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I've got nothing against Allison's looks, but I think her nerdy neurosis kind of erases her sexiness on this show. I still need to see her on Mad Men.
Or you can see her like... this:
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Okay, I'll admit up front that I'll focus on some weird things... That being said, I am always fascinated when they put movie posters on a set, particularly because they usually pick stuff with no actors' likenesses to avoid clearance issues. In this week's "Community," in Abed's dorm room I noticed the great "Back to the Future Part II" teaser (just the car), "Short Circuit 2" (just the robot) and most amusingly the misbegotten Jeff Goldblum/Cyndi Lauper vehicle "Vibes" (just the title). Sneakily, they showed a "Back to the Future" one-sheet on the back of the door, but only the title was visible, cropping out Michael J. Fox. In every other shot, the door was open so you couldn't see the poster. There were two posters I could not figure out what they were, however. One was above the bunk beds, where they showed only the bottom, and it had a huge credit block in grey on black. The other was right above the couch that had a lot of stuff on it. I actually saw people on that one, so I wondered if it might have been made up by the show staff. The other clue to what they might be is that only posters from the show's co-producing studios (Sony and Universal) are represented.
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Community colleges have dorms?
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Community colleges have dorms?
Actually, it's
the new trend.
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I guess imdb doesn't allow hot-linking to images.
Here's link to the
imdb site.
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By the way, they didn't crop out Michael J. Fox. I'm looking at a freeze frame right now and he's right there, looking at his watch.
Correct:
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"Stand By Me" and "batteries not included' were above the couch, but the one you mentioned was "It Came from Beneath the Sea."
I only see "Vibes" above the bed. When Abed jumps in, that appears to be the only one present. When Britta speaks to Jeff later, the bottom of the same poster can be seen to her right.
By the way, they didn't crop out Michael J. Fox. I'm looking at a freeze frame right now and he's right there, looking at his watch.
I guess I tricked myself into thinking they didn't show Michael J. Fox. Interesting that they did, considering the rest of the posters fit within the idea of not showing likenesses.
"It Came From Beneath the Sea" is an interesting poster but not a movie I was familiar with. It seems out of place with all the other posters being from the 80s. And a "duh" moment on the "Vibes" poster. I should have realized the poster with all the credits on the bottom was that one. Side note: I also find it amusing that someone has decided to label "Vibes" a
"huge critical and commercial success" on Wikipedia.
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I actually saw Vibes at the movie theater. I don't even remember anything about the movie anymore except that it was really terrible.
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Yup. That's it. After this most recent episode it is now my favorite comedy show on TV. I have laughed more with this show than I have any other sitcom in a very long time.
The Human Being mascot with pom-poms was hilarious! And the wheelchair guy making his final (slow-mo) rebuttal had me on the floor.
"A human being is part of the whole called by us the Universe. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest --a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for...
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The "Somewhere Out There" musical montage was great.
"It's peppery water!!"
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Loved the whole musical montage bit, cross-cutting all the stories. Bravo!
I'm also assuming "cherry daquiri" was an inside joke - it was Gillian Jacobs' "stripper name" in "Choke."
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I'm also assuming "cherry daquiri" was an inside joke - it was Gillian Jacobs' "stripper name" in "Choke."
I think that and last week's line about "pleasuring yourself to the E channel" are improved lines. I read an article about the show before it aired, and Joel McHale was teasing one of the cast members about stealing their improved line. I wonder how much of it is in fact improved -- some of the Pierce stuff sounds like pure Chevy.
BTW how many people read Derek's post, read the phrase, "Gillian Jacobs' "stripper name" in 'Choke'.", and took a quick trip to Bockbuster? Greg? Anyone?
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I'm not a Palahniuk fan and the premise of "Choke" seems pretty stupid to me. Somebody saves you from choking and then they have to start paying you regularly? Huh? Maybe I'm missing something.
The angle on the choking to elicit sympathy from people (which brings the money) is only a minor part of the film version (never read the book), but it connects with the larger theme, along the lines of what Joe said above. The main plot is a bit of farce between Sam Rockwell and Kelly MacDonald concerning who the main character's real father is. The whole is a bit sloppy, but it has a couple of great scenes, my favorite being a conversation between Rockwell and Gillian Jacobs.
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