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Any fans here?

Hilarious... rewatching it now on netflix. New season comes out May 26th....

for those that haven't watched it... its a mix of clever and slapstick comedy... very funny....
 

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cant wait for the new season. I need to rewatch some to refresh though for sure


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Have never watched this show but heard so many positive reviews. I will have to give it a try.....
 

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If you compare (just) the first three seasons of Seinfeld to Arrested Development's three seasons, then yes, AD is the funniest show.
 

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Huge AD fan. Can not wait for season 4 on netflix.

Lotta classic lines from that series.
 

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I watched the first episode on Netflix and then watched the first episode of Breaking Bad afterward. Needless to say I didn't go back to AD.

I might give it another shot when I'm finished with BB but I didn't find it all that great.
 

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I watched the first episode on Netflix and then watched the first episode of Breaking Bad afterward. Needless to say I didn't go back to AD.

I might give it another shot when I'm finished with BB but I didn't find it all that great.

Two completely different shows...
 

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Two completely different shows...

I wasn't comparing them. My point was, Breaking Bad grabbed me and made me want to watch more and Arrested Development didn't.

I'll pick AD back up in a few weeks.
 

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Anyone see this new season yet? Kinda ehh but what they were trying to do pretty ambitious. To just re-start a show 7 years later isn't easy.

So far I've seen a few eps and I'm gonna watch more this weekend but not really impressed.
 

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Anyone see this new season yet? Kinda ehh but what they were trying to do pretty ambitious. To just re-start a show 7 years later isn't easy.

So far I've seen a few eps and I'm gonna watch more this weekend but not really impressed.


I actually disliked it the 1st half of the season.... I really think that they forgot about orginal one liners that were that combination of witty and slapstick...

However, it comes together later, and more of that humor..

They overthought the season IMO.... it takes too long to set up the joke and the first 6 episodes or so are below AD standards
 

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I don't like how they focus each episode on a different character because this show is an ensemble cast type show and always has been. Some of these characters just shouldn't have 25 mins based around them, they are supporting characters (Tobias, Buster, George sr)
 

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I don't like how they focus each episode on a different character because this show is an ensemble cast type show and always has been. Some of these characters just shouldn't have 25 mins based around them, they are supporting characters (Tobias, Buster, George sr)

YEPPP,,, I didnt even realize thats what they were going for until the 5th or 6th episode, im almoset finished watching,, and to be honest, porscha is almost unrecognizable? lol,,

sadly, I dont know if this is true, but I could almost guarentee theyve gotten rid of the majority of the writers, and were useing new writers,, that is usually the explanation for this, as the owners of the shows HATE paying heavy residuals to 20 writers, they MUCH rather pay it to 2-3,, and have 15-20 new faces in there attempting to create the same magic,, it just doesnt work most of the time,,, well,,, as in here,,, too bad,,

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YEPPP,,, I didnt even realize thats what they were going for until the 5th or 6th episode, im almoset finished watching,, and to be honest, porscha is almost unrecognizable? lol,,

sadly, I dont know if this is true, but I could almost guarentee theyve gotten rid of the majority of the writers, and were useing new writers,, that is usually the explanation for this, as the owners of the shows HATE paying heavy residuals to 20 writers, they MUCH rather pay it to 2-3,, and have 15-20 new faces in there attempting to create the same magic,, it just doesnt work most of the time,,, well,,, as in here,,, too bad,,

tater

Yeah I've seen 6 eps now pretty much out of loyalty. I loved the original but I can't even get through this, the storyline sucks and just seems to be going nowhere.

Could they not get the whole cast to be able to shoot at the same time or something and that is why they went this route? Because it is really taking away from what used to be a great show.

Who am I kidding, it is arrested development I'll still watch all 15 eventually I'm sure
 

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