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DJariya 10-14-10 03:37 AM

Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
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Synopsis:

Spoiler:
Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) decides that Greendale Community College must have its own flight simulator and cannot be bested by the competition, "City College," which is planning its own flight simulator. He enlists the study group to clean and refurbish the Greendale Community College simulator. As Jeff (Joel McHale), Pierce (Chevy Chase), Britta (Gillian Jacobs), Annie (Alison Brie), Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) and Troy (Donald Glover) wash the tattered simulator down, they end up accidentally launching it � sending everyone on an unexpected journey into "outer space." Abed (Danny Pudi) is left behind to try and navigate a safe "return" for everyone.


:lol: flight simulator? This should be good.

Jimmy James 10-14-10 05:12 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
As much as I like BBT (and I do), there is something profoundly wrong with the world when that show has over twice the audience of this one.

chuckd21 10-14-10 06:58 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
NBC has been in the toilet for so long, people are just conditioned to watch anything but.

Oddly, most of the shows I'm watching this season seem to be on NBC.

RichC2 10-14-10 07:05 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Sanders :lol:

Why are there truck stops and public restrooms circled? Why do they have star ratings?
They're over here, by the truck stop with three thumbs.
Those aren't thumbs.
:lol:

"There is a time for subtlety, and that time was before Scary Movie"

Love that this show does better spoofs than any of the spoof movies.

kstublen 10-14-10 07:40 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Solid episode. Some really good lines and sight gags though.

Pierce: "You're all walking in slow motion?"

Troy: "How do you know it was our design? We submitted it anonymously. Whoops."

Troy: "I hate to pull rank on you..."

Chang walking in and saying he re-routed the power, then Abed asking from what and Chang slowly backing away.

Troy: "Yeah, let's kill her." And then him getting ready to strangle Annie with the radio cord.

But by far, the best line of the entire episode...

Abed (to the Dean): "Why are there circles around the public bathrooms and truckstops? And why are there star ratings?"

Drav3n 10-14-10 08:04 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Wow, this episode had me dying! The KFC placement throughout the episode was awesome! So many funny moments...especially with the dean! :lol:

We need a gif of Annie running in slow-mo! :drool:

superfro 10-14-10 10:02 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Did everybody notice that Abed was in an astronaut uniform this episode? Just wanted to make sure everyone was keeping up this week. ;) :lol:

SpanishTechno 10-14-10 10:22 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
So good, it's tragic that Big Bang is crushing this show.

It's smart that the writers never set any kind of precedent for realism so they can get away with just about anything as long as it's funny.

JasonF 10-14-10 10:23 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 

Originally Posted by superfro (Post 10431342)
Did everybody notice that Abed was in an astronaut uniform this episode? Just wanted to make sure everyone was keeping up this week. ;) :lol:

What!?!?? Dammit. How did I miss that?

(Loved, loved, loved the homages to Right Stuff and Apollo 13).

Goat3001 10-14-10 11:28 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Great ep. Not only is this show better then BBT but it's street ahead of The Office too.

bcd 10-15-10 12:35 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
This is by far my favourite show on tv right now. Each episode is full of so much awesome!!

Sex Fiend 10-15-10 02:44 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
I thought this was the first episode of this season that was up to par with last season. I haven't been as impressed with the start to the new season until tonight's, which was in my opinion far and away funnier than the first two episodes.

CreamyGoodness 10-15-10 05:47 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 

Originally Posted by Sex Fiend (Post 10431576)
I thought this was the first episode of this season that was up to par with last season. I haven't been as impressed with the start to the new season until tonight's, which was in my opinion far and away funnier than the first two episodes.

It's interesting. It's almost the same thing this season as last season - Slow start, then after a few episodes they get rolling. This was a great episode - Everything clicked.

If I could use an avatar, I'd use the Greendale 'butt flag'. :lol:

RichC2 10-15-10 08:09 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Community has been a mix of zany episodes and grounded episodes, I think they've done a pretty solid job of balancing the two. This is the first truly zany episode of the season. But I agree, I was apprehensive with the episode when I read the synopsis, but they really hit it out of the park.

Dan G 10-15-10 08:42 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
I LOL'd at the opening when they mentioned a race to being the first school with a space simulator, then they show the rival school and their initials were CCCP.

