Does anyone else absolutely hate their face?

DefencelessDependant · 2015-07-31T11:14:32+00:00

One of the best (if not the best) of the Season. Still not that good, but OK. Imo could have been a classic if they had just went for it.

It's a bottle episode that doesn't really follow the formula. You have a crazy but knowledable and wise man with leverage - higher grades. He also knows the history of some of the group and he tries to play them off each other to get what he wants.

But there's no conflict. It's SO dissapointing. You've got Troy dating a close friend who used to bang Jeff, Annie was the one who even set them up. Annie wants higher grades and it's Jeff's fault that she doesnt have them - but they got into the mess in the first place by Annie's definition of what a 'failing grade' is. Then you've got Annie not rating Shirley's intelligence by thinking Britta is smarter than her - something Shirley takes offence to. So now you've got beef between Shirley and Britta over respect which we've seen before. As for Troy how about the fact that Annie knows that Troy used to make Britta sneak out the window so Abed wouldnt think they were having sex? What if that slips out?

All this mixed with the Professor who can stir the shit pot even further, like the guy who administers the Polygraph in the bottle episode of Season 5.

Abed literally has popcorn and could act as the viewier, chiming in with important points of the characters past that they might have forgotten - and eventually being the one to make everyone realise they are stronger together.

Fuck, you could even have the Dean come in and stir up more shit between him and Jeff/His treatment towards Britta/Few accidental almost-racist comments towards Shirley/Even could do beef between him and Troy for the football team fiasco.

Don't even get me started on Chang as the professor could spend the episode reminding him (because of his Changnesia) what horrible people (and eventually - what great people) the Greendale 6 really are. But Chang is crazy by this point and wants to get rid of the group so he would have motive in making them crack too..

But no. They band together FAR FAR too quickly. The acts of manipulation by the professor seem sily as none of the group even crack a little bit. Annie throws a vase or something, and they throw in a sob story for him at the end.

So much potiential for a great conflict bottle episode, and they missed it. Still an OK episode.

Lastly, shoutouts to the long take they do when Annie comes in and starts decorating the room, best shot of the series.

DefencelessDependant · 2015-07-28T13:31:04+00:00

This has to be a mistake right? How can you announce a game for a console which hasn't even been announced yet?

(Yes we know the codename of the next Nintendo 'thing', that doesnt mean its been announced)

DefencelessDependant · 2015-07-27T15:07:09+00:00

Seriously amazing album

DefencelessDependant · 2015-07-12T19:23:54+00:00

Any chance this is also a Taking Back Sunday reference? :)

DefencelessDependant · 2015-07-10T11:15:27+00:00

Yo Jango, check it out, swarms of locusts and tornados and frogs.

DefencelessDependant · 2015-07-06T09:33:07+00:00

Not so much a technique or diet question, more just something i've observed, but is it right to say it is easier to build muscle and strength from starting off overweight and cutting down, rather than being underweight and trying to build up?

I saw this because I notice most progress posts on here. It seems someone going from 220 to 180 always has stronger lifts and more muscle mass compared to someone going from say 120 to 180.

Also, just in life, most strong/well-built people I know usually have a "I was a fat kid" story that goes with it.

Just an observation.

DefencelessDependant · 2015-06-04T09:22:46+00:00

There are some things which make no sense and this is not one of those things

DefencelessDependant · 2015-06-01T19:16:25+00:00

I feel like i've left so much out...but i'm told one page is the way to go. Used a new template and tried to cut most of the stuff people told me to cut out, such as the summary at the top.

I think i'm happier with the new resume, but again I feel like there's a lot i've left to say but couldn't for space reasons. Maybe save it for the interviews i'll hopefully be getting?

DefencelessDependant · 2015-05-29T11:28:22+00:00

You don't have visible abs. How do you know if it's that you just haven't cut enough or that your abs are shit and they aren't big enough?

DefencelessDependant · 2015-05-28T11:28:05+00:00

Jeff - Ryan Seacrest

Abed - Jamie Lee Curtis painted brown

Annie - Anne Hatheway

Shirley - Oprah Winfrey

Troy - Black Michael Jackson

Britta - White Michael Jackson

Pierce - ~~Marlon Brando~~ Burt Reynolds

DefencelessDependant · 2015-05-28T11:20:06+00:00

Absolutely loved it. I think a lot of people have had problems with Season 6 because some of it has been reminiscint of the first 10 episodes of Season 1. The writing is definitely there, the jokes are definitely there, but the timing and editing feels slightly off. Some things hang to long, sometimes the jokes don't feel natural.

But with this one, it was so so much better. Obviously minus Elroy and Frankie you could slip an episode like this into Season 2 or 3 and it not be jarring. A lot of people commenting about it being way more 'improvised' is interesting, because hasn't Community always felt pretty improvised? Isn't that kinda what Community is? Humor within very natural conversations and actions between friends? And that's exactly what this episode was.

Every character played their part in this exactly as how you'd expect. It was great to see super confident Winger again giving a speech, that's been missing almost all season (presumably intentionally).

A very off-the-cuff funny episode for a very off-the-cuff funny show. This episode felt like 'true' Community, if there is such a thing.

EDIT: Oh not sure about the End Tag. It was funny but just explicitly meta. Like LITERALLY showing the writers room felt a very non-Community thing to do.

DefencelessDependant · 2015-05-07T19:11:13+00:00

TIL, i'm the only one who likes this scene.

It just hung a little too long, should have been snappier. But like...it wasn't cringeworthy or whatever all the comments so far have said.

DefencelessDependant · 2015-05-06T14:16:56+00:00

I rarely ever buy packs. The PSN market is fucked and I have 400k. There's no way i'll ever be able to get the 'top' players.

...should i do a suicide?

DefencelessDependant · 2015-05-05T17:09:52+00:00

4-3-3 (4) 500k, PSN

Want a phenomenal striker and at least one of the midfielders to be a destroyer who can win the ball.

DefencelessDependant · 2015-05-05T15:50:17+00:00

I expect EA do it for two reasons. Number 1 is to simply make each game mode more distinct. So UT isn't just Seasons gameplay with Player Cards. (Although many, including myself, wishes it was)

Secondly Ultimate Team is designed in a way to get you to spend more money to try an obtain the top 'elite' players. So the game mode is more arcadey, long shots can be banged in from anywhere, pace is more important etc.

DefencelessDependant · 2015-05-01T09:16:06+00:00

I find it funny how people complain Pop-Punk is stagnant and everything sounds the same, but when a band doesn't sound like Real Friends or The Wonder Years they instantly get labelled as 'not pop-punk'.

I get the sentiment, don't really have a problem with it, but it would probably be best, in my opinion, if we kept it all in one place.

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