Arrested Development

Well, yes, but I’m afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run, if you will, so now I’m afraid I have something of a mess on my hands.

2010-08-30 13:38:49

#13

Microwave: _; +515|6884|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

ghettoperson wrote:
Gob is amazing.

2010-08-31 13:00:50

#14

RoosterCantrell: Goodbye :); +399|6709|Somewhere else

I could probably quote, episode by episode, line by line, the entire show.

Im guessing Ive watched the series 300-400 times. While that may sound braggy, I realize its actually pathetic.

But I have an exceedingly unhealthy obsession with this show.

2010-08-31 13:14:31

#15

Brasso: member; +1,549|6859

linsday is hot imo

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2010-08-31 14:11:07

#16

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|6883

Brasso wrote:
linsday is hot imo

surfboard imo

but she does seems pretty fun, though very superficial

2010-08-31 14:43:36

#17

11 Bravo: Banned; +965|5466|Cleveland, Ohio

horrible show

2010-08-31 16:42:10

#18

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6228|The Mitten

it's a good show, despite a certain posterabove me.

EE (hats

2010-09-01 23:01:00

#19

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6668|Brisbane, Australia

I hear the jury's still out on science.

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2013-04-04 19:41:15

#20

13/f/taiwan: Member; +940|5927

Clear your calendars, brush off your cutoffs, and queue up “The Final Countdown”: Arrested Development producer Mitch Hurwitz has announced the date of the season 4 premiere! Fifteen new episodes — one more than promised — hit Netflix on Sunday, May 26, at 12:01 AM Pacific, just in time for Memorial Day marathons.

The launch of Arrested Development season 4 on Netflix will be a proving ground not only for the show’s audience in anticipation of a projected feature film, but for how the Netflix distribution model works when applied to original content established brands. Netflix has had substantial success debuting new properties, but this will be the first time an established television series has gone exclusive to the streaming network — let alone allowed fans to mainline an entire new season at once.

Netflix is explicitly committed to exploring and exploiting the binge-viewing model, more and more of its audience is getting used to the same. While Netflix doesn’t release viewership numbers, critical response — and Wired’s own informal survey – indicate that the first direct-to-Netflix original series, House of Cards, was particularly popular with viewers inclined to watch a whole series in only a few sittings.

Arrested Development is a little different: a fan-favorite show returning to production after seven years off the air. But the same things that contributed to its cancellation the first time around also make Arrested Development an ideal test case for the new Netflix model. With its layered plots, callbacks and running jokes, it’s a show far more suited to marathons than gradual serialization. Maybe the Netflix formula will prove the missing connection between Arrested Development’s consistently high critical acclaim and fan support and its comparatively low commercial success.

If so, Netflix might provide a home for more shows that fall through the cracks of the network model and pave the way for a new approach to TV storytelling: self-contained stories closer to chapter-books than periodical serials.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/04/ … -premiere/

2013-04-04 19:42:23