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Archer - S5 |OT| of Phrasing, Gurpgork, Boop! & the Danger Zone - Mondays on FX
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Takamura-San
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I find the smile and expression more funnily disturbing than the whole whipped cream bikini.
BertramCooper
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At this point, it's pretty safe to say that Pam is the show's breakout character, correct?
This got me, lol.
Was just scrolling through the thread and I've just lost it at work remembering these two bits.
Those two bits and Archer laughing at Dicktrap "But seriously, if things go wrong come save me" just had me rolling.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
"That phone....was Woodhouse's" lol.
I'm done with one-note Pam though. Also, we all know they're not gonna sell a single ounce of the stuff, right? Lol. They've lost and or given away like, 9 million bucks worth of the stuff. And another million from Pamalot
I'm done with one-note Pam though. Also, we all know they're not gonna sell a single ounce of the stuff, right? Lol. They've lost and or given away like, 9 million bucks worth of the stuff. And another million from Pamalot
Krieger is still #1 for me, but Pam has certainly owned this season.
Alright yeah I didn't feel like being the one voice but now that you've said it: already tired of Pam this season. Didn't enjoy last night much because she was featured so prominently and just...not really being funny. Her addiction stuff was great in the one episode. so I hope they find a way to make the returns on this plot not diminish as much with each episode.
Been disappointed with the Kreiger attention so far this season. Hopefully he gets more as they go on.
totally agree with the pam stuff. i do not see where the pam love from the previous page came from. all she does is eat their cocaine with no ramifications. she isn't particularly funny nor does she fulfill a specific niche in the show at this point in the series. hope she improves but as it stands now, she's just annoying and unfunny.
episode 3 was weak in my opinion because any conflict that arose was so easily swept under the rug. i'm hoping the sum is better than the parts in terms of this season, but this was a low point in the show
episode 3 was weak in my opinion because any conflict that arose was so easily swept under the rug. i'm hoping the sum is better than the parts in terms of this season, but this was a low point in the show
Cornballer
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I've been enjoying the Cokey Monster so far, but I hope they have more material for Krieger, Cyril, and Ray coming up. The show works best for me when they're constantly mixing up the character partnerships and playing different people off of each other.
razgriz417
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Sneak peek for next week's episode up on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOpHm87pR3M&list=PLM8b3H4RTGwAYsENuk-end2uVnbFcVUNO&feature=share
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOpHm87pR3M&list=PLM8b3H4RTGwAYsENuk-end2uVnbFcVUNO&feature=share
Cornballer
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I think that's just the promo for next week's episode. Not sure why they labeled it a "sneak peek" on twitter.
Pam is "Legs" across the whole season. That was her at her worst and it's being beaten to death. Terrible.
Everything else is great. It's good Krieger doesn't get much screen time. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Keep it short and sweet, leave us wanting more.
I hope the promo for next week signals the end of addict-Pam.
Archer doesn't play well when it goes obvious. Mallory's alcoholism, for example, makes for good gags (this episode is proof), but it is easily deflated when played up (see Space Race). Pam's addiction is hitting the same wall. Cheryl's singing won't keep up unless something comes of it. The writers are clever, and they manage to balance new and old most of the time, but it's always the unexpected that gets the biggest laugh.
Everything else is great. It's good Krieger doesn't get much screen time. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Keep it short and sweet, leave us wanting more.
I hope the promo for next week signals the end of addict-Pam.
Archer doesn't play well when it goes obvious. Mallory's alcoholism, for example, makes for good gags (this episode is proof), but it is easily deflated when played up (see Space Race). Pam's addiction is hitting the same wall. Cheryl's singing won't keep up unless something comes of it. The writers are clever, and they manage to balance new and old most of the time, but it's always the unexpected that gets the biggest laugh.
Hard to argue with anything there. I was relieved seeing some of the opinions on this page, I thought I was the only one who thought the whole Pam thing is being overused far too much. Hell, I found her annoying half-way through the second episode.
