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Originally Posted by Daradon
I dunno, I could never get into this show, even though I really wanted to.
Seinfeld was one of my, if not my favorite show ever, but this always seemed to be a bunch of Seinfeld jokes just redone with a jerky camera and mockumentay feel. Even in that season eight trailer I see two Seinfeld rip offs, and two, basically jokes along the same lines.
Larry David is just a more unlikeable George, and as fans know, that's who George's character was based in the first place. But at least for George you rooted for him sometimes, he had a bit of the loveable loser syndrome. Larry is just completely unlikeable. I dunno why. Probably writers and producers shouldn't be actors.
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Its funny because - while I totally know what you mean - I usually side with Larry on a lot of those little tiffs he has. He's definitely in the wrong a whole hell of a lot, but for the most part I agree with him in his little arguments with ridiculously over-sensitive rich Cali types. I can't even believe some of the stuff people get mad at him about, I'd laugh in their faces.
As for the poor acting bit, I've heard that from a few people over the years. Which is why I point out to them that it probably seems this way because 80-90% of what you see is unscripted. They just know where they need to take each scene, and the rest they come up with on the fly.
I think where most people struggle starting out with this show is all the confrontation/arguing, it just straight up exhausts some people. It usually takes a few eps to get used to it, I struggled at first too. But now I could probably watch a full season in one day if I had the time, just love me some LD. Can't wait for season 8, its been too long.