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Arrested Development Season 4 Remix Out (May 4th)
- Thread starter Smokeymicpot
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Some of these alternate takes are uncomfortably noticeable...
How many times did I re-watch the original Season 4?
How many times did I re-watch the original Season 4?
Damn I forgot how funny this show was. Going to rewatch the whole series because I pretty much forgot everything after S4.
idk, I'm not really feeling this as much as I felt the original season 4. This feels really thrown together so far.
Jesus Christ, only 2 episodes in and the cut is 100% better, more so even. It's the season 4 we all wanted, as if they didn't skip a beat. This cut compared to the experimental version from before demonstrates the power of editing.
The same thing happens in the originals. Armie Hammer and a decent chunk of the cast of The Office are in very small roles (Ed Helms and John Crasinski get more obvious cameos in season 4 though).
Some parts of this desperately needed another color correction pass (specifically when everyone met at the apartment early on). And holy shit that CG add-in of Lucille 2 at the end of episode 1 wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
But this cut also removed those stupid, idiotic, incredibly arbitrary Facebook message sound-effects they randomly inserted to prank the audience, so it's at least a solid 8/10. (at least, I'm only at episode 3, so who knows)
But this cut also removed those stupid, idiotic, incredibly arbitrary Facebook message sound-effects they randomly inserted to prank the audience, so it's at least a solid 8/10. (at least, I'm only at episode 3, so who knows)
The Lucille and Buster smoking gag isn't any shorter in this edit, but they've somehow made it even more awkward/incredible.
Lady allure~
Lady allure~
Yeah, but only once or twice. I didn't even notice them until my second or third watch, and when I did I thought it was funny in a dumb way.
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Stan Sitwell's wig makes him look like Trump! How did I never notice this? Was this intentional?
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Yeah, they spliced them injust to fuck with people watching on their laptops. It had a certain charm at the time when Netflix was still new and mostly people watching on computers.
I think so, but it now works even better with the dumb wall xD
General episode 2 impressions:
-The narration was noticeably lighter towards the end! That's great
-George Sr.'s plot seemed better paced when GOB and Buster have scenes around it
-GOB's still fucking hilarious and in a depressing place
-Did they add audio cues for the silent woman? I think that helps the gag a bit, I didn't notice them previously
-Adding the audio cue for GOB in the boulder was a nice touch
-I felt like this episode made Buster's timeline a bit clearer
-The narration was noticeably lighter towards the end! That's great
-George Sr.'s plot seemed better paced when GOB and Buster have scenes around it
-GOB's still fucking hilarious and in a depressing place
-Did they add audio cues for the silent woman? I think that helps the gag a bit, I didn't notice them previously
-Adding the audio cue for GOB in the boulder was a nice touch
-I felt like this episode made Buster's timeline a bit clearer
-Ann is still really hot for a character that's supposed to be bland
No, but for some reason in my head I remember Arrested Development being one of the first big series they release for streaming, alongside Orange is the New Black and House of Cards.
I guess better wording is that this was Netflix's first comedy series and second self-produced original and making shows *for* Netflix was new.
On episode 20, this is leading up to a much better ending than the OG cut.
Ending on GM punching Michael was a good ending, but not to the season that was building towards a 'murder mystery'.
My eyes hurt. I think I'll watch 21/22 tomorrow. But this has been really good. Some episodes drag in the middle - but overall, this is a much more approachable version of the story.
Ending on GM punching Michael was a good ending, but not to the season that was building towards a 'murder mystery'.
My eyes hurt. I think I'll watch 21/22 tomorrow. But this has been really good. Some episodes drag in the middle - but overall, this is a much more approachable version of the story.
Yeah I've been checking today here in Japan too but nothing.
Hope this isn't somehow locked to certain regions
Holy shit, didn't make that connection. Makes this re-release better.
Just did as well.
Such a better cut. Made me appreciate a lot of the jokes more. Still had to skip over almost every single Tobias scene since I still can't stand his character for more than a few minutes.
But man did this season really made me hate a lot of the characters I already hated. Maeby, Joe, and Lucille are still my favorites.
Damn, I had forgotten about this. I remember really enjoying some episodes and arcs, but I was overall quite cold on the season, preferring 3, for instance. It seems that this makes it better? Nice.
I'll start rewatching the whole show in preparation for the new season.
I'll start rewatching the whole show in preparation for the new season.
Season 4 was grueling. There's a reason lots of critics compared it with Ulysses and it wasn't meant as a compliment.
Too structurally weird and experimental. I know AD's big thing is building up context to a big payoff later on and riffing on that over and over in increasingly clever self-reflexive ways but S4 was the nadir of that technique for me personally.
So I welcome any effort at taming that shite.
I'm excited for season 5 tho. Sort of. I think I am.
Too structurally weird and experimental. I know AD's big thing is building up context to a big payoff later on and riffing on that over and over in increasingly clever self-reflexive ways but S4 was the nadir of that technique for me personally.
So I welcome any effort at taming that shite.
I'm excited for season 5 tho. Sort of. I think I am.
Are the original seasons up? I don't have Netflix here but as far as I know the show didn't get a release here outside of airing on an ill-fated Fox network for a bit as 「ブル〜ス一家は大暴走!」
Original seasons are there. Always have been as far as I know. I've been checking through the day and it seems like it might not be coming unless it hits over the weekend or something
