I enjoy made-for-adult cartoons. [Not hentai; regular cartoons you sick-minded weirdoes.] There a hierarchy of liking, and reasons for it, but that's not what I'm getting at. Today [or tonight, depends on when you're reading I suppose], I want to talk about Family Guy. Or one particular aspect of it.
Firstly, I DO like Family Guy. By no means is it my favourite show, but if it's on I'll watch it, and often laugh. But the thing which infuriates me about Family Guy is the way it rips on other, and very much better, shows. I have seen it rip on Two And A Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, House and it probably has many others. The problem with this is that they are all much better shows than Family Guy.
They are all have much better acting. They all have much more inricate emotions that bring you in and relate you to the characters [more so in House, but the others too]. They are all better written. They are all funnier, and their jokes are all more or less relevant to either the characters, the theme of the show or the plot. Not random, pointless and interchangeable jokes unrelated to anything.
And I'm not criticising that writing style; as I said before, it can be pretty hilarious sometimes. But that in no way gives Family Guy the right to rip on any other show, especially if they are actually better than it. The only person who would like Family Guy more than any of the three shows above is someone who frankly should not procreate, for the betterment of the species.
So Family Guy staff [assuming you all read my blog and take it seriously], stick to what you're good at, and leave your superiors alone.
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I totally agree with you, however if you look at south park, the simpsons or american dad they all do the same thing. If shows like this didn't rip on other shows, then they may very well not have any content left to air. Let's face it, it's part of the pecking order of tv, some tv shows have great actors and a pretty good plot, whilst others must rely on playing the role of a tv bully and rip these shows apart.
ReplyDeleteBut Family Guy does it for no fair reason, takes shit out of context and just says a show is shit. Shows like South Park do it either as a harmless joke or to point out how stupid something is [like the episodes that rip on Family Guy AND still give it a fair go].
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