Community - "Basic Human Anatomy" - 4/25/13
 

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Troy did a good Abed.

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This show excels at sucking ass this season. I'm sad to say, I won't miss it when it's gone.

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Wow, I really liked this one. Annie fawning over the dean, and Shirley's reactions to it, was hilarious.

Is it just me or did this one have some weird lighting going on? Some of the music cues felt out of place as well.

Glover was fantastic. Pudi had a couple of subtle "Troy" characteristics, other than that it felt like he was just doing a random black guy.

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Glover and Jim Rash did a great job tonight. Annie being turned on by the dean cracked me up.

Not a great episode, but some good laughs.

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I liked that the ended the Britta/Troy stuff. The Dean's "Jeff inside me" jokes cracked me up.

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That never happened.

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i was surprised at how bad Pudi was at doing Glover. He was using phrasings i dont associate with Troy at all. Glover had the Abed eye stuff down, the delivery spot on.

I don't really view this as Community, as much as someone's interpretation of Community which makes it go down better.

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I thought this episode was great. Really funny moments and they pulled off the 'Freaky Friday' bit perfectly.

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It started off slow, but the last 10 minutes were excellent. Glover doesn't get the attention he deserves. He's Abed was spot on. The fake outtakes gag at the end was also pretty clever.

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Easily the best episode of this iffy season. Jim Rash wrote it, and I thought he did great. His Jeff impersonation was also spot on I thought.

Agree that Pudi's version of Troy was terrible. Troy is a lovable idiot, but he didn't play him like that at all.

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wow - still hate for the show.

Come on - this episode was clever and really showed the acting range of these guys! Jim Rash's impersonation of Jeff was right on!

What a fun episode.

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So much better than last week.

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No comments on Abed wearing the Doctor Who/Bill & Ted t-shirt? So Doctor Who and Inspector Spacetime both exist in this universe?

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Absolutely the best episode of the season. Dare I say a possible candidate for top ten of the series. Others brought up the highlights already, so I'll add one more -- Jeff consistently tossing aside the DVD was a great gag.

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Some of you are assuming this is Danny Pudi's interpretation of Troy; it's not, it's Abed's interpretation of Troy, which apparently isn't as accurate. I agree, though, the dean going along with the body switch bit was hilarious.

I had some hope for this season; even though I knew Harmon was such a big part of the show, I thought since the actors were all hilarious and were so dialed in to their characters by this point, the transition with the new showrunners would be smoother. It's clear, though, that Dan Harmon knew how to balance absurd plots while still being funny and relatable. I mean, I knew next to nothing about Dungeons & Dragons before that episode, and it's one of my favorite of the series. Whereas the plots this season just feel forced, like they're trying to go, "See? We're meta and reference geeky stuff! That's what you guys like, right?", with no apparent reason or resolution. The show "Angel" had an episode with puppets that not only was really funny, but also made complete sense in context, with a great plot and memorable moments. Community does an episode with puppets, and it's like, why are we doing this? What's the point? There was no real reason to do it, it just seemed like something this show would do. And it wasn't even funny.

A lot of stuff this season has been funny, but it's not as funny as it was, nor am I exited to watch every episode the minute it comes on, like I used to. I find myself thinking "I guess I have to watch that to get it off my DVR". There's something missing, some deeper layer to the show, and I don't see it coming back. I'll probably stop watching if it gets picked up next season, which is a shame, since it was right up there with Arrested Development as one of my favorite sitcoms.

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Routine light switch check...


I liked this one - the show has been missing troy, and he was heavily featured. Granted, it was troy as abed, not real troy, but more glover is a good thing.

And the dean just attaching himself to the bit to be Jeff was awesome. As was Annie's infatuation.

The show has definitely picked up again after the rock bottom that was the puppet episode. And now that troy/Britta is over, we don't have to waste time on that horrible plotline.

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It's the writers' interpretation of Troy, which has fucking sucked all year. It's not Pudi's fault just like it's not Glover's fault. I take this body swapping conceit as almost a tacit admission of that fact.

I don't like how attached the writers are to this sort of story where they break everybody up. Community is at its strongest when as many of the characters as possible get to bounce off of one another, but they seem to insist on pairing people up excessively. That said, I think this was one of their strongest efforts of the year.

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My buddy has this tshirt, but that doesn't mean The A-Team, Neverendnig Story, Star Wars & He-Man exist together...

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But those shows all exist in OUR universe.

