JoDaNa1281
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Dec 17, 2010 20:35:20 GMT -5
While I still think it's funny for the most part, IMO, the best run of the show was seasons 3-6.
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ICBM
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Post by ICBM on Dec 17, 2010 21:13:07 GMT -5
Still love it but Seth puts waaay too many political barbs in there that have stopped being funny
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Dec 17, 2010 21:57:56 GMT -5
Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the original run. I like it right after it got uncancelled, and they seemed to be putting on a ton of great episodes purely to spite Fox for not knowing what they almost pissed away.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Dec 17, 2010 22:36:19 GMT -5
Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the original run. I like it right after it got uncancelled, and they seemed to be putting on a ton of great episodes purely to spite Fox for not knowing what they almost pissed away. That's pretty much how I feel. The first 2 seasons really don't hold up well IMO. In comparison they are poorly drawn and Meg having a different voice just throws me off.
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Post by Bullhead on Dec 17, 2010 23:02:05 GMT -5
I was a member of the Official Family Guy Forum in it's original incarnation and when the show was brought back from cancellation it was like Seth crapped in everyone's cereal.
"It's not the same show." "It's not funny anymore." "Stewie isn't evil enough." "Why isn't Brian drinking? "Where's Quagmire?" "The animation is too glossy." And so on and so on....
And this was after one episode.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 18, 2010 3:33:26 GMT -5
When it came back, I was pretty disappointed. I didn't like it much anymore.
Since, I've grown to love it. I don't know what changed. I think it's amazing.Maybe I stopped taking myself so seriously or I am just getting darker or what.
I thought the recent Christmas episode was excellent and Brian and Stewie turning giving gifts into a home invasion with murder was f***ing hilarious.
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Post by nate5054 on Dec 18, 2010 4:22:55 GMT -5
I still enjoy Family Guy when they aren't being grotesque and offensive just for the sake of being grotesquely offensive. I will say that my biggest problem with Family Guy, and I don't know how many will agree, has been their treatment of Meg. I know the character isn't a real person, but I can't get behind anybody who would treat another person, fictional or otherwise, like the Griffins treat Meg. And I know they've tried to make up for it in recent episodes, but the bad taste is still there. I know it's a silly thing to be bothered about, but it genuinely does bother me. In fact, the funniest thing about this whole ordeal is that, as an Oscar whore, I'm rooting for Mila Kunis to get nominated for supporting actress for Black Swan simply because she voices Meg. And with each awards group that announces, it seems more and more like a possibility. I just think it'd be hilarious that she'd be the first and only member of that cast to have an Academy Award nomination, and I have no doubt that MacFarlane would probably poke bitterly at her character for it. Or maybe I'm just reading too much into things. But yeah, enough with the Meg bashing. I agree. Must be why the episode where she goes to prison and then brutalizes Peter later was one of my favorites in a while.
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Post by Yami Daimao on Dec 18, 2010 4:51:50 GMT -5
I still enjoy Family Guy when they aren't being grotesque and offensive just for the sake of being grotesquely offensive. I will say that my biggest problem with Family Guy, and I don't know how many will agree, has been their treatment of Meg. I know the character isn't a real person, but I can't get behind anybody who would treat another person, fictional or otherwise, like the Griffins treat Meg. And I know they've tried to make up for it in recent episodes, but the bad taste is still there. I know it's a silly thing to be bothered about, but it genuinely does bother me. In fact, the funniest thing about this whole ordeal is that, as an Oscar whore, I'm rooting for Mila Kunis to get nominated for supporting actress for Black Swan simply because she voices Meg. And with each awards group that announces, it seems more and more like a possibility. I just think it'd be hilarious that she'd be the first and only member of that cast to have an Academy Award nomination, and I have no doubt that MacFarlane would probably poke bitterly at her character for it. Or maybe I'm just reading too much into things. But yeah, enough with the Meg bashing. I agree. Must be why the episode where she goes to prison and then brutalizes Peter later was one of my favorites in a while. Same goes for the episode where Brian goes to her prom as her date out of pity, until she becomes dangerously obsess with him. As a matter of fact, any episode where Meg is the primary or secondary focus is usually pretty good. But I guess that's also because I like to hear Mila. ;D
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Post by Milkman Norm on Dec 18, 2010 12:18:42 GMT -5
I wish they would do more cut aways with semi-obscure pop culture references from the 70's and 80's. Plot driven FG bores me unless it is a road movie spoof or one of the Star Wars eps.
