http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:11:54 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/11/005831.php#comment-635108 Mr Goretsky- Arrested Development had its moments, but that third season deteriorated rapidly in retrospect. Seinfeld, on the other hand, managed to keep pretty consistent writing right till the end. I'm only a middling fan of the show, but I find it highly watchable in re-runs when I'm not hearing about it every damned day. For not having been a big fan though, I'd have to say that the series finale is probably my favorite episode. I probably didn't recognize half of the re-visited characters, but I was pleased with the ending. Even the public censure of prison would cause personal growth. I'd say that was a really effective creative way of making the last, final statement of their basic "no hugging, no learning" theme. 635108@blogcritics.org Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:11:54 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/11/005831.php#comment-635035 <b><i>Comment from Robert H. Goretsky</b></i> I guess when I think back on this show, all I can think of is consistently clever, witty, and hilarious writing throughout its life. Much like Seinfeld, perhaps the final episodes tried to be too much. As a die-hard Seinfeld fan, I can say that I truly enjoyed the final episode, because while it was not one of the greatest episodes in the series, it served as a reward for long-time viewers who would 'get' the reprisal of many of the characters and jokes. Will need to re-watch the final episodes of Arrested Development to see if the same holds true, but I beleive it did. <i>Comment by Robert H. Goretsky of Hoboken, NJ</i> 635035@blogcritics.org Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:25:53 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/11/005831.php#comment-632924 Quietus- You describe the William Hung business as "absurdist humor" as if it were an intellectual thing that I'm simply too dense to understand. It's not. The Marx brothers may have been using what might reasonably be described as absurdist humor to demonstrate the absurdity of war, for example, in Duck Soup. William Hung and Judge Reinhold, however, were not clever intellectual bits of funny, but just the lamest in pointless, stupid low-grade "celebrity" walk-ons on a half-assed sitcom that had lost any creative spark. 632924@blogcritics.org Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:09:39 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/11/005831.php#comment-632837 Having William Hung in there was an amusing non sequitur. It wasn't as if it was some big, hyped celebrity guest star. You clearly do not have the taste for random, absurdist humor, so you might as well go watch "The War at Home." 632837@blogcritics.org Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:09:17 EDT