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Grim
Professor
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Bankrupt, hows this for spooky, both animated, both cancelled, and both had names begining with "F"
cue spooky music
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darkcrawlspace
Guest
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« Reply #10 on: 09-03-2003 15:06 »
« Last Edit on: 09-04-2003 00:00 by [-mArc-] »
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[stop it with the crap]
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sk8ghost
Delivery Boy
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I think family guy is more of a ripoff of simpsons. It's about a family with a stupid dad OOHH the dog and the baby can talk that's a twist! Most of the jokes are blatant rip offs of simpsons jokes, and they don't do it as clever. Eg: On the simpsons homer is trying to eat chips but puppies keep jumping and grabbing the chip before he can eat it and he says "D'oh!" every time. On family guy the dad trys to eat chips and some birds in his beard eat the chip and he makes a sad sound every time. There are more than that but I don't feel like racking my brain right now... It's sad when there are such blatant rip offs in the world and nobody does anything about it, maybe Matt Groening should run down Seth McFarlane in his car... eh he is probably rolling around in his money pit from all the merchandising he has done anyway... who cares.
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Killerfox
Professor
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well ghost call it whatever you like but i think im starting to like it more than the simpsons, people make such a big deal about the simpsons, they are not THAT good.
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~FazeShift~
Moderator
DOOP Ubersecretary
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Originally posted by Killerfox: well ghost call it whatever you like but i think im starting to like it more than the simpsons, people make such a big deal about the simpsons, they are not THAT good. You mean not THAT good recently. And Family Guy is more like The Simpsons, not Futurama. Pfft! I noticed that on the very first episode (Death Has a Shadow), Peter goes out and gets drunk at a stag party, Lois gets mad at him. If that doesn't remind you of "War of The Simpsons" (7F20), then I dunno what would. And I think Family Guy has just as many levels of humour as The Simpsons.
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Tweek
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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The cut scenes are often great... Use the force Luke
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i_kill_kenny
Poppler
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I enjoy both shows but I agree that Futurama is the better all-around show. Family Guy has some great random comedy but I find it is not quite as funny when watching it again as Futurama episodes are. Family Guy probably has better pure jokes episodes than Futurama does (but not by much) but Futurama blows Family Guy away in the continuity and the serious episodes.
There's no real reason to hate either show. Although when Family Guy is inevitably revived over Futurama by Cartoon Network because it is easier to make a low budget version of it I think there will be a lot of anti-Family Guy backlash. Or at least that's how I see it.
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OC_James
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #31 on: 09-12-2003 20:50 »
« Last Edit on: 09-12-2003 20:50 »
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When you watch Family Guy, you got to realize you're not watching if for plot. Yeah, there is a plot and a lot of them are good, but what really makes the show watchable are the flashbacks, cut scenes, and unecessary jokes. I see enough shows with heavy plot, that sometimes I just feel like letting my brain have a break. You don't have to be in some sort of intelligence range to like Family Guy like you do with some shows. Some shows are intended for really stupid people, some shows are intended for highly-intelligent people, but Family Guy doesn't do this. I'm an above-average intelligent person and I love Family guy.
Getting back on topic, I like "Classic Homer" better, but Peter is much better than "New Homer". EDIT: Whoops wrong thread.
NOTE: A lot of my opinions on Family Guy are biased, as Danny Smith (Merton from Big Wolf on Campus) and Seth Green are on the show. Danny Smith reminds me of a young, pale, funny, and neurotic Johnny Depp, while I like Seth Green just for his role as Scott Evil in the Austin Powers Series.
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Rage Dump: Stewie goes inside Peter's body in one ep... Kinda like Parasites lost... a bit That's because both episodes were parodying the same thing.
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CyberKnight
Urban Legend
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« Reply #35 on: 09-14-2003 16:08 »
« Last Edit on: 09-14-2003 16:08 »
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The things I don't like about Family Guy are:
1) The fact that the plot is only there so it's not a sketch show.
2) The repetitive brand of humour. After a while, it becomes painfully obvious that the entire show is made up of flashbacks, or what ifs, that, while slightly funny the first time round, don't hold up on repeated viewings. It's a similar syndrome as that found in Blackadder, except in that series you've only got 6 episodes per season so it doesn't become as annoying.
Of course, this is my own opinion, and the show still has highlights, but I just don't enjoy it like I enjoy Futurama and earlier day Simpsons.
In short, Family Guy's style is similar to that of modern Simpsons, but done much better. But it still pales in comparison to early day Simpsons and any Futurama ep.
Oh, and Faze, I don't know if you're being ironic, but I believe the parody is of "Fantastic Voyage" (although Innerspace is another good example).
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