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Author Topic: I Hate Family Guy Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-12-2008 06:26 PM                        I've always thought the characters looked completely insipid, and it looks like it's trying to appeal to only a white trailer trash audience. Recently on another forum someone posted a quick Youtube video from the show: Family Guy's take on the Take On Me video Ummm... where's the funny? I'll tell you where.... it's NOWHERE! I'm very familiar with the original music video, and I don't see the joke other than the dipshit kid is in it for absolutely no reason whatsoever. And then when he gets booted out, all he can say is "I don't know!!!" Wow. Great writing. Thank god for the writer's strike.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-12-2008 06:29 PM                     At least for me, when I watch Family Guy alone, I often don't laugh, like any time I see Dane Cook on TV. But I find when you watch it with a group who gets the humor it's usually brought out. But not all episodes are that great.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-12-2008 07:38 PM                     Fortunately, Family Guy is easy to stop. All you have to do is remove an idea ball from the manatee tank at Fox. This will cause the manatees to stop working. You see, manatees are very ethical writers. Either everything is okay, or nothing is.  |  IP: Logged Allison Parsons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 630 From: East Peoria, IL Registered: Oct 2004 posted 01-12-2008 09:29 PM                        quote: Mike Olpin This will cause the manatees to stop working hahahaha, I'm going to hop on my Big Wheel and ride to California to stop the manatees. Maybe the manatees will team up with the dolphins since, according to the Hitchhikers Guide, they are the second smartest things on earth. I don't think mice and manatee writing would be as good as manatee and dolphin writing. where the hell did I start on that tangent? Anyway.... I'm just sick of seeing Family Guy reruns ALL THE TIME on Adult Swim. Too much of an ok thing is, well.... too much.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-12-2008 09:59 PM                        Hmmm... maybe I should have put this in Afterlife. South Park rules... usually.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-12-2008 10:11 PM                        Family Guy rules! South Park is just as funny.. Nothing like quick witted satirical humor...  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-13-2008 01:39 AM                     Family Guy is acceptably funny because its main character has balls on his chin, but without having a dick in his mouth. After all, it's meant to be "family fare." Balls alone equals TV-14 or even TV-G.  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 01-13-2008 04:56 AM                     Let me say from the outset, I completely empathize with you Joe. The downfall of most pop culture reference driven shows is that they tend to be shit. Family Guy is no exception. We were all there Seth. We all get it. Thundercats, Paula Abdul, A-Ha etc..., very clever of you to remember them, did you do it all by yourself? (obviously not, there used to be some kind of retard army) Fat Guy: Actually, this kind of reminds me of the time I got a lot of TV and pop culture references on the verge of being forgotten then made a pastiche of them in the guise of a character based cartoon, and it was vaguely funny for like 5 minutes. Stupid Baby: Then wot happened lawl? (apparently talking gay is funny now?) Fat Guy: We got canceled, then some facial bumfluff teenagers who downloaded all the episodes in 100x100 res, learnt to write, then made a petition to bring us back. Apparently it turns out Fox isn't stupid, so we got a movie instead. Seth Green's beyond irritating character thing: What was the movie like? Fat Guy: Extremely lame and annoying. The worst character in the show; Dog: I'm already sick of this show. Sexual predator neighbor: I've become a pop culture meme! Gabbity Gabbity Goo. Words simply cannot explain the contempt I have for this show, it simply is just awful. I cannot fathom how I used to like it. It is just dribble of the worst calibre.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 01-13-2008 10:53 AM                     quote: Damien Taylor learnt to write You need to learn that the past tense of learn is learned. Screw you and your "Queen's English bullshit."  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-13-2008 11:49 AM                       I've seen two episodes of Family Guy and got a few laughs, although the talking baby character was taxing. But, as with The Simpsons, these "adult" cartoons have a tendency to be sacrilegious, which I simply can't tolerate. I like SpongeBob Squarepants. Now, that's a funny show.  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 01-14-2008 02:28 PM                     quote: Tim Reed But, as with The Simpsons, these "adult" cartoons have a tendency to be sacrilegious Actually, much of the christian community doesn't have a problem with The Simpsons, because their portrayal of christians (like Flanders) as honest, decent people that help others out regardless of cost to them is appealing. Back to the original point, Family Guy has such inferior writing that I don't get why people love it, but like Trey Parker and Matt Stone said in an interview, it seems like Family Guy's writers have the talent to make a good show, they just choose not to for some reason like they're just lazy or something. They will stumble across a good joke from time to time, but what you have to filter through to get there is not worth it. Mike - I agree with Dane Cook not being funny. And he's a joke stealer.  |  IP: Logged Lyle Romer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1400 From: Davie, FL, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 01-14-2008 03:53 PM                     The original run of family guy was entertaining. Ever since it returned it is aweful. I watched 2 or 3 or the new episodes and never watched again!  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 01-15-2008 06:37 AM                        Me, I was a huge fan during its first, original run. I laughed aloud, and pop references of decades past were more sparse, more clever, and more unlike anything else I watched. It was the DVD sales after its cancellation that brought it back, and it came back strong. But I rarely found myself laughing aloud anymore. When the Seinfeld sitcom ended, I recall Jerry saying that it was its time, that the characters had become caricatures of themselves. The comedy got a little stale. In my opinion, Family Guy, while once original with an underlying wit, just hit its stale point too soon. And, in the nature of the show, stretching a joke indefinitely without adding any actual new joke content, isn't always funny. In all fairness, this was never a show I could really enjoy in clips out of context. That's difficult to appreciate because the entire show is a hodgepodge of clips out of context. However, the nonlinearity worked for it. Like minimalist music, it may be boring in brief excerpts, but that just means you haven't heard enough of it yet. It was surreal, and the fun came from the completely unexpected turns you didn't see coming (as opposed, of course, to those unexpected turns you fully expect). Once you start to see the turns, it's a dull drive and you're asking "are we there yet?" Have I mixed too many metaphors? These days, I don't watch ANY television.  |  IP: Logged Peter David Bruce Expert Film Handler Posts: 187 From: East Anglia -England Registered: Aug 2007 posted 01-15-2008 11:39 AM                    i love it  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 01-15-2008 02:48 PM                     When I had access to Boomerang, the second "cartoon network", I watched an episode of Flintstones that caused me to cringe in the 21st century...I never recalled how Fred was so violent toward Barney. I somehow looked over that when I was little. Fred couldn't do that if the show was produced now. (Knock Knock Knock..."Fred Flintstone? Bedrock Police...this is in regards to an incident involving you and your neighbor, Mr Rubble...could you please step outside?"  |  IP: Logged

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