Community Season 3 thread

[LilLeftBrain]

loved the finale
second episode of the night was great
video game episode was bottom rung of the series (or thereabout)

[LilLeftBrain]

that little girl singing
'chang eats the sun and drinks the skies
and the both go with him when he dies'
in the second ep was the biggest laugh of all three eps for me.
wish they wouldn't have went to it a second time, but it still didn't lose its funny

[None]

I disagree about the video game episode, but to each his own. This block was rock solid, and I really hope that the show a back 9 next season.

[LilLeftBrain]

always pulling for more community, but just wasn't feeling that episode at all. two outta three ain't bad
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[tehgiftofgab]

#sixseasonsandamovie

leonard's the man

[Tweak Da Leak]

That minecraft/zelda/megaman episode was fantastic, from the guest star to annie/shirley massacr'ing the blacksmith to little crzy abed's torturing each other and helping take down Pierce's pops, the ocean's 11 satire was meh besides Jeff and Britta's awesome cris angel outfits and the chang song.

[Tweak Da Leak]

and you know i loved the season finale with the return of the dark timeline which I've been opining for since the dice episode.

[Tweak Da Leak]

http://www.reddit.com/r/community/comme ... das_menus/

they explain all the video game references from the episode

some are just

[tehgiftofgab]

o yea and first omar, now gus as a guest star, shit's toiight

[mike eagle]

harmon on being replaced as showrunner

http://danharmon.tumblr.com/post/233392 ... s-anything

[907]

harmon on being replaced as showrunner

http://danharmon.tumblr.com/post/233392 ... s-anything

So lame. I was happy it got picked up for another season, but now I wish they would have just canceled it.

[tehgiftofgab]

it sounds like they didn't call him and he didn't try at all to get in contact w them, i know hes the creator and they should be callin him but it sounded like he didn't put ANY effort into it and was kinda just like o welll

[The Frankest]

Yeah, this is even worse. The Community that we love really did get cancelled, in the form of being taken from its creator and the intensely ambitious heart of the show. Key writers and producers have left too now, going into this now pointless 13 episode season. I feel bad for the cast.

Season 3 was a dark year (all according to the Campbell formula Harmon's been yapping about), and it would have been really cool to see this earned "Spring" year of season 4. When it's lighter just because of this corporate takeover trying to make it more accessible, not so much.

[Reason]

i'm pretty obsessed and nerded out with this show...it has a bunch of callbacks that just satisfy the hell out of a devoted fan like me

i even made my own youtube playlist to organize all of the michael haggins' daybreak references (i might have missed one along the way)

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5783419707388213

btw the season finale was possibly my favorite single sitcom episode ever

[Reason]

http://www.reddit.com/r/community/comme ... das_menus/

they explain all the video game references from the episode

some are just

my favorite is "unkillable bears"

[Tweak Da Leak]

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/y ... writer_of/

Ask me anything with Dan Harmon, some tidbits about the actual scene Chevy walked off on and why it pissed Harmon off so much. How he sank nearly 300K of his own money into one of the seasons and his favorite has always been Donald. Also Troy and Pierce were originally supposed to be the buddy duo ala 'beavis and butthead' but the dynamic just played out with Abed too beautifully.

[SYM]

thanks for that, tweak.

with as many days passed as there are since that post, i'd imagine that link has been read by all, but just in case...to streamline for those too lazy:

He refused to do the "tag" for the Digital Estate Planning episode (the 8 bit video game episode). In the scripted tag, Abed comes to Pierce with the thumb drive he took, and says "Pierce, I've been able to adjust some of the code for your Dad's video game and I've made a version I think you might like better." He puts the thumb drive into a laptop in front of Pierce. We cut to the laptop screen, where we see Pierce's avatar on a front lawn with the giant floating head of Cornelius. Every time Pierce presses the space bar, his avatar throws a baseball to his father's head, which gives him a thousand points and a "great job, son!" Pierce presses the space bar a few times, pauses, then leans over and embraces Abed and we fade to black. When Adam Countee pitched that tag, tears instantly rolled down my cheeks, and in point of fact, my eyes are getting watery describing it to you. It was the most important part of the episode and possibly one of the most important moments of the season. I was very upset to hear that it wasn't shot because someone didn't feel like shooting it, especially since it was literally the last day of shooting, which meant we'd never be able to pick it up. I regret nothing about how upset I got. My job was to care about my show.

The answer I heard from the people on set was that he didn't think it was funny. After he realized how upset I was about it, he said things in voicemails like "there was no script" (untrue) and "I have a weird relationship with the name Cornelius" (dumb, he had no dialogue in the tag). The real answer, I believe, is that he wanted to go home because he was tired. He probably didn't realize he was permanently damaging the episode by doing so because he often walked off set and then we would just pick up his shots later in the week. But this was the final shot of the season. The sets came down after he walked away. So this was the one time in three years that his personality caused unfixable damage to something I really held valuable.

egos.

[bbatson1]

I was just looking at the new tv schedules and saw they're moving this to Friday at 8:30 after Whitney.

[tehgiftofgab]

what happened to season 4 premier????

[PopeyeJones]

what happened to season 4 premier????

Moved back to Thursdays, IIRC. Maybe after 30 rock finishes it's 13? Dunno when, but this season.

[tehgiftofgab]

so is that a good thing? i heard people sayin sendin it to fridays would kill it

[bbatson1]

so is that a good thing? i heard people sayin sendin it to fridays would kill it

I read they just put it on hold. No date or night set.

