Originally Posted by
CrimsonCloudAttire
Truth be told, this week's episode I haven't watched yet...and if people are saying its great, i'm sure it is....but it's not going to change my opinion of the show in general. A couple of 50 point games don't make you a hall-of-famer.
Like I said, I'm not out to bash...it's just I think the writing has been really bad since season two...I mean, how many times can we make jokes on the same character traits/flaws. Pierce is racist, Shirley is self-righteously pious, Brita is a self-righteous reactionary activist, Jeff is narcissistic...we get it already. Now do something else.
Once again...not out to bash...just being the logical voice of dissent. I loved the show at first and think it still has potential for greatness, but I can also remain critical. I knew it was gonna be hard for me to find similar feeling in a thread dedicated to the show, but I thought maybe somebody out there was thinking as I was.
Those complaints are really just sitcom complaints in general, though. Those are primary character traits, should the show just ignore them and no longer attempt to develop the characters? I understand if you dislike, for example, if every one of Pierce's jokes is something ignorant or offensive, and while I can relate at times.. that's very much who he is, but the writers explain his reasons for doing that in the 2nd season finale, and we've seen moments of realization from Pierce that go beyond a simple trait (tonight shows one example of him being mean-spirited then changing his tune). So it's easy to have majority of jokes focusing on just one trait, but nearly every show uses character traits throughout the series as a source of humor.
I'm not offended and you're not bashing, and I've been critical of shows on NT before too so it's your right to explain your points. I just don't see a drastic decline in quality like I have for example, the Office. That show I think is vastly different than it's original premise and the writing/attitude/style is very contradictory to the original/"better" show. I don't see that for Community.
Season 2 might have had a few more OK/lower quality episodes than Season 1, but there was still tons of great episodes. "Anthropology 101", "Epidemiology" (zombie ep), "Aerodynamics of Gender" (Abed's Mean Girls/secret garden, "Cooperative Calligraphy" (bottle episode), "Conspiracy Theories", "Mixology", "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons", "Immediate Documentary Filmmaking", "Critical Film Studies" "Paradigms of Human Memory", "Paintball Part 2 episodes"
Probably a few episodes for me were truly bad. I get the complaints if people want more "normal" episodes and less high-concept ones, and I understand if people want the inverse... one thing I love about the show is you don't always know what to expect. Frustrating at times, but like last night's really rewarding when successful.
Like I said, by all means be critical and I'm not trying to convince you that it's great if you think it's bad, but hopefully season 3 improves for you.
