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Family Guy: Shit/Not shit?

Family guy - shit or not shit?

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Never seen it. I'm told by some people I should, and by others not to bother. I don't know why I thought this thread might help...
 
Utter rubbish, a rip-off of the simpsons without any heart or moxie that makes the simpsons great.

As for American Dad, that's even worse - genuinely hateful IME.

Check out Harvey Birdman attorney-at-law sometime.
 
Well said!

There is only one scene in the whole series that I found funny and that is when Quagmire finds that cheerleader tied up in the toilet and says "jackpot!"

Other than that, just no thought gone into it whatsoever and with each episode I watch I can actually seem Seth MacFarlane smugly patting himself on the back at another "hilarious" gag he's produced
 
Every show has at least one moment that will be funnier than anything else that will be on telly that week. It's always worth it for that one moment alone.
 
i like the fleeting but pitch black gags that surprise me how far they'll go - i know FG isn't alone in that, but i don't like south park - it's too puerile for me - so i like FG for that.
 
It's fucking brilliant! Every episode is so full of jokes, from the 'this is worse than the time...' etc bits down to the subtle visual gags involving the characters and their landscape. I can watch them over and over, every house and flat inhabited by a few young people has had a box set for the past few years and staying power like that has to be a mark of being not shit. I can't be bothered to watch an episode of South Park more than once.

The characters are pretty much unique. The relationship between Stewie and Brian is great. That you have a dog and a baby that go double dating with adult human females is so wrong, it makes no sense, but it works so well!

Having said all that, the South Park where they take shots at Family Guy is very, very funny.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
How is it a rip off of the simpsons? It's nothing like it apart from it's a family in a cartoon.
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It's sooooo obviously trying to cash in on the Simpsons vibe; and did you read the whole of what I posted?

Utter rubbish, a rip-off of the simpsons without any heart or moxie that makes the simpsons great.
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And I don't think it's outrageous to say that Spaced had some things in common with Friends.
 
Idris2002 said:
Utter rubbish, a rip-off of the simpsons without any heart or moxie that makes the simpsons great.
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it's not a rip-off of the Simpsons any more than it is a rip-off of Dallas or Married With Children - ie any general american soap opera/sit-com. It is slightly weaker than the Simpsons in that it is more script led rather than character led - ie that need to 'get the joke in', but it's fairly unusual for this to lead to completely unrealistic (in its own terms) situations. Lois as mayor was ne of those tho. generally speaking tho it's simply a good comedy, nothing more nothing less.
 
Family guy is great. Perfer southpark and futurama(just) but family guy has thoose truely pan weting random moments that are amazing the first 5 times you see them.

Stewie is my idol!

dave
 
belboid said:
it's not a rip-off of the Simpsons any more than it is a rip-off of Dallas or Married With Children - ie any general american soap opera/sit-com. It is slightly weaker than the Simpsons in that it is more script led rather than character led - ie that need to 'get the joke in', but it's fairly unusual for this to lead to completely unrealistic (in its own terms) situations. Lois as mayor was ne of those tho. generally speaking tho it's simply a good comedy, nothing more nothing less.
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This was the basis of the SP 2 parter cartoon wars - SP relies on a story, plot and character arc through an episode and character development across different shows, FG is basically the same show every week.
 
Yetman said:
Holy shitmeister I'm not even thorugh season 7 yet! Didnt realise this was out. Excellent :cool:
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I know, I know....

FG is the only DVD I have bought on release for a while now. Normally I try to never spend more than £5 on a DVD but have the first seven series sitting there so this will be added soon....
:cool:
 
Badgers said:
I know, I know....

FG is the only DVD I have bought on release for a while now. Normally I try to never spend more than £5 on a DVD but have the first seven series sitting there so this will be added soon....
:cool:
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Hang on :hmm:

This IS season 7! Season 7 is Season 8?!

Ah.....I think the season numbers are mixed up with us and the yanks. Which means I'm probably missing some somewhere? :hmm:
 
Bryan - 'Stewie. Go inside and get me some scissors'
Stewie - 'No'
Brayan - 'Why not?'
Stewie - 'Cos you made me watch that film with the 2 girls and the cup'

:D
 
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