The episode originally premiered on may 5, 2011 on nbc. Let me just say, then, that modern warfare is not just one of the best episodes of community so far but one of the best episodes of tv of the season so far. For donald glovers final episode of community, and one the last great ones, abed throws troy a going away party in the vein of paintball. Vimeo, i directed this episode, please do not delete. Short clip from the season one episode modern warfare. Could somebody please make a list of every paintball episode. Maybewe can create a small community which we can play those mods with. End tag recurring themes continuity garrett to jeff jeff and britta arrive together at the study room annoying everyone with their flirtatious arguing. Start your free trial to watch community and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. Watch community season 1 full episodes online, free and paid options via our partners and affiliates.
Modern warfare the paintball game was starting, and the dean. A fistful of paintballs is the 23rd episode and part one of the twopart second season finale of community. The 23rd episode of the first season, modern warfare introduced a gimmick successful. Greendale community college is transformed into an apocalyptic war zone when the dean promises the winner of a paintball competition priority registration, and it could fan the flames of sexual tension between jeff and britta. Jeff firing changs automatic paintball gun in the deans office and then shooting the panicked and helpless dean in the head with paint after everything hed put the campus through funny moments. Paintball assassin is forced underground in a classic spy thriller complete with code. The paintball assassin games are annual competition events held towards the end of the school year at greendale community college. Judging by the promo below, westerns are the target this time around as a. The community episode modern warfare provides examples of action episode quiet drama scene. I would also put geothermal escapism in between 5 and 6, it has the same feel as paintball before it got stale. In the episode, after the dean announces the prize for a friendly game of paintball, greendale sinks into a state of allout paintball war, with every student battling for supremacy. The 23rd episode of the first season, modern warfare introduced a gimmick successful enough to inspire three sequels the greendale community colleges annual game of paintball assassin.
Paintball fight community season 1 episode 23 modern. The 15 best episodes of community that make you feel like. Community to follow up modern warfare with a twopart. This paintball gun was sported by community character senor chang, who set out to stop the main characters from winning. In my opinion 3 is the place to stop though, even modern espionage felt forced to me. Fistful of paintballs, of course, is the sequel to last seasons modern warfare, the episode thats still the highwater mark of this series for many, many people. Much of the time, these gimmick episodes fail horrifically, but every so. The concept of someone firing two guns at once while flying in slow motion through the air was sorta originated in this film. After many years, nbcs galaxybrained sitcom community has finally arrived on netflix. Community season 1 episode 23 modern warfare reaction. Community season 2 episode 24 for a few paintballs more 2011. The paintball guns of community posted by kelly on may 6, 2011 at 9.
Its kind of transcended the series in a strange way. During the chaos, jeffs study group teams up in order to last longer in the game. You know for a sitcom, this is definitely some one of a kind revolutionary stuff. Affiliates with free and paid streaming include amazon, itunes, vudu. If you come here often, you should tell us and the whole world, really about yourself in the bio section of your profile. Communitys modern warfare, otherwise known as the paintball episode, is still generally regarded as the most ballsout awesome episode of the show. Cizinu community season 2 episode 23 a fist full of paintballs part 1 s2 e23. The 23rd episode of the first season, modern warfare introduced a gimmick successful enough to inspire three sequels the greendale community colleges annual game. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film. The tiger stripe m16 used by chang in modern warfare, the paintball episode of the previous season.
Community s02 ep23 a fistful of paintballs 1 hd watch. Three sequels to this episode, a fistful of paintballs, for a few paintballs more, and. Nbc a desolated campus with textbooks strewn everywhere fills the screen in communitys first paintball themed episode. Watch community season 1 episode 22 online via tv fanatic with over 7 options to watch the community s1e22 full episode.
Community cast talks modern warfare episode paley center interview. What movies are referenced in communitys modern warfare. Abed explains that their sexual tension is putting everyone on edge and affecting the group. For example the paintball episode modern warfare is a parody on the war genre obviously, where the dean who is basically the headmaster of the college to anyone who doesnt know announces that the whole school is now in a paintball tournament with itself and the last man standing wins a very special prize i wont spoil it.
