Ok that's it, I'm out of here forever.
Arrested Development Season 4: The Bluths are making new mistakes!
- Thread starter Tobor
- Start date
- Status
Ok that's it, I'm out of here forever.
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Was that supposed to change his mind? I'm reconsidering after that picture.
I actually know that guy.
CHANGE I CAN BELIEVE IN.
MasterOfPastures
Banned
Are they still making the film? They've only mentioned the series so far.
Everyone knows Obama.
Ron Howard gives (predictably) positive remarks about the current progress:
MTV.com NO SPOILERS
"It's great. People stopped believing me when I would say 'I think it's going to happen! I can't guarantee it, but I think it's going to happen!' It really is a thrill," Howard told MTV News about the "Arrested Development" revival. "I visited the set last week. It's a blast over there. Mitch Hurwitz has such a remarkable, creative voice. It's the perfect set of actors to bring it to life. I'm so glad it's back. I'm a fan, too. The scripts are hilarious."
Howard's lips are sealed regarding the specifics of the new string of "Arrested" episodes, but he promised a healthy balance between fan service and creating brand-new pun-filled situations and characters that can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of Bob Loblaw and the Surrogate.
"Mitch isn't trying to recreate something," Howard said. "It's been away for a while, and part of the fun that Mitch has been mining and exploiting is, what's new to discover about these people? What's delightfully unchanged? He and the writing staff and the actors have a fantastic sense of that. They're pretty brazen, pretty bold and fearless. That's what made the show into something that fans really kept alive."
Not only is "Arrested" alive, it's thriving. Howard promised that despite "a hell of a hiatus," everyone involved in the project "is in great form and dying to take the characters further."
"They're having the greatest time getting together and getting back into it," he said. "It's cool and bold and funny, and out there taking chances, just like it always did."
I worry that the bolded is an interpretation of what Ron said rather than what he actually said. If Ron actually said that the new characters are on par with Bob Loblaw and Larry the Surrogate then I would be super excited, but there's a good chance that the journalist filled the gaps with his own rose-colored imaginings.
MTV.com NO SPOILERS
"It's great. People stopped believing me when I would say 'I think it's going to happen! I can't guarantee it, but I think it's going to happen!' It really is a thrill," Howard told MTV News about the "Arrested Development" revival. "I visited the set last week. It's a blast over there. Mitch Hurwitz has such a remarkable, creative voice. It's the perfect set of actors to bring it to life. I'm so glad it's back. I'm a fan, too. The scripts are hilarious."
Howard's lips are sealed regarding the specifics of the new string of "Arrested" episodes, but he promised a healthy balance between fan service and creating brand-new pun-filled situations and characters that can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of Bob Loblaw and the Surrogate.
"Mitch isn't trying to recreate something," Howard said. "It's been away for a while, and part of the fun that Mitch has been mining and exploiting is, what's new to discover about these people? What's delightfully unchanged? He and the writing staff and the actors have a fantastic sense of that. They're pretty brazen, pretty bold and fearless. That's what made the show into something that fans really kept alive."
Not only is "Arrested" alive, it's thriving. Howard promised that despite "a hell of a hiatus," everyone involved in the project "is in great form and dying to take the characters further."
"They're having the greatest time getting together and getting back into it," he said. "It's cool and bold and funny, and out there taking chances, just like it always did."
I worry that the bolded is an interpretation of what Ron said rather than what he actually said. If Ron actually said that the new characters are on par with Bob Loblaw and Larry the Surrogate then I would be super excited, but there's a good chance that the journalist filled the gaps with his own rose-colored imaginings.
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
:lol i just realized the surrogate's name was Larry Middleman
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
I was just watching the first episode on Netflix on my Samsung Galaxy S III, and I just realized the background music at the beginning is the end theme.
evil solrac v3.0
Member
this post brought to you by....
D.Lo
Member
You forgot the
D
Deleted member 1235
Unconfirmed Member
this post literally made me lean back from my Apple MacBook air and lol.
I was reading this post on my iPhone 4 with the fantastic iOS5 and that great retina screen, and I just realized that this post made me laugh.
Fixed for you tiger.
Shotgun Kiss
Member
I'm happy to live in a world where I have to worry about spoilers for season 4 of Arrested Development.
timetokill
Banned
Wow, that Samsung Galaxy S III must have some fantastic audio hardware! Where can I find out for myself?
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Its a wonderful restaurant!
MisterNugNug
Member
Rewatching the seasons currently; the timing and writing are so good.
This entire line of conversation here is amazing.
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
Seriously though, I wasn't going for anything like that. I love you, GAF.
On the show: In the episode where Michael takes Marta 1 to the awards show, they show clips of a bunch of guys dressed as the redhead kid. Turns out it's a different actors playing different characters, who all look the similar but have different names. I'd always thought it was just different people playing the same character over time, like Doctor Who. A joke right in front of my face the whole time.
