8. "Longo, this is like drinking piss for fifty-five minutes" In response to Reply # 0
just so you can drink wine for five, then exclaiming, "Man, y'all missed out on some good wine."
Nah, man. I'm good. I think I'm done with the show. I was bored out of my mind for the first half hour of this ep, and found other shit to do. I can't care about Shu's marital problems if I'm totally over he entire series every other episode.
I wanna like Glee, and I have liked Glee, occasionally, but let's face it. It's Heroes, but gay(er).
15. "Glee does it well just under half the time. " In response to Reply # 10
I rode hard for Glee after the pilot. It's not keeping up the quality. This last one was a boring fucking episode, Longo, just like the one where Quinn had FOUR FUCKING SCENES in one ep bitching out Finn for not having a job.
THAT IS NOT GOOD WRITING.
One, two scenes is enough to get the point across. Finn telling us he's searching for a job over and over without us actually seeing the job search IS NOT GOOD WRITING. Two of those scenes could have actually shown us something.
For every episode like the one where Kurt and his dad are awesome, we get two more episodes of "Hey look, they gay kid is gay. AIN'T THAT CRAZY?"
12. "What happened in the last five minutes?" In response to Reply # 0
Are you talking about the fake pregnancy thing finally unravelling? Because if so, then no. A thousand times no. This show has something (deeply disturbing, but still) to say when people are trapped in misery. But if the timing of discovering his wife's fake pregnancy ends up keeping redhead guidance counselor and football coach from getting married, then this show's done saying interesting stuff.
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17. "I read some reviewer" In response to Reply # 16
AVClub, maybe. I'm paraphrasing here, but he said that Glee was like an experiment to see if you could wring emotionally true moments out of emotionally false situations. Then he said that the answer was "sometimes".
If I'm being honest, I'll keep watching for the songs. And then I'll find out if you're right about them being interesting. But for the moment it seems like they've spent a few months delaying a cop-out that could have been accomplished in half the time.
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Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86675 posts
Thu Dec-03-09 09:59 PM
21. "This is a fair response to the show." In response to Reply # 17
>AVClub, maybe. I'm paraphrasing here, but he said that Glee >was like an experiment to see if you could wring emotionally >true moments out of emotionally false situations. Then he >said that the answer was "sometimes".
okaycomputer Member since Dec 02nd 2002 8090 posts
Thu Dec-03-09 10:55 PM
22. "I read this post before I watched..." In response to Reply # 0
I was hoping you were talking about a Quinn/Finn reveal, so I was a bit disappointed.
The last 2 or 3 episodes really surprised me. This one, eh.
I can understand the mixed reactions, but I'm definitely in for the long hall. This was a show I started watching for the wife and now I'm totally invested.
I'll agree with the folks who say the emotional arcs run pretty shallow, but I keep watching for those few moments when they dip into the deep end. They do it far better than I ever would have expected.
Plus I'm a Jane Lynch fan AND it features Nashua, New Hampshire's finest: Mike O'Malley Do do do do you have it? GUTS
Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86675 posts
Fri Dec-04-09 07:32 AM
24. "They did stretch the conflicts by a couple episodes." In response to Reply # 22
I'm not denying it. They saw how many eps they had, knew the arc they wanted to take before filming the remainder of the season, and knew where they wanted to leave us. I forgive the stretching out some of the melodramatic elements (such as the very silly fake pregnancy), because the songs are good for the most part and the show makes me laugh about as regularly as any other show. Also, when the show does generate a true emotional response, it hits me harder than any other show that I watch at the moment (though Lost will be coming back soon-- sorry Rj).
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