Community a fistful of paintballs tv episode 2011 imdb. Pretty much the entire episode is full of this, with gems like shirley wailing troy made god mad when he gets randomly shot by the glee club snipers. Since late last year, the community gang has satirized everything from zombies to gangsters to their biggest hit action movies with the paintballrelated episode modern warfare. The best paintballbased satireparodypastiche of post apocalyptic and heroic bloodshed action movies since spaced after the end. Alison brie and danny pudi in community 2009 ken jeong and joel mchale in community 2009 joel. For me, a handful of season two episodes have eclipsed that one, but i get why modern warfare will always be the standardbearer. Fan made recap for the episode modern warfare from the nbc show. Community 1x23 modern warfare group reaction youtube. Having become sortof a mythical symbol of not only the series as a whole, but all highconcept and themed episodes in television at large. Its a big, bold, ridiculous episode of television, and yet it so completely commits to its vision of greendale as a postapocalyptic wasteland in the midst of a giant paintball war that. To watch the next episode right now, unedited to s2e12 pat. Modern warfare is the 23rd episode of the first season of community and originally premiered on may 6, 2010 on nbc. The legacy of the paintball episode looms large over all the. Communitys modern warfare episode in season 1 used the paintball theme to pay homage to action movies.
This episode is a triumph, so let me first make a note regarding its tremendous or, if you prefer for me to actually complete the reference completely, huge success the various action movie parodies which run throughout modern warfare are expertly designed, tremendously directed by justin lin, and result in a really funny and successful episode. Acting as a sequel to modern warfare from the first season, dean pelton once again announces plans for a game of paintball. Not to overstate things, but watching community s firstseason paintball epic, modern warfare, was like having the deepest sleep, eating the. But its a freakish aberration, and community is back with its agame in modern warfare, aka the first paintball episode that is totally awesome and sets the standard for a fourshirley episode. Curriculum unavailable briefly advanced introduction to finality. Community season 2 episode 23 a fist full of paintballs 2011. Community s02 ep23 a fistful of paintballs 1 hd watch video.
Communitys gillian jacobs teases paintball finale, part 2. While community sort of started out as a satire of collegebased tv shows and movies, it has since become more of a movie satire of the week type show. The remains of the study group around the campfire and jeff and brittas afteraction patchup affectionate parody. Watch community online free in hd, compatible with xbox one, ps4, xbox 360, ps3, mobile, tablet and pc. Paintball on community what paintball guns were used. Since communitys first paintball attack, modern warfare, was a bit jeff and brittacentric, alison bries annie was showcased in the opening half of this seasons splatterthon. Jeff joel mchale is drawn into a secret game of paintball happening on campus and frankie guest star paget brewster threatens to expel anyone who plays. The paintball game first appeared in the season one episode modern warfare and made. Modern warfare season 1, episode 23 community kept turning back to paintball for a reason it worked so damn well the first time. Arriving, as it did, near the end of communitys promising, if uneven first season, it. Modern warfare is the 23rd episode of the first season of community and originally premiered. And while the paintball part of the modern warfare was important, as far as the series is concerned jeff and britta having sex is obviously a much bigger concern. The 15 best episodes of community to watch on netflix. The paintball game first appeared in the season one episode modern warfare and made subsequent appearances in the season two episodes a fistful of.
At this point, theres almost no introducing modern warfare, the twentythird episode in the first season of dan harmons community. Watch community season 1 episode 22 online tv fanatic. In this episode senor chang busts into a room rocking the tm15 on full auto to the sound of oriental music. With joel mchale, gillian jacobs, danny pudi, yvette nicole brown. A prize is given to the winner of the contest which normally has great value to the students with the exception of the time when the prize was simply tickets to see a musical. This episode featured a major turning point in jeff and brittas relationship. Greendale community college is transformed into an apocalyptic war zone when the dean promises the winner of a paintball competition priority registration, and it could fan the flames of sexual tension between. Greendale community college is transformed into an apocalyptic war zone when the dean promises the winner of a paintball competition priority registration.
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