yeah i have the sense that the vdb thing is really just him trying to pull a nph and go against type to revive a career.
― s.clover, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
haven't watched ep2 yet
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
that's kinda what i mean, celebs playing themselves unflatteringly is really really played out as a comedy device (xpost)
― some dude, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
tbh the portrayal isn't 100% unflattering (shocker) but the degree of self-absorption given what he's been doing lately is kind of hilarious, esp. as a netizen who saw his series of anigifs and someone who cracked up at his blockbuster appearance in a Ke$ha video
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
it will probably build them a big viewership (at least for a while) w/ all the ppl who grew up with dawson. and it's a decent gag at first. i just have serious doubts about their ability to turn him into something that's not just one-note.
― s.clover, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
the weird thing about the van der beek premise is that dawsons creek was never that popular a show
― Lamp, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think its so much Dawson's Creek that drives the premise, as much as "lol james van der beek" and him being a B-level actor already unafraid to make fun of himself
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
it's easier to be willing to make fun of yourself when that's the only part you can get
― iatee, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
The Creek was pretty "influential"
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i dont know if its because i was in highschool/college the same years as dawson's creek but i remember it being huge
― ♆ (gr8080), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
miss u boo
http://i.imgur.com/4PS6D.jpg
― ♆ (gr8080), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
haven't watched this show yet but i'll probably watch it tonight if its got krysten ritter looking hot is this what it is y/n
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
Not sold after watching the first two eps. (Pilot was kind of funny.) It's better than 2 Broke Girls but what isn't? I don't think the premise has much lasting power in it. There really doesn't seem to be much for June in this 'relationship'. I never watched Dawson's Creek, mind, so maybe I'm missing something?
xpost: y
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
in a lot of ways it falls flat but there's a definite kernel of something unique and promising in there and now and again there'll be a great line out of nowhere like "anyone wanna get weird and play Mario Kart?"
― deejeridoo (some dude), Thursday, 12 April 2012 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
network television is kind of horrible
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 April 2012 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's no tim & eric huh
― deejeridoo (some dude), Thursday, 12 April 2012 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
― Number None, Wednesday, April 11, 2012 5:46 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
...on a lot of CW shows that nobody on ILX watches
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 12 April 2012 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
also kryyyyysten ritter has a good agent, i've seen puff pieces on her everywhere, including the NYT.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 12 April 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
yea this was p disappointing & not sure i see much promise to it
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 12 April 2012 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
i have no idea how they are going to milk 6 episodes out of this, let alone a whole season, especially when p much the entire conceit of the show gets blown in the pilot. this kinda felt like a case of, "oh shit our wild ass pitch actually got picked up, what the fuck are we going to do now?"
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
it's kind of a good thing if a sitcom doesn't map out the formula for every future episode with its pilot imo
― deejeridoo (some dude), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:07 (twelve years ago) link
i guess i'd be more kind if i didn't find 75% of the jokes terrible (to be fair, the other 25% were hilarious). these meta Dawson jokes weren't really that funny the first time Kevin Smith used them in Jay & Silent Bob and much less so in 2012.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
gonna watch this tonight. it only has to be better than new girl.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
its definitely not.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
By virtue of not featuring Zooey Deschanel, it's better than The New Girl at the very LEAST.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:21 (twelve years ago) link
def not remotely as good as New Girl
― deejeridoo (some dude), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
Zooey has better delivery and comedic timing than every single person on Apt. 23 except for maaaaybe Ritter.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:09 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark
haha this show should have a 'based on character created by Kevin Smith' credit
― deejeridoo (some dude), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
these network shows that can't get away with edgy titles with swear words in them but keep desperately hanging onto half-assed versions of them like "bleep my dad says" are just sad imo. they should've just called this show Apartment 23, which is probably what it'll get shortened to if it ever survives two seasons.
― deejeridoo (some dude), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
It was originally Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23, then Apartment 23, then Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
The pilot of this may be a better single episode than the last episode of New Girl. New Girl is easily the better show overall though.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:50 (twelve years ago) link
i'm aware, jaymc.
― deejeridoo (some dude), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:53 (twelve years ago) link
did anyone point out that bryan cranston was actually in a commercial for this, saying something about wanting to murder kristen ritter
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:58 (twelve years ago) link
am watching all the family-themed ABC sitcoms on the lead-up. haven't watched a sitcom other than 30 rock or the office in years. they're fun. and weird.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 April 2012 04:06 (twelve years ago) link
suburgatory girl looks a bit like emma stone
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 April 2012 04:07 (twelve years ago) link
yeah "Suburgatory" is good. i take "Modern Family" for granted but it's still pretty decent.
