Fuller House

[KMan101]

Damn. They even bring back Harry, Stephanie's "husband"

[I Am A Swede]

It got a scathing review here too. "A terror for the eyes, ears and brain"

[Darn]

This is so fuking corny but my god I'm SMILING like a moron. I'm only half way through the first episode but I'm loving that they're getting through all the catchphrases now. Get that sh!t out of the way fast.

[dragonflies]

Love that they had Jesse do a General Hospital mention lol

[Vee]

I'm a little amazed at the vicious reviews - like, what do you expect? Of course it's awful, it's Full House. I'm gonna watch it anyway.

[DRW50]

I can't help contrasting to the middling to positive response Girl Meets World got. I don't think the unpleasantness of some of the cast members and the whole Olsens ego trip from the show did them any favors.

[Vee]

I just don't find them as unpleasant as you do, or think it was just quite so rancorous. I think it's a lot of noise. John Stamos is a little extra, obviously (which is probably why his online feud with equally can't-let-it-go Ron Carlivati was so entertaining) but I don't think there was any malice with those people. Even though they created such a virulently saccharine show they've apparently all been thick as thieves together for decades.

 

I think it's one of those guilty pleasure and/or love-to-hate things; I know it is for me. I think a lot of people (at least in my age range) have a complicated relationship with the show that came on after the soaps and dominated the late afternoon-early evening block. I always hated FH and found it so lame. But I also always watched it and had real affection for some of the characters/actors (Jodie Sweetin, Lori Loughlin, Andrea Barber, Stamos, etc.), so there is something there and it is good to see them all again. Also I consider it karmic justice that D.J. Tanner's oldest boy on the show is clearly a gayby just from a few lines.

 

BMW, I didn't really watch much. I was aging out of those shows and I found Ben Savage a little obnoxious. I am glad they appear to be doing well and I know people a little younger than me who just love it, and it obviously is (and was back then) more interested in tackling real things than FH ever was. I bear it no ill will, I just think it's a totally different phenomenon. People know what FH is in all its oppressive sticky-sweet old-fashioned sit-comedy, I just think most critics don't want to admit they'll still watch it.

 

To me it coming back is a kind of balancing of the scales given the new frontiers television has gone to, both on streaming and cable and the experimentation we currently see on some of the networks. We get Fargo or Breaking Bad or American Crime, we get the new Twin Peaks, we get Black-ish or Carmichael or Fresh Off the Boat to revolutionize sitcoms - but we also get something that's purely and simply anti-art. It is only pop and nothing else. I think there's a healthy place for that sort of extreme. The problem was when there was only Miller-Boyett shows on the dial.

Edited February 27, 2016 by Vee

[Soapsuds]

How much is Netflix now? I wonder if I should check it out or wait to see if they release it on DVD sometime at the end of the year. I never cared for Netflix.

[Vee]

Netflix (or streaming in general, really) is the future of programming. I just wish the soaps would take advantage. I think you can get it for $8 a month now. Nobody is buying the DVDs.

[Soapsuds]

A friend of mine had it and would take forever to buffer. I might get it just to see the show. Thanks for the info!

[DRW50]

Depending on your connection I'd say you may want to wait for the DVDs. Their original programming isn't really worth the $8 in its own right.

[Soapsuds]

@DRW50  I've noticed that other shows that are on Netflix have been released on DVD. That's why I made the comment about maybe waiting for a DVD release. If it isn't released on DVD…I'll get Netflix and struggle through the buffering….

[Vee]

I would heartily disagree with that about their programming, but that's old news. All you need is a decent connection.

Edited February 27, 2016 by Vee

[kylefish76]

No buffer issues for me and i watched the full season today

[DRW50]

If you do get it you might like Grace and Frankie, or that Kimmy Schmidt show, as they're sitcoms. I don't know if you'd like most of their dramas. One or two aren't bad - the others mostly get more press hype than anything else.