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Half the Tim & Eric thread is about this show so I think it deserves its own thread

Granted I'm only like 13 hours into this thing but it's possibly one of the best comedic achievements of the 21st century

also this video is wonderful and I watch it every day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUE5_Mnelwc

Worth looking for: the episode of The Best Show from a couple years back where Tim and Gregg take up about an hour of the show arguing over whether or not Tim actually saw the Tom Cruise remake of The Mummy.

I never really gave a shit about the Tim & Eric show but I am 100% on board with this as pure genius, Turkington hooking up with him was a godsend.
I'm on season 9.

feel like I'm doing a marathon to catch up but even then I can only watch like a handful of these in a row otherwise I will succumb to severe couchlock hypnosis

I think the guys using the mailbag to passive aggressively torment/spring surprises on each other is my favorite gag

best comedy on earth

when you've got movies like Tom Cruise in them

i watched the first episode of this afew days ago.....does it get better? or do you just have to immerse yourself in the voib for a few episodes before you can get into it?

It’s my favorite television thing. You really need to immerse yourself (similar to the Best Show).

Immerse, my friend. Let it wash over you.

Six seasons of uncritical plaudits for every film under the sun was a magnificent setup for Tim's excoriating Ant-Man review.

I got into it through the spin-off, Decker.

https://pitchfork.com/news/tim-heidecker-and-greg-turkington-to-star-in-new-film-mister-america/

Oh god there are Oscar specials and a 12 hour long youtube clip ;_; I am going to have to watch it, I'm afraid. These guys are unreal.

didn't realize it until I went back but Tim's speech was a lot less garbled pre-brain surgery

for some reason the Oscar Specials are not on the Adult Swim streaming channel

i watched the first episode of this afew days ago.....does it get better?

at first it just seems like a shitty half-assed parody that does not feature any actual jokes, but as time goes on, the layers of comedy really accrue in an ingenious way

probably said this in the other thread but Tim's explanation of why he's paying for Ayaka's abortion despite being a staunch pro-lifer is the purest distillation of the right-wing ethos that I've ever heard

he just... he wasn't going to be in that situation

how come there are no animated gifs of Tim's guitar wanking faces, that shit is comedy gold

he just... he wasn't going to be in that situation

choices have to be on the table

i watched the first episode of this afew days ago.....does it get better? or do you just have to immerse yourself in the voib for a few episodes before you can get into it?

I don't know how to explain this to you but the "Stump the Buff" segment where Tim nails Gregg on the Star Trek/San Francisco trivia question is just as dramatic as the scene in Breaking Bad where Hank figures out who Heisenberg is

you must be talking about Star Trek II

which as Trekkie and non-Trekkie alike knows, takes place in San Francisco

haha

This playlist seems to comprise the definitive chronology of the On Cinema-verse (countdown to exasperated sic post detailing, at length,what's missing from said hi playlist): https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRT5PdjVF-ipL5SPXbmZXzfBchXVR8JTo

(No idea where that rogue 'hi' came from so that would be sic gripe #1., I'm sure.)

I graciously accept your thanks for my recommending that playlist to you

I completely don’t get this

Popcorn Classic is a really useful term for a certain kind of movie.

I thank u, sic, although I spent a long while watching a different, much less complete YT playlist (after starting on the even less complete playlist on that one website) so I just wanted to make sure no one else made my stupid mistake. I give this latest playlist five bags of popcorn and a hundred cups of soda.

The later seasons of Decker aren’t on youtube btw, but iirc they stop interacting directly with On Cinema episodes so it doesn’t stand out badly

(The two Ant-Man movies also don’t appear in the playlist, but do very much affect On Cinema video and twitter content )

forks if you were starting at an early point, try dropping in on a S4 or 5 episode, when the Tim vs Gregg tone is better established & there’s loads of backstory, to see if it pings any better with you

eh I think starting in the beginning obscures what a slow build this show is

er starting in the MIDDLE

the whole of season 9 seems to be an extended satire on how annoying having dinner service at the Alamo Drafthouses is

"Tastes like a mouthful of dirt."

Todd Rundgren appears in the last episode of Decker...I knew that voice was familiar!!

