that podcast has just the worst two hosts.
lol, it has three, but two of them are completely indistinguishable (and both are more subdued verions of the main dude)
― The Larry Sandbox Show (sic), Friday, 16 December 2011 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
i am fine w/ no new community tonight because i really needed to see the stop motion ep again
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 16 December 2011 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
xp wait there are three hosts on that podcast???
― Mordy, Friday, 16 December 2011 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
oh, you know, i made a mistake. it wasn't the nerdist i was talking about. it was indoor kids. can we plz spend a minute talking about how terrible indoor kids are?
Enh, I think they're okay, but they really need a Jeremy Parish type who actually knows game history, context, the diff between Western & Japanese gamedev philosophies, etc.
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Friday, 16 December 2011 02:23 (twelve years ago) link
the Whitney hate itt makes me very...happy. one episode was enough to make me gag.
― if you ain't gonna wash it, i ain't gonna eat it, Friday, 16 December 2011 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
Dan himself does Harmontown every once in a while in the space that the Nerdiast guys set up at an L.A. comic shop
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Friday, 16 December 2011 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
the Cheslea Handler love itt makes me very...confused.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 16 December 2011 02:25 (twelve years ago) link
Wait where are you seeing Chelsea Handler love, because I know it's not in my post
― OH NOES, Friday, 16 December 2011 05:32 (twelve years ago) link
it actually subtly played to the character's total lack of connection to music
She didn't sing as badly in last year's Christmas episode though. I have to admit I'm still having some trouble with what they're doing with Britta this season.
― EveningStar, Friday, 16 December 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
In what way?
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Friday, 16 December 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
For one, it's a little hard to swallow since they've basically changed her character/personality type without really showing how this is some kind of organic or logical development of her character. (Annie's character has changed as well, for example, but it makes sense as a sort of maturation of her character. Same with Jeff.) Also, I just don't really find the new Britta all that charming or funny some of the time, especially when they go really OTT with her, e.g. in the model UN episode.
― EveningStar, Friday, 16 December 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
Because character development and continuity do seem fairly important in this show, it's a little hard for me to accept that the same character who grudgingly began singing the final song of last year's Christmas episode in a low-key manner is the same character who sang the "Me so Christmas" song on stage in this year's Christmas pageant.
― EveningStar, Friday, 16 December 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
I love doofus Britta but it's a clear case of Homerization. Also Warren Piece was a step too far.
― fartz, Friday, 16 December 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
britta is the best thing about this show
― n/a, Friday, 16 December 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
britta was the last holdout against the glee mania too though.
― joshuajlee, Friday, 16 December 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
Still, her whole attitude was different and, like I said, her singing voice was completely different. Her sense of humour, the way she relates to the other characters have all changed (compare her interactions with Shirley and Annie in last year's Christmas episode.)
― EveningStar, Friday, 16 December 2011 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like there's a totally logical contrast between the way Britta acts when she's a smug defensive hipster and when she lets her guard down and gets enthusiastic about things. it's what makes her character realistic and, more importantly, hilarious.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 16 December 2011 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
i just assumed the difference is that her character is high alla time now
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Friday, 16 December 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
haha that could be it too
"me so christmas, me so merry" was such a perfect callback to "me so hungy"
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 16 December 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
i feel real spergy questioning this but rly Even In A Heightened Reality who would do that. feels like playing to the people (not me!! I'm way 2 smart for this!!!!) who thought every instance of an Arrested Development character repeating a two- or three-word phrase that had occurred earlier in the series was an intentional super smart callback to another point in the gossamer web of narrative
― fartz, Friday, 16 December 2011 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
britta saying "me so _____" >>>>>>>>>> newt calling for "fundamental change"
ppl do have their catchphrases, even on this very borad
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 December 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
I don't feel like she has been developed as a character with those two facets coexisting in her personality though. I feel like she used to be one and has now been turned into the other because the writers got a new idea or something. Maybe I can buy the always-stoned thing...
― EveningStar, Saturday, 17 December 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno to me it fits perfectly in w/ britta's botched jokes going back to season 1
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Saturday, 17 December 2011 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
every instance of an Arrested Development character repeating a two- or three-word phrase that had occurred earlier in the series was an intentional super smart callback to another point in the gossamer web of narrative
it was
― j., Saturday, 17 December 2011 03:33 (twelve years ago) link
what the hell is wrong with you people?community is AWESOME
― Stevie, Saturday, 17 December 2011 08:43 (twelve years ago) link
OK, after watching for the fifth time or so, maybe you are right, Mr Stevenson. Britta does sing much more conventionally when they're carolling at the end so it probably was her getting excited in the pageant when she was still hypnotized. She might have even thought she was doing a punk rock or outsider-art improvisation kind of deal.
― EveningStar, Sunday, 18 December 2011 06:00 (twelve years ago) link
Also, I don't know if we've mentioned this or not but Britta really has no fucking clue what the words to the song are, she just knows them in her heart, as Abed said.
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Sunday, 18 December 2011 09:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://splitsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/308.jpg
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Sunday, 18 December 2011 09:59 (twelve years ago) link
― EveningStar, Sunday, December 18, 2011 1:00 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
i have posted about britta but afaik i haven't said anything about the way she was singing in that ep
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Sunday, 18 December 2011 13:11 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I meant you were right about these things:
and I was extrapolating. It made sense in my head.
― EveningStar, Sunday, 18 December 2011 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
rendering the study group as X-men:
http://www.avivor.com/english/
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Sunday, 18 December 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.jonnyeveson.com/
Inspector Spacetime posters!
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/387576_10150505268049617_103137454616_8585653_189104951_n.jpg
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Thursday, 29 December 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
and the other: http://www.jonnyeveson.com/product/inspector-spacetime-poster
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Thursday, 29 December 2011 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
ok, i'll admit that's kinda great
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Thursday, 29 December 2011 06:19 (twelve years ago) link
I am watching the first season on Hulu and holy shit re: the April Fool's episode and the billiards episode
― OH NOES, Friday, 30 December 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
we just finished season 1 and yeah those are about when it hit its stride
― cad, Friday, 30 December 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
Oh dude happy belated birthday!
― OH NOES, Friday, 30 December 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
thank you! i have been celebrating by working through three planned vacation days!
― cad, Friday, 30 December 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
Sweet!
― OH NOES, Friday, 30 December 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
wait what is the april fools joke? is that britta and the chang frog?
― big popppa hoy, Saturday, 31 December 2011 12:22 (twelve years ago) link
Yes
― OH NOES, Saturday, 31 December 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
I got the s1 DVDs for Christmas. I'd actually forgotten how much I loved those episodes, even before they went all high-concept. Just great humour, stories, and characters. "Intro to Film" is slept on imo. And I forgot that the Dean actually first blackmailed Jeff in "Football, Feminism, and You".
Brie does seem to overact a little in the early episodes. I wonder if she got better later or if she just became so hot that I wasn't paying attention anymore.
― EveningStar, Saturday, 31 December 2011 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
Also forgot that Abed became Batman for the first time in the Mexican Halloween episode!
― EveningStar, Sunday, 1 January 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
I think Brie just found her footing w/the role and it just so happened that it coincided w/her bringing the sexy.
― Tumblr Whites Off Earth Now!! (Sandbox Grisso-McCain), Sunday, 1 January 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WZ2hYXAocTc
― gukbe, Monday, 2 January 2012 02:53 (twelve years ago) link