Mozenrath
FANatic
Foppery and Whim
Speedy Speed Boy
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 22, 2023 22:30:19 GMT -5
I really wanted to like the show because I had huge crushes on Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston ever since Family Ties and the Ferris Bueller TV show, respectively, but I lost interest after a few episodes. Chandler and Joey were the only characters I found amusing, and even they weren't enough to keep me watching. Friends is one of those shows where if someone loves it, is underwhelmed by it, hates it, etc, I can understand basically any of those standpoints. A lot of the show is very meh. Some of it is outright awful. Additionally, though, there are some real gems in the mix, and some of the weirdest shit that's ever happened in a mainstream sitcom, like Monica making Joey a foreskin out of lunch meat for a role he was playing due to him hiding he'd been circumcised during casting. No, I swear, that is genuinely the B-plot to an episode.
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Clutchhausen
Don Corleone
Darby deserves better.
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Post by Clutchhausen on Sept 22, 2023 23:51:18 GMT -5
Chandler by far.
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Post by thechase on Sept 23, 2023 0:23:57 GMT -5
Friends to me was amazing for the first four seasons. Despite the quirks, it felt 'real' and I believed in the relationships. There are some episodes, like Ross and Rachel's break up, that I honestly can't watch a second time, not because they're bad, but because they gnaw a little too close to the bone.
But the show peaked with the ending of season four. If the show had ended with Ross' blunder at his and Emily's wedding it'd have been the perfect ending, sure it was a cliffhanger, but it felt like an obvious conclusion to me. Everyone became a comedy character after it, it wasn't real anymore.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Sept 23, 2023 1:06:49 GMT -5
Friends to me was amazing for the first four seasons. Despite the quirks, it felt 'real' and I believed in the relationships. There are some episodes, like Ross and Rachel's break up, that I honestly can't watch a second time, not because they're bad, but because they gnaw a little too close to the bone. But the show peaked with the ending of season four. If the show had ended with Ross' blunder at his and Emily's wedding it'd have been the perfect ending, sure it was a cliffhanger, but it felt like an obvious conclusion to me. Everyone became a comedy character after it, it wasn't real anymore. I was a casual watcher for the first four seasons, but I tapped out midway through the fifth season. It genuinely felt like a different show in which the previously-relatable and likeable main cast were replaced by caricatures with exaggerated negative traits. If I wanted to watch a bunch of assholes I'd watch Seinfeld.
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salz4life
Grimlock
Prichard is a guy who gets that his job is to service his boss.
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Post by salz4life on Sept 25, 2023 8:07:43 GMT -5
Joey
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Fundertaker
Vegeta
Hideo Kojima should direct every ending ever!
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Post by Fundertaker on Sept 25, 2023 8:18:16 GMT -5
I'm not great at deciding.
Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment instead?
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Sept 25, 2023 9:10:39 GMT -5
Jeff Murdock.
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Futureraven: Beelzebruv
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
The Ultimate Arbiter of Right And Wrong
Spent half my life here, God help me
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Sept 25, 2023 15:21:24 GMT -5
Friends to me was amazing for the first four seasons. Despite the quirks, it felt 'real' and I believed in the relationships. There are some episodes, like Ross and Rachel's break up, that I honestly can't watch a second time, not because they're bad, but because they gnaw a little too close to the bone. But the show peaked with the ending of season four. If the show had ended with Ross' blunder at his and Emily's wedding it'd have been the perfect ending, sure it was a cliffhanger, but it felt like an obvious conclusion to me. Everyone became a comedy character after it, it wasn't real anymore. I was a casual watcher for the first four seasons, but I tapped out midway through the fifth season. It genuinely felt like a different show in which the previously-relatable and likeable main cast were replaced by caricatures with exaggerated negative traits. If I wanted to watch a bunch of assholes I'd watch Seinfeld. Similar timeline to me. Not just caricatures, but really bad people. Hugh Laurie was right kn the place chewing Rach out for what had happened. Will they won't they is a standard trope, but Ross ahd Rachel seemed to just be alternating at who was so jealous they would destroy the other's happiness.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Sept 25, 2023 16:05:13 GMT -5
Gunther.
Duh.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Sept 25, 2023 16:47:18 GMT -5
When Ross started getting more geeky and goofy in the later seasons he was the best. I'm convinced that sometime post Emily, the writers had an ongoing contest to see who could make Ross look like a bigger train wreck To be fair a lot of the best episodes are the "look what a train week Ross is" episodes
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Nr1Humanoid
Hank Scorpio
Is the #3 humanoid at best.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Sept 26, 2023 13:22:34 GMT -5
Language warning:
Later Joey is clearly an exception.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Sept 27, 2023 3:10:11 GMT -5
If their best friend is anything like my best friend, it is a stuffed cat. But I don't think she even likes me anymore. I don't know why, I keep giving and giving in this relationship and never get anything in return.
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