Friends Crap not Crap?
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JoePolitix
Gone
copliker said:
That's one gold nugget of a sentence. I'd make it my tag line if it wasn't too many words
used to hate it, but it's funny. it just is funny. I can happily watch an episode, Joey's such a freakin retard tho...
but it's on far FAR too much, like too much...
most hardcore fans have the DVD's or videos anyway, they can be found for pennies in a charity shop near you...
but it's on far FAR too much, like too much...
most hardcore fans have the DVD's or videos anyway, they can be found for pennies in a charity shop near you...
lontok2005
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Friends is totally unrealistic but can be very funny. I enjoy it like chocolate. Not nutritious but easy to eat. There's usually a good combination of physical, situational and verbal comedy. From a writing point of view, I think it was quite an achievement to consistently write six characters' storylines and give each of them a pay off in twenty-two minutes over what seems like hundreds of episodes. None of the characters ever really takes precedence over the other and that is a hard thing to accomplish. Having said that, I find the scripts quite brutal - the storylines and jokes are set up and played too rapidly. There's not much to savor.
What irks me most about Friends, other than its constant repeats, is that is has very, very, very little to say about anything. it's empty entertainment.
By the way, I teach EFL and one of the most popular and well-respected textbooks, Headway, includes an article on Friends and its influence of the English language, for better or worse, in its promotion of the word 'so' as an intensifier. Which can be, like, soooo annoying. But that's language for you. It's always , like, soooo developing.
What irks me most about Friends, other than its constant repeats, is that is has very, very, very little to say about anything. it's empty entertainment.
By the way, I teach EFL and one of the most popular and well-respected textbooks, Headway, includes an article on Friends and its influence of the English language, for better or worse, in its promotion of the word 'so' as an intensifier. Which can be, like, soooo annoying. But that's language for you. It's always , like, soooo developing.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I've never seen it, so would definitely watch a reunion. All the injokes and continuation of long ago storylines would go straight over my head
T & P
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My gf likes it so I’ve watched plenty of it over the years by default. It’s not terrible but certainly not great either. I guess what grinds many people is that it’s so overrated.
The few instances I found genuinely funny came not from clever/ witty dialogue or scripts, but from Ross’s misfortune- namely when he managed to accidentally get about six doses of spray tanning on his front and none on his back, and when he had decided to wear tight leather trousers on a hot date and tried to get them off at his date’s bathroom with talcum powder. Not a lot more.
Some good cameos though.
The few instances I found genuinely funny came not from clever/ witty dialogue or scripts, but from Ross’s misfortune- namely when he managed to accidentally get about six doses of spray tanning on his front and none on his back, and when he had decided to wear tight leather trousers on a hot date and tried to get them off at his date’s bathroom with talcum powder. Not a lot more.
Some good cameos though.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
It is.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
It was the absolute pits in its day. It was the epitome of canned laughter, but was probably the precursor to the shit that people are now not only taking for granted but lapping up and looking forward to.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
It's an appallingly unfunny programme - and just irritating. Horses for courses though.
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