Super Bad..... Anyone see it yet?

**Mels_Smileys45** · August 18th, 2007, 12:44 AM

Super Good?

no you cant play the video! HTML please fuckers

I hear good things, anyone peak this one yet? Everyone is saying its better than Knocked UP and that one was funny as Hell.

Seth Rogan is on fire. Sort of Amazing as Ive been following him every since he was on "freaks and geeks" the best TV show like.... EVER! I know Ive been harping about Freaks and Geeks forever but if you havent watched it yet this all the more reason for all you guys to download it. Seth has a great role as the edgy freak. There are so many stars that are emerging from this series. I know NBC has to be shooting themselves over the oh so wise choice of giving the best show ever the axe because of "who wants to be a Millionaire".

How is that for Hijacking my own thread? Seriously, go download this show today. (Freaks) It is soooo good you will not believe it and if you grew up in the 80's you will really get it.

Also does anyone remember Seth in Donnie Darko? Yes, he was in there. Watch it again.

**enter8** · August 18th, 2007, 12:47 AM

Freaks and Geeks, hell yeah. Best TV show of all time- and most tragic cancellation.

Judd Apatow is a comedy God.

I reviewed Freaks and Geeks on IMDB just a couple weeks ago:

I Love This Show, 30 July 2007
10/10
Author: dvd123 from United States

I've watched just about everything there is to watch for the last 25 years and this is my favorite out of all of it. That's saying something.

Out of all of the televisions shows that were canceled well before their time, the cancellation of this show makes me the angriest (firefly is high on that list as well).

I have never had a stronger sense of connection with a work of art. It speaks to me. It speaks to my soul.

Bear in mind that I was in high school about the same time that this story takes place, I am about the same age (and gender) as the show's creators, and I also grew up in the same area, at least the same area as Judd Apatow, the executive producer. I am also a freak and a geek watching a show that is basically a love letter to freaks and geeks. In many senses, I am the target demographic. Not only that, because I am smack in the middle of Generation X, I am very very rarely the target demographic, making times when I am the target demographic extremely special. This is one of those times.

I know, everyone and their brother is head over heels in love with this show and my glowing praise is just a single drop in a sea of glowing praise. It doesn't make a difference. I love this show and will always love this show. I will scream it from the mountain tops.

I love this show.

**Signa** · August 18th, 2007, 03:10 AM

is it good? i thought the previews looked fucking retarded. like american pie, but more mindless.

**Mels_Smileys45** · August 18th, 2007, 03:14 AM

Freaks and Geeks, hell yeah. Best TV show of all time- and most tragic cancellation.

I love the show too. And yes, I was mad at the way it ended..... at first

But after thinking about it for a bit... the way it ended made it even more of a legend. Its sorta like an allegory of life. Stepping out into the unknown not knowing what will happen next. It makes me shutter just thinking about it. I like stories that have a good begining and and end and often TV shows get run into the dirt. It may be the best thing that could have heppened to the series.

Originally Posted by Signa

is it good? i thought the previews looked fucking retarded. like american pie, but more mindless.

Its getting good reviews and everyone is saying its better than knocked up if you like screwball comedy

**hawkburn** · August 18th, 2007, 03:59 AM

I saw it on Thursday night for our employee screening, and I must say it was pretty much non-stop laughs. It will generally appeal to the 20s crowd (and under), as about 99% of the humor was based on sexual references etc.

But yea that should win some kind of comedy award.

**enter8** · August 18th, 2007, 04:28 AM

Originally Posted by Mels_Smileys45

But after thinking about it for a bit... the way it ended made it even more of a legend. Its sorta like an allegory of life. Stepping out into the unknown not knowing what will happen next. It makes me shutter just thinking about it. I like stories that have a good begining and and end and often TV shows get run into the dirt. It may be the best thing that could have heppened to the series.

TV shows invariably get run into the dirt, and, given enough time, F&G might have gone that road as well and yes, there is a certain poetry/terrible beauty to a show that is canceled early in it's life. But... the timing, imo, was just too brutal. For me, it wasn't like watching someone go through high school and then get tossed into the real world, it was like watching someone go through freshman year and then get lofted into the unknown. It was, for lack of a better term, infanticide.

Only one good thing came out it. It gave Apatow the opportunity to persue other projects. If F&G would have run 5 years, we might not ever have seen the likes of:

Anchorman
40 Year Old Virgin
Kicking and Screaming
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Knocked Up
Superbad

And even though these were/are all great movies, I'd give them up in heartbeat for one more season of F&G.

Just think about it. One more year of Martin Starr as Bill Haverchuck... tell me that doesn't bring a smile to your face.

**ccslavefeet** · August 18th, 2007, 05:04 AM

bout to go see it today...hear from alot of people that its really funny...hopefully it lives up to all tha hype....

**Lord_of_the_Dense** · August 18th, 2007, 08:16 AM

I heard a negative review from an unreliable source today. I figure that if this guy thinks it's stupid, then it absolutely must be, but now I'm starting to consider otherwise. There's no way I'd see this over a repeat screening of Transformers, though.

**horrid1999** · August 21st, 2007, 01:00 PM

I saw this movie on Friday, and it was hilarious!

The whole movie is [Insert Spoiler Here], and it's too funny the whole time they're doing it!

**enjoinick** · August 21st, 2007, 01:21 PM

this is probably one of the funniest movies i have ever seen!

**Jared Moya** · August 23rd, 2007, 12:57 PM

It was alright....definitely no Meatballs or American Pie though.

**yomama420** · September 8th, 2007, 05:19 PM

i thought it was funny as hell listening to the kids.

**Voltrina** · October 1st, 2007, 06:07 AM

i just watched freaks and geeks. it is really one of the best series ever. im so mad they did only one season..

**tafunda** · October 1st, 2007, 06:16 AM

Superbad is super good XD

**wingnut2600** · October 1st, 2007, 06:46 AM

The middle was good... the start and end left quite a bit to be desired.

The main character was not a sympathetic lead, which was required for the suspension of disbelief that any woman could find him attractive. If he were nice, special in any way or intelligent (or anything more than a fat, obnoxious kid with bad hair), I could have bought it, but he was just a dick.

Plus, I just need to say that the whole "gonna get fucked--you are so in there" dialog thing wore thin after a bit. Sure, kids talk like this, but it seemed too dense to really allow for any exposition.

I think of a film as a snapshot; if you rely too much on one narrative device or represent a character in a similar manner throughout the film, you over-generalize it to the characters.

I was thinking that it was like Dazed and Confused if it were just a vacuous comedy with characters with whom you didn't empathize and unrealistic dialog.

That said, I did enjoy Superbad, but it just wasn't anything extraordinary...