I hate, hate, HATE hate HATE this stupid idea that you need to keep abusive, neglectful, or manipulative people in your life just because you're related. DNA means nothing if you treat your family like shit. You owe shitty relatives nothing, if all they do is repeatedly drag you down. You know Pay It Forward wasn't a good movie, but it did have one of my favorite lines. Kevin Spacey: He impregnated you. In what other way has he been a father?
Konnie The Hero Completely agree. It's not always easy to let those people go, often because of pressure from other family members (at least in my case) to forgive them and that "I'll regret it if I cut them out of my life" but honestly, since I let them go I've felt a huge weight off my shoulders and I've never felt better. I wouldn't recommend anyone to keep holding on to anyone who is nothing but harmful to you, no matter who they are.
You know what's kinda ironic. Stewie the person that wanted to dominate the world is now one of the nicest characters in the series while nearly everyone else is unredeemable.
+Joseph Orlando How could you not watch both the older season's Of Family Guy and the newer season's of Family Guy! And not root for only Stewie! I mean as crazy/psychotic as he is! He's probably the only sanest person in the entire series (As in the earlier seasons, Stewies's like "I need a backup plan to eliminate the insane jackasses who are capable of destroying the lives of so many other decent people)!
Second chances? 1st Chance: Left Dillan as a baby. 2nd Chance: Left Dillan after swearing to stay in his life. 3rd Chance: Used Dillan to get a writing job. Everyone deserves a 2nd chance. Consider yourself VERY lucky if you get a third one, and try not to strike out.
Technically this is his second chance since he never left him as a baby. in the episode dylans introduced in its stated brian didnt even know he existed until he tracked down dylans mom to rekindle the flame from their quick romance they had before dylan was born. They basically had a quick fling and never saw each other again
StaticShock42 It's even worse when you realize that the majority of society still like those 2 pieces of shit more than Scrappy Doo combined. At least Scrappy cared for his family, Brian and Patrick are despicable (at least Spongebob's getting better though).
I disagree, Patrick has gotten way better. Like in Spongebob recent episode where Mr. Krabs sold frozen patties. Actually, Spongebob did what Family Guy needs to do, just bring back the original characters' personality. It made Spongebob so much better to watch.
Wow, that deleted scene was actually very genuine, and heartwarming. It's amazing how one scene could affect an entire episode. If they kept it in, it would have been somewhat decent. Unfortunately they chose to cut it; making the episode worse.
This is why network TV is dying. Look at pre-1990s TV. Sitcom episodes routinely ran 24-25 minutes or even more prior to the 1980s. Now, they barely reach the 22-minute mark. Time that used to be used for plot resolution is now used for advertising.
Oh, man! You know, that also happened to Buck Cluck in Chicken Little when that movie had a deleted scene of him trying to cook for his son. August 7, 2020, 4:25pm
@@Attmay If only there was some way I or we could pay television stations to get by on shorter advertisements now. We would need to be super rich for that. September 28, 2021, 1:55pm
tiggle5485 That's because he's a bad father. It makes me respect good parents even more. I have more respect for Duckman because even though his family is dysfunctional, he still frickin cares about them. He tries to move on after his wife dies while working as an investigator and trying to make the world better for his boys. And I frickin love Goofy. Even in Goof Troop he's a beloved character.
Lessee... drunk, check. Delusions of grandeur, check. Terrible person, check. Self-centered, check. Child born out of wedlock... well, there's another season on the way.
You know how this episode would be so much better? *Brain texting on the couch when his phone instead plays a jingle. He taps the screen and answers.* Brian: "Hello?" *A few seconds of silence, Brain going bug-eyed halfway through.* Brian: "Dylan? Why are you calling?" Stewie: "Dylan? Your son? Haven't heard you mention him in ages!" Brian: "Yeah, I try to keep our interactions private; it's the closest thing we can get to some father-son time." *time passes* Brian: *texts* You never told me that you were going to be on a sitcom! Dylan: Do you ever listen to your voicemails? *quick harmless cutaway to Brain clearing his voicemail cache* Brian: *texts* ... Oops. *cut interaction with Brian and Dylan* *and then proceed with the episode as normal, Dylan also ratting Brian out for being alcoholic, overzealous and BRIAN.* This. This would show Brian as a responsible parent, give an explanation as to why we haven't heard from him for a good while, and actually give Brian some humility; something he NEEDS. And there's no salvaging Peter's arc, just extend Brian's storyline to cover 22 minutes.
