one thing I really like about Community is how all the characters are important and how together they make the show so great.

Indeed. You could do an episode pairing any two of the seven and they’d all be unique. It’s just great craftsmanship.

I do wonder if that’s part of the reason Community has such poor ratings(you know, besides being on NBC and airing at the same time as the Nerd-Blackface Theory). You can’t just watch a random episode and “get” the characters off the bat, because they’re not flat, easily-digested archetypes.

Re: How I Met Your Mother- I think it’s inevitable that the show starts to drag, especially given the frame. The plot should probably have been concluded in 3 seasons, maybe, but when it was greenlit for so many more (I think we’re on season 8 now) there’s only so far you can stretch the story.

I do like Barney, Marshall, and Lily (I kind of have a crush on Alyson Hannigan/Willow) so I watch the show mostly for them. But yeah, that show has no forward momentum. Ted’s probably going to end up with some obscure girl that nobody cares about in a haphazard way when the series is finally canceled.

@SWQ – makes sense. And yeah, I like them too. The Eriksons are an example of how you don’t need to make your couples on and off for them to be entertaining and funny. And Alyson Hannigan is, of course, awesome and hot. :-)

@Willow – oh okay. But the down moments must’ve sucked a lot, because HIMYM seems to have become the butt of a lot of “comedy ain’t as funny/good as it used to be”-jokes, even from usually reasonable critics.

“I’m going to eat spaceman paninis with Black Hitler and there’s nothing you can do about it!”

AMAZING episode of HIMYM tonight! When it’s good, it is good.

Also, spoiler:

Castle has become so predictable it isn’t even funny.

@ Puppet: now I’m scared to watch through the third series. What the hell, spoil it for me.

But now it seems like it’s always following the same format. The “bad guy” is always the first guy they bring in or catch, but then rule out. Always. I’ll admit it, it was never really that great of a show to begin with, but now it’s just complete garbage.

I think I can guess sansafro’s…

You mean Inception? I thought that was a movie… :P I never got in to Doctor Who myself; I tried watching the reboot, starting with Rose and her doctor, but I just didn’t care for it. I do, however, like Torchwood—I’m about halfway through Miracle day now so NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

(...I feel like I’m going on too much. <_>)

So I’m watching The Walking Dead. It’s really slow-moving but it’s still pretty good, even though the main characters aren’t very interesting for the most part. It’s the supporting characters I’m interested in. :D

And the zombies, of course. There’s always the zombies.

Well (spoilers):

It’s Glee, right? (He’s a teacher, the show takes place in a school—and all that Lady Gaga! I totally caled it.)

Don’t even joke like that.

Damn, I forgot about Secret Life. facepalms I feel like such an idiot now.

I feel like making a list of my favourite TV shows, so here we go. We can compare notes!

Firefly
Doctor Who
The Big Bang Theory
Friends
Dead Like Me
The IT Crowd
Executive Stress
Daria
Phineas and Ferb
Black Books

Also: what’s everyone’s favorite TV show, on-air or off-air? Mine’s Pushing Daisies.

Dead Like Me
Friends
Star Trek: Voyager
American Dreams
Being Human
Doctor Who
Being Erica
Dexter
Breaking Bad
The 4400

And Bryan Fuller created Pushing Daisies, which I’ve been meaning to watch. He also created Dead Like Me, so you should watch it. Wonderfalls is good to, but I need to see the last few episodes.

And Legend of Galactic Heroes. Definitely can’t forget that.

Doctor Who
How I Met Your Mother
Friends
Yuyu Hakusho (no idea how to spell it, it’s an anime about a spirit detective. It’s awesome. The grim reaper is a hyper girl with blue hair)

Bizarre? YYH was awesome. Best shonen without question.

Rurouni Kenshin

Wow, I didn’t know you watch Rurouni Kenshin. I was just reading chapter 64 of Rurouni Kenshin.

Favourite shows: every crime shows that comes along as well as:

Merlin
Doctor Who
Masterchef (both Junior and Australia)

I’m pretty sure there’s more, but that’s— Oh yeah,

Mythbusters

and probably more that I’ve forgotten at the moment.

Yeah, props to the Battousai. Hope that new OVA series will be just as good.

In no particular order…

Detective Conan
Firefly
The Wire
Community
Doctor Who
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Gundam 00
Code Geass
Batman: The Animated Series
Top Gear

I’ll probably think of more later.

