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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)

i am fine w/ no new community tonight because i really needed to see the stop motion ep again

xp wait there are three hosts on that podcast???

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.

the Whitney hate itt makes me very...happy. one episode was enough to make me gag.

Dan himself does Harmontown every once in a while in the space that the Nerdiast guys set up at an L.A. comic shop

the Cheslea Handler love itt makes me very...confused.

Wait where are you seeing Chelsea Handler love, because I know it's not in my post

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.

In what way?

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.

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.

I love doofus Britta but it's a clear case of Homerization. Also Warren Piece was a step too far.

britta is the best thing about this show

britta was the last holdout against the glee mania too though.

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.)

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.

i just assumed the difference is that her character is high alla time now

haha that could be it too

"me so christmas, me so merry" was such a perfect callback to "me so hungy"

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

britta saying "me so _____" >>>>>>>>>> newt calling for "fundamental change"

ppl do have their catchphrases, even on this very borad

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.

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...

i dunno to me it fits perfectly in w/ britta's botched jokes going back to season 1

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

what the hell is wrong with you people?
community is AWESOME

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.

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.

http://splitsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/308.jpg

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.

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i have posted about britta but afaik i haven't said anything about the way she was singing in that ep

Yeah, I meant you were right about these things:

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.

i dunno to me it fits perfectly in w/ britta's botched jokes going back to season 1

and I was extrapolating. It made sense in my head.

rendering the study group as X-men:

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http://www.jonnyeveson.com/

Inspector Spacetime posters!

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and the other: http://www.jonnyeveson.com/product/inspector-spacetime-poster

ok, i'll admit that's kinda great

I am watching the first season on Hulu and holy shit re: the April Fool's episode and the billiards episode

we just finished season 1 and yeah those are about when it hit its stride

Oh dude happy belated birthday!

thank you! i have been celebrating by working through three planned vacation days!

Sweet!

wait what is the april fools joke? is that britta and the chang frog?

Yes

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.

Also forgot that Abed became Batman for the first time in the Mexican Halloween episode!

I think Brie just found her footing w/the role and it just so happened that it coincided w/her bringing the sexy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WZ2hYXAocTc