Likeable characters? On Southpark of all shows? Southpark is no holds barred. Everybody on that show is an absolute dick, even more so than Family guy, and unlike on family guy, nobody tries to hide it. Lolol.
Yeah, other than that Star Wars parody episode (which I think is absolutely hilarious), I'm not gonna feel the urge to watch any other episodes of Family Guy.
I love the 1st 11 seasons. But after season 12 most of my respect for the show was gone. At least the few episodes where Brian and Stewie go on an adventure are decent to pretty good and Stewie’s character as a whole.
@@bbgunz1705 Are you kidding? Those were some of the worst. Literally the only thing funny about "Blue Harvest" is the fact that Rush Limbaugh and Helen Reddy were in the same episode.
Reviews of a copyrighted piece of media are legally allowed under Fair Use in the US, but the DMCA is abused by Fox and several other major media companies cause they can't read the Fair Use laws themselves and/or can't take criticism well...cause bad publicity makes them less money...
To be honest i never though he would go back to beat up Family Guy again. Not saying it's wrong since it's not and i like him for crapping over Family Guy i'm just saying that's all.
This is why Flanders' Ladder should be an atrocity video for making everyone (especially Lisa) more evil except for Bart. Not only is it unfunny and unwatchable for any show to turn relatively normal characters into villainous monsters, it's just boring to watch when they turn everyone into THE SAME character! Because then anti-hero people like Quagmire and Brian become hard to distinguish from actual villains like Jeffrey Fecalman and Frollo. June 7, 2019, 12:54am
@Red Coin I think it's just a continuity issue. I mean he met the son of god, asked him to prove it through performing miracles and watched him perform miracles.
If I had to guess just because jesus real dosent mean the Religion is true I mean the book was written by man Also Jesus said all religion is bull in one episode
@@Ollyiswild_04 He learned that from Norman Lear as well. It's a technique I like to call it "fauxfundity," i.e. taking a stupid and easily refutable statement and making it sound profound. It's one of the primary things that makes bad TV bad.
I couldn't agree with you more. Even if it didn't have the suicide "joke", this episode is dreadful beyond compare. Brian and Peter are both at their worst here and Brian particularly, this episode is a good case for why they shouldn't have brought him back. This and "Herpe the Love Sore", that is.
I think Rick and Morty and South Park work with having some deeper themes because they always remember to have some grounding in reality. Family Guy, at least the later episodes, has just kind of went off to pure insanity.
Funny how the show about interdimensional travel, and the show that has talking poop and the world ending on multiple occasions are more grounded in reality than this show. XD
Every Brian episode summed up: Brian gets a taste of some level of success, it goes to his head, Brian becomes a major a-hole, something happens and he takes a hit resetting him back to where he started. Rinse and repeat.
I don't know what is worse: that the writers can seem to think of anything better to do with the character or that Brian never learns to not let his successes go to his head in the first place.
The whole idea of abusing the status quo and never having characters learn anything _really_ gets on my nerves. It's probably the laziest way ever to write a comedy.
Oh I know, worst example of this was the episode where they were all stuck in the house due to a hurricane or tornado or whatever it was. Meg finally stood up for herself, put the whole family in their places and set things right. Then, for some B.S. reasoning that boils down to "have to re-establish the status quo" they had her take it all back and everything returns to normal. Not only does it suck because her telling them off was right and a long time in coming but it also made the whole episode pointless. The only thing going on in the whole episode (aside from some weak story about Brian eating mushrooms and having a bad trip) and it's made moot by the end. By far the worst installment of that whole shared story between the shows (followed a close second by "The Cleveland Show" episode where they spend the whole episode browbeating Junior for not beveling in God (depsite not showing any outward sign of being religious themselves and even taking some hard shots at people who are, from the characters who say they're religious, especially Donna), then, when Junior saves the day they give God all the credit and pretends to agree to resolve the issue. In fact the only really good story was the "American Dad" one where Stan kept insisting on being in charge and making all the decisions for his family, all of the making things worse. Add to that the bit about Roger trying to get rid of a clingy one night stand and Steve driving everyone nuts showing off what he's learned about architecture. It was the only one that was actually funny and had a point.
