That's where I was at the beginning of last season (I felt it was a slow start--possibly the slowest sequence of episodes for me), so I'm okay with bracing myself for something similar now. 75% as funny is still enough to keep me watching--I don't have a purity of vision interest like some folks I'm rolling my eyes at today.
Raise your hand if 'ew.'
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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§ ita § - Feb 07, 2013 8:29:17 am PST #6342 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
le nubian - Feb 07, 2013 8:41:22 am PST #6343 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yeah, I have already been keeping my expectations low. I watched every episode of "30 Rock" so I can live through highs and lows.
-t - Feb 07, 2013 8:49:13 am PST #6344 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Heh.
I got maybe halfway through that review, maybe I'll read it later. I'm just all "Go Human Beings!" and I think I'll stick with that for today.
JZ - Feb 07, 2013 8:54:54 am PST #6345 of 8624
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Not that it's a universally lauded review site, but the Daily Beast is also cautiously hopeful. So that's two voices toward a consensus.
EpicTangent - Feb 07, 2013 9:04:11 am PST #6346 of 8624
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I read both reviews, but "Troy and Abed something SOMEthing" from the first one is what's staying with me. It keeps playing in my head and making me look forward to tonight even more. October 19th in my heart, indeed.
-t - Feb 07, 2013 6:12:22 pm PST #6347 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My watch-Community-from-Starbucks plan has failed.
::cries::
::ducks out of thread until I can get home and hug my DVR::
Lee - Feb 07, 2013 6:32:23 pm PST #6348 of 8624
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
That made me happy. Not as happy as some other eps, but still happy.
Polter-Cow - Feb 07, 2013 7:47:11 pm PST #6349 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I dug it. I laughed a lot, and I missed everyone and now they're back.
Consuela - Feb 07, 2013 7:53:33 pm PST #6350 of 8624
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It felt a little off to me, but maybe I was contaminated by having read the Grantland article, and feeling crappy from giving blood, and watching it by myself instead of with my regular Community-watching gang.
The laugh track was really disconcerting. And kind of creepifying.
Greendale Babies OMG.
§ ita § - Feb 07, 2013 8:11:36 pm PST #6351 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The tag failed at the very end--that's the part that felt uncomfortable for me. It wasn't the funniest episode--but it was solidly in the middle of the pack, and use established plot points very carefully and appropriately, and recasting Pierce is never not ba.d.