How I Met Your Mother: Barney and... (Spoilers ahead...) - Page 31

Timelord_Victorious · February 22 2013, 07:09 PM

Pavonis wrote:

All the characters exist, but not necessarily with the personalities they're depicted with; it's all biased by Ted's recollection, and the producers have demonstrated that the events we "see" aren't always the events that happened.

So you are saying, Barney is really Marshall and Marshal is Barney and the mother is dead? You think they do the Roseanne ending?

Pavonis · February 22 2013, 08:24 PM

No. I think that Barney exists, but may not be the legendary skirt-chaser Future Ted recollects him to be. Probably the rest are spot on, but Barney seems to be more of an exaggeration than the other characters.

Agent Richard07 · February 22 2013, 08:26 PM

And he probably doesn't wear a suit all the time.

Scout101 · February 22 2013, 08:30 PM

Little dark to end the series by showing that Ted's telling the kids the story because they just came back from the funeral. Roseanne ending is probably out...

But yeah, think back to any 'epic' story you could tell from your youth. If you sat down and told it to me, you'd probably tell a slightly more exciting version that I'd have seen if I was standing there when it happened. Human nature.

And Ted's definitely editing the story a bit. They've said and shown it a million times. One of my favorite recurring ones was brought up again last week, though. Ted was all messed up at the art gallery because he was at home "eating a sandwich" with that "boats, boats, boats" girl. He hasn't told the KIDS that connection, but they've told the audience that whenever he mentions sandwiches, he means pot. this week's was obvious, but when it's more subtle (like when Marshall got locked out of his house by the neighborhood kid, and he looks in to see him eating Marshall's sandwich), it's entertaining.

tighr · February 22 2013, 09:00 PM

Speaking of "Boats Boats Boats!" girl (Laura Bell Bundy), she's definitely a cutie:

Surprised we haven't seen her in a while. It's been about 3 years since she was Robin's co-host on that early morning show.

JarodRussell · February 22 2013, 11:24 PM

The characters on the show could very well be manifestations of Ted's personality or wishes. Robin is his idealized love interest, Barney is the ideal womanizer single Ted wished to be, and Lily and Marshall are the ideal couple Ted wishes to be part of some day.

ryan123450 · February 23 2013, 12:08 AM

While all this psychoanalyzing off Ted's story and claiming that huge parts of it are basically false is interesting theorizing, I'm pretty sure nothing so off the wall will end up happening. It's a pretty straightforward show.

Kirby · February 23 2013, 12:11 AM

I'm hoping that we just don't have an ending where Ted walks up to girl in the band, says hello, and we get a 1 second shot of the her saying hello back and then it kicks back to his kids with: "And that kids, is the story of how I met your mother." Roll credits.

Mr Light · February 23 2013, 01:06 AM

^
I think that's the end of THIS season. But we have a whole 'nuther season to get to know her, thank gawd.

Mr. Laser Beam · February 23 2013, 01:21 AM

JarodRussell wrote:

The characters on the show could very well be manifestations of Ted's personality or wishes. Robin is his idealized love interest, Barney is the ideal womanizer single Ted wished to be, and Lily and Marshall are the ideal couple Ted wishes to be part of some day.

So what are you saying, it's like A Beautiful Mind writ large? What a kick in the teeth that would be.

CorporalClegg · February 23 2013, 01:22 AM

Kirby wrote:

I'm hoping that we just don't have an ending where Ted walks up to girl in the band, says hello, and we get a 1 second shot of the her saying hello back and then it kicks back to his kids with: "And that kids, is the story of how I met your mother." Roll credits.

I fully expect that to happen. And it will be Lori Loughlin, a CGI Lori Loughlin.

Or SMG.

JarodRussell · February 23 2013, 01:55 AM

Well, you can just imagine the kids go "Oh come on Dad, what happened next?"

Maybe they change the title to "How I Married Your Mother".

Kirby · February 23 2013, 02:49 AM

Mr Light wrote:

^
I think that's the end of THIS season. But we have a whole 'nuther season to get to know her, thank gawd.

Have they already given the go-ahead to another season? I have mixed feelings about that.

tighr · February 23 2013, 03:40 AM

CorporalClegg wrote:

I fully expect that to happen. And it will be Lori Loughlin, a CGI Lori Loughlin.

See! My idea is catching on.

It's the perfect cameo.

I wonder if we'll ever see Future Ted as played by Bob Saget. They showed us Future Robin, Future Lily, and Future Marshall all played by themselves, so probably not.

Also, the episode with Mike Tyson showed Future Lily and Future Robin "18 Years in the future" which is contemporary with the time Future Ted is telling the story to his kids.

