Family guy vs Firefly

POSTED BY: MsA
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 21:26
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MSA

Saturday, March 28, 2009 3:34 AM

WTF just read that Family guy was brought back to the air after selling 2.2 million copies....
HEY Firefly definitely had that many copies sold....

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FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, March 28, 2009 4:04 AM

family guy is HORRENDOUS. i dont know why they ever brought that show back from the dead ><;;

PHOENIXROSE

Saturday, March 28, 2009 4:08 AM

They hate us

Also, Family guy is cheaper to make. But mostly they hate us.

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KWICKO

Saturday, March 28, 2009 4:11 AM

I'm gonna go with "cheaper to make".

I'm not sure they hate us. We spend money on their stuff. They definitely DO NOT hate money. It may be the only thing they DON'T hate!

ZEROKIRYU

Saturday, March 28, 2009 4:21 AM

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Originally posted by freelancertex:
family guy is HORRENDOUS. i dont know why they ever brought that show back from the dead ><;;

*Channels Stewie* How the hell can you hate Family Guy?

And also, I believe Family Guy sold that many the week it was released.

BORIS

Saturday, March 28, 2009 5:12 AM

also keep in mind that some of "them" actually like "Firefly" they just don't beleive they can sell it. Family guy is a seller because a lot of children have gotten into it....not the market it was originally aimed at but kids love it, and because it's a cartoon unknowledgeable parents allow them to watch it.

IMNOTHERE

Saturday, March 28, 2009 1:13 PM

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Originally posted by MsA:
WTF just read that Family guy was brought back to the air after selling 2.2 million copies....
HEY Firefly definitely had that many copies sold....

I'm sure that selling the movie rights to Universal didn't help, and strongly suspect that if the DVD sales from the BDM *and* the series had gone into the same pot we'd have more Firefly in one medium or the other. (Judging by the Amazon ratings when the BDM was released, the BDM sold a metric shedload of Firefly box-sets).

ECGORDON

Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:20 PM

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Originally posted by zerokiryu:
How the hell can you hate Family Guy?

Because it is childish (not just sophomoric, but adolescent) humor that is rarely actually funny? I don't know, just a thought.

KHAMBILO

Saturday, March 28, 2009 11:29 PM

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Originally posted by boris:
Family guy is a seller because a lot of children have gotten into it....not the market it was originally aimed at but kids love it, and because it's a cartoon unknowledgeable parents allow them to watch it.

Too true...

KWICKO

Sunday, March 29, 2009 12:02 AM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Quote:
Originally posted by zerokiryu:
How the hell can you hate Family Guy?

Because it is childish (not just sophomoric, but adolescent) humor that is rarely actually funny? I don't know, just a thought.

You're right, of course - but did you ever consider that that is its appeal?

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, March 29, 2009 12:14 AM

they take it to an unnecessary level though, i just find it offensive. there are some small clips that are funny, i will admit to that, but i cannot sit through an entire episode, or even half an episode. its too *shudders*

MISSTRESSAHARA

Monday, March 30, 2009 2:10 AM

I'm with Freelance and Eggordon. I really can see no humor in the show. It touts itself as another Simpson's but at least there was maturity in the humor of that show (well, the older Simpson's, things have gone downhill fast) I see Family Guy as toilet humor, like Rosanne or Married with children. I just cannot find the funny, and Peter Griffin is NOT the next Homer Simpson. I still find it hard to believe this got another season when really good tv (Firefly) was allowed to burn. It's sad.

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BORIS

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:47 AM

I found the earlier seasons much better...I think they dumbed it down and made it more offensive to reach a wider market.

ZEROKIRYU

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:04 AM

Wow...Smellin' a lotta pretentiousness comin' offa this thread.

SINGATE

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:24 AM

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Originally posted by zerokiryu:
Wow...Smellin' a lotta pretentiousness comin' offa this thread.

Well then this should make you feel better. My DVD collection includes:

Family Guy
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Sealab 2021
Drawn Together
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

I likes me some low brow humor.
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BORIS

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:21 PM

I love "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" does anyone here watch "Carpoolers"? or Robot Chicken? also I don't think you can say people are pretentious for not appreciating Family Guy. I sincerely did like the first seasons and sincerely don't find most of the newer installments very amusing. but i do sincerely know many prebubescent children who love it.

ZEROKIRYU

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:49 PM

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Originally posted by boris:
also I don't think you can say people are pretentious for not appreciating Family Guy.

I didn't say they were pretentious for not appreciating it, they're pretentious for comments like these:

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but i do sincerely know many prebubescent children who love it.

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Because it is childish (not just sophomoric, but adolescent) humor that is rarely actually funny? I don't know, just a thought.

When I hear stuff like this I always get the mental image of a 12 year old kid telling his younger brother that he's too mature to play with toys now.

And I love Robot Chicken. I'm also a fan of The Boondocks, and I've been known to enjoy ATHF a bit.

STORYMARK

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 12:01 AM

Aside from the DVD sales, it also became one of, if not the highest rated shows on Cartoon Network when they started airing it, just before the DVDs hit.

I find it occasionally funny, but I agree it's incredibly adolecent in it's humor. A meager attempt at a story, with a couple dozen random pop-culture refrences thrown in, stir, repeat ad nauseum.

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SHINYGOODGUY

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 6:53 AM

What the duece!

Family Guy used to be funnier, but lately......

....occasionally funny, but I agree it's incredibly adolecent in it's humor. A meager attempt at a story, with a couple dozen random pop-culture refrences thrown in, stir, repeat ad nauseum.

.......it's lost some, if not all, of it's edge.

SGG

Tawabawho?

BORIS

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 9:26 PM

I was seriously not being pretentious Most of the people I know who enjoy family guy are literally aged 8-12. I respect these people on a lot of levels, and do not assume that because of their age they are less intuitive or intelligent in fact often times they put us oldies to shame.( okay I'm only 40 so I'm not that old really but according to some of my younger friends I am a relic.) I just don't enjoy Family Guy anymore and they do.