Community

[Fast Learner]

Loved all three. Clever, clever, clever, and freaking hilarious stuff.

 

[Ahnehnois]

Time to move on and know when to let go. If they want to remain together, they could always pull their resources together and make a new show. Regardless, I think Community is an exhausted concept.

I have to agree. I started watching it because I myself was forced into going to community college for a while (after having been at a 4-year institution for almost long enough to graduate; no knock on anyone who attended CC), an interesting experience to say the least. At first, this show was actually a sitcom version of community college, but it's kind of devolved into a morass of pop culture references and insider gags; the actual "situation" of the sitcom doesn't come through much anymore. There is still some entertainment value in some of the shows, but I think it's definitely past its best days.

 

[fba827]

rumors are circulating that dan harmon (show creator and head guy) is being replaced for season 4 by the network with some guys that do more typical sitcom stuff, if that is true, i suspect next season will be more general and less niche...


Edit:
Confirmation of rumor on Dan Harmon's own blog
http://danharmon.tumblr.com/post/23339272200/hey-did-i-miss-anything

 

[Viking Bastard]

Yeah, Community's surprise renewal may end up being a bittersweet victory.

 

[Fast Learner]

Confirmation of rumor on Dan Harmon's own blog
Dan Harmon Poops, HEY, DID I MISS ANYTHING?

Crap, that's truly terrible news.

Well, it was a good run.

 

[Mark CMG]

I think I'll skip watching it since Dan Harmon has been ousted. If I hear after the fact that I've been missing a truly great fourth season, maybe I'll catch up with it on DVD or Hulu. Probably, I'll just use some of that time keeping an eye on whatever Dan Harmon is coming up with next.

 

[Kzach]

I think I'll skip watching it since Dan Harmon has been ousted. If I hear after the fact that I've been missing a truly great fourth season, maybe I'll catch up with it on DVD or Hulu. Probably, I'll just use some of that time keeping an eye on whatever Dan Harmon is coming up with next.

Troy and Abed in the Morning?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

While that may be cool, I bet that he can't do that by contract.

 

[LightPhoenix]

I loved the finale, and if the Harmon-less fourth season sucks at least there's an actual finale (much like Scrubs).

That said, I'm not opposed to a Harmon-less Community. While a lot of fans will say he made the show, I'm not inclined to dismiss the efforts of the cast and crew so readily. However, I'm not at all surprised about the announcement Harmon is out. I figured it would happen once the Dan/Chevy thing happened. He's notoriously difficult to work with; so much so that his reputation exceeds the show business world. He's also reportedly terrible at the non-writing duties of being a show runner. While I doubt the fight was the reason he was booted, I was pretty sure it would be the proverbial straw to break the camel's back. So maybe I've had more time to consider that Harmon was certainly important, but not irreplaceable.

(EDIT) Also, while I certainly enjoy the almost absurdist and gimmicky nature of the show the last two seasons, I definitely miss the wacky-but-grounded nature of the first season. I've enjoyed the absurdity, but the show was at it's best in the first season.

 

[Ahnehnois]

rumors are circulating that dan harmon (show creator and head guy) is being replaced for season 4 by the network with some guys that do more typical sitcom stuff, if that is true, i suspect next season will be more general and less niche...


Edit:
Confirmation of rumor on Dan Harmon's own blog
Dan Harmon Poops, HEY, DID I MISS ANYTHING?

Well, that's just stupid. The show is not great, but I'm still watching it. There's no point in bringing a show back and then gutting it. Didn't they see what happened to, say, Human Target? If they pull a move like that, I'm not watching it aynmore.