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AICN’s First Review Of EAST BOUND AND DOWN, The HBO Pilot From Will Ferrell And The Folks Behind FOOT FIST WAY!!

First! by Bob Loblaw Law Blog	Nov 27th, 2008 03:26:23 AM

When... by jaws8u	Nov 27th, 2008 03:26:53 AM
does this start?
First review my ass. by Venardhi	Nov 27th, 2008 04:08:08 AM
I sent you guys a review of this thing months ago. It was far less glowing because the show is pretty ho-hum as a whole. It may have played better in a theater but alone on my couch I was close to turning it off a couple times.
I saw this at least three months ago by GregoryHarbin	Nov 27th, 2008 04:19:52 AM
Although I'm thinking it was more like six. But, yeah, it was funny.
Gutbusting.. by StarskyandHushky	Nov 27th, 2008 06:42:50 AM
Lough-out-loud....Allow me to be the first to say: 'Plant'.
FOOT FIST WAY was gash. by MaxTheSilent	Nov 27th, 2008 07:52:49 AM
Absolute shit.
vulgar for vulgarities sake... by thecrimsoncurse	Nov 27th, 2008 09:27:58 AM
and just straight boring. i never thought an actor could make the word "fuck" as annoying as danny mcbride has done here. the whole show is just crass in that red state, budweiser swilling, shotgun toting kind of way. i'll stick with "life and times of tim" thank you.
Wow.. by sonnierjay	Nov 27th, 2008 09:56:11 AM
I thought that show was terrible; completely devoid of character development. Danny Mcbride plays the same character in every movie. I felt so bad for John Hawkes during that pool scene; you would think the director would make up a better shot where John wouldn't shake so much. Complete amateur crap.
I thought this was going to be about Smokey... by expert_40	Nov 27th, 2008 10:39:09 AM
... and the Bandit! Or maybe the like story of everyone's favorite actor / country and western singer Jerry Reed! I was duped!
AICN left at the starting gate. Again. by V'Shael	Nov 27th, 2008 10:54:58 AM
Thank god for talkbackers, who can point out that a)this show was out and reviewed months ago b)it wasn't all that funny So we can sit back now and look at this "review" and say "Ha ha, AICN has fucking sold out again to Planty Mc Herbivore"
Yeah I saw this in the summer by offput	Nov 27th, 2008 11:02:04 AM
And it was ok. I wasn't falling over with laughter but it has its moments...
Foot Fist Way was horrible by Garbageman33	Nov 27th, 2008 11:06:45 AM
Horrible, I say. I don't even know where to begin with its horribleness.
Hmmm. I liked Foot Fist Way by My Mom Is A Whore	Nov 27th, 2008 12:39:28 PM
I am truly alone in this world. :(
How much does HBO PR department pay? by Xiphos_2	Nov 27th, 2008 12:43:40 PM
Or is the "reviewer" an unpaid intern they forced to write that plantastic review?
First review my ass as well... by FuckMichaelBay	Nov 27th, 2008 12:48:20 PM
...I saw this show 6 months ago. First review or not...This shit was funny.
Read the Script by Gap Toothed TV Boy	Nov 27th, 2008 12:51:38 PM
I read the script a couple of years ago and it was painful. McBride's character was obnoxious and unfunny and none of the supporting characters were allowed to be funny at all. Curious if the pilot is the same way.
Fucking pussies by drturing	Nov 27th, 2008 12:51:46 PM
"Can I wear the Scream mask" - finally a tv comedy with actual balls. Go back to your douche hipster Flight of the Conchords and your pathetic life and times of tim, which along with all the other sensitive she-ra hipster bullshit will be uncool in about... oh, six months ago. Foot Fist Way is one of the best films of last year.