― deejeridoo (some dude), Thursday, 12 April 2012 04:08 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry, your post read like you came up with the idea for the truncated title.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Thursday, 12 April 2012 04:09 (twelve years ago) link
It totally wasn't! Disappointing.
― DRANGUS (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 12 April 2012 04:09 (twelve years ago) link
well i mean, it was obviously just Apartment 23 back when this thread was started
― deejeridoo (some dude), Thursday, 12 April 2012 04:11 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, like I said over in the ABC Tuesday night thread, I don't particularly care for any of the shows much (except for Happy Endings, which it's a shame you missed), but I think the majority of the actors on the shows are really decent comedic actors, and everyone seems to be having a good time. Let the kids have their fun and their laughs, eh? Why not!
― DRANGUS (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 12 April 2012 04:12 (twelve years ago) link
yeah a lot of these shows are definitely a triumph of casting over material
― deejeridoo (some dude), Thursday, 12 April 2012 04:14 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, suburgatory was clearly getting by on charm, but i was into it. would watch again.
not sure what to make of modern family. it's good, but seems like something you'd have to get the hang of. lot of implied relationship history.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 April 2012 04:20 (twelve years ago) link
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:58 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
are you not putting the y in her name like for political reasons or what
― goole, Thursday, 12 April 2012 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
The Rittery regime is responsible for some pretty heinous atrocities in Central America, so yeah
― DRANGUS (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 12 April 2012 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
i misspelled it
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 12 April 2012 04:50 (twelve years ago) link
oh no i approve believe me
― goole, Thursday, 12 April 2012 04:54 (twelve years ago) link
show was pretty ok. hard to discern the good/bad through the cute, but i liked van der beek, liked the cheerfully sleazy goings-on. much better than that one episode of new girl i watched yesterday. no idea whether i'll ever watch any of these shows again.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 April 2012 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
― goole, Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i put enough y's in her name above to make up for any omissions below
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 12 April 2012 05:50 (twelve years ago) link
I will continue to watch this as it was fine; actually it was reminiscent of my reaction to Happy Endings before they hit their stride, so if this finds a groove I think it will kill
I also think people are completely misreading the thesis of the show if they think the pilot blows it; a show about a woman torturing her stupid roommate would get very tired very quickly, whereas a show where the "mean girl" learns how to relate to another woman while the wide-eyed innocent shows she isn't as wide-eyed or innocent as she appears may not be "zomg ORIGINAL" but it at least has someplace to go where you aren't automatically cast in the position of despising one of the leads for either their rampant, unrelenting meanness or their mind-boggling, irritating stupidity.
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Thursday, 12 April 2012 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
well, bcz Quell doesnt remember it
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 25 November 2012 02:54 (eleven years ago) link
So _Vamps_ is a really good film, and Ritter is perfect for it.
― s.clover, Sunday, 9 December 2012 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
"You from Queens"
in other news, both this and happy endings seem like their ratings are pretty bad and they could be cancelled.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 05:21 (eleven years ago) link
yeah they're both in burn-off mode, i think off the schedule by march
― da croupier, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 06:13 (eleven years ago) link
nothing says faith in a sitcom like a sunday night at 10pm slot
― da croupier, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 06:17 (eleven years ago) link
On the bright side, two new eps per week!*
*I have to look for a bright side.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 06:18 (eleven years ago) link
well, its unofficially officially a wrap:
https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/293824551354236928
― s.clover, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 04:19 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/17/apartment-23-final-episodes-online_n_3106468.html
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
man i loved thsi show
― maura, Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
hulu has these up now.
― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Saturday, 18 May 2013 18:13 (ten years ago) link
looking at the previews of the 2013 season, I feel like this show was the far end of a pendulum swing now going back towards "mainstream" banality
― da croupier, Saturday, 18 May 2013 18:33 (ten years ago) link
network execs realized that they actually aired a show about self-superior urbanites interacting with a WB star and were like OMG FAMILIES FAMILIES FAMILIES
― da croupier, Saturday, 18 May 2013 18:38 (ten years ago) link
haha
― gr8080, Saturday, 18 May 2013 23:11 (ten years ago) link