Lee Chaolan
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When I rewatched the episodes with my Stepdad and Mom, and soon as Maeby said that, my Mom started cracking up, as it was the old Charmin tagline. Funny stuff.
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Arrested Development |OT| Season 4 - May 26 - Netflix Unmakes A Huge Mistake
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When I rewatched the episodes with my Stepdad and Mom, and soon as Maeby said that, my Mom started cracking up, as it was the old Charmin tagline. Funny stuff.
PotatoeMasher
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Pretty sure that was the whole point of her name however lol
Edit: Unless you're being sarcastic and I'm just an idiot.
I didn't put it together until my first rewatch but yeah, that had to have been planned.
Okay so I'm gonna voice one thing that bothered me about the season:
Everybody looked different!
But it's not the people you think! Maeby, Lindsay, even GM didn't bother me that much. What bothered me was Tobias, George Sr and Oscar, Lucille, and even Michael a little.
I think one factor is the fact that they had to play themselves from 6 years ago.
Lindsay's looking different as younger her I can ignore and attribute to a wig, plus as long as she's skinny and hot those are the two main features of her personality, let alone her appearance. So that didn't bother me.
Maeby looked a little weird, but she's always been "mature" for her age (if that's what you would call her devious personality), plus she doesn't get a ton of screen time in s1-3, so it's an easier pill to swallow.
GM also, maybe with him and Maeby it's because it's easier to buy young characters looking more different as they mature. Also, I feel like they intentionally tried to avoid showing Ceras beak when he was playing younger him, which is the most striking difference in his appearance.
Who did bother me? (and I'm going to sound so shallow and judgmental lol)
Tobias. David Cross gained weight. I wouldn't mind, but it's so obvious in the first chronological scene in the police station, my brain just wants to think "time has passed." if it weren't for that scene I might not have noticed, but... I'm used to seeing Tobias half naked and blue so I'm going to notice when he looks different
George Sr and Oscar. Their switch was a great plot twist but it also was visually confusing. And the turkey neck. It was always there, but it's more noticeable now, to the point that, again, my brain wants to think that more time has passed
Lucille. Jessica Walters finally looks old in some scenes, and that makes it a lot harder to take her as the sexy evil hard ass matriarch from the first three seasons. I know her character ended up heading in a lighter direction, but it made it harder to buy some of the scenes of her being classic Lucille earlier on.
Finally Michael. Most of the time he looked like normal Michael, but every now and then you'd catch a glimpse that made you realize he's aged just as much. And that made the Rebel plot a tad strange at some points? (I dig the weirdness, I mean it made it teeter on the edge of unbelievability. I think they pulled it off totally, but it was still a fine line they were playing with)
So there you go!
Don't mean to be superficial, I think all the actors look great and did a great job and I loved the season, it's just some of the visual inconsistencies. I've always been amazed how the slightest changes in appearance can do a lot to change your perception of a character in long-running things like AD (see XFiles, 24, Seinfeld, 30 Rock, the Office, etc)
What do you think?
(again not trying to be judgmental, just trying to note how the small visual differences can make a difference in your overall perception)
I just watched so I'm sure I'm late but I don't really understand this complaint. With the exception of only a small handful of scenes, they're not playing themselves from 6 years ago, all that time has passed in the show
Some of the scenes that are supposed to take place right at the end of season 3 are pretty hilarious since it is surrounded by footage from the S3 finale and then you see George Michael looking completely different seconds later on the same day. Or Lindsay's old face and new face about a minute apart. And Micheal having pretty vastly different hair. That threw me off the most. I was surprised they didn't give him a wig to match the hair up a bit.
Fantastical
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I had to have it pointed out by GAF. Yeah pretty mind blowing when you realize it.
I also liked when he said something like "... I want to say she's 19. But I like to believe she's still 15."
XANDER CAGE
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surprise, surprise.
xXBetter Off DadXx
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Hahahahaha, re-watched both the Gob episodes, god they are so good.
When they fucking find him in the trailer on the hoarders like show, and he's still tied up and eating twizzlers, and he starts hissing at them, hahahaha. Then the checklist reads, "feral jesus" hahaha.
When they fucking find him in the trailer on the hoarders like show, and he's still tied up and eating twizzlers, and he starts hissing at them, hahahaha. Then the checklist reads, "feral jesus" hahaha.
I looked it up and bought it after finishing the episode.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/lucy-schwartz/id269868799
Yeah there was no way you could do it without spoiling the big surprises.
