i thought his response was rather troll-y: super snarky, personal attack, no discussion of the actual topic… not that i think **DA **is a troll. it just wasn’t a very friendly welcome to the board.
anyway, criticizing AD always strikes a nerve with its irrationally rabid fans and it’s not a new thing on this board. lots of people have pointed out the wackiness, the better-read-than-acted pun-humor, the bitter, humorless meta-references to its impending cancellations, etc. so killingspree isn’t breaking new ground, or stepping out of line with this thread.
i mean, mainstream america wasn’t watching it for a reason and it wasn’t because “stupid americans just don’t GET it.” the plot itself is complex but not nolanesque, and they had a NARRATOR to keep the mental stragglers in line. plus, it was just a sitcom. it’s not like it was the television equivalent of Primer or anything.
personally i thought there were a lot of sitcoms in the past 10 years that were a lot better: scrubs, 30 rock, HIMYM, Community, Curb, My Name is Earl, BETTER OFF TED…
the only real selling points that AD does well are cross-episodic call-backs (which was tough because they had 3 turbulent seasons) and bad puns (loose seal). funny, but not what most people would call “ha-ha” funny.
and i think KS has a point with the hipster-cred aspect of liking this show. it was obscure. family guy had a similar thing going during its 1st run, and to their horror, they actually got the damn thing back on the air and it went hyper-mainstream. then you have millions of people doing a complete 180 saying “it was better when stewie was angry instead of gay” and “jumped the shark.”
oh, and i think david cross is massively overrated, a hypocrite, and just a bitter, unpleasant human being.