HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
WHAS, BoJack, Arrested Development, even The Ridiculous Six are all going for different types of humor and comedic storytelling.
They have 8 weeks between the series and the movie, so they could really do as many funny new things as they want for any of the days in between.
This was the weakest part of the series for me, as well. Chris Pine just isn't funny.
Meloni is fucking phenomenal. He should be doing comedies all the fucking time.
Elizabeth Banks is unreasonably good looking.
My wife had this on while I was washing dishes last night. It seemed pretty weird and not funny.
A lot of things are weird and not funny when you're not paying attention.
Might not be your cup of tea then. I love this brand of humour, but I could easily see being completely off putting and not funny as wellI was paying attention.
Watching this reminded me to check out They Came Together on Amazon Instant.
Best decision I have ever made. It's so Wain
So I went the full circle
- Watched the Movie - WTF is this. This isn't funny! (apart of a few scenes)
- Watched the series - Haha this is great
- Watched the Movie again - Now I get it! Best movie ever!
This show was fucking brilliant. I went into it absolutely blind, didn't know any details about the movie or show before. Watched the show before the movie (as I'd suggest anyone to do really) and was blown away at how the movie felt like a direct sequel. I mean I don't even understand how some bits of that movie would've been seen as funny without the TV show giving backstory. What a surreal experience this show was. And hilarious. It's suddenly one of my favorite things.
I watched the movie for the first time recently and loved it. Then I had to start watching the series too, which I just finished. Overall, I think it was hit and miss but it mostly hit. I can see why some people would like the movie but be a little disappointed by the series.
The movie was zany and off the wall but it felt like the series was... even more goofy? Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's because I only watched the movie once and it wasn't fresh in my mind. That wasn't always a bad thing but it felt like they took it a step further in that regard with the series. I thought the first episode was pretty slow and not too funny but it really picked up with the following episodes. But stuff likeonly managed to get a little grin from me. I guess I saw it coming by that point and it wasn't too funny.Schwartzman's character getting shot in the head and then giving a little farewell speech
To me, it felt like the zany/goofy things that happened weren't as funny as some of the simpler lines were. Without going into spoilers, there were a bunch of one liners that were just great. And simple little scenes that were hilarious too. Those cracked me up a lot more than the goofy/stupid things, which mostly just got a smile out of me. Compared to the movie, where those moments were making me laugh just as much as the lines were. Felt like they just didn't hit as much with those here but who knows, maybe it's just me.
Overall, really good. Enjoyed it quite a bit. Like someone else said, it was always entertaining and it was never bad in my opinion. The only slow part was the beginning with the introduction of the kids but they grew on me a lot as the series went on. They did a great job of connecting pretty much everything to the movie too which I liked, even the lesser characters. I'd recommend anyone to watch the movie and then the series if you liked the movie. And I hope they make another season sometime. They even sort of left the door open for that but I doubt they do it. It's probably too hard to get everyone back together again and I doubt the series is getting the views/buzz that they thought it would. I hope I'm wrong about that though.
Anyone wanna hazard a guess what the odds are for a second season?
Nah this was my issue too and I'd seen the movie ages ago and several times since before watching the series, there was definitely more restraint in the gags and writing in the movie. I guess it just didn't land with me as much as I thought it would. One of my biggest beefs wasI'll give this a rewatch again though, might see it in a different light a second go around.Coop's story being a bit underwhelming with the pairing of Lake Bell, his chemistry and awkwardness with Marguerite Moreau in the movie just worked a lot better.
Anyone wanna hazard a guess what the odds are for a second season?
This type of humor honestly dragged even over eight episodes. I don't see it.
There'll absolutely be a new one. Probably the '14 years later' one.
I think as myself and others have noted, Coop's story works because it contrasts him with Andy. In the film Andy is an irresponsible douchebag and Coop's the guy with hidden depths. The TV shows twists that -Andy has hidden depths, Coop's fixated on a woman he hasn't seen in a year. And so we learn that Coop went through a love triangle... and then WEEKS LATER, after his 'girlfriend' had cheated on him, tried to get somneone else's girlfriend to cheat on her boyfriend.
It's one of the few prequels I've seen which completely twists every single character from the original, without it feeling fake - we all watched the film first, then the TV show, but if you watch the the film again now it's completely different. And that is some great writing. I mean Lindsey alone is just hilarious because nothing in the original film implies what happens in the TV show, butessentially, she's a parody of the ridiculousness of adults wanting to remain teenagers forever. I mean it's pretty likely she's a statutory rapist, right?
I want a sequel about the 2nd day of camp. They could make it so everyone goes through some major event in the first episode that would change them so much that they would never end up being who they are on the last day of camp (the movie). Like maybe Katie finds religion and the can of vegetables gets thrown away. Shit like that.
We spend most of the show wondering how they are going to get everything back to the way things are in the movie. The end of the show could be a series of completely asinine events that would logically make each character go back to being who they were and are supposed to be.