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Post by Enrico Palazzo on Dec 18, 2010 12:57:26 GMT -5
Of the few episodes I've watched it can be strange. I can enjoy the plot and all without getting into to it too much. These were older episodes though I think, and for me the subtle humour is my favourite parts.
For example in an episode where they were travelling to alternate universes, and ended up with a Christianity free world, and Stewies first question was about the famous Christian artwork.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Dec 18, 2010 13:04:32 GMT -5
Mytake is that every season has 4 or 5 really good episodes and the rest range for awful to mediocre.
The really good episodes tend to find a reasable balance between having a coherant plot *and* some random wackiness and gags.
When they get too gag heavy, it feels like they're beating you over the head screaming "LAUGH, DAMMIT!!"
As for Seth: I know it's his show and he can say what he likes, but there is a such thing as being a douche for the sake of it. I can do without his constant barage of shots at politics and religeon.
And Peter has gone from a loveable oaf with a good heart who would make mistakes to now being a completly beligerant asshole
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Post by MCMGM on Dec 18, 2010 13:46:39 GMT -5
Family Guy sucks, it's a cheap Simpsons Rip-off copying the simpsons in their unfunyn run (after the 10th season) They suck, suck suck so much. It's even worse than South Park That told me all I needed to know.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Dec 18, 2010 13:57:05 GMT -5
Here's a problem that I do have with FG; Characters changing their motivates or beliefs because it fits that weeks episode or storyline.
The biggest one being the Quagmire-Brian feud. It seems if McFarlene just decided that do to the anti-Brian movement he should have someone go off on him. But Quagmire was friendly with Brian before and it's not like he exactly a likeable character or moral character either. Still the verbal rant would have been an ok one if in my mind if at some point Brian could do the same to Quagmire. The fight after Brian has sex with his post-op transexual dad was way to far for me though because it seemed like really lazy writting just to set up a Brian getting his ass kicked he hadn't done anything wrong. If Brian had actually done something that would have been another thing,but he didn't, so it was just wrong.
A another one was the pot episode where Lois was suddenly anti-pot even though she has referenced smoking several times. Another case of some lazy writing to get out of the legal pot story.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Dec 19, 2010 20:48:36 GMT -5
Mytake is that every season has 4 or 5 really good episodes and the rest range for awful to mediocre. The really good episodes tend to find a reasable balance between having a coherant plot *and* some random wackiness and gags. When they get too gag heavy, it feels like they're beating you over the head screaming "LAUGH, DAMMIT!!" As for Seth: I know it's his show and he can say what he likes, but there is a such thing as being a douche for the sake of it. I can do without his constant barage of shots at politics and religeon. And Peter has gone from a loveable oaf with a good heart who would make mistakes to now being a completly beligerant asshole I agree with all these points. Personally, I think Seth McFarlane is a hack. Half the time watching these shows I expect to see him pop up in a bubble in the corner of the screen saying "Huh? Huh? Get it? Get it?" Like slickness said, every season does have a few good episodes, but McFarlane & co are only, I repeat ONLY good at three things: 1. Randomness just for the sake of randomness. 2. Pathetic, desperate attempts at "Shock Humor". 3. Stretching a 10 second joke out for five (or more) minutes.
