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BoobsR_gr8
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Please anyone explain to me how any of the characters besides adam are likeable

6/1/2012 1:21:38 AM

vinylbandit
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I was unaware of the fact that a show can only be good if the characters are likeable and relatable.

I guess that makes iCarly the best show ever!

6/1/2012 2:26:26 AM

BoobsR_gr8
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usually I can see why people like a show even if I do not. this is a first





[Edited on June 1, 2012 at 2:34 AM. Reason : ']

6/1/2012 2:28:38 AM

thegoodlife3
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they aren't supposed to be likeable

6/1/2012 2:38:59 AM

BoobsR_gr8
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besides the main character, the other characters' storylines are pretty weak. there is no buildup week to week, the main character's line is the only one with any kind of plot. I am aware that typically a show is focused on the main character, but a lot of time is spent on the others and it is pretty much a waste

the british chick, the roommate, the jewish girl are just written in doing random shit from week to week

6/1/2012 2:52:22 AM

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"besides the main character, the other characters' storylines are pretty weak. there is no buildup week to week, the main character's line is the only one with any kind of plot. I am aware that typically a show is focused on the main character, but a lot of time is spent on the others and it is pretty much a waste

the british chick, the roommate, the jewish girl are just written in doing random shit from week to week"

none of this is true

6/1/2012 3:12:54 AM

BoobsR_gr8
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Good counterpoint

6/1/2012 3:35:05 AM

Bweez
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"I guess that makes iCarly the best show ever!
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OK CHIEF, iCarly is a good show leave it out of this

I'm telling you just how I feel.





^^^So Marnie's boyfriend arc, which started in the first ep and has been active nearly every episode since, is not "plot"? and is "random shit"?

The british chick's continuing situation with the middle aged guy is "random shit"?

[Edited on June 1, 2012 at 4:21 AM. Reason : .]

6/1/2012 4:18:40 AM

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This show should be called 'Hannah's Diary'. About a girl who isn't special trying to 'make it' in the big apple.

EXACTLY like 5 million other vapid bitches who keep an uneventful diary that think they are something special and that other people want to hear about their boring life.

"OMG Lena u r such a good writer! U should write a book!!1!"

6/1/2012 10:10:45 AM

Ernie
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She wrote a highly-praised feature

She writes and stars in a show on HBO

She'll never make it

[Edited on June 1, 2012 at 10:54 AM. Reason : Do you not get why they keep referencing MTM]

6/1/2012 10:54:16 AM

thegoodlife3
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I don't want this season to ever end

6/4/2012 12:04:18 AM

Pikey
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Adam is the only good thing about this show.

I would love a spinoff of just Adam and none of the other retarded girls.

6/4/2012 7:26:59 AM

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Yeah, Adam is by far the best character.

Venture capitalist was pretty hilarious too. He was the cop from Brides Maids.

6/4/2012 8:23:11 AM

BoobsR_gr8
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^^

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"Sex : M "
lol

6/4/2012 7:00:57 PM

elkaybie
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This show fills the void that bored to death left behind. Love it.

6/4/2012 9:45:21 PM

thegoodlife3
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^^ look man, I know you're trying to troll and all, but if that's all you got, I think it's time for you to retire or go to the minors for a rehab stint

shit's weak

6/5/2012 12:26:09 AM

elduderino
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This show is hilarious and a damn good satire.

Haters gonna hate.

6/5/2012 1:36:40 AM

prb185
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How did Adam go from not giving a fuck to wonderful boyfriend overnight?

6/5/2012 3:10:50 AM

aimorris
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^ the show isn't as well written as people want you to believe

I love the Gawker reviews of this show.

6/5/2012 8:19:04 AM

Dentaldamn
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i havent been watching but I have been keeping up with the gawker recaps.

6/5/2012 9:15:49 AM

vinylbandit
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Hatewatching is the new hatefucking.

6/5/2012 12:47:35 PM

Money_Jones
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"How did Adam go from not giving a fuck to wonderful boyfriend overnight?"


They showed it at the end of the episode before last- Hannah never seemed to have any interest beyond coming over to fuck (never asked him anything about his life), so he didn't give a fuck, then they got into the fight, he is yelling "you want me to be your boyfriend? Is that what you want?" cut to them all in the cab, he is now boyfriend, Hannah started giving a fuck, so he did too

6/5/2012 12:59:23 PM

Bweez
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"^ the show isn't as well written as people want you to believe

I love the Gawker reviews of this show."


Gawker reviews aren't as well written as Gawker wants you to believe.

6/5/2012 7:30:37 PM

dillydaliant
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aimorris's posts aren't as well-written as aimorris wants you to believe.

[Edited on June 5, 2012 at 7:47 PM. Reason : /]

6/5/2012 7:47:08 PM

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posts about posts about posts are not as posts as you posts they posts

6/5/2012 7:56:17 PM

aimorris
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No, they're pretty funny. It's just that fans on here don't want to admit the show tries too hard sometimes. I actually saw the recaps from somebody on twitter who likes the show.

And I sort of like the show too. I mean, I'm still watching.

6/5/2012 8:18:41 PM

dillydaliant
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^^woah, second half of that sentence definitely mindfucked me

6/5/2012 8:35:28 PM

Bweez
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^^I've only read one Gawker recap, I posted it on page 2 but the link isn't working for me right now. It was pretty mindblowingly terrible. If you think Girls "tries too hard" then I don't know how you can get through a single sentence of Gawker's inane ramblings. They define trying too hard.

[Edited on June 5, 2012 at 8:41 PM. Reason : .]

