1. It’s like “Friends” except no one’s hot. It’s the same thing and it’s been done (for ten seasons actually). Plus, to Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox we have... Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders? To Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer we have...Josh Radnor and Jason Segel? Why do I feel like I’m watching bad porn?
2. The main hangout is a bar. Coincidence? I think not. It doesn’t bode well if you have to get liquored up to tolerate your own banal lives…
3. They scrape their celebrity cameos from the bottom of the barrel. Bryan Cranston, Sarah Chalke, Lyndsy Fonseca, David Henrie, Joe Manganiello, Ashley Williams: recognize any of them? Exactly. Yes I know, they have Britney Spears, but that’s like saying you’re sending Jessica Simpson to defuse a nuclear warhead (there’s a reason Britney’s acting career both started and finished with “Crossroads”).
4. With the exception of Neil Patrick Harris, the actors are a bunch of raunchy teen movie rejects. Alyson Hannigan had the “American Pie” movies, Josh Radnor kind of had “Not Another Teen Movie,” and Cobie Smulders had, well, nothing actually. Sure, Jason Segel’s hit a slightly older audience with “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “I Love You Man,” but let’s face it – he’s ultimately fishing in the same pond. And it’s not a deep one.
5. This entire show is like a frat boy party story that never ends. Craig Thomas and Carter Bays created the show in the image of their own friends and the “stupid stuff” (their words, not mine) they did living in New York. The show’s theme song is a track by their band, The Solids. MacLaren’s, the bar the characters frequent, is modeled after a pub that had some mural they liked and is named for Bays’ assistant. Wow guys, hilarious. I’m still waiting for the punch line but I’m sure you’ll get there in season six. Thank you network television for sinking to this level of inane drivel.
Posts
3 comments:
I wholeheartedly disagree with your post, although yes, I'm aware that we are all entitled to our own opinion towards entertainment, but this show is simply fantastic. It is true that HIMYM has taken the chemistry of "Friends" but that is due to the fact that it has already been proven successful. I personally feel that part of the reason why this show IS so good, is because of the combination of great writing, casting and execution.
Why do sitcoms have to be star-studded to be considered a "good" show? What were David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston known for prior to them getting their "big break" in Friends? A couple random cameos in subpar television shows? It is BECAUSE the show carries no name talent such as Josh Radnor and Cobie Smulders that makes this show so good. Although they are not household names, they have proven themselves to be able to carry very quality performances beside talents with the likes of NPH and Jason Segel.
Speaking of Jason Segel, although he is more widely known for his recent feature films, he has gone a very long way since being discovered by Judd Apatow in his short lived series, Freaks and Geeks.
Good television shows are created with strong writing, great casting and performances as well as the show's ability to appeal to a wide variety of viewers. That's the lottery winning combination that Friends more or less perfected but that doesn't mean that they're the only ones who are able to do that. Carter Bays and Craig Thomas' smart and witty writing is brought to life by this ensemble to create a great show. But HIMYM not only uses the television as means to market themselves, they are original and innovative with their use of show related websites as well as actually maintaining a blog, such as this one, written by NPH's character Barney Stinson. They utilize all forms of social mediums to not only promote themselves but to entertain "outside of the box."
Just as Friends was able to perfect the comedic genre on television, I feel that How I Met Your Mother has all the right qualities to be considered one of the greats. So although, you may feel that HIMYM is simply a modern day cop out of Friends, they have merely taken the successful framework of Friends and made it into their own. If these are the 5 reasons not to watch How I Met Your Mother, I hope I've justified it enough for you to reconsider and giving the show a college try. Don't Hate.
wow. this is long.
i laughed so hard reading this it started to hurt. more laughs then a couple of episodes (the new ones anyhow).
Post a Comment