Deity Saturn at least even then Yondu has the excuse of being what's basically a Space Pirate. He doesn't have to be a good person, that behavior fits Yondu as a character at least.
The one good thing I can say about Quagmire is that he actually told Brian to his face a long list of reasons why he's a terrible person. And they were all reasons that *a lot* of people hate Brian so much
It's sad that many Brian and Stewie episodes are some of my favourites in Family Guy, But dude, what a prick Brian Griffin is. I swear, he didn't use to be this bad. And the worst thing is... Brian apparently is Seth MacFarlane's favourite character. It's his actual voice after all.
I loathe when people say that people are pussies for thinking the gore is immature and disturbing and say, "It's a black comedy. It's supposed to be that way." Black comedy can be done well. Family Guy just uses it to shock people and be edgy.
Yep. Family Guy's "dark comedy" is basically: Peter: "Rape!" Lois: "Rape?" Brian: *nods* "Rape." *cutaway in which someone gets raped* *Lois rapes Peter again* Meg: "I got raped!" Entire family: No one cares, Meg! *Credits*
You forgot the subplot of the episode where someone's in a situation and they don't know how to fix it but you don't care because it's Family Guy and you know it's going to be fixed no matter what.
They've even used Lois raping Peter as a plot point twice &, in both cases, Lois is supposed to be the more likable character. This show's so repetitive.
"Is taking a risk better than not having a Dad?" Fuck no, I'm in that position myself, left my father because of all the times he made false promises and didn't hold up his end of parental deals. What the fuck no wonder I stopped watching this show. Thank you for bringing light to it Enter.
Same here. However other people are having hard time to understand that decision since 'stereotypical family' and parents always love their children and I'm just mean and rude for not loving back. There's a difference in love and abuse. And simply not caring. There has been dozens of chances and promises that my father would be part of my life and do things better and it hurts everytime he brakes the promises. Hugs for you Zetsubo. *hugs*
In a series where God and Jesus have both been shown to be real. You can't use your series to argue against the existence of God if he actually does exist in it. It just makes the character doing the arguing look like a dumbass, like flat-earthers or anti-vaxxers.
This is off topic, but did they even watch the stabbing scene from Saving Private Ryan? The German soldier was crying because he had to kill someone to survive. He wasn't just jeering at the camera.
I HATE any kind of lesson that results in "Oh he is your father/mother, it doesn't matter if they DECIDED to abandon you, abuse you, take advantage of you in every possible way. You should love them! Does it make you miserable? Is it harmful to you? Are you conflicted by the pain and sorrow they bring into your life everytime they show up? Fuck that, you don't want them to be sad!" Fuck that, if you are in a situation were someone is harming you, abusing you, who is in a bad influence or just makes your life worse, CUT THEM OFF. Don't be ashamed to take care of yourself, don't care about what they feel, it's clear they don't care about you if they do that in the first place.
Brian is both a reassurance and a warning A reassurance that no matter how harshly I criticize myself, I'm nowhere near as repulsive as Brian has proven himself to be And a warning that I can fall much, MUCH further if I don't watch myself.
I want to see an it’s a wishful life parody, but with Peter as Timmy, so that he can see how him not being alive, makes everyone in the entire world better by infinity, that’d be the best episode of the show.
