag∞n, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
i never know song titles even on albums i otherwise know by heart
― Mordy, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
fictional character names are v v trivial & unless they become really iconic theres not really a reason anyone shd remember them ever
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
Andrew, I was making the point that I am at least, when I don't remember the names well, identifying them (to myself) by character and/or personal traits and not THE NAMES OF THEIR PARENTS.
So we are on the same side, imo.
― mh, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
u both get a gold star
― Mordy, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.jampaper.com/userFiles/productImages/44_full_FoilStars_Foil%20Star%20Stickers.jpg
― Mordy, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
gold stars for both of you!
hah xp - they were for Mordy and lagoon because I can see they've made an effort even when things are confusing!
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
Not all messages are displayed: show all messages (2097 of them)
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
The person who did "Tiny Furniture" made a TV show
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
(2099 of them)
― lag∞n, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't watched it or read this thread.
I'd like to think that the interest in this show is because everyone thinks it's the best new thing on TV and not because everyone's navel-gazing about their place in the world but
Not all messages are displayed: show all messages (2099 of them)
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
oh thank god whiney is here to set us straight
― Mordy, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
i almost got lost in the hypnotic field of my navel
― Mordy, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
I only watch TV drunk so how the hell would I know the characters' names?
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, now Whiney's here we can all agree on something.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
hating the band because of the fans is never a good look
― The world is your urinal. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
again, i didn't read the thread. If it's really 2,000 posts of "Oh man, this is so good," I'll shut up
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
It is.
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
the first part was people talking about how they are all white the second was how they are all girls (I think? maybe it was how they are all rich or something) and the third is how they are all famous ppls children
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
if it was 2,000 posts of people talking about how good it is it would be a p dull thread
― thomp, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
it's 2,000 posts of ppl commenting about how many posts there are / there will be / there should be
― Mordy, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
pretty much
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, the olden days of like two months ago when I had to track down some broad and obscure thread to talk about Tiny Furniture. I think Lena Dunham is becoming internet famous, guys.
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
Is she the one in that show with Brian Williams' daughter?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
she's the obscure broad
― bnw, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
Obscure Broads=good band name.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
She's the Obscure Broad=good '80s college rock band name
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Thursday, May 3, 2012 8:50 PM (1 hour ago)
andrei rublev is the name of the protagonist of tarkovsky's 'andrei rublev'
which is to say, he expected a modicum of sobriety from its viewers
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
i can't remember the names of any of the characters of girls
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
i can't remember the names of their parents either
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
So basically a Russian niche market
xpost
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
sobriety? sure
It's not like she made it hard, nak, the first names all start with the same letter as the last. I think this is some kind of commentary on twee white girls' names or something about generations all 'cleverly' getting stuck with their parents' same naming shtick.
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
martha, marcy, mae and marlene?
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
i have seen michael mann's crepuscular 2004 masterpiece 'collateral' maybe ten or twelve times, before the last time i saw it i couldn't have told you the name of the protagonists
i couldn't have told you the name of the actors' fathers either, since english lacks patronymics, although from memory thomas cruise mapother is like the IInd or IIIrd iteration of thomas cruise mapothers, so i could have cheated there
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
i couldn't tell you the names of ANY of the characters on game of thrones except for the dead guy being tony stark and the pimp is pinky
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
IVth iteration, apparently
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/learnvest/one-girl-speaks-out-why-i_b_1477878.html
― buzza, Saturday, 5 May 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
I feel trolled.
― s.clover, Saturday, 5 May 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
lol what is that
― Mordy, Saturday, 5 May 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
jeez it took her a year to find a decent job and an apartment she could afford. i was nervous there for a minute. glad her harrowing experience ended well.
― scott seward, Saturday, 5 May 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
you can really rent an apartment in greenwich village for a thousand bucks a month? i want one.
still don't understand why more people don't just sell pot to supplement their incomes. it ain't rocket science.
― scott seward, Saturday, 5 May 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
Or rob banks! It's where the money is!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 May 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
haha, she had a plan for her life after college and it didn't pan out, and she was sad about it. WHAT A LOSER.
― how did we get here how? (ytth), Saturday, 5 May 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
my sympathy for people who repeatedly reference their "$200,000 education" is approximately nil
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 5 May 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
your hardman stance is a mighty steed and it will take you far in life.
― how did we get here how? (ytth), Saturday, 5 May 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
Everyone has something to say about Girls -- I've even had several male friends chime in on how impossible it is for them to relate on any level.
― Mordy, Saturday, 5 May 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
this was my favorite part:
HBO's new series, Girls, has caught a lot of backlash for depicting 20-somethings who live off their parents after college and struggle to find work in New York City.
― scott seward, Saturday, 5 May 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
very controversial premise.
― scott seward, Saturday, 5 May 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link