Yeah Foot Fist Way sucked by mefrog	Nov 27th, 2008 01:42:42 PM
Not funny. At all.
foot fist way was shit.. by DeviousMrBlonde	Nov 27th, 2008 02:25:49 PM
.. plain and simple and I was even hanging with mary jane so I was in a forgiving mood. mcbride just came across as a painfully bad will ferrell wannabe. you could actually see the moments when he his brain was working trying to come up with something funny to ad lib with, which it invariable wasn't. this however, was surprisingly funny. I look forward to seeing where they go with it. he's so obnoxious and the characters around him so normal that it's funny in the best embarrassing way.
Here's where Foot Fist Way had balls when all else did not by drturing	Nov 27th, 2008 02:30:19 PM
Fucking comedy these days is blighted by the simple fact that 90% of everything is a pale imitation of The Office, where Gervais and Merchant were smart enough to mix pathos with humor. In fact I thought the show was brilliant because it was depressing more than funny. We are now saturated in painfully horrible, pathetic imitations replete with awkward pauses and uncomfortable moments that try to duplicate the mannerisms of that show with none of the wit or commitment to the characters. That's the other crucial distinction - absolutely becoming the character with total whole hearted lack of irony. That's what is so amazing about McBride and Foot Fist Way - he isn't half hearted, he actually becomes this douchebag who does think he is awesome, without ever wryly letting the audience know, wink wink oh its offensive and embarassing but its just comedy. Fuck no! McBride and Hill go full fucking tilt. That's why a lot of Foot Fist Way you're not laughing. But when McBride hits one of his leftfield bizzaro lines he always kills me. I have loved the man ever since All The Real Girls, where his "i can't fuck" monologue was the stand out moment in the entire movie. It had me wondering if there was something seriously wrong with the person portraying that character. In other words, I like my comedy to have giant fucking balls instead of the twee, obnoxious, affected bullshit that clutters the airwaves with its hipster glasses and awkward pauses.
btw im smoking by drturing	Nov 27th, 2008 03:29:28 PM
some killer jack herer. does anyone have kristen stewart's phone number?
I've got her number by My Mom Is A Whore	Nov 27th, 2008 03:48:59 PM
But I'm not going to give it to you because I'm a complete bastard.
This PLANT is brown. by Spacker Dave	Nov 27th, 2008 05:07:55 PM
Time to weed it out.
Eagle v. Shark by pussyslayer09	Nov 27th, 2008 08:53:30 PM
could have been a lot better...but it was a complete waste of talent...i'm surprised we are even talking about it because the reason it didnt get any attention is because it "kinda sucked."
"First review"... on lame AICN. by Zax2000	Nov 28th, 2008 02:32:24 AM
OK, so what is the point of having a website/forum about all things geeky when you intentionally NOT review a show when it is leaked on the net? Its not like this wasn't out there months ago and hordes of us have already seen it. (I turned it off after about 15 minutes. It sucked.) I understand maybe holding back on a currently-running show when you get an advance copy, but when a show gets leaked onto the usenets FIVE F@CKING MONTHS before it airs, you just look like idiots and sell-outs when you post a "first" review the week that it premieres. Who do you think your audience is? We are the people who download all of the pilots in May/June/July when they get leaked and then hype them or scorn them before they air in the fall. We're the ones who got BSG its huge numbers when it went to series because we told everybody that the episodes that had already aired in the UK were unbelievable. We're the ones who told everybody to watch this amazing show "Lost" that had a pilot that was insanely better than anything that we had ever seen before. (I'm actually still disappointed that they added subtitles to the Korean dialogue when they went to air. I really liked the idea of not being able to understand those two, just like all of the other characters.) Stop pulling this crap. You're embarassing yourselves.
