Josh Schwartz Does Not Respect My Intelligence: TV Thread Part 300

[nonotyet]

 

the other thread is 22 pages long guys

[dieblucasdie]

mmm whatcha say

[Andrew_TSKS]

for the record, the o.c. started the whole "let's put 'hallelujah' over this emotional scene" thing. i read a really interesting blog entry about it once, which i believe was linked from this board by joseph scott. couldn't tell you what blog it was, though. but yeah, the guy who wrote it pointed out that season one of "the o.c." ended with jeff buckley doing "hallelujah", season two ended with imogen heap doing "hide and seek" (mmm whatcha say), and season three ended with imogen heap doing "hallelujah". that's some self-parody if i've ever heard of it.

[hannah]

But... Shrek predates The O.C.!

[Andrew_TSKS]

whoa wait what? it was in shrek?

[RoyBiggins]

The first time I saw someone create a heart-rending montage with Hallelujah over it was network news coverage of the WTC on 9/11/01.

They also used it on an episode of The West Wing that to end the show after a dude got gunned down.  That originally aired in 2002.

[RoyBiggins]

whoa wait what? it was in shrek?

In Shrek, it's Rufus Wanwrights cover.  Though, I think they actually used JOhn Cale in the movie and Rufus on the soundtrack.

[Andrew_TSKS]

yeah, now that you mention that, i think that was in the blog entry.

[dieblucasdie]

Also rewatching those montages out-of-context is really, really funny


Especially Season 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saEzQcayEPM

hahahaha oh god that season was so bad.  I love how long it takes him to fall, and the prolonged "Whhyyyyyyy?" look at Marissa.  hahaha oh man

[lastclearchance]

for the record, the o.c. started the whole "let's put 'hallelujah' over this emotional scene" thing. i read a really interesting blog entry about it once, which i believe was linked from this board by joseph scott. couldn't tell you what blog it was, though. but yeah, the guy who wrote it pointed out that season one of "the o.c." ended with jeff buckley doing "hallelujah", season two ended with imogen heap doing "hide and seek" (mmm whatcha say), and season three ended with imogen heap doing "hallelujah". that's some self-parody if i've ever heard of it.

the guy who wrote it is a great music writer named mike barthel and the post is here: http://www.clapclap.org/2007/04/hallelujah.html and i probably linked it. it was originally a paper he gave at the 2007 emp pop conference.

edit: also it features a "montage of montages" which is double-funny.

[elpollodiablo]

Also rewatching those montages out-of-context is really, really funny


Especially Season 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saEzQcayEPM

hahahaha oh god that season was so bad.  I love how long it takes him to fall, and the prolonged "Whhyyyyyyy?" look at Marissa.  hahaha oh man

AHAHAHHA goddamn that is fucking PRICELESS

Also the way the bullet apparently exited the front of his chest but did not go through his shirt; that is pretty nifty

I can't believe you guys actually watched this shit wtf is wrong with you

[coldforge]

So why was that dude beating the crap out of that other dude?

[FreddyKnuckles]

did you see him?

[dieblucasdie]

More context actually makes it more hilarious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEsfmMrjNZA

basically dude who got shot tried to rape that girl, and is supposed to be coked-out

also they're brothers

edit:  Oh man, Mischa Barton's acting is even worse than I remember.  "STOP IT TREY PLEASE YOU'RE KILLING HIM"

[FreddyKnuckles]

If there's one thing I learned in DARE, its that coke makes you want to phone your brother in the fucking face.

[dieblucasdie]

I actually think we should make a different general TV thread, and just keep this one about the ways in which Josh Schwartz does not respect our intelligence.

like the time Ryan became a cage fighter while that terrible goth-pop cover of "Running Up that Hill" played

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfouPOZUt8U

(that's fan clips but they did use the song in the show)

[elpollodiablo]

Around Halloween one of the jock thugs from upstairs came down to have a beer and he was wearing like super tight jeans and like a neckerchief and some other awful accessories that escape me at the moment and I was like "Are you going as hipster douchebag?" and he said that he was someone from the OC and I was like, "Oh that's hilarious, man!" and he seemed taken aback and was all "Why is that hilarious?" and I went "You're... not kidding?"

Turns out that the show is loved by all sorts of idiots, not just teenage girls!

[dieblucasdie]

ah yes, Seth Cohen.

In fact, I think you could make the case that Seth Cohen bears a lot of the responsibility for bringing hipster douchebagism to the mainstream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dINnj1m7u7Y

[girl]

I actually think we should make a different general TV thread, and just keep this one about the ways in which Josh Schwartz does not respect our intelligence.

I had to Google Josh Schwartz. I'm a little bit proud of that, honestly.

In tv news, I'm re-watching BSG. It holds up pretty well. When does the new season start? (or is it postponed because of the strike?)

[hannah]

I cannot comment on The O.C., as I have never seen an episode. Therefore, allow me to talk about something else. I took a hiatus from Mad Men when I started watching Homicide, and now I have returned to it. It is very okay, soundly mediocre, but it keeps me awake in these boring days of mine.

[hannah]

Oh, I didn't finish the third season of BSG! Thank you for reminding me, Chris.

[FreddyKnuckles]

yeah I definitely had to use the context of this thread to know who the guy was

[dieblucasdie]

It's funny, 'cuz pollo was the one that busted out his name originally

methinks the lady etc etc

[elpollodiablo]

Actually I vaguely knew who the guy was because I remembered reading a "write up" in USA Today on Gossip Girl and getting extremely pissed off. I looked up the OC on wp and there his name was. D is an intelligent girl and thus has never watched an episode to my knowledge.

[jebreject]

I cannot comment on The O.C., as I have never seen an episode. Therefore, allow me to talk about something else. I took a hiatus from Mad Men when I started watching Homicide, and now I have returned to it. It is very okay, soundly mediocre, but it keeps me awake in these boring days of mine.

Is it adequate?