I have no idea why the US version of The Office gets any love. It's painfully dull and unfunny.
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LttP: Parks and Recreation is not that good
- Thread starter Halbrand
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It surely is up there as an all-time bad contender.
Parks and Rec is phenomenal.
or maybe his style of humor don´t conect with you but conect with others
We're not supposed to love Pawnee - Lesley loves Pawnee. Two different things. The show is highlighting how thankless public service can be.
The gay penguins stuff hasn't aged badly, it's aged incredibly well. Plenty of people are still ridiculously against shit like that for absurd reasons.
The gay penguins stuff hasn't aged badly, it's aged incredibly well. Plenty of people are still ridiculously against shit like that for absurd reasons.
30 Rock isn't dated? I love that show but have you watched it lately? Its treatment of gays and transgenders is abhorrent.
Awful take
Parks and Recreation is amazing and is better than The Office at times.
Leslie is miles ahead of Michael
The cast is amazing
There are better plots to follow
It ends at just the perfect time.
It's only weak points are season 1 and early season 6, but I would watch those a thousand times before watching season 8 or 9 of The Office
Parks and Recreation is amazing and is better than The Office at times.
Leslie is miles ahead of Michael
The cast is amazing
There are better plots to follow
It ends at just the perfect time.
It's only weak points are season 1 and early season 6, but I would watch those a thousand times before watching season 8 or 9 of The Office
Love both The Office and Parks and Rec, they're some of the best shows out there ~ especially for rewatches.
You have it wrong, friend. That's the UK version.
You have it wrong, friend. That's the UK version.
I felt the same for the first few episodes but then it grew on me. I'm up to the end of the fourth season. I've found the humor has gotten progressively better. Swanson is my absolute favorite. He knocks it out of the park.
Yea, if you think the penguins aged poorly I don't think you understand the episode.
I was annoyed by your post right from the offset due to its premise and then every line of the content made me progressively more frustrated. Your complaints are basically that the characters are too perfect at what they're supposed to be, lol. It almost read like a parody if I'm being honest.
Anyway, outside of the meh first season, Parks is absolutely perfect.
Anyway, outside of the meh first season, Parks is absolutely perfect.
Show is amazing after you get through the first season, and once you hit season 3...oh man; so good. The series is one of my favorite comedies. I've recently introduced my wife to the show; she was at first not feeling it at all but I warned her about season one. We're currently in the early episodes of season three and she's been laughing hysterically.
I heavily disagree. The Office is funny enough, I'll give you that, but it's way more mean-spirited.
Parks and Rec is way more heartwarming and not nearly as malicious.
Ron, April, and Ben were high points for me. Ben has the best reaction faces in particular for me, making him my favorite.
Whereas at least so far as I watched in The Office, which was part way through Season 2 I believe? Maybe the beginning of Season 3? Michael feels like he's trying way too hard to be awkward a lot of the time, Jim is funny, Dwight is funny, but I don't really buy in to many other members' personalities and comedy.
I don't know. I vastly prefer Parks and Rec to Office. It's certainly aged better than The Office in my opinion.
Parks and Rec is way more heartwarming and not nearly as malicious.
Ron, April, and Ben were high points for me. Ben has the best reaction faces in particular for me, making him my favorite.
Whereas at least so far as I watched in The Office, which was part way through Season 2 I believe? Maybe the beginning of Season 3? Michael feels like he's trying way too hard to be awkward a lot of the time, Jim is funny, Dwight is funny, but I don't really buy in to many other members' personalities and comedy.
I don't know. I vastly prefer Parks and Rec to Office. It's certainly aged better than The Office in my opinion.
It's a character-driven comedy so if you don't like the characters, you won't like it. I like the characters.
Agreed, this show being only two seasons is a tragedy.
I feel that P&R is consistently good once you get past S1 (Office is shaky in S1 too), but never has any truly incredible episodes or truly bad ones, which I feel The Office has a good amount of both. P&R is a solid 8, Office ranges from 5-10 depending on the episode.
the cast of Seinfeld are very intentionally awful people, and I feel like this bit is funny because of its blatant hypocrisy.
and OP, Parks and Rec is a warm hug of a show.
I think the treatment of Jerry encourages work place bullying and is why I can't understand people calling it warm and loving. Not that it ruins the show it's just it always felt tonally wrong for the show they wanted to make.
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Agreed, on every point.
The office is unwatchable, Tom is a POS that never changes, The Bullying of Larry is bad but I think it's to show these characters have flaws.
Ron is almost insufferable but luckily he changes a bit later on.
Just from your description it's super obviously a joke about extrapolating tech and culture in near future time jumps and how writers always overshoot it by like twenty or fifty years.
I agree that P&R is fairly consistent other than a shaky first season & a few mediocre episodes in the later seasons, but I disagree that it doesn't have any standout episodes. IMO, some of the best episodes are:
The Comeback Kid (the Ice Rink episode)
The Treaty (the Model UN episode)
The Fight (the Snake Juice episode)
Time Capsule (the Twilight episode)
Flu Season
Hunting Trip
Telethon
Sister City
My wife tried P&R and gave up after a couple episodes (not surprising since the 1st season is noticeably worse than the rest), but then a friend recommended the Time Capsule episode to her and she found it hysterical so we gave it another shot & ended up loving the series.
The first season is considered to be pretty weak. It gets much better later on.
Honestly it is far more consistent than the office. I actually enjoyed it all the way to the end, although the last season really ruined my suspension of disbelief with the ridiculous technology that was far too high tech for the year they were portraying. Great show overall.
Yep. Gets is it's footing season 2 and takes off from there.
Thank you for this.
Exactly. I'm rewatching the whole series and it only gets better, especially when Mark leaves and Chris and Ben become regulars.
Pawnee is the worst part of a really funny show. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if moderating Pawnee hurts or helps the show in any way.
I just tried starting this and the opening sequence is making fun of homophobic Koreans... Will I hate this?
for me brooklyn 99 isn't ever gonna hit the levels of parks, its just too damn ridiculous. I think Parks is so good because they have heartfelt episodes and moments, you really do feel something for ben and leslie. brooklyn 99 is just one long gag.
I think they did a great swerve on this by showing that Jerry/Garry/Larry/Terry gets the last laugh by having a very happy home and family life. And a... very satisfied wife.
I think that's the best way they could have played it.... It still doesn't change it's an entire show where a work place is humiliating and insulting a coworker. Especially since most audiences probably don't finish the show and watch random episodes.
Again I like the show don't take this as me calling it bad or mean spirited by any means I just think kinda kills the warm vibe every time it happens
I never noticed that, you're right she's totally moving to slap him before he hits the punchline.