I can’t believe I forgot Coupling, MLP, Being Human (UK) and Dead Like Me.

^^Me too. I forgot about the remake. I like the UK version.

HIMYM just made me cry. God dammit.

I wrote an episode review. Give it a read, if you’d like. Also, NPH really rocked this episode in a heartbreaking way.

EDIT: Hi Apep! What did you think?

See, for me, I saw Barney/Robin way back in Zip, Zip, Zip. They spend a lot of sub plots together in seasons one and two, and you know what? They work. The comedic timing, the rapport, the taking the mickey out of each other. It’s very dynamic. And Barney’s sweet side seems particularly prone to Robin. When she was dating Ted and he was convincing them to not move in together, he told Ted she’d look terrible in the morning with no makeup. When she revealed she wasn’t currently wearing makeup?

“My god, you’re beautiful!”

And so on. And then Barney caught feelings, and I thought that was very well written. Poor guy has tried to be cold and not-vulnerable for so long. And the playboy thing gets old. Their first episode or two of dating was okay. The Rough Patch was fail. The writers just… gah.

And then we had the lingering glances, Barney’s guilt for not being better to her post-breakup, the way Robin jumped into Don so quickly. Almost as if both of them… you know, still weren’t quite over each other. And then Barney’s imaginary convo with his dad “you were never happier than when you were with Robin!”

The Nora thing… was weird. I’m chalking it up to Barney wanting gooey stuff, but being scared to try Robin again. And then Robin is still pining for him, and the chemistry? WOWZA. That dance they did… yikes.

Timing seems to hate them, though. WHY U NO BE HAPPY?

Tonight, I was hoping for them to come clean, admit they did something very bad, and then get together. But noooooooooooooo. Robin is terrified of getting burned, so she clings to Kevin. And Barney looks even worse than after Shannon.

Ehhhhhh. I’d have been happier if they were doing it whenever one of them had a dry spell, and they fell into a relationship without noticing. No marriage, no huge declarations.

Nah, Robin/Ted? They haven’t had “moments” since season 2. But Barney and Robin… yowza.

I understand that, but letting him keep loving her, and just breaking his heart worse later on? I don’t see that as an improvement. Also, his “therapist” advice? It was pretty terrible. She doesn’t love him, she’s just trying to find something safe, and, therefore, is using him. He knew from the therapy that she has unresolved feelings for Barney. She should have come clean. He admitted he was stupid to walk into the snake pit. Robin did something bad. Continuing to do something bad is worse.

The How I Met Your Mother episode was alright. When the cops were in a conga line and the guy said “it’s a sign” it was obvious what was really going on. Kevin and Nora still kinda suck. Since around the start of the series the writers have always shown how similar Barney and Robin are and Ted and Robin were never a very good match. But that doesn’t mean Barney and Robin would work together. Doesn’t this episode kind of make it obvious that Robin will be his wife though? Well they could always throw us a curveball.

That’s an interesting scenario for Community. The show should end after 4 seasons when Jeff becomes a lawyer again.

The show should end after 4 seasons when Jeff becomes a lawyer again.

I agree. I’m a proponent of shows finishing strong instead of turning into a bunch of pointless wheel-spinning to milk a few more seasons out of a given concept, and 4 seasons would be more than enough time for them to finish it all out(besides making the most sense within the framework of a college).

Right now, though, I just hope they get to finish this season, especially the way they’re building larger stories episode by episode. I want to see the goddamn payoff.

That’s a new one.

Can you tell that I’m bitter?

Yeah, I’ve wanted to punch that show in the nuts since they brought on Amy. She is never funny. Not to mention Leonard is whiny(er), Sheldon seems to have lost any and all ability to interact with other people… grrrrrrr.

If we are, I like it! It came out on DVD in Australia recently, and once my sister finishes her exams, we’re going to have a marathon of the entire series 4. Never mind that she doesn’t get my love for Penny/Sheldon and I can’t squee with her over that, it’s still a funny show.

...before you guys say anything, yes I know how this ends. I just… I have to watch the trainwreck.

I know, but THE RUBBER DUCK EPISODE! Mate, fandom has an entire alternate continuity from that episode. Not that I’m not scared to delve into more than the shallows of it, but I’m happy to know it exists.

