Dolfan in NYC Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Though the Ron & Leslie reunification episode may have been an excellent episode of television, this week's Donna & Joe may have been the best Parks & Rec episode this season. I know that sounds weird, but that's how I feel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I may need to go back and watch it again. I wasn't feeling it that much, but part of that is me not liking the Craig character. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Fucking Craigs can't get a break. Things fell off a cliff after Craig Biggio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I have a sibling who is allegedly going to be on Parks and Rec on Thursday.I never made an attempt to get into Parks and Rec past the first episode. I need to rectify that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Skip the first season, just read recaps online. Start with season 2. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 First season is only 6 episodes, so if you are going to watch, might as well include them. They're not as bad as people say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 First season is only 6 episodes, so if you are going to watch, might as well include them. They're not as bad as people say. Season one they try to make Leslie out to be too much like the Office's Michael Scott. Once they gave Leslie her own personality, turned Andy face and got rid of Mark, the show hit it's stride. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 They basically replaced Mark with Chris and Ben, which is about as massive of an upgrade as you'll see in a TV show. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 First season is only 6 episodes, so if you are going to watch, might as well include them. They're not as bad as people say. Season one they try to make Leslie out to be too much like the Office's Michael Scott. Once they gave Leslie her own personality, turned Andy face and got rid of Mark, the show hit it's stride. When does that happen? I'm loving this season, but I've only watched a couple episodes of the show prior to this season. I tried to watch a couple eps off Comcast's On Demand service, and found them pretty dull. The eps were from... middle of season 2, I think. But, yeah, Leslie came off in those eps as a clone of Michael Scott and Ron was written more as a,,, normal human. Nick Offerman seemed to be delivering his lines differently too - less slow monotone, Digging this season a lot. I'll probably go back and watch the older seasons, but maybe just go back a season or two to start. Think Poehler is genuinely funny and Offerman's performance as Ron makes even the mundane bits amusing. Not really sold on some of the supporting cast. Has anyone seen Aubrey Plaza in anything else? Wife and I were debating the other day whether she's method acting a gimmick wherein she plays a bad actress playing a character who is a version of herself, or whether she's a terrible actress, I can't tell whether April only has one emotion and facial expression, or that's all Plaza can emote. Great show. Nick Offerman really needs his own show. I too would watch "Ron Swanson: Drone Hunter: Or "Ron Swanson: Nazi Hunter". Whatever. Hell, remake Breaking Bad with Ron Swanson as the main character instead of Walter White. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Has anyone seen Aubrey Plaza in anything else? Check out "Safety Not Guaranteed". It's really, really amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 In watching repeats on FXXXXX I've come to appreciate Mark Brandanoquits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I probably should mention that, even though I don't find Andy especially funny, the Johnny Karate and his pint-sized ninjas bits are killing me. Need more of that and less of "I'm going to coach the Chicago Bulls. I'm not? Oh, that sucks." I do find it amusing that the dumb jock on Everwood became the fat dumb guy on Parks and Rec became.... am action hero and star of the most successful summer blockbuster last year. Yeah, wonder how many people saw that coming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I hated -- HATED -- the first season when it debuted. It was so disjointed and forced. It wasn't so much that they didn't nail the characters yet -- I get that, since only a few shows ever really nail that right out of the gate. But they really tried to ram in these relationships, like Leslie and Ann, as opposed to having them develop a little bit at a time.I watched the first two episodes of Season 2. I laughed at a few things but it hasn't completely clicked for me yet. I know Leslie tries too hard to fit in (especially at the gay bar) but it feels like Amy Poehler is trying too hard to show Leslie going a bit overboard. I did think the scene on Pawnee Today was completely insane in a great way. As someone who worked at small town newspapers, that sort of stuff felt really true-to-life. They also tried to shoehorn in a tender moment with Leslie and Aziz's sleazy character. It didn't feel "earned." I hate comparing the show to The Office, but it's impossible not to since it's the same premise (mockumentary about a peculiar form of a workplace) made by a lot of the same people. I don't remember a scene where Michael has a tender moment with Jim until The Booze Cruise, and that's like 15 episodes into the show. I could be mistaken, but up until then Michael's still really obtuse as a boss but now he gives some actual advice to Jim and it feels real. Dwight (sort of the same role as Haverford) has nice scenes later on with Pam and Phyllis but they don't come until much later. It just feels like, "Let's put in these tender moments so these characters seem well-rounded and deep!" as opposed to getting to see the characters grow closer/conflicted over time. I did like the Ann and Mark scenes. They felt like a really nice and awkward first date. And I like how Leslie set it up wand was fine with it/kinda not fine. Ron Swanson was a great character from the very first minute, though. Nick Offerman's such a great physical actor -- so great that he doesn't even have to move to make physical comedy funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I dont know if I could come up with more drastically different sitcom characters than Dwight and Tom Haverford if I tried. Parks is all about the touchy feely moments from early on. If those aren't your bag you'll tap out quick. Leslie, by the finale of season one, is already a much more self aware character than Michael. As to comparisons to The Office imo Parks never comes close to the brilliance of Season Two of The Office. That said Parks (after a fairly bad mini season one) never had the drop in quality that The Office did from season 5 onward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Man...Tom is nothing like Dwight. Like, at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 If anything Dwight and Ron would probably get along. That's a spinoff that would have worked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Nah, Dwight and Jamm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Hmmmm...my immediate reaction is to reject that bcause Jamm is awful. Dwight does like some pretty awful people as friends though. Would he consider Jamm too much of a wuss though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Has anyone seen Aubrey Plaza in anything else? Check out "Safety Not Guaranteed". It's really, really amazing. The "To Do List" is also amazing as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Okay, Parks and Rec is really picking up. Just saw the episode with The Duke. The first few minutes of the Venezuela stuff is golden, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 "Get me Gary Gergich!" This show is really closing out its run nicely. Its moving all the character towards fitting ends, while hitting all the appropriate best of and fan service bits. April's job search probably ended a little too conveniently, but it still worked for me. How many Pawnee residents are left that haven't appeared to get a final moment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Correct me if I'm wrong but we haven't seen future Jean Ralphio yet, have we? He would seem to be the glaring omission. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Ron has brothers! Who knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Correct me if I'm wrong but we haven't seen future Jean Ralphio yet, have we? He would seem to be the glaring omission. As soon as I turned off my computer I yelled (in my head, not like out loud or anything) "Jean Ralpho!" I don't know how I forgot about him. Hopefully Mona Lisa shows up too, mostly just because of my weird crush on Jenny Slate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Correct me if I'm wrong but we haven't seen future Jean Ralphio yet, have we? He would seem to be the glaring omission. As soon as I turned off my computer I yelled (in my head, not like out loud or anything) "Jean Ralpho!" I don't know how I forgot about him. Hopefully Mona Lisa shows up too, mostly just because of my weird crush on Jenny Slate. Dude nothing weird about it. She makes her total wreck of a human being character very appealing somehow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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