6/5/2012 8:40:15 PM

BoobsR_gr8
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"^^ look man, I know you're trying to troll and all, but if that's all you got, I think it's time for you to retire or go to the minors for a rehab stint

shit's weak"


you are a dude creaming over a chick show

ssly

6/5/2012 9:20:44 PM

Bweez
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no, we are dudes creaming over an awesome show.

6/5/2012 9:24:17 PM

BoobsR_gr8
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ssly

6/5/2012 9:27:12 PM

Bweez
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are you broken

6/5/2012 9:41:34 PM

GGMon
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If you are a man and actually can watch / enjoy this garbage, turn in your cock. You are a disgrace to men everywhere

6/6/2012 8:03:01 AM

GGMon
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The Drummer from Bad Company's daughter and Brian Williams' daughter lie down together on the douchebag's living room carpet and begin making out. Why? Who knows. But rest assured that millions of 24-to-28-year-old girls, whose very existence had previously been effectively denied by the entertainment media establishment, were very grateful last night that HBO gave a platform to Laurie Simmons' daughter so that she could at long last explore stories—for us by us—about how 24-year-old girls dig making out with each other. There is literally nothing else like it on television. May she continue breaking down barriers. I bet you never saw chicks making out with each other on Entourage.

6/6/2012 8:51:05 AM

Wraith
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"He was the cop from Brides Maids."


That's Chris O'Dowd, he was in The IT Crowd too, if you found him funny in this show or Bridesmaids you should definitely check it out.

6/6/2012 9:09:00 AM

dillydaliant
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^^Even underneath the punchlines, that quote misses the point by about a billion miles. And it's not even funny or clever.

[Edited on June 6, 2012 at 10:14 AM. Reason : /]

6/6/2012 10:13:20 AM

GGMon
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what was the point? lay it out for me.

6/6/2012 10:30:15 AM

aimorris
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Yeah because that point of Marnie making an attempt to stop being an uptight bitch and be free and express herself like Jessa was so hidden. That writer is such a stupid idiot. I bet he likes Two and a Half Men too.

6/6/2012 10:38:54 AM

Bweez
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"The Drummer from Bad Company's daughter and Brian Williams' daughter"


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"Laurie Simmons' daughter"


Wow... They're still doing this... They still think this is funny... Shit is unreadable.

Oh, and I'll say again:

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"yes, I'm sure the incredibly famous, hollywood-clout-having dollhouse photographer Laurie Simmons's name helped Lena Dunham sell scripts and make films. NEPOTISM NEPOTISM NEPOTISM"

6/6/2012 1:12:53 PM

dillydaliant
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It seems that a lot (not all) of the people who are hating on the show fail to understand that the spoiled-ness of the girls and all the trust fund shit is intentional and purposeful. It'd be like people getting mad at the writers of The Wire for writing so many cops, drug dealers, and drug users into their show. It's what the show is about.

Also, I don't think the show is brilliant or a work of genius or anything, but I do think it is a very well-written show from a talented, witty, bright young woman.

6/6/2012 1:23:46 PM

aimorris
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There are parts that are very well written and witty, I agree. I enjoy most of Hannah and Adam's scenes together.

I just think the show fails when she's writing scenes for the other characters. Scenes like the one with the douchebag are just so forced and over the top IMO, considering how real/normal the rest of the show tries to be. Jessa's boredom came off as cartoon-y and the guy was like a spoof of somebody that really likes Entourage, and it felt like that even moreso when they actually mentioned the show.

6/6/2012 1:48:14 PM

dillydaliant
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^I'll agree that that guy's reaction to the wine spilling on the rug was over-the-top douchy and a bit implausible. It was still pretty funny, though.

[Edited on June 6, 2012 at 1:52 PM. Reason : .]

6/6/2012 1:51:43 PM

vinylbandit
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There's also the newer cultural phenomenon that shows have to hit the ground running, fully crystalized, or people will abandon them. Part of this is our leaning toward an instant gratification society, but a big part is that so many shows lately have arrived with superb episodes and no time to settle into a rhythm. The first season of the Simpsons is pretty terrible compared to what came two years later, but it was worth the wait. Obviously a drama is a bit different, but it's still something to consider.

6/6/2012 1:59:40 PM

aimorris
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That might be true for some shows but I don't think that's the case for Girls. There are the extremes like GGMon and boobs that were never going to like the show, no matter how well it was written. And then you have people that checked in after hearing the buzz, decided the subject matter/tone/whatever just wasn't for them, and checked out.

I don't see many people who started on the first episode ditching the show because it hasn't materialized into a masterpiece of television yet.

6/6/2012 2:30:23 PM

BoobsR_gr8
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^ I still watch every episode hoping to see what is so original/interesting/etc that some males on here are in love with.

Still feels like a chick show(i say this assuming women must relate to some of the shit the characters are going through bc i certainly dont) and the only worthwhile character is adam.

6/6/2012 3:38:39 PM

Ernie
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"I don't get it. It must suck."

-- Internet

6/6/2012 3:45:42 PM

aimorris
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"Still feels like a chick show (i say this assuming women must relate to some of the shit the characters are going through bc i certainly dont)"


I missed where every episode was about breaking a nail and having your period.

6/6/2012 5:02:22 PM

BoobsR_gr8
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Since thats what most girl shows are about

6/6/2012 7:16:46 PM

Bweez
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Girls is JUST LIKE Grey's Anatomy

6/6/2012 8:18:19 PM

CaelNCSU
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http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/174410/girls-is-surprisingly-male.html

Definitely leans male. I think the social criticism of that generation is to central to call it a chick show.

[Edited on June 7, 2012 at 12:14 AM. Reason : A]

6/7/2012 12:13:22 AM

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