Aldo · February 23 2013, 04:33 AM

I bet all the characters exist in (future Ted's) reality. I bet they throw us a curve and when "future Robin" comes in you have her played by a different actress, and future Barney is a fat guy or something. Then we reveal that future Ted is just Bob Saget, showing that when telling the story, Ted was creating idealistic versions of his friends and himself.

February 22 2013, 08:24 PM	#452
Pavonis Commodore Location: South Dakota	Re: How I Met Your Mother: Barney and... (Spoilers ahead...) No. I think that Barney exists, but may not be the legendary skirt-chaser Future Ted recollects him to be. Probably the rest are spot on, but Barney seems to be more of an exaggeration than the other characters.

February 22 2013, 08:26 PM	#453
Agent Richard07 The Tim Burton Version Location: Defying Logic	Re: How I Met Your Mother: Barney and... (Spoilers ahead...) And he probably doesn't wear a suit all the time.

February 22 2013, 08:30 PM	#454
Scout101 Admiral Location: Rhode Island, USA	Re: How I Met Your Mother: Barney and... (Spoilers ahead...) Little dark to end the series by showing that Ted's telling the kids the story because they just came back from the funeral. Roseanne ending is probably out... But yeah, think back to any 'epic' story you could tell from your youth. If you sat down and told it to me, you'd probably tell a slightly more exciting version that I'd have seen if I was standing there when it happened. Human nature. And Ted's definitely editing the story a bit. They've said and shown it a million times. One of my favorite recurring ones was brought up again last week, though. Ted was all messed up at the art gallery because he was at home "eating a sandwich" with that "boats, boats, boats" girl. He hasn't told the KIDS that connection, but they've told the audience that whenever he mentions sandwiches, he means pot. this week's was obvious, but when it's more subtle (like when Marshall got locked out of his house by the neighborhood kid, and he looks in to see him eating Marshall's sandwich), it's entertaining. __________________ Perhaps, if I am very lucky, the feeble efforts of my lifetime will someday be noticed and maybe, in some small way, they will be acknowledged as the greatest works of genius ever created by man. ~Jack Handey STO: @JScout33

February 22 2013, 09:00 PM	#455
tighr Commodore Location: California	Re: How I Met Your Mother: Barney and... (Spoilers ahead...) Speaking of "Boats Boats Boats!" girl (Laura Bell Bundy), she's definitely a cutie: Surprised we haven't seen her in a while. It's been about 3 years since she was Robin's co-host on that early morning show. __________________ ~Tighr™: Not helping the situation since 1983

February 22 2013, 11:24 PM	#456
JarodRussell Vice Admiral	Re: How I Met Your Mother: Barney and... (Spoilers ahead...) The characters on the show could very well be manifestations of Ted's personality or wishes. Robin is his idealized love interest, Barney is the ideal womanizer single Ted wished to be, and Lily and Marshall are the ideal couple Ted wishes to be part of some day. __________________ lol l /\

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February 23 2013, 12:08 AM	#457
ryan123450 Commodore Location: Woodward, OK	Re: How I Met Your Mother: Barney and... (Spoilers ahead...) While all this psychoanalyzing off Ted's story and claiming that huge parts of it are basically false is interesting theorizing, I'm pretty sure nothing so off the wall will end up happening. It's a pretty straightforward show. __________________ Lost: A Chronological Experience-http://lostchronologically.yolasite.com Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

February 23 2013, 12:11 AM	#458
Kirby Rear Admiral Location: Alt: 5280	Re: How I Met Your Mother: Barney and... (Spoilers ahead...) I'm hoping that we just don't have an ending where Ted walks up to girl in the band, says hello, and we get a 1 second shot of the her saying hello back and then it kicks back to his kids with: "And that kids, is the story of how I met your mother." Roll credits. __________________ Henderson!!!!

February 23 2013, 01:06 AM	#459
Mr Light Admiral Location: Pennsylvania	Re: How I Met Your Mother: Barney and... (Spoilers ahead...) ^ I think that's the end of THIS season. But we have a whole 'nuther season to get to know her, thank gawd. __________________

February 23 2013, 01:55 AM	#462
JarodRussell Vice Admiral	Re: How I Met Your Mother: Barney and... (Spoilers ahead...) Well, you can just imagine the kids go "Oh come on Dad, what happened next?" Maybe they change the title to "How I Married Your Mother". __________________ lol l /\

February 23 2013, 04:33 AM	#465
Aldo Admiral Location: Washington	Re: How I Met Your Mother: Barney and... (Spoilers ahead...) I bet all the characters exist in (future Ted's) reality. I bet they throw us a curve and when "future Robin" comes in you have her played by a different actress, and future Barney is a fat guy or something. Then we reveal that future Ted is just Bob Saget, showing that when telling the story, Ted was creating idealistic versions of his friends and himself. __________________ I'm only responsible for what I say, not for what you understand.