Family Guy

[Stefen]

new episode of family guy has leaked, its all over torrentspy and other file sharing programs.

How is it?

Watch if for yourself http://www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=375667&page=1

It's aight. Same as it always was, goes on tangents in the middle of the stories "That reminds me of the time I...." I wasn't really in the mood to watch it though.

[Ravi]

It's aight. Same as it always was, goes on tangents in the middle of the stories "That reminds me of the time I...." I wasn't really in the mood to watch it though.

That really bugged me about the show.  Seemed like half the jokes started, "Hey, remember the time I/you..." or "That reminds me of the time I/you..."

[tpfkabi]

does anyone know anything about the versions being released on Tuesday?..........as far as bonus stuff?
it may just be repackaged, but i believe it said something about a bonus disc in one of the ad papers.

[Pubrick]

haha this show is incredible. in the first minute of this comeback episode it managed to piss me off.

the fat idiot homer-clone is listing "great" shows that hav been cancelled by fox, and which one is missing from the extensive list? Futurama. what a fucking tool this macfarlane cunt is. u can't say it's cos it happened too long ago, he lists shows that hav been cancelled anywhere from 1999 (Action) to 2004 (the subpar Cracking Up), and other shows that had long runs (Dark Angel). so why the exclusion?

it's bad enuff he rips jokes directly from the simpsons and futurama, but he pays them lip service in interviews like "blah blah pioneers, i would hav no career without em etc", and shits on them every chance he gets in the show. he is the troy duffy of television.

[Gamblour.]

I agree.

[matt35mm]

I had seen about 5 episodes before, and didn't like any of them.  But people kept trying to convince me that it was funny and that I would like it if I just kept giving it a chance.  So I watched that episode up there and guess what... it sucked.

I think it's because I hate all of the characters.  For all of the comparisons to The Simpsons--I love the characters, I care what happens next in the story, and I laugh at the jokes.  The Simpsons always has a stronger foundation in its storytelling, even now in its current season, which is much weaker and sloppier than its peak.  So even in its slump, The Simpsons is far and above Family Guy... so why the comparisons?  Just because it's about a fat guy's family in suburbia?

[pete]

I think we can all agree that Simpsons is superior and Family Guy has like a few clearly visible tricks that it likes to reuse over and over again, but Family Guy sometimes is easier to watch, especially during the adult swim times when you're tired.  'cause the show's comedy is really lazy and it spells out everything for you so you don't have to think too hard to get the jokes.  so even though the simpsons is clearly a better show in every way, sometimes it's just easier to stare at family guy.
but that doesn't matter now because I don't got a tv anymore.

[Ravi]

does anyone know anything about the versions being released on Tuesday?..........as far as bonus stuff?
it may just be repackaged, but i believe it said something about a bonus disc in one of the ad papers.

Each volume comes with a t-shirt.

[pete]

just saw the new episode.  it was pretty terrible.  didn't south park and the simpsons already do all the nutty mel gibson jokes in the world?

[tpfkabi]

yeah. Target lists a price of 29.99 and the small picture seems to say "bonus t-shirt and dvd inside." then Best Buy has a list price of 34.99, but calls it a "BB exclusive Bonus Disc Plus T-Shirt." the dvd features the Best of Stewie with commentary by McFarlane. it seems like it's the same thing, so i wonder why BB has labeled it "exclusive?"

as far as my take on the Simpson/FG debate:
unfortunately i haven't seen much Simpsons. i'm always at church on Sunday night and am not back home in time from work on weekdays to catch syndication. i have seen some great episodes. on the other hand, my friend is a big fan of Family Guy and i finally got into it after he wanted us to watch it with him several times. i didn't really care for it much at first but now im' hooked. some of the scenes just really make me laugh hard, whereas i have never gotten that response from the Simpsons (granted i haven't seen tons and tons of episodes).

by the way, i believe both shows have an episode where the dad takes over the responsibility of Death..........which one aired first?

[Pubrick]

as far as my take on the Simpson/FG debate:

for the record.. i didn't mean to resurrect that debate (which i think has been conclusively won by the simpsons team on just about a daily basis, and with minimal effort), my post was purely an attack on macfarlane. and how his ratner qualities permeate the program.

bigideas u are exactly what i described here:

only reason family guy is so popular is the word of mouth created by 15-17yr olds.

i think everyone who is in love with Family Guy, only feels that way because they were too late to catch the simpsons in their prime.

family guy fans are consitstently less informed on their "rival" shows, and a bit late on the knowledge train, quite frankly.

so it's not ur fault. it's always "a friend" who gets FG-fans into the show, they think they've found sumthing great, when all they've found is a weak substitute for sumthing they were too late for. like david koresh to jesus.

regarding ur grim reaper question: the family guy aired it first in 2000. it was a whole episode long. the simpsons did that joke in late 2003 as part of their Treehouse of Horror special that year. if u are unfamiliar with ToH, it means they only did it for 7 mins as part of three mini-episodes they do every year around halloween time. in this case, less was more.

family guy on the other hand, has at least one joke per episode stolen from the simpsons, often an exact line. even in the new leaked episode it isn't hard to find: peter has to destroy the film "for the sake of Jesus, snoopy, and all the other beloved childrens characters"... everyone remembers homer watching troy mcclure as noah at the beginning of Das Bus (season 9), when the kids say "wow, cool, God is so in your face!", homer replies "yeah, he's my favorite fictional character".

but who cares, this whole thing is a non-debate. those who watched the simpsons know the truth, and those who didn't.. well, redemption is only a few DVDs away.

[tpfkabi]

well, maybe, except that i am 24 years old. another factor in my non-knowledge or watching of the Simpsons was that it was banned by my mother. they were not super controlling or anything, i just remember she didn't want me watching the Simpsons or Beavis & Butthead. it probably was due to the fact that when Simpsons first came out it was all about Bart saying things like "eat my shorts," and things like that. at least as far as they sold it to the general public.

[tpfkabi]

ok. i bought Volume 2 on Tuesday. i tried to hurry to Target during lunch to get it, as Target is across town. i get it and take it to the counter. the price rings up over $40. i say something to the effect that it was listed at $29.99 in the sales paper. some manager guy comes over and looks at the sales paper and it only shows Volume One, so apparently only Volume One is $10 off. i just assumed both would be on sale since they both came in Special Editions. so i headed to Best Buy after that. they were packaged differently. Target's had the t-shirt, bonus stuff to the side, while Best Buy had it stacked on one another. Best Buy claims an exclusive, so i guess the Bonus DVD is slightly different or something. The DVD consists of the American Dad pilot, and a Best of Stewie feature with footage of McFarlane talking about the character. then i believe there are trailers for the new season and another cartoon. there is no menu, it just starts with American Dad. the t-shirt was an extra large. i was afraid it would be really small or something and then i couldn't wear it.

so far i've watched a few episodes. one in which Brian moves to Hollywood to be a screenwriter and inadvertantly agrees to direct a porn starring Jenna Jameson........all the while Stewie gets on Kids Say the DArndest Things, with Bill Cosby, and hopes to use it to hypnotize the world. another episode Emission Impossible involves Stewie trying to keep Lois and Peter from having another baby so he eventually gets into a spacecraft and shrinks down a la Innerspace, gets inside Peter and tries to take out the sperm in a Star Wars-esque spaceship battle.

[Gamblour.]

New episode fits in with the rest of family guy, it's mediocre.

[tpfkabi]

New episode fits in with the rest of family guy, it's mediocre.

how many times have you watched the show?