Also, he’s asexual.
This Word is from God.

I have four words to say to you: The. Hero. Always. Peeks.
Also, the word was technically from Leonard, who had an assumption.

I do, however, know that Sheldon is currently one of TV’s most shameless examples of flanderisation.

I KNOW! I know that no way he would actually get together with Penny, because that would in itself require some character derailment… to an extent… and I can still appreciate that Sheldon’s getting the short end of the stick. I mean, for example, his fears over the burglary? Totally brushed off. Nver mind that they were valid.

Huh?!

Here’s hoping your tabs are working now…

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG5JXz7PPDA
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyfGUXm3Jdg

And what bothers me here is that Jim Parsons is scooping up the one award after the other for essentially playing a two-note cartoon character.
But I suppose it’s to be expected from the world we live in.

But have you seen what he does with said character? It’s a toughie.

Okay, seriously – they’re just pandering to the shippers here.

It’s a toughie.

I suppose.

hangs head
MAKE IT STOP!
MAKE IT STO-O-O-OP!!!

What have I dooooooooooooone?

pulls cleverly and conveniently placed tripwire and trips Klutor up, thus preventing him from hunting.

Huh.

Well, now, what was that doing there?

whistles

You can burrow. Oh, you can try.

thinking of the concrete wall three feet below the surface of the ground, she whistles again

Have you even noticed where we are, anyway?

We happen to be in a cage. Well, you do, anyway.

waves from the wire netting

Good luck hunting those sporks. Or… anything, really.

Oooh, plans. I’d like to see them.

triangulates your exact location
waits in position at the end of the concrete

I can’t let my star performer get away.

Steph, here.

The Paladin Protocol

Best Sheldon/Penny I’ve ever seen. No, I do not normally read Big Bang Theory fanfic. I happened across it because the author also does Firefly and Harry Potter fanfic.

Looking at the wikipedia page, and one of the writers that the show is “about characters and characters first.” Which is kinda depressing, as the characters are so flat. Example: the ‘Evil Queen’ character is just evil, in the ‘for the evuls’ sense. And it’s done with all the subtelty of a sledgehammer to the head. Oh, they try to give her a sympathetic backstory (Snow White ‘stole’ someone’s love from her), but they haven’t given any real details on who this person was, so I can’t care. I get that she’s the villain, but come on! Using her authority as mayor to make life as difficult as possible for the main character? Really guys? Really?

Out of curiosity, I saw the trailer for one of the forthcoming Snow White movies (not the one with our favorite actress, Kristen Stewart) and the Queen (Julia Roberts) actually seemed entertaining. She was bitchy, but in a sarcastic, hammy kind of way, which was a twist. Anyway, the movie as a whole seems kind of stupid (WHY DOES SNOW WHITE NEVER HAVE ANY INTERESTING QUALITIES?), but it’s nice to see that Julia Roberts can not be nice.

IT SO IS! It’s just as interesting when the OTHER Snow White movie has a sword-fighting Snow White TOO! (Although a warrior in armor is different than a bandit leader…).

Whichever movie has Sean Bean as the father automatically wins in my book.

SPOILER

Willow, I’ve already read that one :)

@BlueMask: I really want to see Downton Abbey.

“We always watched what SHE wanted to watch. I hate glee. I don’t understand the appeal at all!” made so funny by the way Jeff said it while sobbing. Made funnier when I found out it was because Glee aired at the same time as Community. Not the exact quote because I removed the Pierce bit.

Is that, like, a giant social misstep here?

Uh, slightly. :)

is depressed

No, don’t be depressed! As a habitually snarky site, we have certain snark-targets, that’s all.

Only when he’s a good guy

He didn’t die in Percy Jackson.
Then again, that movie wasn’t worth having him in it.

Uh, slightly. :)

I don’t get the Glee hate.
I’ve heard three or for covers, and they’re pretty okay. Nothing mindblowing, but still okay.
And apparently the plot is… more realistic, or something? i don’t know, never had the chance to watch it.

WHY DOES SNOW WHITE NEVER HAVE ANY INTERESTING QUALITIES?

YEAH? I MADE NOT ONE, BUT TWO SNOW WHITES WITH KINDA DECENT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ONCE!
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE 18-YEAR-OLD, MIND YOU!

@Steph & Apep – I must spork. I must. I MUST!