“Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons” was fan service that seemed to tread that thin line, but it fell more on the successful side. And can you blame them? They were walking into a show that had a rabid fan base with an encyclopedic knowledge, and while it certainly would have been interesting to watch a season of Community with Happy Endings’ soul, that version of the show would have alienated the small but ferocious fans the show already had. ![]() I think showrunners Port and Guarascio were trying to do too much fan service, or what Dan Harmon called “The Comic-Con version” in his recent interview with Alan Sepinwall. I’ve heard a few people refer to Community’s fourth season as a Pet Sematary version of the show, which I think is apt it’s going through familiar motions, but there’s a different soul in there. Fan service can be tricky, and there seems to be a pretty thin line between doing it right and doing it very, very wrong.
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