Glee Season 3

Aw, c'mon.  This show is a major guilty pleasure.  I like that they can advance character relationships that ultimately have no real meaning.  Like when Sue started destroying that piano and was like "When you glee Kids saved my sister's wedding I've tried to be nice to you all year..." and they're like "School just started two days ago."  lol.

The show is still really funny.  I like the addition of Blain, even if it is kinda convenient.  And I like how they're setting the stage for a new class to take over as well.  And Quinn getting all gothy and emo was super funny.

I've enjoyed this show since it started, so season 3 is really shaping up to be more of what came before, and I for one am happy about that.

How to fix Glee:

1. Take one (1) camera. Nail it to the ground.

2. Place Heather Morris and Naya Rivera in front of camera.

3. Press 'record'.

4. Don't do anything else.

5. Repeat.

Problem will always be Ryan Murphys ADD.  He always gets distracted by something or finds a new thing he wants to do. 

THat and making S2 all about musical numbers, guest stars, and Kurts storyline.  Would have been fine if he was able to flesh out other characters but he failed.

Still Lea Michelle is the reason to tune in every week.

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Originally Posted by Anyawatchin Angel 

 

Still Lea Michelle is the reason to tune in every week.

You mean tune away, right?

I can't see this getting more than 4 seasons. The buzz is over, folks.

My Glee-emblazoned box of Ritz Crackers disagrees with you. Is "Gleek" a real term?

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Originally Posted by felix 

You mean tune away, right?

 

I can't see this getting more than 4 seasons. The buzz is over, folks.

 

It's still very profitable for Fox on ITunes.

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Originally Posted by JLassiter 

 Is "Gleek" a real term?

It was back when this girl flicked saliva at me with her tongue.  Pretty gross.

So, Heather Morris got four times as much screen-time as usual this week, but no dance number? Better deliver next week, Glee.

Congratulations, Glee. You've finally ruined Brittany.

Oh, this show is still on? 

Heheheh

What'd they do to Brittany?

They crossed the line from showing her living in an internally consistent fantasy world to showing her being manipulated by everyone. And the new kid can't act worth beans.

Great episode, ending with the show-stopping America. And Artie's speech? Amazing and true. I sometimes get really snappish at people trying to get the door for me because it's one of the things I can do.

But what if I happen to be one of those people who just tends to open doors for people?

I REALLY AM.  I don't even really want to do it.

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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 

But what if I happen to be one of those people who just tends to open doors for people?

 

I REALLY AM.  I don't even really want to do it.

I know it's irrational of me to sometimes react that way to general niceness. Next time you see one of my people at a door though, ask before opening the door for them. If they say no, let it go and move on. I hate it when I politely say no thank you and they start to argue with me about it. Then I'm forced to get snappy.

Makes sense.  Pushy and arbitrary politeness is obnoxious.

Well...the "sex" episode wasn't all that, but it had by far the best music of the season.  I feel as if the music this year hasn't been up to the standards of the past.  Don't know why, really.  Maybe a new music producer or something.  In any case, "Uptown Girl" by the Warblers was damn near perfect.  And the West Side Story stuff was dynamite.

I sort of tune out on the drama any more unless Brittany or Quinn are involved.

I suspect that once it became clear that iTunes was where the show was making its money, cheap song clearances became a lot harder to come by. And that has to have affected attempts to group songs by theme-- which was the signature of many of the early episodes. But you can't go wrong looting one of the best musicals of the 20th century.

Christmas episode.  Stupid "Judy Garland Christmas Special Homage" in black and white with Kurt and Blaine and the gang.  I hurt.

I did like, however, how they lifted dialogue from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" wholesale like a black friday sale at Walmart.

Singing Do They Know It's Christmas, complete with the lyric "Thank god tonight it's them instead of you", to homeless people in a soup kitchen was so wrongheaded as to be unquantifiable.

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Originally Posted by JLassiter 

My Glee-emblazoned box of Ritz Crackers disagrees with you. Is "Gleek" a real term?

Of course it is! Haven't you ever seen Deadwood's "Requiem for a Gleek"?

