I just think that if they got the entire cast to be in this episode they'd make more use of them. Why not focus the entire episode on the TNG cast instead of using them for only a few scenes? The episode would have been much better if they did that and used the religion portion for a different episode. Or even better not use the religion part at all since it was not done well at all. I didn't mind their jokes on religion in earlier seasons but as Syd said this season they have gone a little too far with the religion bashing.
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Posted:
Mar 30 2009 05:11 pm
Syd Lexia wrote:
And for the last time, REPETITION ISN'T FUCKING FUNNY. Do we really need a minute long scene in every episode that's just the same bullshit over and over? Last week had Lois doing the fucking knee gag, this week it was Brian refusing to give Meg back the cross. That's not funny, that's LAZY FUCKING WRITING.
Three is a wonderful and useful number when it comes to comedy, but usually in terms of three times, not three fucking minutes.
EDIT: And they apparently shit on the TNG episode for the most part. I still haven't gotten around to watching it, but if it's as bad as I think, I'm going to start actively denouncing this fucking show... more than I do now.
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jackfrost
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Posted:
Mar 30 2009 06:56 pm
Who wants to take bets that the next episode has a scene like this that lasts just as long:
It's as creative and funny as some of the supposed jokes on the show lately.
What do you mean? That video really starts to get interesting about seven minutes into it. I especially like what happens at 8:23!
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Posted:
Apr 02 2009 09:30 am
Dr. Jeebus wrote:
I'm pretty sure Seth McFarlane isn't writing it or involved in it at any way at this point, however.
He was never involved. Everything was the work of...
the manatees.
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Posted:
Apr 10 2009 05:52 pm
The Futurama episode where the original cast of Star Trek is in it was probably the best episode of that series, that would be cool if the TNG one tops it.
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Apr 10 2009 06:38 pm
Then you better get onto hulu.com to find out Ermac. The episode has already aired.
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Apr 11 2009 04:26 am
There's going to be spin off show centered around Cleavland?
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Posted:
Apr 11 2009 02:42 pm
Blackout wrote:
There's going to be spin off show centered around Cleavland?
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Posted:
Apr 14 2009 05:54 pm
So nobody has mentioned the Punch Out!! reference yet? Meg tells peter to say Grace and he goes:
"God, can you please give me cheat codes for Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!? I have been stuck on Bald Bull for 4 years."
<TheFlamingSchnitzel> Didn't your mom teach you not to punch girls?
<FigNewton> I was too busy /punchin' her/
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Posted:
Apr 14 2009 06:18 pm
ToGdor wrote:
So nobody has mentioned the Punch Out!! reference yet? Meg tells peter to say Grace and he goes:
"God, can you please give me cheat codes for Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!? I have been stuck on Bald Bull for 4 years."
Because it was not that funny of a joke. I didn't find it to be funny at all.
"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
"You're Not So Tough Without Your Veggie!"
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Posted:
Apr 14 2009 08:05 pm
Saw the episode last night, it's not as bad as you guys all make it sound. Still, I think it was mis-advertised; they made a huge deal about TNG cast being in it even though it was the side story, they should have just advertised it on the merits of the main plot and the Star Trek angle would have been a pleasant surprise.
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Posted:
Apr 14 2009 08:59 pm
Black Zarak wrote:
Saw the episode last night, it's not as bad as you guys all make it sound. Still, I think it was mis-advertised; they made a huge deal about TNG cast being in it even though it was the side story, they should have just advertised it on the merits of the main plot and the Star Trek angle would have been a pleasant surprise.
I saw it last night also and I'd have to concur. It's one of the Family Guy episodes I've enjoyed most since its return, even considering the TNG misuse.
