For me, HIMYM, transcended being just a sitcom.
Agreed.
It's a shame that some ppl can't look past the laugh track, or the droves of casual viewers who watched it but didn't really put any investment into it (which is fair...just a sitcom after all to the casual viewer).
Clever and emotional are good words to describe it. It had so much heart, while also being extremely creative in its jokes, its setups, and wordplay. Even when it got zany, it still had substance (though s8 went a little overboard imo). And it had quality, intricately developed character and relationship arcs across the cast, across the seasons.
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Crocodile (3127)
3 years ago
Will you watch How I Met Your Father?
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acidraindrop (3055)
3 years ago
I'm honestly not sure. What about you?
I adore HIMYM, so part of me wants to check it out. But another part of me thinks, what would be the point?
Cameos and continuation of threads from HIMYM? HIMYM was already nicely constructed, and complete. Any callbacks here will probably be just fanservice or fanfiction at best.
Comedy style similar to HIMYM? Maybe. But that's not really a good reason to go into it either. Should be judging it on its own merits.
I also just can't help but feel that HIMYM would not be able to exist the way it does today. A lot of the jokes wouldn't be acceptable today (even one of the original creators admitted he'd have removed some stuff now if he could). There's already a lot of people retrospectively coloring their judgments cause of that. Any time HIMYM comes up on social media, there's always some people saying shit like "Ted is the worst person ever" or "Ted is a sociopath"
...and it's like dude...Ted is a flawed person and did a bunch of horrible things in the show...it's fucking obvious to anyone paying attention. Hell some of them were part of the plot.
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Crocodile (3127)
3 years ago
I will watch it! Altough i doubt it will be as good as Himym. But,like you wrote,its good to have a show similar to Himym,and i also hope that they will fix the Himym ending somehow thanks to some cameos
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acidraindrop (3055)
3 years ago
haha, I actually love the HIMYM finale; always have :) so I am satisfied XD
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Crocodile (3127)
3 years ago
Dont you think all the Barney/Robin material they have from s6 to s9 gets wasted in making them divorce in the first 10 minutes of the finale?
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acidraindrop (3055)
3 years ago
Not in the slightest actually. I'd always thought it was well written.
Imo, their divorce was a natural outcome given their personalities. Having them divorce and to show that divorce so abruptly (in contrast with s9's drawn out story) was bold and creative to me, while being consistent with some of the recurring themes of the show.
I don't think the Barney/Robin material is wasted anymore than I think that all the Ted dating stories are meaningless all because he meets the mom at the end of the show. We see Ted grow and learn over the years. Likewise, Barney and Robin both grew emotionally during those seasons. Their on and off relationship and subsequent marriage were just a part of that growth.
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