Here’s is my top five worst Brian focused episodes 5. Brian Writes A Bestseller 4. Brian The Closer 3. Tiegs For Two 2. Herpe The Love Sore 1. Brian's A Bad Father
Brian was my favorite character until the STDs, hidden family, thinking he is the best fucking person in the world, ego, etc. At this point I just avoid the show entirely. That is
I think it's pretty telling of the show's writing as a whole that, from what I can see, Seth McFarlane uses Brian more than any other character to express his own worldviews and opinions. And considering he's arguably the most detestable character IN the show... that probably says something about the entire show's motivations and focus.
That was exactly how Seth used Brian in the earlier episodes. And that used to work. The problem is that now he has stopped being involved in creating the show and and only does the voices. And the writers now have no idea how to write for him and its so easy to just make him an asshole. The show has no idea what it’s doing any more and it’s kinda sad tbh
The worst thing about the "Sideways for attention, longways for results" joke? It isn't even original. That's been around for years before. The exact phrase.
Casual CraftMan they've made a NAZI joke of all jokes they could make, & it was subtle enough that older viewers would get it, but it would fly over the head of any younger viewer. I really consider the Amazing World of Gumball as a spiritual successor to shows like Rocko"s Modern Life
I miss old Brian. My favorite episode is when he has difficulty finding love ,drinking and driving,and has to take care of that grumpy old woman. He was most relatable in that episode.
The weirdest part about that Joe Pesci joke is that it makes no sense. Joe Pesci was in Home Alone which most people watch during Christmas so them saying that he's someone most people won't know just doesn't make sense.
(Trigger warning) Id like to say not all people cut for attention or to kill themselves. I personally have done it. Its a means of escape or release from a variety of issues that the person is facing, like depression as mr. Enter said, which is why the demographic of 14yr olds is so prone to self harm. The peter and the knife joke just urks me to such an unbearable degree that i had to vent about it
@@jeltje50 No, it's not, it's like saying, "kid's shows don't need quality, cuz kids are dumb", it's horrible excuse, and it needs, to stop being used, forever!!!!
the sad part is if this ep of family guy came out now brian would be a realistic representation of writers and employees from disney and their subsidiaries.
Brian and Stewie had great episodes together, such as the one where they search for Brian's mother! Oh, and I personally Love the Brian episode with Pearl, the old woman secluded in her own house, that was kinda touching!
The wrist slitting joke is even worse than just telling kids how to self harm. In 10th grade, there was this group of kids who were talking about how kids that struggle with self harm are just attention whores because "like they said on Family Guy, across for attention!" Mind you, these kids were saying this stuff about other students. This joke gave them "proof" that their reason for gossiping and bullying was legitimate and promoted the idea that self harm isn't a real problem.
It was just a joke. Listen I hate family guy but it shouldn't be the TV's fault that they misinterpreted a joke. I know many people at my school who say it for attention
TheNumberedAgent2 The people who choose that are already emotionally vulnerable, often bullied and coming from a bad home, and in an age when they are pretty impressionable. There is a reason we do not try 14 years olds as adults for crimes, damnit, blame their parents, blame their school, but its more complex than them being "idiots", and Family Guy only makes stuff worse in an attempt to be edgy. Sure, you didn't do it, but depression isn't the only factor that cause one to do that. In fact, lack of attention - which, despite what idiots on the internet would have you think, is a real problem especially for teenagers, and desperate cries for attention is not attention whoring, but a sign of neglect- is more likely to cause self harm than genuine depression (which will probably make you want a painless suicide or nothing, most of the time). Most of the people who self cut have no real friends and a neglectful or abusive family , plus teachers who just do not care, and Family Guy is actively making their life more miserable by shoving this joke on their impresionable asses.
Well those people are assholes. I know friends who are suicidal and are or have cut and not just on there wrist. If they think all people who cut are fricken atteintion whores I question how would they react if they had a friend or family member that did cut, hid it, and was suicidal.
It's stupid. Cutting isn't about suicide or attention or 'results'. Self harm is mostly, if not solely, about self-punishment due to some sad idea that they've somehow done wrong by existing, brought on by bullying. They don't feel they deserve comfort, that the bullying is somehow their own fault, and so they cause themselves pain to 'punish themselves'. It's really sad and the fact Family Guy doesn't know this is disgusting.
