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Friends is my all time favourite show. Watched it from season 1 or 2 when i was bought them as VHS tapes and then watched season 3 onwards live. It used to really piss me off that ER was an hour long and always before it, and i wondered why Friends was always 30 minutes only.
Someone said it earlier in the thread but if it hadn't gotten such acclaim; the snobs who hate it would be on the bandwagon. Take it for what it is and its very funny. Still regularly watch episodes on Netflix. Ross by far the best character.
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Great show to lay back and relax. Will always be a comfort show for me. Others have come and surpassed it, but it's still a great show to just simply start watching randomly.
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It jumped the shark when Ross said Rachel's name at that wedding. Had its moments after but Ross never recovered as a character. Rather than the geeky, insecure but basically cool guy he was til that point he morphed into this completely pathetic butt of all jokes caricature of a person. The others slowly followed in their own way.
Never minded it at the time but rewatching it now, it's a bit corny and cheesy. Certainly doesn't age anywhere near as well as Frasier.
If it was on, I'd probably watch an episode. I wouldn't put it on out of choice anymore. As far as formulaic sitcoms go, it's among the most watachable. A lot of it hasn't aged too well though. Particularly Joey.
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That's probably the point the characters changed the most. Joey at the start is stupid but still has some kind of common sense, towards the end he becomes such an idiot you'd be surprised if he could leave the house on his own. Monica becomes overly annoying and obsessive about stuff, Phoebe is to weird and quirky etc. The only 2 that stay somewhat normal at Chandler and Rachel. I still enjoyed it but the more you watch it in the background or whatever the worse it gets with each viewing.
Yeah, they made cartoons out of all the characters, pretty much. The first season is as close as anybody got to capturing generation X. Then it gradually lost all sense of relatability and ended as no more than a chick-flick. I'd think it's a shit show if it came out today. The nostalgia factor saves it.
@Oggmonster disagree on Chandler. I hate what they did to him. He was dude with a good sense of humor and a great relationship with Joey in the first couple of seasons. Then he gradually became a one-liner-spewing spineless no-substance parody of himself.
@Oggmonster disagree on Chandler. I hate what they did to him. He was dude with a good sense of humor and a great relationship with Joey in the first couple of seasons. Then he gradually became a one-liner-spewing spineless no-substance parody of himself.
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Frasier shits all over it.
This. One of the most easiest shows to watch. I’ll always put it on if I just want some background noise.
Enjoyable show and really enjoyed it at the time it was airing.
When channel surfing randomly, if its on, ill watch even if its mid way through an ep.
When channel surfing randomly, if its on, ill watch even if its mid way through an ep.
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Spot on
@Spoony loves this show
Yeah that's pretty accurate in fairness. I think they exaggerated most the characters better qualities by the end and turned them in to negatives.
The show probably suffers critically form the fact it's always on TV. It seems at times you can't get away from it and it becomes less funny.
I couldn't care how shite people think it is, the fact the biggest show on television manage to do a whole episode around not dropping a tennis ball is something to be admired. I'd kill for that mundane but relatable content.
I like Friends but I agree that the characters became too over the top and dumbed down in the later seasons and got a bit annoying. I think up until Chandler and Monica got engage it was good.
You're quite generous, giving it 6 good seasons. For me the decline starts with Chandler falling in love with Joey's girlfriend (beginning of S4) and continues slowly until Ross's wedding / Chandler and Monica romance (end S4). Then it plummets.
I just checked an episode guide and yeah I guess maybe I was a bit generous. I'd still say season 5 and 6 were good, just less consistent. Season 7 onwards I class as "new Friends" which suddenly felt really different, and kind of off.
I loved when it was current but have no real desire to rewatch it ever again. Maybe when I’m in a care home feeling nostalgic whilst high on my happy pills or something.
Yeah I never got the hate for it. Take it for what it was and it was great. I would never really feel the urge ro download and rewatch but if it's on TV I'd watch.
We watched some the other day while eating dinner actually and I never noticed how much Aniston's nips were poking out. That must've been one cold set.
We watched some the other day while eating dinner actually and I never noticed how much Aniston's nips were poking out. That must've been one cold set.
Chandlers character mellowed out and became boring about the same time Matthew Perry kicked the booze and drugs. He's like a real life fun Bobby.
I've just decided I'm going to watch it all from the beginning.
My wife has this on all the time, so I catch episodes here and there (probably one or two a fecking day ).
I don’t get the hate for it at all. It’s what I would call a feel good show. Easy to watch and doesn’t require you to think too deeply about it.
I wouldn’t mind watching it in episodic chronological order again. Comedy Central jumps all over the place. One episode will end on a cliffhanger and the next episode will be from three bloody seasons later.
).I don’t get the hate for it at all. It’s what I would call a feel good show. Easy to watch and doesn’t require you to think too deeply about it.
I wouldn’t mind watching it in episodic chronological order again. Comedy Central jumps all over the place. One episode will end on a cliffhanger and the next episode will be from three bloody seasons later.
I just saw a video which claimed that each of the cast still make $20m a year in syndication revenue, and that the show earns $1bn a year from Warner Bros!
That is insane given the time that has lapsed since the show finished! Is Friends the most successful show commercially?
That is insane given the time that has lapsed since the show finished! Is Friends the most successful show commercially?
I re-watched this on netflix and i love it. It reminds me of my youth, especially how Jennifer Aniston on TV would put butterflies in teenage me's stomach.
@Spoony loves it too
I think @Spoony is a fan of this show.
Those pointy nips
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I re-watched the original Scream movie the other day and she was bloody lovely back then.
What's not to like?
And Monica in those vintage Levis and with red lips in the first few seasons.. Damn, that's so cool.
And Monica in those vintage Levis and with red lips in the first few seasons.. Damn, that's so cool.
Thats racist, I am white and I hate it.
She's still smuggling peanuts man. 50 or so and looking great.Those pointy nips