When I read about on twitter I thought it was US only because the show used to be on Amazon Prime here, but I logged on Netflix one of this days and there it was.
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Community (Now on Netflix) |OT| I see your value now.
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Just got to the episode with Ahbed dressed as batman, this show is fucking hilarious, I cant believe I havent seen this yet
I think you'll notice they stopped filming outdoors after season 1.
I love this show so much. I also started a rewatch this weekend.
I would personally put it far ahead of every show on that list except 30 Rock, which might be my favorite comedy ever.
This is pretty much how I see it too. A lot of my friends who watched prefer the later, wackier stuff, but for me the show is never better than the first season. The second is very close, but the more grounded feel of S1 is what I like best.
The further they get from the original cast, the more of a bummer the show is for me. That original cast was just a perfect storm.
Yeah, I'd put this up there with some of my favourite sitcoms. Even enjoyed much of the later seasons.
It very much has its own style that it never really lets up on so I'd probably say you're not going to find much to enjoy.
It very much has its own style that it never really lets up on so I'd probably say you're not going to find much to enjoy.
I am rewatching it and I find it not enjoying it as much as I thought I did.
I just watched IASIP and rewatched The Office recently too. And I feel like those both blow this out of the water. Feels like every episode is very similar where group has infighting and then makes up because they didn't communicate properly.
I just watched IASIP and rewatched The Office recently too. And I feel like those both blow this out of the water. Feels like every episode is very similar where group has infighting and then makes up because they didn't communicate properly.
People are sleeping on season 5. Episodes 3, 4, 5, and 9 are some of the best episodes in the entire show. Jonathon Banks is a terrific addition to the cast. Not to mention there's Abed going full Nicholas Cage.
First three seasons were fantastic. I skipped S4 since Harmon had left, and jumped back onboard when he returned but I don't remember much of those last two seasons. Pretty sure I liked them as is, but also remember this sense of them feeling not quite the same, probably because of the loss of Chevy and Glover and general budget cuts by that point. I should rewatch at some point though.
It absolutely is though. Season 4 is bad and seasons 5 and 6 are noticeably better.
The 7th episode (Day of the Dead party) feels like where everything clicks.
I was a hardcore Community fan. I'm talking, there from the very start, one of those fans who campaigned to NBC when the show was moved to midseason in Season 3 by sending them moustaches in the mail, writing to them, all of that jazz. I used to hit up Pirate Bay every single Friday morning at University to grab the newest episode (I lived in Australia), preordered the DVDs as soon as I could and campaigned like crazy for a movie even years after the show ended.
Now that I'm out of that bubble.... the show is just meh to great. Seasons 1 and 2 are almost perfect. Season 3 had highs but honestly it marked the moment the show set on a path that turned the characters into cartoonish versions of themselves and really set the show up for what I believe was getting too silly and trying to pass it off as meta. "Flanderisation" is an overused term in criticism these days but Community is especially guilty and they did it so quickly compared to some other shows that do it
Season 4 is well publicised, but I actually think Season 5 was as bad overall. Tonally all over the place and the finale was straight up bad.
Season 6? I liked it more than most. The new characters were okay and they were never gonna hold up to the others but they did well. Shirley wasn't really missed but Pierce and especially Troy were integral to that show.
I'll always cherish the first 3 seasons as some of the best television I've watched and been a part of. While it's probably slipped from my Number 1 to low in my Top 10 in only a matter of a few years, it's still totally worth watching
Now that I'm out of that bubble.... the show is just meh to great. Seasons 1 and 2 are almost perfect. Season 3 had highs but honestly it marked the moment the show set on a path that turned the characters into cartoonish versions of themselves and really set the show up for what I believe was getting too silly and trying to pass it off as meta. "Flanderisation" is an overused term in criticism these days but Community is especially guilty and they did it so quickly compared to some other shows that do it
Season 4 is well publicised, but I actually think Season 5 was as bad overall. Tonally all over the place and the finale was straight up bad.
