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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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(not aimed at FemJesse)
If you people don't like the show, why the hell do you keep posting in here? I mean, I don't go into the thread of every show I hate just to tell people who like it they're wrong. I know it's a new show, and everyone's entitled to your opinion, but if you don't like the show, then why keep coming back to the thread?
Stop being stupid, stop posting in a TV show's thread if you have nothing decent to contribute, and learn how to spell generous properly.
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futz
Liquid Emperor
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If it's one-sided it's not a discussion. Besides I wasn't flaming any particular show just the state of TV programming. People here always seem to wonder why shows with enthusiastic fans get scrapped and junk shows live forever.
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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Seth MacFarlane co-wrote on the pilot, yes, but the second episode was written by David Zuckerman. Strange, he's usually a good writer too (although I haven't actually seen the episode, Newhook_1 and I have the same tastes in comedy, so I'll take his word for it until I see it)...
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GreyThinkyWhale
Professor
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Originally posted by Slackit02: Ugh a B-? Your being way too geneours. Is this being based on a curve?
It deserves an F - nothingwas funny about it I like some of the jokes and I think it can improve. Perhaps I am being generous but there was a lot I liked. I just hope they put in more American jokes, like the one from the commercial: - How's your french toast Stan? - Smelly and ungrateful! But this american toast is great! Overall it was pretty bad. I liked the pilot a lot more though, like when he shoots his toaster... or the skiier who acted like a fish. That was hilarious. But the latest episode stunk. I liked the guy who bit off his thumb though. Originally posted by KurtPikachu2001: Klaus is way funnier than Stewie! No he isn't! He doesn't even compare!
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i_c_weiner
DOOP Secretary
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That just shows that this should get off the air. If its own fanbase says no to it and yes to Futurama, it has to suck alot.
And how about also changing the daughter to a cyclops twentysomething woman, the mom to an older female, the dad to, say, a 150 year old man, divorce the mom and dad, change the goldfish to a lobster, change the son to a twentysomething pizza delivery boy, and then we might have a show.
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Grim
Professor
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Much improved over last week, light years ahead. If it stays as good as that I'll keep watching
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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I think this week's was a definite improvement over last Sunday, but it still wasn't really good.
8/10
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David A
Space Pope
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Originally posted by Slackit2me: I still thought it was bad. The only part I giggled at was when his wife asked if she should pleasure him with her mouth, and then blew on his stomach. The only reason thats funny? I do the same thing to my boyfriend. It's also funny because of presupposition failure. Honestly, I dont care that this show is on the air, if Fox think's its going to make money for them fine. The problem I see is that now Fox is showing two episodes of Simpsons, then FG, then AD. Two problems with this, why take out Arrested Development when there is still a time slot. Yeah, they said that they were taking Arrested Developmentout of the lineup to make room for American Dad, but that's not what actually happened. They took out Arrested Development to make room for more Simpsons. We don't need two episodes of The Simpsons on the same night. Second, it's not animation domination without Futurama, which many people are saying on the AD forums. It's not animation domination anyway, because it's not all animated shows. The only way that taking Arrested Development out of the lineup would actually make sense is if they wanted to have a solid block of animation, but Malcolm in the Middle isn't animated, so that still doesn't make sense.
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i_c_weiner
DOOP Secretary
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I watched it to see how sucky it was... Jokes=Sucked, Plot=Sucked, & Show=Sucked. I didn't laugh once during the whole show. Not once. I didn't even giggle! The plot seemed like something I had seen before, and the jokes seemed forced. I give it a 1 out of 10. I'm not giving it a 0 because the only thing I liked about it was the son and alien's relationship during the show. If they could build on that, that would be the only way to save the show, to me at least. Or build on the alien's past. I don't know any of the character's names. I don't plan to learn them. Wait, nevermind what I just said. I don't want it to be saved.