This is going to be a great 4th run.
blahblah...blah
Member
If we actually sit back and think for a second, how amazing is it that a show that got abysmal ratings, which has off the air for around 7 years, and whose principal cast pretty much all have decentish careers keeping them occupied, is now returning in a format that would have seemed inconceivable at the time of its cancellation ("an online network? never!")
Money is actually being spent on bring this show back, after so many years of doubts.
Money is actually being spent on bring this show back, after so many years of doubts.
Just the beginning of the potential of internet TV imo. in 15 years we'll be so far down the rabbit hole of combined niche-casting and remix culture we won't recognize today's broadcasting model
JehutyRunner
Banned
Haha, it suuuuuuure is.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
I just started watching the show for the first time, midway through season 2 right now. It's HILARIOUS.
I'm not gonna go through the thread till I finish it all, but what's this I'm reading on the first post... is Gob coming back?
He's my favorite. (Edit: Ah, I thought Franklin was the actor's name, since that's who I saw when I googled images.... now I see the joke. lol)
I'm not gonna go through the thread till I finish it all, but what's this I'm reading on the first post... is Gob coming back?
He's my favorite. (Edit: Ah, I thought Franklin was the actor's name, since that's who I saw when I googled images.... now I see the joke. lol)Roland Garros
Banned
How I envy you discovering this series for the first time.
Now when you are done with all 3 seasons, start rewatching them. The payoff on rewatching is immense.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Due to this thread, I am watching the series again.. So good. Definitely the funniest show I have ever seen, I cannot wait.
JehutyRunner
Banned
...her...?
That episode was so fucking amazing. Isn't it the one they forget George Michael's girlfriend in Mexico? :lol :lol
One of my favorites. It even includes Gob's chicken dance.
I've been generally disappointed in the first part of the second season (especially the softball episode), but the whole leaving Ann in Mexico thing is amazing.
But mostly Gene Parmesan.
Showing the series to my girlfriend, season 2 is when it gets hilarious and crazy imo. Must be on my 4th or 5th viewing and I'm still enjoying it a lot 
Can't wait to get to Buster
.
And about the series being awesome at foreshadowing stuff, just realized that in the episode "Afternoon Delight",
. As good as egg + mayonnaise!
Can't wait to get to Buster
losing his hand
And about the series being awesome at foreshadowing stuff, just realized that in the episode "Afternoon Delight",
when the banana stand is destroyed the first time at the start of the episode, you can read I GET YOU BLUTH spray painted on it lololol and Annyong is missing...
I just noticed in that episode recently when George is mistaken for Oscar and arrested in Mexico he says, "no that's not me, you're looking for my brother, brothero! Brothero!"
thought it was a cool companion joke to GOB and Michael not knowing what hermano meant.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Question for you guys: Would you even care at this point if the movie was cancelled? Hurwitz said in an interview that if S4 does well, he'd love to do a S5 and even S6. And really, what we're getting now is better than a movie anyway. I really wouldn't even care, and in fact would prefer, if the movie was just cancelled in favor of more episodes.
I've been saying the same thing since the Netflix deal was announced. I'll take a fifth season over a movie anyday.
Clayton Bigsby
Banned
I rather have another netflix season. Also, I dont care about a movie now. A fourth season is better than any movie.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
The guy with the sign.
I'm up to Mr. F in my third or fourth re-watch. I've laughed more than any previous one before. I've always thought toward the end of season three the quality went down, so I'll see if I feel the same again.
ThanksVision
Member
Die Squirrel Die
Member
Definitely more seasons over a movie. I just don't think a movie would be able to sustain all the injokes, callbacks and foreshadowing that AD did so well.
Definitely more seasons over a movie.
This brings to mind something that I don't think has been discussed yet. How will we know whether this whole Netflix experiment was a success? There are no Nielsen ratings for a Netflix show. I suppose it is entirely contingent on Netflix releasing some internal numbers?
This brings to mind something that I don't think has been discussed yet. How will we know whether this whole Netflix experiment was a success? There are no Nielsen ratings for a Netflix show. I suppose it is entirely contingent on Netflix releasing some internal numbers?
D
Deleted member 1235
Unconfirmed Member
I must be tired, can't see the grammar mistake.
Clayton Bigsby
Banned
It's. Not Its.
Don't really want a film, but it might be a good idea financially, or to bring new people to the show.
Something I just realized - I thought the original format of having one main cast member per episode was a cost saving move, so that they would only have to pay each character once for the entire season (and then again for the movie). But with reverting to the original format, doesn't this create the original problem that got them cancelled? I.e. ratings not high enough to justify the steep cost? And further, does this mean netflix stepped up their investment - or did the actors take a hit in their pier episode take?
Also, "bob loblaw lobs law bomb."
Also, "bob loblaw lobs law bomb."
- Status