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The League has not aged well...
Posted on 5/18/16 at 9:46 pm
Posted on 5/18/16 at 9:46 pm
So I've watched some of the earlier episodes on Netflix lately....and man, just not very good. Maybe I'm letting the hate I eventually developed for most of the characters in the later seasons sour me, but I haven't found it nearly as funny as I did at the time.
Not sure who's worse, Taco or Raffii.
It's also entirely too self referential
Not sure who's worse, Taco or Raffii.
It's also entirely too self referential
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 9:49 pm to BilJ
Early seasons are extremely funny. It eventually became entirely too contrived and probably went a little longer than it should have. Got away from the initial foundation of being about fantasy football and then stopped being funny.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 9:53 pm to JumpingTheShark
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Early seasons are extremely funny
I used to think that, but not so much now.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 9:58 pm to BilJ
It was always a stupid comedy that relied on obnoxious shock value. It had a few amusing moments, but it mostly capitalized on the fantasy sports craze.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:05 pm to Peazey
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It was always a stupid comedy that relied on obnoxious shock value.
probably why it gets worse upon re watch.
Also disagree with straying away from fantasy is what hurt it, some of that was when it felt most contrived. The awful athlete cameos, making roster decisions you'd never have to make in an 8team league, etc.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:07 pm to BilJ
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It's also entirely too self referential
Good God yes.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:11 pm to BilJ
It was amusing for a season or two but went to shite quickly. I remember getting into an argument with someone who said the writers were brilliant and the show was great. This was around Season 3 mind you.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:11 pm to BilJ
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The League has not aged well...
Not surprising really. And now I hate Kevin since he lied about missing his flight on 9/11 or something like that
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:17 pm to Cap Crunch
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. And now I hate Kevin since he lied about missing his flight on 9/11 or something like that
his BWW ads were probably a bigger sin
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:28 pm to BilJ
The athlete cameos became so lame. Like they used the show as an excuse to hang out with professional football players.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:34 pm to BilJ
Can't stand ruxin
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:35 pm to hendersonshands
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became so lame.
I don't think they were ever not lame.
JJ Watt's was probably among the worst.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:37 pm to BilJ
Couldn't have been worse than him on New Girl.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:56 pm to BilJ
I couldn't finish season two it got so bad.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 11:09 pm to JumpingTheShark
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Early seasons are extremely funny. It eventually became entirely too contrived and probably went a little longer than it should have.
Feel the same way about workaholics... someone tell me I'm wrong? Have not watched in a couple of seasons
The League did go on for just a tad bit too long
Posted on 5/18/16 at 11:26 pm to JumpingTheShark
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Early seasons are extremely funny. It eventually became entirely too contrived and probably went a little longer than it should have. Got away from the initial foundation of being about fantasy football and then stopped being funny.
Ironically, in the biz it's now known as
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JumpingTheShark
Posted on 5/18/16 at 11:32 pm to Cap Crunch
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And now I hate Kevin since he lied about missing his flight on 9/11 or something like that
Hey Brian, who's this Kevin? He sounds like a real piece of shite. Hahahahaha.
Posted on 5/19/16 at 12:33 am to BilJ
Cameos were dreadful and became more and more frequent
They ran out of fantasy football material after like season 2, then overcompensated for it with 1000 more Rafi/Taco scenes
Then the just hammered home the same 4 jokes way too many times. Ripping on Andre was hilarious and then it just got stale
Basically it was a victim of it's own success. I'd watch a new series with the same crew if the subject was more sustainable of a plot. They still had some super funny stuff throughout the show
They ran out of fantasy football material after like season 2, then overcompensated for it with 1000 more Rafi/Taco scenes
Then the just hammered home the same 4 jokes way too many times. Ripping on Andre was hilarious and then it just got stale
Basically it was a victim of it's own success. I'd watch a new series with the same crew if the subject was more sustainable of a plot. They still had some super funny stuff throughout the show
Posted on 5/19/16 at 2:06 am to wildtigercat93
I'm watching the series for the first time on netflix and it's pretty obvious the writers got lazy and doubled down on each character as seasons went on...Taco became more retarded every year, Ruxin became
more of a dick, Kevin was emasculated more and more, Andre said weird stuff that was immediately pounced on, etc
more of a dick, Kevin was emasculated more and more, Andre said weird stuff that was immediately pounced on, etc
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Posted on 5/19/16 at 7:56 am to BilJ
The first two to three seasons of that show were awesome. I think you're letting how bad it turned out in the end color your views on the earlier one.
The early episodes were basically Sunny but without the characters being complete and utter losers.
The early episodes were basically Sunny but without the characters being complete and utter losers.
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