possum-30074
Family Guy is like that annoying friend in your social circle. They are often unfunny, immature, and even malicious, and yet, you still come back to them anyway. You keep being friends. That is my relationship with Peter, Lois, The Griffin Kids, and the other minor characters in this controversial cartoon. The only thing that continues to piss me off beyond end is Brian Griffin, who is possibly the worst cartoon character ever created. Some say that Family Guy jumped the shark after his death, but for me, Brian's sweet demise brought me back into the show, despite Brian's replacement being bland to say the least. 6/10, would run Brian over again.
Himchaotzse17
Family guy is often judge by its superficial appearance of being one-dimensional crap to lots of people who compare it the Simpsons elements, but the show itself has hidden depths of old and new personality traits of all the characters, however the writers should serialize the storylines into story arcs that last longer. The show's still great, but needs more fixing of the quality and animation formats.
DrMaxLaugh
Family Guy is a long running animated program that has had an huge impact on pop culture. The show brought a nice mix of sitcom tropes, black comedy, "low-brow" humor, intelligent jokes, and gags. I've been watching since 2007, "Stewie Kills Lois" was my first episode, and I've been hooked ever since. However, the show has been running out of steam.I wasn't even around for the original run, but I think pre-cancellation episodes are superior to what we have now. They milked every opportunity for a joke they could. Nowadays, they just make lame observations or overdone celebrity comparisons, even when the plot screams absurdity. "Saturated Fat Guy" for example, had so many chances to play off of Peter's unhealthy habits, but it just fell flat. The scene where Peter thought about how successful his junk food business could be could've been home to some funny visuals, like him living in a mansion made of junk food, and diving in a pool of soda or beer. Instead, we got some line about a celebrity being sad on a ride. The jokes used to be clever, but recently, they over-explain them or give away the punchline in the delivery, which kills the momentum.Also, since Season 4, they've had scenes where the characters just stand around and talk about nothing for minutes on end. I think they're going for a "Seinfeld Conversation" kind of thing but it doesn't mesh well with the show's fast paced style. The show's use of black comedy has also downgraded. They're no punchline or point to the dark events on the show, they just happen and we're supposed to laugh. Just like a joke about a lamp can be lame, a joke about a dead baby can too. The pilot episode, for example, had a great joke about Hitler being jealous of a Jew at the gym. And for 1/3 of the show's run, Stewie would stop at nothing to kill his mother Lois, which was a goldmine of dark comedy. Nowadays, they do things like having Peter brutally slaying a whale for no good reason and blowing up children's hospitals just because. I will say the violence in the recent Quentin Tatrintino episode was great because it was a nice parody of his style. Also, they just list racial stereotypes now instead of playing with them like they use to.The show is still pretty good, but ironically, they lost their edge while trying to be edgier. The recent season seems to be getting back on the right track, especially with the story arcs and "experiment" episodes. Here's to many great FG episodes to come.