Yup. It's standard slapstick, but it lacks impact in an animated show, and it flattens even more when you run the same gag five times within one episode.
Archer has managed to rekindle some stale jokes through escalation, but those don't get used so often ("Lana. Lana. Lanaaaaa!", tinnitus, "Danger Zone," Brett getting shot, etc). Maybe Pam's building to something. I hope the payoff is better than the build.
Jason's Ultimatum
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The running tinnitus joke gag isn't my problem. I actually like it, but I do agree with you on the writing being lazy this season so far.
BTW, I need to DL archer ringtones again. Any free sites out there?
Holy hell man, you have articulated my problem with Pam since season 4 better than I could have. Legs was the exact episode, then compounded in that restaurant episode and the season finale.
The cocaine hasn't bothered me as much but I am wondering when they will ever be successful again at anything.
Krieger gave Ray robot legs. Pam "assisted" by breaking character and drinking a lot of beer and doing stupid things.
And then when Archer was de-fibbed at the end of S4, the resultant shock to the submarine disabled the cyborg legs.
A specific example was coming into the surgery drinking a 6 pack and actually losing/storing the beers in Ray's open torso while operating.
It never fit the character.
Conscience Falls
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Who wants the best news? Regardless of your answer, here's some:
"As of 4:55am Eastern Standard Time, if you go here http://www.teletoonatnight.com/video/ and then go to 'Archer, Season 5 Episode 3', they'll actually show you episode four that's supposed to air on Monday".
Not sure when it's going to be going down, but this is a Canadian station, think Adult Swim but further north. Enjoy!
"As of 4:55am Eastern Standard Time, if you go here http://www.teletoonatnight.com/video/ and then go to 'Archer, Season 5 Episode 3', they'll actually show you episode four that's supposed to air on Monday".
Not sure when it's going to be going down, but this is a Canadian station, think Adult Swim but further north. Enjoy!
Cornballer
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It's not a problem if people want to watch early, just please remember to spoiler tag discussion if you want to talk about it before Ep 4 airs on Monday. Thank you.
Conscience Falls
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Click on episode 3. It's uploaded as 3 but it's actually 4.
Edit: Just double checked, it's still up.
Pam's boobs are almost distractingly huge.
Conscience Falls
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Edit: Ah, there we go. Enjoy!
Dorsal Axe
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I don't want to watch it yet, but I'd love to hear how it compares to the previous two episodes.
Intheflorsh
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Thank you too, mister.
RatskyWatsky
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Not feeling this season so far. It's gone from being a must watch to a "whenever I have the time" show for me. Hopefully things pick up soon.
BertramCooper
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I'd say it's the best of the season so far.
Those of you getting tired of Pam will probably be happy. I mean, she's in it, and she's a big focus of the episode again, but her screen time is cut down considerably from the previous two eps.
Agent Holly is most definitely a weirdo. Should make for a fun villain for the season.
FormallyMegadrive
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I can usually stick through show's bad episodes/seasons and see the good in them but hell, Archer Vice could have been so so so great and it's ended up being a resounded "eh". I'm really hoping it picks up somehow.
It's almost certainly the timeslot change.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Second this. Show is back to form with this episode. I laughed almost the whole way through.
Conscience Falls
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Had to share the love somewhere, not as many people watch Archer as should around here. Definitely my favourite episode thus far,
really enjoyed the whole yogurt bit.
Blue Ninja
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Season 6.
Cornballer
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New episode tonight:
Cornballer
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- Warming Glow: Heres How The Archer Team Created The Coke Blow Sequence In The New Archer Vice Intro (short youtube vid & description)
Cornballer
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Both @luckyyates and @ambercnash will be live tweeting during tonight's episode. They're typically filthy and funny in their commentary.
Yeah, I'm in the same boat. It hasn't been bad or un-watchable or anything, but not up to par with the previous seasons at all. I'll stick with it though. First episode was really good I thought. The Bunsen Honeydew thing got me really good because I had been trying to remember his name the whole episode and it was on the tip of my tongue (wow, I never realized how much we rely on idioms).
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