Have we posted and discussed this yet? Because it's pretty great.
Also, AD season 4...WOW. Not as purely funny as the first three, but the layers of mind-blowing detail in there just begging for rewatching is astonishing. Like THIS:
And check out who he was arrested with! The season kind of reminded me of Lost the way it kept folding back on itself and playing with the timelines and stuff. Plus the Tony Wonder episode might have been the greatest thing ever.
The Tobias episodes are incredibly strong. I actually found the GOB one with Tony Wonder to be one of the weaker ones... except for the big reveal and how it ties in to the first episode's teaser.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean "might"? The Tony Wonder episode IS the greatest thing ever.
ReplyDelete"I'm here, I'm queer, and now I'm over here". LOL
oh God - "The Man Inside Me"
ReplyDeleteI thought the first Tobias was great, but the second one really showed that a little Maria Bamford goes a long way. I felt like I got the Fantastic Four musical joke 5 minutes into the episode and they just keep flogging it for diminishing returns for 30 minutes after that. Plus I never want to see Marky or DeBrie ever again now.
ReplyDeleteThankfully, there were no other episodes on the clunker level, aside from the universally reviled George/Oscar borefests which were thankfully saved by the dude from Mad Men and HEARTFIRE. Really though, once you make it past the second Lindsay episode it's all AMAZING.
Mind BLOWN on the George Maharis link. Fan-friggin-tastic.
ReplyDeleteI get the feeling that they knew the George episodes and the first Lindsay one were pretty weak, so they got those out of the way early. Ep 7 (GOB's first episode) and everything afterwards was gold. I just wish Buster had been a bigger part of the story, though I guess Tony Hale was the busiest one of them all.
ReplyDeleteA couple of cameos worth mentioning.
ReplyDeleteCommunity creator Dan Harmon pops up in the first George Sr. episode.
In the first Tobias episode Josh Trank played process server bum. Josh Trank directed Chronicle and is currently working on the reboot of Fantastic Four.
The India scenes in the first Lindsay episode contain 4 or 5 people from the NBC show Outscourced from a couple years ago. And the first Michael episode had the 3 main guys from Workaholics.
ReplyDeleteSomeone on Reddit re-edited the episodes in chronological order and made them available for download. It makes for a good second watch.
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ReplyDeleteI'm just a big Tobias fan in general, and the more of his big meaty pieces I can fit into my life... the better.
I've been looking for those but the only links I can find are dead.
ReplyDeleteI didn't watch Arrested Development when it was on - I don't think I got into it until 2007 when my roommate used to watch it. I ended up going through the entire series and I love it - I re-watch it often. But I've never really talked about it on the old internet so I don't know where my opinions rank.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought was season 4 was a let down, but undoubtedly it takes some talent to write it and have it all make sense/add up. The layers, the timelines, etc...my enjoyment may have been hindered by watching it all in one day. I didn't entirely focus on an episode because if it started to drag I'd zone out and wait for the next one. I'll give it another shot sooner or later. I thought Michael living in the dorm room was funny, and not entirely out of character - he was always clingy with George Michael when he himself needed someone and always obvious when he was smothering him. The Gob/Tony Wonder stuff was funny, and I liked the Tobias sex offender storyline. I just didn't find enough characters to be interesting enough on their own - an entire episode of Buster is a bit much, and I don't think Maeby adds anything.
For your kind words about such a great episode, I just have to wish you "and as it is such, so also as such is it unto you," kind sir. Oh god, I think I'm ready for a second viewing now.
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ReplyDeleteOK, here's my 8th favorite quote of the season (from GOB of course):
Gob: (to a group of migrant workers) Who wants to help me build a wall... (Workers show interest) ...to keep Mexicans out of America? (Workers throw garbage at him) Alright, alright... Who wants to help me build a wall for no reason? It's a different wall!
Maeby has some Tig Ol Bitties now
ReplyDeleteSorry, Buster's episode stole the entire season. So many quotable lines. From the Blindside Monster running gag to the "I'm killing guilty people?!" But Gob and Tony Wonder were both excellent. I really loved their mocking of dramas using serious music to score pensive staring with the "Sound of Silence" callbacks.
ReplyDeleteI legit freaked when Joel & the 'Bots showed up. I knew nearly all of the cameos beforehand, but they were a complete surprise.
ReplyDeleteAD S4 was infinitely better than Lost in every conceivable way.
ReplyDeleteI disagree. The point of things like Michael and Gob in the first episode is NOT knowing who Gob is with. If you know, the entire set-up and pay off of the joke is gone.
ReplyDeletePatrick. you blowhard!
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ReplyDeletePlus Montez!
ReplyDeleteSeason 4 was so good. The GOB and Tobias episodes were probably the best
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