ironic yearbook or k-mart style portrait poses were so de rigueur in the 00s that I wouldn’t necessarily lay the credit at the feet of one movie poster (especially when the photographer points directly to other contemporary advertisements as inspiration). 

they did genuinely hit a sweet spot. the chris rock one was an incredible monologue. also always felt like summer was starting. a summer awards show is kind of underrated.

Drew Barrymore would have been a perfectly reasonable choice for a host in the 90s/00s. The fact that the 49-year-old Barrymore was the planned host in the year 2024 suggests to me that at least some tinkering to make the show more contemporary is possible.

Yeah they were basically the People’s Choice Awards for the youths. It made a big difference when the only way to see a video was sitting there watching MTV, so it was part of a shared cultural experience. It was also fun to see musicians, actors and the occasional athlete interact in a way that seemed like a look…

Yea, I enjoyed them in my teen years. I legit think the “fun” of the MTV Awards was something that ended up having an influence on more serious awards shows, and why we gradually started to see things like pre-taped skits at the Oscars.

ERGO! VIS-A-VIS! CONCORDANTLY!

I don’t know if you’ll see this, but here goes. I rewatched it with my sons last summer, 7 and 10 at the time. They both liked it. The 10-year-old liked it so much that he decided to dress up as Benny the Jet Rodriguez for Halloween. That made me very happy.

I love Community but it's embarrassing they're still trying to do this. 

At least someone’s still keeping the tradition alive. Not many of us left now.

“I got a Community notification for this?”

I watched it with my kids recently (5 and 8). They didn’t get all the jokes yet, but they enjoyed it.

die hard with a vengeance.

Dazed and Confused. That movies has always been a comfort watch for me. Great music, a relaxed atmosphere, well-done characters. The perfect start to summer.

It seems like a smart move to make it a newpaper. It’ll give them the opportunity to interact with people in the community, outside of the office. I think this was one of the reasons Parks and Rec was so good, because it didn’t spend so much time in the office.

Chris Pine:  How much could a shabby apartment in LA cost?  Ten dollars?

The movie seems more The Big Lebowski than Chinatown — a mystery story where the detective is a bedraggled, amiable loser in LA.  And The Big Lebowski is also a meandering movie that tends to elicit a “WTF am I watching” reaction on first viewing. But it grows on you in a way that The Poolman seems unlikely to do. 

(“The blood is on your hands, Biden, we can see it all/And fuck no, I’m not votin’ for you in the fall/Undecided.”)

I find it bizarre to frame their choice in this as ‘doing the right thing.’ I think decisions like this are entirely situational and should be a combo of doing what makes the rest of the cast comfortable and honoring the loss.

The Elephant Man thing was a really, really long walk to get basically nowhere. Dropping in an anachronism is not inherently funny, and the fact it wasn’t even explained made it worse.

This might well be a good movie, but it really feels like a "I'll wait until it hits streaming" movie.