Poll: Family Guy, yay or nay?
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I never liked it. I've always preferred the British comedy over American. I guess it's 'cause I'm Canadian by birth. I still don't understand why Americans 'don't understand' British comedy. And Canadian comedy sucks. There's no denying it.
Voted Nay, watching a Family Guy episode (especially a newer one) really just feels like watching Seth MacFarlane masturbate for twenty minutes. It's just so charged with his own self-indulgent personal philosophies, and even if I agree with him philosophically it feels so dirty, he doesn't represent his opposition well at all. It amounts to a debate where one side gets up and says, "My opponent is a DOODY HEAD HAHA HAHA"
I don't even have a problem with crassness or low-brow humor. I'll laugh at anything, as long as it's clever. That said, Family Guy relies way too often on that thing where it's basically just filler - i.e. the infamous "MOM MOM MOMMY" bit or when Peter bashes his knee and sits there for upwards of a full minute and a half just rocking back and forth cradling it. How is that at all funny? The first time I saw a gag like that I was like "roflol hehe" but it loses its humor value pretty quickly.
I won't say it's garbage though, it's done plenty of really clever jokes/episodes. And Adam West is always awesome. But especially when Seth made American Dad and that series with Cleveland and both of them had pretty much exactly the same basic structure as Family Guy... I dunno, I've grown very weary of Seth MacFarlane in general.
I don't even have a problem with crassness or low-brow humor. I'll laugh at anything, as long as it's clever. That said, Family Guy relies way too often on that thing where it's basically just filler - i.e. the infamous "MOM MOM MOMMY" bit or when Peter bashes his knee and sits there for upwards of a full minute and a half just rocking back and forth cradling it. How is that at all funny? The first time I saw a gag like that I was like "roflol hehe" but it loses its humor value pretty quickly.
I won't say it's garbage though, it's done plenty of really clever jokes/episodes. And Adam West is always awesome. But especially when Seth made American Dad and that series with Cleveland and both of them had pretty much exactly the same basic structure as Family Guy... I dunno, I've grown very weary of Seth MacFarlane in general.
I love the first couple of seasons before it was cancelled. Now I find it so unfunny it hurts. Gay Stewie got old so fast and the show just has horrible, obscure 80s references that are just unfunny.
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My biggest problem with Family Guy is that none of the characters actually have a personality now. This seems to be a theme with Seth Macfarlane's current projects. Instead of actually having depth, the characters have a basic flat layout as to how they can act (usually they're all assholes), with the finer points of how they are being based on the "plot" of the current episode. Imagine an episode that starts out with a certain character having a certain personality trait. We've never seen this trait before, and the episode will rid them of this trait, but for the duration of the episode the trait colors every interaction they have with other characters.
I'm going to echo a lot of people it seems, but I used to love it and now I don't. I like low-brow humour, when it's done right, which Family Guy nailed. South Park got on it's soap box and the show got better, because it never got in the way of the comedy and shots were taken at every one. With Family Guy, it really got in the way, with Brian becoming increasingly unlike-able and Stewie's character being derailed. The 1999 - 2009 comparison above is pretty accurate.
I don't hate Family Guy. but it gets unavoidable to compare it to American Dad (which I think is a better show)
My main problem is when they do "this reminds me of the time when someone..." because they go stale fast.
But they can really shine if they want to. that one episode in recent season where Stewie and Brian time travels (yet again) to the time of renaissance was quite enjoyable.
and the animations in stewie brian roadtrips are topnotch.
My main problem is when they do "this reminds me of the time when someone..." because they go stale fast.
But they can really shine if they want to. that one episode in recent season where Stewie and Brian time travels (yet again) to the time of renaissance was quite enjoyable.
and the animations in stewie brian roadtrips are topnotch.
i do like some of the episodes but i will have to say nay. now if i miss a simpsons or a south park im going to go back and watch, FG on the other hand, i will just wait for the rerun cause it is syndicated on plenty of channels and SP has its own website. its like me and lady gaga, if i see/hear a song i like i wont seek it out but i will stop and listen. if not, eh no sweat off my back
Family Guy never reached the level of the Early Simpsons episodes, but during the first 3 or 4 seasons, it was reasonably funny at times.
Now it's a mess of increasingly random pop culture references and sheer nastiness for the sake of being nasty and mean. With South Park, there is often a political or social edge to the jibes and the mean jokes - when South Park is cruel, it's often highlighting an absurdity of modern life - not always, but sometimes.
With Family Guy, however, they're often crass for the sake of being crass. And I find nothing of value in that.
Now it's a mess of increasingly random pop culture references and sheer nastiness for the sake of being nasty and mean. With South Park, there is often a political or social edge to the jibes and the mean jokes - when South Park is cruel, it's often highlighting an absurdity of modern life - not always, but sometimes.
With Family Guy, however, they're often crass for the sake of being crass. And I find nothing of value in that.
It's not great, but I do enjoy it from time to time. It's very random, the plot is clearly too uninspired to last through a whole episode so random clips are shown to drag out the time and whenever they're in real need of dragging out the clock they add a fight with a giant chicken. I have watched most of the episodes, and I consider it a good show and I will keep watching it in the future. It doesn't always make me laugh, but there are always bits I consider funny in it.
Family Guy was a funny and entertaining show in the original seasons (i.e. 1, 2 and 3) however once it was canceled one too many times, Seth Mcfarlane lost the plot and the continuing seasons have just been him floundering around purveying his ridiculous idea of humor, which consists of nothing more than him arguing why he is the most intelligent person out, and if your religious, conservative or against legalizing his precious marijuana your are and idiot and do not deserve to live.
I voted Yay! but, while I'd rather watch it a lot more than South Park any day, I'd much rather watch American Dad! or Futurama
Add me to the list of people that found earlier seasons hilarious but the later ones hit-or-miss
Add me to the list of people that found earlier seasons hilarious but the later ones hit-or-miss