I'm stoked for Beef House
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
have you heard that band though, imago? you might like it.
― sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
I honestly don’t know why Empty Bottle in any of its incarnations hasn’t made it to an EOY poll yet.
― tangenttangent, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
it's a Chicago thing idk
The ending of this year's Oscar special is stunning.
― Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
the best bit about Tim's character is that it pre-dates Trump's political run; it tunes into something much more widespread than merely Trump, in the same way that Gregg's character tunes into something brilliantly specific that any self-respecting nerd will identify
oh shit yeah Empty Bottle 3.0 why didn't we vote for it :(((
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
no oscar special spoilers or ban
Will check out Faxed Head of course, they're Patton-aligned kinda?
yeah the end of "mt btl 3.0" where LaRue is just pointing his gun into crowds is like the funniest thing I've ever seen
― frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
Thoughts on the top five?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
btw I was seriously on edge during the season finale because I really thought Tim was about to blow Toni's head off
the reveal that there actually was a bullet in the chamber was so good
― frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
btw terri parks is a total genius and a really welcome addition to the on cinema family
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
Faxed Head included: Gregg T, Trey from Mr. Bungle, etc., and the main dude from Caroliner (though he got kicked out of the band at one point, and when we did the Faxed Head reunion show in 2013, that dude was kinda-sorta banned from the show on request from the other Faxed Heads).
― sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
it's a weirdly prescient show; the Electric Sun stuff predated the Fyre Festival docs and the vaping death storylines was years before that actually happened. not to mention that recent Elon Musk EDM single which is pretty much exactly DKR
― frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
On Cinema is...very hard to recommend. Because it's less a show than it is an experience, something you have to immerse yourself in completely to fully appreciate. As noted in the dedicated thread, I (like my T&E-loving friends who, as far as I know, still haven't taken the plunge) for the longest time was a little skeptical and kinda thought this was some ephemeral, mildly-amusing Heidecker side project that I could safely skip. But then I finally jumped into the heart of darkness with both feet last year and boy oh boy am I ever glad that I did.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
basically what I'm saying is I fully expect Roger Stone to die of carbon monoxide poisoning in the next few years
russian dollbarryfleabagchernobyltim robinson
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
ha i had no idea what that show was, but now I wanna see it.
― sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:07 (four years ago) link
the joker strikes again!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
I’ve never been a huge Tim & Eric fan but love On Cinema.
― Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
Haven't seen this year's On Cinema Oscar special yet, but the denouement of the last several have been spectacular, and last year's was possibly the most harrowing and unnerving thing I've seen in a while. Particularly for something that was also hilarious (see: Tim's all-time performance of 'Bohemian Rhapsody').
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/AsKBH00.jpg#5 - Mindhunter (Netflix) - 145 points, 15 votes
David Fincher's serial killer chat 'em up MINDHUNTER
Mindhunter on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIazdDw4tao
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
last year's was possibly the most harrowing and unnerving thing I've seen in a while
ol, they outdid themselves (again) this year
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link
thought this season was a step back in a lot of ways but it's still very watchable.
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link
I'm pissed at Fincher for pulling the plug on Mindhunter.
― Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
clear the decks for the basic crowdpleasers :P
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
mindhunter s2 was WAY better than s1 imho
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
btw if you aren't willing to jump into On Cinema you should at least check out Decker, I'm also impressed with how well Tim's able to capture that sort of ineptness without overtly doing that tired sort of "so bad it's good" humor we see everywhere now
― frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
Let's put it this way: if I wasn't relatively certain that the performer Tim Heidecker was a relatively sane and stable and functional person, the character of Tim Heidecker would make me very concerned for the safety and well-being of everyone in his orbit.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link
idk i liked the scenes with the inmates more and didnt really care about Holts kids storyline that much.
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link
you all better have voted for itysl
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
Decker was my intro to On Cinema (for those who don't know it's an incompetent action spin-off series created by Tim's character). But the Mr America movie is on Hulu now and might be a good capsule summary.
― Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
― frogbs, Friday, February 14, 2020 1:13 PM (fourteen seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
tim's deliberately shitty acting was on display for the last bit they did in the tim & eric live show they're touring right now, and god, i love it so much. the way he fucks up a line and then fucks it up way more by trying to correct himself... exquisite
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
ive read all your posts about on cinema and watched some of that youtube link posted above but i still have no clue what's going on. may need to start from scratch on it.
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:16 (four years ago) link
I liked that Holt's day-job provided absolutely no assistance with the difficulties presented in his home life, a nice indication of just how impotent they are overall
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:17 (four years ago) link
I had a harder time w. the doc's plot
Heidecker has said something to the effect that he has a tendency to trip over lines as a matter of course and that Decker is just a matter of really leaning hard into that tendency.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, February 14, 2020 1:16 PM (thirty seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
start from the first season! (skip the podcast, and also you can skip most of the outside interviews, only tim and gregg's appearances on the best show are really worth it) it's kind of boring! but just keep plowing through! do not miss out on the oscar specials, even though they are 3-4 hours long. when you get to the trial it's the greatest payoff. this is the playlist i used http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRT5PdjVF-ipL5SPXbmZXzfBchXVR8JTo
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
brad otm
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
I also appreciate that Tim's Twitter feed is like half him and half his character, and it's likely confusing if you don't know what's going on.
― Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link
in some interview he mentioned that when filming Decker they deliberately put the cue cards very far away
― frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link
I voted for Mindhunter. It's very good. Which is kinda how I feel about pretty much everything Fincher. I watch it and I think, 'that was very good' and that's about it. I don't really think of it as a flaw but there isn't much about his work that stimulates discussion for me.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
of course as good as he is I still think Special Agent Kington, the "Master of Codes" is one of the funniest things ever, especially considering exactly how that character came to be
― frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
Yes, I wish I'd known where the Master of Codes came from before starting Decker.
It's really the most impenetrable thing, even more than Best Show, but so hilariously worth it.
― Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
It took me waaaaaaaay too long to notice TurKington was aping the HeiDecker naming convention. Waaaaaaaaaay too long.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
Haven't watched S2 of Mindhunter yet so didn't vote for it. S1 was pretty good
― groovypanda, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
I watched the first series of Decker without even knowing what On Cinema was so seeing the ep where Tim tricks Gregg into appearing on the show was a huge "holy shit" moment for me
― frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
as much as the first episode of on cinema doesn't really imply how truly cracked it gets, it contains one of my favorite jokes in the series, gregg turkington saying john goodman should be renamed john greatman because of his performance in flight
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link
what is our real #9 btw
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link
Unless my Buzzfeed Youtubes amazingly caught fire with the ILX hivemind, I think my only show to make the top 10 is Russian Doll.
Mindhunter is to me MOR prestige, which tbf I count basically everything besides The Wire.
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link
xp shhhhh lj, we'll get there.
for the moment, if i can get you nerds' attention with some SERIOUS DRAMA
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:28 (four years ago) link