To quote Phantomstrider on the suicide 'joke', "Swearing isn't okay, but teaching 12 year olds how to slit their wrists is acceptable?" Glad to see it cut, because I hate it.
@@masterseal0418 I can vouch for that. I saw the individual clip of this and people were saying this was "funny." EDIT: It really isn't funny... Especially since I KNOW people who have experienced suicidal thoughts.
Yeah, not only does it hit close to home for a lot of people like us, but people will invalidate our discomfort and say "why so offended?" Like, they should know why.@@The11deano
As dead as a franchise the Simpsons is they are actually funny they have legit heartwarming moments and unlike Peter griffin Homer Simpson actually cares about his family you get that from episodes like hell toupee, the episode where marge had a gambling problem and the episode where Lisa was hanging with ballet dancers who where smoking even the movie did this right now I'm not saying the Simpsons should keep going it does need to be put to rest and it might considering Matt groening will be working on a new Netflix show but I doubt it since fox wants to keep it going but the bottom line is the people behind the Simpsons aim to entertain their audience yet I don't know what the people behind family guy are doing with this show
I’m pretty sure that Disney’s acquisition of Fox’s TV and movie properties is gonna lead to “Family Guy” and “The Simpsons” both being cancelled. (I mean, I’m sure Bob Iger will let them have the rest of the season, but anything’s possible.)
Bruh, fucking write a sentence with stops. How would you like it if I went on and didnt ever stop it would be kind of annoying if you read it wrong wouldn't it be more clear if you wish to send a message and right there I intentionally wrote a sentence that can combine to the previous one in two different ways so you get how confusing that is.
Dang it. I loved Brian when i watched family guy during its first few seasons. He was the voice of reason. You know...THE THING YOU NEED IN A PROPER COMEDY. Now he is a asshole uncaring and incredibly arrogant...Brian didnt deserve all this horrible writing and episodes he was forced through.
Same here, he could have been my favorite character if it weren't for the later seasons that turned him into a douche bag mouthpiece of Seth MacFarlane people love to hate.
I know you hate Family Guy, but I can't help but love every review you do of them. You do them with such work and care for animation as a medium, and it really puts a smile on my face. Sorry that you endure this pain, but I love how you care so very much for animation. You do such good work.
Nicholas Clark in all reality, mr. enter has made me quite a better person and almost every review he has done puts a huge smile on my face. he has so much respect for all of his fans, he's not afraid to tell everyone why they're wrong but also acknowledging what they've done right. of all the reviewers i watch, he's the one i aspire to be.
Dodo 1. He may have asperger but he's still pretty fucking smart 2. cartoons are meant for everyone regardless of age 3. He gives valid points and describes what's wrong with each video. 4. he's not all negative, he does admirable animations as well.
Brian was my favorite character, until they fucked him up. His comedy was more chilled and actually funny and he had reason and actual thought put into his character. But then they just decided that his character wasn't good enough anymore.
Many characters got flanderized, but Brian got the worst flanderization. In the old seasons, he was actually my favourite character, but nowdays he's just an asshole.
On the one hand that could explain why I like American Dad more, but on the other hand it still doesn't make it any more excusable as to why Seth MacFarlane allows such mediocre and mean-spirited writing to pass under his watch as executive producer, and voice actor to multiple key characters. He has no excuse for that.
as a man who, in his (at the time of writing this) 20's, who spent most of his life not knowing his own father until a year ago, having a tearful reunion and learning how he has grown since the mistake he made that got me seperated from him AND his side of the family (long story. ) this episode makes me RETCH. my father, while making mistakes, still loved me and my siblings enough to GROW from his mistake, and spent YEARS piecing himself back together in the vague PROMISE of seeing his kids again that, through his actions, forced him to seperate from them. brian, you are no father. you dont actually care enough about your son to learn from your mistake.
