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Hacks (on HBO) has some similarly "forced" plot elements – going for "big moments," epiphanies, etc. - that made me wish that aspect had been slightly dialed back (despite its overall excellence). It's that "premium drama" thing, I dunno.

Are ppl taking about Never Have I Ever on the Official Netflix Thread™?

Val, the Val Kilmer doc on Amazon, is really good. Honestly could have been longer, I'm kind of a sucker for actor's home movies. Is Kilmer pretentious? Yes. Did he ever seem to act in a film that matched his (self perceived) potential? No. But he's a pretty interesting guy and his retreat into art seems to be giving him a real sense of purpose, and his relationship with his kids seems great.

Cool, may check it out.

TIL the younger female lead on Ted Lasso is Julien Temple’s daughter.

I wuz bored, so downloaded Peacock… it’s a wasteland!!

They do have 46 seasons of SNL, if that’s your thing.

I downloaded it to rewatch Battlestar Galactica, I don't think I've opened it since.

They do have 46 seasons of SNL, if that’s your thing.

Unless something's changed since I last looked, they're still the hacked up versions (sketches missing, music performances DEFINITELY missing) versions that have jumped around from streaming service to streaming service for a decade.

they have Rockford Files tho :D

Which has Gunsmoke? Is it it Hulu Live?

Peacock has both We Are Lady Parts and Girls5Evah.

gunsmoke is on Paramount+

Unless something's changed since I last looked, they're still the hacked up versions (sketches missing, music performances DEFINITELY missing) versions that have jumped around from streaming service to streaming service for a decade.

I get that music rights can be a thorny issue but I will never understand why they've managed to spectacularly drop the ball on getting old SNL episodes in circulation that aren't hacked to shit. Regardless of one's opinion of the show, you'd think it would have the cultural cachet to get a decent archive. I mean hell, they even gave up on the complete season DVDs with the fifth season.

i assume some of it is because quite a lot of it is shitty and/or inappropriate for modern audiences

yeah, that is what I figured since the trainwreck episodes are particularly hacked up; I think the Steven Seagal one is like 15 minutes long and only has one sketch he appears in.

i assume some of it is because quite a lot of it is shitty and/or inappropriate for modern audiences

The former is one thing, but the latter issue was addressed via content warnings for The Muppet Show full episodes finally up on Disney+.

Does SNL have a history of "that sure didn't age well" material (from a modern sensibility standpoint)? I can't think of much offhand from the years when I watched regularly.

OK, maybe a few of Hartman's lines from this classic sketch: https://snltranscripts.jt.org/90/90ksinatra.phtml

This didn't age well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IId64OJdCKM

I think Lorne Michaels is behind the decimation of past episodes. He's the one who decreed certain things would never be seen again.

on that Sinatra sketch, still amazed they got "faggot crap" on the air

me too, didn't recall that line specifically

xp

That word definitely appeared on All in the Family a decade earlier. Dunno if the n-word ever did, but don’t they use it on that one Richard Pryor/Chevy Chase skit where they’re trading epithets?

(on SNL that is)

I enjoyed the first episode of the Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez murder mystery on Hulu.

xp morrisp - my teen self watching the reruns on cable during the '90s was completely flabbergasted watching it

I also forgot that Sting portrayed Billy Idol in that sketch… kind of weird for a musician to satirize another musician(?) Not sure if it’s “punching up” or “punching down” in this case, lol

This didn't age well

Is this actually SNL? It seems remarkably unfunny, even for SNL's legendarily uneven output.

Yeah, not SNL. I think it's...real? https://www.bevnet.com/brands/lightning_energy_steven_seagal

Yeah that was a real advert. Seagal is such a jerk.

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— The PS1 startup sound, but as a lesbian (@janusrose) September 8, 2021

been saying this for years!

Really no other thread for it I guess, but I just realized today that Pootie Shoe from Mythic Quest, his name is a pun on “petit chou” (also, foreshadowing re his parentage)

no other thread for it? au contraire! puns that you had missed

The LuLaRoe doc on Amazon (I think?) was a good watch.

A friend recommended a UK sitcom called Toast of London, but apparently it just left Netflix this month.

i watched the two 9/11 episodes of Spike Lee’s epicenters doc series on HBOMax. If you like Spike and can roll with his weird looseness (which has gotten even more heightened in the last 10yrs) it’s actually pretty good.

I’ve always found him to be a really good documentarian, and the interviews are really good. In particular some really incredible interviews about the maritime rescue.

tbh I didnt plan to watch it, had no desire to. but he posted a clip online this morning & seeing all the first responders & construction workers talking made me rethink. I was glad I ended up watching (but i skipped the 2 covid eps bc i couldnt mentally do both subjects).

Not for everyone obv, just a personal vote of confidence.

The LuLaRoe doc on Amazon (I think?) was a good watch

Saw this. From the makers of one of the Fyre Festival docs, so it has that flavor. One of the "victims" from the doc, Roberta Blevins, has a good podcast called "Life After MLM" that goes into more depth about Multi-Level Marketing schemes, for those interested.

I heard Lee gives airtime to some 9-11 truthers in that doc. True?

he did originally but he ended up cutting it out before it went to air

Lee's bitcoin shill commercial apparently also included a subtle Qanon nod.

Zombie Olympics episode of Happy Endings is great! Glad I didn't skip it.

yeah the spike thing sounds wild, a 30-min chunk of the episode all about it, incl spike himself arguing w/scientists about controlled demolition. soured me on watching any of it tbh.

I love Spike, but the prospect of watching 8 hours of him (or anyone) on 9/11 and COVID sounds…imposing, let’s call it.

OK, Peacock's got me now (haha): https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/frogger

I was watching a football game yesterday with some friends, and one of the guys thought the mishmash of scenes from everything from Atlanta to Reservation Dogs to What We Do in the Shadows in a commercial for Hulu was for one awesome show.

that would def be an awesome show!

esp. if it was called Hulu

I keep meaning to mention this but I saw an ad for Y: The Last Man on Hulu, and I'm very unsure if I'm excited about the adaptation.

I'll definitely watch it but it's got fairly mixed reviews

I'm intrigued too but I'll wait for more reviews. Could see it being very good or very bad

Just watched the first episode. I know nothing of the source material and I thought it was good. Solid cast, anyway - Diane Lane, Olivia Thirlby, a few other people I've liked in other things.

Two episodes in now and like I said, I never read the comic, but making the title character a completely useless idiot is an interesting storytelling choice.