tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post193389681307572813..comments2024-03-16T14:43:09.430-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: How I Met Your Mother 9x13: Bass Player WantedAustin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-80133018708463862202014-01-14T11:18:21.990-06:002014-01-14T11:18:21.990-06:00@Blam: Early on in the season I'd assumed that...@Blam: <i>Early on in the season I'd assumed that Jason Segel was off shooting a movie or something and that he filmed his HIMYM scenes in bunches and/or elsewhere, but then Marshall started popping up in flashback scenes with the other regulars.</i><br /><br />That was my line of thinking as well. As it stands, I have no idea why they kept Marshall apart for so long. It doesn't seem like something they had to do to accommodate Segel's schedule, yet at the same time, it didn't really add much to the narrative/humor to justify doing it by choice. <br /><br /><i>Bays & Thomas have to be kicking themselves just a little for having won the casting lottery and only having snippets of this season to do anything with their good fortune. </i><br /><br />I sure as hell hope so. <br /><br /><i>Right before I woke up, I had obnoxiously refused the deep-dish Chicago pizza served at a group dinner we were all attending with network executives, instead rhapsodizing over my favorite pizzeria, Mack's, at the Jersey shore, where the crust is extremely thin and crisp.</i><br /><br />I can't speak personally to your dream self's sentiments regarding the pizza, but I agree with all the <i>HIMYM</i> business. :) Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-71275660761609428862013-12-27T22:40:49.605-06:002013-12-27T22:40:49.605-06:00@DrBitz: // Am I the only the person that pretty m...<br>@DrBitz: <i>// Am I the only the person that pretty much agrees with Lily? Marshall should have at least discussed it with her first. //</i><br /><br />No; I'm with you. Like Teebore suggests, I don't think that the show is painting her as unreasonable, but to the extent that it even presents their perspectives with equal weight when in fact plans had already been made to go to Italy for Lily's job before Marshal accepted the judgeship unilaterally, yeah, I feel like there's a bit of a false equivalency in terms of mutual (dis)respect.<br /><br />@DrBitz: <i>// Does she pack driving gloves "just in case"? //</i><br /><br />Well, Ted would.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-33579607597865150972013-12-27T22:39:07.636-06:002013-12-27T22:39:07.636-06:00The wisdom in keeping Marshall away for so long el...<br>The wisdom in keeping Marshall away for so long eludes me. Did they just want to ensure there was action outside Farhampton apart from flashbacks or flashforwards? Early on in the season I'd assumed that Jason Segel was off shooting a movie or something and that he filmed his <i>HIMYM</i> scenes in bunches and/or elsewhere, but then Marshall started popping up in flashback scenes with the other regulars.<br /><br /><i>// I like that the Mother is already taken by Marvin. //</i><br /><br />Whether it's just Cristin Milioti or the writing or both, I'm just as taken by how perfectly the Mother is a match for Ted and indeed the whole gang. Bays & Thomas have to be kicking themselves just a little for having won the casting lottery and only having snippets of this season to do anything with their good fortune. <br /><br />I actually had a dream this morning in which I was berating the cast and producers of the show over how disappointing the final season has been so far. My argument is that they could've introduced Milioti quite a bit earlier in the show's run through flashforwards (or really later-than-the-present-day flashbacks from 2030) juxtaposed with the main action starring aimless Ted, ending the show when all the action converged on the moment he met the Mother. Right before I woke up, I had obnoxiously refused the deep-dish Chicago pizza served at a group dinner we were all attending with network executives, instead rhapsodizing over my favorite pizzeria, Mack's, at the Jersey shore, where the crust is extremely thin and crisp.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-52866496060216687592013-12-18T15:22:52.035-06:002013-12-18T15:22:52.035-06:00@Dr. Bitz: But that still doesn't mean I don&#...@Dr. Bitz: <i>But that still doesn't mean I don't have some nits to pick!</i><br /><br />I'm shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you! :)<br /><br /><i> Marshall plays basketball and works out...he shouldn't have been that worn out.</i><br /><br />Agreed. Clearly they were eschewing logic for the sake of the Sasquatch joke (which was mildly funny). <br /><br /><i>Where is Marshall's luggage?</i><br /><br />When he's walking, he has Marvin's carrier in one hand and is pulling his wheeled suitcase in the other. Whether that's all the luggage/baby accoutrements he would have needed for his trip is debatable, but he does at least have one suitcase. <br /><br /><i> I think it's something that needs to be discussed and would bring friends closer.</i><br /><br />Yeah, for all of the Mother's painting of Darren as a villain, everyone came out of this episode in a better place as a result of his machinations. <br /><br /><i>Am I the only the person that pretty much agrees with Lily? Marshall should have at least discussed it with her first.</i><br /><br />No. Do you have a sense that the show doesn't agree with her? I've always had the feeling that it pretty much feels her anger is justified (if for no other reason than it allows her to be broadly hostile about the situation). <br /><br /><i>Does she pack driving gloves "just in case?"</i><br /><br />I had not considered that until you pointed out. <br /><br />Possible No-Prize explanation: seeing as how the van was Darren's the lead singer of the band, it's reasonable to assume that, even if she didn't this time, she has had occasions in the past when she's needed to drive the van for band-related purposes, and thus keeps a pair of driving gloves in the glove compartment for just such an occasion. <br /><br /> <i>Frankly, I would've rather they went with the "sitcom characters seem to always have infinite money" route and just had Lily and Ted buy the scotch.</i><br /><br />Agreed. Like I said, that was one of the more broad moments in the episode so, no surprise, it found someone acting wildly out of character in a morally questionable manner. <br /><br /><i>Isn't what Darren (the villain of this episode) was doing the exact kind of thing you could picture Barney doing? Especially if it was means to get laid?</i><br /><br />Absolutely. But the ship sailed long ago on trying to use Barney's actions for any kind of moral equivalency. What could be morally reprehensible if someone else did it is awesome if Barney does it, because Barney is one of the main characters on the show. <br /><br /><i> I know, not all of these were nit picks.</i> <br /><br />Thus negating all your arguments. :)Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-27465500338379668062013-12-18T10:00:16.814-06:002013-12-18T10:00:16.814-06:00This episode was relatively strong (especially in ...This episode was relatively strong (especially in comparison to other late-series episodes). But that still doesn't mean I don't have some nits to pick!<br /><br />1. As I said before, 5 miles isn't THAT far. Marshall plays basketball and works out...he shouldn't have been that worn out.<br /><br />2. Where is Marshall's luggage?<br /><br />3. Frankly, I think telling Lily that Robin is feeling abandoned isn't a bad thing. I think it's something that needs to be discussed and would bring friends closer.<br /><br />4. Am I the only the person that pretty much agrees with Lily? Marshall should have at least discussed it with her first.<br /><br />5. Yeah, it was a nice touch that the mother was wearing driving gloves but at the same time she arrived by train and is leaving by train. I assume she didn't know she was going to steal the van on the way up. Does she pack driving gloves "just in case?"<br /><br />6. It's probably one of those things I should just not worry about but it's tough for me to just dismiss the (now twice) theft of $600 merchandise. It's a bit morally repugnant. Frankly, I would've rather they went with the "sitcom characters seem to always have infinite money" route and just had Lily and Ted buy the scotch.<br /><br />7. Isn't what Darren (the villain of this episode) was doing the exact kind of thing you could picture Barney doing? Especially if it was means to get laid?<br /><br />8. I know, not all of these were nit picks.Dr. Bitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568570859981368717noreply@blogger.com