AND THE WORSTEST PART IS THAT AN INFANT WAS GIVEN A BLWJOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALRIGHT, BRENDAN BARNEY!!!!!!! PLEASE DO BB RANTS: MODERN FAMILY GUY!!!!!!! XO
SRRN don't like your own comment. And to answer the question, it's because they love to use shock humor as a substitute for actual humor or content. Trust me, in an episode with infant cunnilingus a suicide joke is the least of family guy's problems
6:45 - ...you know, Brian's bad idea there gives me an idea that might actually be workable. Brian is most likely just being "lol racism". But screw him and his intentions, and imagine the *consequences* of someone hiring a ghostwriter whose works eventually turn out to be more and more abhorrent. That person would probably have their career irreparably torn apart. And attempting to solve it by revealing that he HAS a ghostwriter at that moment would likely be treated as an excuse to pass the blame and just make things worse, among other issues. The abhorrent ghostwriter wouldn't be the central focus or a source of comedy. It would be the antagonist.
You know I was just having a conversation with a friend of mine, big Family Guy fan, and even he agreed Brain was going downhill. To me in the beginning Brain seemed like the moral compass and voice of reason to a lot of the wackiness. Which you need a straight man to balance things out. However in recent years it just seems they write Brain worse every year. He's almost a bad as Peter now any time he picks up something new he takes it to the absolute Nth douchebag degree.
I had a Brian Griffin in my life (ironically, his middle name was Brian, but I'll call him Jim for the sake of protecting his identity), Jim and I were friends since preschool, and we went to a ton of Mets games together. The problem with Jim was, he was beyond pretentious and arrogant, he believed that he was better than his siblings because he was the oldest, he was the only one to attain a College Degree in his family, but he often bragged about it like he had a PHD. He often shoved this in everyone's faces in the middle of an argument, yes, he was intelligent, but he used his intelligence to pick up women, not to help anyone around him. Jim, like I did, had a son, (who I'll call Alex), Alex is like 7 or 8 now, but when I last spoke to Jim, he was 4. Jim, despite being a dad, often went out to the bar to watch a game or play pool and drink with his buddies, to the point where he would forget Alex's name because he was never home. About me calling him pretentious earlier, yes, he possessed a degree, did that make him smart? No, he was a good student, but he didn't have a Bachelors, he had an associates and never went back to school after community college. Jim's ego was worse than Brian, he didn't give anyone a deadly disease, but, like Brian, he has a ton of ex girlfriends, a Prius, he's an atheist, he's very liberal, and he treats his family and "friends" like dirt. The straw that broke the camel's back in our friendship was after my own son, Christian, passed away from the flu at age 3. I was down worse than I was when I lost my dad, and Jim thought it'd be great to crack a joke about Christian, while I was still mourning him. I forgot the whole joke, but it had something to do with child support and midnight fuss, and, no joke, he even decided to bash my Catholic faith in the process when I got angry at the joke. I lost it and knocked him into next year, I had enough, he had treated me like Stewie for more than two decades, using the degree excuse, mocking my faith, disrespecting my girlfriend (now wife) on several occasions, stealing from me, giving my brother drugs, etc. I had it. I told him many times that he reminded me of Brian, and he'd get mad because he knew it was true. Nobody was below him because he had a degree, he didn't believe in a god, and he held a decent paying job. He flat out would tell me that he believed other people were jealous of who he was. It's been 3 years, and I've not talked to Jim since, god I hope I won't, but I heard he's been forbidden from talking to or visiting Alex again, Jim's girlfriend had enough of him, good for her, I hope the next person she meets isn't the real life, human Brian Griffin
I won't be surprised if future episodes will have the characters breaking the fourth wall by asking the viewers. "Are you offended yet?" every so often.
+Sm4shifyer could someone at least explain to why people still think Failure Guy is a good show to where you see them posting a truck load of videos all over RU-vid for Heaven's sake (I really do wish that I would stop seeing so many post Failure Guy moments! all over RU-vid, as I really do not want to watch Failure Guy, at all, and I really wish this horrible garbage would just die already)!
