Datepalm Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Yeah. I'm not saying that abeds reaction isn't appropriate. I'm just saying it wasn't an interesting question. Nic Cage? Isn't the point that he's fixating on something essentially uninteresting? I've never even heard of Who's Boss, but that episode still worked fine for me. :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reposado Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Nic Cage? Isn't the point that he's fixating on something essentially uninteresting? I've never even heard of Who's Boss, but that episode still worked fine for me. :dunno: i dont think so. the cage debate is something that has probably been discussed millions of times by various people. the whos the boss thing was so funny because it was overly esoteric. spending time answering a question that essentially noone cared about and only could be thought of as a question because its the title of the show. its so out there. cage on the other hand is so prosaic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 I see. Ok. They were both kind of out there for me, so I guess I missed that. Maybe, Who's Boss is an esoteric intellectual exercise for Abed, while Nic Cage is the huge, burning issue of the day. Who's Boss is that thing with the bees disappearing. Nic Cage is climate change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reposado Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I see. Ok. They were both kind of out there for me, so I guess I missed that. Maybe, Who's Boss is an esoteric intellectual exercise for Abed, while Nic Cage is the huge, burning issue of the day. Who's Boss is that thing with the bees disappearing. Nic Cage is climate change. yes, thats a close enough analogy. i mean, i wouldnt say that cage is the burning issue, but his strange performances are something that many jokes have been made about whos the boss, not so much, but to an american audience it hit that perfect zone of recognizable but ultimately insignificant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrim Fox Cauthon Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I'm not saying I didn't like Con Air. I just don't watch that many movies. Also, if i've finally written part 1 of my epic Big Bang/Community comparison/deconstruction (titled, I kid thee not, Chuck Lorre is a Communist,) where do I post it for maximum argumentativeness? (I was inspired by the writerly turn the board has taken with now producing our very own Loch Ness Monster Erotica over at lit.) I've started work on part 2, tentatively Ender's Community War School Just point us in the write direction once you post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 yes, thats a close enough analogy. i mean, i wouldnt say that cage is the burning issue, but his strange performances are something that many jokes have been made about whos the boss, not so much, but to an american audience it hit that perfect zone of recognizable but ultimately insignificant Ah, I see. I meant in the sense that it would but Abed's somewhat fragile psyche, not that it's familiar and predictable on an audience-level. Just point us in the write direction once you post it. Can't figure out where. Where does one go if one wants to start an argument with a lot of geeks? It seems like we should have a centralized mailbox or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NestorMakhnosLovechild Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 So I finally got around to watching these, and I was impressed that the show felt like Community again. That said, they weren't amazing episodes. The first one, in particular, was pretty weak. The second one had two bits that made me laugh out loud, even on a rewatch: the scene with Buzz Hickey (Jonathan Banks is really killing it. His performance is so far above where, say, Michael K. Williams was with his ornery professor) taking Leonard's meatballs (Leonard's response "please... they're all I have" - killed me) and then Abed's Nicholas Cage freakout. And that really surprised me because Abed is often my least favorite character, but Dani Pudi just killed that scene. Plus, it was nice to see "Professor Professorson" - aka, Professor Sean Garrity again, because he's awesome, although he didn't really have much to do. I am officially excited for the rest of the season. Btw - did Joel McHale have a facelift or something? His face just looks a little different to me. It's like his jaw got more square or something. It's driving me to distraction and I can't figure it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionAhaiReborn Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Btw - did Joel McHale have a facelift or something? His face just looks a little different to me. It's like his jaw got more square or something. It's driving me to distraction and I can't figure it out. I think it's just that he is clean shaven in these two episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungtotte Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 He also lost a fair bit of weight I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aemon Stark Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I think he looks about the same, aside from his unnaturally bare face. As for the Nic Cage thing, it was a marvellous device on which to set Abed. I suppose it's "been done" since anyone who gets it has seen and/or heard "Not the bees!!" but Abed being one seeming to prefer Platonian truths even when it comes to pop culture made it work perfectly. What IS the "sexy cat" thing from anyway?? What about "Put the bunny down"??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 What IS the "sexy cat" thing from anyway?? i think it's from leaving Las Vegas except those lines are never said, but acted out. This is for you guys tho. http://pandawhale.com/post/34929/community-abed-nicolas-cage-sexy-cat-gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Rhinos Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Put the bunny down is from Con-Air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aemon Stark Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Of course. But did Abed quote it? I consider it one of Cage's signature lines. The performance of his career you might say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime L Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Gah, it's "put the bunny back in the box" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerMixalot Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I just did another power watch of all 4+ seasons and have to say Community rocks! Even season 4 was great. BTW IIRC there was a throw away line in season 1 that Abed had never seen Who's the Boss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I just did another power watch of all 4+ seasons and have to say Community rocks! Even season 4 was great. BTW IIRC there was a throw away line in season 1 that Abed had never seen Who's the Boss Yeah, I've been going back to S1 and I recall that line in one of the eps. Season 4 was decent by general TV standards...though general TV includes 2 Broke Girls so that isn't saying much. =-=-= Community's Dan Harmon explains surprise premiere cameo "I knew Chevy would be on board because… at the end of it all he always loved doing the show and would be more than willing to come back," Harmon said."He's very passionate about making people laugh. So I texted him, and he said, 'Absolutely, I'll do it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Chevy's deal with Sony banning him from the set sounds weird. I thought he quit; wasn't fired. Perhaps his agent negotiated a nice fee to break his contract, and that was part of the deal, but that still sounds weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 seems crazy given Chase appeared to be a large part of the reason Harmon was fired in season 4. Hollywood/TV is a strange beast. Also given how good the show is at being meta I have to wonder if the reason he isn't allowed to film on stage with the regular crew is due to him having upset one of the actors/crew? I know there was the trouble with him saying something racist/using an offensive term last year (forgotten the specifics). then again it could just be that Chase is refusing to film too far from home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 My understanding is Harmon was fired for going over budget, showing up to work late and sometimes hungover, threatening to quit multiple times, and making the writers revise at the last minute and work long hours. Supposedly the writers said they would all quit if Harmon stayed on. I know there was the trouble with him saying something racist/using an offensive term last year (forgotten the specifics). then again it could just be that Chase is refusing to film too far from home. What's weird about this story is that, IIRC, Chase was objecting to Pierce being more and more racist, at which point he said something like "Next you'll have me saying n*gger!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerMixalot Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I always loved it when Pierce was part of the group instead of the outsider, I guess part of that was that was his part in the group, but still my favorite stuff was when he helped Annie with her bills, not apologized to Shirley for the depantsing, that sort of stuff plus it really hit me how close he and troy were from day one the 2 were always on the same page about stuff plus loved his classic chevy stuff like trying to eat a slice of pizza and breaking the froyo machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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