"Why was he fired, did he forget to wipe down the microwave?"

if someone "completely doesn't get" the show at the beginning, pushing on through twenty episodes of more of the same is probably going to bore and annoy them

oh yeah, the full real-time Trial Of Tim Heidecker coverage isn't on youtube either, just 10-15 minutes highlights from each day (iirc that's all I watched, then switched over for the full verdict)

all 5 hours right here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YWJcqISKJ

oops. I meant right here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YWJcqISKJQ

the trial is astonishingly great. you HAVE to watch the full thing and not just the highlights.

the whole of season 9 seems to be an extended satire on how annoying having dinner service at the Alamo Drafthouses is

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, July 3, 2019 11:24 AM (forty-nine minutes ago)

the satire of the kind of fake fancy junk food you get in north america - e.g. everything coming with truffle aoili - was very good

I would say you can watch highlights of the trial until Tim fires his attorney and starts defending himself, then switch to the full thing

no!!!!!!!

a couple of my old acquaintances recently started a video game podcast. I listened to one episode and thought about On Cinema the whole time. one of the guys has probably played 20,000 hours of video games but has absolutely nothing insightful to say about them, it's so spot on that I've almost come to view Tim & Gregg as real people

Has anyone started an On On Cinema at the Cinema podcast yet

lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK_iydsYSiI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVuw80sbFZA&list=WL&index=5

I just watched shakey's clip the other day. It wouldn't be nearly as beautiful without the interviewer's overt lack of interest in Gregg's banalities.

Can you guess which album changed Gregg's life?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON4ZLquouHc

xps tim & Gregg have a Walt-Jesse level toxic relationship at this point, so much ill feeling but they can’t extricate themselves from each other — & there are moments where they reveal they do sort of care for each other a bit, but always in an ultimately abusive way

It’s very funny how they both seem not fully conscious of how much the hatred is driving how they think, like Tim basing his whole self-help cult around the idea that watching lots of films is dangerous or Gregg spinning his resentment of dekkar into a dislike of all music

managed to anticipate the bizarrest stuff years in advance

2011:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USA5v08NcEU

I've probably pointed it out before but Tim trying to explain why he's trying to pay for Ayaka's abortion despite being staunchly pro-life is maybe the best encapsulation of Republican 'logic' I've ever seen

You need options

Sometimes situations occur

The situation had to be evacuated

Getting a little choked up at the 40 years of Jaws 2 montage (which is actually a Jaws 3 montage; movie buffs will know). So great to see so many people around the world celebrate such a massive milestone. Jaws 2 made it! to think we're only 4 years from the big 50!

the people’s joker (written and directed by on cinema editor vera drew) is so good

well this is not where I was expecting this to go

https://www.heinetwork.tv/episode/district-attorney-of-san-bernardino-press-conference-05-02-2024/?mc_cid=583ac50863&mc_eid=71f031f5c9

the fact that the shooter was calling for Toni still seems to be an outstanding point, especially since in retrospect she did get kinda weird when the subject of computers was brought up?

lmao that Tim was right when he said it was "just some dude"

i was assuming that joaqin is joey p's real name? or am i missing something

nah, Joey's supposed to be Italian and he ain't 27, plus whoever it was got shot and nearly bled to death, whereas Joey was healthy enough to beat both Tim AND Gregg's asses during the Oscar Special

still kinda suspicious that Joey happened to be in Mexico while it went on, not to mention Tim pointing the finger directly at Amato. maybe he just inferred what everyone watching did but I'd assume he knows *something*

gotta say the show is almost starting to remind of something like Breaking Bad, it's leaving all these little crumbs around pointing at a larger story but there's still so much left to be revealed. I wonder if G. Amato's interest in HEI points and Matt's own crypto scam are gonna be linked in any way

“Timothy Newman”

cant tell if having all this potentially being nothing is irritating or brilliant

Like the Breaking Bad analogy above, this show is always misdirecting you. It’s brilliant of course.

"it is a crazy conspiracy theory created by what is clearly a mentally-compromised...nutcase" joey is so good

congrats to bill brown

Bill Brown, a king’s king.

What’s Joey P’s deal? He’s a far better actor than what I’ve come to expect.

I think Tim was looking for someone normal to play a normal person instead of the usual weirdos they have in the extended Tim and Eric universe

he's the only person in the show's history to give actual movie reviews lol

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107954

Return of the Roller Blade Seven
starring joe estevez, frank stallone, and more.
1.9/10 bags of imdb popcorn.

211 people voted. 33 people gave it 10 bags of popcorn, including the review below. unfortunately 102 people gave it 1 bag of popcorn.

This is a Great Film!
uscfilmgrad200021 February 2004
I am always amused when anonymous reviewers attempt to criticizes actors and filmmakers here at IMDb.com. Most of the time I simply read the reviews and chuckle. But, in regard to this film, I feel like I really need to put in my two cents, because it seems that most of the reviewers are either missing the point of this film or simply want to attack the filmmakers, (for whatever reason).