As someone with a father like Brian, I can tell you that this episode struck me on a very personal level - and, this was not a good thing. I had never been so infuriated by anything in my life, and was definitely looking forward to hearing you give this turd the thrashing that it deserved. You did not disappoint. Great job, man.
I'm sorry ... I came off as rude in a previous reply. Allow me to explain, I understand that the job of a comedian is to subvert people's expectations and use shock value as a tool for humor. I should point out that I find the work of Louie CK and Chris Rock to be absolutely brilliant at times. In it's earlier years, I really enjoyed Family Guy and had a lot of respect for Seth McFarland. I'm also physically disabled - a demographic that was - and still is - repeatedly poked at in the show in an effort to get laughs. Did I find these jokes funny? Not really. Was I a little insulted? Sure. But, I understood the point of including these elements - to entertain, to get laughs. If a comedian hasn't offended someone in their career at least once, then in my opinion - they haven't done their job. But, when Family Guy preaches it isn't trying to shock or subvert anymore, it isn't trying to be 'edgy' or funny or get laughs - it's trying to discuss a serious topic in a serious way with its audience - and, when the writers of the show have no experience with/ knowledge about a particular issue and try to add its two cents - it just comes off as idiotic, dangerous and really kind of painful to audience members that may be dealing with these issues. Let me put it this way, if Family Guy were a person - a psychiatrist tasked with helping preserve the mental well being of those in need, it would've had its license revoked a long time ago.
Turquoise Cheetah I agree. But, there's a difference between a joke in poor taste, and an attempt to deliver a serious message being done poorly. South Park, as you pointed out, has a healthy balance of humor and serious commentary. Matt Stone and Trey Parker create satire so well because in regard to the issues, they're actually aware of their own views, certain implications, and they know what in Sam fuck they're talking about unlike the writers of Family Guy. Did this episode anger me? Yes. Did the world stop turning because of a botched moral? Not at all. But, just as you have a right to be offended by a shitty portrayal of a rapist or rape victim on some made for TV movie, I have a right to be offended by this episode. Why? Two reasons. One: I thinks it has knowledge that it clearly doesn't, and wants to be taken seriously. And Two (the much more egregious offense): It stated, point blank in this very episode, that it knows it appeals to fourteen year olds. As Enter pointed out - impressionable kids. If I can watch this as an adult and feel hurt by its backward attempt at a moral, I can only imagine how they must feel watching it. My main point was, there is a difference between something perverse done for laughs because the intent is merely to entertain. When something is done poorly to influence opinion, provide commentary, or give advice to an impressionable or afflicted audience that's when a problem occurs, that's where a line is drawn. There's no saving the show at this point in terms of comedic value or elsewhere - but, all anyone is asking is that it just sticks to the idiotic humor and leaves real world commentary to people who are smart/experienced enough to write it.
Turquoise Cheetah if you actually believe people shouldn't be mad at this episode despite having every right to be offended when they go through a similar situation then you really are pathetic
I am sincerely sorry you had to go through such a traumatic experience. I can't begin to understand the ways you've been hurt by the actions of such a monster. And, I hope you'll understand the sincerity I mean to convey when I say that I'm sorry this discussion got so out-of-hand. I honestly hadn't meant to start an argument or to hurt you an anyway. All the best to you. I know it doesn't mean much, but I took the liberty of liking a few of your comments. Have a good night.
3:24-3:46 "You cannot make Peter Griffin sympathetic. No matter how much he cries, no matter how much the world makes him suffer, no matter how much he acts like a toddler. Because he is a danger, and an asshole, and an abuser, and the world would honestly be better without him."
they cant do heartwarming for a few reasons: 1. family guy is really only driven on its jokes and always has. the plots have always really just been methods to enact new jokes/situations. making an episode based on an actual plot requires you to be primed to take things seriously. 2. the jokes are quite often dark anyway so dark situations cant be taken seriously. meg's entire character for instance is being constantly abused. every character's pain and suffering from the get go is primed for being another joke. 3. a show like rick and morty can be dark but its based more so on absurdity. the characters can be assholes but they are characters. family guy characters are only barely characters. they have about as much depth as that priest and rabbi that walk into a bar.
neko mata Then why do they do plots like screams of silence? If they’re joke driven, they need to stay away from mature topics unless they are willing to handle it maturely.
