Beamer
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That's the problem with new Family Guy. It's so damn slow, and many cutaways now usually last about a minute or so, long after the joke is dead. Yes, the comedy theory is that if something isn't funny, it can become funny if you keep doing it - but not if you're using this in every fucking episode!
I saw the first episode again yesterday, and while the animation was bad, the storyline was all over the place and the characters hadn't been worked out yet, it was better than anything they've put out in Season 5. It was unbelievably fast-paced, with a cutaway every 10 seconds or so - and they didn't drag the jokes on. It had the setup, went to a cutaway and immediately had the punchline. None of this shit with dragging jokes on as long as possible. If a joke wasn't funny in the early episodes, then that's fine, there'd be another one about 5-10 seconds later. If a joke's not funny in the new episode, you have to wait another minute for the next one. As good as PTV was, that Osama Bin Laden scene should've gone on 30 seconds maximum. Not 2 god damn minutes. We GOT the joke, now stop it.
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JDB
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Has anyone been to this Family Guy message board? www.quagscorner.com/forum If not, join up! It's really good when you get used to it and they are soon changing it so it's a message board about Family Guy, Futurama, The Simpsons, American Da and Arrested Development!
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JDB
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I thought that was you. I'm JDB on the other one, yep, same name for each message board!
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JDB
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Oh good, we need some more members!
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Beamer
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I think the problem is the amount of episodes Fox ordered. Aparentally, instead of buying 13 episodes or some practical-but-decent number like that, they bought 35 new ones on the spot. That's about DOUBLE what the FG writers would usually do in a season - couple that with the fact that obviously writing's going to be rusty after the show's been off for 5 years, and of course you're going to get bad episodes like this.
I mean, I actually thought the new episodes started off good, but at this point, the writers must've been so drained (I don't see how - is it really THAT hard for a room full of people to write funny cutaways and loosely string them together with a "story?" ) that they were just putting in any crap to get the scripts done. And if an episode came in short, they probably just made the cutaways longer to make it the correct time limit...
However, the mere fact that Fox order 35 episodes of this, and yet have CUT the order of the new Arrested Development season (a show which has always been brilliant, and unlike FG, well-thought-out and incredibly tightly-written) from 22 to 13, to make room for some shitty show called Skating with Celebrities, just shows the fucking mentality of this stupid network. I mean, Skating with Celebrities? WHAT THE HELL?! You don't even need an explanation, you can just tell from the title it's going to be god-awful!
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Nurdbot
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Wow, so Family Guy was sucking when I downloaded the latest one.
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JDB
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When is the movie coming out on DVD in Australia?
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Beamer
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January 25.
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JDB
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Awesome!
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FryBot0
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« Reply #465 on: 12-31-2005 00:14 »
« Last Edit on: 12-31-2005 00:14 »
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FryBot0
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I CANNOT WAIT TO BECOME AN URBAN LEGEND. It will be AWESOME.
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Beamer
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Wow Eyedol, that's incredible. Even when you're mad, you're still incredibly polite. Go punch a hole in the wall immediately - don't wanna keep it bottled up forever! FryBot0 - Here's the PEEL FAQ. Read it and learn how to function on a messageboard properly, you fucking horrible excuse for a member. As for becoming an Urban Legend - don't worry, I don't think you'll be around that long.
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