The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[billd91]

Thats part of the issue for me with sit-coms in general. They are only surface level. Shows like The Sopranos can actually delve into their topics fully and give them context which doesn't happen in sitcoms. YMMV

I don't know if I'd put it down to sitcoms being only surface level. They are usually writing for quick gags, but over time they can sometimes delve a bit. It's just that they usually don't have the luxury of doing so given the short comedy format - and any attempt to do so usually results in a "very special episode of...". Dramas generally have the luxury of time and a different payoff structure.

There are examples of sitcoms getting into some pretty deep territory like the "Maud's Dilemma" story on Maud. Of course, that one was a two-parter to get past the short runtime limitation.

 

[prabe]

I could insert myself into that argument, but why?

 

[payn]

I don't know if I'd put it down to sitcoms being only surface level. They are usually writing for quick gags, but over time they can sometimes delve a bit. It's just that they usually don't have the luxury of doing so given the short comedy format - and any attempt to do so usually results in a "very special episode of...". Dramas generally have the luxury of time and a different payoff structure.

There are examples of sitcoms getting into some pretty deep territory like the "Maud's Dilemma" story on Maud. Of course, that one was a two-parter to get past the short runtime limitation.

Sure, id didnt say it was fair, I was just pointing out why I dont like sit-coms. Many are prone to cultural gags with little context and often age like a glass of milk on a sidewalk in July.

 

[Mad_Jack]

I was on a back road after a night (Friday) playing 40K the next town over. Oddly enough, a cop was there and pulled me over. Asked the usual "been drinking? been smoking weed?" I respond with "no no, nothing like that" he asks what we are up to with my friends in the passenger and back seat.

"We where just up at a friends playing a game with these little models." and my friend showed him some out of his case.

"Uhh ok....drive safe."

A car with a bunch of 30+ year old guys driving on the back roads at 2am, after a night of playing with toys, nothing to see here officer.

My vehicle with CT plates was pulled over in RI around 4 AM to ask why we had the front fork assembly of a motorcycle sticking out of the trunk... Despite being only a mile away from our origin point, and half of us still in costume, the officer refused to believe that we'd just come from performing in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Snarf's Top Five List Of Things That You Forgot (OR NEVER KNEW) That Are Going To Be Inflicted Upon Your Mind This Monday Morning

I was actually familiar with all of those videos... But then again, I'm like, old, 'n stuff...

 

[Umbran]

And yet every now and then you have a sitcom like "Married, With Children" in which the characters are presented more as counter-example. Their flaws are a feature, not a bug.

But then you get the folks who think that Archie Bunker was a role model, not a parody.

 

[RealAlHazred]

The greatest episodes of Scrubs have stood the test of time. Like every other show that goes for 8 seasons, it had really bad episodes as well. But the one in question, was the one where one character throws another a baby shower, and gets an a capella group who all work at the hospital to sing for it, and it turns out they just know the one jingle about babies...

 

[Ryujin]

But then you get the folks who think that Archie Bunker was a role model, not a parody.

True enough, and sad. Have you every seen Zombie Orpheus Entertainment's "JourneyQuest"? There are more than a few who think that Glorion is the hero of the piece, rather than a parody of murder hobos.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Thats part of the issue for me with sit-coms in general. They are only surface level. Shows like The Sopranos can actually delve into their topics fully and give them context which doesn't happen in sitcoms. YMMV

You need to watch The Good Place and stagger away with a minor in Moral Philosophy.

 

[Cadence]

If you're never able to find a good pizzeria anywhere, and everyone else is... maybe, just maybe, it's you?

 

[RealAlHazred]

Dang it. I hear Kim Mohan passed away. He was one of the best gaming magazine editors of all time.