First of all, I am grad film student at U.S.C. In one of my classes we went through the three films associated with the project, THE ROLLER BLADE SEVEN, RETURN OF THE ROLLER BLADE SEVEN, and LEGEND OF THE ROLLER BLADE SEVEN, frame by frame. So, I believe I know these films as well as anyone, expect maybe the filmmaker. And, 'Yes,' I have gone to both Scott Shaw's and Donald G. Jackson's websites and have read what they have had to say about these films. What I have to say is that they accomplished exactly what they set out to do; to make a completely nontraditional, art based, film.

Now, I am not saying this is the greatest film every. What I am saying, however, is that the filmmakers used every element at their disposable to, as they put it, 'Push the envelope,' of film-making.

If you look at what Donald G. Jackson and Scott Shaw accomplished in this film, with out any of the computer technology which became available after this film was made, they did one hell of a great job. The camera work is great, the editing is great, the story line, (or lack of one), is also great. What I think they really accomplished is to be the first to bring an MTV style of edit to a full length feature film. Or, three in this case.

Not only are these films visually inspirational, but they brought together a great cast. I mean look at the acting careers of Karen Black, Don Stroud, and William Smith. If actors of that caliber embraced this film, how is a person who has no background in either acting or film-making qualified to criticize it. I mean you may not like Indy Art Films, but a Scott Shaw says on his website, 'You may not like the art of Picasso but you can not say it is not art!'

There are a lot of reviewers who claim they could make a better film. As I always say to people who make this claim, 'Let's see it.'

I briefly met both Scott Shaw and Donald G. Jackson when they gave a lecture at the DGA, Director's Guild of America, a couple of years ago. They were both very nice men and have held true to their ideal of pushing the boundaries of traditional film-making. I believe they are both an inspiration and the nonsensical criticism of this film should cease. People should open their eyes and see this movie for what it is, an inspiration to Indy Filmmaker that you can make a nontraditional film and push the boundaries of the accepted and the expected.

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just the other night i was just watching beach babes from beyond starring joe estevez

there was some episode of on cinema (or an oscar special) where they listed out dozens of joe estevez films, and at the time i thought it was a gag, but...those movies are real

i'm finally watching a bunch of seasons i missed and worked my way back to the Trial-era. amazing to see greg and mark spend an entire episode shittalking tim, only to have joe get a call from tim and reveal that he'll be out of jail tomorrow. joe was so genuinely happy, too. :)

that slow zoom in on their faces when he says he's getting out of jail is one of the rare times this show actually works in a real punchline

TWO POTATOS?!?!?

Someone up above said it but Joe kills me how he announces “potatoes”.

You’re not ready for this . pic.twitter.com/ktHLdMEw29

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Kinda looks like Harmony Korine but I know it’s not…. Who is the new colab?

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Trauma informed massage therapy

Is that Joe Estevez narrating

Oh Toni no

oh my god it is just impossible to ever figure out where this show's gonna go

human skin is made of electricity, and it's how we communicate through touch.

someone save toni

our bodies need to be clean

I genuinely feel bad for Toni. I know she's played by an actress. I still worry for her.

gotta say I am not looking forward to how the thing about the photos of Toni on Tim's phone is gonna resolve itself during the next Oscar Special

You can’t delete them,they’re in the cloud

11 years ago:

on a side note i've been enjoying those tim heideker at the movies videos he's doing with the neil hamburger guy.

― Spectrum, Wednesday, April 3, 2013 4:09 PM (eleven years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Greg Turkington... I totally did not make the connection! Of course that's Neil Hamburger, right? He is so so reserved on "On Cinema, At The Cinema" I didn't even realize it.

― Evan, Wednesday, April 3, 2013 4:12 PM (eleven years ago) bookmarkflaglink

The other day my girlfriend and I almost sat through the entire Oscar coverage by them. It's so great.

― Evan, Wednesday, April 3, 2013 4:13 PM (eleven years ago) bookmarkflaglink

I feel so old

watching this trump NABJ appearance in full strongly reminded me of a mini oscar special with trump as on cinema time obv... the chaos that's there from the start and only escalates, the open resentment and petty little jabs, and most of all, the microphone issues

*on cinema tim

and in the end, Trump doesn't win the 2018 Charger

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) 104m pic.twitter.com/EgwZnvObXp

— On Cinema at the Cinema (@OCATCOfficial) September 16, 2024

Not sure I can get out to see the new Beetlejuice flick but now I know I don't have to! Greg with the film hacks

Some surprising news for Michael Keaton here as well, but that's what buffs will do; surprise you.

perfect

https://www.heinetwork.tv/article/breaking-news-vfa-aquirors-majority-stake-in-hei-network/

hope to see Joey P again, he was so perfect for that role