[LilLeftBrain]

[tehgiftofgab]

damn man i want this show to succeed to badly lol #sixseasonsandamovie

[PopeyeJones]

Looks like Chase is still trying to get off the show.

http://www.vulture.com/m/2012/10/chevy- ... y-set.html

Drop that motherfucker and replace him with Chang. Seriously.

[Reason]

Looks like Chase is still trying to get off the show.

http://www.vulture.com/m/2012/10/chevy- ... y-set.html

Drop that motherfucker and replace him with Chang. Seriously.

I thought this was a lame duck season and they were ending the show regardless after this year?

Fuck Chevy chase. I have been saying it since the start of this thread - he is a fucking hack and his humor is never subtle

Could u imagine his trying, for example, to pull off that scene in which Joel Mchale starts speaking with Jeff goldblum's cadence and histrionics during his neurotic accusation? Chevy is an obvious motherfucker and mine as well be fucking Larry, moe, and curly in half his scenes

[Tommy Bunz]

Love Chevy in this show and think he's hilarious.
His humor takes a lot more talent to pull of than Chang's that's for sure.

[PopeyeJones]

Looks like Chase is still trying to get off the show.

http://www.vulture.com/m/2012/10/chevy- ... y-set.html

Drop that motherfucker and replace him with Chang. Seriously.

I thought this was a lame duck season and they were ending the show regardless after this year?

Fuck Chevy chase. I have been saying it since the start of this thread - he is a fucking hack and his humor is never subtle

Could u imagine his trying, for example, to pull off that scene in which Joel Mchale starts speaking with Jeff goldblum's cadence and histrionics during his neurotic accusation? Chevy is an obvious motherfucker and mine as well be fucking Larry, moe, and curly in half his scenes

I think the show would have already ended if NBC wasn't such a fucking mess. The only reason Community is still even part of the discussion is because The Office and 30 Rock are ending, Animal Practice has already been cancelled, and Up All Night I think is already done for too. If they've literally got fucking nothing, it makes sense to at least give a couple of very limited runs to a cult favorite (it keeps the show in the news if it keeps staving off death). The other big thing is that after these 13 episodes they'll be at 78 total, and then need to get to 100 episodes to sell the syndication rights. Given how little else they have, if they can get the ratings to justify getting to 100 before stopping, they'll do so (e.g. get up to about a 3.5 and then eek out another 22 before canning it).

As for Chase, he was a fucking gawd in the 80s, but he fucking sucks at this point. By far the weak point of the show. That said McHale becoming a star didn't really happen, so he's still the biggest name they've got. Creatively he's a weak link IMO, but in terms of attracting eyeballs I think his name alone is interpreted as valuable. Canning him now after Harmon was forced out probably wouldn't sit well the small but rabid following that's keeping the show alive, if only barely.

[Reason]

Love Chevy in this show and think he's hilarious.
His humor takes a lot more talent to pull of than Chang's that's for sure.

on the first part. Almost agree on the second statement though

[Reason]

Looks like Chase is still trying to get off the show.

http://www.vulture.com/m/2012/10/chevy- ... y-set.html

Drop that motherfucker and replace him with Chang. Seriously.

I thought this was a lame duck season and they were ending the show regardless after this year?

Fuck Chevy chase. I have been saying it since the start of this thread - he is a fucking hack and his humor is never subtle

Could u imagine his trying, for example, to pull off that scene in which Joel Mchale starts speaking with Jeff goldblum's cadence and histrionics during his neurotic accusation? Chevy is an obvious motherfucker and mine as well be fucking Larry, moe, and curly in half his scenes

I think the show would have already ended if NBC wasn't such a fucking mess. The only reason Community is still even part of the discussion is because The Office and 30 Rock are ending, Animal Practice has already been cancelled, and Up All Night I think is already done for too. If they've literally got fucking nothing, it makes sense to at least give a couple of very limited runs to a cult favorite (it keeps the show in the news if it keeps staving off death). The other big thing is that after these 13 episodes they'll be at 78 total, and then need to get to 100 episodes to sell the syndication rights. Given how little else they have, if they can get the ratings to justify getting to 100 before stopping, they'll do so (e.g. get up to about a 3.5 and then eek out another 22 before canning it).

As for Chase, he was a fucking gawd in the 80s, but he fucking sucks at this point. By far the weak point of the show. That said McHale becoming a star didn't really happen, so he's still the biggest name they've got. Creatively he's a weak link IMO, but in terms of attracting eyeballs I think his name alone is interpreted as valuable. Canning him now after Harmon was forced out probably wouldn't sit well the small but rabid following that's keeping the show alive, if only barely.

I just don't know how much of the community nerd base gives a fuck about or even knows the significance of Chevy chase's career/scope/act. But you are right in implying that this show lacks any superstar red carpet type of actor, even though I do feel this show has some uniquely gifted comedic talents

At the very least They need some kind of rob lowe/Adam Scott infusion to achieve that effect but of course I like the show as it is...I even stand Chevy because Harmon made him out to be the butt of the joke 98% of the time he caught any camera time...I suppose I don't have to worry too much though after reading about his outburst that his character is getting increasingly bigoted. Maybe the show won't drop off as much and maybe the simple fact the network has their chosen non-Harmon people running it is enough to get it to 100. Ironically as much as I love the show it is extremely difficult to picture tbs or w/e syndicating this show...it is such a "niche" show