It's not like AD at all.
It is still very funny however.
It is still very funny however.
DOMINOOOOO BITCH!45 seconds into the series and I was laughing. Bodes well.
It didn't. I watched the first 15 episodes or so and it wasn't for me at all. The characters are bad people, which is supposed to be the comedy, but there ain't much comedy. It's a little bit how I viewed the US Office, except that had far better characters.45 seconds into the series and I was laughing. Bodes well.
fecking hellIt didn't. I watched the first 15 episodes or so and it wasn't for me at all. The characters are bad people, which is supposed to be the comedy, but there ain't much comedy. It's a little bit how I viewed the US Office, except that had far better characters.
I've no problem with you voicing your opinion and if you'd only seen the first few episodes I'd understand how you might not quite 'get it' yet. It's just when you started comparing it to the US Office, I couldn't take it seriously at all.Yeah I thought it'd be a mistake to come into a thread about a comedy and say I didn't like that comedy, and wasn't overly taken in another.
Opinions, eh?
In the sense that I was never really hooked on it. Though the writing for Michael Scott and the Sunny cast appeared quite similar. A lot of "Oh no he didn't just say that!" faux-shock humour, highlighting how 'bad' the characters were.I've no problem with you voicing your opinion and if you'd only seen the first few episodes I'd understand how you might not quite 'get it' yet. It's just when you started comparing it to the US Office, I couldn't take it seriously at all.
On the most basic of levels, I suppose they both use Inappropriate humour. However, Michael Scott wants absolutely everyone to like him, he's just completely socially inept. At heart he is genuinely a nice person though. The Always Sunny cast are genuine sociopaths who have grown so far detached from society that they no longer care about anything outside of their little bubble and have become entirely co-dependent and have no regard for anyone at all. The humour is very different other than being, in the main, uninformed gibberish. The Office is based on feeling good and learning to love the characters, Always Sunny is a much, much darker humour where you're always aware that they are fundamentally terrible people.In the sense that I was never really hooked on it. Though the writing for Michael Scott and the Sunny cast appeared quite similar. A lot of "Oh no he didn't just say that!" faux-shock humour, highlighting how 'bad' the characters were.
How many of Scott's lines were him just being wildly inappropriate? How many of the Sunny's lines are people just being wildly inappropriate? Yeah, that's the best way to describe them - 'inappropriate humour'.
Agreed, one of the best for a whileReally loved the latest episode. One of their best.
It seems to divide opinion. One of my mates called it "too slapstick". I obviously disagree, but I understand where he's coming from.I can understand people not liking the show because it's loud and in your face and there's very little subtlety to any of the comedy, but it just seems like Liam's completely missed the point of the show. In fact in spite of that lack of subtlety it actually seems like most of the cultural references have went completely over his head.
I certainly don't recall picking up on many cultural references. That said, I'm watching an American show from the early 2000s. For me I think it was that the humour was primarily there to shock you into how terrible these people were. But I didn't find that very funny. It's like, yeah, we get it, they're all self-serving narcissists, but that seemed a little repetitive, and it didn't feel like there was any real story going anywhere.I can understand people not liking the show because it's loud and in your face and there's very little subtlety to any of the comedy, but it just seems like Liam's completely missed the point of the show. In fact in spite of that lack of subtlety it actually seems like most of the cultural references have went completely over his head.
It's a sitcom, not a drama series. Also, the show didn't start until 2005, it's not like the cultural references are hugely outdated. I know trying to persuade someone to like something is impossible, and I'm not really that bothered, but pretty much every sitcom or comedy series has repetitive or consistent themes. This is especially prevalent in Always Sunny and is what draws in a cult following similar to the likes of Arrested Development. There are definitely big elements of shock and cringe humour, maybe you don't really like that which is fair enough.I certainly don't recall picking up on many cultural references. That said, I'm watching an American show from the early 2000s. For me I think it was that the humour was primarily there to shock you into how terrible these people were. But I didn't find that very funny. It's like, yeah, we get it, they're all self-serving narcissists, but that seemed a little repetitive, and it didn't feel like there was any real story going anywhere.
This is totally worth 40 minutes of your time.
On the most basic of levels, I suppose they both use Inappropriate humour. However, Michael Scott wants absolutely everyone to like him, he's just completely socially inept. At heart he is genuinely a nice person though. The Always Sunny cast are genuine sociopaths who have grown so far detached from society that they no longer care about anything outside of their little bubble and have become entirely co-dependent and have no regard for anyone at all. The humour is very different other than being, in the main, uninformed gibberish. The Office is based on feeling good and learning to love the characters, Always Sunny is a much, much darker humour where you're always aware that they are fundamentally terrible people.