I just watched it again too, and also liked it a lot more the second time.
I didn't have any wine yet either.
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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Lee - Feb 15, 2013 6:05:51 pm PST #6422 of 8624
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
-t - Feb 15, 2013 6:47:36 pm PST #6423 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't know if the wine made a difference, but I figured it was better to disclose.
Next week I don't work Thursday evening, so I will be able to relax at home and watch Community and Parks & Rec as they air, the way God and NBC intended. I am so looking forward to that!
§ ita § - Feb 15, 2013 9:17:54 pm PST #6424 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
LeN, why did only Annie's costume count?
The episode didn't depend on Halloween like the two notable preceding ones, but the one with the questionnaires and the stories could also have been set anywhere in the year--the stories had costumes, but I don't think it was date dependent.
le nubian - Feb 16, 2013 9:41:55 am PST #6425 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita,
What I meant is not that the others weren't in costume but Annie's was referenced and remarked upon more than once and in other Halloween eps the setting and extras contributed to the event and plot. Given the various reasons why the characters have been in costumes over the seasons this did not stand out as Halloween if that makes any sense. I think it was deliberate given the timing of the ep.
-t - Feb 16, 2013 9:55:34 am PST #6426 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Deliberate like the Halloween-ness was played down because it aired in February? I don't think I agree with that. The general spookiness, haunted mansion shenanigans, and shadowy Gilbert seeming like a ghost were sufficient Halloween signifiers for me.
askye - Feb 16, 2013 9:56:05 am PST #6427 of 8624
Thrive to spite them
They used the Halloween opening credits for the episode.
le nubian - Feb 16, 2013 10:06:46 am PST #6428 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
then - I am not satisfied! I wanted MOAR Halloween.
§ ita § - Feb 16, 2013 10:19:33 am PST #6429 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jeff's costume was mentioned as much as Annie's was, wasn't it? None of them drove the plot, but Jeff and the Dean's costumes were as mentioned as Annie's because of the association, Shirley talked about her family's themes, and Jeff pointed out that Abed and Troy were wearing matching costumes, not Troy and Britta, which seems to me to be the most important thing that any of the costumes were used to express.
-t - Feb 16, 2013 7:38:19 pm PST #6430 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, hey, a new Gravity Falls showed up on my DVR. Delightful!
Frankenbuddha - Feb 17, 2013 4:11:26 am PST #6431 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Community felt a little to antic and cartoon-y to me. Loved individual bits, quite a few in fact, but overall it felt like a late-in-the-run sitcom episode to me. More surreal than the usual sitcom for sure, but everybody seemed to be "doing" their character beats rather than inhabiting the characters. Well, except maybe Donald Glover. He always seems to inhabit Troy even when what they've done for the character feels pro forma.
That said, I probably should have kept the episode for a re-watch. Unfortunately, I'm trying to get stuff off my DVR before it maxes out (I'm really behind on watching stuff).