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 Family Guy: The Movie?
By Loath on June 3, 2003 1:01 PM
After being pulled by Fox after its third season, Family Guy appears to be back for more. A direct-to-DVD feature-length Family Guy is in the early stages of discussion.
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It sucked, glad it's gone
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 3, 2003 6:21 PM
That's right, and bring on the flames, I don't care because it's true. It was a third-rate Simpsons knockoff. Terrible writing that relied entirely on wink-wink self-parodying of the fact that it was an animated show, and so "stuff doesn't have to make sense, so it's funny". Direct-to-DVD is too good for it.
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Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on June 4, 2003 11:27 AM
I don't understand why people continually compare Family guy to The Simpsons. I think they are (not necessarily equally, but) both brilliant shows. Family Guy definately has their comedic timing down.. even if it takes them 7 minutes to mow someone down with a machine gun!
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OH NO, OH NO, OOO NO, OH YES!
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 10, 2003 2:23 PM
FAMILY GUY RULES I CAN NOT HELP TO STOP LAUGHING AFTER WATCHING A EPISODE AND A FM GUY MOVIE JUST BE THE BEST THING EVER MAKE THE FAMLIY GUY MOVIE PLEASE
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RE: It sucked, glad it's gone
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 17, 2003 3:04 AM
You have no idea what your talking about. You have no taste, you have no class and you shouldn't humiliate yourself anymore with these stupid and retarded comments.
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RE: It sucked, glad it's gone
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 22, 2003 7:37 PM
yeah, for a seinfeild type of guy. why dont you go back to watching
gilmore girls and leave the ones who actually enjoy Family Guy alone. It's already obvious that your to stupid to understand the jokes so just shut up.
family guy could'nt get
any better. I just hope fox promotes the movie deal so they can make it. i cant wait till there vol. 2 comes out. I realy want to see when you wish to see a weinstein but, yeah, put on the freakin' movie.
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RE: It sucked, glad it's gone
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 17, 2003 6:09 PM
If Family Guy is a rip-off of the Simpsons, thamn so is almost every other sitcom on fox and many sitcoms on other networks. So it's about a dysfunctional family. That means it's a simpsons rip-off? And while the Simpsons are amazing and maybe one the most well-loved and influential animated sitcoms ever, the episodes have gotten worse in the last couple of years. Family Guy was something new and it was hilarious. I agree that it is kinda like a Simpsons-South Park mix, but so what? How could a series that mixes two of the best and most popular animated shows on television be bad? The writing is great, the humor is unique, the characters are perfect, and it's a fantastically hilarious show. If you don't like it, why don't you go watch The Pitts or Friends or Everybody Loves Raymond or whatever unfunny crap it is you like to watch. Or you could watch me kick you in the nuts, that would be real funny!
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RE: It sucked, glad it's gone
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 17, 2003 8:31 PM
I'm sorry, apparrently you must not get half the jokes in there, because it is absolutely the funniest show I have ever seen. They make fun of everything even themeselves, and the jokes come with such frequency and quality that you barely have time to stop laughing at one before the next knocks you to the floor. The complete randomness of some jokes are part of the charm. This in addition to its complete disregard of political correctness, are what make this show sensatonal. There is no comparison between simpsons and family guy except that they are both animated at about the same quality. Family guy is by far superior in its comedic value. In a world where people take everything way too seriously and everything has to be PC I enjoyed being able to watch a half an hour of great comedic writing that didn't hold back evey week. I only hope that the Family guy Movie will hold up to the high standards that the show set, because if it does it will be the funniest movie of all time.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 17, 2003 1:11 PM
you are the worst person ever do you not have a sense of humor? family guy is one of the funniest aminated shows ever. the only people who wouldn't laugh at it would be communists and crotchity old people who have to wake up 5 times a night to got to the bathroom.
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Posted by Loath (sam@aigraphics.com) on June 3, 2003 8:39 PM
It was a third-rate Simpsons knockoff. Terrible writing that relied entirely on wink-wink self-parodying of the fact that it was an animated show, and so "stuff doesn't have to make sense, so it's funny".
Exactly, and that's what made it worth watching.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 4, 2003 1:00 PM
Are you an idiot or something? If you think stinko writing is worth watching, let me recommend a veritable crap-o-rama to you: 8 Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, The Parkers, Yes Dear, According to Jim... My God, it's full of stars....
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 4, 2003 4:54 AM
I liked it because it was a kind of cross between the Simpsons and South Park.
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Posted by Skullfire (skullfire@clarinmail.com) on June 5, 2003 7:25 PM
Excepting the little kid and the dog, it was a stupid ride.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 6, 2003 4:54 AM
It was a great show, maybe not as good as the Simpsons but ten times better than most of the other crap sitcoms out there. "No, I don't take coupons from giant chickens, not after last time..."
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 11, 2003 11:15 PM
I'm glad you decided to point out one of the best flashbacks in the history of television - the chicken fight (Episode: Da Boom ~ for the person who has failed to watch the show with an open mind). Sure it didn't "make sense" but that is what makes it so funny, its randomness. Sure you can say that it is "stupid" because it is random, but that would just make you ignorant and close-minded.
