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Non-OTA-network shows don't have the same FCC restrictions, so it really isn't a fair fight. |
No surprise Seth would be in a Star Trek ripoff (not homage).
Watch one of the Family Guy Star Wars episodes and tell me it's not just a reskinned version with Family Guy characters and a few references disguised as jokes. If FOX wanted to do a true Star Trek spoof, they should've called the Robot Chicken people. |
I agree with the reviews. It doesn't know what it wants to be. Probably about 5 times in the first 20 minutes, I was expecting "here comes a MacFarlane joke!" followed by... nothing. Not even good plot-advancing dialogue. Just conversation. It was weird.
Also it's just... it's Seth trying to be cast in Star Trek. He loves it, and that's cool, but it seems to me like he's just living his fantasy by creating his own Star Trek. You've got the Remans from ST: Nemesis cast as the Klingon baddies. You've got Cassidy Yates from DS9. You've got Bashir's dad from DS9. I'm pretty sure the guy who played the stern one-gender con officer alien also once played a Jem Hadar from DS9. This show basically IS Star Trek with MacFarlane jokes, and sadly, not enough of them to make the premise sing the way he wants it to. Sci-fi comedy isn't a popular genre for a reason. At least Red Dwarf never takes itself too seriously. This show teeters on being a legit drama half the time and nothing but Family Guy jokes the next. |
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I didn't say South Park was better because it was raunchier. I said Family Guy was often lazy in it's structure. It's popular, and often funny, because it picked a structure that is amusing in a light, fluffy, way. If you want to credit 16 years of longevity to that structural decision, go ahead, but it's reference machine, like the Manatees with beach balls lampooned. |
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It's a very small sandbox, so it stands to reason that it can't replicate shows with less restrictions. |
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Nothing about network mandates FG's structure. If it did, it wouldn't be the only network show that has it. |
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Damn I forgot to record this and wasn't home. :banghead:
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I'm not even going to watch now How disappointing. |
It was ok. Reviews seem about right, maybe a little harsh.
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Everything else... meh. It DOES look pretty, though. I'll say that much. |
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