He's saying it's weird that the shows "doctor who" and "inspector spacetime" (a Dr. Who homage) exist in the Community universe.

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Maybe in his universe, the shirt was a reference to something else enitrely?

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There are other....universes?

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Decent, return to form episode. A littler rough around the edges, but I enjoyed it.

Gillian Jacobs is gonna be on the Nerdist tonight. (BBCA 4/27).

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I'm surprised at all the positive responses to this episode. I thought it was pretty bad. There were very few moments that made me laugh, and the ones that did came from the dean doing his Jeff impression. I didn't think Glover or Pudi did a good job playing the other character. For me, this one was on par with the puppet episode or maybe even a slight notch below. I've been fairly forgiving of this season, even though it has felt off most of the time, but this one left me so cold that I just had to come here to comment on it.

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I liked it. The absurdity kept me wondering the whole time.

Still a fart end to the series (assuming it's not renewed, which I hope it's not).

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Second episode I've liked this season. Glover was awesome. Fake bloopers were great too.

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Glover's Abed and the dean's Jeff were a lot of fun. The body swap stuff was a good story idea. And the outtakes ending was one of the better show endings, even by previous season standards.

Overall a strong season 4 episode, but I think I'm ready to have Community end and not dilute the series further with another weak season.

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I'm gonna start a list of people hoping they cancel the show who will continue to post in Community threads if it's renewed instead of finding things to do that they do enjoy.

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Reminds me of

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:shrug: I thought it was hilarious. I thought Troy did a great "Abed". Abed's "Troy" wasn't as solid. But is that the limitation of the actor, or the character? Hard to say. I liked the Jeff/Dean stuff, and Annie's reaction was great as well.

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Well speaking just for me, I know very well that it will have to go unwatchable for me to stop watching. That's where the line was crossed with The Office. Yes, I make no bones about it -- if a show is floundering just north of that line with no prospect for improvement, I'm all about yanking it off life support and ending things.

I don't want a renewal. If it gets renewed, I'll be back next year. My comments I believe have been substantive and appropriate to threads. Anybody who disagrees can skip them in this and/or any thread they like.

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I liked it. The relationship stuff was a drag, but setup the body switching gags pretty good. I never thought Britta and Troy had any chemistry so I never took their relationship nearly as serious as this episode did.

Glover/Troy did a decent Abed, but Abed is equal parts caricature and character, so the bar is lower. On the other hand they've dialed back Troy's idiocy making him a bit more bland.

Dean and Annie's reaction was great. Annie and Shirley's gag wasn't. They've never written Shirley as being nearly as academically focused as Annie and yet suddenly she's valedictorian while at the same time having a baby, raising a family and running a new business.

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Really? I know these things are subjective and I don't want to ruin anyone's enjoyment of the show, but I could name at least 10 episodes from season 2 alone that were better than this one.

That said, I did mostly like this one, and while I need to go back and rewatch the season, this was probably the funniest episode they've done this year. Some random thoughts:

- I thought the main story suffered because the Troy/Britta relationship was so lackluster. Also, even though Abed was the one talking to Britta the whole episode, at the end when Troy finally confronts her, it was like he knew everything that had been said during their date. That was weird.

- Like much of this season, the plot of this one felt like a retread; this time of the superior Abed Dreamatorium episode from last season.

- I think Jim Rash is really funny, but imo the whole cross-dressing/in love with Jeff aspect of his character is so very tired. Still, I thought his impression of Jeff was hysterical. I also liked Annie's reaction to him, although I think it would have been funnier if they hadn't dwelled on it so much and just let it happen onscreen.

- The janitors and their murder mystery probably made me laugh more than any joke the show has done all year.

- Generally speaking, I think the show is trending in the right direction. If it continues getting better I might not mind another 13 episodes so it could go out with some dignity.

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Loved it. Still love the show. Has it taken a dip? Sure. But it's still good :up:

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Probably not the right place to post this but I saw Gillian Jacobs on Kevin Pollak's Chat Show recently. Those who are fans of hers (and have almost 2 hours to spend) may want to take a look:

http://youtu.be/Z_RCLVQNIAQ

If you want to back further and check out Allison Brie:

http://youtu.be/eCulL0CwLEw

Rick

Re: Community - "Basic Human Anatomy" - 4/25/13
 

So how come no one on the show or here has mentioned the restaurant Senor Kevin's?

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Might have to check that out later. I dumped his show when he started charging and never looked back.