Goddammit, you guys are going to make me try to set aside my inability to tolerate that one annoying as hell character and pick this up where I left off, aren’t you?Michael wrote: ↑October 12 20, 5:56 pmAgree with everything you've said. I honestly think The Good Place is better than Seinfeld, but I gotta give respect where it is due. The show is a triumph and is exactly what this world needs right now. I'm blown away they were able to make that show work.heyzeus wrote: ↑October 12 20, 2:33 pmIt's basically the anti-Seinfeld -- it's a show about everything instead of nothing, and instead of irredeemable characters behaving hilariously badly, it's redeemable characters figuring out how to stop behaving badly.
I have no doubt The Good Place is the best scripted network show since....I dunno, glory day Simpsons? It's in the pantheon.
Imagine thinking "I'm going to do a 30 minute network sitcom about the afterlife and moral philosophy. Most episodes will name check Kant and heavily reference What We Owe To Each Other. I expect a prime time slot on one of the major networks and four seasons." AND THEY DID IT.
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Watched Succession a second time through with my wife. Kind of hate how that show is so good even though all the characters are so loathsome. All the palace intrigue stuff is compelling, but so is seeing what little bits of humanity come out of them once in a while. It's an inverse of most dramas in that the most wholesome character is also the best character, though I could see arguments for people liking others more. Corona has delayed filming until December at the earliest, so the 3rd season will be awhile.
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haha, that guy is the reason I stopped watching, and I will not be finishing, soley because that guy is the worst/most annoying actor I have ever seen in a tv show or movieSmith Corks One wrote: ↑October 22 20, 10:34 pmGoddammit, you guys are going to make me try to set aside my inability to tolerate that one annoying as hell character and pick this up where I left off, aren’t you?Michael wrote: ↑October 12 20, 5:56 pmAgree with everything you've said. I honestly think The Good Place is better than Seinfeld, but I gotta give respect where it is due. The show is a triumph and is exactly what this world needs right now. I'm blown away they were able to make that show work.heyzeus wrote: ↑October 12 20, 2:33 pmIt's basically the anti-Seinfeld -- it's a show about everything instead of nothing, and instead of irredeemable characters behaving hilariously badly, it's redeemable characters figuring out how to stop behaving badly.
I have no doubt The Good Place is the best scripted network show since....I dunno, glory day Simpsons? It's in the pantheon.
Imagine thinking "I'm going to do a 30 minute network sitcom about the afterlife and moral philosophy. Most episodes will name check Kant and heavily reference What We Owe To Each Other. I expect a prime time slot on one of the major networks and four seasons." AND THEY DID IT.
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There's a Saved by the Bell reboot coming soon. Zack, Kelly, Jesse, and Slater will be playing adult versions of themselves. It's dripping in irony. Will I watch it? I mean, probably.
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how will they explain screech boxing horshack?
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