Season 6? I liked it more than most. The new characters were okay and they were never gonna hold up to the others but they did well. Shirley wasn't really missed but Pierce and especially Troy were integral to that show.
I'll always cherish the first 3 seasons as some of the best television I've watched and been a part of. While it's probably slipped from my Number 1 to low in my Top 10 in only a matter of a few years, it's still totally worth watching
I quite enjoyed S5 and S6. S4 is the only real oof in the run, and even that brought us Brie Larson.
about to finish my full rewatch / watch (1-3 were rewatches)
1-3 are still amazing, 4 is terrible and then 5 is great (not 1-3 great but still very good) which goes to prove that showrunners do indeed matter (a lot), and I'm about to finish 6 and its ok. Its fine, better than 4 thats for sure, but nowhere near 1-3/5.
1-3 are still amazing, 4 is terrible and then 5 is great (not 1-3 great but still very good) which goes to prove that showrunners do indeed matter (a lot), and I'm about to finish 6 and its ok. Its fine, better than 4 thats for sure, but nowhere near 1-3/5.
Were they all in season 1? Season 1 is a lot more grounded than the rest of the series so you might want to try a season 2 or 3 episode. Personal favorites are Remedial Chaos Theory, the paintball episodes (most seasons have one), the Christmas episodes (there's a musical parody one that's fantastic, along with a stop-motion animation one), and the zombie episode.
In Season 1, besides the paintball episode, my favorite episode is Debate 109.
I totally agree with you on the six seasons. I just feel like I enjoyed season 6 a bit more than you, but the rest is spot on. Season 5 is indeed uneven (it starts good enough but once Glover is gone it looses too much). And amen to season 3 being very good but the start of what went wrong with the show.
I think I will stick with season 1, seems to have a couple of episodes where it can show its potential. I like the office and parks and rec, so the setup of community I get, just the execution so far has not grabbed me, but season 1 of the office was also very different, they found their footing on season 2.
I love that they got Keith David to narrate it and then got him as a regular cast member in the final season.
I may actually agree here. I love all the paintball episodes (awful dream episode in S4 doesn't count) but the jokes in Pillows & Blankets hit way harder.
As someone who watched up to season 4 and stopped, I've been finally watching the last two seasons and I completely agree that Season 5 has several great episodes and is overall a pretty good season (with some problems, of course).
Season 6, yeah the constant budget cuts finally reached "straw breaking the camel's back" level where it is painfully obvious, and lots of the new Season 5 characters just disappear with very little mention (e.g. Brie Larson just straight up disappears with one "meta" reference on that she's gone), which was disappointing. But I'm still enjoying myself, I just saw the episode where Chang gets "famous" and it was pretty great.
Season 6, yeah the constant budget cuts finally reached "straw breaking the camel's back" level where it is painfully obvious, and lots of the new Season 5 characters just disappear with very little mention (e.g. Brie Larson just straight up disappears with one "meta" reference on that she's gone), which was disappointing. But I'm still enjoying myself, I just saw the episode where Chang gets "famous" and it was pretty great.
Community is my favorite comedy, full stop. I'm so glad to see new folks diving into it! I've jumped into a few episodes again since it's been on Netflix and gosh the magic is all still there.
For those watching through for the first time, I gotta say two major Season 1 highlights for me were the Halloween episode and the Paintball episode.
Some other of my favorite moments through the series:
For those watching through for the first time, I gotta say two major Season 1 highlights for me were the Halloween episode and the Paintball episode.
Some other of my favorite moments through the series:
Unpopular opinion but I disliked season 5 more than 4 from what I remember. Season 4 was bland, season 5 seemed to be overcorrecting. Definitely liked season 6 more than both of them though. The series finale, in particular, is perfection and the new cast members did well.
Season 2>Season 1>Season 3>>Season 6>>>>Season 4>Season 5
Season 2>Season 1>Season 3>>Season 6>>>>Season 4>Season 5
It's the best sitcom ever. I envy people who get to discover it for the first time.
