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Somebody call me when The Empire Strikes Back parody episode comes up.
Also, how could they have a scene set in the FOX Plaza building and not make any Die Hard jokes?
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I think it wa kind of weird that both this show, and American dad that follows, stopped and talked to the audience. In both cases it was sort of lazy they simply used it as a pretense to drop a plot item like how the wife left the tv station.
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It better be damn good, as the only way I can rationalize these recent lame episodes is that they're spending extra time and effort on the ESB episode and these other episodes are suffering for it.
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aren't they also doing a wrath of kahn parody? when is that coming out?
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I figured it was going to be called "Something, Something, Something..Complete!"
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Due to the nature of tonight's episode, I can't elaborate too much on my thoughts. But my bottom line opinion, it that this is another example of how McFarlane is a thought bully. While I certainly have my criticisms of the subject of this episode, this one still seemed especially condescending.
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Like I said, I can't fully elaborate very much on my opinions without breaking forum rules, but Joe kind of generally hit on it. Look, McFarlane has every right to his opinions, but sometimes I find the way he presents them is very condescending to people who might not think the way he does. He basically called people who think differently from him on the subject of this episode stupid.
There was another episode in which he (thorough his mouthpiece, Brian) pretty much called a person on an opposing side from him on another controversial issue a c**t. It just makes him, to me, come off as a jerk.
To me, South Park does a much better job at this sort of thing. Matt and Trey certainly have their opinions, but usually they're either respectful to the other other side, or they make fun of both sides equally.
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Like I said, I can't fully elaborate very much on my opinions without breaking forum rules, but Joe kind of generally hit on it. Look, McFarlane has every right to his opinions, but sometimes I find the way he presents them is very condescending to people who might not think the way he does. He basically called people who think differently from him on the subject of this episode stupid.
There was another episode in which he (thorough his mouthpiece, Brian) pretty much called a person on an opposing side from him on another controversial issue a c**t. It just makes him, to me, come off as a jerk.
To me, South Park does a much better job at this sort of thing. Matt and Trey certainly have their opinions, but usually they're either respectful to the other other side, or they make fun of both sides equally.
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I couldn't agree more with out on your comment.
Without getting to deep, Seth seems to degrade an opinion that contradicts his own point of view. I stopped watching American Dad after last season because I got so tired of the main character's lifestyle belittled throughout the whole episode. Every show seemed to be him feeling strong about his point and by the end of the episode, he had 'learned his lesson' on how he was such an idiot for believing in what he did. You never seen in FG or AD anyone of the other spectrum 'learn their lesson'.
These show's are basically Seth's bully pulpit and AD wouldn't be on the air if FG had not been brought back a few years ago.
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I'll just go on record and also say that I agree with Will's points.
Speaking as a Christian I was mildly offended by this weeks episode, I mean can laugh at myself just as much as the next guy but to equate believing in God to nazism is, I don't know, too much lol.
Yeah, I think i've finally had enough of McFarlane, i'm bowing out until the Star Wars episode.
I will say this, though, all the Star Trek stuff and Peter throwing the soup and milk at Meg was funny, I want more of that.
BTW, with the way the jokes have been falling flat this season I wouldn't call encouraging people to change the channel a smart move on Seth's part lol.
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the "worse than Hitler" remark was no doubt in reference to Fox News' "Red Eye" where host Greg Gutfeld's nightly commentary always ends with the remark, "...and if you disagree with me than you, sir, are worse than Hitler!"
Red Eye is my favorite news program--when I'm awake to watch it.
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lol. if u r truly a Christian u shouldn't be watching this or south park, lulz.
gonna watch this ep 2nite. i luv TNG, hope to get a huge laugh.
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I think Seth and Co. were mocking on the people that say being atheist is worse than Nazism; not that believing in God was worse than Nazism.
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But it was Meg, the believer, who was participating in the book burning, that's why I said that.
Meh, this show never used to go to the extremes that it has this season, though, it would on occasion make a Jesus joke, usually during the cutaway jokes but Seth has ramped it up considerably I think.
It used to be fun, relatively light fare with some crude humor in it.
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| I'm not a family guy viewer but I usually catch some of these parady shows and this one was pretty funny, but isn't the entire point of this show to offend, so why would anyone watch it if they did'nt want to be offended, I've screened a few eps here and there and there was quite a few pokes at other religions in this series, why would it only offend you if it's your religion? Anyhow as I said I'm not a fan, but just a casual observation. |
I don't know about that. I think I would put more as "creating humor through making fun of things" I don't have a problem with people making fun of religion (mine included). But, this episode, at least to me, seemed to go beoynd making fun and into a full blown slam. I mean one of the threads of the episode had Meg have a sort of religious awakening and Brian works to convince her out of it. Maybe I have to watch it again, but the way it seemed to me, it was saying having faith in a God is stupid.
It doesn't really bother me, but I doesn't make me like McFarlane very much either, and I've said it before with other things he's done.
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