its basically like louie but w/chix
― lag∞n, Monday, 16 April 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
not at all
― some dude, Monday, 16 April 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
heres the pitch hbo: louie, but w/ chix, & we make fun of SaTC - no punchlines tho
― johnny crunch, Monday, 16 April 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
eh his 'give a shit about the world' is kinda forced and self-congratulatory - let's have people call me a good father and show me being a good father on a show I write and star in
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 16 April 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
you guys prob just cant see it because youre misogynists tho
― lag∞n, Monday, 16 April 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
whatever, reverse misogynist!
― goole, Monday, 16 April 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
im pan-misogynistic
― lag∞n, Monday, 16 April 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
btw i thought it was roif not roy-fee
― goole, Monday, 16 April 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
god that youtube. this person is a moron. she can't speak w/o some predigested phrase.
― goole, Monday, 16 April 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
this was really good
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
my gf has college professor parents and is 24 and was an english major
the similarities end there but it's still kinda funny
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
oh man this show, i cant even blog abt it omg
― Masonic Butt (Lamp), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
haha did you like it or not
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:51 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like this show would be [obscure math] times better if no one else could ever have or at the very least publish opinions about it but as is i am in a crisis/teapot rn
― Masonic Butt (Lamp), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
sorry, haven't read this thread yet but just wanted to note briefly that holy shit this show is depressing + misanthropic. the only thing i knew about it going in is that ppl were comparing it to Louie but way off. Louie has a heart and is hopeful and this is just so bitter and cruel and angry. idk if i'll keep watching it. i'm not sure i have the strength for it tbh.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno i feel like it's going for 'dark' in a way that's kind of intrinsically naive and eager-to-please
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
ya louis has a heart and is hopeful cause he is like a millionaire who lives in an imaginary nyc where you walk your kids to school and there's nobody on the street
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
at some moments, but all the body-hate + food stuff going on with the protagonist is really hard to watch, and all the characters are so petty without any level of self-consciousness that would make them palatable. xp
― Mordy, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
damn man give em a few episodes to become full humans
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
iatee, i'm not sure if you're just taking shots at louie, or defending girls as somehow more authentic in tone + style than it? bc a) the quality of either show is disconnected from how much misanthropy i'm personally willing to subject myself to (it's why i don't watch breaking bad anymore) and b) i don't think girls shows a more real nyc
― Mordy, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
lol ok
― Masonic Butt (Lamp), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
the characters are definitely unsympathetic in a way that goes beyond the deliberate she-took-the-cleaning-lady's-money stuff, but i dunno, women be having self-esteem/body image issues? that's pretty commonplace
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
let's not separate Dunham and CK into separate economic classes - they're both showrunners, they're both rich (or will be soon)
but yeah based on this pilot at least Louie is roughly 10000x better
― Simon H., Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:03 (twelve years ago) link
i thought the verisimilitude re ny look and feel was v high
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:04 (twelve years ago) link
When I get a tweet from a girl who's like, "I'd love to watch the show, but I wish there were more women of color." You know what? I do, too, and if we have the opportunity to do a second season, I'll address that.
― buzza, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:04 (twelve years ago) link
i didnt really like it - ive seen a couple of other episodes i like better and i think theres some interesting stuff going on in the show but its all pretty qualified and hedged, like its not obviously 'good' or 'authentic' or 'funny' but it has flashes of being all those things? ive been thinking a lot about 'freaks & geeks' as a worthwhile comparison point rather than 'louie' or satc, like this facsimile of the real world thats more compelling for so obviously not being exactly the real world or w/e
haha im supposed to write about abt it but i dont really want to, everything ive read abt this show is so wrong-headed and terrible, idk
― Masonic Butt (Lamp), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
I would rather live in the louie-nyc than the girls-nyc it just doesn't exist
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
xp
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
i lived in nyc for ~13 years and it never looked like either depiction. it never looked like louie's NY, but it still looked more like his NY than Girls' NY and I lived in NY partially at the same ages as the protagonist in Girls (and even had internships in the media). also, i think the body-hate stuff goes beyond her negative self-image. i think some of the ways she's shot eating food (the spaghetti with her parents + the cupcake in the bathtub immediately come to mind) and the sex scene were particularly degrading
― Mordy, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
it seems like exactly the same joke as the credits for louie, people like to eat
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't seen it and don't really care, but just coming out as someone who knows Lena personally— she's a pretty rad person. and she works hard. and finally, in real life, she is fucking hilarious.
which means, to me, that while i hope this succeeds, if it doesn't, then meh, not really that big a deal.
― Sophomore subs are the new Smith lesbians. (the table is the table), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
wait so you think she is hilarious and rad and you really want her to succeed but you aren't willing to spend 30 minutes watching her show
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
so u dont care to watch this thing by this person you know and think is rad and hilarious lol xp
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
i don't have anything personal against her and it does seem like she's very talented and has a distinctive voice which is obv partially why i'm having such a strong reaction to the ep. xxp
― Mordy, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
lmao table
― max, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
you can know someone is rad and hilarious without caring about what they do to make a living.
― Sophomore subs are the new Smith lesbians. (the table is the table), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
"i know her, she rules, but I can't be bothered to watch a show, don't care if it actually does well" definitely does seem like the material she's feeding on
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:18 (twelve years ago) link
Cassavetes NYC vs. Woody NYC
― the hairy office thing (Eazy), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:18 (twelve years ago) link
I do my best to seek out things that I know will be rad and/or hilarious
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
mad about you to me is the most realistic depiction of ny ever
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
lag∞nebb
― buzza, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photos/rerunshow-ds2.jpg
― the hairy office thing (Eazy), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
― Masonic Butt (Lamp), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.doubletroublepublishing.com/pc/catalog/MM52.jpg
― buzza, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:25 (twelve years ago) link
If she's funny in reality, she's not very good (thus far) at translating her comic sensibility into actually-funny film/TV imo.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
tbf most funny people never make funny tv shows
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
IRLs
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
kind of hate arguments about how accurate TV is when it comes to real placesthe worst is watching any show set in NY with anyone who lived there
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
i dont think it really matters, but its interesting to look at
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:33 (twelve years ago) link
new yorkers are the worst people tho its true
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:34 (twelve years ago) link