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Posted by Skullfire (skullfire@clarinmail.com) on June 6, 2003 7:32 PM
That's an example from a good or a bad TV series?
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 9, 2003 4:32 AM
Why don't you go watch a couple of episodes before criticizing it.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 9, 2003 11:22 AM
Why don't you watch a show that doesn't suck, instead of defending one that so blantantly does? I endured two episodes, and I feel utterly cheated out of an hour of my lifetime. SUCKS!
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Posted by Skullfire (skullfire@clarinmail.com) on June 9, 2003 12:04 PM
I did watched, and it was a lame copy of Simpsons, like Futurama. But this last one is from the same guy, so it was OK.
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Posted by CyanCubist (No Email) on June 11, 2003 11:20 AM
Anyone who thinks The Family Guy was just a Simpson’s knock-off isn't grown up enough to get it. When it first came out I thought the same thing, then I watched it and laughed my ass off. Those people who don't like it have every right not to- but to say it had "sucko writing" shows that either you're too young to get a lot of the inside jokes, don't "get" Monty Python either, or you are watching to find a reason to hate it.
I bet it's the first one. Why? Because it was mentioned that it "sucked" because of its "wink-wink self-parodying of the fact that it was an animated show, and so ‘stuff doesn't have to make sense, so it's funny’.”
Everything on that show made perfect sense. I can't help it that you couldn't understand it. Just deal with it and stop whining about it! When you’re a big boy (or girl), you might understand the humor.
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Posted by chivorex (No Email) on June 11, 2003 5:03 PM
The format of each episode as a story riddled with mutiple flashbacks is incredible! The writing draws upon cultural references from a variety of mediums and eras, which I think makes it creative and informed. It is a classic series and it was a shame that it was ever canceled.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 12, 2003 5:44 AM
Whether you love or hate this show just comes down to a matter of taste. Namely, that if you hate the show you don't have any.
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family guy dosent suck
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 13, 2003 2:30 PM
skullfire go suck youre balls fag
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 14, 2003 3:10 PM
I totally agree with CyanCubanist. Perhaps the humor is too refined for the likes of some of you at times, perhaps its too witty. Indeed, I too believe that some of you are just watching to point out its nonexistent faults. The idea of a "direct to DVD movie" would possibly defeat the very thing that Family Guy needs to get back on the air: fans. If it were shown in theatres, it would get much more money, and that much more when it did come to video/DVD. Enough of flaming the haters, we should feel sorry for those who don't appreciate the complex and colorful satires and jabs at past and present society....maybe they'll grow up...and then again, maybe my hair will be set on fire...by pure luck...
~Ian Murray
"Hey, aren't you Richard Simmons' best friend: Richard Simmons?"
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 17, 2003 2:16 PM
I whole-heartedly concur with Mr. Murray. The Family Guy is a show that is built upon randomness, intelligently witty jokes and puns and pure political incorrectness. It is these features that make Family Guy a worthwhile show and its humor directed towards our over cautious society about political incorrectness. I feel sorry for anyone who does not get the humor, but then for those who do not get the jokes and puns it is beyond their grasp and quite possibly their intellectual capacity. So go back to your dick and fart joke shows, and don’t bother to comment on a show that is over your head.
~Avid FG Viewer
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 19, 2003 12:28 AM
Family guy by far is the funniest show on television. everyone compares it too the simpsons. i think it is a similar to the simpsons but takes the joke to a new level they never could do. the randomness of the jokes and complete disregard for todays politically correct world makes it the greatest show on television.
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yo yo yo homei-diggle check it
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Posted by Sonny (sonnyjaime69@hotmail.com) on June 21, 2003 3:49 PM
I have to agree with many of you family guy is awsome the only reason people compare it to The simpsons is because both sitcoms aired on fox. I just bought the family guy DVD, Holy crap it's funny I am only 14 and I would say I got taste and I love family guy. A "Family Guy Movie" would make a whole crap load a money. if your a fan like me then you would know this. "I have 13 tickets Mister, is that enough?" "Oh I'm sorry timmy, but you need 15 to gets to live." *tick* "AHHHHHHHHHHHH>>".... hahaha I love that show don't put it down, if you don't have nothing nice to say then don't say it. If any comments mail me. sonnyjaime69@hotmail.com. Make a movie or I will do to u what Peter did to that chicken. .........lets hear Regis rap this way, can't touch me........except for you, you can touch me.
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RE: yo yo yo homei-diggle check it
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 22, 2003 7:28 AM
There is no doubt family guy is one of the funniest shows there is. I don't understand what some people have against it, just because its a family with some of the same qualities as that of Simpsons doesn't mean its a knock off. After all since when do you see Santas little helper talking, or maggie trying to kill marge. IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.
Look the point is simpsons is a funny program and so is Family guy so i couldn't give less of a damn about what some people say about it being a knock off, as it makes me laugh, and thats all its there for, don't hate it just because you think its some cheesy knock off, find a better reason, like you don't like how Stewie was trying to kill his mother in the first episode.
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