Family Guy

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[Conebone69]

The new episode just aired and it sucked. Recently family guy hasnt been as good as it usually is. Is seth and the crew running out of juice?

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I've been watching some of the newer episodes on Adult Swim during the week. They seemed to have improved from what I remember. However, they still resort to their bad habits like dragging out scenes (in the episode Chris dated the vet intern, Peter spent a minute trying to pick up a dead frog) or being too political (when they left Stewie at home and went to Ground Zero. I mean...really?).

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[scifiwolf]

Thought last night's episode was horrible. A few minor chuckles, but the Columbine joke pretty much killed it for me. I'm not above poking humor at kids who go off their rockers and the absurdity of that, but I thought what Family Guy did last night was in very poor taste.

 

[Catman]

Too soon?

 

[Thundercrack85]

I really dislike the overly long gags. They're usually not even funny to begin with (like Peter's father-in-law destroying that bench). And the few that are, are ruined by dragging them out. Still, the latest episode was better than the last few (which isn't saying much).

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

I really dislike the overly long gags. They're usually not even funny to begin with (like Peter's father-in-law destroying that bench). And the few that are, are ruined by dragging them out. Still, the latest episode was better than the last few (which isn't saying much).

As they continue doing that, they just prove Parker and Stone's point about them on South Park more and more. Hell and that was done long before MacFarlane decided to make Family Guy his soap-box to shove his politics down everyone's throats.

 

[jonathancrane]

The show has become a shadow of its former self.
The quality has been on a rapid decline since the first season.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

For as much **** as they've gotten the last couple of years (rightfully so), Family Guy actually started off balancing a story with clear narrative, character and the random pop-culture/tasteless gags. And they did it well.

I'd say a year or so into their return...it just started to sloooooowly but surely go to ****.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Having politics in your show is fine. But in a comedy, they should be funny. In Family Guy, they're usually not.

My guess is that having two other shows (American Dad and the Cleveland Show) has something to do with the decline of quality.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

It's not just that. They literally stop the show just to shove their politics down our throats.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Yeah, Brian went from being Peter's voice of reason to a political mouth piece. I can't stand him.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

Yeah, and he used to be my favorite character and the voice of the audience.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I hate how they have him date women. It's just so....disturbing.

The episode where Quagmire goes on a rant why he hates Brian is so spot on.

 

[Orb]

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[Jennifer Walters]

I think they overstep boundaries that even South Park wouldn't. Like wtf was that school shooting joke last night? Or that one episode where Peter burned down the orphanage.

 

[Catman]

They've been trying to fix things. This season they finally stopped relying on cutaways. Which was a major complain back in seasons 6, 7, and 8. The animation has become quite impressive. Their Disney spoof last year was amazing. And this year they've been combining CG with traditional animation and the results have been quite good. The show hasn't really been that good since the 5th season, but atleast they're trying now.

 

[Nemi]

Now they just need to get rid of segments that last too long and make Stewie a bit more like his old self.

 

[Catman]

In the previous episode he cloned an evil version of himself.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

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Anyone find It's a Trap disappointing? I got bored about halfway in.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

Family Guy has gone downhill big time. they've been relying too much on random flashbacks and cutscenes.

it's been suffering from Simpsons Syndrome in that the early seasons were top notch but after about 6-7 seasons it just loses its steam.

 

[Catman]

they've been relying too much on random flashbacks and cutscenes

They're not doing that anymore. They finally started paying attention to the complains. I would give this season a chance if that was the major thing that bothered you. And Then There Were Fewer, Halloween on Spooner Street, and Rhode to the North Pole were pretty good episodes. You could start with those.

 

[Nemi]

Well he made the clone cause he realized he was getting soft.

 

[Lord]

I still find the simpsons funny, but not family guy.

 

[Matt]

It's not just that. They literally stop the show just to shove their politics down our throats.

Aside from the Star Wars specials I've only watched a couple episodes recently and one that really stood out to me was the one where Meg found religion and Brian destroys it for her, for no other reason than the fact that McFarlane is an atheist. It was such a mean spirited episode. Their treatment of the Meg character is pretty bad, but the character found something that she liked and Brian made it his goal in the episode to destroy that for her, for no apparent reason other than he disagreed. In the end, there was no closure, there was no restoration of Meg's faith. The conclusion of the episode was Brian getting the smug satisfaction of convincing a teenage girl that there is no God. It is pretty damn terrible when you think about it.

That's the one.


Anyone find It's a Trap disappointing? I got bored about halfway in.

I honestly didn't find any of the Star Wars spoofs to be very funny. Mostly because unlike good satire they did not derive their humor from parodying the source material but instead just by saying **** and showing Conway twitty. What does C-3P0 being horny have to do with Star Wars or R2-D2 being acting like a persecuted black guy? It was just another episode of Family Guy in a different setting. They should've worked harder to make the characters reflect those that they were "cast," as and the plot and jokes to reflect the source that they were parodying.