Community: "Virtual Systems Analysis" (3.16)
Since its first appearance, the dreamatorium—which may seem like a fixture of the show at this point, but actually just arrived nine episodes ago—has functioned as a way of compartmentalizing Abed’s strangeness. It allows Community to have fun with his pop culture obsession without having it take over the entire show as often, but it’s also a metaphor for what the show frequently wants us to think about Abed: an open space that can imagine anything but requires input from the outside. He’s a character who supposedly lacks the sort of inner life that’s found in other humans, and “Virtual... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsCommunity: "Origins of Vampire Mythology" (3.15)
After a large-scale theme episode like “Pillows and Blankets,” it’s nice to have a little bit of breathing room with a more normal week from Community (especially when there’s another one just waiting in the wings). But the show’s third season has hardly stepped into a classroom and has become less about what a group of Greendale students do when they see each other for class than what a group of friends does after class is over. It shouldn’t be a surprise that the default location for where the “study group” hangs out has gradually changed from an in-school location... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsCommunity Review: "Pillows and Blankets" (3.14)
It’s not a given that Community‘s theme episodes will be its best ones, that they’ll consistently be television events that everyone’s talking about. But it certainly seems that way, and “Pillows and Blankets” was the most creative one the show’s done since last year’s fake clip show, “Paradigms of Human Memory.” It doesn’t take too big of a stretch to think of turning a sitcom into a western or military show once you establish that you want to regularly parody genres, but a PBS-style documentary is something so far from the show’s original content that it takes things an extra... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsCommunity Review: "Digital Exploration of Interior Design" (3.13)
While last week’s episode of Community was the type of densely pop-culture-based humor that the show’s derided for, this week’s was in a lot of ways much less accessible despite being one of the most traditionally structured the show’s ever done. “Digital Exploration of Interior Design” had three tight, self-contained plots, each of them based upon issues in the show’s continuity. “Contemporary Impressionists” had a lot about the need for change within the group dynamics, but here we see it on-screen, and this is the result, with many characters actively working through problems previously set up.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsCommunity Review: "Contemporary Impressionists" (3.12)
Last week was a particularly important one for Community, given its struggle to obtain a fourth season, so I’m glad that the episode that received such a huge ratings bump. It looks to have been partially the result of a concerted fan effort and, perhaps more importantly, the lack of The Big Bang Theory airing during the same time slot. We’ll see whether all of those viewers tune in again, but it was about as traditional a sitcom episode as anything Community does these days, and so likely a strong move. Had “Contemporary Impressionists” been the episode to air, the... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsCommunity: "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts" (3.11)
Like the rest of you, I’ve been impatiently waiting for Community to return. There’s been an incredible amount of support from its fanbase, as well as a smaller, but perhaps equally vocal, amount of criticism of the show. Community, it’s been said, is just gimmicks. It’s all pop culture parodies or in-jokes. It’s hermetic, only concerned with the small world within the show. These points have varying levels of truth to them, but one of the most important things that they miss is that there’s nothing else like Community on television. It’s not perfect, but it is original and unique.... read more
Found in: TV, Reviews10 Amazing Dean Pelton Costumes
Community finally returns tomorrow and it now has an Academy Award-winner among its cast. To celebrate the show’s return and the Oscar victory of Jim Rash, who plays Dean Pelton, we’re looking back at the most memorable, laugh-out-loud funny and downright ridiculous costumes the Dean has donned throughout the first two-and-a-half seasons. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayWatch Community's First Two Animated Shorts
Yesterday NBC premiered Abed’s Master Key, the short animated Community webisodes that will lead into the return of the third season on March 15. The shorts look to be taking the uniqueness of the series a step further when Abed becomes the deputy dean and receives a glowing and masterful key. read more
Found in: TV, NewsWatch a Clip From a New Episode of Community
It looks like there will be wedding bells when Community returns March 15. That’s right, Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) will head back to Andre (The Cosby Show’s Malcom Jamal Warner) after he re-proposes to her. read more
Found in: TV, NewsCommunity Gets Animated Web Series To Kick Off Return
The Peacock is finally giving the show the much needed promotion it needs with a series of animated shorts, titled Abed’s Master Key, which will debut on March 7 via Hulu and NBC.com. read more
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