It was linked here earlier, but someone on Reddit re-edited season 4 to be chronological to how it all played out.
I've seen brief bits of episode 1, and it's pretty interesting. The person edited everything with what's available, so it may not flow as smoothly. Episode 1 immediately kicks off with the GOB flashback, for instance.
It's just a standard "oh, you have kids?" reaction.
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So that site with AD ringtones was updated with getaway!
http://mattersofgrey.com/arrested-development-ringtones/
http://mattersofgrey.com/arrested-development-ringtones/
Yes! It's so awesomely catchy.
GraveHorizon
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Maybe it just reminded him of Ann, who he obviously forgot about. And maybe for a second he thought it might be his.
brianmcdoogle
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I'm a little shocked that they didn't flesh out the song a little bit and try to sell it on iTunes. They totally could have, and like a fool, I would have bought it.
timetokill
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We really need a direct-feed version from Hurwitz. These poor quality ones are killing me
Made this for that reporter thread:
http://youtu.be/nH11hjVqDdw
May as well post it here. Took me 20 mins so I feel inclined.
http://youtu.be/nH11hjVqDdw
May as well post it here. Took me 20 mins so I feel inclined.
GraveHorizon
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The ass was fat.
What made it funnier to me was he had the reaction when he thought it was her kid, but then she corrected it and said Grandkid and he was like oh whatever
Double post but I don't care. This is genius.
PotatoeMasher
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I feel ashamed, but only today after writing her name in a UI mockup did I realize that Ann Veal sounds like Anvil. Low center of gravity, can't knock her over, has lots of mass. Way to plant.
Nappuccino
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mind bown
RobotNinjaHornets
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Oh my god
This freaking show! DAMN.
xXBetter Off DadXx
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Hahahahah I've never heard anyone mention this, good catch!
Nazgul_Hunter
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I made a Lucille 2 version of the Getaway Getaway ringtone: https://soundcloud.com/jose-duarte-5/getaway-lucille-2
Battle Born
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Vulture has a new interview with Mitch Hurwitz about the future of Arrested Development.
I think we all feel ashame. My gawd, these writers are brilliant.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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Ok, that makes me feel better. In that case it's legitimately cool to still be finding things from a show that I originally watched 8 years ago or so (and others even longer).
Lee Chaolan
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Yes, House of Cards is on DVD and Blu, and I do recall seeing an article saying they will eventually be coming,
Mitch has been killing it lately. Anyone watch the behind the scenes with the Contest Walk on Winners?
Very nice, but I want Fantastic Four to show up sometime!
I rewatched episode 11. So good. It was season 1-3 tier of good. I'm actually gonna say S4 was worth it for that episode alone.
Would've killed for more Gob episodes.
Sadly when I do a rewatch I'm only gonna watch half of season 4. Lindsay's 37 minute episode is the worst ever.
Would've killed for more Gob episodes.
Sadly when I do a rewatch I'm only gonna watch half of season 4. Lindsay's 37 minute episode is the worst ever.
AD's 20 most meta meta-moments.
http://www.vulture.com/2013/05/arrested-developments-20-meta-moments.html
Season Three, Episode Eleven
Justine Bateman, Jason Bateman's real sister, guest stars as Nellie, a prostitute Michael thinks is his own long-lost sister. (The episode is titled "Family Ties," a nod to Justine's old sitcom.) The episode ends with Michael saying to her: "Marry me! That is weird on so many levels."
I honestly didn't know most of these references.
http://www.vulture.com/2013/05/arrested-developments-20-meta-moments.html
Season Three, Episode Eleven
Justine Bateman, Jason Bateman's real sister, guest stars as Nellie, a prostitute Michael thinks is his own long-lost sister. (The episode is titled "Family Ties," a nod to Justine's old sitcom.) The episode ends with Michael saying to her: "Marry me! That is weird on so many levels."
I honestly didn't know most of these references.
I think it'd be Fox TV or whatever division it is, but yeah. I don't believe any of these deals preclude the production companies from doing home video releases.
Nice!
brianmcdoogle
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Rewatching the first/pilot episode, it is really jarring how much Michael has changed in the first episodes of the new season. No, not physically, but his demeanor. He was the one who "kept them together" and he's just so wacky and gross this season. Also, I miss his bonding moments with Lindsay (I don't think the dinner with the politician counts).
It makes sense later on, but it is so strange initially that it is hard to get into the season.
It makes sense later on, but it is so strange initially that it is hard to get into the season.
It's been about 10 years since she's been introduced, and I've never noticed anyone mention this. Incredible.
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