Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (2009)

Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark
  Side (2009)

Directed by: Dominic Polcino
Screenplay by: Kirker Butler

Genre: Animation | Comedy
Running Time: 52 Minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Viewed: Owned DVD

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Comments: I've been a Family Guy fan for a while now. I never watched the show originally, but like many I purchased the DVDs and fell in love. The show's taken some criticism recently about lack of real plots and declining quality (some of which is certainly warranted), but I still find the show entertaining (and that's all that matters, right?). However, I found Blue Harvest, the first spoof of Star Wars, to be generally unfunny and one of the worst things to come out of Family Guy. Family Guy works best when doing quick spoofs, not the continuous overlong bits. Something Something Something Dark Side falls into many of the same problems (how many self-references can you make in one hour?), but when they hit the funny bone, it works. There will of course be the third Star Wars spoof, which I believe will be titled We've Got a Bad Feeling About This, but I can't imagine it being much better than the last two. Something Something Something Dark Side has some good laughs and is a step up from the last entry, but it's still not even close to as good as Family Guy has done.