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Post by the5thhorseman on Dec 19, 2010 21:20:39 GMT -5
Mytake is that every season has 4 or 5 really good episodes and the rest range for awful to mediocre. The really good episodes tend to find a reasable balance between having a coherant plot *and* some random wackiness and gags. When they get too gag heavy, it feels like they're beating you over the head screaming "LAUGH, DAMMIT!!" As for Seth: I know it's his show and he can say what he likes, but there is a such thing as being a douche for the sake of it. I can do without his constant barage of shots at politics and religeon. And Peter has gone from a loveable oaf with a good heart who would make mistakes to now being a completly beligerant asshole 3. Stretching a 10 second joke out for five (or more) minutes. I thought that was SNL's specialty
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Post by rapidfire187 on Dec 20, 2010 0:11:06 GMT -5
Mytake is that every season has 4 or 5 really good episodes and the rest range for awful to mediocre. The really good episodes tend to find a reasable balance between having a coherant plot *and* some random wackiness and gags. When they get too gag heavy, it feels like they're beating you over the head screaming "LAUGH, DAMMIT!!" As for Seth: I know it's his show and he can say what he likes, but there is a such thing as being a douche for the sake of it. I can do without his constant barage of shots at politics and religeon. And Peter has gone from a loveable oaf with a good heart who would make mistakes to now being a completly beligerant asshole I agree with all these points. Personally, I think Seth McFarlane is a hack. Half the time watching these shows I expect to see him pop up in a bubble in the corner of the screen saying "Huh? Huh? Get it? Get it?" Like slickness said, every season does have a few good episodes, but McFarlane & co are only, I repeat ONLY good at three things: 1. Randomness just for the sake of randomness. 2. Pathetic, desperate attempts at "Shock Humor". 3. Stretching a 10 second joke out for five (or more) minutes. I'm definitely not seeing that. I mean, sure the show can be random at times but that's usually when it's at it's least funny IMO. I usually laugh at the darker jokes like Stewey beating a man to death with a bat on Christmas, or Quagmire hinting at necrophilia. I also usually get a chuckle out of the observational humor on the show because a lot of times it's spot on. Like at the beginning of It's a Trap when there's a documentary on 90's bands that pronounce the letter E as A. I do absolutely hate the way that they drag things out though. I mean, the running gag of Peter falling and holding his knee while wincing forever was hilarious the first few times, but when they started doing it more often it really grates on my nerves. Another example from It's a Trap was the nodding thing...then they did it again less than 5 minutes later. The random Conway Twitty scenes have the same effect on me but worse.
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Post by Threadkiller [Classic] on Dec 20, 2010 0:19:34 GMT -5
I felt the same way about the Christmas special where Stewie and Brian kill an entire family.
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Post by Heartbreaker on Dec 20, 2010 0:39:07 GMT -5
I love the show but sometimes things seem a little over the top or exaggerated. IMO the early seasons to about seven were pretty good.
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Post by sfvega on Dec 20, 2010 0:39:35 GMT -5
Mytake is that every season has 4 or 5 really good episodes and the rest range for awful to mediocre. The really good episodes tend to find a reasable balance between having a coherant plot *and* some random wackiness and gags. When they get too gag heavy, it feels like they're beating you over the head screaming "LAUGH, DAMMIT!!" As for Seth: I know it's his show and he can say what he likes, but there is a such thing as being a douche for the sake of it. I can do without his constant barage of shots at politics and religeon. And Peter has gone from a loveable oaf with a good heart who would make mistakes to now being a completly beligerant asshole I agree with a lot of that. Especially about consistently getting political/religious (or anti-religious, rather?). I liked the show in the original run, and for a couple seasons after it was brought back. But it got really old a few seasons after it returned and I've gone from watching it every week to having watched parts of a few episodes all year. I HATE the political/religious barbs. I want to laugh at this show, I don't give half a ---- if you believe in God or not or whether you're Democrat or Republican. So stop pushing it. The songs got to be too much. The "time-wasters" where they take one quasi-funny joke and run it into the ground for an agonizing minute (estimate). The gross-out humor (though I did find the ipecac contest hilarious). The idiot-humor. And yes, Peter becoming someone who you can't really root for. It's always been more of a hit-or-miss comedy, it just started missing more and it's negatives started showing more. It's just not an enjoyable or particularly funny watch for me anymore. Basically, like the Simpsons this decade, only more aggressive. I don't really think there's much of a problem in the cut-away gags. If that's what you need to be FUNNY (the only real goal of an animated comedy), then do it. Not every show has to be done the same.....
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Dec 20, 2010 0:46:42 GMT -5
I will say that yeah, MacFarlane is starting to go WAY overboard with musical numbers. I get that the guy's apparently a huge fan of musicals and the like, but at a certain point, it needs to be held back to increase the impact of them when they pop up.
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