So, my assignment for Philosophy is to take a TV show (Sienfield , Simpsons) and write about the Philosophy in it. I want to do Family Guy, have any suggestions on the matter?
there's a book called 'the philosophy of the simpsons' or something like that. maybe 'the simpsons and philosphy.' its pretty interesting. its a series of essays that look at the characters and running themes, and compare them to philosophical ideas. i think one of them compares Bart to Nietzche's Uberman (Zarathustra). you could poke through that book, and do something similar, replacing simpsons characters with family guys. if i remember when i get home, i'll post some of the essay titles.
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Stewie -vs- Mom
Brian -vs- Dad
Daughter -vs- Son
Handicapped Neighbour -vs- Nosey Neighbour
mix and stir
The rest of the family are just splintered characteristics of the one "unified" character, Brian (the dog).
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Originally posted by groverat
I am writing a sociological study of Invader Zim.
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Originally posted by Splinemodel
I'm building a 4 layer magnetic loop antenna tuned for 13.56Mhz.
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only 4? Man, I heard that the standard these days is 6, at least...
Now to go play with Thundercat, Mac OS X v.12.1
Any more ideaS?!?
All I know is that its twice as funny since I've been living in Rhode Island.
There is a lot of local....ummm....flavor thrown in......and the atrocious accents.....this is coming from a New Joisey kid...hah.
There is a definate community vibe to it....ie they interact with a much wider section of their neighbors then say the Flinstones.
Originally posted by Anders
Do it on star trek TNG instead. A show that practically promoted communism and collectivity in the Reagan era.
i am sorry, but i have never been able to sit through an episode of that