If this isn’t a masterclass in trolling for outrage replies I feel sad that you don’t like The Beatles.

I’m sorry that you had to be reminded of The Beatles’ existence while you were racing to jerk off to the latest episode of Hawkeye.

I’m not really a Beatles fan per se and I’m enjoying it very much just as a study of the creative process.

Particularly because they shrugged it off while they were going through shit they wrote at 14 because they were struggling for new material.  Incredibly frustrating to watch.

Found the millennial everyone!

confused and dubious

Yeah, their last concert was 3 years prior in San Francisco. Even from ‘63 on, most of their concerts were evidently garbage. They didn’t have modern PA systems and couldn’t hear each other. One of their entire sets was only 16 minutes long because they’d just race through all the songs to get off stage. I think they…

GET OFF MY LAWN!

That’s pretty interesting. In some ways, this documentary is what streaming is for: a director doing whatever he wants with his chosen format for an audience of true believers. I would much rather have many more projects like Get Back than Red Notice.

Yes, watching the genesis of great art that still stands the test of time 50+ years later is such a drag.

I’m pretty sure Jackson said in an interview that the original deal was a 2.5 hour theatrical release, but Covid nixed that plan and they decided just to go all-in with the change in format.

I figure Disney execs knew that Beatles’ completionists would want more footage, not less. And streaming services are already desperate for content. Disney brass are probably happy if people just watch the first episode (which is movie-length anyway), nevermind the rest.

Random thoughts:

That’s because yesterday all their treble was so far away.

I’ve only watched bits and pieces of this, but the sound quality really stuck out to me; really sounds like it was recorded just yesterday.

...and then showcases one of his best songs—maybe his greatest, All Things Must Pass, and John and Paul dont give a shit. To think what could have been...

This is an interesting thing to review — it’s definitely in the realm of a B as something to watch: it’s definitely a lot, it drags to a crawl at points, and it’s best watched in the background while doing something else. But more than most documentaries, this thing isn’t meant to be a piece of entertainment, it’s…

“Lindsay-Hogg, a colorfully blue-blood raconteur who comes across like a young Orson Welles in disguise”

I don’t know if this is intended to be a sly refence to the long-standing rumor that he’s Welles’s biological son, but if not it’s an amusingly apt comparison. (If it is intentional, touché.)

I think every minute was in there for a reason, and I loved the fuck out of all of them.

I’m a big Beatles fan and loved this. It probably was a little baggy in the second episode at least, enough that even I was feeling it drag a bit. But probably Jackson hated leaving anything out at all. It’s an amazing document, and what Jackson and his team have done to clean up the images and the sound is…