Eagle vs. Shark? WTF? Goddamn you are some total weaklings by drturing	Nov 28th, 2008 02:35:53 AM
Eagle vs. Shark, I wonder if the guy who made that saw Napoleon Dynamite or a Wes Anderson film. I wonder if the guys who make Flight of the Conchords have seen the scenes in Extras with the agent. Grow the fuck up, no one cares about twee man children who adopt the mannerisms of oh so adorable gifted twelve year olds trapped in the bodies of undernourished dudes with receding hairlines. Flight of the Conchords is some pathetic attempt to merge mediocre music with mediocre comedy in the hopes of promising a full tv show. It doesn't. It's shitty music for people who think Tenacious D are too hardcore. You know what's funny? Paul Mooney, Happy Gilmore, Chris Rock's latest special, The Foot Fist Way, the original Office, Brass Eye, The Colbert Report. The only thing funny about hipster comedy is how some people actually find that shit amusing.
Yeah! by thecrimsoncurse	Nov 28th, 2008 07:43:25 AM
you fucking hipster pussy wipes! "you're fuckin' out!!!" cower on your knees in the presence of my mullet of manhood. you 12 year old manchildren can't handle my southern drawl, you fuckin piss pants! i'll throw you off my jetski and won't even give a fuck! won't even give a fuck!!! my balls are huge!
So we need another show about goofy losers? by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Nov 28th, 2008 09:17:02 AM
I'll stick with Sons of Anarchy thank you very much.
Fuck me. by Lost Jarv	Nov 28th, 2008 11:44:20 AM
Why not just publish the press release. It'd be more honest.
It's not a plant because... by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looki ng_for	Nov 28th, 2008 12:30:33 PM
the dude spelt Will Ferrells name wrong. DOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOY ING!!!!!!
i liked The Foot Fist Way. a lot. but EB&D is kinda lame. by Holodigm	Nov 28th, 2008 12:32:08 PM
getting money from HBO, and the show still has the look of 20 bucks. they need a DP that knows how to make it not look like shit, actors that aren't embarrassed by their lines (lookin' at you Hawkes), and material that isn't Foot Fist Way 2.
necgray by drturing	Nov 28th, 2008 07:33:18 PM
punch drunk love is wayyyy better than happy gilmore, but if you don't think the origin of "you eat pieces of shit for breakfast" is funny, then you're a high minded far too superior to enjoy comedy douchebag. happy gilmore is a fucking hilarious film. and i didn't say balls were funny, i said that unironic commitment to an asshole character is far more interesting than bullshit fake awkwardness.
I want anyone who's seen Fist Foot Way. . . . by Darth_Kaos	Nov 28th, 2008 07:59:34 PM
. . .to raise their hand. waiting. . . .waiting. . . .waiting. . . . not only is McBride not funny, he's not even that talented. Mediocrity his running rampant.
plant! also foot fist way ruled by angrykirby.tk	Nov 28th, 2008 08:43:32 PM
thats it
Drturing, now I gotta know... by Deathpool	Nov 29th, 2008 05:22:27 AM
Happy Gilmore, or Billy Madison? Both pretty damn funny, but I give the edge to Gilmore. If only because of Bob Barker coming out of left field.
Plant by CrazyGnome	Nov 29th, 2008 07:50:16 AM
Only have 6 episodes, I can't wait to see what wacky adventures our lead character will get into....(retch) If I haven't made the point, he curses a lot, and we know you kids....I mean 'we' like cursing, so you will like this movie. Whatever.
I loved Foot Fist Way by MetiphisLabs	Nov 29th, 2008 12:48:55 PM
I also enjoyed this show. Also people that say that something "sucked" instead of "I didn't like it" are not to be trusted in opinion land. They are too desperate to be correct.