I agree with Jicannon, I think Nasty was alittle too nice with the rating, and I agree with Slackit's problems with Animation Domination. And which AD forum are you talking about? Arrested, Animation, or American?
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Slackit02
Urban Legend
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haha, good point IC. I mean American Dad's forum. It's not animation domination anyway, because it's not all animated shows. The only way that taking Arrested Development out of the lineup would actually make sense is if they wanted to have a solid block of animation, but Malcolm in the Middle isn't animated, so that still doesn't make sense. Yah, I know that, but I think Fox is ignoring Malcolm in the promotion. If they wanted to make it pure animation, I dont know why they just didnt wait. It had, what - 3-5 more episodes to finish the season? They could have waited that long, and maybe do a revamp of American Dad during that time. I think it was a waste of Fox's time, and ours to be showing two new simpsons every week. Wont that just make the season shorter? It should be only one episode of the simpsons, not only to open a timeslot, but because the simpsons - in my opinion - are not funny anymore.
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DotheBartman
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #237 on: 05-09-2005 18:34 »
« Last Edit on: 05-09-2005 18:34 »
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Originally posted by Slackit02: Yah, I know that, but I think Fox is ignoring Malcolm in the promotion. If they wanted to make it pure animation, I dont know why they just didnt wait. It had, what - 3-5 more episodes to finish the season? They could have waited that long, and maybe do a revamp of American Dad during that time.
They're doing it now because its May sweeps. Doing it in June would not be particularly beneficial in that sense, plus it wouldn't allow them to spearhead the "Family Guy" return and ADud opening episodes properly. As it is, they'll want to open strong with these May episodes in order to gain more momentum for advertising charges over the summer. I truly hate to say this about Fox, because I've put up with their garbage and mishandling of shows for years now, but in this case they're really only doing what any smart network would do. If anything, surrounding Malcolm with all these high profile shows also would give it an extra boost. The Simpsons doesn't factor in to much, I don't think. Arrested Development was pulled early (and don't worry, its getting a third season anyway for sure) because, frankly, it was dying in the ratings. It had the spot after The Simpsons, which is possibly the most coveted spot for any new/young show to have on Fox, and it still failed to attract anything other then a very small audience. Because that slot is so good they originally planned to plug "ADud" in there, but evidentally changed plans when they realized that putting it after the much awaited Family Guy would probably work better. I think the extra Simpsons eps were originally going to go where ADud is now, but that would have been haphazard scheduling. But, The Simpsons has little to do with it, at least the original decision. It had more to do with Fox wanting to plug Family Guy and American Dad, as well as plugging in something (a Simpsons ep, which is the main area where they factor in at all) that wouldn't absolutely DIE in the ratings, the way Arrested Development has been. They need a good sweeps month, especcially for the sake of FG and ADud, which themselves simply need a stronger lead in then Arrested Development to thrive. I hate to say it, because American Dad is shit awful, and I hate Fox, but they've really done everything a smart network would.
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David A
Space Pope
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Originally posted by Slackit2me: Yah, I know that, but I think Fox is ignoring Malcolm in the promotion. They're probably ignoring everything before 8 o'clock. I think we all know what that's like. I think it was a waste of Fox's time, and ours to be showing two new simpsons every week. Wont that just make the season shorter? They probably did it to fit more Simpsons into May Sweeps, which is crazy because Arrested Development is the best thing currently on TV. They should want Arrested Development to be on during Sweeps.
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DotheBartman
Liquid Emperor
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Originally posted by David A: They probably did it to fit more Simpsons into May Sweeps, which is crazy because Arrested Development is the best thing currently on TV. They should want Arrested Development to be on during Sweeps. Regardless of Arrested Developments quality, it was dying. May sweeps is about getting the best ratings possible, and Arrested Development would have hurt them a lot, which would have led to low rates for that slot through the whole summer. Plus, Arrested would have been a terrible lead in for FG and ADad, which are both very important to Fox (no matter how much the latter sucks) and needed a good lead in to give them a boost.
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