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Originally Posted by Pirate
The only thing I've noticed that's "Ruining" Family Guy, is the fact that it's still on the air.
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100% agreement on that.
Seriously, Family Guy just hasn't been as good since it came back.
Season 1- Very Good
Season 2- Brilliant
Season 3- Hilarious
Season 4- Above average
Season 5- sucked
Season 6- Had a few good episodes, but still mediocre
What's the problem with Family guy now?
-Too edgy. There's nothing wrong with being edgy, because it does work well with some shows, but it doesn't fit the style of the original, hilarious Family Guy. Whether it's Peter having a mental disablity (Or that sickening stroke episode), Lois being a complete bitch, Meg getting beaten all the time or abused in some way, Chris being more "Chris" than usual, Stewie being the annoying steriotypical gay guy, or Brian being a rebellious idiot (No longer is he a smart character), none of these things fit Family Guy well at all.
-Storylines suck, plain and simple. Really, I could think up better stories than half the episodes these writers thought up. I'm giving serious consideration to believeing South Park's theory that manitees pass idea balls around to come up with ideas and jokes. It seems like they just come up with two random storylines for two different sets of characters for each episode, and it barely ever ties up the loose ends.
-Bad jokes. This one is fairly obvious. Ever since FG returned I've noticed an increase in scenes where it was an awkward pause or a joke that made no sense (You know the ones "Yaaaaa") And it really feels like they're running out of material. So in order to make up for that, they just place some random 70's or 80's references in flashbacks (That last too long by the way) and most of them fail miserably as jokes. And they'll often times repeat the same stupid thing over and over. Things that aren't even funny. A perfect example comes in an episode that was actually good; Blue Harvest. The scene with them trying to lug the couch into the ship has got to be one of the dumbest, and biggest wastes of time ever. Like I care about a crappy joke about moving a couch
Yet they just continued to "Rince and repeat it".
It's the little things like these that make Family Guy a very mediocre show these days.
Rant over