(Okay, it's 'gleet'. Same difference. Both are incredibly difficult to live through)

So, have all the Chewers abandoned ship on Glee? It would seem so considering how dead this thread is.  I'm not loving the show like I did in the first year, but they've had some fun episodes as of late.... I'm putting season 3 above season 2 at this point, there's a definite improvement IMHO.  

I really like how the Karofsky/Kurt story is unfolding, though it's not without its' fair share of cliche's.  Also curious as to what others think of that shocking cliffhanger tonight involving Quinn.

I thought it was lazy and/or cowardly to hand off the big "it gets better" plot to a secondary character. And that voice you heard yelling FUCK YOU SHOW, YOU THINK YOU'RE SO DAMN CLEVER for five minutes was me the instant they cut to

Fuck this show.

I really enjoyed the first season. It was fun, the songs were inspired and it had just the right mix of dark humor and seriousness.

Season 2 lost me. In typical Ryan Murphy fashion, the show stopped keeping track of it's own plotlines, characters changed depending on what the story needed that week and Will Schuster became an absolute joke of a character.

Season 3 hasn't been as bad as season 2. Some episodes are definitely a lot of fun and take me back to the first season. But, after that mid-season finale, I am checking out of this show. My fiance introduced me to this show and encouraged me to keep watching it with her every week from the beginning. I told her last night she is on her own from here on out.

What a lazy, pathetic episode. WE GET IT. Don't make fun of homosexuals. It seems every episode this past season has bashed this into our brain repeatedly. As a plot thread...fine. But to clear it all up with, "Hey, you tried to kill yourself. Just be happy and everything will be ok!" is utter bullshit. They could have done some interesting things with depression and the effects it has on young people (even adults) but.....no. Just like everything else on this show, it gets resolved and forgotten about.

I think Ryan Murphy is a very talented man and had the pleasure of meeting him a few years ago in L.A. Unfortunately, his shows always seem to fall apart. I felt the first three seasons of Nip/Tuck were FANTASTIC. After that, it turned into what GLEE is now. A show with no structure, lazy storytelling, and characters with constantly changing motivations that don't last longer than an episode.

OK rant done.

Originally Posted by Hammerhead 

I thought it was lazy and/or cowardly to hand off the big "it gets better" plot to a secondary character. And that voice you heard yelling FUCK YOU SHOW, YOU THINK YOU'RE SO DAMN CLEVER for five minutes was me the instant they cut to:

 

That other voice you might have heard during this part was me saying, "Yeah, I'm done with this show."

Actually it was more of an angry whisper so maybe you didn't hear it.

At this point, I'm just watching for the few musical numbers that I enjoy, and because I find the drama on the so-bad-it's-funny level now.  I completely lost it at the "We're gonna take an Edible Arrangement to the hospital..." line last night.  GOLD.

Wow, didn't expect this much venom... sorry for bumping this thread and sending some chewers into frothy mouthed rage, heh.  

I dunno.. I know this show isn't brilliant by any stretch, and it has plenty of groan-worthy moments (Finn and Rachel getting MARRIED? Whaaa???) ... but I still have fun watching it more often than not, which is more than I can say about a LOT of shows.  I know that's not an iron clad defense of the show, nor do I really have much of a defense other than the fact that I enjoy it as a whole, even if some of its parts leave a lot to be desired.

I mean, c'mon... Becky's inner dialogue being narrated by Hellen Mirren?  How can you not crack a smile at that?

Eh, maybe it's just the Prozac... 

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Originally Posted by Anjin 

 

I mean, c'mon... Becky's inner dialogue being narrated by Hellen Mirren?  How can you not crack a smile at that?

 

I concede that if one compiled the truly clever, touching, and original moments from the last ten episodes one might come away with a nice tidy 30 minutes.

Explanation on why GLEE sucks now.

http://tv.ign.com/articles/122/1224479p1.html

I just watch it for the songs now and then. The characters are just so stale to me.

Hey! Did you hear that Lindsay Lohan will be in the Season Finale?