Community season 3
Over the past couple of nights, I've binged on Community season 3 - well, seven episodes in two nights feels like it's bingeing, however moreish it is, and that I should try harder to be disciplined/drag it out. Even though I failed at that with the second season.
I was chuckling at random stuff yesterday and will probably do the same today.
Everything I've ever come across about Dan Harmon seems to suggest he's got a streak of contrariness that makes him willing to bite the hand that feeds him (although the recent quote from the head suit (?) at NBC made me feel sorry for all the people involved in making Community that had to deal with that.)
I'm going to try to limit myself to commenting about three things about each episode.
Biology 101
I very much enjoyed the song and dance number at the start. I did think 'promises, promises' about some of the things that were said in the episode, although so far, the show kind of seems to be on its way to keeping them - Jeff/Annie, the darkest timeline, but not tamping down on the weirdness. TERRIBLE ENGLISH ACCENTS abound.
Geography of Global Conflict
I thought this was better because it examined Annie and Britta's crazy. And only in Greendale would you have a model UN-off, which just made me happy. Maybe it's my weakness for slo-mo and music, or maybe it's that it was played to perfection, but that charged thing between Britta the Protestor and Chang (CHANG!) the Guard was a delight.
PS I am sparing you all my Jeff/Annie thoughts.
Remedial Chaos Theory
I had been vaguely spoiled for the premise and how good this one was, but it really was brilliant. I laughed every time Jeff hit his head against the fan, even if Pierce wasn't there. Cunningly wrought, each universe showed so much about the characters and the group dynamic.
PS Fourth thing, I would really love it if Joel McHale played Beetlejuice if they did a remake
Competitive Ecology
Poor random Todd, dragged into the group's crazy/poor Professor who finds Greendale harder to deal with than prison. The subplot with Chang, private eye, was the hilariousest, particularly with the bizarre similies, and it was well bookended by the Dean's involvement.
Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps
Annie's story was my favourite, although I liked the mix of the actors playing the characters acting out one character's story in a mostly shared imaginary space, and how the stories all clearly belonged to each character. Maybe less awesome than past Halloween episodes, though. I saw that the punchline had to be 'they're all very disturbed' but was delighted with the twist of 'except Abed' because that validates last year's Christmas special.
Advanced Gay
I started off not caring about Jeff's daddy issues by proxy of the Hawthorne family, but I did slightly more by the end. Jeff Winger is so not Welsh, though. I meant to make a John Goodman = this year's Betty White and how he turns up everywhere comment regarding the first episode, but because there was this whole freemason take-off (give a typical added level of weirdness) that made me think of Dancing on the Edge) I thought I'd reference it now.
Studies in Modern Movement
Three-quarters of this was great, and having Chase's pratfalling and Pierce's hallucinations follow the Dean's blackmail was a good call, so by the time the musical number came around, I was cackling. I will never be able to listen to Kiss With a Rose (Roxanne or Hello) with a straight face ever again. Although there can sometimes be a right old mean edge to the group dynamic and even to how the group 'Aww' is deployed so far this season, that Troy and Abed were willing to make the adjustment because they wanted Annie to live with them and how everyone else helped was heart-warming.
This entry was originally posted at http://shallowness.dreamwidth.org/125689.html.
I was chuckling at random stuff yesterday and will probably do the same today.
Everything I've ever come across about Dan Harmon seems to suggest he's got a streak of contrariness that makes him willing to bite the hand that feeds him (although the recent quote from the head suit (?) at NBC made me feel sorry for all the people involved in making Community that had to deal with that.)
I'm going to try to limit myself to commenting about three things about each episode.
Biology 101
I very much enjoyed the song and dance number at the start. I did think 'promises, promises' about some of the things that were said in the episode, although so far, the show kind of seems to be on its way to keeping them - Jeff/Annie, the darkest timeline, but not tamping down on the weirdness. TERRIBLE ENGLISH ACCENTS abound.
Geography of Global Conflict
I thought this was better because it examined Annie and Britta's crazy. And only in Greendale would you have a model UN-off, which just made me happy. Maybe it's my weakness for slo-mo and music, or maybe it's that it was played to perfection, but that charged thing between Britta the Protestor and Chang (CHANG!) the Guard was a delight.
PS I am sparing you all my Jeff/Annie thoughts.
Remedial Chaos Theory
I had been vaguely spoiled for the premise and how good this one was, but it really was brilliant. I laughed every time Jeff hit his head against the fan, even if Pierce wasn't there. Cunningly wrought, each universe showed so much about the characters and the group dynamic.
PS Fourth thing, I would really love it if Joel McHale played Beetlejuice if they did a remake
Competitive Ecology
Poor random Todd, dragged into the group's crazy/poor Professor who finds Greendale harder to deal with than prison. The subplot with Chang, private eye, was the hilariousest, particularly with the bizarre similies, and it was well bookended by the Dean's involvement.
Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps
Annie's story was my favourite, although I liked the mix of the actors playing the characters acting out one character's story in a mostly shared imaginary space, and how the stories all clearly belonged to each character. Maybe less awesome than past Halloween episodes, though. I saw that the punchline had to be 'they're all very disturbed' but was delighted with the twist of 'except Abed' because that validates last year's Christmas special.
Advanced Gay
I started off not caring about Jeff's daddy issues by proxy of the Hawthorne family, but I did slightly more by the end. Jeff Winger is so not Welsh, though. I meant to make a John Goodman = this year's Betty White and how he turns up everywhere comment regarding the first episode, but because there was this whole freemason take-off (give a typical added level of weirdness) that made me think of Dancing on the Edge) I thought I'd reference it now.
Studies in Modern Movement
Three-quarters of this was great, and having Chase's pratfalling and Pierce's hallucinations follow the Dean's blackmail was a good call, so by the time the musical number came around, I was cackling. I will never be able to listen to Kiss With a Rose (Roxanne or Hello) with a straight face ever again. Although there can sometimes be a right old mean edge to the group dynamic and even to how the group 'Aww' is deployed so far this season, that Troy and Abed were willing to make the adjustment because they wanted Annie to live with them and how everyone else helped was heart-warming.
This entry was originally posted at http://shallowness.dreamwidth.org/125689.html.