I'd say there is, though I have a hard time putting my finger on where that is. The first season is very safe compared to what the show starts to turn into maybe halfway through the first season. I thought the beginning of season one was decent, but I certainly didn't fall in love until later. Stay with it, it's absolutely worth it.
I'd say there is, though I have a hard time putting my finger on where that is. The first season is very safe compared to what the show starts to turn into maybe halfway through the first season. I thought the beginning of season one was decent, but I certainly didn't fall in love until later. Stay with it, it's absolutely worth it.
Watched it when it got aired on CC in Netberlands.. amazing episodes like the one with the pillow fortresses and the videogame.
I'm rewatching it now for the third time and I think it's somewhere between episode 7 and 10 if the first season. The Halloween episode, debate episode and Christmas episode is really where the characters found their footing. Jeff, Britta, Troy and Annie all grew alot over those 10 episodes and you really start to see how they mesh as a group, and that's where the show its best side.
Ok, I really don't know how to take Pierce.
I'd laugh, but it all his off-color remarks seems a bit too close to Chase's real life persona, so it feels...too real to laugh.
Especially in light of his actual comments on set.
I'd laugh, but it all his off-color remarks seems a bit too close to Chase's real life persona, so it feels...too real to laugh.
Especially in light of his actual comments on set.
The showrunner was fired after the third season, which explains the drop in quality. He's back for season five and six, and while they're more divisive than the three first seasons, I love those latter seasons too. Just skip the fourth season entirely. It's just bad.
No don't stop. Season 4 is very weak in terms of plot and character development but minute to minute there is still a lot of funny jokes and things really do pick up once it's over.
5 is a return to regular form (not peak) and 6 because of the nature of the changing cast and show structure forces the show to try some new ideas and genuinely has some of my favourite episodes.
John Oliver comes back in 5 to shore up the cast. New characters include Hickey, Elroy and Frankie who are all funnier and more interesting than Shirley and Pierce in my opinion. Elroy quickly becomes one of my favourite characters and I'd be sad if the movie didn't have him.
In short stick with it, there's a lot of fun to be had in 5 and 6 and the fact that they openly acknowledge how convoluted the show is getting right up to the finale (having a plot reason why season 4 is weird) helps smooth over the bumps in my opinion.
Love Community, needs a real ending with a movie though. Season 6 is very much written as the end of the TV show rather than the end of these characters.
It seems the show cracked the top 10 watched in Netflix around the world for a day. Pretty good for an old TV show. Wonder if the numbers will be high enough for Netflix to throw money at it for a movie. It seems most of the main cast would be willing to return besides Chevy Chase and maybe Donald Glover. I'm also curious if they would be able to get John Oliver back or the 3 main character replacements from season 5 and 6.
Just throwing my hat in to say that if you fell off or find yourself falling off with Season 4, try to power through or just skip to Season 5. It and Season 6 are a lot better, even though they progressively lose more and more of the original cast. The new characters aren't bad, even if it's a different chemistry.
Just know that the Season 4 line "We finally found a way to make paintball cool again" is arguably the nadir of the show. Once you get there, it can only go up.
Just know that the Season 4 line "We finally found a way to make paintball cool again" is arguably the nadir of the show. Once you get there, it can only go up.
I liked the first 3 seasons during its original run and moments after that but I tried rewatching them and I don't find them as good as I did then. I can watch old Seinfeld and Always Sunny and still laugh but rewatching Community hasn't been as funny. If you haven't seen it though I totally recommend it because I still think it's great the first time seeing it.
"Please it's Christmas!"
"IT'S DEC 10TH"
will always be one of my favorite Shirley lines
This thread has me going through Community clips on youtube (including the new unofficial Community YT channel which has way more clips from the episodes including DVD special features)
Do you guys remember that Hilary Duff was on this show? Community had so many guest stars I would never imagine would be on here.
Do you guys remember that Hilary Duff was on this show? Community had so many guest stars I would never imagine would be on here.
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Jack Black was a temporary member of study group until he left for Owen Wilson study group lol