I'm reminded of the Bojack Horseman episode that tackled pretty much the same issue. Of course, that one ended with the moral "If someone absolutely never comes through for you or changes their ways for you, no matter how many second chances you give them, then fuck 'em. Even if it's your own family." Diane gives her family another chance after a lifetime of abuse, thinking that the death of their father would make them more grateful for the family they still have. But they don't change; they're as awful as ever. At the end she decides not to forgive her family and leave them behind for good. Her life becomes better for having done this. Fuck Bojack is so good And Family Guy is so bad Fuck
kristian rikardsen The "SJW feminist" part isn't a problem with the show and rather just that you don't agree with the stance of the show on certain issues, the animation really ain't that bad or cheap but i guess it's made not to be too apealing. And bestiality isn't that big of an issue when the animals are pretty much humans.
Mr. Enter, 2017: Brian Griffin is my most hated character in Family Guy, and possibly all of media. Mr. Enter, 2020: Let's put Brian aside for a moment, because the worst character on the show is Quagmire. Quagmire deserves to be locked in prison for the rest of his life, shot up the testicle with a rifle, electrocuted, and even that would be too good for Quagmire.
@@WillieManga Absolutely! To my knowledge, it is impossible to make you like and hate this type of character at the same time, even after you know how bad his mom Crystal treated him in Quagmire's Mom.
Ironically, Seth Macfarlane's most favorite character he voiced is Brian. I hope he only means Brian as he originally was before he got bad. March 20, 2020, 4:21pm
Christian Blaise Thank god for that, because most of the reboots of past cartoons have been such a dissapointment lately, I was afraid they'd do with Samurai Jack what they did to Power Puff Girls. There's only SO much abuse my childhood can take.
ThatAlessandroKid I fully expect scumbag MacFarlane to steal all complaints from this and shit them out into a full season of garbage, only to then turn around and say Mr.Enter stole their ideas, and slap him not only with a DMCA, and a lawsuit for slander
+Sharkcaster wood I know, right? Short clips of episodes uploaded by accounts named after FG characters doesn't get a beating and yet a review like this criticizing the show does? Logic, ladies and gentlemen...
You just called me tacky, because I diagnosed a fictional character with a mental disorder. Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons shows almost all the symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder. The only one he doesn't show is an inability to plan ahead.
How severe is said autism? I diagnosed Harold from the Total Drama series with mild autism, because he is very intelligent and pays attention to details, but has a low understanding of social cues, is interested in unusual subjects, has illusions about his social standing, and often lacks coordination.
Well, Maud Pie is very flat, unemotional, she probably lacks apathy. She's slow both vocally, physically and mentally. But she's quick to jump into action if the people she cares about are in danger. Hell, I diagnosed Cotaro Yazawa, a background character in Love Live! School Idol Project with Autism. I would know because I have autism myself, and when I was Cotaro's age (probably 3-5) I was lacking apathy and the capability to speak, only speaking very imcompletely.
@@woobgamer5210 It's quite hard to diagnose autism when there's so many traits and everyone with autism, no matter where they are on the spectrum don't exhibit all of them. I would go so far as to say I was more empathetic than my peers, it's just that my brain translated my empathy into my feelings, which made it look like I only cared about myself when I was actually crying for someone else.
I could never force my ass to care about any of the Family Guy characters to be honest, the writers try way too hard in making them "random offensive stuff so funny and edgy wow".
It's a shame, as this show is still capable of producing emotional episodes, as the one with Brian destroying Stewie's teddy bear actually managed to make me cry with how heart-warming it was and it showed a side to Brian that we haven't seen in a very long time by modern Family Guy standards.
Because Joe's turned from a good hearted cop with a tough side to a doormat to Peter's antics. He even ruined what could have been a decent ending by ruining Quagmire's attempt to show that a simple gesture is not going to win Peter bakc.
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