RichC2 10-15-10 08:46 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 

Originally Posted by Dan G (Post 10431778)
I LOL'd at the opening when they mentioned a race to being the first school with a space simulator, then they show the rival school and their initials were CCCP.

I must have missed that, that's awesome :lol:

mdc3000 10-15-10 09:09 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Loved this episode, brilliant from start to finish... Troy got all the great lines. I'm still smiling thinking about the Scary Movie one :)

SpanishTechno 10-15-10 09:14 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
I liked how the dean of the rival school was just a black version of Greendale's dean

writer106 10-15-10 01:45 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
I loved last night's episode and Pierce's space freak out was hilarious. I also cracked up when Jeff said:"Is anyone feeling skinny" and Troy raised his hand behind Annie. The dean of the rival school was hilarious how he taunted Dean Pelton. I also cracked up laughing at Troy randomly hugging some girl and Britta going around high fiving people. I hope that the
Spoiler:
Halloween zombie episode in a couple of weeks is very good
.

koops 10-15-10 07:02 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Wow! Absolutely amazing, very clever

Thrush 10-16-10 12:58 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 

Originally Posted by SpanishTechno (Post 10431844)
I liked how the dean of the rival school was just a black version of Greendale's dean

It was hilarious how when he was whispering taunts in the Greendale Dean's ear, he began to swoon.

Wazootyman 10-16-10 01:23 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
This line hasn't got much mention, but I absolutely loved when Abed asked where they were followed by Troy's "It looks like we're 40 light years from the Buttermilk Nebula... oh wait, I think it's a sticker, yeah, it is"

gmanca 10-16-10 01:46 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Yeah, that was a great line; really enjoyed this episode and I liked the Congratulation splash with the 8-bit fireworks and MIDI song.

Coral 10-16-10 10:34 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 

Originally Posted by Wazootyman (Post 10433319)
This line hasn't got much mention, but I absolutely loved when Abed asked where they were followed by Troy's "It looks like we're 40 light years from the Buttermilk Nebula... oh wait, I think it's a sticker, yeah, it is"

Actually the line was "We are 40 lightyears outside of the Buttermilk Nebula... although it is possible... yeah, it's a sticker".

What made it funny was his delivery of the "yeah, it's a sticker" line.

Lone Wolf 10-16-10 12:08 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Abed returning to the empty parking lot in his space suit and then slowly looking up at the sky for the simulator. rotfl

Ravenous 10-16-10 01:01 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Episode was fantastic. I love this show and havent seen a bad one yet. I also dug whenever CHevy goes nuts and start yelling. He just sounds funny. Than when he fell on his ass, made me really bust out.

Big Boy Laroux 10-16-10 08:47 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
I love this show so so so much. This hit on all cylinders.

Loved the truck stop thing, the voltron-type reference (with all their heads in split screen), and how ridiculously short and easy the actual simulation was.

I posted on a 30 rock thread that Dr. Spaceman could be the best minor/secondary character in TV history. But now i think he is 1a to the Dean's 1b. Loved the dean's reaction as he was being whisper-threatened.

chuckd21 10-16-10 10:50 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
This entire season has been awesome. I love that episodes will just have no realistic qualities whatsoever and yet are still entirely believable within the Community "universe".

Pointyskull 10-17-10 09:39 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Great ep! Sanders :lol:

As a sidebar: hard to believe they did a parody/homage to Apollo 13 and didn't work in the "not on my watch" line...

Timber 10-17-10 10:24 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Donald Glover is going to be a star. His line delivery is just so perfect on this show.

This show is just so stupid and somehow they've made me not care and just go along with it.

kstublen 10-17-10 10:37 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 

Originally Posted by 12thmonkey (Post 10435304)
Great ep! Sanders :lol:

As a sidebar: hard to believe they did a parody/homage to Apollo 13 and didn't work in the "not on my watch" line...

I'm pretty sure I heard Abed say that at some point.

Lone Wolf 10-17-10 10:37 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Systematic
Android
Network
Diode
Energy
Rocket
System

Luther Heggs 10-19-10 11:04 AM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Like the best Community episodes, every time I watch this one I catch things that I'd previously missed from laughing so much. Like when Pierce accidentally closes the door it makes a clucking sound and later on at "mission control" they're reading from the "menu-al."

RichC2 10-24-10 02:05 PM

Re: Community -- "Basic Rocket Science" -- 10/14/10
 
Just watched this again after watching this weeks ep, what a great, great episode.


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