Who likes Friends tv show.

bledd. said:
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Because of this, it looks really old and outdated :(

Great show though, it had one hell of a run
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Unfortunately, after a long while out having not watched it, you realise the HUGE drop in quality after a few seasons, the last few seasons are utterly crap, forced humour, different characters, bad acting, lazy writing, just mostly rubbish.

Thing is at the time watching it each year because it started off so good and you couldn't wait for a new episode, while you were aware it wasn't as good, it still had that, "its new and another ep of your favourite comedy" going for it.

Looking back now, its shocking the different take I have on probably season 5/6 onwards. The first few are still excellent though, I think the biggest issue was that they tended to refine the characters to really focus on one major I dunno, character flaw, and exagerated it massively. Pheobe was kookie but pretty normal at first, then she became a normal woman who just did the odd utterly ridiculous thing in the name of being kookie. Joey was just dumb at first, then he became a fairly normal dude who just did the odd really dumb thing when they wanted to make a joke, etc.

Great price, and well worth watching the first 4 seasons uncut, but great show, its not. Over 10 years, its average at best, over the first 4 years, its brilliant.

I did always prefer the chubbier Rachel though, because 90% of her chubby weight was in her boobs and bum and she looked amazing. Skinny Rachel wasn't terrible, in real life now she barely has boobs :( Courtney Cox looks downright hot in Cougar Town though at the moment, which btw is a brilliant comedy well worth watching.
 
Agree with DM (for once!) I recently had some time to burn so I re-watched the entire series again. About halfway through season 5 it starts to really drop in quality, by season 6 it's actually cringeworthy at times. However, friends is on of those comedies where you have to switch off your mind and just laugh for the sake of being entertained. It's a great program, but it does get old if you watch it too often.
 
drunkenmaster said:
Unfortunately, after a long while out having not watched it, you realise the HUGE drop in quality after a few seasons, the last few seasons are utterly crap, forced humour, different characters, bad acting, lazy writing, just mostly rubbish.

Thing is at the time watching it each year because it started off so good and you couldn't wait for a new episode, while you were aware it wasn't as good, it still had that, "its new and another ep of your favourite comedy" going for it.

Looking back now, its shocking the different take I have on probably season 5/6 onwards. The first few are still excellent though, I think the biggest issue was that they tended to refine the characters to really focus on one major I dunno, character flaw, and exagerated it massively. Pheobe was kookie but pretty normal at first, then she became a normal woman who just did the odd utterly ridiculous thing in the name of being kookie. Joey was just dumb at first, then he became a fairly normal dude who just did the odd really dumb thing when they wanted to make a joke, etc.

Great price, and well worth watching the first 4 seasons uncut, but great show, its not. Over 10 years, its average at best, over the first 4 years, its brilliant.

I did always prefer the chubbier Rachel though, because 90% of her chubby weight was in her boobs and bum and she looked amazing. Skinny Rachel wasn't terrible, in real life now she barely has boobs :( Courtney Cox looks downright hot in Cougar Town though at the moment, which btw is a brilliant comedy well worth watching.
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It's like someone read my mind.

I said the exact same thing, after Ross' wedding to Emily the quality of writing (and hence everything else) goes way, way down. The characters become more exagerrated for cheaps and hence lose all the relatability, it just generally becomes more shallow and relies on low-brow humour while in the earlier seasons it relied more on wit and you genuinely enjoyed the banter.

It seems to be a general thing with long-running shows, the eventually the writers either leave for new projects or start producing and a new batch of writers comes in with their own ideas for the show.
 
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