A nod to Fringe? I thought the Earth 1/Earth 2 stuff was comics geekery.
I've been liking it just fine.
Strong like an Amazon.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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§ ita § - Sep 30, 2011 6:20:27 pm PDT #4411 of 8625
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Polter-Cow - Sep 30, 2011 7:32:47 pm PDT #4412 of 8625
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Redverse, Blueverse!
§ ita § - Sep 30, 2011 7:49:24 pm PDT #4413 of 8625
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But they called it Earth 1 and Earth 2, didn't they? Or at least Abed did.
Polter-Cow - Sep 30, 2011 8:25:00 pm PDT #4414 of 8625
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, which is a standard thing. Hell, I thought it was a reference to Another Earth.
Jesse - Oct 01, 2011 5:48:16 am PDT #4415 of 8625
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, I think the reason I haven't typically watched many sitcoms is that....I don't really like sitcoms. Weird! I'm watching Up All Night, and I can tell it's good and funny, but I just don't care. But I do think all parents should watch it and laugh.
le nubian - Oct 01, 2011 6:20:07 am PDT #4416 of 8625
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesse,
I stopped watching sitcoms in the early 1990s. My main problem with most of them then was that the humor beats were too predictable (see "Two and a Half Men" for a today's example). It was so boring predicting all the laugh beats and the jokes. "Seinfeld", while generally a funny show, fell into this trap in the later seasons.
"Parks and Recreation", "Community" almost never fall into this trap for me. Even in episodes that don't really work, I don't find the humor all that predictable. A lot of what I find funny nowadays are things that take me by surprise ("Louie" at his high points).
beekaytee - Oct 01, 2011 7:53:30 am PDT #4417 of 8625
Compassionately intolerant
Earth 2
I'm probably the only one who either watched, or assumed the reference was to, you know, Earth 2.
What? It had Clancy Brown and Tim Curry. How could I pass that up?
Jesse - Oct 01, 2011 8:03:50 am PDT #4418 of 8625
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"Parks and Recreation", "Community" almost never fall into this trap for me. Even in episodes that don't really work, I don't find the humor all that predictable. A lot of what I find funny nowadays are things that take me by surprise ("Louie" at his high points).
Yeah, I like Parks & Rec and Louie and Archer, can't get into Community, but I guess the "standard" sitcoms, no matter how good, just aren't for me.
Jesse - Oct 01, 2011 8:20:26 am PDT #4419 of 8625
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I realize this is a pretty stupid thing to post about, but it was surprising to me! I thought I was just out of the habit.
Morgana - Oct 01, 2011 12:35:17 pm PDT #4420 of 8625
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
I watch "Frasier" in reruns. (Not so much for Frasier himself, but for the ensemble, and for Niles. I adore Niles.) But on the whole sitcoms leave me cold. So you're not alone.