Chris Rock by drturing	Nov 29th, 2008 03:20:06 PM
I thought Never Scared was his weakest, but his new special.. "You ever have a job you hate so much you take extra long time taking a shit just so you don't have to get back to work?" And for the last fucking time I'm not smoking meth I'm just higher n shit on good weed.
when will we learn by Vern	Nov 29th, 2008 03:21:46 PM
not to go back and forth with lists of what is and is not funny? "You moron, you probaly like A, B and C, but those are NOT funny. In fact it is only J, L, Y and to some extent W that are funny. You probaly like Z! FUCK YOU!" "Wait a minute, did you just say L!?!? You lost all credibility with that one! L is in fact not funny and I can prove it by stating it right here! FUCK YOU!!!" etc. I'm actually with the doctor, I loved THE FOOT FIST WAY. I heard it wasn't very good and didn't see it in the theater but when I rented it I ended up watching it two days in a row I was so fascinated by it. I don't know man, I understand that it's not for most people but for some reason I find myself rooting for that asshole. His whole attitude is hilarious to me, and the things he says ("You're a warrior, so I will allow you the basic right of stretching.") And I like that it doesn't have much of a plot, he doesn't have to save the world or become a celebrity or any shit like that, it's just a small story (although the Chuck the Truck thing would be funnier if they got a real martial artist for the role). Anyway, I love the movie and look forward to this show when it's on DVD but I don't understand setting it up as an opponent to Flights of the Conchord and asking everyone to choose sides. Who gives a shit if somebody laughs at something you don't? Explain your view but don't get mad and insulting about it.
drturing by Ribbons	Nov 29th, 2008 03:59:47 PM
I actually liked The Foot Fist Way, but it's hard to take you seriously when you use words like "twee," "weakling" and "ballsy" to describe comedy. I have no idea what the point you're trying to make is and I'm not sure you do either, but stringing together a bunch of buzzwords isn't really helping your cause. And I like "Flight of the Conchords" too. If that makes me a "pathetic twee affected hipster douchebag," well, I guess I'll just have to do my best to get over it (which shouldn't be too hard since those words mean nothing to me in that context).
so i watched fist foot way... by thecrimsoncurse	Nov 30th, 2008 03:55:34 AM
and actually enjoyed it, though i thought it lost a lot of steam towards the end. i still however think the first 15 minutes of the pilot of "east bound and down" is the most painful thing i've ever had to sit through. the hallway makeover scene and the black betty ending where funny.
Loved Foot Fist Way by tile_mcgillus	Nov 30th, 2008 07:35:04 AM
I guess I just enjoy McBride's raw hatred and arrogance. Also, how the fuck is everyone seeing this fucking pilot? Did it already air? Is it on Hulu...am I going to have to torrent this motherfucker?
Vern by BadMrWonka	Dec 1st, 2008 12:44:43 AM
"when will we learn?" learn? um, you do realize that this is an AICN talkback...disagreeing with another's opinion here and acknowledging them without being upset and infantile would be like a dog learning to send e-mail...
Foot Fist Way was decent by sonnierjay	Dec 1st, 2008 02:50:17 AM
The difference is that his role in that movie had endearing moments and you sympathized with him. This East Bound and Down John Rocker character is just a dick. A lazily-written, one dimensional character that makes you want to grab him by his mullet, throw him down on the street, and stomp on his head until all the vileness spills out of his cranium instead of his mouth. That being said, Andrew Daly was very good in this.
Now, Father Ted -- that was funny. by Dingbatty	Dec 1st, 2008 08:02:43 AM

When I saw the promo on HBO i knew it involved McBride by Jor-El23	Dec 1st, 2008 11:16:54 AM
I had never heard of the show, didn't see McBride's face, I just knew it featured him. What's the deal with this guy, he's not THAT funny. He was OK in Pineapple and Tropic Thunder but everyone is acting like he's the second-coming of Christ
What is the "The John Rocker Story"? by thecomedian	Dec 1st, 2008 04:42:48 PM

McBride - best in moderation by the podosphere	Dec 2nd, 2008 02:31:00 AM
Danny McBride brings a particular kind of a-hole to what he does with unmitigated gusto. It can be funny, but may not be everyone's cup of tea. Me, I him better in small doses. Pineapple Express had about as much McBride as I like in a single movie.

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