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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (3 children)

The ending of the show kinda makes me think they were the original IASIP gang. Every other character outside of the main group thought they were assholes, and they literally went to jail for it.

[–] TheLowestStone 7 points 6 months ago

Sunny was originally marketed as "Seinfeld on crack."

[–] Duamerthrax 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"haha, we knew we assholes along!"

It was also universally hated by fans. IASIP made sure there was no confusion about the characters morality.

[–] FlyingSquid 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's not why it was hated, it was hated because it was a bad and abrupt ending that didn't go with the rest of the show.

I don't think anyone was under any illusions that the Seinfeld characters were supposed to be anything other than horrible people.

[–] Duamerthrax 4 points 6 months ago

There were definitely people who modeled their behavior or at least excused their actions based on Seinfeld. My aunt for instance.

There's a long, long history of idiots missing the point of various pieces of fiction. The Prince, Fight Club and the original MS Gundam come to mind. Yoshikazu Yasuhiko even felt the need create Gundam: The Origin because too many kids thought Gundam's message was "War is cool".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Of course they were annoying assholes, that's why we watched it. They're New Yorkers ffs.