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Anyone watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?

I agree. I came back to Netflix after a break and went straight for the latest season (which I had not seen previously) and it felt like a bit of a let down except for a couple of episodes. A bit like they were simultaneously trying too hard (to be wacky) and not trying hard enough (too write a great script). Still brilliant though. I might start from the top again.
 
Rewatching from the top. Biggest difference is that Charlie is kind of normal. It's a bit more subtle. One thing that it really grating on me though is that in the opening titles (library music) there is a really duff edit.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
Rewatching from the top. Biggest difference is that Charlie is kind of normal. It's a bit more subtle. One thing that it really grating on me though is that in the opening titles (library music) there is a really duff edit.
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From the latter series Fox decided to stamp their name during the opening credits- I guess after the series had achieved cult status.

Unrelated piece of trivia that amuses me no end. It’s well known that the series started on an extremely small budget. They clearly used some copyright-free music, as I have heard some of the tunes they play between scenes in other series. The one with the bicycle bell always pop up in The Loud House, which is a kid’s’ cartoon. It feels so weird when you hear it on it given the subject matter and age rating of Philadelphia :D
 
T & P said:
From the latter series Fox decided to stamp their name during the opening credits- I guess after the series had achieved cult status.

Unrelated piece of trivia that amuses me no end. It’s well known that the series started on an extremely small budget. They clearly used some copyright-free music, as I have heard some of the tunes they play between scenes in other series. The one with the bicycle bell always pop up in The Loud House, which is a kid’s’ cartoon. It feels so weird when you hear it on it given the subject matter and age rating of Philadelphia :D
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I believe most tracks (certainly at the beginning) are all from the same library CD. It's not copyright free, it's just free to use without permission or contract. You still have to pay PRS, or rather any the channel that shows it.

What do yo mean by that first comment about Fox stamping their name during the opening credits?

Also just to be clear, I meant a duff audio edit. They make a cut and splice in the music towards the end that isn't quite on the beat. I didn't notice it in later episodes. I'll try and keep listening to make a mental note of when it's fixed. I'm only on ep3 so far. I do like these first episodes. There is something much tighter and more natural than the later series.
 
Has anyone checked out AP Bio? Glenn Howerton (Dennis) playing an equally repugnant character, this time a disgraced Harvard professor forced to slum it in a high school, supposed to be teaching biology, but instead involving his pupils in his plans on wreaking his revenge on those who wronged him. Promising so far, though I’m only one EP in.
 
Orang Utan said:
Has anyone checked out AP Bio? Glenn Howerton (Dennis) playing an equally repugnant character, this time a disgraced Harvard professor forced to slum it in a high school, supposed to be teaching biology, but instead involving his pupils in his plans on wreaking his revenge on those who wronged him. Promising so far, though I’m only one EP in.
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It develops rather nicely. In time it does sometimes veer towards the skidpan of heartwarming, but overall it misanthropically pedals along like a younger, milder Philly with stabilisers.
 
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1st december for season 15 :)
 
T & P said:
I guess you’re talking about US release? It pisses me off how long it takes to migrate to the UK. Most other shows take just a week or even a day, rather than many months.
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Tbf, I think it might migrate to, uh, certain other non-paywalled parts of the internet a bit quicker. ;)
 
Day off alone today and decided to revisit some episodes. I couldn’t find Dee Day at all, and a search revealed the various streaming services around the world who show the series decided to take it off together with another four episodes due to the use of black/brown/yellow face, in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.

I can understand that, but I also hope going forward that it is clear that the very nature of this show is parodying bigotry, racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism and everything else by having its main characters display such odious traits. Because otherwise there will be about five episodes left of the entire 14 seasons that are considered not unacceptably offensive :D
 
T & P said:
Day off alone today and decided to revisit some episodes. I couldn’t find Dee Day at all, and a search revealed the various streaming services around the world who show the series decided to take it off together with another four episodes due to the use of black/brown/yellow face, in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.

I can understand that, but I also hope going forward that it is clear that the very nature of this show is parodying bigotry, racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism and everything else by having its main characters display such odious traits. Because otherwise there will be about five episodes left of the entire 14 seasons that are considered not unacceptably offensive :D
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They lost a whole episode of W/Bob and David because they highlighted the wrongness of black face in sketch
 
Upon discovering that their self-made Lethal Weapon sequels have been pulled from the local library, the Gang decides to address their political incorrectness by making another film -- Lethal Weapon 7.
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Watched it over two nights. Certainly funnier than last season, but it looks off :confused: Did they change the filming style? The Ireland stuff was good, but no stand out episode.
 
Nine Bob Note said:
Watched it over two nights. Certainly funnier than last season, but it looks off :confused: Did they change the filming style? The Ireland stuff was good, but no stand out episode.
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There were a few references in the early episodes to aftermath of George Floyd murder and the change in attitude towards what is and isn’t acceptable in TV and films. I know the networks have permanently taken down at least a couple of episodes of Always Sunny from the last season, probably more overall, because they contained stuff that even within the context of parody that’s actually criticising racist stereotypes is now considered not appropriate.

I guess there were a few subtle critical remarks reflecting on the fact that they are no longer allowed to tackle certain themes, even though anyone who isn’t an idiot will know every instance of racism shown in the show is a denunciation of such attitudes rather than the writers being racist in any way. I get their point but on the other hand I am not particularly bothered if they’re no longer allowed to do certain jokes. Just as I know that the sometimes outrageous racist stereotype gags in such shows as Family Guy or South Park are intended as anything but racist in nature. I’m amazed they’ve got away with some of the stuff for this long tbh.

But overall I found this season funnier than the last two. All of them have had hits and misses, and they must understandably be starting to run out of truly outstanding original storylines after 15 seasons. But at least the last four episodes here were properly brilliant.
 
I thought this was a huge improvement on at least the last two, though I reckon they were one episode too long in Ireland.

Not quite as good as the heyday, though.
 
Didn’t finish the last series and saw the first of this one. It’s really gone off the boil. But 16 series….
 
I've only watched three of the new series but I would agree with OU that it's gone off the boil. Happy to be proved wrong further down the line.
 
I've been listening to classic fm when working from home for the past couple of years. Yeah, whatever. Fuck you. Twice in the last couple of weeks listeners have requested this.



I think they might be Always Sunny fans. :hmm:
 
quimcunx said:
I've been listening to classic fm when working from home for the past couple of years. Yeah, whatever. Fuck you. Twice in the last couple of weeks listeners have requested this.



I think they might be Always Sunny fans. :hmm:
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Wouldn’t they have asked for Heinz Kissler though?
 
Didn't want to believe it'd gone downhill because parts of S13 and S14 have been brilliant, but I'm three episodes in and it has been two kind of weak episodes followed by an absolute dogshit one. Hoping it improves drastically from there.
 
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